Chapter 846 The Tragic Story of Su Dong and Me
With the announcement of the first FIFA Ballon d'Or, overnight, the world's media once again pushed Su Dong to the forefront.
The media and fans generally responded positively to Su Dong winning this honor again, but there were also some controversies, mainly due to the lack of performance of the Su Dong national team.
In the past, when it was not a year for major competitions, the winners were more likely to be determined based on club competitions, especially the Champions League, so Su Dong's award was well-deserved. However, this year is the World Cup year, and major competitions are often determined based on national team competitions.
If the award is based on performance in the World Cup, then there is no doubt that Xavi and Iniesta, Spanish internationals who play for Barcelona, are the well-deserved favorites. Xavi is the core of the midfield and Iniesta scored the winning goal in the final. No matter who wins the award, they both deserve it.
But unexpectedly, the final winner was Su Dong.
It has to be said that this can be considered a big "cold trend".
The so-called upset does not mean that no one is optimistic about Su Dong. On the contrary, before the game, many media and professionals were optimistic about Su Dong and believed that his performance in the club, especially his great achievements in leading Bayern Munich to successfully defend the treble, was unique in the history of world football and could be described as great.
In addition, after he joined Manchester City, his form has been improving and his performance has been outstanding.
It can be said that judging from his performance alone, there is no doubt that Su Dong won the award.
The unexpected thing is that in the World Cup year, the national team of Su Dong had no results, which naturally made his winning of the award accompanied by controversy. After all, the two main contributors to Spain's victory in the World Cup also made it into the top three of the Golden Ball selection.
After FIFA announced that Su Dong had won the award, it quickly announced the voting results on its official website. There is no doubt that Su Dong won the award, and many media outlets have also revealed more inside information, such as the voting for the national head coaches and captains of the top ten traditional teams, which are relatively more important.
According to media statistics, in the selection of national team head coaches of the top ten traditional powerhouses, Su Dong got eight first choices and one second choice, and in the selection of top ten national team head coaches, Su Dong got seven first choices and one third choice.
As we all know, players from one's own country cannot be selected in the national team's ballot.
Both Netherlands head coach Van Marwijk and captain Van Bommel violated this rule. They both chose Sneijder in the first option. Van Marwijk chose Sudon in the second option, while Van Bommel chose Robben in this option and put Sudon in the third option.
The current situation in Argentina is rather chaotic. The national team head coach Maradona was dismissed and the captaincy is temporarily vacant, so no one participated in the vote this time, so the position is left vacant.
Among the top ten captains, there was one vote that did not even put Su Dong in the top three, and that was Robinho, the captain of the Brazilian national team.
Robinho gave Messi his first choice, Xavi his second choice, and Iniesta his third choice.
In an interview with Brazilian media, the Brazilian captain said that he believed that in major tournament years, more consideration should be given to performance at the national team level, but Su Dong was blank in this regard.
But the problem is, Messi is not performing well in the national team, so why is Messi the first option?
Robinho was speechless, and finally he said that he didn't like Su Dong.
This is another sad and upsetting story.
To be honest, it has to start from when Robinho joined Real Madrid and his subsequent tragic experience at Manchester City.
If the story of Robinho and Su Dong were written into a book, it would definitely not be a sports novel, but a female-oriented novel about a bad relationship.
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Whether from the final vote or from the votes of the top ten football powers, Su Dong's award is well deserved.
Although there are controversies from the outside world, there is more affirmation. After all, what Su Dong has achieved in the past year is amazing.
In his column, Barcelona godfather Cruyff expressed his affirmation of Su Dong's winning of the award. He also believed that Su Dong could win at least three more Golden Ball Awards in his career.
Judging from his age, resume and ability, he is definitely capable of doing it.
Of course, to achieve this, he must lead Manchester City to rise, and even complete the legend created by Maradona in Naples in Manchester City, or even be more legendary than Maradona back then.
That is the Champions League! Judging from Manchester City's performance this season, the possibility of winning the championship is still very high.
At present, Manchester City’s biggest challenge is no longer its competitors, but how to continue to maintain its lead in the Premier League, especially after the devilish schedule of Christmas, the team’s physical fitness and recovery of form, as well as the upcoming winter break schedule, are all huge challenges.
The scary thing about the Premier League is that the Christmas devil schedule is only a part of it, and the winter break schedule is also only a part of it. Under the influence of various factors, when the team starts fighting on two or even multiple fronts in February, what follows is a decline in physical fitness and state, which is the most troublesome thing.
This is also what Ferguson has been emphasizing before. He firmly believes that Manchester City will lose points consecutively during the Christmas and winter break, and Manchester United will overtake Manchester City in March and April.
March and April have always been the watershed for Manchester United to reverse their opponents in the standings.
It can be said that Ferguson's remarks were partially successful, as Manchester City did lose points on Christmas.
But the 9-1 victory over Arsenal gave Manchester City confidence, and the team's large-scale signings during the winter break also improved the depth of the team's bench.
Everyone believes that the team will achieve great things in the future.
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On the afternoon of January 15th, at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
In the 23rd round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Wolves at home.
As the first player in Manchester City's history to win the Golden Ball, Su Dong is bound to go down in Manchester City's history with this honor, and Manchester City fans are also extremely excited about this.
As early as after the award ceremony in Zurich, Manchester City fans spontaneously came to the Etihad Stadium and called on the club to hold celebrations. They also went to the Carrington training base to congratulate Su Dong on winning his first Golden Globe Award for Manchester City.
Interestingly, this also happened to be the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Manchester City officials listened humbly to the fans' opinions and held a brief Golden Ball Award presentation ceremony for Su Dong before the game against Wolves.
Witnessed by more than 40,000 Manchester City fans at the scene, in the live broadcast of Sky TV, as players from both teams lined up to greet him, Su Dong held up the Ballon d'Or he had just received from Zurich. Behind him were David Silva and Pepe, holding the Team of the Year trophies and the Puskas Award respectively, who followed Su Dong into the stadium.
Manchester City fans throughout the Etihad Stadium stood up spontaneously and gave Su Dong the warmest applause and cheers.
This is the first Ballon d'Or in Manchester City's history and the second highest FIFA award in the history of the Premier League.
Before Su Dong, the first Premier League World Footballer of the Year award came from Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United.
Now, Manchester City also has its own Ballon d'Or winner!
The entire Etihad Stadium was shouting Sudong's name, and all Manchester City fans were in a carnival.
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The atmosphere before the game was warm, but during the game, Wolves were clearly there to disrupt.
In the twelfth minute of the game, Wolves winger Hunter launched a counterattack, broke through Marcelo and passed the ball to the front line, creating a close-range shooting opportunity for his teammates and breaking Manchester City's goal.
But before the end of the first half, Su Dong's shot created a corner kick opportunity. Pepe, who had just made a mistake, made amends and successfully equalized the score for Manchester City.
After the first half ended with a score of 1-1, Manchester City launched a wave of attacks after the change of sides in the second half.
Just three minutes later, Di Maria made a cross from the left, Su Dong dribbled into the penalty area, passed three opposing players, and calmly shot the ball into the goal, reversing the score for Manchester City, 2-1!
Just five minutes later, Su Dong and Sanchez created an opportunity after a series of wall passes. Toni Kroos came in from behind and shot, further expanding the score for Manchester City to 3-1!
Afterwards, Manchester City firmly controlled the situation on the field and frequently created threats.
In the 65th minute, Manchester City got a corner kick opportunity.
David Silva did not take the corner kick into the penalty area, but instead made a tactical corner kick and quickly passed the ball to Zabaleta.
After the Argentine right back stopped the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he made a slight adjustment and sent a cross to the middle of the penalty area.
Su Dong jumped high and headed the ball, scoring another goal for Manchester City.
Four to one!
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In the 24th round of the Premier League, Manchester City will challenge Aston Villa away.
Due to the busy schedule during the winter break, Guardiola rotated the team's lineup.
Su Dong sat on the bench, new signing Dzeko made his first start, and several new signings including David Luiz also made their appearances.
Manchester City still had a firm control of the ball and tempo of the game, but their attack was still relatively unfamiliar. Dzeko and his teammates did not coordinate well enough, and despite creating several threats, they were never able to convert them into goals.
Instead, in the 18th minute, the opponent seized the opportunity. Agbonlahor counterattacked with the ball and Darren Bent scored the first goal for Aston Villa.
Four minutes later, Manchester City took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and Kompany scored with a header for Manchester City, successfully equalizing the score.
Afterwards, although Manchester City continued to launch attacks and try to attack, they were still unable to break Aston Villa's goal.
In the end, Manchester City drew 1-1 with Aston Villa away from home.
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After the game, Ferguson's team was unstoppable as Manchester United had won consecutive games from the Christmas schedule to the winter break, while Manchester City kept losing points and the gap between the two sides continued to narrow.
The outside world is quite worried about Manchester City's situation, but Guardiola said in an interview with the media that Manchester City does not have a so-called crisis, and he firmly believes that the team can overcome the pressure of Christmas and winter break schedule.
At the same time, Manchester City also firmly believes that rotation is necessary.
Even if we lose points, we must insist on rotation. Without rotation, with a Premier League schedule like this, the team will definitely collapse by March or April.
I simply can't handle the physical effort, so how can I compete for the championship?
(End of this chapter)
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