i want to be king

Chapter 787
"Sue, we're going to beat Chelsea, aren't we?"

The moment he entered the stadium, Su Dong was standing in the tunnel of the Etihad Stadium, making final preparations, when a childish voice suddenly came from his ear, it was the little caddy beside him.

Su Dong smiled at him, nodded and said, "Of course, you watch the game."

Bending down and retying the shoelaces, Su Dong found that the little caddy was not tall and thin, but looked energetic.

"Are you from the Youth Academy?" Su Dong asked casually, seeing that he was pleasing to the eye.

"Well, I'm in the U13 age group, but I'm only ten years old, and my name is Phil." The child said quite proudly.

I don't know if it's because Su Dong took the initiative to ask him questions, which made him feel proud, or because he was proud of being able to leapfrog into the U13 at the age of ten. Anyway, his first impression of Su Dong was self-confidence.

"It's a little thin, but the body needs to be practiced again, or it will suffer." Su Dong stretched out his hand and patted his head.

The kid named Phil chuckled, "I don't rely on my body."

"Oh? Then what do you rely on?"

"Technology!" Phil said confidently, "I can pass everyone, just like you."

Su Dong was taken aback for a moment, and then he laughed. He felt that he had become a wrong example.

"I'm not as good as you, I can't pass everyone."

"But I have watched you play many games, and no one can stop you, especially that time where you passed six players in a row, I think it is too powerful." Phil said with admiration.

Su Dong recalled that it should be his experience in La Liga, and he himself had forgotten it.

"It was an accident, Phil. Normally, I can't pass so many people. Two people are enough to kill me."

"No, when I watch you play, you can always pass your opponent, and two or three people can't stop you." Phil retorted innocently.

Su Dong laughed again, "That's because I'm always running, not letting two or three people double-team me at the same time, and then using time and space, that's why you feel this way. In fact, I can't do what you said, and I won't do it."

Seeing Phil's little head that half understood, Su Dong said something more for no reason.

"The current football tactics rely on the overall combat. Everyone needs the help of teammates. You should try to do the same. This will make you play the game more easily."

I don't know whether Phil understands it or not, and Su Dong has no way to teach him.

These should be the work of the coaches of the youth team. Su Dong just happened to meet them and mentioned them.

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Chelsea players also came to the player tunnel.

The two teams met at the passage, and they were still polite to each other.

Whether it is Chelsea or Manchester City, they are actually teams dominated by foreign aid, and there are very few local players in England.

Even if they met, they didn't actually know each other well.

On the contrary, Su Dong and Drogba are the two "rivals" who are most familiar with them.

When the Ivorian saw Su Dong, he smiled and walked over to hug him.

Both of them stood in the corner, talking and laughing with each other, which made the little caddy Phil in the middle a little depressed. He couldn't get in the conversation at all, so he could only look up at the two "giants" and listen to their chatting and laughing.

Drogba has been in good form recently, and he feels very confident that he can score again tonight.

Su Dong thought that he had no chance.

"Have you seen Pepe? His strength is not lost to you at all." Su Dong pointed to his best friend.

After hearing this, Pepe deliberately bent his arms and stretched his biceps in a pretentious manner, as if telling Drogba, look, these are muscles.

Drogba said directly, he is no stranger to Pepe.

The Chelsea coaching staff guessed that Manchester City would basically let Pepe defend Drogba, so Drogba also studied Pepe and found that this guy's physical confrontation ability is indeed very strong.

But to say that Drogba can scare him, that's not enough.

Looking at world football, how many people can suppress Drogba in a physical confrontation?

Fighting his body, the only one who convinced him was Su Dong.

Unfortunately, Su Dong is a center forward, not a central defender.

"Okay, okay, just those few muscles of yours, don't show yourself." Didier Drogba cursed with a smile.

There was a roar of laughter in the player tunnel, and even Pepe was amused.

Ancelotti is a head coach who is very well prepared for the game, and the tactics he designed for the players are also very detailed, which is why, many people think that Essien suddenly became enlightened.

In fact, in this kind of training of Ancelotti, no matter how rough a player is, he can play well.

Because, to gain a foothold in the Premier League, the basic skills of all players are very solid.

The same is true in the game-specific tactics, and Ancelotti also tailored tactics for Drogba.

"I am very confident that I will be able to score goals in the game." Drogba said confidently.

Su Dong curled his lips, nodded and said, "Then I wish you good luck!"

This actually made Drogba a little stunned.

Shouldn't he say a few harsh words at this time?
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"Viewers, this is Sky TV."

"We are now at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, broadcasting live for everyone."

"Tonight I will present to you the focus of the sixth round of the Premier League. This should also be the most interesting match in the Premier League so far this season. Manchester City vs. Chelsea."

"These two teams are the only two teams with five consecutive victories in the current standings. Chelsea's goals and conceded goals are slightly better than Manchester City, but being able to win five consecutive victories is enough to prove that the strength of these two teams is very competitive among the Premier League teams."

"Tonight these two teams will decide who is at the top of the Premier League table."

"Led by the referee Andre Marriner, players from the two teams entered the field one after another."

"We saw Chelsea in the black shirt."

"Ancelotti's lineup tonight is four-three-three, with Petr Cech as the goalkeeper, Ashley Cole, Alex, Terry and Ivanovic at the back, Mikel at the back of the midfield, Ramirez and Essien in front, and the trident of Malouda, Drogba and Anelka in front."

"Before the game, Lampard was injured, so he didn't enter the starting lineup for this game, but sat on the bench. There are also Kalou, Sturridge and Zhirkov. They are all Chelsea players who have performed well this season."

"From the perspective of the thickness of the bench, Chelsea is indeed better than Manchester City."

"Look at the starting XI here at Manchester City."

"The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany, Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos are forward, and the frontcourt is a trident combination of Di Maria, Su Dong and Sanchez."

"This is also the main lineup of Manchester City so far."

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As the captain, both Su Dong and Terry came before the referee Andre Marriner.

He shook hands with Terry first, and then greeted the members of the referee team.

Guessing the side is actually just a routine, a sense of ritual in a football game. In the end, Terry grabbed the right to serve for Chelsea.

"Come on!" Su Dong stretched out his hand to Terry again.

"You too!" Terry shook Su Dong's hand politely.

In fact, this was not the first encounter between the two. Terry had suffered a lot in front of Su Dong, which made him suffocate, so he was naturally reluctant to say anything to make Su Dong cheer.

He is a central defender. If Su Dong, who is a center forward, cheers, isn't that an enemy?

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After returning to his own half, Su Dong greeted all his teammates.

They formed a circle, all shoulder to shoulder and joined hands.

"Do you still remember what the head coach said before the game?" Su Dong asked in a deep voice.

"Remember!" The teammates replied in unison.

Although he remembered, Su Dong emphasized it again.

"After the start, we should not rush to attack, but we must patiently control the possession of the ball. Don't hand over the possession of the ball to Chelsea easily. We must stabilize our position and secure the possession of the ball. It is best to let Chelsea press out and grab the ball, understand?"

"understand!"

Ancelotti is the head coach of Italy. Guardiola has played in Italy, so he knows the defensive organization ability of the Italian head coach.

Isn't there something to say?

All Italian managers are tactical masters.

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The game officially started after Drogba kicked the ball to Anelka!
After the opening, Manchester City immediately launched a press towards Chelsea, and quickly took advantage of Ramirez's pass error to steal the ball.

After successfully stealing the ball, Manchester City quickly passed back to the defense.

Chelsea also rushed up immediately, desperately trying to prevent Manchester City from possession.

Possession of the ball was quickly changed hands back, but Chelsea just got the ball, when Ramires cooperated with Ashley Cole on the left, the pass was wrong and was intercepted again by Toni Kroos.

Once again City quickly passed back to the defence, and Chelsea pressed forward again for the ball, but this time, Chelsea failed to win the ball.

After grabbing a wave, Chelsea gradually accepted the reality and did not continue to exert pressure.

Obviously, Ancelotti is also very worried that blindly grabbing will cause the team's defense to lose its position.

Being cautious has always been Ancelotti's label.

Many people only remember his Christmas tree and four No. [-] tactics in AC Milan, but they don't remember him in Juventus, but he is known as the most conservative head coach in the history of the Bianconeri.

Being able to win such an honor in the Bianconeri, which has gathered many famous coaches in history, shows how cautious Ancelotti is.

Manchester City passed the ball back and forth continuously, while Chelsea patiently defended.

Both sides did a watertight job without leaving any gaps for the other party, which made the scene look like a stalemate, and no one was able to break the situation.

Even, in the first 5 minutes, the two sides didn't even have a shot, which is rare in a strong dialogue.

Su Dong patiently looked for opportunities in the frontcourt and kept running.

In the 8th minute, Chelsea seized an opportunity. After Essien made a steal, he quickly passed to Mikel, then to Ashley Cole, and the England left back passed to Malouda, instigating the attack from the left.

　Sorry, I have something to do these days, so the update is late!
　　
　
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