Chapter 956 Guardiola was angry!
Weekend night, moderate rain.
Manchester City faced Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.
On this rainy night in Manchester, the Manchester derby was staged in the FA Cup knockout match, which undoubtedly has special significance.
Although Manchester City made a large number of rotations and even Su Dong sat on the bench, the overall strength is still very good and the team is in good shape. From the beginning of the game, they showed the momentum to defeat Manchester United in one go.
In front of Manchester City, the Red Devils have long lost the spirit of the Premier League champions.
Ferguson's team fell into a passive position at the beginning of the game, but still defended very tenaciously.
What encouraged many Manchester United fans even more was that Scholes, who had not been seen for a long time, sat back on Manchester United's bench.
This was the day before the game. Manchester United suddenly announced Scholes' return, and Ferguson immediately put him in the squad against Manchester City, which shows how urgent their desire for Scholes was.
Rainy days themselves have some restrictions on Manchester City's passing and controlling style of play, but tonight, Manchester City's enemy is not only the weather, not only Manchester United on the opposite side, but also the referee Chris Foy.
The 50-year-old Foy is a very experienced referee, but he is beginning to have trouble keeping up with the tempo and pace of Premier League games.
Especially this season, he has frequently made serious law enforcement mistakes.
For example, in the ninth round of the Premier League, Chelsea lost 0-1 to Queens Park Rangers away.
Why did they lose? Because in the first half of the game, Chris Foy sent off two players, Bosingwa and Drogba, at once, giving Queens Park Rangers a penalty kick, which helped Queens Park Rangers beat Chelsea.
Not long ago, in the 15th round of the Premier League, Stoke City played against Tottenham Hotspur at home.
Chris Foy ignored two handball fouls in the penalty area of the home team, a tackle by center back Shawcross, and various fouls by Woodgate, but disallowed a goal by Tottenham Hotspur striker Adebayor, helping Stoke City to a "narrow win" over Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 and ending Tottenham's unbeaten record.
These two games made Chris Foy the target of public criticism. Premier League teams and the media questioned his officiating ability, believing that the 50-year-old had started to make numerous mistakes and was clearly unable to meet the requirements of the Premier League.
But this time, the FA still arranged for Chris Foy to referee the Manchester derby in the FA Cup.
Before the game, Ferguson joked that he didn't want Chris Foy to make poor referees who favored the home team as he did twice before this season, but instead hoped he could balance the game more fairly.
But I don’t know if Chris Foy misunderstood Ferguson’s meaning, or he felt that Manchester City was too strong this season, so Foy wanted to create some trouble for Manchester City.
So less than ten minutes into the first half, Manchester City center back Kompany, who was wearing the captain's armband, missed the first tackle when defending Nani, but successfully tackled the ball the second time, and he kept both feet on the ground throughout the process. This was a beautiful defense no matter how you look at it.
But Chris Foy didn't think so. He ran over and called a foul on Kompany, penalty, red card! Everyone in the stadium was stunned! What kind of a trick is this?
Su Dong was sitting on the bench. When he saw this scene, he stood up and looked at what was happening on the court in disbelief. Even from such a distance, he felt that this was not a foul. How could the referee give a red card and a penalty? Turning his head, Su Dong looked at Ferguson in front of the visiting team's coaching bench and found that the Manchester United godfather was also confused.
Damn it, how much money did you give him to make him fight for you like this? Even willing to gamble his life's honor and future? Su Dong's eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
Ferguson smiled bitterly and shook his head, as if to say: If I say no, you certainly won't believe it.
I'm stupid to believe you! Su Dong turned his head angrily and walked back to the bench.
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Red card plus penalty, the final result is needless to say, Kompany was sent off and Rooney scored the penalty.
But this is just the beginning.
Manchester City suffered such a blow at the beginning of the game, and the team immediately fell into chaos, showing a bit of leaderlessness on the court.
Although the team still had the advantage in passing and controlling the ball, Manchester United's counterattack was also very effective.
In the 30th minute, Evra's cross from the left hit Hazard's leg, and Welbeck kicked near the penalty spot to score another goal for Manchester United, 2-0.
Ten minutes later, Welbeck dribbled into the penalty area again and was tripped by Leighton Baines. The referee Chris Foy awarded another penalty kick, and Rooney calmly scored again, making it 3-0.
The Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium are not happy about this! Damn, how much did they receive from Manchester United?
One red card, two penalties, you might as well just give the qualification to Manchester United so that we don't have to waste energy playing another game.
Even when Rooney scored the penalty, there was a burst of warm applause at the scene, which was full of irony.
Every time Chris Foy blew the whistle afterwards, whether it was in favor of Manchester City or not, he was booed loudly.
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Before the first half was over, assistant coach Torrent had already walked to the bench and told Sudong and Pepe to get ready and be substituted during the half-time break.
The two best friends looked at each other, stood up helplessly, and ran out to warm up.
If it were their turn to go up now, the answer would be self-evident: they still wanted to attack.
Pepe's role is to stabilize the defense, and Su Dong's role is only one, which is to score goals.
Even though they were three goals behind, they still didn't give up. It seemed that Guardiola was also angry.
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"In the second half, our tactics were simple: control the ball, organize, and score goals!"
Guardiola withdrew the two wingers and let Sudong and Aguero partner as double strikers. He also let Pepe go up to partner with David Luiz as central defender, and the captain's armband was put back on Sudong's arm.
"Everyone, what I want to say is that we have never been so embarrassed so far this season, falling behind 0-3. We haven't suffered such a defeat since last season."
"If the opponent relied on their strength to break through our goal on the field, I would accept such a goal loss. But now, our opponent took advantage of the referee's relationship to get such a leading advantage through two penalties and a red card. I can't accept it!"
Guardiola has always been polite, and rarely like now, like an angry lion.
Of course, he had reason to interfere, because no one could accept losing the ball in this way.
"In the second half, we won't be conservative. We want to score goals and keep scoring goals. We can equalize the score or even reverse the situation."
"They want to take the promotion away from us, but we won't give it to them!"
In the end, Guardiola's gnashing teeth were completely different from the past, but it also stimulated the players.
Su Dong was the first to stand up and support Guardiola.
"We have the experience of scoring three goals in the first half. I believe that even if we have one less player than the opponent, we can still control the game and beat the opponent."
"This is our home ground. We must show our unstoppable momentum and tell Manchester United and the world that even if one of our players is sent off or we have one less player than our opponent for a long time, we can still suppress our opponent and defeat their defense."
“We can definitely do this!”
Su Dong's words were loud and clear, and he received support from his teammates.
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Before the second half of the game started, Manchester United players noticed something was wrong.
Su Dong actually came on the field! Is he going to fight for his life?
Even though they are missing one person, they still go to Sudong. Are they trying to counterattack?
When Ferguson saw this on the sidelines, he was also shocked. He looked at Guardiola in front of the home team's coaching bench, with an expression that clearly showed a mixture of complex emotions including admiration and worry.
The shadow cast by Su Dong on him was too great.
But what Ferguson did not expect was that just over a minute into the second half, before Manchester United had even touched the ball a few times, David Silva advanced to the left side of the penalty area, dribbled inside, and caused Smalling to foul, winning Manchester City a free kick in a very good position in the frontcourt.
Su Dong stood at the penalty spot without hesitation, positioned the ball, slowly stepped back, and looked at Manchester United setting up a human wall in the penalty area. He really wanted to go up and tell them to stop, it was useless.
Over the years, he has lost count of how many free kicks like this he has taken. In this position, his success rate is the highest.
David Silva knew this, so just now in the left corner outside the penalty area, he refused to fall down and went straight to this area, earning Manchester City a valuable free kick opportunity.
After the human wall was set up, Su Dong looked at the referee Chris Foy.
Anyway, no matter whether he received money from Manchester United or wanted to help Manchester United win, everyone in Manchester City treated him as having it.
After Chris Foy blew the whistle, Su Dong quickly ran forward.
There was only a bang, and then the ball was seen flying out quickly, just passing over the heads of the human wall, and going straight to the upper near corner of the goal, almost brushing the crossbar and going into the net.
Goalkeeper Lindegaard looked confused.
He never expected that Su Dong's free kick would come so quickly, so decisively, and so helpless.
The entire Etihad Stadium erupted in thunderous cheers and applause, and all Manchester City fans were shouting Su Dong's name.
After scoring the free kick, Su Dong did not run to the sidelines to celebrate, but rushed straight to Manchester United's goal. Before everyone could react, he picked up the football on the goal line, turned around and ran quickly to the center circle. After putting the ball at the midpoint, he ran out of the center circle again.
At this time, everyone in Manchester City had returned to their positions, deployed their formations, and looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy, waiting for Manchester United to kick off.
At this moment, this scene not only made all the fans at the scene exclaim, but also surprised Ferguson on the sidelines.
Today's Manchester City is no longer the fledgling mercenary army of the past, but an iron army that is tightly surrounded by Su Dong, with good cohesion and terrifying combat effectiveness!
(End of this chapter)
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