i want to be king

Chapter 820 Can't Su Dong make it?
"Be careful."

After finally returning to his home in Cheshire, Su Dong walked into the house with Wang Chuqing's careful support.

Pepe, David Silva and others sent him to the door of his house before leaving.

These guys really wanted to put him on the bed directly, for fear that he would accidentally twist again.

"It's okay, it's not serious, just twisted a little." Su Dong smiled.

"You have to be supported when you walk, how can you be fine?" Wang Chuqing scolded, "Just now my uncle and aunt, as well as my father and my mother all called to ask how the injury is, and they even wanted to fly over to take a look at it to be relieved."

"No, you tell them that I'm fine, just a slight sprain." Su Dong didn't care too much.

Although she was already engaged, Wang Chuqing couldn't change her words for a while. She always called Su Dong's parents uncle and aunt. She had become a habit of calling Su Dong's parents, and it would be even more difficult to change her words in the future.

Fortunately, Su Dong's parents didn't care, they loved her so much, those who didn't know would think that she was their daughter, and Su Dong was an unpopular son-in-law.

But what's interesting is that Wang Qingquan and his wife treated him better.

It can be regarded as a way of getting along, and the relationship between the two families is very good because of this, and there is no conflict.

It is said that Su Dong's father often asks his future father-in-law to study how to buy a house and invest, and the relationship between the two is very good.

"Nunuo, what do they say?" Wang Chuqing helped Su Dong to sit down in the living room, looked at his right leg that was wrapped around his ankle and instep, and asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's just a little swollen, just rest for two days." Su Dong said.

It is true that the injury is not serious, but the trouble lies in the Manchester derby in the middle of the week.

This is Su Dong's first derby after joining Manchester City. He is still eager to play. After all, Manchester City's current top position is not stable. If there is any mistake in the derby, it is really dangerous.

It is even possible that the advantages that have been accumulated with great difficulty will be completely destroyed.

"Then you should take a good rest, and don't think about training and competitions in the next few days." Wang Chuqing asked reproachfully, "I'll ask the school for leave, and I'll stay with you at home these few days, so as to save you from messing around all day long."

She knew Su Dong very well, so she naturally knew what was going on in his mind, so she immediately decided to take precautions before it happened.

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The news of Su Dong's injury spread throughout the football world in a very short period of time and became a big news.

The Manchester derby is imminent. At this time, Su Dong's injury undoubtedly cast a shadow over the prospects of Manchester City's derby.

Manchester City technical director Begiristain admitted in an interview that Su Dong may indeed miss the derby due to injury.

"There is no way around it. His right foot is sprained. We don't want him to take risks. After all, even if we lose the derby, we are still sure to continue to lead the Premier League."

Begiristan's confidence comes from having another focus game an hour later than Manchester City.

Chelsea lost [-]-[-] away to Liverpool.

In this way, the point gap between the two teams was directly expanded to four points. Even if they lost the derby, Manchester City would still be one point ahead of Chelsea. This is not a bad result for Manchester City.

Begiristain also revealed that Guardiola also held the same view, and would rather lose the derby than Sudong take risks.

"But his willingness to fight is quite strong. This is his first Manchester derby since he landed in the Premier League."

As for whether Su Dong will play, Begiristan said that it will not be clear until before the game.

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There are still three days before the competition, whether it is long or short.

But obviously, Su Dong's injury has attracted the attention of the outside world, not only the media, but also many people with ulterior motives around Manchester City's Carrington training base. Some of them are familiar faces, and they are obviously Manchester United scouts and staff.

It was even discovered by Manchester City. Someone from Manchester United was peeping at Manchester City's training base with a telescope at the hill.

The derby was imminent, and Ferguson played this move, making it clear that he was spying on the military situation.

Guardiola responded immediately, and immediately arranged for manpower to inspect the surrounding area. At the same time, the side bordering Manchester United was directly covered with a black curtain, so that Manchester United could not see anything.

Of course, the training bases of the two clubs are too close to each other, and many news cannot be concealed.

For example, Su Dong, accompanied by his fiancée, comes to the Carrington training base every day, receiving diagnosis and physical therapy from the team doctor and personal trainers, and watching the team's training and preparations.

As the captain of the team, whether he can play or not, Su Dong doesn't want to go off the line with a minor injury.

His injury is really not serious, but the team doctors and personal coaching team attach great importance to it and dare not be careless.

Guardiola also attaches great importance to the Manchester Derby.

He has always felt that Manchester United is gradually catching up with Chelsea and becoming Manchester City's next number one opponent.

This feeling is not unfounded, because Manchester United is currently one of only two unbeaten teams in the Premier League.

No need to guess, the other team is Manchester City.

After eleven rounds, Manchester United has six wins and five draws, while Manchester City has nine wins and two draws, a six-point difference.

That may seem like a lot, but no fan who knows anything about Manchester United will feel safe.

Especially now that they have only played eleven rounds, for Ferguson's Manchester United who are better at Christmas and winter break, and Ferguson's counterattack in the second half, six points are nothing at all.

That is, two games.

This is actually what worries many analysts.

Many of Manchester City's players are newcomers. Even David Silva and others couldn't play satisfactorily during Christmas and winter break last season. Can Su Dong and others adapt?
You must know that the Christmas and winter breaks of the Premier League are very cruel tests, not only for the players' bodies, but also for their psychology.

Whether it is in the Portuguese Super League, La Liga or the Bundesliga, there is a winter break. Not to mention the sudden cancellation of the winter break, the schedule has become more intensive, which will undoubtedly make the players psychologically resistant.

After all, Christmas is a holiday, which is a matter of course in Western countries.

In the past few years, Wenger's Arsenal has almost always started to collapse during Christmas and winter break.

Ferguson's Manchester United has two important reversal periods, one is the winter break, and the other is March and April.

Su Dong and Guardiola have also talked about it, and they are not very sure about the future.

Therefore, Manchester City's strategy is to grab points and grab points as much as possible.

With enough advantages, Manchester City can achieve enough fault tolerance in the next devil's schedule.

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Manchester City wanted to widen the gap as much as possible, while Ferguson wanted to shorten the gap as much as possible.

As long as the gap is not large, after entering Christmas, Ferguson is confident of reversing Manchester City.

The derby in the same city is undoubtedly the key. If they win, the gap will be shortened to three points.

For Ferguson and Manchester United, even a draw is acceptable.

And Ferguson has been very concerned about the news of Manchester City recently, and Mike Perrin has to report the latest information every day.

He sent almost all of Manchester City's "spies" out to collect the latest information on Manchester City.

"According to the reliable information we got, Su Dong came to Carrington to report every day, coming in the morning and leaving in the afternoon, basically keeping the same time as the team's training, but he did not participate in training and extra training as usual."

Ferguson nodded, "He still hasn't participated in the team's joint training?"

"No, it's just individual training on the sidelines, but it's all recovery training and the intensity is very low."

Speaking of this, Mike Perrin smiled slightly and said, "I guess he won't appear in tomorrow's game."

After missing three days of training, can Su Dong's condition be guaranteed?
Besides, is his injury really healed?
"I don't dare to be so optimistic. Even with only half of his strength, Su Dong is still the most threatening scorer in the world. We can't be careless in the slightest. We must be fully prepared."

Speaking of this, Ferguson's brows were tightly furrowed.

In fact, he really couldn't guess what Guardiola would arrange, would Su Dong play?
"Now, the next door should be the pre-match press conference?" Ferguson asked.

"Yes." Mike Perrin replied, "I have already contacted the reporter I know well, and I will pass it on as soon as I have news."

The pre-match press conference usually announces the 18-man entry list, which basically makes it clear what Guardiola thinks and whether Su Dong can make it?

Of course, even if they enter the big list, they may not be able to play.

But for Manchester United, the best result is that Su Dong is not included in the squad, so there is no need to worry about the future.

But just when Ferguson and Mike Perrin were expecting to hear good news, a text message came from Manchester United's assistant coach's mobile phone. After reading it, his expression changed.

"What's the matter?" Ferguson vaguely guessed something, and had an ominous premonition.

"Su Dong is on the squad!" Mike Perrin said.

Ferguson opened his mouth, obviously wanting to say something, I knew it would be like this, but in the end he still didn't say anything, just closed his eyes, raised his head, and pondered Manchester United's response in his mind.

Guardiola is a cunning guy, this may not be his smoke bombs and psychological warfare.

Judging from the current situation, the possibility of Su Dong starting is actually not great. Even if Guardiola uses him, he may come off the bench in the second half, or even use him as a mascot directly on the bench.

Ferguson couldn't guess what Guardiola was thinking. The only thing he could do was to try to maintain a situation that was most beneficial to Manchester United.

Thinking of this, Ferguson opened his eyes, his eyes were like electricity, and looked directly at Mike Perrin.

"There will be a meeting tomorrow morning. The team's tactics will be adjusted. We must score goals as soon as possible and establish an advantage as soon as possible!"

Regardless of whether Su Dong can make it or not, Manchester United must win anyway!

(End of this chapter)