On March 13, Manchester City faced Reading at home in the FA Cup quarter-finals.
Since they had just traveled to Kiev, Ukraine, in midweek, Guardiola arranged the lineup in a rotational manner in this game, resulting in the team being unable to open up the situation on the field.
In the 76th minute of the second half, Pepe relied on a corner kick opportunity to beat his opponent's header and scored the only goal of the game for Manchester City, helping the team advance to the FA Cup semi-finals.
After the game, after a draw, Manchester City will face Arsenal at home in the semi-finals.
This is the second time that Manchester City and the Gunners have met since the humiliating nine-to-one match between the two teams.
Both Manchester City fans and the British media have given high praise to Manchester City for reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup.
This is the first time in 30 years that Manchester City has reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup. The last time can be traced back to 1981.
In that year, under the leadership of head coach John Bond, Manchester City successfully defeated Ipswich in the semi-finals and successfully advanced to the final, but lost to Tottenham 2-3 in the final.
Stab, missed the championship.
This also makes countless Manchester City fans regret it.
In the following thirty years, Manchester City has never reached the FA Cup semi-finals. From this, it is not difficult to see how weak Manchester City's foundation is.
But precisely because of this, Manchester City once again reached the FA Cup semi-finals this season, which immediately aroused strong attention from fans and the media. Countless Manchester City fans have appealed, hoping that the team can persist until the end and win the FA Cup.
Make a difference.
Manchester City has not tasted the joy of a championship for many, many years.
Blue Moon's last championship was the League Cup, which was already in 1976.
Although they won the English League One championship in 2002, this was a second-tier league championship and there was no convincing.
This season, Manchester City has finally shown the temperament of a strong team, advancing simultaneously on three lines, giving people hope.
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On the evening of the 17th, Manchester Etihad Stadium.
In the second leg of the Europa League knockout round of 16, Manchester City faced Dynamo Kiev at home.
In the first round in Kiev, Manchester City traveled a long distance away from home and the team performed poorly.
But now, Blue Moon is at home, while Dynamo Kyiv is on an expedition. Under the circumstances, Manchester City has the advantage, and Guardiola's game strategy is also quite active.
"I hope the team will firmly secure the victory from the first minute and not give the opponent any chance!"
The players also basically implemented the coach's tactical intentions, grabbing the ball from the beginning and taking control of the situation and rhythm.
Dynamo Kiev is also very aware of their situation. They have no advantage playing away games and can only defend and counterattack.
But in the fourth minute, Manchester City played a beautiful cooperation. David Silva received a direct pass from Thiago and passed it diagonally to the right side of the penalty area. Sanchez stopped the ball and made a low pass to the goal.
Su Dong forced his way past the two central defenders of Dynamo Kiev and easily pushed the ball past the goal, opening the scoring for Manchester City.
This goal put Dynamo Kyiv completely passive.
In the first round, which was one to one, Su Dong's goal gave Manchester City the advantage.
But Dynamo Kiev is a traditional strong team in Europe. Even when they were lagging behind, they still organized a tight defense and did not become restless, but patiently looked for opportunities.
Manchester City controlled the ball and the game, but never found a chance to score.
Until the 39th minute of the game, David Silva was fouled while dribbling the ball from the left, winning a free kick opportunity for Manchester City in the frontcourt.
But the ball's position was too far.
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Su Dong stood behind the penalty spot, looked at the angle and the opponent's wall, and shook his head.
"Are you not sure? I remember that you took a free kick from this angle in training, and the accuracy was pretty good." David Silva said quite unexpectedly.
Su Dong also practices free kicks on weekdays. He has practiced in every position and from different angles. This is the reason why his free kick skills are becoming more and more sophisticated.
But Su Dong still shook his head, "Their players are a bit tall and too biased. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold them down."
David Silva understood what Su Dong meant.
Sometimes he really felt that Su Dong was too conservative?
Of course, this is not a bad thing, but he never fights with uncertainty. So when he was in Valencia, Benitez told him to be as wasteful as possible, take more kicks and shoot more.
What a psychological burden.
But after so many years, Su Dong has not gotten much better than before.
Sometimes David Silva really feels that if Su Dong is half as powerful as Ronnie, his scoring will definitely reach a higher level. If nothing else, with his foot strength and footwork, he can just throw a kick.
, the possibility of scoring a goal is very high.
But Su Dong has a weird temperament. He is a perfectionist, and every shot he shoots is aimed at the blind corner.
Isn’t it said by some outside that Su Dong alone has improved the aesthetics of football fans around the world?
In the past, others could not score a few wonderful goals in their lifetime, but Su Dong scored every day.
Even if most of his goals are compared to other professional players, they are among the top ten goals in his career. His shooting is too tricky, but his goals are also so beautiful.
But there is also depression. Just like now, David Silva feels that Su Dong should kick him, just like he did in training.
Su Dong pondered the human wall for a moment, then shook his head, but then approached David Silva and muttered a few words to him.
David Silva, who had not been disappointed just now, suddenly lit up.
"Is this okay?" the Spanish midfielder was excited.
Su Dong smiled and nodded, "Would you know if you try it?"
It seems that he is quite confident.
Of course David Silva would not refuse and immediately ran to find Marcelo.
Su Dong walked away quickly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "It seems that Su Dong is not very sure about the free kick at this position. He has already walked away and does not intend to take the kick.
The free kick went to the middle of the penalty area, to the right of the penalty spot, and it looked like he was going to grab the penalty."
"Marcelo came up to take the penalty, and David Silva also left the penalty spot and ran to the side of the wall."
"This should be an indirect free kick, a cross from the left into the penalty area, looking for my teammate."
"Dynamo Kiev's wall has been set up, let's see how Manchester City will coordinate with the free kick this time."
As the referee blew the whistle, Marcelo immediately ran forward and seemed to be going to cross the ball directly. This immediately caused chaos in Dynamo Kiev's penalty area.
But what surprised everyone was that Marcelo did not pass the ball directly, but suddenly pushed the ball sideways and passed it to David Silva on the right side of the wall. The Spanish midfielder quickly rushed to the goal
On the left side of the penalty area, he took a shot and stopped the ball.
To say that David Silva's footwork is really very delicate, at this stop, the ball was really obedient and gently stopped towards the top of the arc. At this time, everyone suddenly realized that this
It was a tactical free kick.
Su Dong, who ran over at an unknown moment, suddenly appeared at the top of the arc, ran horizontally to the left, met David Silva's pass, and quickly kicked a curve ball with his left foot.
Because Dynamo Kyiv set up a wall in the left corner of the penalty area and the ball was passed to the right, goalkeeper Shovkovsky and the defensive players in the penalty area focused their attention on the center and right side.
Who would have thought that Su Dong suddenly came out and kicked a curve ball with his left foot. The ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Shovkovsky was moving towards the center and had no way to adjust his focus in time to save the ball. He could only watch the ball go into the upper left corner of the goal!
This is an absolute blind spot!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
"Manchester City wins again, 2-0!"
"Su Dong scored twice and Manchester City staged a very imaginative tactical free kick."
After Su Dong kicked the curve ball, he knew in his heart that the goal was a sure shot.
When the ball hit the net, he raised his hands high and rushed straight to the sideline. But as soon as he got halfway, he was hugged by David Silva and Marcelo, who blocked him life and death.
In the stadium.
Marcelo even held his left hand tightly to prevent him from completing the celebration of kissing the ring.
"Stop kissing, most readers say you are tired of aesthetics!"
"If you kiss the ring every time you score a goal, don't worry, you have to consider other people's feelings!"
Su Dong said he was speechless.
Can't I celebrate if I score a goal?
If I really want to say that I am tired of aesthetics, then there is nothing I can do about it. Who allows me to score more goals?
If, as Toni Kroos said, I have to improvise every time I score a goal, how many brain cells will I have to kill?
No matter how hard Marcelo and David Silva pushed him, Su Dong finally broke free from the entanglement of these two idiots and kissed the ring on his left hand in front of the live broadcast camera.
This time he has completed the goal celebration process, so cool!
On the contrary, it was Marcelo and David Silva who looked at each other speechlessly and could only sigh.
Isn’t this guy born in the year of the rat?
Why is he as stubborn as a cow and can't hold him back even if he lives or lives?
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Manchester City finally defeated Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 at home and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals with a total score of 3-1.
Shevchenko said in an interview with the media after the game that he believed Manchester City was the number one favorite to win the Europa League this season.
"Su Dong will definitely be able to lead Manchester City to the end!"
Being able to still speak out in support even after being eliminated shows Shevchenko's demeanor.
Manchester City's promotion also won unanimous praise.
First the FA Cup, now the Europa League, and the domestic Premier League leading the way, Manchester City's performance has won everyone's recognition. Many people even believe that Manchester City is fully capable of winning three championships at the same time.
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Su Dong's slogan, "Don't make choices, want them all," also won the support of fans and the media.
After eliminating Dynamo Kiev, in the subsequent Europa League draw, Braga from Portugal was drawn.
This team has performed well in the Portuguese Super League. Whether it is Su Dong, Pepe or David Luiz, they are all familiar with this team.
