When he debuted, Su Dong was known for his violent long-range shots from outside the penalty area, and was called the Little God of War by the media and fans.
With the development of his career, Su Dong gradually got rid of the small character in front of him, and many people respectfully called him the God of War.
Later, gradually, I don’t know when, people discovered that his career had surpassed that of Batistuta, and before he knew it, no one called him the God of War anymore.
As early as two or three years ago, the personal coaching team made a detailed plan for him, a transformation plan when he reaches a certain age, including one, which is to hope that he will reduce such violent volleys as much as possible and choose to be more dexterous.
shooting method.
Therefore, in the past two years, Su Dong's heavy artillery has gradually decreased, and has been replaced by various blind-angle shots. So now, many people praise Su Dong's shooting skills and think that every shot he takes is a running shot.
Go to a blind spot.
But many forgetful people have forgotten that with his height, strength and explosive power, the heavy artillery fired is very amazing.
Especially as his experience increases, as his ability to control the football improves, the accuracy of the ball-touching part is also constantly improving. The heavy artillery fired now is not only fast, but also very powerful.
Cardiff goalkeeper Heaton stared ahead as if facing a formidable enemy. When Hazard made a cross, his eyes immediately shifted to the edge of the penalty area. Especially when he saw Su Dong catching up, he immediately tensed up.
Nerves, ready to pounce at any time.
But what he didn't expect was that after Su Dong caught up, he didn't stop the ball and just shot angrily.
The football came at him like a bolt of lightning. He didn't even have the reaction time to judge the path of the ball. The ball hit the right side of the goal.
He just stood there, dumbfounded as he watched Su Dong's furious shot score without even making the most rudimentary save.
Heaton was really stunned!
Only he knows that it's not that he doesn't want to react, but that he doesn't have time to react.
He had no idea which side to attack.
By the time he figured it out, the ball had already been scored.
Less than two minutes into the game, Su Dong knocked on Cardiff's goal with a furious shot from the edge of the penalty area.
One to zero!
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After Su Dong took the lead to break the deadlock on the court, the situation began to tilt towards Manchester City.
Manchester City had the advantage in terms of strength. Cardiff wanted to steal the ball at the beginning, but failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice. Manchester City broke the goal in two minutes. This was a huge blow to Cardiff's morale.
Manchester City did not just give up, but continued to apply pressure and held Cardiff in the half.
At a disadvantage in terms of strength, passive on the scene, and behind in the score, Cardiff really had no choice but to shrink its defense line and build a set of iron barrel formations with three lines in an attempt to block Manchester City's attack from the goal.
Waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.
This kind of tactical play has indeed exerted a certain containment effect.
Under the guidance of Malky McKay, Cardiff's overall tactics and defense are still very strong. Otherwise, this English Championship team would not be able to make it to the League Cup final.
However, under the pressure of Manchester City's strong passing and ball control, Cardiff quickly revealed its own shortcomings and deficiencies.
In the 15th minute, Manchester City first tried to attack on the right but failed. Sanchez dribbled the ball to the right side of the top of the arc and passed the ball back to Toni Kroos. The German midfielder made a move to pass the ball and then inserted Sabale.
Tower, continue to maintain the offensive on the right.
This caused Cardiff's defense to immediately tilt to the right, and the left back quickly pulled out of the penalty area and stared at Zabaleta who came in from behind.
Unexpectedly, Toni Kroos feinted a shot and suddenly moved the ball wide to the left.
After Leighton Baines stopped the ball with his chest, he took two steps forward and quickly passed the ball to Hazard in the left corner of the penalty area.
The Belgian passed the defender and passed the ground ball into the penalty area.
Su Dong ran over from the left side, faced Hazard's pass, blocked the opponent's center back Turner with his body, and swung the ball with his right foot from the outside.
I saw that Hazard's ground ball was directly pushed behind Su Dong with his right foot, and Sanchez, who was just on the right side of the top of the penalty area, had already cleverly grabbed Su Dong and ran to the left, leading him out
The flaw exposed by the central defender was directly inserted near the penalty spot, which happened to be undefended.
The Chilean winger met Su Dong's pass and shot straight into the lower right corner of the goal.
Two to zero!
Sanchez roared, looking extremely excited, and rushed directly to the sidelines. Su Dong chased after him, and immediately picked him up by the waist. Both of them looked very excited.
"Man City completed a wonderful frontcourt attack."
"Toni Kroos's wide-range long pass transfer is very important. I have to say that the passing field of view is very wide and the pass is very comfortable. After Leighton Baines stopped the ball, he directly faced Cardiff
The weak spot of the defense.”
"And Su Dong's assist was a stroke of genius and very imaginative. It can be seen that he played very relaxedly and was very smart. Cardiff's central defender couldn't stop him at all."
"Two to zero, in just fifteen minutes, Cardiff was already two goals behind."
"As we said before the game, the strength gap between the two teams is really very different. The total value of the Cardiff team is only about 10 million pounds. Any player in the Manchester City lineup is worth 10 million pounds."
He is worth more than the entire Cardiff team."
"There is no way to make such a simple comparison in football. After all, Cardiff has also reached the League Cup final, but to a certain extent, the price also reflects the huge disparity in strength between the two teams."
"Now, two goals behind, Cardiff's situation is even more difficult."
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After all, Malky McKay wasn't willing to gamble anymore.
In fact, from the moment Manchester City was drawn, everyone was mentally prepared and just wanted to take a gamble.
After all, for a British Championship team like Cardiff, being able to win a League Cup against a strong Premier League team will definitely boost the team's morale.
But now, he doesn't dare to gamble.
Reaching the League Cup final is a victory, but being brutally slaughtered by your opponents in the League Cup final is another story.
Next, Cardiff still has to prepare for the top spot. At this time, the morale is broken by Manchester City, which is not a good thing.
According to the original plan of Malky McKay and the Cardiff management, after finishing the League Cup, the team will make every effort to qualify for promotion. Therefore, at the moment, with two goals behind, the most important thing for Cardiff is to maintain their position.
Team morale.
As for the championship, is there still a chance?
With this in mind, Malky McKay did not make any substitutions. He just made a slight adjustment and brought back one of the two forwards. He tried his best to prevent the defense and asked the players to concentrate on the defense. He was not willing to invest any more troops on the offensive end.
Manchester City also slowed down their offensive appropriately.
On the one hand, the opponent has already shown weakness. At this time, they continue to press hard. The rabbit is anxious and bites. It is really anxious. Cardiff is determined to fight to the death, and Manchester City may not be able to get benefits. For such a final, it is too much
Does it make sense to score those one or two goals?
Another point is that Manchester City themselves also need to save their strength.
The games are too intensive and the team is very tired. At this time, fighting against Cardiff just to score a few more goals is not worth the loss. It is better to play more leisurely and save energy for the next game.
The two sides had different thoughts but the same attitude towards the game, and this League Cup final began to become dull.
No one is willing to try their best, so they can do whatever they can to save effort.
Until the second half, Cardiff once wanted to launch a counterattack, but Manchester City quickly used continuous attacks to push Cardiff back. Even in the 63rd minute, Manchester City's two flanks continued to attack.
Received three corner kick opportunities, making Cardiff's goal a turmoil.
Pepe also received a corner kick from David Silva and scored with a header, giving Manchester City another victory, 3-0!
This goal completely crippled Cardiff's intention to counterattack and made it clear to the English Championship team that they had nothing to do in the face of Manchester City's strong control.
From then on, Cardiff resigned to their fate and just defended tightly, not wanting to concede any more goals.
As for Manchester City, they also did not pursue it.
In the end, Manchester City relied on Su Dong's pass and shot, Sanchez and Pepe's goals to defeat Cardiff 3-0 and win the first championship in 2012, which was also the first in the club's history.
Three League Cup titles.
The first two times Manchester City won the League Cup were in 1970 and 1976. It has been thirty-six years since then. Now that they have won the League Cup again, it will undoubtedly make all the following teams happy.
Manchester City fans at Wembley Stadium were very excited.
When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, they sang Manchester City's team anthem and "We are the champions" on the spot, while also cheering for the players in the team.
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The fans were very happy, but the locker room's response was muted.
As usual, Su Dong took his teammates to the surrounding stands to thank the Manchester City fans for coming to London, but he didn't feel too excited or inspired.
As he said later in the interview with the media in the comprehensive interview area, Manchester City's main battlefield now is still the Champions League, especially the second leg against AC Milan.
"For us, the first leg was like a humiliation. We lost two goals for some reasons. This is very unfair to us and unacceptable to all of us."
"So, we will double the two goals we scored in the first round in Manchester!"
Su Dong's remarks were also unanimously affirmed by the British media.
Some people were worried before that Manchester City's setback in Milan would damage the team's morale and might even lose the League Cup final, but now it seems that such worries are more unfounded.
In this League Cup final, Manchester City won without any suspense. It can be said that there was no surprise or danger.
It can be seen from this game that Manchester City's strength is still strong and its performance is as stable as ever.
The only problem is the schedule.
In a four-front battle, Manchester City's games are indeed too many and too intensive.
