Chapter 855 Absolute blind spot!
On March 13, in the FA Cup quarter-finals, Manchester City faced Reading at home.
As the team had just traveled to Kiev, Ukraine in the middle of the week, Guardiola arranged the lineup in a rotating manner in this game, which resulted in the team's failure to open up the situation on the field.
It was not until the 76th minute of the second half that Pepe took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and scored a header to beat his opponent, scoring the only goal of the game for Manchester City and helping the team advance to the FA Cup semi-finals.
After the game, after the draw, Manchester City will face Arsenal at home in the semi-finals.
This is the second time Manchester City and the Gunners have met since the humiliating 9-1 defeat.
Both Manchester City fans and the British media gave high praise to Manchester City for reaching the FA Cup semi-finals.
This is the first time Manchester City has reached the FA Cup semi-finals in 30 years, the last time being in 1981.
In that year, under the leadership of head coach John Bond, Manchester City successfully defeated Ipswich in the semi-finals and advanced to the final, but lost 2-3 to Tottenham Hotspur in the final and missed the championship.
This also makes countless Manchester City fans regretful.
In the following thirty years, Manchester City never reached the FA Cup semi-finals again. From this, it is not difficult to see how weak Manchester City's foundation is.
But precisely because of this, Manchester City once again reached the FA Cup semi-finals this season, which immediately attracted strong attention from fans and the media. Countless Manchester City fans called on the team to persevere to the end and make a difference in the FA Cup.
Manchester City has not tasted the joy of winning a championship for many, many years.
The Blue Moon’s last championship was the League Cup, which was in 1976.
Although they won the English Football League One championship in 2002, it was only the championship of the second-level league and was not convincing at all.
This season, Manchester City has finally shown the qualities of a strong team, making progress on three fronts, giving people hope.
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On the evening of the 17th, at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.
In the second leg of the Europa League round of 16 knockout match, Manchester City played against Dynamo Kyiv at home.
In the first leg in Kiev, Manchester City traveled a long distance away from home and the team performed poorly.
But now, the Blue Moon is at home, while Dynamo Kyiv is traveling far away. As a result, Manchester City has the advantage, and Guardiola's game strategy is also quite positive.
"I hope the team can firmly secure the victory from the first minute and not give the opponent any chances!"
The players basically implemented the head coach's tactical intentions, seizing the ball from the very beginning and taking control of the situation and rhythm.
Dynamo Kyiv is also very aware of their situation. Playing away from home, they have no advantages and can only defend and counterattack.
But in the fourth minute, Manchester City made a beautiful combination. David Silva received Thiago's straight pass and passed it diagonally to the right side of the penalty area. Sanchez stopped the ball and made a low cross in front of the goal.
Su Dong forced his way through the two central defenders of Dynamo Kyiv and easily pushed the ball into the goal in front of the goal, scoring the first goal for Manchester City.
This goal put Dynamo Kyiv into a completely passive position.
With the score at 1-1 in the first leg, Su Dong's goal gave Manchester City the advantage.
But Dynamo Kyiv is a traditional European powerhouse after all. Even when they were behind in the situation, they still organized a tight defense. They did not become anxious, but patiently looked for opportunities.
Manchester City controlled the ball and the game, but could not find a good chance to score.
It was not until the 39th minute of the game that David Silva was fouled while dribbling on the left, winning Manchester City a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.
But the ball was too far off target.
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Su Dong stood behind the penalty spot, looked at the angle and the human wall formed by the opponent, and shook his head.
"Are you not sure? I remember you took a free kick from this angle in training, and your accuracy was pretty good." David Silva said with surprise.
Su Dong also practices free kicks on weekdays. He has practiced in every position and angle. This is why his free kick skills are becoming more and more sophisticated.
But Su Dong still shook his head, "Their players are a bit tall, and they are too far to the side. I'm afraid I can't control them."
David Silva understood what Su Dong meant.
Sometimes he really thought, is Su Dong too conservative? Of course, this is not a bad thing, but he never fights a battle that he is not sure of. When he was in Valencia, Benítez told him to be as wild as possible, take more shots, and not have any psychological burden.
But after so many years, the situation in Eastern Sudong has not improved much compared to the past.
Sometimes David Silva really feels that if Su Dong had half the recklessness of Ronaldo, his scoring would definitely be able to reach a higher level. Not to mention anything else, with his leg strength and footwork, he has a great chance of scoring a goal with just a casual kick.
But Su Dong has a strange temperament. He is a perfectionist and every shot he makes is aimed at the blind corner.
Didn't someone say that Su Dong alone raised the aesthetic standards of football fans all over the world? In the past, others could not score a few wonderful goals in their lifetime, but Su Dong scored them every day.
In fact, if most of his goals were put among other professional players, they would be at the level of the top ten goals in their careers. Their shots were really tricky, but the goals were also really beautiful to look at.
But there is also frustration, just like now, David Silva feels that Su Dong should kick the ball, just like in training.
Su Dong pondered the human wall for a while and still shook his head, but walked closer to David Silva and whispered a few words to him.
David Silva, who had not felt lost just now, suddenly had his eyes brightened.
"Is this okay?" The Spanish midfielder was excited.
Su Dong smiled and nodded, "Why don't you try it and know?"
He seems quite confident.
Of course David Silva would not refuse and immediately ran over to find Marcelo.
Su Dong walked away quickly.
"It seems that Su Dong is not very confident about the free kick from this position. He has walked away and does not intend to take the free kick. Instead, he walked to the middle of the penalty area, to the right side of the penalty spot, and it seems that he is going to grab the free kick."
"Marcelo took the penalty and David Silva left the penalty spot and ran to the side of the wall."
"This should be an indirect free kick, a cross from the left into the penalty area, looking for his teammate."
"Dynamo Kyiv's wall is already in place. Let's see how Manchester City will coordinate the free kick this time."
As the referee blew the whistle, Marcelo immediately ran forward, seemingly intending to make a direct cross, which immediately caused chaos in Dynamo Kyiv's penalty area.
But what surprised everyone was that Marcelo did not pass the ball directly, but suddenly pushed the ball sideways and passed it to David Silva on the right side of the wall. The Spanish midfielder quickly rushed to the left side of the penalty area and stopped the ball with his foot.
David Silva's footwork is really delicate. When the ball stopped, it was very well-behaved and obedient, and gently stopped towards the top of the arc. At this time, everyone suddenly realized that this was a tactical free kick.
Su Dong, who had run over at some point, suddenly appeared in the top area of the arc, ran horizontally to the left, and met David Silva's pass with his left foot, quickly kicking a curve ball.
Because Dynamo Kyiv set up a human wall in the left corner of the penalty area and the ball was passed to the right, goalkeeper Shovkovsky and the defensive players in the penalty area focused their attention on the middle and the right side.
Who could have thought that Su Dong suddenly rushed out and kicked a curved ball with his left foot, and the ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Shovkovsky was moving towards the middle, and had no way to adjust his center of gravity in time to save the ball. He could only watch the ball go into the upper left corner of the goal! This was an absolute blind spot! "GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Manchester City scores another goal, 2-0!"
"Su Dong scored twice and Manchester City staged a very imaginative tactical free kick combination."
After Su Dong kicked the ball into the goal, he knew in his heart that the goal was a sure win.
When the ball went into the net, he raised his hands high and rushed to the sidelines, but halfway through, he was hugged by David Silva and Marcelo, who stopped him on the court.
Marcelo even held his left hand tightly, preventing him from completing the celebration action of kissing the ring.
"Stop kissing, readers are saying they are tired of it!"
"You kiss the ring every time you score a goal. If you're not annoying, you should also consider other people's feelings!"
Su Dong said he was speechless.
I scored a goal, but I can't celebrate? If you really want to talk about aesthetic fatigue, then I can't help it. Who made me score so many goals?
If I have to improvise every time I score a goal, as Toni Kroos said, how many brain cells will that kill me? No matter how hard Marcelo and David Silva pulled, Su Dong finally broke free from the entanglement of these two fools and kissed the ring on his left hand in front of the live camera.
This time he completed the goal celebration process, cool! On the contrary, Marcelo and David Silva looked at each other in silence, only sighing.
Isn’t this guy born in the Year of the Rat?
Why is he so stubborn as a bull and can't be stopped no matter what?
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Manchester City finally defeated Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 at home and finally advanced to the quarterfinals with a total score of 3-1.
In an interview with the media after the game, Shevchenko said that he believed Manchester City was the number one favorite to win the Europa League this season.
"Su Dong will definitely be able to lead Manchester City to the end!"
Shevchenko's demeanor can be seen from the fact that he was able to continue to speak out in support after being eliminated.
Manchester City's advancement also won unanimous praise.
First it was the FA Cup, now it is the Europa League, plus they are leading the domestic Premier League all the way. All these have made Manchester City's performance win everyone's recognition. There are even many people who believe that Manchester City is fully capable of winning three championships at the same time.
Su Dong's slogan, "Don't make a choice, I want it all," also won the support of fans and the media.
After eliminating Dynamo Kyiv, they drew Braga from Portugal in the subsequent Europa League draw.
This team has performed well in the Portuguese Super League. Whether it is Sudong, Pepe or David Luiz, they are all familiar with this team.
(End of this chapter)
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