The morning after the game, Manchester Carrington training base.
Nuno Cruz took over the newly released test data from the Manchester City team doctor. It recorded in detail the results of various tests that Su Dong had just completed. Some of the important data indicators were watched by Nuno Cruz.
Draw a black line on the edge.
Finally, the person in charge of Su Dong's personal coaching staff put down the report in his hand, nodded and smiled slightly at the team doctors and personal coaches around him, and finally looked at Su Dong opposite, who was already sweating profusely from training.
"All the test results are good, and I should be able to play on the weekend."
As soon as Nuno Cruz finished speaking, Su Dong breathed a sigh of relief and laughed.
Although Nuno Cruz is nominally the expert hired by Su Dong, in fact, he is the key to determining whether Su Dong can play. After every game, he will test Su Dong's physical indicators.
Of course, Su Dongpo could object and even not listen to Nuno Cruz's professional opinion, but this would be irresponsible to himself.
The outside world generally believes that with Su Dong's current state, it is not a problem to play until he is forty years old, but this is based on Su Dong's ability to follow the opinions of his personal coaching team and cooperate with them. If he acts willfully, God knows how long he can play?
Su Dong asked himself that he was not an expert in this field, but he believed in professionalism and science.
This should be considered his greatest feature.
Of course, sometimes, especially when he is prevented from playing, he will still feel a little depressed, because this is equivalent to him spending money to find a leader for himself to control his body.
To a certain extent, the bodies of professional players do not belong to them.
Not to mention Nuno Cruz, if Guardiola forces Su Dong to play in some games, he really can't refuse.
Of course, this is just a hypothesis, because once this is done, it means that the cooperation between the two parties has broken down, and no one will benefit from the final result. Under normal circumstances, the head coach will not do such a thing.
Especially when facing a superstar like Su Dong.
"Everyone and I are working intensively to prepare your training plan for this summer. Our preliminary estimate is that you need to lose at least five kilograms to make your whole body lighter, so that the load on your legs will be effectively reduced."
"Lose five kilograms?" Su Dong frowned.
Nuno Cruz nodded firmly, "This is just the beginning. I estimate that I will lose some weight every year."
"But in this case, my physical strength will definitely decline." Su Dong was a little embarrassed.
In fact, many of his technical moves now, and even many of his goals on the court, are achieved by relying on his physical advantage.
Especially in recent years, in European football, there is basically no defender who can take advantage of Su Dong's body. Especially after the generation of central defenders such as Lucio and Vidic have aged, Su Dong has become more and more important in European football.
The altar is even more invincible.
Just like the game against Real Madrid, Ramos and Albiol were basically not enough to watch in front of Sudong.
But without a strong body, Su Dong's threat would decline a lot.
"This is an inevitable result, and it is a slow decline process. The impact will not be so big." Nuno Cruz explained, "And you should also know that as you age, your body's functions will decline. Transformation is
Of course, you should appropriately reduce physical contact next time, otherwise, there will be more and more injuries."
Just like Drogba, when he was young, his body was like a beast. Who in European football can handle him?
But the result of relying too much on the body is that as you get older, you don't have time to transform your playing style, and you get more and more injuries.
To put it bluntly, as we get older, our body functions decline and our physical strength is not as strong as that of young people.
"Don't worry, we have conducted deductions. Even if you don't rely on your body, as long as you can maintain your body's flexibility, speed and explosive power, and your foot skills are still delicate, your threat on the court will not be weakened by then. It's just about the team's tactics.
Appropriate adjustments must be made when necessary.”
Su Dong did not doubt Nuno Cruz's professionalism. He must have a complete set of plans when he said this.
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Defeating Real Madrid 4-1 at home became the most exciting thing for everyone at Manchester City.
Even players who are optimistic about their team's prospects can't believe that their team can reach the quarterfinals in the Champions League for the first time. Now it has defeated Real Madrid 4-1 in the first round and has one foot in it.
Semifinals.
That's the Champions League semifinals!
What does this mean?
The whole world knows that all teams that reach the semi-finals of the Champions League are basically capable of winning the championship. There is no big suspense about who reaches the final and who ultimately wins the championship.
After all, the strength of a team that can climb out step by step from the group stage that tests its strength to the brutal knockout rounds is definitely not simple.
Manchester City are even showing signs of becoming favorites now.
However, even if they do surpass Real Madrid, Manchester City will still have Barcelona in front of them. It will not be easy to enter the finals.
But this will not affect the mood of the Manchester City players. Everyone is very satisfied with being able to advance to the semi-finals.
You know, many of the players in the Manchester City team are participating in the Champions League for the first time.
I believe fans all know how high this event is in the minds of all professional players around the world.
The players were in a good mood and enjoyed the recovery training. The coaching staff also relaxed their requirements appropriately. The training content was mainly recovery and not intense, so Carrington was filled with the laughter of the players.
It wasn't until the end of training that Guardiola reminded the players to forget about last night's game.
"When we face Sunderland the day after tomorrow, I hope you can completely forget this game and the Champions League for the time being. When we go to the Bernabeu next week, we need to forget the score in the first leg and still go all out."
Guardiola looked extremely serious when he said this.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Obviously, he is worried that the team's emotions are too inflated.
This is the most common problem for all new recruits, and Manchester City is a new recruit from the Champions League.
Why is the knockout round cruel?
Because it is extremely targeted.
Is a three-goal lead a lot?
It's a lot to say more, but it's also very little to say little.
I think back then, AC Milan lost four goals on the road and could reverse it when they returned home. Isn't Real Madrid just three goals behind?
At the Bernabeu, Real Madrid scored three goals against Manchester City and reversed the total score. Is it difficult?
It's really not difficult at all.
If Manchester City does not have a deep awareness of this, blindly indulges in the lead in the first round, and feels that the right to advance is guaranteed, then they may be reversed by Real Madrid at any time when they visit the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, or even be completely humiliated.
If nothing else, with Real Madrid's attacking power, if they really go well, God knows how many goals they can score?
Guardiola's admonishment comes from this. He hopes that everyone can calm down and guard against arrogance and impetuosity.
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After returning to the locker room, Su Dong also kept the players and reiterated the head coach's admonition.
Being high-spirited is a good thing, but being blindly arrogant is not.
Manchester City is now winning consecutive games and has a strong momentum. The most important thing is to play steadily and play every game well instead of thinking too much about the future.
For example, the semifinals.
That was media hype. For Manchester City, the right to advance is not guaranteed yet. The first game at the Bernabeu is still very risky. If you are not careful, it may capsize in the gutter. Therefore, Guardiola ordered no one to discuss the semi-finals.
"I have experienced many tough battles, many big wins, and even the biggest reversal in the history of the Champions League. I was involved in it, so I understand the cruelty of the Champions League more deeply than any of you."
"It may be just an inadvertent thought, just a trace of inconspicuous slack, or even just a trivial mistake, which may cause the entire game, or even our entire season's efforts, to fall short."
Su Dong told his teammates that the more critical the game moment, the more important it is to maintain a normal mind and control one's emotions.
The most important thing in the Champions League knockout rounds is not how strong you are, but how stable your performance is.
"In fact, you can go and see that in the history of the Champions League, all the teams that finally won the championship have very stable results in the knockout rounds. Even the Barcelona team I played for, although there were ups and downs during the game, the overall results were still relatively good.
stable."
"If we want to talk about championship status, only a team that performs at a stable and high level can have championship status!"
Today, Su Dong is fully qualified to talk about his qualifications and past in front of his teammates.
No one in this Manchester City team has more Champions League experience than him.
The most important thing is that Manchester City's players are also convinced by him.
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Over the weekend, in the 31st round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Sunderland at home.
Guardiola has rotated the team, and the players have indeed been affected by the recent good momentum. Somewhat optimistic, coupled with the fatigue accumulated from multi-front operations, broke out in the last game in March
, leading to poor team performance.
The first goal was conceded in the 31st minute of the first half. Fortunately, before the end of the first half, Dzeko broke into the penalty area and created a penalty kick. Aguero calmly took the penalty and equalized the score for Manchester City.
After that, neither side could score another goal.
Manchester City controlled the situation on the field and launched a fierce attack on Sunderland, but they were never able to achieve the effect of breaking the Black Cats' goal, and Sunderland also failed to effectively counterattack under the strong pressure of Manchester City.
Until the 75th minute, Guardiola used the last substitution and replaced Milner with Sudong.
The three forwards were on the field at the same time, which put huge pressure on Sunderland.
In the 85th minute, it was Su Dong who received a diagonal pass from Leighton Baines and entered the penalty area from the left rib. After passing the defender, he volleyed with his right foot into the far corner and reversed the score for Manchester City.
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Just two minutes later, Aguero received a pass from Sudong, broke through outside the penalty area, created a foul on the opponent, and won a free kick opportunity for Manchester City in the frontcourt.
Su Dong did his job and took the penalty himself. He used a strange curved leaf ball to penetrate the goal guarded by Mignolet, giving Manchester City another victory, three to one!
This score was maintained until the end.
Manchester City finally reversed Sunderland 3-1 with Sudong's brace as a substitute.
