In the 34th round of the Premier League, Manchester City challenged Blackburn away.
The violence of one game a week was against Manchester City, which fought on multiple fronts, and it was a home game. The game was extremely fierce from the beginning, with everyone turning upside down. The home team was so aggressive that it felt like they would not let the visiting team retreat.
Manchester City encountered a devilish schedule. First, they drew with Braga 1-1 at home in the Europa League and advanced with a total score of 4-1. Then they defeated Arsenal 2-0. They just had a tough home game against Tottenham three days ago.
Tottenham only narrowly defeated the powerful North London team 1-0 with Su Dong's header at the last moment of the game.
Now, at Blackburn's Ewood Park, the violence was not meant to be merciful.
It's not that there is any grudge between the two parties, but it's because Blackburn is now facing a relegation crisis.
When Manchester City formulated their strategy, Blackburn was ranked 13th, and the pressure to relegation could not be said to be completely absent, but it was really not that great. Therefore, everyone at Manchester City felt that it would not be too difficult to challenge Blackburn away from home.
But luck is not as good as fate. Blackburn have had one draw and two losses in the last three rounds, and as a result, their ranking suddenly fell to 16th place. They are only two points away from Blackpool in the relegation zone. This is already very dangerous.
It is precisely because of this that Blackburn spent all their belongings in the home game against Manchester City in an attempt to fight Manchester City. And after Manchester City fought on multiple fronts in a row, the players' condition and body were quite exhausted, which led to the match.
In the Blackburn game, the performance was quite sluggish.
Except for David Silva, the entire Manchester City team performed sluggishly.
Guardiola finally couldn't help it. In the 70th minute, he replaced Dzeko and replaced him with Su Dong.
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Liverpool legend Dalglish has a saying that players' fatigue is more psychological.
This may not be unreasonable, but when a player is used to the winter break, he suddenly comes to a league without a winter break, and fights on multiple fronts for a long time. After months of hard work, the accumulated physical fatigue is what outsiders think.
unbelievable.
Whether facing Tottenham Hotspur or facing Blackburn tonight, Su Dong feels the same way.
Especially tonight.
He felt that his brain was spinning slower than usual, and his movements were always unable to keep up with his brain. When playing football, he always felt a beat slower. Many technical moves that could be completed very easily in normal times were very difficult to perform now, and even appeared.
Mistakes.
He believes that this is the case for him, and it must be the same for other players, or even more serious.
It was also in April, especially in the recent period, that Su Dong suddenly discovered that there was a big difference between whether there was a winter break or not, not only on the physical level, but also on the psychological level.
It's a bit like corporate expatriation.
It was originally agreed that you would be posted abroad for one year, with no days off throughout the year, and would be reunited at home during the Spring Festival, with paid leave. However, unexpectedly, the company suddenly canceled the Spring Festival holiday and told you that you must stay outside for another year, not even during the Spring Festival.
go home.
I would like to ask, what is your mental state like when you enter your second year of work?
Su Dong realized this early and tried his best to overcome it, but he was still affected.
This made it impossible for him to perform at his usual level.
But for such a situation, Su Dong also had his own set of coping strategies.
That is to narrow the scope of one's activities, reduce the tasks one undertakes, lurk in the penalty area, and become a full-time scorer.
Passing, advancing, connecting and other various things are all left to your teammates to complete.
Guardiola obviously realized this when he lined up the combination of David Silva and Moutinho.
Blackburn's young central defender Phil Jones is very active and can be regarded as a passionate young man.
After Su Dong came on the court, he became even more excited and had a wide range of activities.
Su Dong couldn't help but admire this when he saw it.
It’s good to be young!
You will always have endless energy and can be active anytime and anywhere.
Seeing him, Su Dong couldn't help but think of the time in Portugal.
In those years, in order to watch Ronaldo play a game, they could fly directly from Lisbon to Madrid without grabbing a ticket, but they couldn't get in!
In those years, they could hike the entire Madeira Islands and camp overnight on top of mountains to watch the stars.
During those years, they trained from early morning to late at night every day, and they never seemed to get tired, and their bodies were also in good shape.
those years……
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"After tonight, I'm going to be famous!"
When Su Dong recalled his youthful past, Phil Jones said with a smile.
The English teenager played the whole game, his face was red, as if he was drunk, but his expression was extremely excited.
Looking at Su Dong, it was like seeing a stunning beauty.
"Why are you famous?" Su Dong's mind was a little slow tonight and he didn't come around.
"Because you can't score!" Phil Jones laughed.
"So far this season, no team seems to be able to stop you from scoring goals, right?"
When talking about this, Phil Jones looked proud.
Confidence, this is what Su Dong saw from Phil Jones, a very big advantage of him.
Having a big heart is a must-have for a professional player.
Vigorous, physical, hardworking, and overflowing with confidence, this young English player is really good!
"Are you a little unable to run now?" Phil Jones asked with a grin.
Su Dong smiled. This kid had just started playing football, and he started to use words to harass his opponents. Who taught him?
"Boy, concentrate on playing your ball. There is a lot of nonsense. No one told you that concentration is an essential quality for a defender?"
Phil Jones was stunned. He didn't expect Su Dong to train others.
"I'm very focused!" Blackburn's centre-back replied stubbornly.
"Then you have to keep your eyes on me, I will disappear from you at any time." Su Dong bluffed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Phil Jones was stunned, "Are you lying to a three-year-old child?"
"Yes, I'm lying to you!"
Lied to me?
Damn it, are you saying that I am a three-year-old child?
As soon as Phil Jones reacted, he saw Su Dong really "disappear" right in front of his eyes.
The "disappearance" here must be in quotation marks, because he did not really disappear, but while Phil Jones was in a daze for a second or two, Su Dong suddenly left his position, leaving Phil Jones unable to find anyone.
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By the time the Blackburn central defender turned around and found Su Dong, Su Dong had already rushed forward from behind and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
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On the left side of the front line of the penalty area, David Silva received Di Maria's return pass. As soon as he adjusted, he glanced at the penalty area and saw Sudong pointing forward, and immediately sent a diagonal pass with his left foot.
The ball passed over the heads of all the defensive players in the penalty area and fell to the front of the right post of the goal.
Su Dong, who was originally standing in front of Phil Jones, suddenly went around behind Phil Jones and quickly started to rush forward.
Phil Jones, who was responsible for marking him, was obviously distracted and panicked and couldn't find anyone.
Su Dong quickly rushed forward, met David Silva's diagonal pass at the front of the small penalty area, and headed the ball into the near corner.
The ball missed the right post and went into Blackburn's goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"Su Dong! It's Su Dong again!!!"
"It's still a decisive victory at the critical moment!"
"This is already three consecutive games in which Su Dong has contributed a winning goal for Manchester City!"
"Especially in the last two games, first the victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the final stage of the game, and now in the 82nd minute, the goal against Blackburn Rovers. Su Dong played a key role in Manchester City!"
Phil Jones was a little dazed. Seeing Su Dong cheering past him, he felt like he was being fooled.
"Yes, I'm lying to you!"
Phil Jones hadn't reacted just now, but now he suddenly felt, Damn, isn't this just a pun?
He really felt like he was being tricked by Su Dong.
Originally, he wanted to use some words to stimulate Su Dong and give him some rude words. After all, being able to bludgeon in front of Su Dong was something he was proud of in his career.
But who would have thought that Su Dong would use his mentality to make mistakes and score a goal.
It's really a waste of money.
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In the end of the game, Manchester City defeated Blackburn 1-0 with Su Dong's goal after coming off the bench.
Although they failed to defeat Manchester City at home, Blackburn head coach Steven Keane was still satisfied with the result of the game. He believed that Blackburn could cause a lot of trouble to Manchester City and persisted until the final stage of the game, losing only one goal.
, which in itself is already a victory.
The implication is that at least we did not lose 9-1 or 7-0 at home like some teams did. We only scored one goal. How awesome!
The media reporters at the press conference immediately smiled evilly after hearing this. They had obviously already thought about how to make full use of the meaning of this sentence and expand the scope of attack. It would be best to drag Ferguson and Wenger into the water.
, that would be lively.
Young players Phil Jones and Stephen Keane are still very satisfied.
Although it was his mistake that led to the goal being conceded, Phil Jones' performance itself was already very rare for being able to defend Dzeko and Sudong for most of the time.
You know, he is only nineteen years old!
There is no shortage of "genius" in England, but Phil Jones is one of those players whose talent can be seen at a glance.
With his outstanding performance, he also won the favor of Manchester United coach Ferguson and Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger. There was news that both Manchester United and the Gunners were interested in poaching him.
As for Manchester City, Guardiola is not interested in this type of defender.
For the defense, he prefers to use full-backs like Marcelo and center backs like Pepe and David Luiz who can hold the ball and pass it.
Phil Jones is a typical English central defender who is not outstanding in this regard.
However, in an interview with the media, Su Dong still spoke highly of the youngster's performance and believed that Phil Jones would become a rising star in the Premier League given time.
Outside media also basically recognized Su Dong's judgment. After all, the British media's standards for treating local players are always relatively low.