i want to be king

Chapter 805 Dream Start
"Hey, why is it you again?"

On the afternoon of October 25th, in the player tunnel of the Etihad Stadium, just as Su Dong came out, he saw Phil Foden, a teenager from the youth training camp, appearing in front of him, looking up at him with a smile, as if saying: Here I am again.

"What? Have you saved enough pocket money recently?" Su Dong asked with a smile.

At the beginning, Phil Foden tried all kinds of tricks in order to be a caddy, and even spent all the pocket money he had saved for two years. This incident was passed down in the Manchester City dressing room, and everyone thought this kid was a bit interesting.

Unexpectedly, after a short while, he came again.

"Don't get me wrong, our coach rewarded me this time." Phil Foden said loudly with his head raised.

"Rewarded by the coach?"

"Yes, I performed well in the youth team recently, and he rewarded me, and said that if I continue to perform well in the future, he will let me come to every home game." When Phil Foden said this, his tone was full of pride, as if this was the best thing in the world for him at a young age.

A child is a child.

Su Dong and his teammates also smiled, reached out and touched Foden's head, "Then how did you convince them?"

You know, every home game, the ball boys will "compete" for who will hold Su Dong's hand, but today it seems that everyone else is quite obedient, and no one is robbing Foden, which is unusual.

Foden immediately scratched his head in embarrassment and laughed.

It was a child next to him who shouted first: "He is doing well, he asked his father for pocket money, and promised to buy us some snacks."

Everyone immediately laughed out loud.

Foden turned his head resentfully, and glared at the talking child, "I want you to talk more."

"I'm telling the truth."

The players of the first team are actually not very old, they are all in their twenties, and they are still young at the age of childlike innocence. They have a good impression of this group of children, especially watching them play around like this is even more interesting.

In fact, life in the youth training camp is the most carefree. Everyone has a goal and is working hard for it.

Although there are also main players and substitutes, in fact, everyone does not have such a clear boundary, and there is not much distinction between high and low.

But it's different when it comes to the adult team, full of various interests, not to mention competing for the chance to play, even in private, there are actually a lot of open and secret fights.

Seeing this group of children full of childishness, many players began to envy them instead.

Su Dong also liked this group of children. He touched their heads affectionately one by one with each hand, and casually asked them about the youth team. It was not until the referee Clattenburg came out with his assistants that Su Dong went up to meet them.

But how did Su Dong know that from the perspective of Foden and his group of children, he was the most enviable.

He is tall, strong, handsome, and good at playing football. He is also the captain of the team and can chat with the referee Clattenburg and the linesman. When Arsenal's captain Cesc Fabregas appeared with the Gunners players, he was obviously a younger brother in front of Su Dong.

There is no way, with Su Dong's status in the world football today, who is not a younger brother?

Such a player is born to be an idol!
Therefore, Foden and countless players in the Manchester City youth academy all regard Su Dong as their idol, and they all aspire to play like Su Dong, or to fight side by side with him.

Not only the youth training camp, Foden has heard Sterling mention Sudong more than once.

Sterling came to Manchester City for Su Dong, and he is waiting for the chance to play in the first team.

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The atmosphere before the game was good, but the moment I walked into the stadium, it completely disappeared.

Entering this stadium, both sides are enemies to the death.

Especially in a game like tonight, only one team can make it out alive.

Manchester City observed a moment of silence ahead of the match in honor of the passing of club legend Malcolm Ellison.

This England legend has never played in Manchester City, but the peak of his coaching career was in Manchester City. At the same time, he helped Manchester City win the only European championship in club history, the European Cup Winners' Cup championship, and the second English top league championship in club history.

That was the pinnacle in Manchester City's history!

It took Manchester City 31 years from the first top league championship to the second championship, and 42 years have passed since the second championship. Manchester City finally once again showed the strength to hit the top league championship.

But sadly, Malcolm Ellison passed away.

Manchester City's management held a memorial service, and also dedicated a moment of silence for him before this focus battle.

Su Dong is not familiar with this 83-year-old man, and has never seen him. Among the few rumors about him, the one that impressed him the most is that he invited a British porn star to his team's bathtub and had a mandarin duck bath with him, which was also photographed by media reporters.

This also once again confirms one thing, a legendary figure always has his legendary qualities.

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"Remember our deployment before the game?"

Before the game officially started, Su Dong called all his teammates together and formed a circle.

"Remember!" Everyone replied in unison.

"Okay, then let's unify and do this after the opening, come on!" Su Dong stretched out his hand.

Other Manchester City players also stretched out their hands one after another, overlapping with Su Dong's.

"come on, come on, come on!"

The Manchester City players shouted in unison, and finally shook their hands vigorously, and everyone returned to their positions.

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"We saw that Manchester City's momentum is very strong tonight."

"This is actually not surprising. Manchester City is currently at the top of the Premier League. This is the first time in the history of their club that they have seen the hope of winning the championship in England's top league in decades. Every player is holding back their energy."

"In this Manchester City team, apart from Su Dong, Pepe, Marcelo and Toni Kroos, the other players have basically never tasted the taste of the championship, so they are also full of fighting spirit."

"Tonight, Guardiola still has a four-three-three formation."

"Goalkeeper Joe Hart is back in the starting line-up, with Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Micah Richards at the back, Zabaleta is injured and Guardiola has chosen Micah Richards to be the team's right-back."

"He played a few times on behalf of Manchester City before, and his performance was not bad. He had a bright performance at right back."

"The midfield is still the same three players, with Busquets behind, David Silva and Toni Kroos in the middle, and the front trident, Di Maria, Su Dong and Sanchez."

"This is the strongest lineup Manchester City has at the moment."

"Also, we see Gareth Barry back on the roster as well."

"Some people say that Arsenal is the Premier League version of Barcelona. Of course, they are talking about Rijkaard's Barcelona. The difference from Mourinho's Barcelona is still very obvious."

"And Cruyff said that Barcelona's orthodoxy is in Manchester City."

"Nowadays, it's a battle between two teams that play very similar styles."

"Arsenal also adopted a four-three-three formation."

"The goalkeeper is Fabianski, the defense is Clichy, Julu, Squillac and Sagna, the midfielder is Alexander Song, Fabregas and Denilson are in the middle, and the frontcourt is Arshavin, Chamark and Nasri."

"We can clearly see that the overall strength of the two teams is still very interesting."

"Wenger said before the game that the key to Arsenal's victory lies in whether they can block Su Dong's attack."

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"The game has begun."

"Arsenal take the lead."

"Manchester City pressed heavily, obviously wanting to take advantage of the home court and press Arsenal from the very beginning."

"Look at this time, Arsenal were forced to play long balls upfield."

"Kompani beat Chamark and headed back into midfield."

"The Belgian central defender has performed very well this season and has formed the strongest defense in the Premier League with Pepe."

"Look at Manchester City's attack this time, advancing to the frontcourt."

"Give it to David Silva, then to Toni Kroos, instead of continuing to the right, suddenly shifting back to the left."

"Manchester City's lateral passing is very flexible."

"Di Maria had a chance on the left."

"Su Dong ran over and raised his hand to ask for the ball, and Di Maria passed it to the bottom line in the penalty area."

"Pretty!"

"Sudong caught Squillage with his body, stopped the ball, but couldn't turn around."

"Arsenal is very dangerous now, let's see how Su Dong handles it."

"Swipe your left foot behind you..."

"David Silva follow up..."

"The ball went in!!!!!!"

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Only 45 seconds into the game, Manchester City took the lead in knocking on Arsenal's goal!"

"The wonderful cooperation from Manchester City's frontcourt, Su Dong's body is too strong, Squillage is blocked by him, and he has no ability to resist at all, let alone stop him from passing the ball."

"Su Dong's assist with the ball was very exciting, and he gave it very comfortably. David Silva followed up and hit the lower right corner with his left foot."

"Goalkeeper Fabianski can't do anything at all."

"Man City have made a fantastic start!"

"One to zero!"

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The goal in the opening 45 seconds completely ignited the passion of the Etihad Stadium.

Tens of thousands of Manchester City fans fell into a carnival!

Who would have thought that the goal of the game would come so quickly?
In the stands, many fans were already wildly celebrating their goals in the aisle before finding their seats.

On the other side of the field, in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, Wenger slapped his forehead hard, with a serious expression on his face.

What he feared the most had happened.

He has always been afraid of Su Dong, but Su Dong helped Manchester City score a goal from the very beginning.

Could there be a worse situation than this?

Not only was Wenger frustrated, but even the Arsenal players on the pitch were hit hard.

How can you play this kind of game if you concede a goal in less than 1 minute?
Subsequently, Manchester City also completely controlled the situation, grasped the possession of the ball, pressed Arsenal in the half court, launched a continuous pull, and was ready to give Arsenal another fatal blow at any time.

But in the 4th minute of the game, Arsenal made a counterattack, Fabregas made a long pass, and Chamark quickly advanced.

(End of this chapter)