i want to be king

Chapter 855 Absolutely Dead Spot!

On March [-]th, the FA Cup quarter-finals knockout match, Manchester City played against Reading at home.

Due to the expedition to Kiev, Ukraine just in the middle of the week, in this game, Guardiola arranged the lineup in a rotation situation, which caused the team to be unable to open up the situation on the field.

Until the No. 706 minute of the second half, Pepe relied on a corner kick to overwhelm his opponent and scored with a header. He scored the only goal of the game for Manchester City and helped the team advance to the FA Cup semi-finals.

After the game, after drawing lots, Manchester City will host Arsenal in the semi-finals.

This is the second meeting between Manchester City and the Gunners since the humiliating nine-to-one match between the two teams.

Whether it is Manchester City fans or the British media, they have given high praise to Manchester City for reaching the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

This is the first time Manchester City has reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup in 30 years. The last time can be traced back to [-].

In that year, under the leadership of head coach John Bond, Manchester City successfully defeated Ipswich Town in the semi-finals and advanced to the final, but lost to Tottenham Hotspur [-]-[-] in the final and missed the championship.

This also makes countless Manchester City fans regret.

In the following 30 years, Manchester City has never reached the FA Cup semi-finals. From this, it is not difficult to see how weak Manchester City's background is.

But precisely because of this, Manchester City reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup again this season, which immediately aroused strong attention from fans and the media. Countless Manchester City fans have appealed, hoping that the team can persist until the end and make a difference in the FA Cup.

Manchester City has not tasted the joy of a championship for many, many years.

Blue Moon's last championship was the League Cup, which was already in [-].

Although they won the League One Championship in [-], it is not convincing that this is the second-tier league championship.

This season, Manchester City has finally shown the temperament of a strong team, making progress on all three lines, which makes people see hope.

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On the evening of the [-]th, the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.

In the second round of the Europa League round of [-] knockout rounds, Manchester City played at home against Dynamo Kiev.

In the first round in Kiev, Manchester City was on an expedition away. After a long journey, the team performed poorly.

But now, Blue Moon is sitting at home, but Dynamo Kiev is on an expedition. Under the ebb and flow, Manchester City can be said to have the advantage, and Guardiola's game strategy is also quite active.

"I hope the team will firmly lock in the victory from the first minute, and don't give the opponent any chance!"

The players also basically practiced the head coach's tactical intentions, grabbed the ball from the very beginning, and took the lead in controlling the situation and rhythm.

Dynamo Kiev is also very aware of their situation. They have no advantage in away games and can only defend and counterattack.

But in the 4th minute, Manchester City played a beautiful cooperation. David Silva received a direct pass from Thiago and passed it diagonally to the right side of the penalty area. Sanchez stopped the ball and made a low pass to the goal.

Su Dong forcibly rushed away from the two central defenders of Dynamo Kiev, and easily pushed and scored in front of the goal, opening the scoring for Manchester City.

This goal made Dynamo Kiev completely passive.

In the case of [-]-[-] in the first round, Su Dong's goal gave Manchester City an advantage.

But Dynamo Kiev is a traditional European team. Even when the situation was behind, they still organized a tight defense. They did not become restless, but patiently looked for opportunities.

Manchester City controlled the ball and the game, but never found a good chance to score.

Until the No. 309 minute of the game, David Silva was fouled when he dribbled the ball from the left, winning a free kick in the front court for Manchester City.

But the position of the ball is too far.

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Su Dong stood behind the penalty spot, looked at the angle, and the wall of people from the opponent, and shook his head.

"Not sure? I remember that you took free kicks from this angle in training, and the accuracy rate was not bad." David Silva said quite unexpectedly.

Su Dong also practiced free kicks on weekdays. He has practiced from different angles in each position. This is the reason why his free kick skills are becoming more and more sophisticated.

But Su Dong still shook his head, "Their players are a bit tall, and they are too biased. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold them down."

David Silva understood what Su Dong meant.

Sometimes he really thinks, is Su Dong too conservative?
Of course, this is not a bad thing, but he never fights uncertain battles, so that when he was in Valencia, Benitez told him to let him spend as much time as possible, kick more feet and shoot more, don't have any psychological burden.

But after so many years, Su Dong hasn't gotten much better than before.

Sometimes David Silva really felt that if Su Dong had half of Ronnie's wave power, his scoring would definitely be able to reach a new level. Not to mention anything else, with his foot strength and footwork, the possibility of scoring a goal is very high.

However, Su Dong's temperament is quite strange. He is a perfectionist, and every shot goes to the dead end.

Didn't someone outside say that Su Dong alone raised the aesthetics of football fans all over the world?
In the past, others could not score a few wonderful goals in a lifetime, but Su Dong scored every day.

Even, most of his goals were placed among other professional players, and they were all at the level of the top ten goals in his career. The shooting was too tricky, but the goals were also really good-looking.

But depression is also there, just like now, David Silva feels that Su Dong should give a kick, just like in training.

Su Dong thought about the human wall, still shook his head, but approached David Silva again, and whispered something to him.

David Silva, who was not lost just now, suddenly brightened.

"Is this okay?" the Spanish midfielder was excited.

Su Dong smiled and nodded, "You'll know if you try it?"

It seems that he is quite sure.

Of course David Silva would not refuse, and immediately ran to find Marcelo.

Su Dong walked away quickly.

"It seems that Su Dong is not very sure about the free kick at this position. He has already walked away. He didn't intend to take the free kick. Instead, he walked to the middle of the penalty area, on the right side of the penalty spot. It seemed that he was going to grab a point."

"Marcelo came up to take the penalty and David Silva also left the penalty spot and ran to the side of the wall."

"It should have been an indirect free kick, a cross from the left into the penalty area, looking for a teammate."

"Dynamo Kiev's human wall has been set up, let's see how Manchester City will cooperate with free kicks this time."

With the whistle of the referee, Marcelo immediately ran forward, and it seemed that he was going to pass directly, which immediately caused chaos in Dynamo Kiev's penalty area.

What surprised everyone was that Marcelo did not pass directly, but suddenly pushed the ball horizontally and passed it to David Silva on the right side of the wall. The Spanish midfielder quickly rushed to the left side of the front of the penalty area and stopped the ball.

To say that David Silva's footwork is really very delicate, this stop, the ball was really obedient, and it stopped gently towards the top of the arc. At this time, everyone suddenly realized that this was a tactical free kick.

Su Dong, who didn't know when he ran over, suddenly appeared at the top of the arc, ran over to the left laterally, faced David Silva's pass, and quickly kicked a curve ball with his left foot.

Since Dynamo Kiev set up a wall in the left corner of the penalty area, and the ball was passed to the right, the attention of the goalkeeper Shovkovsky and the defensive players in the penalty area fell to the center and the right side.

Who could have imagined that Su Dong suddenly came out, kicked a curve ball with his left foot, and the ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

The goalkeeper Shovkovsky was moving towards the middle, unable to adjust his center of gravity in time to make a save, and could only watch the ball go into the upper left corner of the goal!
This is a dead end in the absolute sense!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"Manchester City made another victory, two to zero!"

"Su Dong scored twice and Manchester City staged a very imaginative tactical free kick."

After Su Dong kicked the arc ball and shot the goal, he knew in his heart that the ball was a sure thing.

When the ball hit the net, he raised his hands high and rushed straight to the sidelines, but just halfway, he was hugged by David Silva and Marcelo, who stopped him in the court.

Marcelo even held his left hand tightly, preventing him from completing the celebration of kissing the ring.

"Stop kissing, most of the readers say aesthetic fatigue!"

"Every time you score a goal, you kiss the ring. Don't worry about it. You should also consider other people's feelings!"

Su Dong said he was speechless.

Can't I celebrate after scoring a goal?
If you really want to talk about aesthetic fatigue, then I can't help it. Who made me score more goals?

How many brain cells would I have to kill if I wanted to improvise every goal as Toni Kroos said?
No matter how hard Marcelo and David Silva tried, Su Dong finally broke free from the entanglement of these two idiots, and kissed the ring on his left hand in front of the live broadcast camera.

This time he has completed the goal celebration process, great!
On the contrary, it was Marcelo and David Silva, who looked at each other speechlessly, only sighed.

Isn't this guy a rat?

How can you be as stubborn as a cow, unable to hold back even life and death?

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Manchester City finally defeated Dynamo Kiev [-]-[-] at home, and finally advanced to the quarter-finals with a total score of [-]-[-].

Shevchenko said in an interview with the media after the game that he believes that Manchester City is the number one favorite to win the Europa League this season.

"Su Dong will definitely be able to lead Manchester City to the end!"

Shevchenko's demeanor can be seen by being able to speak up after being eliminated tragically.

Manchester City's promotion also won unanimous praise.

First the FA Cup, now the Europa League, plus the domestic Premier League leading the way, all these have won the affirmation of everyone for Manchester City's performance, and many people even believe that Manchester City is fully capable of hitting three championships at the same time.

Su Dong's slogan, don't make a choice, want everything, also won the support of fans and the media.

After eliminating Dynamo Kiev, Braga from Portugal was drawn in the subsequent Europa League draw.

This team performed well in the Portuguese Super League. Whether it is Su Dong, Pepe or David Luiz, they are all familiar with this team.

(End of this chapter)