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Chapter 882 Why is Su Dong again?

Dublin Arena, Ireland.

Europa League final, Manchester City vs Porto.

When Carlos Velasco Caballo, an international referee from Spain, blew the whistle to start the game, Manchester City launched a fierce attack on Porto amidst the cheers of the sky.

The Premier League team made it clear from the very beginning that they wanted to attack to the end!
The two teams have played so far, and it can be said that the morale is like a rainbow.

Manchester City won the first Premier League championship in history, and also reached the Europa League final in a historic way. Having already won the Premier League and FA Cup championships, Manchester City is also determined to win the Europa League championship.

As long as they win this championship and achieve the triple crown, Manchester City is bound to cause a strong earthquake in European football. From now on, no one can ignore this rising upstart in the Premier League.

Porto also performed very strongly in the Portuguese Super League this season. With an advantage of 21 points, they created an unbeaten record in the season and won the Portuguese Super League championship, which shows their strength.

Not only that, but in the Portuguese Cup, Boas' team also won the championship.

They are both league and cup champions, and both are aiming for the triple crown, which makes the confrontation between the two teams full of gunpowder.

What's more worth mentioning is that the last time Porto reached the Europa League final was when Mourinho was in charge, and in the UEFA Cup final at the time, Porto eventually lost to Sporting Lisbon led by Su Dong.

Now, after many years of absence, Porto and Sudong meet again in the UEFA Europa League final, and it is still unclear who will win.

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Manchester City still played in the iconic four-three-three lineup.

The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos are in the center, and the front trident is a combination of Di Maria, Su Dong and Sanchez.

Guardiola still continued the lineup of the previous FA Cup final. This is also the strongest lineup polished by Manchester City under his coach.

Unlike when he played Manchester United before, Guardiola asked Su Dong to withdraw and act as a free agent. This time he played Porto, Su Dong was still at the top. The reason is simple, Porto is not Manchester United.

Manchester United's defense is the world's top central defenders such as Ferdinand and Vidic. Guardiola naturally hopes that Sudong can avoid some and play more of his own level.

But Porto's central defenders are Otamendi and Rolando, which are far from the strength and level of Manchester United's central defenders.

Rolando is okay, with a height of 1.8 meters nine, but Otamendi is only 1.8 meters three.

These two central defenders are far inferior to Su Dong in terms of height and strength.

In this case, what Guardiola wants, of course, is to let Su Dong directly press up and crush the opponent instead of withdrawing.

Porto's tactics are also four-three-three, the goalkeeper is Elton, the defense is Alavaro Pereira, Otamendi, Roland and Sapnaru, the midfielder is Fernando, Guarin and James Rodriguez are in the middle, and the front trident is Christian Rodriguez, Falcao and Hulk.

Currently, in the UEFA Cup scorer list, Falcao is the second-leading scorer after Sudong.

Hulk is also famous because of the same name as Hulk, and his strength should not be underestimated.

It is worth mentioning that in Porto's starting lineup, nine of the eleven players are from South America.

This is one of the characteristics of the strongest teams in the Portuguese Super League, many of which are owned by third parties.

For Boas to achieve such a great success in coaching Porto, his own coaching ability is certainly one aspect, but the strength of the players is the crucial factor, and behind it is the strong support of the agent headed by Mendes.

Now, Porto has entered the Europa League final. Regardless of whether they can win the championship or not, these players will become famous and their value will skyrocket. Naturally, it is no longer a secret to transfer and leave the team.

Also because there are many South American players, Porto's playing style is still very unrestrained, not conservative at all.

This also allowed the two teams to play a wave of confrontation at the beginning of the game.

In the face of Manchester City's opening attack, Porto is not inferior.

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Just 3 minutes into the game, Manchester City tried to pass the ball into the penalty area but failed. Otamendi made a clearance first, kicked the ball out of the penalty area, and directly kicked towards Manchester City's half.

At the same time, Porto's overall formation is also pressing forward quickly, trying to organize a quick counterattack.

But just as the big-footed clearance passed the halfway line, Manchester City's central defender Pepe took the first step to stand in his position, grabbed the spot, and directly headed the ball back to Porto's half.

David Silva nimbly ran into the gap, and met Pepe's header with a volley.

As soon as the ball fell, it flew up again and landed directly behind Porto's defense.

At this time, Porto was preparing to press forward as a whole, but was suddenly hit behind by Manchester City, and the defense line had no time to return to defense.

I saw a sky-blue figure quickly penetrated Porto's defense, and chased after David Silva's pass. After stopping the ball at the top of the penalty area with a chest stop, the ball entered the penalty area.

Facing the goalkeeper Ertong who was halfway through the attack, Su Dong deceived the Brazilian goalkeeper with a flexible feint and easily pushed the empty goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!"

"In the opening 3 minutes, Manchester City only took 3 minutes, and Su Dong scored Porto's goal!!!!"

After Su Dong scored, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly, rushed all the way to the bottom of the stands where the Manchester City fans were, and kept encouraging the Manchester City fans to shout more enthusiastically and passionately.

Manchester City's players also chased after him, hugging him in groups.

A goal in the opening three minutes, could there be a better start?
This is the Europa League final!

This goal almost allowed Manchester City to grab the championship trophy with one hand!
"It's wonderful! Manchester City's defense quickly counterattacked. David Silva's volley pass was very beautiful. Su Dong's counter-offside was also very sharp, and the speed was really fast."

"Porto defender Otamendi is not tall, but he was left behind by Su Dong all of a sudden, and he couldn't catch up at all."

"One to zero! Manchester City takes the lead!"

"Porto suffered a blow to the head. I wonder if this is in Boas' plan?"

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On the sidelines, when Boas saw Su Dong's goal, he stretched out his hands exaggeratedly and grabbed his hair vigorously.

He thought that Porto would lose the ball first, but he never expected that the loss would come so fast and so suddenly.

It's only 3 minutes, and you conceded the ball?

Then how to play this game?
Su Dong!

Why is it Su Dong again?

Boas was very annoyed. He had clearly made enough preparations, and asked Otamendi, Roland and Fernando to double-team Su Dong. As soon as Su Dong got the ball, they immediately surrounded him.

Three against one, enough!

Unexpectedly, Su Dong still seized the opportunity.

"How could it be so easy for them to hit behind?" Boas still didn't want to understand.

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In the coaching bench behind him, assistant coach Victor Pereira also sighed helplessly.

He always felt that Boas overestimated himself and underestimated Su Dong and Ferguson.

If Su Dong could defend so easily, would Ferguson still need to adopt such a conservative tactic?

Isn't this a joke?
Who is Ferguson?

How many times has he fought Su Dong?

He didn't know Su Dong's threat?
How is this possible?
And Mourinho, he has been ridiculed that he is the person who knows Su Dong best, but he loses to Su Dong every time, is there any problem?

Understanding does not mean keeping it!

Boas' formation obviously underestimated Su Dong, but also overestimated the quality of Porto's defense.

How much water is there in the defense of the Portuguese Super League team, Boas doesn't know?
The result is good, the talk before the game was so loud that even I believed it, so this scene happened, and the goal was scored in the opening 3 minutes.

What's next?
Attack!

Even though the score is equalized, stabilize the morale of the army!
But the question is, grab the ball, can you beat Manchester City?
Once pressed out to attack, how likely is it that Manchester City will penetrate the defense again?

Thinking of this, Victor Pereira hurried forward and whispered in Boas' ear for a while.

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On the court, Porto showed a strong desire to counterattack after losing the ball.

Especially the few South American players in the frontcourt.

Falcao, Christian Rodriguez, Hulk, Guarin, James Rodriguez and others are all from South America. This made Porto not only did not plan to retreat after losing the ball, but actively counterattacked and attacked.

In the 7th minute, James Rodriguez made a diagonal pass to Hulk on the right.

After the Brazilian striker got the ball, relying on his tyrannical personal strength, he dribbled the ball from behind Marcelo into the penalty area. When facing Pepe, he forced the ball to stop suddenly. In the midst of tweaking, he volleyed the far corner with his right foot and went slightly wide.

Porto's first shot of the game threatened Manchester City's goal, which further fueled Porto's momentum.

Even though the head coach Boas called on the players to calm down on the sidelines, Porto still chose to press out and play.

The players on the field were somewhat anxious.

Manchester City is still organizing the formation methodically, passing the ball when they have the ball, and actively grabbing the ball if they don't have the ball.

Especially the trident in the frontcourt.

In the case of Porto having difficulty passing through the midfield, the ball stayed more in the midfield.

The three players Di Maria, Su Dong and Sanchez launched a press on Porto's defense, coupled with the midfielder's pressure and coordination, this style of play made Porto's players a little uncomfortable.

In the No. 11 minute, when Rolando wanted to pass the ball to Otamendi under the threat of Sudong, he did not expect Sudong to be tall and long-legged, and directly blocked the ball to the frontcourt.

Otamendi and Su Dong chased forward at the same time, but the Argentine central defender was directly knocked away by Su Dong.

Yes, as soon as the two made physical contact, Otamendi was bounced away.

And Su Dong broke into the penalty area with the ball again to form a single shot.

(End of this chapter)