When Barcelona defeated Bayern Munich in the round of 16 knockout rounds and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, Catalonia's Mundo Deportivo published this report on its front page the next day, commenting on the man who was elected the best player of the match.
Su Dong was full of praise.
"Before the game, Rijkaard once said that football should never be a one-man show, but a whole team."
"But unfortunately, the final result of the game is still a one-man show between Su Dong and Bayern."
World Sports News said that from the first minute of the game, Su Dong performed extremely eye-catching. In just four minutes, he opened the scoring for Barcelona with a wonderful goal and reversed Bayern Munich.
"That goal was very crucial, it made the rest of the game easier!"
World Sports believes that Barcelona did not play smoothly against Bayern, and did not have the skillful passing and receiving coordination they usually have. Instead, they directly bypassed Bayern Munich's midfield, passed the ball to Su Dong, and then passed the ball through Su Dong.
Donglai launched the frontcourt attack.
"This type of tactical play was very rare in Barcelona teams in the past."
Barcelona's mouthpiece believes that this is mainly because they were suppressed by Bayern Munich in the first round. Especially in the midfield, it was difficult for Deco and Xavi to perform normally against Bayern Munich's iron wall.
Ballack reminded Barcelona before the game, "We will not give you so much space in the second half of the first leg!"
This is equivalent to forcing Barcelona to play faster and players to move more flexibly.
"Su Dong plays a brand new role. He is no longer the team's center forward, but serves the entire team, grabbing the first spot for his teammates around him, and quickly organizing and planning the frontcourt offensive."
World Sports News stated that this is why UEFA selected Su Dong as the best player of the match.
Although he only had one pass and one shot, which was not as good as Ronaldinho's two goals, anyone who watched the game would be deeply impressed by Su Dong because he once again made everyone feel his comprehensiveness.
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"Even as a tactical center, he is still world-class!"
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Daily Sports also praised Su Dong's performance and believed that Su Dong's role change was a key factor in Barcelona's reversal.
"He once again impressed everyone!"
Barcelona mouthpiece revealed that Su Dong has always given the impression of being an efficient scorer whether in the Portuguese Super League or in La Liga, but in this game against Bayern Munich, Su Dong was uncharacteristic and made everyone see him.
The tactical center side.
"Many people once said that Su Dong was Kluivert II. I believe that after watching this game against Bayern Munich, no one will question this. He even performed better than Kluivert at his peak.
Favorably."
Daily Sports said that Su Dong shouldered all the pressure alone and won almost every golf match. In terms of physical confrontation, even when facing Lucio, Su Dong was not weak.
Kovac and others, not to mention, are simply crushing them.
After the game, Su Dong's game rating stood out from the crowd, and he received the highest perfect score of ten points in the game, the only one.
In an interview with the media after the game, Su Dong still modestly said that without the team, he is nothing.
"I believe that many people will talk about Ronaldinho. He is an amazing player. Each of us is immersed in his performance, and his goals also help the team win."
The Brazilian superstar's two goals were all attributed to Su Dong. However, in the interview, Su Dong never mentioned himself and instead praised Ronaldinho. This also won him the praise of the media and fans.
unanimously appreciated.
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Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, still continued his harshness towards Barcelona in the past and bluntly pointed out Barcelona's biggest problem.
"Defense has become the biggest obstacle hindering the team's progress."
"Three goals conceded in the first round forced the coaching staff to bet on Su Dong, but such a risk is by no means a long-term solution."
Cruyff bombarded the team's defense, believing that Barcelona's defense was as fragile as a piece of tissue paper. It could break with just a poke. It was simply vulnerable. If Barcelona wanted to go further in the Champions League,
, Rijkaard must find a solution to the team's defense as soon as possible.
"In the Champions League knockout rounds, good defense is the key to the team reaching the end, but Barcelona's biggest problem right now is defense."
Cruyff said that relying on the offense led by Su Dong, Barcelona can break any team's goal, but the biggest test for Barcelona is how to ensure that the defense does not concede the ball.
"In the quarter-finals, the biggest test for Barcelona is still defense!"
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Bayern head coach Magath expressed regret for the team's tragic reversal at the post-match press conference.
"Normally, our defense is very strong, but I didn't expect this to happen today. We had problems dealing with high balls in this game. In the past, we were always able to cope with high balls easily.
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The implication of the German coach's words is obvious. Barcelona's tactics of focusing on Su Dong's strong point and high point are very troublesome for Bayern Munich, and they can't even find an effective countermeasure.
Midfielder Ballack said in an interview with German media, "Barcelona's high balls defeated us. They were always able to grab the second penalty kick and create opportunities behind the defense."
Ballack revealed that the key point of Barcelona's tactics lies in Sudong.
"Actually, I think our whole team played well, but Su Dong used his head to fight for everything. He created real trouble for us, and we had no idea how to defend him."
Ballack even regretfully said that Su Dong should play basketball at his height.
"When I see him fighting for the top, I always feel that he is grabbing rebounds with his hands. He is always able to grab the ball from the opponent's head at a height that no one expects. This makes our defensive players unable to do anything.
There is no way.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Bild believes that Barcelona’s tactics in this game were actually not that successful because their three lines were clearly out of touch, especially in the midfield, which was almost completely submerged.
In the strangling pool at Bayern Munich.
"The key to Barcelona's victory is that Su Dong's personal ability is too strong. He grabbed almost all the high balls for Barcelona. Without Su Dong, it is difficult to imagine how Barcelona would lose tonight."
German media revealed that Magath's tactics worked against Barcelona, but unfortunately, they encountered a powerful Sudong. "He completely destroyed the efforts of everyone in the Bayern Munich team!"
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This season's La Liga group stage performance was poor. Defending champion Valencia only finished third in the group and failed to break through.
Barcelona and Real Madrid are the only two La Liga teams that have entered the top 16, but Real Madrid, which is full of superstars, failed in the knockout round of the top 16. This has to be said to be very surprising.
Real Madrid's defeat made the whole of Spain mourn.
Nowadays, only Barcelona is struggling to support them, but they are playing in such a mess, which makes many people wonder whether Barcelona can persist and whether it can continue La Liga's brilliant record in the Champions League in the past few years?
Even AS and Marca said that Barcelona has become the last hope for La Liga.
But among the latest odds offered by many betting companies, Barcelona's odds are not favored. The reason is very simple. This team's defensive problems are too serious.
On the contrary, Carlo Ancelotti's AC Milan became the top favorite, followed closely by the Premier League's Chelsea.
Mourinho is also ambitious, hoping to continue the Champions League results he achieved when he coached Porto last season, and even make a breakthrough in the final to help Chelsea win the first Champions League in history.
As for Barcelona, the odds of winning the championship are only about the same as Juventus, who finished second in the same group.
To use the comment given by William Hill, "If the defensive problem cannot be effectively solved, Barcelona will stop in the quarterfinals!"
Because among the teams that have reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, there is no underdog.
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After all eight games of the Champions League's top 16 knockout rounds were played, UEFA conducted a draw for the top eight knockout rounds at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. This time, the eight shortlisted teams were all of good quality.
Barcelona's luck is not very good either. Although they did not draw the strongest AC Milan, they did draw another equally troublesome team from the Premier League, Chelsea, the blue team coached by Mourinho.
This is the team with the second-highest odds of winning the championship!
When the results of the draw came back to Spain, many La Liga media were desperate for Barcelona's draw.
How great would it be if we met Lyon of Ligue 1?
Why Chelsea?
Mourinho, who was far away in London, England, was extremely excited. In an interview with the British media, he said that he was satisfied with the result of the draw because he was confident of defeating Barcelona.
"Not only do I know, but the whole world knows that this team has very obvious weaknesses and deficiencies."
Mourinho said that Rijkaard's transformation of Barcelona has not yet been completed, especially the defense, and this will be Chelsea's opportunity.
Mourinho expressed fear about Su Dong, but he believed Chelsea was not Bayern Munich.
"I'm different from others. I know Su Dong's threat better than anyone else. I won't be indifferent to him."
"Moreover, we have Terry on the back line. I believe he can guard Su Dong."
Mourinho also mentioned Drogba, believing that the Ivorian's high ball will also pose a fatal threat to Barcelona.
"Believe me, at Stamford Bridge, he will see how good we are!"
Rijkaard said that he would not resist being drawn against Chelsea, and he firmly believed that Barcelona has the strength to cope with challenges from any team.
"I believe we will win in the quarterfinals!"
Chelsea center Drogba expressed satisfaction with the draw of Su Dong. The belligerent Elephant King of Côte d'Ivoire revealed that he had competed with Su Dong during his time in Marseille, but he lost that time.
"I told him that I will continue to challenge him, and this time is an excellent opportunity. I hope to defeat Su Dong with my own hands!"
