Chapter 809 As long as Su Dong does not fall, Manchester City will never lose
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The only sound in the silent locker room was the sound of the masseur tapping on my muscles.
With one less player than the opponent, it was really difficult for Manchester City, and every player was under heavy pressure.
Modern football tactics are all closely linked. If one player is missing, it is often not as simple as everyone working harder to make up for the lack of numbers, but rather a greater disparity that is difficult to make up.
Su Dong sat in his seat, his back against the wardrobe, his head tilted back, his eyes closed, and his breathing gradually calmed down.
Personal physiotherapist Grant Downing was leaning over to massage Su Dong's legs.
Su Dong's personal coaching team is the only non-Manchester City employees allowed into the locker room by Guardiola.
They even know Su Dong's physical condition better than Manchester City's team doctors. Many times, Manchester City's team doctors need to consult and communicate with them before making decisions, which is also allowed by Guardiola.
When the masseur stopped, the huge locker room fell into a terrible silence, with only the heavy breathing of the players being faintly heard.
The first half ended with a score of 2-2.
Fabregas finally scored a penalty.
Manchester City was really angry after taking the lead twice and being equalized twice.
But if it happened after getting a red card, it all seemed extremely tragic.
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Not sure if it was the heavy pressure brought by the dead silence, or if it was because he couldn’t get over it, but Kompany took a deep breath, finally stood up, and walked to the middle of the locker room.
"I'm sorry!" Kompany apologized to the player, "I really just wanted to stop him at that time, but I didn't grasp the timing of my kick well, and the result was just a little bit off." After saying this, Kompany looked so sad that he wanted to commit suicide to apologize.
The Belgian central defender is still very responsible.
But sometimes it's like this, the more responsible you are and the more you do, the easier it is to make mistakes.
Just like some own goals, sometimes the players really do something bad with good intentions.
Can we blame the players for this?
Su Dong thinks not.
Professional football is a team sport, and the individual abilities of the players should be an integral part of the team. This requires every player to work together, stay focused and do their best.
Therefore, in the sport of football, responsibility is the most important thing.
Su Dong stood up from his seat, walked to Kompany's side, put his arm around his shoulders, patted him gently, and comforted him: "It's okay, no one will blame you, you have performed well enough."
Kompany looked at Su Dong gratefully, nodded, and following the strength of Su Dong's hand, he returned to his position.
"I know that everyone has tried their best and worked very hard. No one has any right to ask everyone to do more. Everyone has performed well enough and deserves this jersey."
Su Dong's words made all the Manchester City players present agree from the bottom of their hearts that they had indeed tried their best.
Facing a strong team like Arsenal, they were one man short from the fourth minute on. In such a game, the score was 2-2 at the end of the first half. What else could they expect? If the opponent was a mid-to-lower-level Premier League team, they could have fought for such a result, but the opponent was Arsenal! Especially Arsenal in the first half!
But just when everyone agreed with Su Dong's words, Su Dong had already clenched his hands tightly and continued with gritted teeth: "But I just can't accept it! I just can't accept it! I can't accept it!!!"
At the end of his speech, Su Dong vented his uncontrollable resentment with a low roar.
"We took the lead in 45 seconds, but they gave us a red card in the fourth minute. Then they tied the score, but we scored another goal. As a result, they gave us a penalty kick..."
At the end of his speech, Su Dong looked up at the ceiling and took a deep breath. "If they scored against us based on their strength, then we will accept it. We can rely on penalties..."
"They just want to pull us down from the leading position!" Pepe suddenly stood up and shouted loudly.
"In all these years, we are the first team to challenge the traditional top four. They don't want to see us continue to lead the standings. They are trying every means to pull us down and defend their dominance in the Premier League. Red card! Penalty! This is the best evidence!"
Su Dong's roar was like a bell ringing in the players' hearts, causing them to resonate, while Pepe's roar tore everything apart.
In the past few years, the Premier League has been dominated by the traditional top four, first Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, and later Chelsea joined the championship group and became the so-called four major families of the Premier League.
But now, Manchester City has risen.
The league has reached the ninth round and Manchester City is still the leader of the Premier League.
Some people are starting to get anxious!
Pepe's statement sounds a bit conspiracy-theory-like, but red cards and penalties really happened. Is it really just a coincidence?
The players in the locker room have also been infected, so this possibility does exist.
How to explain the red card and penalty given to Manchester City when they met Arsenal? "I will not accept it. Any team, any opponent, wants to beat me in this way, then I can only answer them, they think too much!" Su Dong said loudly.
"I don't know what everyone is thinking at this moment, but from the moment I got the red card, I had only one thought: I want to beat them to death. I want to let them know that neither a red card nor a penalty can defeat us!"
"I want to tell them that we are not a group of scattered sand, we are not nouveau riche, we are not mercenaries, we are Manchester City! We are an iron-blooded army that aims to win the Premier League and the Champions League! We are the only unbeaten iron lions in the Premier League so far!"
"Anyone or team that wants to defeat us must be prepared to pay the price!"
The players in the locker room were obviously infected by Su Dong. David Silva, Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Kompany and others stood up at the same time. Sanchez was just like Su Dong. He looked very excited and clenched his fists tightly.
The Chilean winger is deeply influenced by Bielsa, and has crazy and unyielding blood running in his bones.
"In the second half, I will fight Arsenal to the bitter end!"
"I will fight to the last bit of my strength, I will do everything I can to win, and I will never give up!"
"Well said! Never give up!" Pepe also became excited and walked straight to Su Dong and stood with him.
"That's right, we'll fight them!"
"Fuck it, it's just a red card? It's just a penalty kick? Who's afraid of who?"
"Just do it!"
"Even if we only have ten people, we can still defeat Arsenal!"
"We will never let Arsenal take away three points tonight!"
"That's right! If you want to take away the three points, you have to defeat us first!"
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Guardiola was in the coaching area next door. Watching the movements of the players, he was also deeply encouraged.
He has never been an emotional person. On the contrary, he always thinks he is very rational.
But he is by no means without emotion.
On the contrary, he doesn't get emotional easily, but once he does, he is more passionate than anyone else.
At this moment, he even had an urge to put on his jersey, rush into the court, and fight alongside everyone.
But in the end, he managed to control himself.
"Joseph, do you want to go over and say something?" asked assistant coach Domenech Torrent.
Guardiola shook his head, "No, they don't need me now!"
Seeing Torrent's puzzled look, Manel Estiate immediately explained: "At this point in the game, any skills or tactics are useless. There are only so many of us. The closer it gets to the end of the game, the more difficult it will be. What supports the players is no longer skills or tactics, but the anger in their hearts!"
He was once an Olympic water polo champion, and he knows very well how important this spirit is in competitive sports.
In various sports, countless athletes lose their performance every year because of the loss of their spirit.
Whether Manchester City is a nouveau riche or a mercenary depends on this spirit! Guardiola can bring the most advanced technical and tactical concepts and the most detailed tactical details to the team, but he cannot inject such spirit into the team. This is due to his personality.
Unexpectedly, Su Dong made up for this shortcoming!
Tonight's Manchester City truly showed the qualities that a strong team should have, and Su Dong is the leader of Manchester City!
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At the goal line of the Etihad Stadium, Sterling and Phil Foden just watched Fabregas score a penalty.
At this moment, they were watching the players of both teams warming up on both sides of the court.
Like the fans in the stands, they are full of confusion and anxiety.
"Do you think we can defend it?" asked Phil Foden, who was only ten years old, with concern.
It was the first time for him to experience such a cruel game live, which brought a huge shock to his young mind.
He knows nothing, but he has a very simple wish.
Manchester City can beat Arsenal!
"It can't be defended!" Sterling said a very cruel truth.
This should be a truth known to everyone, including Manchester City's head coach and players.
A player was sent off in just four minutes and a penalty was awarded before the end of the first half. It was impossible to play such a game.
It was a foregone conclusion that they could not defend the ball, but it would be a miracle if they succeeded! "What should we do then?" Phil Foden asked anxiously.
A bright smile appeared on Sterling's dark face, "Then fight with them and try to score another goal!"
Phil Foden's little head can't think of such complicated things.
He didn't understand. Didn't he say he couldn't defend? Why did he still try to score? "We have Su Dong, he is the most powerful center forward in the world, and the most powerful player. With him, we will definitely be able to score more goals, and keep scoring!" Sterling's tone was filled with something like faith.
This makes him firmly believe that Manchester City still has a chance to play.
As long as the Soviet Union and East Asia don't fall, Manchester City will never lose!
(End of this chapter)
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