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799 FIFA Ballon d'Or

After every national team game, it is a disaster scene.

Just like the eighth round of the Premier League, out of ten games, five of the seven games held on the first day were draws.

My God, this is mind-boggling.

Manchester United drew with West Bromwich Albion 2-2. Hernandez and Nani scored successively in the first half hour, but then they were beaten twice by the opponent and were almost reversed at one point.

Ferguson quickly replaced Rooney and Scholes, but the result was not satisfactory. Rooney's performance was sluggish throughout the game.

Obviously, Lu Xiaopang is still having trouble with Manchester United over the contract extension.

This kind of thing cannot be hidden at all, because Lu Xiaopang's manager has been putting out explosive news.

Ferguson confirmed at the post-match press conference that Lu Xiaopang had indeed submitted a transfer application, which made him very shocked and disappointed.

"I spoke to Rooney in March this year and he said he wanted to stay and he wanted to sign a lifetime contract with the club. He also said Manchester United was the best club in the world, but now, his agent said he

He will not sign a new contract and wants to transfer and leave."

When Ferguson said these words, he looked like a resentful woman who had been abandoned by the man she loved deeply.

When they satisfied you in the past, you would praise them as the best in the world. But now that they cannot satisfy you, you would change your mind and say you want to leave!

Lu Xiaopang, are you still a man?



Manchester United is not the biggest unlucky one. Chelsea drew 0-0 away with Aston Villa.

Carlo Ancelotti's team finally defeated Arsenal and shortened the original three-point gap to one point. Now, a draw is likely to ruin the advantage they have worked so hard to accumulate.

It can also be seen from this draw that Drogba's absence still has a great impact on Chelsea's offensive power.

Arsenal is the only winning team among the traditional top four, but it was also a very dangerous victory. After conceding a goal first, Arsenal reversed Birmingham 2-1, and it was still at their home court.

Chamakh performed very well in this game. He first created a penalty kick, allowing Nasri to equalize the score, and then staged a buzzer beater, almost single-handedly leading Arsenal to reverse Birmingham.

Wilshere, the most valued son of Wenger, also performed well in the game, assisting Chamakh for the winner. However, he received a red card in the final stage of the game, which made people worried about this genius who England has high hopes for.

It is worth mentioning that Wilshere is very good friends with Eastmond, who was previously arrested by the police, so much so that the media are worried that the English genius will be led astray by Eastmond.

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Cases like this abound not only in football, but all over the world.

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Manchester City's game is one day later than other teams.

Since the Europa League match against Lech Poznan in Poland is about to begin in midweek, Guardiola has made a rotation in this game. All the players who have played the whole game in the national team and have been consumed too much have been put on his side.

On the bench.

Also hidden are Joe Hart and Gareth Barry.

It is worth mentioning that both players apologized in public in the locker room after returning to the team.

As captain, Su Dong also communicated with vice-captain Zabaleta, Kompany, and other players in the team. Coupled with Guardiola's requirements, he drafted a detailed player guideline, which includes

Some rules of conduct for players.

From now on, Su Dong and the two vice-captains will strictly follow the terms of the code to manage the locker room. If a player commits the above problems, no matter who he is, he will be punished.

There was a lot of commotion inside the Manchester City locker room about this matter, but not much news was received from the outside.

Even the Manchester Evening News only caught a few clues, saying that because of the incident involving Joe Hart and Gareth Barry, the team had strengthened the management of the locker room, hoping to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

As for the rest, no one knows.



On October 17, Manchester City visited Bromfield Road to challenge Blackpool.

Don't underestimate Blackpool just because they are a newly promoted team. This team is currently ranked ninth in the Premier League. They have three wins, one draw and three losses in their seven league rounds. Among them, the home record is one draw and one loss, and the away record is three wins and two losses.

In terms of the schedule, Blackpool currently has five home games and two away games, and they even defeated Liverpool 2-1 on the road and defeated Newcastle 2-0. The results are also quite impressive.

At home, they tied with Fulham 2-2, but were equalized by their opponents in the final stage of the game. They lost to Blackburn 1-2, and Blackburn even scored the winning goal in stoppage time.

As you can imagine, the strength of this Blackpool team is not simple at all.

In addition, Manchester City has carried out rotation and many main players are unable to participate in the game, which has a huge impact on the team.



At the beginning of the game, Manchester City used Su Dong as an arrow and frequently launched attacks against Blackpool, creating several threats.

Especially in the 19th minute, there was a chance for a free kick in the front court. Milner passed in from the left. Su Dong made a false shot from the front point. Kompany from the back point was unguarded and headed the goal from close range. The result was

He put the ball into the arms of the opponent's goalkeeper.

Blackpool withstood Manchester City's early offensive and began to create opportunities to counterattack.

However, there is still a big gap in strength between the two sides. After some sporadic counterattacks, Manchester City quickly seized the opportunity. Through a quick counterattack after stealing the ball, Adam Johnson used his speed to quickly dribble the ball from the right.

Plug in and pass to the middle.

Su Dong, who followed up in the middle, used his body to squeeze away the defender and scored a header from close range, opening the scoring for Manchester City.

One to zero!



After taking the lead, Manchester City began to play steadily, making full use of their advantages in passing and controlling the ball.

Guardiola arranged for David Silva and Moutinho to partner in the midfield for this game, with Zabaleta playing as a deep midfielder and Micah Richards as the team's right back.

The main reason is that there is really no suitable candidate for the deep-lying midfield. Pepe and Boateng were tried in training, and even Marcelo was brought in to make a cameo, but in the end Zabaleta was chosen.

After masterfully controlling the ball through their midfield advantage, Manchester City patiently waited for their opponents to make mistakes and drain their energy.

Before the end of the game, there were consecutive passes from David Silva and Moutinho. The two completed a one-two, and Moutinho sent a pass into the penalty area.

After Su Dong stepped in to stop the ball, while losing his balance, he volleyed and shot past Blackpool's goal.

Two to zero!



After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Manchester City's mentality became obviously more relaxed.

Su Dong was substituted in the 60th minute.

Guardiola also hopes that he can save the energy to play in the Europa League in midweek. After all, Lech Poznan is Manchester City's next biggest enemy, and it is difficult for Blackpool to pose a threat to Manchester City.

In the 70th minute, after Milner and David Silva completed a cooperation on the left, Santa Cruz, who replaced Su Dong, finally scored, giving Manchester City another victory, 3-0!

But the goal was deemed by Blackpool as Santa Cruz was offside.

Blackpool then scored a goal through a free kick and pulled the game back.

But just a minute later, Santa Cruz received Bridge's cross from the left and scored again in the penalty area to seal the victory.

Four to one, Manchester City finally won Blackpool away from home.



Since he only played half the game, the man of the match award went to centre-back Kompany, whose performance was remarkable.

This season, the Belgian central defender has indeed performed better and better, and this is actually due to Pepe beside him.

Even though Pepe has a face full of flesh, under the training of Andre Cruz, he is no longer the butcher he was during Maritimo. He has good defensive skills and excellent physical condition.

, allowing him to handle most situations on the court with ease.

Kompany has performed well this season precisely because Pepe is beside and behind him, supporting him.

After winning Blackpool, the points gap between Manchester City and Chelsea once again widened to three points.

However, for Manchester City, which operates on multiple fronts and has a weak bench, the crisis mainly lies in the second half.



After Manchester City defeated Blackpool in an away game, FIFA announced the 23-person shortlist for the first FIFA Ballon d'Or Award on its official website.

As early as last year, there was news that FIFA's World Player of the Year would be merged with the European Ballon d'Or. In July, the two parties officially announced the merger, which did not attract too much attention. After all, this was expected.

The gradual decline of the Ballon d'Or has been obvious to all in recent years. Cooperation with FIFA may not be a way out.

After the merger, the awards were combined into one and named FIFA Ballon d'Or.

The first list of twenty-three shortlisted players basically includes the top players in current European football, including players who performed well in the Champions League last season and the World Cup in South Africa.

Needless to say, Su Dong is on the list and is also a favorite, but the Spanish stars Xavi and Iniesta who won the World Cup, as well as Barcelona’s star Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, may not be without competition.

Power.

From the current point of view, no one knows who will win the FIFA Ballon d'Or after the merger. After all, the voting method has changed.

No matter what, Su Dong will be a big favorite.

Although he was once questioned after joining Manchester City, many people believed that he came to Manchester City for money.

But after landing in the Premier League, Su Dong has scored 15 goals and eight assists in eight league rounds so far. Such a report card is enough to stand out from the crowd, and Manchester City also ranks first in the Premier League.

If such performance is still questioned, then who else in the world deserves this honor?

But Xavi and Iniesta's World Cup was indeed too eye-catching.

After FIFA announced the candidate list, all parties took action after hearing the news.

After Su Dong joined Manchester City, although the team fully supported Su Dong, they were severely lacking in experience in this area. Therefore, the only people who built momentum and operations for Su Dong were agent Mendes and the sponsors behind him.

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And Mendes came to Manchester obviously not just for Su Dong's Golden Globe Award.


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