August 10, 1997, Sunderland's Stadium of Light. Sunderland's home stadium used to be called Lougha Park. However, after the publication of the Taylor Report, Sunderland's stadium needed to be changed to an all-seat stadium. Because at that time
The Loga Park stadium is surrounded by surrounding residents, so there is not much room for expansion.
So Sunderland decided to build a new stadium.
This stadium is now the Stadium of Light.
Construction of the Stadium of Light started in May 1996 and was officially opened on July 30, 1997. The cost of the entire stadium reached 15 million pounds. The stadium's spectator capacity reached 42,000. This new stadium
The stadium is currently one of the best in England.
Su Yun is very lucky.
Just in time for the first season of the Stadium of Light.
Although Sunderland was relegated from the Premier League last season, the enthusiasm of Sunderland fans has not diminished at all.
More than an hour before the game started, enthusiastic fans had already begun to enter the new stadium. This luxurious new stadium made all the fans excited.
Although the game is still early, the fans who arrived at the Stadium of Light early have already begun to sing loudly and cheer for the team.
Su Yun in the locker room was even more excited.
"Listen to the cheers of the fans. You are going to play the first official game at the Stadium of Light here. Our goal at Sunderland is very clear, which is to upgrade, upgrade, upgrade! If we want to upgrade, we have to play one game at a time.
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"Sheffield United, they have always been a strong team in League One. They have the opportunity to enter the promotion play-offs every season. We just have to defeat them and tell all the teams in League One that our goal at Sunderland is promotion."
Cotterill looked at Su Yun mobilizing there in high spirits.
I have some doubts in my heart.
The young coach was obviously a little nervous yesterday, but he didn't show it at all today.
Strange and strange.
"No one needs to bear any burden. Just follow the usual training."
Su Yun began to write the team's tactics on the tactical board. "Neil, you have to give full play to your header ability in this game. Don't think about anything else. If you have the ball, try to give it to Neil."
In fact, Su Yun wanted to fly with both wings.
But Sunderland's current style of play is not yet fully mature, so Su Yun has to choose the simplest method.
Because now Su Yun needs a victory.
Quinn nodded with a smile on her face.
Among the current players, if Peter Reid has the best relationship, it must be Quinn. Because after Quinn left Arsenal, he really became famous in the Manchester City team coached by Peter Reid. Then Peter Reid
He brought his disciple Quinn from Manchester City to Sunderland.
Therefore Quinn is a direct disciple of Peter Reid.
He was not very satisfied with Su Yun's entry. However, Quinn was quite satisfied with the fact that Su Yun valued himself so much during the competition.
"Jack, don't stay deep in this game. Your position is here. You have worked with Frank for so long at Dagenham, so you should learn from him today." Sheffield United's attack power is average.
Their attack power and defense are about the same.
With Robbie Savage protecting him behind him, Su Yun was quite satisfied with his defense. So he moved Williams' position up front to increase his attack power.
"Okay, time's up."
Su Yun clapped his hands.
"Everyone should be more energetic.
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When the team went out, the Stadium of Light was completely full. The Sunderland Stadium has a capacity of more than 40,000 people, but compared to the hundreds of thousands of fans, the capacity of the stadium is not large at all. And the fans in the northeastern part of the UK
It turns out to be very fanatical, and Sunderland fans are even more so.
Seeing the players come out, the Stadium of Light was filled with cheers.
"This is the first official match at Sunderland's new stadium, the Stadium of Light. It is also the first League One match for coach Su from China."
This time it was Mortensen and Lineker who commented on the game.
"This game can be regarded as a strong dialogue in the English League. Sunderland is a team that has just been relegated from the Premier League, and Sheffield United has also been a team that can participate in the promotion play-offs in recent seasons. If
If it had been before, Sunderland, who played at home, would have had the upper hand."
Seeing the players from both sides entering the field, Mortensen also started his work.
"But the current Sunderland lineup has changed too much. Among Sunderland's main players last season, only three players entered the starting lineup for this game. They are Niall Quinn, Michael Gray, An
Dee Melville. The other eight people were all just introduced by Coach Su this season."
"Among these players, except Given, who is Blackburn's backup goalkeeper, and Boboski, who was imported from Manchester United, most of the other players were imported from the English League Two."
It’s different now than playing Dagenham. At that time, Dagenham was from the English League Three, so many things were unfamiliar.
But now that he is commentating on Sunderland and English League One, Mortensen has done a lot of work. Any player on the field can tell his story.
"Sunderland has changed too much this season. At least at the beginning of the season, I am not optimistic about Sunderland's results."
Lineker opposed Su Yun’s large-scale substitutions.
Transforming a team should be gradual.
"Gary, you don't understand. I have commented on Coach Su's games before. This person is definitely not the kind of blind person. He definitely has his own ideas."
"I forgot. You were the one who commented on Dagenham's victory over Manchester United."
Lineker remembered.
When people talk about Su Yun in the current British football world, people will never talk about promotion to League Three or League Two. When talking about Su Yun, the first thing that comes to mind is that Su Yun led Dagenham to defeat Manchester United.
"Hmm. Just watch, there will definitely be surprises. What I want to see most now is Boboski's performance."
When Boboski became famous at the European Cup, Mortensen was also one of the commentators. This is a good memory. But I never saw the long-haired Boboski again.
"It was also bought by Coach Su for two million pounds."
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Su Yun let out a long sigh of relief in the players' tunnel.
Keep your expression relaxed. Put a smile on your face and walk out.
"Su, we welcome you."
"Woooooo..." When Su Yun appeared at the stadium, some scattered fans actually welcomed Su Yun's arrival.
This surprised Su Yun.
It also surprised Lineker.
"I never thought that Coach Su would be very popular at the Stadium of Light."
Although there were no cheers from tens of thousands of people in the audience, there were thousands of people welcoming Su Yun.
Mortensen shook his head.
"I know what's going on. It must be because Coach Su first seduced Lee Clark this summer, and then snatched Given from Newcastle."
"Yes, hahaha!"
Lineker laughed.
In fact, this is the reason. Su Yun now has no achievements at all, but fans support him because of the transfer in the summer.
