Chapter 922 Ferguson's Declaration of War
At noon on September 23, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Everton at home.
Guardiola has deployed his strongest lineup, waiting for Moyes' team to arrive.
The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Leighton Baines, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos are forward, and the front trident is a combination of Hazard, Sudon and Sanchez.
After the start of the game, Manchester City took advantage of its home field and the team's overall strength to launch a fierce attack on Everton, especially Leighton Baines on the left, who was extremely excited facing his old club and frequently created threats.
First, he assisted Toni Kroos with a long shot that went wide, and then at the front of the penalty area, he received a pass from Hazard and shot, which went slightly wide, giving Manchester City the first chance.
In the eighth minute, Leighton Baines made another cross from the left. Center back Jagielka got the first point but made a mistake when passing the ball back to goalkeeper Howard. Su Dong quickly came in from behind, poked the ball past the goalkeeper and easily pushed the ball into the empty goal, making it one to zero!
After Su Dong scored the goal, he did not slow down, but rushed straight to the sidelines, grinning from ear to ear.
That's right, who wouldn't be happy if they suddenly got such a big bargain? Everton coach Moyes was furious on the sidelines. He couldn't accept that his central defender was actually in the back line, especially when facing Manchester City. He was so blindly playing with fire.
Now I've burned my hands! ...
After conceding the goal, Everton began to pay more attention to defense, while Manchester City patiently controlled the ball.
In the 35th minute, Hazard broke through on the left and created a corner kick opportunity.
David Silva quickly took a corner kick, creating chaos in the penalty area, but it was cleared out of the penalty area.
After Zabaleta grabbed the ball on the right side outside the penalty area, he made some adjustments and passed it back into the penalty area.
Jagielka got the ball and headed it clear again, heading it to the left.
Marcelo followed up and grabbed the ball again. He stopped, took a look at the penalty area, and then passed the ball diagonally to the right side of the penalty area goal with his left foot.
In the chaotic crowd in the penalty area, Su Dong rushed out quickly, ahead of everyone else, and before goalkeeper Howard could get in position, he kicked Marcelo's diagonal pass.
Su Dong put the ball into Everton's goal, 2-0! ...
Afterwards, Su Dong made a sudden shot from 30 meters away, which almost penetrated Everton's goal, but Howard performed very well this time. He flew to the side and blocked Su Dong's long shot with one hand, thus defusing a scoring crisis.
Su Dong was unwilling to accept the result as he failed to perform a hat trick in the first half.
After the change of sides in the second half, he still performed very bravely, but was always just a little bit away from scoring.
In the 68th minute, it was Su Dong who received the pass from Sanchez on the right side of the frontcourt. He turned around and dribbled the ball sideways, all the way from the right corner of the penalty area to the top of the arc. He then seized the opportunity and suddenly cut into the penalty area, completely disrupting Everton's defense.
Caught off guard, Everton was in chaos. Su Dong passed the ball back, Toni Kroos followed up with a pull-up shot, and the ball went straight into the lower right corner of the goal, three to zero!
Su Dong was then substituted because the team had to face the second round of the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week, away to Inter Milan.
After Su Dong left the field, Manchester City continued to create opportunities.
Especially in the 89th minute, former Real Madrid player Drenthe made a mistake in passing the ball, which was suddenly intercepted by David Silva, who quickly sent a straight pass. Sanchez cut into the penalty area, calmly seized the opportunity, and shot with his right foot to score, 4-0! …
After this game, the situation in the Premier League finally changed.
Manchester City won six games in six and led the way, allowing everyone to once again feel the powerful strength of this rich team that was quickly built up with the help of gold checks.
Manchester United drew 1-1 with Stoke City away in this round, with Crouch equalizing for the home team.
As a result, the Premier League has changed from the two Manchester giants moving forward in tandem to Manchester City standing alone.
It's only two points, but it's still a lead.
Just as Moyes criticized his two defenders for playing with fire, which led to the team's major defeat after the game, Ferguson also accused Manchester United players of lacking aggressiveness and failing to withstand the pressure in the game, which led to the draw by Stoke City.
Both Scots were very unhappy with their team's performance in this round.
Ferguson even issued a declaration of war to Manchester City, saying that Manchester United would reverse Manchester City and top the league in the ninth round.
Because in the ninth round of the league, Manchester City will visit Old Trafford.
The huge defeat last season is still vivid in people's minds. Ferguson is determined to avenge the defeat and make a comeback in the standings.
Another interesting thing is that Courtois almost won this game without any effort.
Everton only had two shots on target in this game, neither of which posed a threat. Courtois easily resolved them and once again kept the opponent scoreless.
This also made the British media feel very emotional.
Is it that Courtois is just too lucky? Or is it that Joe Hart is just too unlucky?
Otherwise, how to explain this phenomenon?
Su Dong believes that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.
All the coincidences in football matches are inevitable.
Courtois seemed to win easily, but in fact it was also inseparable from the close cooperation between him and the back line.
Joe Hart is indeed not as good as Courtois in this regard.
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From taking office on June 24th to being fired on September 21st, he coached for only 90 days, making Gasperini the third shortest-lived head coach during Moratti's tenure as Inter Milan.
After firing Gasperini, who performed poorly, Inter Milan quickly changed its coach and welcomed the famous Italian coach, the tinkerer Ranieri.
Changing the coach is like changing the knife. After taking office, Inter Milan immediately defeated Bologna 3-1 away.
In the middle of the week, the second round of the Champions League group stage was held.
After losing to Villarreal in the first round away game, the home game against Manchester City is particularly important.
There is no need to say much about the strength of Manchester City, and everyone in Inter Milan is very clear about it.
Ranieri said before the game that he would learn from the experience of AC Milan's match against Barcelona. He believed that when facing ball-control teams like Barcelona and Manchester City, they must not go head-to-head with them, but should play to their strengths.
The Tinker said he did not think Inter Milan had the ability to go toe-to-toe with Manchester City now.
"As we all know, they are one of the strongest teams in Europe. We have to find their weaknesses and loopholes and attack them instead of just trying to overwhelm them."
In order to better restrain Manchester City, Ranieri adopted the traditional Italian 4-4-2 formation, and arranged for central defender Lucio, who transferred from Bayern, to partner with Samuel to deal with Su Dong.
The Tinkers adopted a defensive strategy, with two forwards, Pazzini and Milito, pressing and counterattacking.
This style of play caused Manchester City a lot of trouble and pressure at the Meazza Stadium.
Neither side was able to score, especially Manchester City.
The advantage in ball possession was very obvious, but they were unable to find an effective way to break through Inter Milan's defense.
Sudong also encountered trouble due to the joint restrictions of two world-class central defenders, Lucio and Samuel, which made it difficult for Manchester City's offense to pose a threat.
Breaking the density is a difficult problem for all teams in the world.
For Manchester City, when Su Dong was restricted, how to break the density was also a big problem.
In this way, the game remained deadlocked for nearly eighty minutes.
It was not until the 78th minute that Su Dong retreated to receive a pass from Moutinho. He turned around and was about to start with the ball, but was tripped by Samuel who was trying to steal the ball. The referee gave Manchester City a free kick at the front of the penalty area, 24 meters away from the goal.
This made Ranieri on the sidelines very angry, and everyone in Inter Milan felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.
Everyone knows how sharp Su Dong's free kicks are.
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Su Dong didn't need to discuss with anyone. After getting up from the ground, he went to the penalty spot with the football.
At this time, Inter Milan had already set up a human wall.
Five people! And the tallest player in the team, Lucio, was also among them, which shows how nervous Cesar was about Su Dong's penalty.
Before any team faces Manchester City, the head coach will definitely remind them to try not to commit fouls outside the penalty area.
To some extent, this can be considered as an assist for Manchester City.
After placing the ball, Su Dong slowly stepped back, put his hands on his hips, and waited for his opponents to form a human wall.
"He gives me a very confident feeling now, as if he is looking at the human wall and saying, 'Arrange it better, you can do whatever you want, if you can't score, I lose!' This should be what Ranieri is most worried about now."
"All teams facing Su Dong will encounter this problem."
"When you do everything you can to limit him and defend him, at the end of the day you find out that he has some tricks that you can't stop to score goals, which is quite frustrating and demoralizing."
"Inter Milan defended very well tonight. Although they only had 26 percent of the ball possession and even had three shots, at least they managed to keep the score at 0-0."
"But now, Su Dong still found a very good scoring opportunity for Manchester City. It all depends on this free kick."
As the referee pushed away and blew a whistle, it was indicated that Su Dong could take the penalty.
Su Dong looked at Inter Milan's wall and made a rough estimate in his mind. He quickly ran forward, came in front of the ball, and quickly kicked a curve ball with his right foot.
The ball was seen rising at an extremely fast speed, passing near Lucio, just over the head of the wall of people, and then falling rapidly with an obvious and strange change of direction, which caused goalkeeper Cesar to misjudge.
By the time the Brazilian goalkeeper judged the path of the ball and dived sideways, the ball had already taken the lead and went into Inter Milan's goal.
Cesar missed his attack and fell heavily to the grass, punching it hard in anger.
Su Dong excitedly rushed to the sidelines, running all the way, shouting and celebrating the goal.
Everyone in Manchester City was extremely excited.
After eighty minutes of attack, the iron fortress was still unbreakable, but was finally conquered by Su Dong!
(End of this chapter)
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