Tottenham Hotspur has three well-known goalkeepers: Gomez, Friedel and Cudicini.
There is a tradition in professional football that people like to identify the importance of a player in the team by his jersey number.
Some important numbers will never be given to others easily, such as No. 10, No. 8, No. 4 and No. 1.
The No. 1 jersey is standard for the main goalkeepers. Anyone who can wear this jersey is the goalkeeper whom the head coach values the most.
If it needs to be more rigorous, that should be the time when player numbers are submitted.
Manchester City's No. 1 jersey is England goalkeeper Joe Hart, which proves that he was indeed Manchester City's goalkeeper at the time. However, during the season, through games, his position was challenged by teenager Courtois and he gradually lost his position.
Now he has been completely reduced to Courtois's substitute.
The same is true for Tottenham Hotspur.
The No. 1 jersey is Gomez, and Cudicini has always been the team's backup goalkeeper and wears the No. 23 jersey.
This has also been the regular configuration of Tottenham Hotspur in the past two or three years. However, at the beginning of the season, Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez's performance has been unsatisfactory and he made too many mistakes. Redknapp lost confidence in him.
So he introduced American goalkeeper Friedel from Aston Villa on a free transfer.
Friedel is a famous player in the Premier League. From Blackburn to Aston Villa, he has always performed very well.
Redknapp brought in Friedel and gave him the No. 24 jersey, which put pressure on Cudicini, the original backup goalkeeper. After all, he was already 38 years old.
After experiencing the training of many wealthy teams such as AC Milan, Lazio and Chelsea, Cudicini also has his own way of survival, which allows him to preserve himself in this cruel three-person competition and still serve as a substitute.
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The most unlucky thing is Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez, who plummeted from goalkeeper to a substitute with no games to play.
The team's No. 1 jersey is like the Sword of Damocles hanging over Cudicini's head, constantly reminding him that if he relaxes, he will be like Gomez, or even worse.
Cudicini walks on thin ice preparing for every game.
Since Friedel is almost 41 years old and has limited energy, the American goalkeeper can only focus on the league and leave all cup games to Cudicini, so the Italian goalkeeper's playing time is still considerable.
He also performed very well, keeping the goal firmly for Tottenham Hotspur, especially in the FA Cup.
In the first five rounds of the FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur's opponents were not too weak, but Cudicini's goal was only scored twice and he kept clean sheets in three games. This performance made Redkner
Pu continues to trust Cudicini and let him play against Manchester City, and the Italian goalkeeper also cherishes this opportunity.
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Cudicini has played for Chelsea, so he knows how scary Su Dong is.
From the moment the game whistle sounded, Cudicini's whole body was tense and he did not dare to slack off at all.
He knew that his reaction was not fast enough and his body was not flexible enough. He could only make up for it with experience and concentration.
When he saw Manchester City's long pass looking for Su Dong, he once again focused on Su Dong.
Ledley King was dumped by Su Dong.
Well, this is actually normal. This central defender is very strong, but after repeated injuries, his strength is obviously not as good as before.
Gallas has been following Su Dong. This French central defender was considered the most underestimated central defender in the Chelsea team. Terry has privately said more than once that his best partner is Gallas, not Carvalho.
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Even though he is older, his speed is still good.
But at the top of the penalty area, Gallas was blocked by Su Dong, and he was losing ground, which made Cudicini nervous again.
Gallas's age is such that his body cannot compete with a strong young man like Su Dong, but Cudicini still believes that Gallas can block Su Dong and prevent him from turning around.
The French central defender has so much experience, he must know what will happen if Su Dong turns around.
If Su Dong cannot turn around and can only get the ball with his back, what will he do next?
Well, both Sanchez and Di Maria are following up, so these two little guys should also pay attention.
Just when Cudicini glanced at both sides with the corner of his eye, in a flash of lightning, he saw the ball falling in front of Su Dong, and he didn't know what magic he used to stop the ball directly towards him.
and behind Galas on the right side, then turned to the right, suddenly accelerated, and forcibly broke through Galas's defense.
Damn it!
Cudicini was shocked.
what happened?
How come he turned around and rushed towards me?
The Italian goalkeeper decisively abandoned the goal and attacked.
The last defensive player has been rushed away, and it is about to form a single attack. If you don't attack at this time, can you still celebrate the New Year?
But as soon as Cudicini left the penalty area, he saw Su Dong quickly rushing into the penalty area, catching up with the ball he had just stopped, and without stopping the ball, he hit it with his left foot.
Cudicini raised his hands high to block Sudong's shooting angle.
But Su Dong's shot came so fast that he didn't even have any time to react.
When Cudicini raised his hands, he could clearly feel a hurricane passing through his hands.
Ruined!
The Italian goalkeeper fell on the court, and the ball was blasted into Tottenham Hotspur's goal by Su Dong in a very cruel and violent aesthetic way.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!"
“Beautiful! Wonderful!”
"Su Dong's attack is simply unreasonable, rampant and unstoppable!"
"This goal is so brutal!"
"Gallas was directly hit by Su Dong and fell back in the penalty area. He watched helplessly as he blasted the goal. Cudicini's attack was unable to stop Su Dong's goal."
"One to zero! Tottenham scored in just five minutes!"
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"This goal is really beautiful!"
In front of the home team's coaching bench, Tottenham Hotspur's head coach Redknapp sighed and praised sincerely.
The key to this ball lies in Su Dong's handling, which completely relies on personal ability.
It can be said that Galas was completely defeated.
Of course, this is nothing to be ashamed of. After all, there have been countless players beaten by Su Dong in recent years.
The most famous one is Arsenal's Senderos, who was directly overshadowed by Su Dong's abuse. Since then, his level has plummeted, far from the outstanding performance and potential of the year.
Gallas was also beaten by Su Dong this time, so after losing the ball, he sat in the penalty area, looking very depressed.
It does take some time to recover from such a goal.
If it were the second half, Redknapp would not hesitate to choose to substitute Gallas, a hidden danger, but it has just started and Tottenham Hotspur can't find Biga.
Lars is a better and more suitable central defender.
"Facing a goal like Su Dong's, there is basically nothing we can do."
Redknapp shook his head and walked back. He said this not only to the assistant coach, but also to the players on the field, and at the same time to himself.
Because it really has no solution.
Starting from Su Dong's late penetration, defensive players who can keep up with his speed are basically physically unable to compete with him and are definitely at a disadvantage, and he uses his physical advantage to suppress the central defender.
The most terrible thing is that his foot skills are very good. He can stop the ball directly from mid-air to the right defender. Looking at European football, how many people can do it?
Especially if he can stop just right like Su Dong, turn around just in time, catch up two steps, and hit with his left foot.
It is estimated that except for Messi and a few other geniuses with extremely delicate skills at the feet, there is really no one else.
But Su Dong did it, and more than once.
Stop and go, this is Su Dong's signature move.
Su Dong scored in the first five minutes, and the main central defender was beaten. This game was difficult!
Redknapp was sitting in the coaching bench, watching the game intently, his expression extremely solemn.
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As if to confirm Redknapp's guess.
After Su Dong broke the deadlock on the field, Tottenham Hotspur players had some confusion on the field.
During the game, the players' thinking was not unified, and the team began to have problems.
In the fourteenth minute, Manchester City seized the opportunity. After stealing Van der Vaart's pass in the frontcourt, the ball was passed to the left side. Marcelo passed the ball diagonally to the left side of the penalty area. Di Maria broke into the left side of the penalty area to receive the ball.
He forcibly got rid of the defensive player and passed the ball to the back point.
Sanchez followed up, got ahead of the defender, and sent the ball back to the center. Su Dong rushed over, volleyed the ball in the air, and sent the ball directly into the Tottenham Hotspur goal again.
Two to zero!
Everyone in Manchester City was inexplicably excited.
Everyone at the scene, including the Tottenham fans in the stands, could basically conclude that Su Dong's second goal had completely killed Tottenham Hotspur because this line of defense was penetrated too easily.
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If the first goal conceded was only due to Su Dong's personal performance, then the second goal conceded was due to the tacit cooperation between Manchester City's three attackers in the frontcourt. Di Maria looked for Sanchez, and Sanchez was on the right.
Then it was passed back to the center, and finally Su Dong completed the final shot.
The entire process is a reflection of Manchester City's offensive routine, which relies on the teamwork of the players and not even the individual performance of the players. However, Tottenham Hotspur's defensive players were completely out of position during this process.
Especially Su Dong's last shot, Gallas and Ledley King failed to keep up with him at all, which exposed too many defensive problems.
There is only one explanation for this, and that is that Tottenham Hotspur have been completely stunned.
Especially Galas, after conceding the first goal, his overall performance was unsatisfactory and he seemed to be out of shape.
Under such circumstances, the biggest question in everyone's minds, including Tottenham's head coach Redknapp, was no longer whether they could win, but how many goals Tottenham would lose?
