i want to be king

Chapter 761 Su Dong regrets it!
In the first warm-up match in the United States, Manchester City beat the Philadelphia Union [-]-[-].

This team is not considered a strong team in the MLS. Manchester City controlled the ball throughout the game, but they just couldn't score. Finally, in stoppage time, Adam Johnson's cross assisted Santa Cruz to score a goal.

Su Dong, Pepe, Marcelo and other new aids all did not play.

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In the second warm-up match, Manchester City ushered in Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League.

This is the old club of Sudong, Pepe and Moutinho, but only Moutinho came off the bench in the second half of these three players.

In the end, Manchester City lost to Sporting Lisbon [-]-[-].

The situation was still the same as before, Manchester City firmly controlled the ball, and Sporting Lisbon scored twice on the counterattack.

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If the loss to Sporting Lisbon in the second game was barely acceptable, then the [-]-[-] score against the New York Red Bulls in the third game made Manchester City look very embarrassed.

Henry, with one pass and one shot, reversed Manchester City for the New York Red Bulls.

It was Sanchez who scored for Manchester City.

Su Dong still didn't make an appearance, which made many people feel puzzled.

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In the fourth game, Manchester City moved to Central America and played against the American team in Atlanta. The two sides shook hands and made a draw with one to one, but in the penalty shootout, Manchester City won [-] to [-].

Su Dong still didn't make an appearance in this battle.

In other words, in the four warm-up matches in the United States, Su Dong did not play even a minute.

All the other players have already played, even started, but only Su Dong is still frozen.

No injuries, no conflicts, why not play?

Guardiola said in an interview with the media after playing for the Perfect Continental team that the club attaches great importance to Su Dong's playing time.

"We are in close communication with his personal coaching team. We hope he can face the new season in the best condition. This is my responsibility as the head coach."

Some media believe that the reason why Guardiola is unwilling to let Sudong play early is mainly to preserve his strength and avoid exposing his true level to the Premier League competitors prematurely. This is also in line with Guardiola's consistent style.

You know, he is a guy who has to be locked up even for training.

But this kind of statement is also difficult to hold water, because Su Dong needs to run in with his teammates.

When all the other players were rehearsing and grinding in actual combat, Su Dong was still sitting on the sidelines watching, which was obviously inappropriate, so some media pointed out that there were some disputes and conflicts between Guardiola and Su Dong.

"After joining Manchester City, Su Dong found that Guardiola's tactics were not as good as he had imagined before."

"As we all know, Guardiola is a well-known tyrant. Like the iron-blooded Van Gaal back then, he has stricter requirements on players, especially Su Dong. He even hopes that Su Dong will follow the running route he designed. This makes Su Dong feel that he has been humiliated."

"According to the anonymous player in the locker room, the two have even developed to the point where they almost fought on the training ground. Soriano and Begiristan flew from the UK to the US in the name of commercial sponsorship, in fact, to ease this internal conflict."

"It is said that in the face of Guardiola's tough demands, Su Dong questioned Guardiola face to face, asking him how many Champions Leagues he has won? How many Golden Globes have he won? How many World Footballers have he won?"

The media believes that such a conflict made Guardiola decide to kill Su Dong for a period of time, to dampen his arrogance and make him more obedient.

At the same time, the British Sun newspaper also broke the news that Su Dong's fiancée suddenly appeared in London and Munich, making many reporters suspect that she is actively running for Su Dong, hoping to leave Manchester City.

"In less than two months, Su Dong has already regretted his decision to join Manchester City!"

The media has made a lot of noise. There are many such cases. Robinho was an example before.

However, Robinho and Su Dong are not in the same class at all, and now Su Dong also makes such rumors, which immediately shocked the media and fans all over the world.

For this reason, when the team left Atlanta and arrived in Baltimore, Su Dong specially held a press conference and attended it with coach Guardiola.

When walking into the press conference, Su Dong walked side by side with Guardiola, talking and laughing all the way, completely shattering the rumors that the two were strangers, and then the intimate interaction between the two also showed that their relationship is very good.

Su Dong issued a clarification, saying that he was very happy in Manchester City and had no problems with Guardiola or other teammates.

"I'm still the captain of Manchester City!"

For a series of recent rumors, Su Dong also patiently explained.

Soriano and Begiristan flew to the United States to discuss sponsorship, and the contract will be announced after a while. Manchester City signed two sponsorships in the United States this time, and another one is being negotiated. It can be said to be very fruitful.

Su Dong felt even more amused when his fiancée appeared in Munich and London.

"Before you reported that she was studying at Oxford University, and she was studying at the University of Munich before. When she needs to go back to her alma mater to go through some procedures, I would like to ask, should I go to Munich from London?"

Su Dong said that he respected the media very much, but he also asked the media reporters not to make false assumptions.

Guardiola once again explained why Su Dong didn't play. He felt that Su Dong didn't need to test himself through the warm-up match. As for running-in, it can be done through training, and he and the coaching staff are helping Su Dong to adjust to the best state.

"This season, we have many newly joined players. We need to help them integrate into the team in the shortest possible time. Through training, I don't think Su has the problem of integration at all."

Guardiola also mentioned that the media always likes to create panic, but in fact, Manchester City has very detailed preparations and plans for their new season, and everything is going according to plan.

"We can choose to play the best results in the warm-up games and satisfy everyone, but in the official games, other teams will know how to deal with us, which will make the start of the new season more difficult for us."

Guardiola's implication is that Manchester City is actually deliberately hiding its strength.

And Su Dong is the biggest suspense for Manchester City this season.

For the new season of the Premier League, Guardiola said that the team is full of confidence.

"As I said just now, we don't pay much attention to the results of the warm-up match, so we are running in every game and inspecting the players. We need to find a lineup and tactics that are most suitable for the current players, instead of scoring a few more goals in the warm-up match, that is meaningless to us."

"In the past ten years, the Premier League has been monopolized by the four major families. Only they have the strength to hit the championship. But I want to say that from now on, Manchester City will become a team with the strength to hit the championship. This will overturn the pattern of the Premier League in the past ten years."

In the first round of the new Premier League season, Manchester City will go south to London to challenge Tottenham Hotspur.

This is also the reason why Redknapp has frequently talked about Manchester City recently. He said that Manchester City has the strength to hit the championship, but now he exaggerates that the owner of Manchester City is too rich and will buy the entire Premier League sooner or later.

All talk is geared up for the Premier League opener in mid-August.

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Su Dong and Guardiola's clarifications can only calm down the doubts of the outside world a little bit, but it is still difficult to eliminate the conspiracy theory.

Subsequently, in Baltimore, Manchester City ushered in Inter Milan.

This is a warm-up match sponsored by Pirelli, and the name is the Pirelli Cup.

The game continued to struggle, with Mancini's side facing Manchester City with a tenacious defense.

In the 20th minute of No.[-], Materazzi and Santa Cruz took off at the same time in the penalty area to compete for the top. As a result, Materazzi fell to the ground covering his face. The referee showed Santa Cruz a red card and sent the Paraguayan center forward directly.

But according to Santa Cruz, he didn't hit the elbow hard, but accidentally touched it when he took off.

Manchester City were forced to play with ten men and lost [-]-[-] to Inter Milan.

The consecutive defeats in the warm-up match also made various conspiracy theories once again noisy.

When did Su Dong make his Manchester City debut?

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The American tour ended with a bad record, and Su Dong did not play for even 1 minute. This made many American media and fans feel dissatisfied, and felt that Manchester City was seriously lacking in sincerity.

After returning to Europe, Manchester City went directly to Dortmund, Germany, and played a warm-up match with Dortmund away.

One to three, Manchester City lost again.

And Su Dong still didn't play the game, but this game gave Manchester City a very rich harvest.

The main reason is that Dortmund's full-court pressing and oppressive style of play caused considerable trouble for Manchester City, especially in the midfield.

More importantly, Rhubarb's counterattack is also quite sharp. Players such as Shinji Kagawa and Lewandowski also scored goals and performed very well. They are a great test of Manchester City's defense.

Guardiola even said after the game that this was the most rewarding game for Manchester City in this summer's warm-up match.

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After playing Dortmund, Manchester City returned to the UK.

At the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, we ushered in the opponent of the last warm-up match, Valencia.

After the opening, Manchester City dominated the offense of the game. In the No. 20 minute, Jerome Boateng sent a cross from the right, and then plugged in Gareth Barry, who was unguarded, and scored with a header, opening the scoring for Manchester City.

The game has not progressed since then.

It wasn't until the 705th minute that Su Dong, who was sitting on the bench, suddenly stood up and walked to the sidelines to replace Sanchez, who was playing center forward. This immediately surprised the Manchester City fans in the entire Etihad Stadium.

Nine minutes into the game, David Silva and Adam Johnson had a two-for-one cooperation and sent the ball into the penalty area. Su Dong quickly ran into the space and hit the goal from a small angle, making another victory for Manchester City.

This was his first appearance since joining Manchester City, and he scored his first goal before his body was hot or even sweating.

It looks so easy, just as simple as going home to eat.

(End of this chapter)