Chapter 804: Easy to block in the midfield, difficult to defend against Su Dong!

Chapter 804: Easy to block in the midfield, difficult to defend in the east!

The morning after Manchester City defeated Lech Poznan, Wenger arrived at Arsenal's Colney training base with bloodshot eyes.

Assistant coach Pat Rice was visibly surprised when he saw him.

The wrinkles on the Frenchman's face seemed deeper and more wrinkled, and he no longer had the elegant temperament he once had.

What I feel more is a strong and unresolvable anxiety.

This is normal. Being a head coach is a very high-pressure job. Ferguson has had a pacemaker in his heart over the years.

"Didn't you get enough rest last night?" Pat Rice has been a partner with Wenger for many years and is very familiar with Wenger's daily routine.

It’s obvious that the French are the kind of people who worry easily. As long as they have something on their mind, they are prone to insomnia.

In this regard, Ferguson is much better than Wenger. The old Scottish man obviously has a big heart that can use it as a blanket even if the sky falls. He would never suffer from insomnia.

In Ferguson's opinion, no matter how severe the insomnia is, it can't be cured by a glass of red wine.

If so, two.

"It's not that I didn't rest well, it's that I didn't sleep at all." Wenger said a little weakly.

Pat Rice had an expression that said, "I knew this would happen." He walked over, poured a cup of hot water for Wenger, put it in front of him, and said earnestly, "No matter what, you still have to pay more attention to rest. You are not young anymore."

Wenger is already 61 years old.

The most important thing for the elderly at this age is sleep.

Not sleeping for a night is like losing half your life.

Look at Wenger now, doesn't he look completely listless?

"How about I'll watch the morning training while you go in and take a nap?" Pat Rice suggested.

Wenger shook his head. "No, the war is imminent. We must be careful and the morale of the troops cannot be shaken."

The current situation in the Premier League is very interesting. After nine rounds of games, Manchester City has an unbeaten record of eight wins and one draw, with 25 points, ranking first in the Premier League, followed by Chelsea with 22 points.

The leads of both teams are very obvious.

Further back, Manchester United and Arsenal both have 17 points, a full eight points behind Manchester City at the top of the list.

In other words, if Arsenal cannot defeat Manchester City in this weekend's game, the Blue Moon is likely to continue to lead, and even if the Gunners defeat Manchester City, Chelsea will still benefit.

Ancelotti's team has performed very strongly this season. If it weren't for Su Dong leading Manchester City to snipe Chelsea, the team would probably still be unbeaten.

As for Manchester City in Eastern Europe, it was both reasonable and unexpected.

In fact, as early as last season, the Premier League head coach circle was very interested in Manchester City under Guardiola. This team subverted the outside world's perception of the Premier League, especially the passing and controlling style of play, which was very unique.

But on the other hand, Manchester City's offense is very weak, and Santa Cruz is simply unable to carry the backbone of Manchester City's offense.

Therefore, when Su Dong joined Manchester City this summer, the response in the English coaching circle was very strong. Most people believed that Manchester City was likely to rise strongly this season.

But no one expected that Manchester City's rise would come so quickly.

Not even giving the opponent any chance at all.

Guardiola is still the Guardiola of last season, but after Su Dong joined, Manchester City is no longer the Manchester City of last season.

Eight league games, 15 goals, 8 assists, Su Dong's number of goals in the first eight games is the same as the entire Chelsea team combined. What does this mean? It means that he almost single-handedly scored the vast majority of Manchester City's goals.

This is due to Guardiola's tactics, but it is also a reflection of Su Dong's personal ability.

Without Su Dong's strong personal ability, Manchester City would not have scored so many goals and would have been just like last season.

But Su Dong took on the burden that Santa Cruz could not bear!

What's even more terrible is that he scored a hat trick in the midweek match against Lech Poznan.

David Silva was selected as the best player of the game, and his performance was outstanding, but he was a midfielder and Su Dong was a center forward.

It's easy to block in the midfield, but hard to defend against in the east! ...

"I thought about it all night last night."

After Wenger drank a sip of hot water, he felt a little more energetic, but he still looked old.

"Have you figured out a solution?" Pat Rice asked with concern.

Wenger shook his head helplessly. "I kept running through all the scenarios in my mind, but in the end I always ran into the same dead end: how can we defend against Su Dong?"

This is not only Wenger's dilemma, but also a world-class problem.

Almost all teams in the world will struggle with this problem before meeting Su Dong.

And over the years, no team has ever truly frozen out Su Dong.

This is the most despairing thing! Su Dong is even more terrifying than Drogba, at least Drogba's shooting is very bad.

"Zulu has played against Su Dong before and didn't get the upper hand. Squillaci has also played against Su Dong before and didn't get the upper hand either." Pat Rice also felt very helpless. "These two central defenders have played against Su Dong, but they were able to contain him."

"Yeah!" Wenger sighed with mixed feelings, "If we let both central defenders defend Su Dong, what will happen to the back line? Manchester City's passing and controlling style of play will completely tear our defense into pieces."

Pat Rice nodded helplessly. This is also a difficult problem for all teams that play for Su Dong.

Should Su Dong be treated specially? With Su Dong's personal ability, the two defensive players may not be able to stop him. If someone is specially assigned to guard him, it will inevitably affect the team's overall defensive order. However, if no one is specially assigned to defend him, Su Dong can always create opportunities.

In fact, it's not just Su Dong, but also Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

But in comparison, Su Dong is more threatening and has stronger scoring ability.

"By the way, has the referee come out?" Wenger asked.

"Mark Clattenburg."

"It's him!" Wenger's eyes flashed with a hint of satisfaction. "If I remember correctly, he was also the referee when we played away against Manchester City last season, right?"

"Yes." Pat Rice nodded, "We won that game."

Clattenburg's most famous game was the Merseyside derby in 2007. In that game, he sent off two Everton players at home and awarded Liverpool two penalties, which caused great controversy. He was banned from Everton for seven years and has not refereed a game for Everton since then.

It is precisely because of such a brilliant resume that Clattenburg's enforcement is always accompanied by controversy.

There is a saying among outside fans that there are three musketeers in the Premier League refereeing world: Cardinal Mark Clattenburg, North London sniper Mike Dean, and Condemned Atkinson.

As you can guess from their nicknames, these three international Premier League referees are all known for misjudgments and wrong decisions. They have all made major mistakes and are remembered by fans and the media. Among them, Clattenburg is called the Cardinal because of the red card.

It is precisely because the three Musketeers officiate in the Premier League that many media and fans believe that the low level of Premier League referees has become the biggest obstacle to the development of the Premier League.

Many people are looking forward to the time when all seven dragon balls are gathered, the Premier League will be able to summon the dragon and dominate the world football! Wenger doesn't know whether Clattenburg's refereeing this game is good or bad for Arsenal.

I always feel that it is not a good thing! …………

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As the Champions League and Europa League games came to an end, the media and fans began to gradually shift their attention to the Premier League.

The next ninth round of the Premier League will usher in a focus battle, with Manchester City hosting Arsenal at home.

This will definitely be a decisive battle!

It is also a collision and competition between two teams with the most technical playing styles in the Premier League.

However, before this powerful dialogue, Manchester United came out to grab the headlines.

The British Sun published a photo of Ferguson with his arm around Rooney's shoulders, both of them grinning from ear to ear, telling everyone that Rooney had successfully renewed his contract with Manchester United.

This immediately caused a heated response in the English football world.

Manchester United's official website quickly gave the news, confirming the rumors from outside and announcing the successful contract extension of Rooney.

Although Manchester United officials did not disclose specific contract details, the all-pervasive media quickly dug out various inside information, including Rooney's salary after the contract extension.

Before the contract renewal, Rooney's weekly salary was 90,000 pounds, but after the contract renewal, his weekly salary increased to 250,000 pounds.

With little bargaining power, Manchester United chose to accept the demands made by Rooney and his agent.

Twenty-five thousand pounds is equivalent to an annual salary of 13 million pounds, which makes Rooney far surpass Cristiano Ronaldo, who earns 13 million euros a year, and becomes the second highest paid player in world football after Suarez.

This made Rooney very happy because he has always been eager to prove that he is better than Cristiano Ronaldo.

Although he has not been able to prove this on the court, Rooney is very happy and excited that he can now lower his annual salary than the Portuguese.

As for Su Dong, Rooney certainly wouldn't dare to think about it.

Although the outside world has not received any detailed figures about Su Dong's annual salary so far, clues have revealed that Su Dong's annual salary cannot be less than 30 million pounds, and that is after tax.

In other words, after Rooney renewed his contract, no matter how many horses he killed, he would not be able to catch up with Su Dong.

However, being able to renew Rooney's contract is a relief for Manchester United.

Rooney and his agent also opened everyone's eyes. They really relied on the contract, hype and operation to force Manchester United to submit, and finally got the sky-high contract they wished for.

After the contract renewal, Rooney changed his tone and began to express his loyalty to Manchester United.

He promised that he had gotten over the turmoil of the past period of time and had been forgiven by Colin at home, which allowed him to focus more on the game. He hopes to lead Manchester United to a comeback in the standings.

"We all have the confidence that we can win the Premier League title this season!"

“We’ve always been good at coming back from tailbacks!”

(End of this chapter)

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