When the game reached the 72nd minute, there was a chance of a dead ball, and the referee Chris Foy blew the whistle to suspend the game.
Su Dong, who had been waiting on the sidelines for a long time, reached out and applauded his teammates who were about to leave the field.
The announcement of the substitution came over the stadium broadcast.
Player No. 9 Su Dong comes on and replaces player No. 14 Santa Cruz.
This substitution decision immediately received warm cheers from Manchester City fans in the Etihad Stadium. There was overwhelming applause from the entire stadium. This was Manchester City fans cheering for Sudong.
Santa Cruz walked off the court with a frustrated face, obviously not satisfied with his performance after playing for more than 70 minutes.
After arriving at the sidelines, he hugged Su Dong politely.
Su Dong expressed his gratitude for his performance, and he cheered for Su Dong.
The two passed each other, just like their fate in Manchester City.
Everyone can see that in today's Manchester City, Su Dong is the most unshakable player. Anyone who substitutes for Su Dong is a tragedy, and Santa Cruz is a tragedy within a tragedy.
Because even head coach Guardiola doesn't like him very much.
He was the favorite of former Manchester City coach Mark Hughes. It was Mark Hughes who successfully activated Santa Cruz when he was coaching Blackburn Rovers, which brought him the pinnacle of his career and allowed the Paraguayan player to join Manchester City.
But Guardiola doesn't like this type of player, so Santa Cruz has had a miserable time at Manchester City in the past two seasons.
Judging from the current situation, it is only a matter of time before the Paraguay striker leaves the team.
He might even leave the team during the winter break transfer period.
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Su Dong ran into the stadium, raised his hands high above his head, and responded to the applause of the fans.
In fact, his right foot has not fully recovered, but he still took the initiative to apply to play.
He clearly knows the importance of this game to Manchester City.
More importantly, he knows his body well.
After running into the court, the first thing Su Dong did was to pull together several teammates in the frontcourt.
"Angel, Alexis, you two should keep the defense open and don't let the two wingers shrink into the penalty area, can you do that?" Su Dong asked in a deep voice, his tone full of unquestionable determination.
"no problem."
"I don't have any problem either."
Manchester City's two wingers didn't hesitate and agreed directly.
"David, Tony, you two pay attention to my position and make more direct passes." Su Dong paused and then added, "My right foot is not fully recovered yet and I can't run too much. Thank you for your hard work."
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Everyone was also aware of Su Dong's situation and immediately nodded in agreement.
"It's okay, leave the pressing of the defense to me," Sanchez assured.
"I still have energy now, leave the left side to me." Di Maria also expressed his stance.
"And Tony and I, we can both move forward."
After David Silva finished speaking, Toni Kroos kept nodding.
Su Dong nodded heavily.
"Okay, then don't say much and just perform well!"
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Ferguson watched from the sidelines as several Manchester City midfielders and frontcourt players took the time to gather together, as if they were plotting something. He immediately walked to the sidelines and called out to Ferdinand and Vidic, indicating that they should pay attention to Sudong.
At the same time, the two wings must pay attention to prevent crosses from the wings.
Carrick, Fletcher and Scholes should pay attention to Manchester City's midfield and try to cut off the pass to Su Dong.
After the arrangement was completed, he was still not at ease and immediately asked Wes Brown and O'Shea to go warm up and be ready to substitute at any time. Nani and Hernandez were also actively preparing.
Ferguson has been waiting for Guardiola's trump card.
He knew that if Su Dong entered the big list, it would definitely not be without purpose.
If Manchester City wins, Su Dong will basically not play, but once Manchester City falls into a passive situation or falls behind, Guardiola will arrange for Su Dong to play.
This is like a sword of Damocles that has been hanging over Ferguson's head, putting a lot of pressure on him.
So Ferguson has been waiting for Su Dong to play.
But now, Su Dong is on the stage, and the real test has come.
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The game restarts.
Manchester City is still the same as before, controlling the ball, passing the ball patiently, and organizing the offense.
Manchester United focused on stabilizing their defense and patiently waiting for opportunities to counterattack.
The game was still relatively deadlocked, but after Su Dong came on the field, Manchester City's two wingers obviously played more energetically and resolutely.
In the 75th minute, Marcelo quickly moved forward on the left, and after completing a cooperation with David Silva and Di Maria, he passed the low ball into the penalty area in front of the baseline on the left, but
Ferdinand blocked the ball from the baseline.
Su Dong was obviously a beat slower in catching up.
"It can be seen that Su Dong is still affected by the injury and still avoids confrontation with his opponent."
"But his intimidating power is still there, and he has exerted enough pressure on Manchester United's defense to allow Manchester City's two wings to threaten. This should be regarded as an obvious change from when Santa Cruz was here just now.
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"Look at this corner kick."
"David Silva took a corner kick and it landed in the middle of the penalty area."
"In the penalty area, players from both sides are fighting for it!"
"Su Dong grabbed the spot and headed the ball towards the goal!"
There were exclamations of regret throughout the Etihad Stadium.
Su Dong's header barely missed the crossbar and went out of the baseline, failing to score.
This made him feel very depressed.
When he took off just now, he was still a little worried about his right foot and had some problems with exerting force, which resulted in him not jumping well. Therefore, he made a mistake when heading the ball and failed to grasp the angle and strength.
This is actually something he has no control over.
If your right foot is injured, your body will instinctively avoid using your right foot.
Just a little bit different!
"Manchester City's corner kick attack was very threatening. Su Dong grabbed the spot, headed the ball towards the goal, and almost broke through Manchester United's goal. This is also Manchester City's most threatening attack so far in the second half."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "We saw that Ferguson was very anxious on the sidelines and was about to make substitutions."
"Wes Brown is going to come on as a substitute, and he should be replaced by Rafael. When the Brazilian was defending Di Maria and Marcelo just now, he failed to block the ball on the wing and let Marcelo pass it.
The goal was successful, and then there was a corner kick."
"For Manchester United, if the score is zero to zero, that is also a very good result."
"At least Manchester City did not continue to widen the gap."
"Ferguson said before the game that he was confident of a comeback during the Christmas and winter breaks. Now, what Manchester United wants to do is to shorten the gap with Manchester City as much as possible and prepare for a comeback during the Christmas and winter breaks.
, to create more favorable conditions.”
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"Su."
When walking back, David Silva deliberately lagged behind and walked side by side with Su Dong.
"Wait a minute and you pay attention to running into the gap. I will dribble the ball more and pass it to you to try to create a one-on-one opportunity for you."
Su Dong stretched out his hand, touched David Silva's head, which was already soaked with sweat, and laughed.
He was really happy, because he felt that David Silva was no longer the little brother who followed him by his side, but his comrade-in-arms, a comrade-in-arms who could provide him with maximum support when necessary.
Being able to say such things proves that David Silva has considerable confidence in his abilities.
Facts have also proven that David Silva has performed better and better this season and is one of the best players in the Manchester City team after Sudong and Kompany.
Speaking of Kompany and Pepe, these two players also completely restricted Berbatov and Rooney.
If Santa Cruz is restricted on Manchester City's side, then the situation on Manchester United's side is not much better. Berbatov is also restricted by Pepe and Kompany.
Rooney, on the other hand, suffered a lot of troubles in the past, first recruiting J goalkeeper, and then the contract renewal dispute. He finally renewed his contract, and was injured again. After returning from injury, he is recovering. His performance tonight was not very good, only
During several counterattacks, there was a slight bright spot behind Marcelo, but there was not much threat.
In comparison, Manchester City's performance was pretty good.
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The game restarts.
Su Dong followed David Silva's advice and ran more in the neutral position instead of receiving passes from his teammates.
His right foot is injured, so he mostly runs in gaps that are convenient for his left foot to kick, such as on the left side of the penalty area.
Ferguson must have had this suspicion early on, so he arranged for Wes Brown to replace Rafael, just to work with Ferdinand to restrict Su Dong's left foot.
The injury to the right foot has not healed, so the left foot is naturally the key.
After several attempts, Su Dong failed to catch the ball.
Manchester United was well prepared for this and would not let Su Dong easily catch the ball with his left foot.
Time passed bit by bit, and it soon entered eighty minutes.
David Silva and Toni Kroos tried to pass forward several times, and even Marcelo and Di Maria tried to pass the ball, but the results were not ideal.
Ferguson made the last substitution at the 80 minute mark, replacing Berbatov with Nani and pushing Rooney up front, which created a very interesting situation.
Both Manchester United and Manchester City are betting heavily on their own stars, and they are betting on which of the two players who have just returned from injury can seize the opportunity and create fatal murders in the game.
The Manchester City fans at the Etihad Stadium are starting to get a little restless.
Especially after the game time entered the 85th minute, they became even more anxious.
Su Dongdu has been on the court for more than ten minutes, but apart from that header, he has not created any threats.
Could it be said that we are really going to draw with Manchester United 0-0 at the Etihad Stadium tonight?
The team is so strong this season, is it still impossible to defeat Manchester United?
Manchester City fans were unwilling to give in. They cheered for the team harder and louder.
They hope the team can hold on until the last minute, the last second.
In the 86th minute, after Carrick completed a long-range shot from outside the Manchester City penalty area, Manchester United basically took a defensive posture and was obviously beginning to be satisfied with the draw.
Zero to zero, which is quite good for Manchester United playing away from home.
But not for Manchester City.
Therefore, Manchester City's players are still organizing offense.
