i want to be king

Chapter 875 Evolution
The Grove Hotel is located on a golf course.

Not only is the scenery here beautiful and green, but in summer, when the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, strolling in the park is quite artistic.

Su Dong and Guardiola walked side by side on the tree-lined path.

This is what Begiristan proposed. He feels that Guardiola has put too much pressure on himself recently.

In fact, it's no wonder, after all, the decisive battle is imminent, and facing an old fox like Ferguson, who is sure to win?

Su Dong claims that he will win the finals. He has never lost as long as he has reached the finals.

But ask yourself, is he sure of winning when he meets Ferguson's Manchester United?

"I heard that you want to change?" Su Dong asked lightly.

His tone was light, more like a chat between two friends.

In fact, his relationship with Guardiola is indeed very good. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are friends.

Guardiola sighed heavily, raised his head, and looked at the starry sky, "I always feel that Ferguson will pinch you."

Come prepared, that's for sure.

Ferguson is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He doesn't know how many finals he has played, so he knows how the game should be played.

"It's very risky to change teams before the final," Su Dong reminded.

This is also the worry of Soriano, Begiristan and others before. They even persuaded Guardiola on this issue and suggested that he should not change teams in the final. After all, the risk is really great.

"It's risky to change the lineup." Guardiola said helplessly. "Think about it, Ferguson knows us well enough. If he strangles you, what will happen to our offense? Di Maria and Sanchez have speed and breakthroughs, but their effectiveness in tough battles is far inferior to yours."

This was proven last season.

Di Maria and Sanchez are indeed very strong in personal ability. If they want to blow up a certain point of the opponent in a tough battle, they can do it.

To put it simply, they are suitable for playing support, not the main force.

In such an important final, guessing the opponent's tactics is a very important part. If you can predict the opponent's lineup and tactics, and take targeted restraint, you will undoubtedly win the game.

But there is also a possibility that you guess wrong, or you are restrained by the other party.

Among the many head coaches that Sudong has experienced, Benitez has the most targeted tactics. He can always predict the opponent's tactics and lineup. However, Benitez was restrained by Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur in Inter Milan.

This is because, after combining his tactics with the team's lineup, there are huge hidden dangers.

Manchester City seems to be perfect this season, but where is perfection in this world?
Beckenbauer said that the strongest is often the weakest.

Su Dong is Manchester City's strongest point, but if this strongest point is restrained by the opponent, then the strongest becomes the weakest.

This is where Guardiola's anxiety comes from.

He was afraid that Su Dong would be restrained by Manchester United, so he wanted to change the team's tactics.

He wants Sudong to play the role of a free man in the frontcourt, with Di Maria and Sanchez on top.

Guardiola's idea is that since Ferguson will set up a defense against Sudong, Manchester City will withdraw Sudong, let Di Maria and Sanchez suppress Manchester United's defense, let Sudong act as a free agent, pull Manchester United's defense to run, and make Manchester United's targeted tactics aimless.

Is this idea any good?
Su Dong thinks it's very good, but if there is a gain, there will be a loss.

Needless to say the advantages, the disadvantages are obvious, Su Dong will stay away from the goal.

Even if he wants to, well, can Di Maria and Sanchez suppress Manchester United's defense?
If the two of them couldn't suppress it, wouldn't Su Dong be required to go up?
Even if they are suppressed, then may I ask, are their scoring efficiency high?

Can they guarantee Su Dong's scoring efficiency in such a final?
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Guardiola's anxiety is also here.

He is predicting Ferguson, and Ferguson is also predicting him, so who is right and who is wrong?

Or who can win the first move in the starting tactics?
This is where Guardiola is most anxious.

If it was just an ordinary game, it would probably be fine, but it was the FA Cup final.

By winning this battle, Guardiola will become the most successful head coach in Manchester City's history, and at the same time he will be able to wash away the doubts and pressure he has encountered since last season.

Anyone who is in Guardiola's position at this moment will be equally anxious.

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"Su, do you know what I envy you the most?" Guardiola asked suddenly.

Su Dong smiled and shook his head, "Let's listen."

"You give me the feeling that you are never anxious and always full of confidence." Guardiola said here, turned his head, and looked deeply at Su Dong for a while. "Back then, I was from the youth team to the first team. Cruyff told me that anxiety is normal, and everyone must adapt to it, accept it, and overcome it."

"There are two kinds of people who don't have anxiety. One is an extremely powerful person, because being strong brings him absolute confidence, and the other is a person who has no sense of responsibility. He doesn't care about any results at all."

Speaking of this, Guardiola smiled at Su Dong with envy, "You belong to the former."

At this moment, Su Dong really wanted to ask a question on the Internet, what does it feel like to be flattered by his head coach?
There is always a feeling of being sold!
"Stop praising me, Pep." Su Dong hurriedly stopped, "I feel now that you just want to trick me."

Guardiola was taken aback for a moment, then spread his hands aggrievedly, what am I going to do to you?

In the end, the Manchester City coach shook his head and sighed with an innocent look on my face.

After the joke, Su Dong said with a smile: "Actually, Pep, you don't need to put such a lot of pressure on yourself, and you don't need to be anxious. Just do whatever you want. I think you can beat Ferguson, and I like you!"

"Really?" Guardiola asked.

Su Dong nodded incredulously, "You say, let me play a free agent, I think it's okay, avoid Manchester United's defensive center of gravity, I withdraw, and I can re-insert at any time according to the situation, it may be even more threatening."

"As for pulling the side, don't I often do that too?"

In Su Dong's view, all this is really not a problem.

"But..." Su Dong changed the subject and stared at Guardiola, "Can you give me tactical freedom?"

Guardiola's tactics are not as demanding as Benitez's, but they are definitely not free.

Su Dong has a lot of freedom and can make his own judgment based on the situation on the court, but it is only relative.

Now Guardiola wants him to be a free agent, which is new.

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Not to mention Su Dong, even Guardiola himself doesn't have a general idea, and he doesn't even know whether the team can perform in the game, so he is so anxious.

If the running-in is not in place during the game, then the game will be messed up.

"Trust me, Pep, we will win!" Su Dong said with a pun.

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"Hey, Su, you can do it!"

On the morning of the FA Cup final, when Su Dong walked back from the sports park where the hotel gym was located to the loophole where the team stayed, he ran into Estiat in the lobby.

The Spanish Olympic water polo champion greeted him as soon as he saw him, and praised him directly.

"Praise me early in the morning, what do you mean?" Su Dong continued walking to the elevator without stopping.

"Pep went out with you for a stroll last night, and fell asleep after coming back, you have some tricks!"

Su Dong frowned when he heard that, you scumbag, please speak clearly.

Just when the elevator came, Su Dong hurried in.

"First of all, Manel, let's not talk so ambiguously. The two of us are going out to chat. It's a simple communication between the head coach and the players. My fiancee is in the next building. Be careful what you say."

Estiyat didn't have Su Dong's bad intentions, so he was immediately bluffed.

"Also, how do you know that he slept soundly after returning to his room last night?" After asking, Su Dong couldn't help laughing out loud.

When the elevator arrived and the door opened, Su Dong waved at Estiyat, "Don't worry, I'll keep it a secret."

Estiyat was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that he reached out to press the elevator door to open, and wanted to rush out to explain, but how could there be time?
"Hey, why keep it a secret? I'm just worried about him, I..."

Estiate wanted to cry.

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Due to UEFA's regulations, the game time of this season's FA Cup final was adjusted to the evening.

It used to be held in the afternoon.

As night fell, Wembley Stadium was packed with people.

Fans from all over the country, mainly from London and Manchester, flocked to Wembley Stadium from all directions.

This made the area around the stadium become full of voices.

Especially near the game time, after the players of the two teams arrived at Wembley Stadium, the atmosphere on the scene was pushed to the extreme.

This is the most important game that Wembley Stadium has welcomed so far this season, and in the near future, this stadium will usher in the most important game after reconstruction, that is, the Champions League final.

The two teams in the final are Manchester United and Barcelona.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the FA Cup final is a warm-up match for Manchester United's Champions League final.

Because of this, Manchester United is determined to win this FA Cup final.

Ferguson shouted before the game that he wanted to win the FA Cup final and warm up for the Champions League final.

Manchester United also used all their firepower, not only familiar media reporters, but also the club's major celebrities have been dispatched one after another, using various methods to build momentum, trying to suppress Manchester City and form an advantage in public opinion.

Manchester City lacks background, at least not enough celebrities to appeal for the club's platform, so that it is indeed behind Manchester United in terms of popularity, but after all, it is the new champion of the Premier League, and many people are still optimistic about Manchester City.

The head coaches of the two teams, Ferguson and Guardiola, also had their own tricks in the pre-match preparations.

Interestingly, both coaches have chosen to change.

(End of this chapter)