After finally returning home to Cheshire, Su Dong walked in with Wang Chuqing's careful support.
Pepe, David Silva and others dropped him at the door of his house before leaving.
These guys just wished they could put him on the bed, for fear that he would accidentally twist again.
"It's okay, it's not serious. It was a little twisted." Su Dong said with a smile.
"You have to be helped when you walk, how can it be okay?" Wang Chuqing said angrily, "Just now my uncle and aunt, as well as my father and my mother called me to ask how the injury was, and they even wanted to fly over.
Just take a look and feel reassured."
"No, just tell them that I'm fine, just a minor sprain." Su Dong didn't really care.
Although she was engaged, Wang Chuqing couldn't change her tune for a while. She always called Su Dong's parents uncle and aunt. She had become a habit of calling Su Dong's parents, and I'm afraid it would be even harder to change her tune in the future.
Fortunately, Su Dong's parents didn't care. They loved her so much that people who didn't know would have thought that she was their daughter and Su Dong was just an unwanted son-in-law.
But what's interesting is that Wang Qingquan and his wife treated him better.
It can be regarded as a way of getting along, and the two families have a very good relationship because of this, without any conflicts.
It is said that Su Dong's father often approached his future father-in-law to study how to buy a house and invest, and the two had a very good relationship.
"What did Nuno and the others say?" Wang Chuqing helped Su Dong sit down in the living room and looked at his right leg with his ankle and instep wrapped, feeling quite distressed and asking with concern.
"It's okay, it's just a little swollen. It'll be fine after just two days of rest." Su Dong said.
It is true that the injury is not serious, but the trouble is that there is the Manchester derby in midweek.
This is Su Dong's first derby game after joining Manchester City. He is still eager to play. After all, Manchester City's current top position is not stable. If something goes wrong in the derby game, it will be really dangerous.
It may even be possible that the advantages you have worked so hard to accumulate will be completely destroyed in one day.
"Then you should have a good rest and don't think about training and competition in the next few days." Wang Chuqing said angrily, "I'll ask for leave from the school. I'll be at home with you these days to save you from messing around all day."
She knew Su Dong very well, so she naturally knew what was going on in his mind, and immediately decided to take precautions before it happened.
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The news that Su Dong was injured spread throughout the world of football in a very short period of time and became a big news.
The Manchester derby is approaching. At this time, Su Dong's injury undoubtedly casts a shadow on the prospects of Manchester City's derby.
Manchester City technical director Begiristain admitted in an interview that Su Dong may indeed miss the derby due to injury.
"This is something that can't be helped. His right foot is sprained. We don't want him to take risks. After all, even if we lose the derby, we are still sure to continue to lead the Premier League."
Begiristain's confidence came from the fact that it played another focus game an hour later than Manchester City.
Chelsea lost to Liverpool 0-2 away from home.
As a result, the points gap between the two teams was directly expanded to four points. Even if they really lost the derby, Manchester City would still be one point ahead of Chelsea. This is not a very bad result for Manchester City.
Begiristain also revealed that Guardiola also held the same view and would rather lose the derby than take risks with Soviet Union.
"But his willingness to challenge is quite strong. This is his first Manchester Derby since landing in the Premier League."
As for whether Sudong will participate, Begiristain said that it will not be clear until before the game.
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There are still three days until the competition, which is neither long nor short.
But it is obvious that Su Dong's injury has attracted the attention of the outside world. Not only the media, but also many people with ulterior motives appeared around Manchester City's Carrington training base. Some of them are familiar faces, and they are clearly Manchester United scouts.
and staff.
It was even discovered by Manchester City that someone from Manchester United was peeking into Manchester City's training base with binoculars on the hill.
The derby was about to take place, and it was clear that Ferguson was trying to spy on military intelligence.
Guardiola responded immediately and immediately arranged for personnel to patrol the surrounding area. At the same time, the side bordering Manchester United was directly covered with a black curtain so that Manchester United could not see anything.
Of course, the training bases of the two clubs are so close that a lot of information cannot be kept secret.
For example, Su Dong comes to the Carrington training base every day accompanied by his fiancée, not only receiving diagnosis and treatment from the team doctor and personal coaching team, but also watching the team's training and preparations.
As the captain of the team, regardless of whether he can play or not, Su Dong does not want to get off the line with a minor injury.
His injury was really not serious, but the team doctors and personal coaching team took it very seriously and did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
Guardiola also attaches great importance to Manchester City Derby.
He has always felt that Manchester United is gradually catching up with Chelsea and becoming Manchester City's next number one opponent.
This feeling is not unfounded, because Manchester United is currently one of only two unbeaten teams in the Premier League.
No need to guess, the other team is Manchester City.
After eleven rounds of games, Manchester United has six wins and five draws, while Manchester City has nine wins and two draws, six points behind.
This may seem like a lot, but no fan who knows anything about Manchester United will think this is safe.
Especially since they have only played eleven rounds now, six points is nothing to Manchester United, which is better at playing the Devil's schedule during the Christmas and winter breaks, and counterattacking in the second half.
That's two games.
This is actually what worries many analysts.
Many of Manchester City's players are new to Manchester City. Even David Silva and others did not perform satisfactorily during the Christmas and winter breaks of last season. Can Su Dong and others adapt?
You know, the Premier League's Christmas and winter breaks are very cruel tests, not only for the players' bodies, but also their psychology.
Regardless of whether you are in the Portuguese Super League, La Liga or the Bundesliga, there is a winter break. Now that the winter break has been suddenly cancelled, the schedule has become more intensive, which will undoubtedly create resistance on the psychological level of the players.
After all, Christmas is a holiday, which is a matter of course in Western countries.
In the past few years, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal began to collapse almost every time during the Christmas and winter breaks.
Ferguson's Manchester United had two important reversal periods, one was the winter break, and the other was in March and April.
Su Dong and Guardiola also talked, and neither of them was very sure about the future.
Therefore, Manchester City's strategy is to grab points as much as possible.
With enough advantages, Manchester City can achieve enough fault tolerance in the next devilish schedule.
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Manchester City wants to widen the gap as much as possible, while Ferguson wants to shorten the gap as much as possible.
As long as the gap is not big, Ferguson will be confident of overturning Manchester City after Christmas.
The intra-city derby is undoubtedly the key. If we win, the gap will be shortened to three points. If we lose, the gap will expand to nine points. After this two games, the gap will be six points.
For Ferguson and Manchester United, even a draw is acceptable.
Ferguson has been very concerned about Manchester City news recently, and Mike Perrin reports the latest information every day.
He sent almost all of Manchester City's "spies" out to collect the latest information about Manchester City.
"According to the reliable information we have received, Su Dong reports to Carrington every day. He comes in the morning and leaves in the afternoon. The training time is basically the same as that of the team, but he does not participate in training and additional training as usual."
Ferguson nodded, "He still hasn't participated in the team's joint training?"
"No, I just conduct individual training on the sidelines, but they are all recovery training with very little intensity."
When he said this, Mike Perrin smiled slightly and said: "I guess he won't appear in tomorrow's game."
After missing three days of training, can Su Dong's condition be guaranteed?
Besides, is his injury really healed?
"I dare not be so optimistic. Even if he is only at half his strength, Su Dong is still the most threatening scorer in the world. We cannot be careless in the slightest and must make complete preparations."
When he said this, Ferguson's brows furrowed tightly.
In fact, he really couldn't guess what Guardiola would do and whether Su Dong would play?
"Now, there should be a press conference before the game next door, right?" Ferguson asked.
"Yes." Mike Perrin replied, "I have already contacted reporters I am familiar with, and I will pass on the news as soon as it is available."
The pre-match press conference usually announces the roster of 18 players. This basically makes it clear what Guardiola thinks and whether Su Dong can play?
Of course, even if you make the squad, you may not be able to play.
But for Manchester United, the best result is that if Su Dong is not included in the squad, then there will be no worries.
But just when Ferguson and Mike Perrin were looking forward to hearing good news, a text message came from the mobile phone of the Manchester United assistant coach. After reading it, his expression changed.
"What's wrong?" Ferguson vaguely guessed something and had an ominous premonition.
"Su Dong is on the roster!" Mike Perrin said.
Ferguson opened his mouth, obviously wanting to say, I knew this would happen, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just closed his eyes, raised his head, and pondered Manchester United's response in his mind.
Guardiola is a cunning guy, and this may not be his smoke bombs and psychological warfare.
Judging from the current situation, the possibility of Su Dong is actually not high. Even if Guardiola uses him, it may be as a substitute in the second half, or he may even be directly used on the bench like a mascot.
Ferguson couldn't guess what Guardiola was thinking. The only thing he could do was to try to maintain a situation that was most beneficial to Manchester United.
Thinking of this, Ferguson opened his eyes, eyes like lightning, and looked directly at Mike Perrin.
"We will have a meeting tomorrow morning to adjust the team's tactics. We must score goals as soon as possible and establish an advantage as soon as possible!"
Regardless of whether Su Dong can play or not, Manchester United must win anyway!
