Chapter 984 King of the Penalty Zone
In the Etihad Stadium, there was a muffled sound of breaking through the air, and the football was like a flash of lightning, crossing the green field, just brushing the left post, and entering the Manchester City goal.
Manchester City goalkeeper Courtois was just a little bit short of the target when he dived sideways, but it was just this little bit that made him unable to stop the ball from entering the net. He could only watch the ball fly into the goal he was guarding and was powerless to do anything. This made Courtois angrily pound the grass beneath him.
This was a wonderful direct free kick and had nothing to do with anyone.
To be honest, it can only be blamed on Cristiano Ronaldo's free kick being too accurate.
If it was even a little bit off, it would have been impossible to score a goal.
But he was able to punish so well.
One to one!
Cristiano Ronaldo excitedly rushed off the pitch and struck his iconic celebration in the corner, looking like a statue, as Real Madrid players rushed out to celebrate his goal.
Su Dong stood at the front of the penalty area and watched his best friend score a wonderful direct free kick into his own team's goal. The feeling was really complicated, but he was more happy for Ronnie.
This goal was really beautiful! "His free kicks are getting better and better." Pepe came over and whispered.
He was standing in the human wall just now, watching Ronnie take the free throw with his own eyes, and the feeling was even more profound.
"I saw that you were scared just now, afraid that he would aim directly at you and kick you." Su Dong laughed.
Pepe was also amused when he heard this. "If it wasn't the goal that tied the score, I really think that with his wildness, this is possible."
Both of them laughed in a wicked way, obviously knowing a lot about Cristiano Ronaldo's waves.
"It's okay, it's okay!"
Su Dong stood outside the penalty area, clapped loudly, and called all his teammates over.
Soon, all the Manchester City players gathered around Su Dong and spontaneously formed a circle.
"This is just an accident. Don't worry, everyone. There is no need to worry. We just need to continue to stick to our tactics and keep our rhythm. We will definitely be able to score again. Do you understand?"
"Got it!" the teammates responded in unison.
Su Dong took the initiative to stretch out his right hand, and the other players also stretched out their hands and crossed them together.
"Manchester City must win!" Su Dong shouted loudly.
“Come on! Come on! Come on!!”
The Manchester City players dispersed and returned to their positions, ready to kick off again.
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After seeing this scene on the sidelines, Guardiola turned around and looked at his two assistants, Torrent and Estiat, and all three of them showed expressions of appreciation.
The role of Su Dong was reflected at this time.
The team had just conceded a goal and the opponent equalized the score, so the morale suffered a bit, but Su Dong quickly saw this, immediately made up for it, and tried to boost the team's morale and fighting spirit.
More importantly, Su Dong saw the reason for the goal lost just now.
It was a collaboration from a superstar.
Kaka's masterpiece is dribbling through the middle. That kind of speed and impact are still missed and talked about by countless fans even now. So even if he is plagued by injuries and even if he is not in peak condition, he can still break through Busquets by dribbling head-on.
Busquets' strength has never been in defense. This does not mean that his defense is weak. On the contrary, his defense is seriously underestimated. It's just that his greatest role is in passing and organizing the ball at the fourth position.
Kaka just seized the opportunity of Busquets and created a gap for Cristiano Ronaldo in front of the penalty area, allowing the Portuguese winger to stop the ball and shake off Zabaleta, thus causing Zabaleta to foul.
In a one-on-one situation, when Cristiano Ronaldo rushed with the ball, it was really not easy to stop him, and the only option was to commit a foul.
In fact, there was no need for a foul just now, as Pepe and Kompany were both in position.
It can only be said that Zabaleta was fooled by the Portuguese winger in his haste and was forced into a free kick opportunity by him.
On the other hand, the Portuguese winger is also very confident in his free kicks.
They are all top stars in the world, and none of them is easy to deal with.
Real Madrid is trying every possible way to stop Su Dong, and Manchester City is also trying every possible way to imprison Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka. If the opponent's stars are really allowed to play as they please, then there is no need to play the game, it will definitely become a goal game.
And now, Real Madrid has scored an away goal, which is very unfavorable for Manchester City.
To some extent, Manchester City is now in a lagging position.
Guardiola could only walk to the sidelines and keep signaling to the players to minimize fouls in front of the penalty area.
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The game starts again.
Under the command of Su Dong, Manchester City still patiently passed the ball, methodically maintained its midfield advantage and suppressed Real Madrid. After scoring an away goal, Real Madrid seemed to be more inclined to defend, especially after Manchester City pressed forward, Real Madrid's three lines all shrank more compactly.
Pellegrini led Villarreal to good results in the Champions League, and his achievements as coach of Real Madrid are also obvious to all. On the defensive end, his coaching is still very strong, especially facing Manchester City's passing and control of the ball.
You know, he himself is from Latin America.
This immediately put the two teams into a stalemate.
Manchester City still controlled the ball but failed to score again.
Although Real Madrid also launched some sporadic counterattacks, they mostly used Cristiano Ronaldo's speed and impact to create threats, but it was difficult to create real shooting opportunities.
As a result, the game suddenly became deadlocked.
It was not until the 35th minute that Manchester City once again seized the opportunity and organized a wave of attacks, continuously creating threats outside Real Madrid's penalty area. Di Maria, Toni Kroos and David Silva took long shots in succession.
Although they failed to shoot on target, they still put pressure on Real Madrid.
Su Dong was surrounded by defensive players in Real Madrid's shrinking defense.
Unfortunately, on the two flanks tonight, Di Maria and Sanchez were restricted by Real Madrid's two full-backs, Arbeloa and Coentrao, and it was difficult for them to open up offensive channels on the flanks, and the two full-backs did not dare to press forward easily.
Real Madrid's offensive players are still very threatening, especially Zabaleta on Real Madrid's left wing.
But even so, Manchester City still got a corner kick opportunity in the 41st minute.
That was a shot from Sanchez after he received a low pass from Sudong and broke into the right side of the penalty area, but it was blocked by Albiol and went out of the baseline.
Toni Kroos took the corner kick and he lifted the ball directly into Real Madrid's penalty area, but Sudon was disturbed by Ramos and Khedira and was unable to jump. The ball flew over his head, landed at the back post and was cleared out of the penalty area.
But the ball did not fly far. After Busquets stopped the ball, he passed it to the left and gave it to Marcelo.
This time, Marcelo decisively dribbled the ball forward diagonally. Facing his Brazilian compatriot Kaka who came to defend, he dribbled past Kaka smartly and made a diagonal pass into the penalty area with his left foot, trying to find Su Dong, but Kheddy blocked the ball with his foot in the middle, and the ball deviated slightly.
Su Dong still stopped the ball before Ramos and Albiol. When stopping the ball, he turned around from having his back to the goal to face the goal directly.
Ramos and Albiol both rushed up at the same time, but Su Dong decisively blocked Albiol with his body, pulled the ball sideways with his right foot, and took a step to the right.
When Su Dong blocked the ball, he and Albiol collided physically with each other. As a result, Albiol was forced to take a small step back, while Su Dong took a step to the right.
At this time, the football was just within the range of Su Dong's right foot.
Ramos wanted to pounce, but there was Albiol between him and Sudon. Xabi Alonso behind him was also too late, and Coentrao in the distance was also staring blankly.
In this way, Real Madrid's defensive players watched Su Dong create a gap, swing his right foot and shoot directly with great force.
The shot was sudden, quick and powerful. It could be said that Su Dong had put all his strength into it, so the ball was extremely fast and the angle was straight above the goal.
Normally, with such a shot, if the hitting position is slightly deviated, even by only one centimeter, the football may fly directly high. However, Su Dong is so confident that he can hit the target accurately and suppress the momentum of the ball in such a hasty situation.
Casillas reacted quickly and dived out at the first moment, but this kick was from bottom to top, which was not only fast but also powerful. The Real Madrid goalkeeper was still too slow after all.
The ball hit the top of the goal behind him and fell into Real Madrid's goal.
Two to one!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 41st minute, Su Dong scored another goal!"
"Manchester City takes the lead again!"
"My God, this shot once again demonstrated Su Dong's super dominance in the penalty area. He was surrounded by Real Madrid's defensive players, but in the end Su Dong still seized the opportunity."
"He's like the king of the restricted area!"
"From the slow-motion replay, we can clearly see that from the time Su Dong stopped the ball and turned around to the time he pulled the ball, he also had physical contact with Albiol. It is obvious that the Real Madrid central defender failed to gain any advantage from Su Dong and instead missed the best opportunity to block Su Dong's shot."
"The subsequent shot was extremely difficult. It looked very close to the goal, but it is really not easy to make such a shot. We can only say that Su Dong is very skilled and daring. Only he can be sure of making such a shot."
"But anyway, he scored a goal!"
Amid the cheers of nearly 50,000 fans in the stadium, Su Dong once again rushed to the sidelines to celebrate his goal.
(End of this chapter)
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