Regarding Su Dong's performance against the Shanghai team in the last warm-up match of his Asian tour, it caused an uproar in the country.
If in the past, fans only learned about Su Dong through live broadcasts and video highlights, then this time, nearly 60,000 fans watched the game at the scene, and the Shanghai-Chengdu United team, which gathered many international players, experienced Su Dong's terrifying lethality first-hand.
After the game, many participating players, including General Fan, were amazed by Su Dong's strength.
General Fan even changed his remarks before the game and said that Su Dong's strength has far exceeded the category of Asian players.
"He is one of the world's top players, both in terms of strength and consciousness, both are breathtaking!"
For Su Dong's four-goal performance within half an hour and another assist, helping Barcelona take a 5-0 lead, domestic media and fans generally praised him and believed that Su Dong handed over a perfect score in his first domestic game.
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On the one hand, he lost the Asian Cup final, and on the other hand, Su Dong made a splash during his Asia trip, killing teams from China, Japan and South Korea. This made the call for him to be selected for the national team once again very enthusiastic.
Even many national football players and people in the football industry, including General Fan, are calling for Su Dong to be recruited into the national team.
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Su Dong didn't know much about the uproar he caused in the country.
After playing against Shanghai City, Barcelona quickly set off to return to Europe, but the team did not return to Spain, but flew directly to the UK.
After Barcelona arrived in the UK, they once again conducted a closed training camp, which was mainly focused on adjustment and recovery.
After a long trip to Asia, although Barcelona has had a great harvest on a commercial level, the consumption of players is also very high, especially for some core players who are restricted by commercial contracts and must play every game.
Ninety minutes made them very tired.
On the evening of August 14, in a warm-up match held at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Rijkaard hid Sudong and Ronaldinho, arranged other players, and continued to run the team.
Young player Iniesta completed a wonderful goal in the 78th minute, scoring the only goal of the game for Barcelona, helping the team defeat Parma from Serie A 1-0.
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While Barcelona was in the UK, Larsson, the Swedish forward signed by Barcelona from Celtic, officially joined the team.
In the coming season, he will serve as the team's substitute forward, competing with Su Dong.
This also further enhanced Barcelona's forward attack firepower.
According to media analysis, Barcelona currently has the top three offensive players, Sudong has 35 goals, Larsson has 31 goals, and Ronaldinho has 15 goals. In other words, these three players in Barcelona
The attacker scored 81 league goals last season.
This is a very crazy number, because after Barcelona, Real Madrid, which ranks second in the offensive firepower index, only has 61 goals, which is a full 20 goals less than Barcelona.
Although this comparison is not objective, to a certain extent, it also reflects Barcelona's determination to completely make up for last season's weak attack. Especially the signing of Sudong for 80 million euros is even more shocking!
A month ago, when the deal was just completed, the whole world would have questioned Su Dong's worth. However, after going through the Asia trip and seeing with his own eyes Su Dong's crazy scoring performance and the tsunami he caused in Asia, all
People basically changed their views and even came back to believe that Barcelona had made a shrewd deal.
Deloitte in Germany issued a report, taking full account of the commercial activities and warm-up matches of major European football teams this summer, and finally came to the conclusion that Real Madrid and Manchester United are still the most commercially attractive players in world football today.
Two teams.
And in third place is Barcelona.
Evidence provided by Deloitte shows that Barcelona's Asian tour caused a sensation that even exceeded that of Real Madrid last year. Not only did it make a lot of money, but it also attracted strong popularity, which made Barcelona's influence in Asia even higher.
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Deloitte believes that as the region with the fastest economic growth and the greatest potential in the world, Asia has extraordinary appeal to all companies and institutions around the world, especially East Asia.
"Su Dong from China has unparalleled advantages. He is like a money-attracting behemoth, constantly attracting brand sponsors from all over the world and becoming a stepping stone for countless brands to enter Asia, especially the East Asian market."
Deloitte finally said that Barcelona's potential is quite amazing, and the key depends on Su Dong's achievements.
Can the 19-year-old Su Dong establish himself as a first-line star in the world? Can he continue to succeed at Barcelona?
This will determine the speed and potential of Barcelona's rise in the commercial field.
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Returning to Barcelona from the UK, Barcelona ushered in the annual Catalan Cup.
Facing Peralada in the Spanish Third Division, Rijkaard did not arrange for core players such as Sudong, Ronaldinho and Puyol to play, but still defeated the opponent 4-0.
Larsson, who just joined, scored twice, while Edmilson and Motta each scored one goal.
In the subsequent finals, Barcelona faced Espanyol and with the help of Deco and Ronaldinho's goals, they defeated their opponents 2-0 and won the Catalan Cup for two consecutive years.
Su Dong was absent from the entire game again, mainly preparing and adjusting for the new season.
Subsequently, Barcelona once again ushered in its annual traditional event, the Gamper Cup.
The opponent in this warm-up match is AC Milan.
Ancelotti's team did not give its best, and the same was true for Barcelona, including Ronaldinho and Puyol.
Su Dong served as the center and performed bravely. He first attracted Kaladze's attention and created a scoring opportunity for Giuly. Then he used his skillful foot skills to force a breakthrough and assisted Iniesta to score.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the end, Barcelona narrowly defeated AC Milan 2-1 and won the Gamper Cup.
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With the end of the Catalunya Cup and Gamper Cup, the new season of La Liga is about to begin.
Rijkaard's debugging of Barcelona has basically been completed, the team's main lineup has also emerged, and everyone has basically seen Barcelona's situation this season.
The problem of weak forward line last season has been basically filled after the joining of Su Dong. Especially after the arrival of Larsson, people can see the club's determination to make up for the forward problem.
Judging from the warm-up match, Su Dong's cooperation with Giuly and Ronaldinho is becoming more and more tacit. If nothing unexpected happens, they will form Barcelona's frontcourt attacking trident in the new season.
Since Rijkaard likes to use a four-three-three formation, in which three midfielders are positioned in an inverted triangle, this is also the team's formation that has been established since the winter break of last season. It not only activates Harvey, but also activates Xavi.
Ronaldinho and the frontcourt attack.
Deco replaced Davis to partner with Xavi. As for the defensive midfielder position, Edmilson, Motta and Marcos can all be qualified, and even Van Bronckhorst can also make a guest appearance in this position.
If there is a small hidden danger in the midfielder, then there is a huge problem in the defense, especially the central defender.
Belletti is the main right back, and Gabri can substitute in this position.
There are many left backs, and Sylvinho, Van Bronckhorst and Navarro can all do the job.
The real trouble lies with the centre-backs.
Judging from the warm-up match, Puyol is an unstoppable main force and the captain of the team, but neither Marcos nor Oleg is very reassuring.
For example, in the Gamper Cup against AC Milan, Rijkaard arranged for Marcos and Oleg to form a central defender, but neither of these two players could be reassuring during the game. Whether they could become Puyol's qualified partners?
There are certain doubts about this.
Originally, Rijkaard hoped that the team could introduce another central defender, such as Zaragoza's central defender Milito, but Barcelona really could not afford more transfer fees and had to give up.
This also leaves some hidden dangers.
Barcelona's style itself is to focus on offense but not defense. Nowadays, there are obvious defensive problems, especially the lack of central defenders, which can easily be exploited by opponents. If not handled carefully, Barcelona may have big problems.
Just after the Gamper Cup game, Ancelotti issued a provocation with a smile, saying that Barcelona had better not draw AC Milan in the Champions League group stage, because if they play another game, he will definitely not lose!
"I have seen Barcelona's weaknesses!" Ancelotti smiled confidently.
In the Champions League group stage draw, the Rossoneri were placed in the second pot, while Barcelona was placed in the first pot. The possibility of being drawn into the same group really exists.
Rijkaard is also aware of the team's defensive problems, but he is really unable to recruit players and can only work hard to improve the defense on the existing basis. He believes that the team's offense can effectively make up for the defensive weakness.
On the other hand, archrival Real Madrid only introduced three players this summer, including Owen from Liverpool, Woodgate from Newcastle, and Samuel from Roma.
Among them, the arrival of Owen has strengthened Real Madrid's frontcourt attack power, while Samuel and Woodgate are both well-known central defenders in Europe. The arrival of these two defensive players will definitely greatly enhance Real Madrid's defensive capabilities.
So much so that before the start of the season, many European betting companies had offered Real Madrid the undisputed number one in La Liga's championship odds. They all believed that a pragmatic and rational recruitment strategy would make Real Madrid's overall success
The lineup is more balanced and I believe we can achieve success in the new season.
Barcelona follows closely behind. Apart from the defense, the biggest hidden danger is the thickness of the bench.
In order to raise enough funds to introduce Sudong, Barcelona wasted no time and purged most of the substitute lineup, including Herard, Sergio Garcia, Kluivert, Cocu, Reiziger, Luis Garcia, Quaa
Stars such as Lesma were sent out of the Nou Camp.
The question that follows is, without sufficient bench thickness, how can Barcelona ensure the team's smooth performance in the long season?
But even so, betting companies still believe that the new season's La Liga will be a duo of Real Madrid and Barcelona, including Valencia, Deportivo and other teams, which is basically difficult to pose a threat.
But in the competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid, Real Madrid is undoubtedly ahead.
