Chapter 917 Lifetime Contract
When facing Su Dong, any central defender would be trembling with fear and treading on thin ice.
When Su Dong was still playing for Bayern Munich, Santana suffered a lot from Su Dong, which made him extremely cautious.
David Silva suddenly made a long pass over the top and sent the ball to the penalty area. Santana immediately entangled Su Dong, chased him all the way back, and stuck tightly to the inside of Su Dong, wanting to rush over to block him as soon as he kicked the ball.
But this also leaves space on the left side.
The two rushed to the front of the penalty area almost at the same time. Su Dong got in position and when the ball landed, he headed the ball without jumping.
The ball was headed by Su Dong to the left side of the penalty area, behind Piszczek.
After heading the ball, Su Dong suddenly stopped and grinned at Santana who was facing a formidable enemy.
At this time, Di Maria suddenly shook off Piszczek and sprinted forward at the fastest speed.
Santana was so shocked that he didn't even care about Su Dong. He immediately rushed to the left, fearing that Di Maria would cut inside.
But at this moment, Su Dong started again and cut diagonally in front of the goal behind Santana.
As soon as Di Maria caught up with the ball, he took a step and quickly made a low cross with his left foot, sending the ball to the front point.
The ball arrived, and the players arrived! Su Dong got ahead of Subotic and kicked the ball into the lower left corner of Dortmund's goal.
Facing this close-range shot, Weidenfeller kicked out immediately but was still unable to stop it.
The ball went into the net, one to zero!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
As the Belgian referee blew the whistle to signal the goal was scored, the entire stadium was filled with crazy cheers from Manchester City fans.
All the fans rushed out of their seats and cheered wildly at Su Dong who was running excitedly in the stands and on the stadium.
One to zero!
"This is the first Champions League goal in Manchester City's history!"
"It happened in the fourth minute of the game. It was planned by Su Dong himself, who scored this crucial goal."
"This will be a goal that goes down in Manchester City history and it marks the beginning of a new chapter in the club's history."
"Let's follow the live TV footage and see the madness of Manchester City fans. Although it is separated by the camera and the screen, we can still clearly feel their excitement and excitement."
"Manchester City scored in just four minutes in their first Champions League campaign."
"More importantly, the opponent is the Bundesliga powerhouse Dortmund!"
Su Dong finally rushed to the corner area and stood there, opening his arms towards all the fans in the stands, as if he wanted to hug them.
Finally, he kissed the ring on his left hand vigorously and pointed to the stands.
The voices shouting Su Dong's name grew louder and louder and lasted for a long time.
Manchester City players also ran out to celebrate the goal with Su Dong.
This was a great start.
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The moment Su Dong scored a goal, Guardiola jumped up and cheered to celebrate the goal.
"Yes! Yes!!!" Guardiola shouted excitedly with his fists clenched.
This is the first Champions League in his coaching career, and winning this game is of extraordinary significance to him.
Su Dong's goal undoubtedly opened the scoring for Manchester City.
Guardiola excitedly hugged the assistants around him one by one, and gave Su Dong a thumbs up from afar.
Su Dong raised his clenched fist as a response to him.
"Hold on! Hold on to the tempo! Hold on to the ball! Don't be impatient! Be patient!"
Guardiola walked to the sidelines and shouted to the Manchester City players who were walking back.
Manchester City has the advantage in passing and controlling the ball, while Dortmund is best at pressing and oppressing.
This is a contest between the two teams. It depends on whether Manchester City can control the ball and slow down the tempo, or whether Dortmund can successfully lead Manchester City.
To some extent, Manchester City still has a lot of advantages.
It's not just about the strength of the players, but also the home advantage.
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Klopp seemed much more excited than Guardiola.
After seeing the ball lost, he rushed to the sidelines and roared and yelled at the players who made the mistake.
He did not hide his dissatisfaction with the players' performance at all, especially the goal conceded just now, which was ridiculous!
After such a long period of careful preparation, they lost the ball in just four minutes? However, Klopp quickly calmed down and immediately signaled the team to pay more attention to defense.
In fact, he did not arrange for Gundogan to play tonight, but let two defensive midfielders, Sven Bender and Kyle, team up as double defensive midfielders. The intention is very obvious, that is, to do their best to ensure the team's defense is stable first.
But just now, Kyle did not follow up David Silva immediately, giving him the opportunity to pass the ball over the top, and Su Dong's header was also very thoughtful and smart.
As for Di Maria's subsequent cross, it was already a routine operation.
If Su Dong had chosen to stop the ball at that time, Santana would have been able to entangle him in the first moment. Together with Subotic, and Sven Bender and Kyle who returned to defense, Manchester City would have little chance of scoring.
But Su Dong chose a passage leading to the goal in an instant, and it was actually a bit too much to blame it entirely on Dortmund's defenders.
Klopp is clearly aware that Dortmund should pay more attention to defense.
Just like the game where AC Milan drew 2-2 with Barcelona at Camp Nou.
Allegri's team accurately grasped Barcelona's weaknesses, so they adopted a defensive tactic and gained a certain advantage through Pato's goal after the opening.
They then conceded two goals in a row, but equalized the score again in the final stages thanks to a goal from Da Silva.
The scene was indeed very ugly, with the ball possession rate being 75 to 25, AC Milan having only one-third of Barcelona, and the number of shots being only one-quarter of Barcelona. But judging from the result, AC Milan at least escaped from the Camp Nou unscathed.
This is also a consensus among the outside world on how to restrain Barcelona.
If you want to play like Manchester City did in the European Super Cup and go against Barcelona, you need to have the personnel configuration and passing and ball control capabilities of Manchester City, as well as Manchester City's technical and tactical play.
Otherwise, just defend yourself.
To some extent, Manchester City is actually another "Barcelona".
If you want to restrain Manchester City, you still have to play according to the same style of play that you used to restrain Barcelona.
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As Dortmund gradually increased their emphasis on defense, the game gradually returned to a balance.
Manchester City controlled the ball and Dortmund pressed hard, but the two defensive midfielders basically maintained protection of the defense line, and the two full-backs also reduced the number of times they made late runs, which stabilized Dortmund's defense.
The game started to get stalemate.
But Manchester City led by one goal, maintained the advantage and successfully controlled the ball.
Manchester City chairman Mubarak in the stands, as well as executives such as Soriano and Begiristain were all very excited and obviously very satisfied with the start of the game.
"Su will definitely become the greatest legend in Manchester City's history!" Mubarak said with certainty.
Although Su Dong has only joined the team for more than a year, basically no one will question all this.
"Yes, he will accomplish in Manchester City what Maradona did in Naples. No, he will accomplish a greater miracle than what the King of Football achieved in Naples. I have no doubt that he can lead the team to win the Champions League. It is only a matter of time," Soriano said firmly.
Begiristain also agreed, "Among the current active players, Su Dong's strength is unique, even half a level higher than Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. He is a real living legend."
It can be seen that the Big Three are extremely satisfied with Su Dong's performance after joining Manchester City. It can even be said that Su Dong is the most successful transfer signing in Manchester City's history.
"He's 27 years old now, so you should prepare yourself and try to sign a lifetime contract with him," Mubarak said.
This was obviously not just Mubarak's idea, but also Mansour's idea behind it, as he has always been a fan of Su Dong.
According to the current contract, Su Dong will play for Manchester City until he is 30 years old, but everyone believes that with Su Dong's self-discipline and the private coaching team behind him, this will greatly extend his career.
Many people even believe that he will be able to play until he is 40 years old, just like the achievements of Maldini, Costacurta and others in AC Milan. In fact, Su Dong is more self-disciplined and hardworking than all of them.
Today, Su Dong is Manchester City’s most prominent brand.
When the club participated in the Challenge Tournament in the United States, Su Dong was the most sought-after object by the organizers and sponsors. Some people even said that the organizers made an exception and invited Manchester City because of Su Dong.
From this we can see that Su Dong’s importance to Manchester City today is not only as captain, not only as a strong partner, not only as the top scorer, but also as the vital soul core in the locker room.
At the critical moment, the only one Manchester City can rely on is Su Dong.
It can be said that Su Dong is the core fighting force of Manchester City.
Manchester City's management, and even Mansour behind the scenes, see this more clearly than anyone else.
Therefore, they have begun to look forward to renewing the contract with Su Dong.
Use more generous chips, better treatment and more affection to keep this legendary captain who is destined to go down in the club's history.
Soriano and Begiristain were a little surprised by Mubarak's words, because they had not received any notice before, and it was a bit too hasty to renew the contract now.
But they soon understood what Mansour meant.
The Abu Dhabi consortium is not short of money, but another wealthy team that is even richer has emerged in European football today, and that is Paris Saint-Germain, which is behind the Qatar consortium.
In order to boost the Qatar World Cup, the Qatari consortium is determined to recruit players for Paris Saint-Germain at all costs, and the number one target is Su Dong. They even threatened to spend 200 million euros to introduce Su Dong and promised a super high price of 100 million euros per year.
Mansour obviously felt the pressure, which is why he couldn't wait to renew his contract with Su Dong.
Only by keeping Su Dong can Manchester City have the confidence!
(End of this chapter)
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