"Congratulations, you have reached the Champions League final again!"
"Well done, Sue!"
"It's so awesome, I won't accept it!"
After the game, before leaving the field, Barcelona players walked past Su Dong, took the initiative to shake hands and hug him, and congratulated him on leading Manchester City to the Champions League final.
This is not only a manifestation of demeanor, but also a testimony of their friendship. After all, they were teammates who fought side by side on the court back then. Although they play for different teams now, it does not affect their friendship at all.
Especially in the end, Messi and Iniesta were both recognized as Su Dong's followers in the Barcelona team. Although they are now the world's top superstars and top stars on the Ballon d'Or list, in front of Su Dong
, they are still the little brothers they were back then.
For no other reason than the help Su Dong gave them back then, no matter how high their achievements were, they still had to admit it.
"It's amazing, we have really reached the Champions League final!" Iniesta smiled and hugged Su Dong.
For Barcelona, the game is a loss. For Barcelona player Iniesta, they should feel sad, but for Iniesta, he is also very happy for Su Dong in his heart, because he knows,
This is the result that Su Dong has been pursuing for two years, and it is also his ultimate goal of coming to Manchester City.
Didn't he come to Manchester City just to achieve or even surpass the legend created by Maradona in Naples?
Last season, he led Manchester City to win the Premier League championship and achieved the Triple Crown, which has equaled Maradona's legend.
This season, he led the team to the Champions League final. If he can lead the team to win the championship, he will surpass Maradona's legend in Naples. If Su Dong's resume in the national team is not blank, his achievements are estimated to surpass Maradona.
Ladonna.
You know, even Maradona's son-in-law and Su Dong's substitute at Manchester City, Sergio Aguero, said in an interview with the media that he had never experienced the shock of Maradona playing football, but he felt that Su Dong was
The strongest professional player he has ever seen.
Every era has its legends, and Su Dong belongs to the legend of the 21st century!
And he is still alive, an active legend!
…
"Frankly speaking, I feel really conflicted right now."
Messi said with a wry smile, and Iniesta also showed a conflicted look.
Obviously, both of them were talking about the same thing and the same person.
Mourinho.
Previously, the Barcelona locker room had strong opinions on Mourinho. Most people, including captains Puyol and Xavi, felt that Mourinho was too conservative and should coach a team like Barcelona.
He needs to be more unrestrained and aggressive, but he is not, especially in some powerful dialogues.
For example, in the UEFA Super Cup against Manchester City at the beginning of the season, Mourinho was criticized for his substitution adjustments during the game. Even Puyol and Xavi vaguely accused him of being too conservative in substitutions, causing the team to lose.
Well now, Mourinho did not make substitutions until the end of the game. His meaning was very obvious. He listened to the players, the management, the Barcelona fans, and the media reporters.
Since the whole world thinks that Barcelona plays offensive football for granted, then he listened.
Lost?
Doesn't this confirm Mourinho's previous view?
More importantly, Barcelona not only lost, but also lost 1 to 4, and the total score was 1 to 5.
This is an absolute fiasco.
Anyone with a discerning eye can easily see that Barcelona is indeed inferior to Manchester City in terms of overall strength. Whether it is overall tactics, player strength, or team combat capabilities, Manchester City is obviously superior.
Not to mention other things, just talking about passing, possession and defense, Manchester City is obviously better than Barcelona.
Even in terms of offensive power in the frontcourt, with Su Dong in charge, Manchester City is still slightly better than the attacking lineup led by Messi.
Under such circumstances, if Barcelona blindly competes with Manchester City in attack, isn't this asking for death?
So Mourinho's point of view is that if Barcelona wants to win, they should adopt defensive tactics.
He was under tremendous pressure and finally had no choice but to get angry with everyone, throw away his picks, and attack with all his strength. Even if the situation fell behind, he would not adjust and just attack to the end.
As a result, it failed miserably.
The conflict between Messi and Iniesta is here.
Is it Barcelona's problem? Or is it Mourinho's problem? Or does everyone have problems?
This is actually a question with no answer.
From Su Dong's perspective, judging from Barcelona's current lineup, Mourinho's tactics are more appropriate.
But the problem is that this lineup itself was formed by Mourinho. All players who did not meet Mourinho's requirements, such as Busquets, Thiago, Bojan and others, have all left the team.
So, this is an unclear question.
If it's really to blame, it can only be as Cruyff said, it was the management that chose Mourinho and gave up on Guardiola, which led to today's results.
If Guardiola had been chosen back then, perhaps the outcome would have been completely different.
But there are no ifs in this world.
There are actually many, many examples similar to Barcelona.
Do you want to abide by tradition, play well, please the fans, or do you want results?
In the past few years, isn’t this also the case with the Galaxy Battleships’ frequent coaching changes?
Why did Florentino take down Bosque?
On the one hand, isn't it because Bosque didn't play well enough, his cards weren't big enough, and his performance at critical moments wasn't strong enough?
But on the other hand, among the exchanged Queiroz, Rosenborg and others, which one can look good, produce results, and satisfy the superstars?
Calderon appointed Capello, but he was fired after winning the championship in one season. Why?
Isn’t it just because you dislike others’ poor performance?
But then Schuster, Juande Ramos and others played well?
Wealthy clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona are really hypocritical sometimes.
…
"Don't think too much. Your troubles have just begun. Don't look for trouble anymore."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Su Dong smiled slightly, stretched out his hand out of habit, and touched Messi's head.
The feeling was just like when I played for Barcelona.
In today's world football, the only one who dares to touch Messi's head like this is Su Dong.
"Su, if we reach the final this time, we will most likely face Bayern. Don't hold back. Leave me some tickets. I will definitely go and watch." Messi said bitterly.
Of course Su Dong has no problem, but he is very curious, "Do you have such hatred for Bayern?"
"Haha, in the past few years, we reached the finals three times and only won the Champions League in the last season. What do you think?" Iniesta assisted from the side.
Su Dong looked at the expressions of the two younger brothers, and immediately did not dare to say anything more, and hurriedly agreed.
You know, Barcelona only won one championship in three finals, and the first two were lost to Bayern led by Su Dong.
If we really want to pursue the case, their grievances with Su Dong are even deeper. If they continue to quarrel, they may lose a few more meals or sign a series of unequal treaties.
What? No?
No, because Su Dong is getting married.
"Su!" Before leaving the field, Messi stood in front of Su Dong and looked at Su Dong solemnly.
"In the final, you must work hard!"
After finishing speaking, Messi took the initiative to step forward and hugged Su Dong.
"Don't worry, I will try my best!"
Iniesta, like Messi, hugged Su Dong encouragingly.
They are all old friends who have known each other for many years. They all know Su Dong's character. As long as he says he will try his best, he will definitely try his best.
…
Watching Messi and Iniesta leave, Su Dong suddenly felt something strange.
Professional football is actually very cruel.
If it weren't for him, I believe that with the strength of Messi, Iniesta and Barcelona, it is entirely possible to achieve more achievements and achieve higher glory in the past few years. The achievements of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will also be certain.
It will be higher than it is now, and many Barcelona players, including Xavi and Iniesta, will definitely achieve higher than they are now.
In fact, Guardiola may not necessarily leave Barcelona to coach Manchester City, but is more likely to continue to coach Barcelona's second team. When Mourinho's coaching position is in crisis, he will replace Mourinho and coach Barcelona to build him.
The ideal dream team in my mind.
But now, everything has changed.
It feels as if everything is not on the original track, and Messi and Iniesta have not achieved achievements comparable to their strength. All of these are changes brought about by Su Dong.
Ultimately, it's because professional football is too cruel.
Especially for things like the Champions League and the Ballon d'Or, there is only one Champions League champion every year, and there is only one Ballon d'Or winner every year.
Winner and loser, professional football is actually a winner-takes-all game.
Just like looking at history, all fans will always only remember the champion and the winner, but will not remember who the runner-up was.
Even if this runner-up plays better, even if this runner-up plays more touchingly, even if this runner-up should have won the championship...
"Su, come on, come here, we are going to thank the fans."
Just when Su Dong was lost in thought, a shout from Pepe in the distance woke him up.
Yes, there are fans.
There will always be some fans who still remember.
Just like many people will remember Robert Baggio's back, Beckham's red card, Batty's tears, and Ronaldo's collapse in Serie A...
Maybe professional football is forgetful, but players will use their own performance to leave deep and everlasting traces in the memories of countless fans, so that even after many, many years, their memories are still very clear.
I still talk about it with relish every time I talk about it.
If football really has a so-called inheritance, the link must be the fans.
It's like every great star started as a fan.
Su Dong’s idol is Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo once liked Black Panther Eusebio, Messi’s idol is Aimar, Iniesta’s idol is Laudrup...
Everyone has come this way, passed down from generation to generation.
Now many young players have begun to say that they grew up watching Su Dong's games and imitating Su Dong's moves since they were young, and Su Dong is their idol.
