i want to be king

Chapter 825 Su Dong's Dependency

On the evening of January [-]th, Manchester's Etihad Stadium.

In the No.13 round of the Premier League, Manchester City played against Birmingham at home.

When the game progressed to No. 70 minutes, Guardiola once again replaced Santa Cruz with Su Dong.

During Su Dong's injury, Santa Cruz started two consecutive games, but he did not show the strength that a main center forward who aims to hit the Premier League championship team should have. This made Guardiola and even Manchester City very dissatisfied with him.

Santa Cruz must have strength, but if this strength has not been brought into play in today's Manchester City, it is meaningless, so almost everyone in the team concluded that Manchester City will sign during the winter break, and Santa Cruz is likely to become an addition to the transfer and be sent away from the team.

It can be seen that the Paraguayan center really wanted to prove his strength in front of the home fans, but unfortunately, he did not perform satisfactorily from beginning to end.

In No. 70 minutes, when he walked to the sideline again and hugged Su Dong politely, his face was very ugly.

I'm afraid even he himself knows that his trip to Manchester City is basically over.

Of course, this is not necessarily a bad thing for him.

……

Sometimes, some things are really weird.

When Santa Cruz was on the field, Birmingham's midfield was very solid and did not give the Paraguayan center any chance.

But when Santa Cruz left the field, Su Dong came off the bench, and Birmingham's defensive players took the initiative to give gifts after only 7 minutes.

Barry Ferguson, you can tell from the name that he has nothing to do with Ferguson, nor does he have anything to do with Gareth Barry, but this name left a very deep impression on No. 707 minutes.

That is, he took the initiative to pass the ball back under the pressure of Toni Kroos. Uh, no, it should be him who actively cooperated with the Manchester City players to attack, and sent a precise and deadly through ball outside Birmingham's big penalty area.

The ball passed between the two central defenders, allowing Su Dong, who had just come off the bench, to turn offside. After getting the ball, he waded into the left side of the penalty area to form a single goal. He shot low with his left foot and broke through Birmingham's goal, opening the scoring for Manchester City.

After the goal, Su Dong almost couldn't help rushing over to celebrate this wonderful goal with Barry Ferguson.

He himself did not expect that the opponent's midfielder would take the initiative to send him such a wonderful assist.

Is it because I look too handsome?
No matter, anyway, the goal is scored, and the celebration is over!

Su Dong ran all the way excitedly, celebrating his goal, leaving behind Barry Ferguson full of confusion.

"Birmingham midfielder Barry Ferguson made such a low-level error, it has to be said, it is surprising."

"I believe that at this moment, all Birmingham fans will want to ask him, are you playing match-fixing? Otherwise, how could you give Su Dong an assist?"

"Or, are you a loyal fan of Su Dong? Want to help him score goals?"

"But no matter which one, Barry Ferguson, we remember this name. His passing skills are really good. Birmingham in McRash obviously did not realize his potential in this area. I strongly suggest that Guardiola should sign him. I believe he will give Sudong more assists."

"The most important thing is that Barry Ferguson is really not expensive."

……

In the end, with Su Dong's goal, Manchester City beat Birmingham [-]-[-] at home.

The two consecutive rounds were [-]-[-] at home. The only difference was that in the second game, a player from Birmingham assisted and scored a goal. This made the British media generally believe that Manchester City was replaced by [Sudong Dependency Syndrome].

In fact, this is also normal, because Su Dong's goals are the key to Manchester City's consecutive victories, and after Su Dong was injured, two consecutive rounds of substitutes have proved his role and value in Manchester City, which cannot be replaced by any player.

Guardiola doesn't mind the media discussing the so-called Su Dong's dependence. He speaks highly of Su Dong, believing that Su Dong is the most powerful player in world football today, and he will also be the winner of the first FIFA Ballon d'Or this year.

"Obviously, this won't be news, it's news that he won't win the award!" Guardiola is obviously full of confidence in Su Dong's winning the award.

At the same time, Guardiola also believes that Manchester City does not need to get rid of the so-called [Sudong dependence syndrome], because this is a normal thing.

"Every team will have some outstanding players. They will play a key role and even make the team and teammates unconsciously dependent. This is normal. Such players are usually the club's most valuable asset."

Guardiola believes that Su Dong is Manchester City's most valuable asset.

But he also believes that the team does not need to solve the so-called "Sudong dependence disease", but should strengthen the team's bench thickness. He hopes to introduce appropriate players during the winter break.

The media took the initiative to ask Wolfsburg's Bosnian center Dzeko. Guardiola made no secret of his appreciation for Dzeko, but he also said that it is difficult to introduce this center from Wolfsburg.

The existence of Su Dong makes any center think carefully when they want to join Manchester City.

Because they are likely to struggle under Su Dong's shadow for a long time.

Of course, the advantage is also obvious, that is, they can be teammates with the best players in the world.

As well as Dzeko, Everton left-back Leighton Baines was also mentioned on a daily basis.

The England international has been outstanding at Everton and Guardiola believes he will be a strong addition to the team's left-back.

Marcelo is very strong on the offensive end and plays an important role in Guardiola's tactical system, but as a substitute for the left back, Bridge's performance has not been able to satisfy Guardiola, especially after the outbreak of the friend's wife.

As early as last summer, there was news that Manchester City was going to send Bridge away.

Now, this rumor is gradually becoming a reality.

……

Manchester City narrowly beat Birmingham with one goal and scored three points. However, in another game at the same time, Manchester United obviously had not yet come out of the shadow of the derby defeat and drew [-]-[-] with Aston Villa in the away game.

Yes, draw!

Manchester United lost two goals in a row. At the end of the game, Macheda and Vidic, who came off the bench, scored two goals and successfully equalized the score.

If it is acceptable for Ferguson to lose [-]-[-] to Manchester City in the last away game, then this loss made Ferguson very angry, and even in the post-match press conference, he believed that the performance of some players was disastrous.

Bearing the brunt of this is right back Wes Brown.

Aston Villa formed the two wings with Downing and Ashley Young, attacking Manchester United's two wings in turn, leaving Wes Brown and Evra at a loss, especially Brown.

If it weren't for the Aston Villa striker's lack of ability to seize opportunities, Manchester United might even lose a big score in this game. The Red Devils would be defeated, and there would be no subsequent equalizer.

This is why Ferguson was so annoyed.

His team had already lost to Manchester City by three points and the point gap had widened to nine points, and now it's fine and level again.

Especially when the game ended, Manchester City beat Birmingham [-]-[-] and scored three points again. The gap between the two teams widened to [-] points. How could Ferguson accept this?
The godfather of Manchester United is going crazy!

Coincidentally, Liverpool, which performed poorly this season, also lost again this round, losing to Stoke City [-]-[-] away.

After losing another game, Liverpool's league ranking has dropped directly to No. 11 in the Premier League.

This also surprised everyone.

You know, no matter how bad Liverpool was in the past, the top four were relatively stable, but in the end last season, because of Harvey Alonso's departure from the team, the team suffered setbacks in the midfield and finished seventh. After Benitez was sent away, what did Liverpool look like?

Arsenal's away game against Everton was also thrilling.

After finally taking a two-to-zero lead, Cahill's goal helped Everton pull back a game, and then the Toffees once beat Arsenal quite embarrassingly, but the final score was still one to two, and the Gunners narrowly won.

In the finale of the No.13 round, Chelsea broke out a big upset at Stamford Bridge that shocked the entire European football world, losing [-]-[-] at home to Sunderland.

This complete defeat simply made everyone who paid attention feel unbelievable.

No one thought that Chelsea would suddenly have such a big crash at home.

what is happening?
The Sun quickly dug up the inside story. It turned out that before the game, Chelsea suddenly and asymptomatically fired Ancelotti's right-hand man Wilkins, which caused shock to Chelsea's coaching staff and players.

Wilkins is the youngest captain in the history of Chelsea. He has made outstanding achievements. As a coach, he is Ancelotti's right-hand man. Although he does not directly participate in daily training, he is mainly responsible for the communication between the coaching staff and the players in the locker room. Ancelotti praised Wilkins more than once.

Unexpectedly, it was such a celebrity who was fired immediately because of a phone call. He didn't even have a chance to say goodbye to the players and colleagues, and he never looked back.

The reason is also very simple. Chelsea is tightening financial expenditures and re-examining the salaries of employees in various departments. The uniform team believes that Wilkins' annual salary of 35 pounds is too high, so CEO Gurley called Wilkins and called him to the Stamford Bridge Stadium to fire him in person.

Wilkins also left angrily and never returned to the training base.

This caused intense turmoil within Chelsea, which was quickly transmitted to the field.

But Ancelotti denied in the post-match press conference that the reason for the team's disastrous defeat was not on Wilkins, but he admitted that the team's performance was very surprising, completely beyond his expectations, and even he himself did not know the reason.

This ambiguous clarification, on the contrary, further aroused the suspicion of the outside world.

Especially after the game, Ancelotti was furious in the locker room, obviously also stimulated.

(End of this chapter)