Chapter 861 I’d rather die than take someone with me!
When seeing Su Dong break through Arsenal's goal, Guardiola, in front of the home team's coaching bench, pouted helplessly, shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands, with an innocent expression on his face, as if to say: There's really nothing I can do about you!
It was clearly agreed that it would take half an hour, but you scored in eight minutes. What does that mean? You don't give face to old man Wenger ? Young man, do you know what it means to respect the elderly and love the young? Can't you take it easy? Even if you score a few minutes later in the evening, it would be fine! But I was so happy in my heart, and the surprise on my face was simply unconcealable. I was so happy that I couldn't help but cheer for Su Dong's goal.
Sometimes, Guardiola himself couldn't help but sigh that Su Dong was really amazing!
Every time you watch him play, he can always give you something unexpected.
Just like what happened just now, a seemingly simple goal actually demonstrated a very comprehensive and outstanding strength.
He circled Koscielny to confuse his opponent before David Silva played a through ball.
Koscielny probably thought that Su Dong was going to the middle, but he suddenly cut in behind him and caught Koscielny off guard, which reflected Su Dong's cunning positioning.
Being able to quickly shake off Koscielny and catch up with David Silva's through ball shows Su Dong's speed and explosiveness.
He stopped suddenly, dribbled the ball, flicked it sideways with his left foot, and then shot straight into the blind corner. This not only demonstrated Su Dong's excellent shooting skills, but also his left foot skills.
He is a guy who can kick with his left foot as flexibly as his right foot!
Is there anyone else in the world who is as comprehensive and outstanding as him? …
After Su Dong scored, Manchester City played more steadily.
On the contrary, the Gunners changed their previous defensive strategy, replaced Chamakh with a double striker tactic.
When the score was 0-0, Wenger could still defend. Now it is 0-1. If he continues to defend, will he hand over the qualification to Manchester City?
Wenger could not accept such a result, so he chose to burn his boats.
Soon, the Gunners made a second substitution, replacing Rosicky with Arshavin, and continued to strengthen the attack.
All this was obviously within Manchester City's expectations.
Guardiola began to ask the team to retreat appropriately, stabilize their own defense first, and then slowly plan a counterattack.
Manchester City's strategy effectively contained Arsenal's counterattack and they quickly planned a counterattack.
A long pass from David Luiz from the backcourt sent the ball directly to the right side of Arsenal's penalty area.
Su Dong rushed forward at the fastest speed and stopped the ball before anyone else.
Koscielny blocked his position from behind, trying to prevent him from turning around.
But Su Dong reacted quickly and passed the ball to Sanchez who was following on the right side in time. He then quickly ran back to the right corner of the penalty area, facing directly towards the goal.
Sanchez tried to dribble into the penalty area but was blocked by Gibbs and Koscielny. However, the Chilean winger immediately passed the ball back to Su Dong who turned around.
Su Dong stopped the ball in the middle with his left foot, then chased after it and shot it with his left foot.
This long shot from outside the penalty area was so powerful that everyone at Arsenal gasped.
Almunia dived sideways and kicked the ball out first, but he couldn't hold on to the ball.
Adam Johnson on the left also rushed over at this time. Facing the ball blocked by Almunia and facing the goal that was no longer guarded, the English winger shot directly without stopping the ball.
As a result, the ball was hit too high!
A sigh of loss was heard throughout the Etihad Stadium! What a great opportunity it was, it could have ended the game.
But unfortunately, Adam Johnson missed a great opportunity.
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Although they failed to score a goal, Manchester City's quick counterattack still broke Arsenal's morale and made the Gunners realize that when they attacked desperately, the goal behind them might be exposed to Manchester City's fire at any time.
After this counterattack, Arsenal's attack was slightly restrained, but still very aggressive.
This is also normal.
The FA Cup is decided in a single game. If Arsenal doesn't score again, they will be eliminated.
From the end of February to now, the Gunners lost the League Cup final, were eliminated from the Champions League, have no hope in the league, and if they are even eliminated from the FA Cup, then they will really have nothing.
Although Gunners fans are somewhat accustomed to the weakness in recent years, it is still a bit embarrassing to come away empty-handed every season.
This is also the reason why Wenger shouted before the game that he wanted to reach the final.
There must be one or two outstanding results to boost the team's fighting spirit and the morale of the fans.
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After entering the 80th minute, especially after the 85th minute, Arsenal's attack started again.
But Manchester City has already controlled the ball and the overall situation.
In the 87th minute, after Manchester City intercepted the ball in the middle, Thiago got rid of Wilshere's entanglement and passed the ball to David Silva. The Spanish midfielder dribbled forward and quickly found Sudong in the frontcourt.
David Silva passed the ball to the top of the arc. After Su Dong stopped the ball with his back, he paused, turned to the left, and quickly passed it to Adam Johnson who was following behind, and pointed to the left side of the penalty area.
Adam Johnson was very obedient. After stopping the ball, he quickly passed the ball to the left side of the penalty area.
Su Dong cut diagonally to the left side of the penalty area, and his whole body stopped when he stopped the ball.
Poor Zhu Lu, who had just been fooled by Su Dong. Before he even got close to the player, he saw Su Dong suddenly start, rushing towards the baseline with the ball, and at the same time passing the ball to the back point with his left foot.
The ball passed the penalty area line and fell to the right side of the penalty area.
Chilean winger Sanchez rushed over from the right rib into the penalty area, met Su Dong's pass, headed the ball, and smashed it directly into the Arsenal goal which was in close proximity.
Two to zero! The entire Etihad Stadium erupted in thunderous cheers once again.
All Manchester City fans were in a frenzy!
Two to zero! The outcome is decided!
The Arsenal players seemed to have been drained of all their strength and stood on the field like zombies.
It was clear that they were all in disbelief at the current situation of the team.
They might even be wondering what is going on.
Why has the team been losing again and again over the years? There is only one reason for losing in professional football games: the team is not strong enough.
But after so many years, the team has lost the championship again and again. The team's strength problem has existed for so long, why did the club do nothing? Why did the head coach do nothing?
Now, even captain Fabregas is going to be sold to Barcelona again.
Does that mean that Arsenal next season might be weaker than they are now?
If so, what will Arsenal use to compete with others next season?
This idea is like a virus, quickly spreading to every player and firmly occupying their minds.
Players are human beings, they all have their own pursuits, and everyone likes to win.
After working hard for a season, who doesn’t want to win the championship?
Many of them joined Arsenal in pursuit of the championship.
Now, after a busy season, nothing was achieved? And it was again and again nothing, how would the players feel? Any player with a little bit of ambition would not accept such a result, right? This is also the reason why Arsenal has not been able to keep its star players over the years.
It was entirely predictable that, with Fabregas gone, the next would soon follow.
Wenger is always there, but players are always changing! Perhaps, one day, when Arsenal fans can no longer bear it and start to criticize Wenger, Wenger's career as a popular player will end here.
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Manchester City finally defeated Arsenal 2-0 at home thanks to Su Dong's assist and goal after he came on as a substitute.
This is a historic moment for Manchester City to reach the FA Cup final!
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the entire Etihad Stadium, with more than 40,000 Manchester City fans, was in a frenzy.
Everyone was satisfied with the result.
The team is fighting on three fronts this season and has maintained a strong momentum in the FA Cup, Europa League and Premier League so far.
Now that we have reached the FA Cup final, we will definitely have a chance to win the championship.
How could Manchester City fans, who had not tasted the taste of championship for half a century, not be excited? How could they not be excited? It is estimated that at this moment, all Manchester City fans were celebrating wildly.
Guardiola walked to the sidelines and hugged each Manchester City player as they walked off the field.
The Manchester City fans in the stands were also shouting the names of the players one by one, especially when it was the turn of outstanding players such as David Silva, Sanchez and David Luiz, and the scorers.
David Silva played the whole game and won the best player of the game for his outstanding performance.
David Luiz also continued his outstanding performance since joining Manchester City, making people begin to believe that he is not only a strong substitute for Pepe and Kompany, but also a strong supplement to the team's defense.
Jerome Boateng was even squeezed to the right side by him, and the German central defender was quite depressed about this.
He is obviously a central defender, why does he always play the role of a jack of all trades? When Su Dong said goodbye to several Arsenal players, walked off the field and hugged Guardiola, the whole stadium burst into the most enthusiastic and crazy cheers that swept every corner of the stadium.
"Su! Su!! Su Dong!!!"
Manchester City fans kept shouting his name, one wave louder than the other.
This shows the lofty status that Su Dong enjoys in the hearts of Manchester City fans, and he never disappoints the fans.
As long as he is on the court, he can create a threat for the team.
It was said that Arsenal would be defeated within half an hour, but Su Dong only took eight minutes.
In just less than half an hour of coming on as a substitute, Su Dong created at least three excellent scoring opportunities, including one that Adam Johnson inexplicably kicked away.
This also made Manchester City, and everyone else, see Su Dong's value to the team.
Even Wenger had to admit after the loss that putting Su Dong on the bench put Arsenal in a very passive position.
"Su Dong is indeed a headache, but the next one to have a headache is Lao Lei's turn!"
Wenger smiled maliciously, sending a chill down Guardiola's spine.
Does this mean that I am having a hard time and I want to take someone down with me even when I die?
(End of this chapter)
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