Chapter 995 This goal is too brutal!
Tottenham Hotspur has three famous goalkeepers: Gomez, Friedel and Cudicini.
There is a tradition in professional football that people like to judge the importance of a player in the team by his jersey number.
Some important numbers will never be given to anyone easily, such as number 10, number 8, number 4 and number 1.
The No. 1 jersey is the standard for main goalkeepers. Those who can wear this jersey are all goalkeepers that the head coach values the most.
If you want to be more rigorous, it should be when the player number is submitted.
Manchester City's number one jersey belongs to England goalkeeper Joe Hart, which proves that he was indeed Manchester City's starting goalkeeper at the time, but during the season, through the games, his position was challenged by young player Courtois, and he gradually lost his position. Now he has completely become Courtois' substitute.
The same is true for Tottenham Hotspur.
The number one jersey belongs to Gomez, and Cudicini has always been the team's backup goalkeeper, wearing the number 23 jersey.
This has also been Tottenham's regular configuration in the past two or three years, but at the beginning of the season, Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez's performance has been unsatisfactory. He made too many mistakes and Redknapp lost confidence in him, so he introduced American goalkeeper Friedel from Aston Villa on a free transfer.
Friedel is a famous Premier League player. From Blackburn to Aston Villa, he has always performed very well.
Redknapp brought in Friedel and gave him the No. 24 jersey, which put pressure on the original backup goalkeeper Cudicini, after all, he was already 38 years old.
After being tempered by many top teams such as AC Milan, Lazio and Chelsea, Cudicini has his own way of survival, which allows him to protect himself in this cruel three-way competition and still serve as a substitute.
The most unlucky one was the Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez, who plummeted from the starting goalkeeper to a substitute among substitutes with no games to play.
The team's No. 1 jersey is like the sword of Damocles hanging over Cudicini's head, constantly reminding him that if he relaxes, he will be like Gomez, or even worse.
Cudicini prepares for every game with great care.
Since Friedel is almost 41 years old and has limited energy, the American goalkeeper can only focus on the league and leave all the cup games to Cudicini, so the Italian goalkeeper's playing time is still considerable.
He also performed well, keeping a firm grip on the goal for Tottenham, especially in the FA Cup.
In the first five rounds of the FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur's opponents were not too weak, but Cudicini's goal was only breached twice, and there were three games in which the opponents were shut out. This performance made Redknapp continue to trust Cudicini and let him start in the game against Manchester City. The Italian goalkeeper also cherished this opportunity.
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Cudicini played for Chelsea, so he knew how terrifying Su Dong was.
From the moment the game whistle sounded, Cudicini's nerves were tense and he didn't dare to slack off at all.
He knew that his reaction was not fast enough and his body was not flexible enough, so he could only make up for it with experience and concentration.
When he saw Manchester City making a long pass to Su Dong, he once again focused on Su Dong.
Ledley King was thrown away by Su Dong.
Well, this is actually normal. The central defender is very strong, but after frequent injuries, his strength is obviously not as good as before.
Gallas has always followed Su Dong. This French central defender was considered the most underrated central defender in Chelsea. Terry has said privately more than once that his best partner is Gallas, not Carvalho.
Even though he's old, he's still pretty fast.
But outside the penalty area, Gallas was blocked by Su Dong behind him and was defeated, which made Cudicini nervous again.
Gallas' age is there, and his body is not capable of competing with a strong guy like Su Dong, but Cudicini still believes that Gallas should be able to block Su Dong and prevent him from turning around.
The French central defender is so experienced that he must know what the consequences will be if Su Dong turns around.
If he is unable to turn around and can only receive the ball with his back to the goal, what will he do next?
Well, Sanchez and Di Maria are following up, and we need to pay attention to these two little guys too.
Just as Cudicini glanced at both sides with the corner of his eye, in a flash, he saw the ball fall in front of Su Dong, and he didn't know what magic he used, but he actually stopped the ball directly behind himself and Gallas on the right side, then turned to the right, suddenly accelerated, and broke through Gallas' defense.
Damn it!
Cudicini was completely shocked.
What's going on?
Why did he turn around and rush towards me?
The Italian goalkeeper decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.
The last defensive player had been pushed away, and he was about to have a one-on-one chance. If he didn't attack at this time, would he still be able to celebrate the New Year? But as soon as Cudicini left the small penalty area, he saw Su Dong quickly rushing into the large penalty area and catching up with the ball he had just stopped. He shot with his left foot without stopping the ball.
Cudicini raised his hands high to block Su Dong's shooting angle.
But Su Dong's shot came too fast, so fast that he didn't have any time to react.
When Cudicini raised his hands, he could clearly feel a hurricane passing through his hands.
Finished! The Italian goalkeeper fell to the ground, and the ball was blasted into the Tottenham Hotspur goal by Su Dong in a very brutal and violent way.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"
"Beautiful! Wonderful!"
"Su Dong's attack this time is simply unreasonable, reckless and unstoppable!"
“This goal is so brutal!”
"Gallas was knocked back by Su Dong in the penalty area and watched him shoot into the goal. Cudicini was unable to stop Su Dong's goal."
"One to zero! Tottenham Hotspur's goal was scored just five minutes into the game!"
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“This goal is really beautiful!”
In front of the home team's coaching bench, Tottenham Hotspur head coach Redknapp sighed on the sidelines and praised with full conviction.
The key to this ball lies in Su Dong's handling, which depends entirely on personal ability.
It can be said that Gallas was completely defeated.
Of course, there is nothing to be ashamed of. After all, there are countless players who have been beaten by Su Dong over the years.
The most famous one is Arsenal's Senderos, who was directly abused by Su Dong and his level has been declining since then, far from his outstanding performance and potential in the past.
Gallas was also beaten by Su Dong this time, so after losing the ball, he sat down in the penalty area, looking very depressed.
It does take some time to recover from a goal like this.
If it was the second half, Redknapp would have made a substitution without hesitation and replaced Gallas, a potential threat, but the game had just started and Tottenham Hotspur could not find a better or more suitable central defender than Gallas.
"Faced with a goal like Su Dong's, there's basically nothing we can do."
Redknapp shook his head and walked back. He was speaking to the assistant coach, to the players on the field, and to himself at the same time.
Because it really is unsolvable.
From the moment Su Dong made his move from behind, defensive players who could keep up with his speed basically had no chance of competing with him physically and were definitely at a disadvantage, so he used his physical advantage to suppress the central defender.
The most amazing thing is that he has excellent footwork. He can directly stop the ball from mid-air to the right side of the defense with that one kick. Looking at the European football world, how many people can do that?
In particular, one must be able to stop at the right moment like Su Dong, turn around, catch up with two steps, and then shoot directly with his left foot.
I guess apart from a few geniuses like Messi who have extremely delicate footwork, there is really no one else.
But Su Dong did it, and more than once.
Stop and go, this is Su Dong's signature move.
Su Dong scored in the first five minutes of the game, and the main central defender was also beaten. This game is going to be difficult! Redknapp sat in the coaching booth, watching the game attentively, with a very solemn expression.
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As if to confirm Redknapp's guess.
After Su Dong broke the deadlock, there was some chaos among Tottenham Hotspur players on the field.
During the game, the players had different ideas and problems began to arise in the team.
In the 14th minute, Manchester City seized the opportunity and intercepted Van der Vaart's pass in the frontcourt and passed the ball to the left. Marcelo made a diagonal pass to the left side of the penalty area. Di Maria broke into the penalty area on the left side and received the ball. He forced himself to get rid of the defender and passed the ball to the back point.
Sanchez followed up and kicked the ball back to the middle before the defender. Su Dong rushed over, volleyed the ball, and sent it straight into Tottenham Hotspur's goal again.
2-0! Everyone in Manchester City was extremely excited.
Everyone at the scene, including the Tottenham fans in the stands, could basically determine that Su Dong's second goal had completely killed Tottenham Hotspur because this line of defense was broken through too easily.
If the first goal was only due to Su Dong's personal performance, then the second goal was due to the tacit cooperation between Manchester City's three attackers in the frontcourt. Di Maria found Sanchez, Sanchez passed the ball back to the middle on the right, and finally Su Dong completed the final shot.
The whole process was a reflection of Manchester City's offensive tactics, relying on the teamwork of the players, and not even much individual performance from the players. However, Tottenham's defensive players were completely out of position during this process.
Especially Su Dong's final shot, Gallas and Ledley King were completely unable to keep up with him, exposing too many defensive problems.
There is only one explanation, that is, Tottenham Hotspur has been completely stunned.
Especially Gallas, after conceding the first goal, his overall performance was unsatisfactory and he seemed out of form.
In this situation, the biggest question in the minds of everyone at the scene, including Tottenham's head coach Redknapp, is no longer whether they can win the game, but how many goals will Tottenham lose?
Or, can we lose fewer goals?
(End of this chapter)
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