In the thirty-third round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Tottenham Hotspur at home.
The Manchester City fans in the stands were cheering for the team hoarsely. The home team players on the field were constantly running and passing the ball, constantly organizing and creating opportunities. The away team players were retreating across the board, always maintaining the three lines in front of the goal.
The line is compact.
This is a team that can reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Although they lost to Real Madrid at home and away in the quarter-finals and were eliminated with a total score of 0-5, Redknapp trained a team with high tactical literacy.
The team was able to defeat teams such as Inter Milan and Werder Bremen in the group stage, qualify as the group leader, defeat AC Milan in the top 16 knockout round, and reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League. The strength of this team is evident.
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Redknapp's team put on a tight defensive stance at the Etihad Stadium.
Four backs, four midfielders, it looks like two forwards, but in fact Crouch is more of a supporter. The counterattack basically relies on the speed of Gareth Bale, but even so, in a defensive state, Gareth Bale
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Redknapp has put together the strongest defensive lineup he can.
In the game, Tottenham Hotspur did not disappoint Redknapp.
This team, which has shined in the Champions League this season and played with a certain degree of confidence, also showed good strength after returning to the Premier League, especially when facing Manchester City's passing and ball control.
Tottenham Hotspur's defense is very well organized, especially the three midfielders composed of Palacios, Sandro and Huddlestone, which has established a solid wall in front of the defense, allowing
Manchester City's passing and ball control makes it difficult to achieve effective penetration.
When it comes to the game, Manchester City can only control the ball outside the 30-meter area. It is difficult to form an effective pass within the 30-meter area, especially outside the penalty area. Everyone knows that only in this area can effective passes be formed.
Only when the ball penetrates can it create a threat.
Manchester City's few truly threatening attacks in the game all came from the two wings of Sudong, Di Maria and Sanchez, the two midfielders of Moutinho and Toni Kroos, plus the left winger.
With Marcelo and Zabaleta on the right, Manchester City's offensive level is very good, but Tottenham Hotspur's defense is equally unambiguous.
More importantly, Tottenham Hotspur are really fighting hard.
It can even be said that Tottenham intends to give up the Champions League and try its best to strive for the top four in the Premier League.
This caused Manchester City to encounter huge resistance in the game.
From the first half to the second half, from the 50th minute to the 80th minute, they still failed to break through the goal guarded by Cudicini.
The Italian goalkeeper was also a genius tonight, playing extremely bravely and saving two very good shots from Su Dong.
In this way, the game continued to be a stalemate.
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"Fortunately, we concentrated our forces to fight this battle!"
In the home team's coaching booth, the chief assistant coach Estiarte said fearfully.
As early as when the strategy was first formulated, the coaching staff still preferred to play Arsenal, because it was the semi-finals of the FA Cup. One game would determine the outcome and absolutely cannot be lost. And against Tottenham Hotspur at home, Manchester City's strength
They have an advantage on the field, and at the same time they are playing at home, and the fault tolerance rate is also higher.
But at that time, Su Dong believed that the team was confident of beating Arsenal, and there was no need to try their best. Instead, they should be more careful about Tottenham Hotspur. Now the game has lasted more than 80 minutes, and the facts have proved Su Dong's acumen.
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"If we don't do our best tonight and the front three cannot suppress Tottenham Hotspur's midfield and back field, it will be a disaster." Torrent also agreed with Estiarte's judgment.
Attack and defense complement each other.
In fact, what Tottenham Hotspur is best at is defense and counterattack. For example, in the two games against Inter Milan, including the almost reversal in the first game and the huge victory in the second game, they were all counterattacks under steady defense, and they showed great performance.
The role of Gareth Bale.
The Welshman is simply too fast.
It is conceivable that if the midfielder and frontcourt were not suppressed, Manchester City would probably become the second Inter Milan team.
In this game, Sudong, Di Maria and Sanchez all played the trident, and they all played the entire game. After the second half, Guardiola even replaced David Silva to further strengthen the attack.
But it still cannot be broken.
The game fell into a one-sided stalemate. Manchester City kept organizing and planning attacks, but failed to break the deadlock.
This made Guardiola and his assistants in the home team's coaching bench look solemn.
Sometimes, football matches are like this.
It does not mean that if you make a wise choice, you will be able to get corresponding rewards.
It was under this circumstance that Di Maria and Marcelo broke through together on the left and won a valuable corner kick opportunity for Manchester City.
At this time, the time was already 86 minutes.
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Toni Kroos stood in the corner kick area, placed the ball, and then slowly backed away.
At this time, Su Dong, Pepe, Kompany and other tall players were all in Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area.
Manchester City still has a lot of tall men, especially Su Dong. With his size there, it is a huge intimidation to any team.
How to take the corner kick this time?
The German midfielder raised his eyes towards the penalty area. He wanted to see the reaction of his teammates in the penalty area.
Sudong, Pepe and Kompany all gathered in the middle, and the referee was preparing to exit the penalty area.
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Everyone immediately looked at Su Dong.
He is not only the team's captain on the field, but also the core of the team's offense. Su Dong is also very sensitive to the situation and tactics on the field, which makes the players in the team extremely admired.
For example, before the game, it was Su Dong who suggested that they try their best to beat Tottenham, and the team avoided losing points.
Even if this game is a draw, Manchester City still has a certain advantage.
Su Dong felt the questioning looks from Toni Kroos and his teammates in the distance. He hesitated for a moment and immediately made the seven sign. Everyone was obviously a little surprised when they saw it.
But Su Dong still nodded solemnly.
The previous corner kick attacks failed to create a threat. It can be seen that Tottenham Hotspur's preparations for Manchester City have been extremely meticulous, including the defense of set kicks and corner kick tactics, and they have carried out targeted drills and arrangements.
In this case, Manchester City must find a way to win unexpectedly.
Pepe took the lead in taking a penalty kick, and Kompany and others also agreed one after another.
Soon, Toni Kroos in the corner also received the signal.
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The referee exited the penalty area. After seeing that there was no problem, he blew the whistle to indicate that he could take the penalty.
Toni Kroos quickly ran forward, posing as if he was going to send the ball into the penalty area.
There was chaos in Tottenham Hotspur's penalty area.
But at this moment, Toni Kroos did not kick the ball out with his big foot, but quickly passed the ball out.
The ball rolled along the ground towards the penalty area.
Pepe, who was preparing to attack just now, suddenly ran over, blocked the defender with his body, stopped the ball with his back, and then passed it back to the left side of the penalty area.
Faced with sudden changes, Tottenham Hotspur's defense habitually pressed forward, hoping to suppress Manchester City's offense on the left wing so that they could not create a threat.
Pepe passed the ball to Marcelo who came up from behind.
At this moment, Redknapp, who was sitting in front of the visiting team's coach's bench on the sidelines, suddenly realized something was wrong.
Pepe pulled to the left and Kompany also ran over, but where is Sudong?
There was chaos in the restricted area.
When Redknapp's old eyes finally found Su Dong's figure in the penalty area, he discovered that as Manchester City's top attacker, Su Dong did not move forward, but instead dragged him closer to the back.
"Pay attention to Su Dong!" Redknapp immediately warned.
But at this time, on the court, Marcelo stepped in and stopped the ball. No one was guarding him, so he passed the ball with his left foot without adjusting.
The ball crossed more than half of the penalty area and landed accurately on the right side of Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
Su Dong, who had been in ambush for a long time, suddenly went around and took off before Ledley King. He jumped up high, just in time to meet the football passed by Marcelo, and directly shook his head to attack the goal.
The ball went to the right.
Since the ball was on the left side, Cudicini's position was also to the left, but Manchester City suddenly passed the ball diagonally to the back point, and Su Dong's header caught Cudicini off guard.
The Italian goalkeeper fought hard to save the ball, but was unable to reach it.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!"
"In the 87th minute, in the 87th minute, Su Dong finally opened the scoring for Manchester City!"
"One to zero!!!"
"This was a wonderful tactical corner kick from Manchester City. Marcelo accurately passed the ball to the back point, and Su Dong hit the header with a header, breaking the deadlock for Manchester City."
As soon as Su Dong landed, he rushed towards the corner kick crazily.
Kompany, Pepe and others tried to grab him, but he cleverly dodged it.
Su Dong rushed straight to the sidelines and roared at the fans in the stands, venting his excitement after scoring.
After attacking for more than 80 minutes, they still could not break through Tottenham Hotspur's goal.
It wasn't until this moment that the North London team's goal collapsed!
In a football match, especially a high-level and high-level football match like this, the most fulfilling thing is undoubtedly this moment!
Manchester City players also chased him out one after another, surrounding him.
Although they only cooperated for one season, and although Su Dong became the team captain when he first arrived, everyone was convinced by him.
It's not because of anything else, it's because he can always lead the team to victory at critical moments.
Just like now.
Everyone was helpless, but Su Dong had a way to lead the team to score goals and break the opponent's goal.
This seems very simple. In fact, looking at the whole world, even throughout the ages, how many people can do it?
Every one of the Manchester City players sincerely congratulated Su Dong, especially for his decision to take a tactical corner kick just now, which convinced everyone.
Facts have proved that it was this tactical corner kick that caught Tottenham Hotspur off guard.
Moreover, Pepe and Marcelo, who completed this tactical corner kick coordination, are Sudong's most loyal comrades.
The football field worships the strong!
And Su Dong is the strongest player in world football today!
