Chapter 885: What You Wish For
"First of all, on behalf of the dressing room, I would like to thank all the Manchester City fans and everyone who has helped us. It is because of your support and help that we have been able to achieve excellent results this season."
"We are a whole unit fighting side by side!"
“Here, I want to tell you that we will not be satisfied with the status quo. The results of this season will not stop us. On the contrary, it will make us more confident, more calm and more motivated. We hope to achieve better results in the new season and repay everyone’s support and love.”
At the beginning of the celebration banquet, after Mubarak, Soriano, Begiristain and Guardiola took the stage to give speeches, Su Dong also went on stage as a representative of the team's locker room to say a few words for the team.
After being the captain for a year, Su Dong has become more and more stage-ready.
Perhaps it is because he has given too many mobilization speeches in the locker room and represented the locker room more often in front of the media and fans, so now when he faces many guests, staff and teammates, he basically doesn't use a script and speaks directly.
There was warm applause from the audience.
“Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to tell my teammates that I hope everyone can keep up the good work and strive to perform better and achieve better results in the new season, whether it is in the Premier League, the Champions League, or domestic cup competitions, we can achieve better results!”
Su Dong's last speech won him the warmest applause from the audience.
His weight in the Manchester City locker room is getting heavier and heavier, and many times his words are even more effective than Guardiola's.
De Bruyne, Courtois and others who attended Manchester City's celebration party for the first time also witnessed Su Dong's influence in the Manchester City team. Whether in the locker room or in the club, it was amazing.
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There was nothing much to say about the award ceremony that followed.
As early as the beginning of the celebration banquet, Su Dong had made it clear that as the captain of the team, he would not participate in any award selection within the team, not only this time, but also every time in the future, he would not participate.
His teammates were both surprised and delighted by Su Dong's decision.
Everyone knows that if Su Dong participates in the competition, they will have basically no chance of winning many awards and will just be running for Su Dong.
But now that Su Dong has withdrawn, their chance has come.
This is not only an honor, but also a real reward. Behind every award is a generous bonus.
Of course, the most important thing is that this afternoon, every player received the Treble Bonus transferred from the club into their account. Everyone was in a good mood and smiled from ear to ear.
David Silva won the Player of the Season award and Toni Kroos won the Rookie of the Season award.
Although Toni Kroos is the main midfielder this season, he is actually only 21 years old and a complete rookie.
Although local rookies like Trippier and Sterling also had good performances, they were still far behind Toni Kroos, so in the end the German midfielder won the award.
The Goal of the Season award went to Busquets because he only scored one goal this season and it was pretty good.
There were also various other awards of varying sizes, which were awarded to almost all the main players. Many substitutes and rotation players also won awards. Even players who did not win an award would receive a consolation prize.
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The whole celebration banquet ended in a festive atmosphere.
Not only the players, but also the coaches and staff received their own awards and red envelopes, and everyone returned home with a lot of rewards.
This is also a reflection of Manchester City's wealth.
Mansour is still willing to invest in this aspect, which is rare among European clubs.
The response from City players and employees has also been positive.
If the boss is willing to invest, the players and employees will naturally be more passionate about their work.
After the team held a celebration party, Su Dong paid out of his own pocket to treat everyone in the team to a nightclub party.
On weekdays, the players live an ascetic life, and everyone is very self-disciplined. Now that the season is over, they can indulge themselves a little. Su Dong himself does not drink any alcohol and only drinks fruit juice, but he does not stop the players from drinking, just asks for moderation.
This made the players very satisfied.
The party lasted until late at night and then people left one after another.
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After the celebration banquet, Manchester City was officially disbanded.
Su Dong did not start his vacation immediately, but continued to stay in Manchester to deal with some things. At the same time, he flew to Germany and Italy to shoot two sponsor advertisements.
Su Dong is a very busy man nowadays, and one has to wait for a long time to get an invitation to shoot a commercial.
After returning, Su Dong went directly to London and, accompanied by Wang Chuqing, went to Wembley Stadium to watch the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United.
This is the last major European football match of the season.
Compared to Manchester United, which lost to Manchester City in the Premier League and FA Cup, Barcelona, coached by Mourinho, defeated its arch-rival Real Madrid in the battles for the La Liga and Copa del Rey titles, winning two championship trophies.
If Barcelona wins the Champions League again this season, it will achieve a treble.
This has been Mourinho's hard pursuit since he took over as coach of Barcelona, and it has also been Messi's goal for many years.
Everyone can see that Messi is determined to catch up with Su Dong and achieve the same achievements that Su Dong made at Barcelona.
As for Mourinho, from Porto to Chelsea to Barcelona, he reached the Champions League final several times, but failed every time.
This season is the third consecutive season that he and Barcelona have reached the Champions League final. If they cannot win the championship again, Mourinho will really collapse.
In the history of the Champions League, there have been many times when a team reached the Champions League final for three consecutive years, but at least they won one championship. The worst was Valencia that year, which reached the Champions League final for two consecutive years, but did not win the championship in both years. In the third year, they missed the final.
Therefore, Barcelona was highly favored before the game.
Mourinho seemed to have learned from Guardiola's use of Sudon in the previous match between Manchester City and Manchester United. He arranged Messi to play as a free man in the final, let Pedro and Villa play as wingers, the midfield was a combination of Xavi and Iniesta, and Yaya Toure was left at the end.
This lineup allowed Barcelona to firmly control the ball, just like Manchester City, and Messi kept dribbling the ball to attack Manchester United's defense, not only creating opportunities for Pedro and Villa, but also frequently shooting.
With the previous experience against Manchester City, Manchester United is obviously more experienced when facing Barcelona's style of play.
Ferguson adopted a three-midfield tactic, focusing on stable defense and active counterattacks. In addition, the game was played at Wembley Stadium, which Manchester United was more familiar with. As a result, Rooney scored in a counterattack not long after the start of the game, opening the scoring for Manchester United.
This goal completely ignited the passion in Wembley Stadium.
"Ferguson is really awesome!" Su Dong said in admiration.
After losing to Manchester City in the FA Cup, Ferguson's tactics were clearly adjusted.
The same style of play was used against Manchester United for the second time, but the effect was not obvious.
But the main problem is Barcelona’s own problems.
Su Dong really felt the confinement that Mourinho's style of play had on Barcelona's players.
To put it simply, every player seems to be playing with shackles on.
Or maybe they all played very frustrated and were not happy at all.
If you can't use your strength as you wish, you naturally can't play at your best.
"You mean, Manchester United can win?" Wang Chuqing asked curiously.
Before the game, Su Dong told her clearly that he was very optimistic about Barcelona.
Sure enough, Su Dong shook his head. "It's hard to say. I can only say that Manchester United has the initiative for the time being, but Barcelona's desire to win is very strong, especially Messi. This kid has been holding back for long enough!"
Messi has had a big breakthrough this season. Mourinho also said that there is a very important reason for this, which is that there is no Su Dongbo in the Champions League.
Don't underestimate this! In the past few years, the teams that Su Dong joined have shown strong competitiveness in the Champions League, and Su Dong himself has repeatedly won the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or with his outstanding performance.
This season, Su Dong is unable to participate in the Champions League because of Manchester City.
Even if Manchester City eventually wins the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League, they cannot compete with Barcelona, which now has two titles in La Liga and the Copa del Rey. As long as they win the Champions League, the value of this treble will definitely exceed that of Manchester City.
Messi will also surely become the number one favorite for the FIFA Ballon d'Or with this treble.
Su Dong scored more goals, but Messi's championship is more valuable.
Messi has been waiting for such an opportunity for so many years, and he will definitely not miss it.
And Su Dong was not wrong.
Before the end of the first half, Messi suddenly dribbled the ball, passed three Manchester United players, broke into the penalty area, and shot low near the penalty spot, breaking Manchester United's goal and equalizing the score for Barcelona, 1-1.
After the change of sides in the second half, Messi was still quite active.
After creating opportunities for Pedro and Villa but failing to score, Messi and Iniesta completed two consecutive wall passes in a small area in the 73rd minute, making Manchester United's defenders dizzy.
In the end, Messi shot from the penalty area and broke through Van der Sar's goal again.
2-1, Barcelona reversed Manchester United! No matter how Manchester United fought back, Ferguson even gambled everything, but Barcelona still held on to the score of 2-1.
After the two sides fought hard for 90 minutes, Barcelona finally reversed Manchester United 2-1 with Messi's two goals and won the Champions League this season.
First they missed out on the Premier League, then the FA Cup, and now the Champions League. Manchester United went from fighting on three fronts to getting nothing. Ferguson's frustration and helplessness are evident.
On the contrary, although Barcelona suffered setbacks at the beginning, they successfully reversed Manchester United and won the Champions League thanks to Messi's outstanding performance.
Head coach Mourinho excitedly rushed to the sidelines, slid on his knees, then jumped up and waved his fists to vent his inner excitement. This was the first Champions League in his coaching career.
After missing the Champions League several times in a row, Mourinho finally got what he wanted!
The only drawback is that there is no Soviet Union in this season's Champions League.
It would be even more perfect if we could win the Champions League by defeating Su Dong!
(End of this chapter)
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