i want to be king

Chapter 885

"First of all, on behalf of the dressing room, I would like to thank all Manchester City fans and everyone who has helped us. It is because of your support and help that we have been able to achieve outstanding results this season."

"We are a unit fighting side by side!"

"Here, I want to tell everyone that we will not be satisfied with the status quo. The results of this season will not let us stop here. On the contrary, it will make us more confident, calm and aggressive. We hope to achieve better results in the new season and repay everyone's support and love."

At the beginning of the celebration banquet, after Mubarak, Soriano, Begiristan and Guardiola successively took the stage to give speeches, Su Dong also came to the stage to say a few words for the team as a representative of the team's locker room.

After being the captain for a year, Su Dong has become more and more stage-like.

Maybe it's because there are too many mobilization talks in the locker room, and more times on behalf of the locker room to face the media and fans, which makes him basically blurt out directly when facing many guests, staff and teammates.

There were bursts of warm applause from the audience.

"Finally, I also want to take this opportunity to tell my teammates that I hope that everyone can continue to work hard and strive for better performance and better results in the new season. Whether it is in the Premier League, the Champions League, or domestic cup competitions, we can achieve great results again!"

Su Dong's last words won him the warmest applause from the audience.

His weight in the Manchester City locker room is getting heavier and heavier, and many times his words are even more effective than Guardiola.

De Bruyne and Courtois, who participated in the Manchester City celebration banquet for the first time, also witnessed Su Dong's influence in the Manchester City team, whether it was in the locker room or in the club, it was amazing.

……

There was nothing to say about the awards ceremony that followed.

Su Dong had made it clear at the beginning of the celebration banquet that as the captain of the team, he would not participate in any team's internal award selection, not only this time, but every time in the future, he would not participate.

The teammates were both surprised and delighted by Su Dong's decision.

Everyone knows that if Su Dong participates in the election, many awards will basically be nothing to them, and they will be running with Su Dong more.

But now that Su Dong quit, their chance came.

This is not only an honor, but also a real reward. Behind every award is a generous bonus.

Of course, the most important thing is that this afternoon, every player's account has received the triple crown bonus transferred from the club. Everyone is in a happy mood and smiles from ear to ear.

David Silva won the player of the season, and Toni Kroos won the best rookie of the season.

Don't think that Toni Kroos is the main midfielder this season, but in fact, he is only 21 years old, a proper rookie.

Although local rookies like Trippier and Sterling have performed well, they are still far behind Toni Kroos, so in the end it was the German midfielder who won the award.

The best goal of the season was given to Busquets, because he only scored one goal this season, which is pretty good.

There are also various awards, large and small. After they are awarded, almost all the main players can get them, and many substitute and rotation players also get awards. Even players who don't win awards will get a consolation prize.

……

The whole celebration banquet ended in a festive atmosphere.

Not only the players, but also the coaches and staff have their own awards and red envelopes, and everyone returns with a rewarding experience.

This can be regarded as a manifestation of Manchester City's deep pockets.

Mansour is still very willing to invest in this aspect, which is not too much among European clubs.

The response from Manchester City players and staff has also been positive.

The boss is willing to invest, and the players and employees will naturally work with more enthusiasm.

After the team's celebration banquet, Su Dong invited the whole team to the nightclub for a carnival at his own expense.

On weekdays, the players live like ascetic monks. Everyone is very self-disciplined. Now that the season is over, they can also indulge a little bit. Su Dong himself does not drink alcohol, only drinks fruit juice, but he does not stop the players from drinking, he just requires it in moderation.

This makes the players very satisfied.

After the carnival reached late at night, everyone left one after another.

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After the celebration banquet, Manchester City officially disbanded.

Su Dong didn't start to take a vacation right away, but stayed in Manchester to deal with some things, and at the same time flew to Germany and Italy to shoot two sponsor advertisements.

Today's Su Dong is a busy man, and it takes a long time to ask him to shoot commercials.

After returning, Su Dong went directly to London. Accompanied by Wang Chuqing, he went to Wembley Stadium to watch the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United.

This is the last heavyweight game in European football this season.

Compared with Manchester United who lost to Manchester City in the Premier League and the FA Cup successively, Barcelona under the coach of Mourinho defeated the rival Real Madrid in the two championships of La Liga and Copa del Rey, and won two championship trophies.

If they win the Champions League again this season, then Barcelona will achieve the treble.

This is what Mourinho has been pursuing since coaching Barcelona, ​​and it is also Messi's goal for many years.

Everyone can see that Messi wants to catch up with Su Dong with all his heart, and achieve the feat that Su Dong achieved in Barcelona back then.

As for Mourinho, from Porto to Chelsea to Barcelona, ​​he reached the Champions League final several times, but failed to do so many times.

This season is already the third consecutive season for him and Barcelona to reach the Champions League final. If he fails to win the championship again, Mourinho will really collapse.

In the history of the Champions League, there have been many times in the history of reaching the Champions League final for three consecutive years, but at least one championship can be won. The worst thing is that Valencia reached the Champions League final for two consecutive years. They did not win the championship in two years, but in the third year, they missed the final.

Therefore, Barcelona was very optimistic before the game.

Mourinho also seems to have learned from Guardiola's use of Su Dong when Manchester City played against Manchester United before. In the final, he arranged for Messi to play as a free agent, let Pedro and Villa serve as wingers, and the midfielder was a combination of Xavi and Iniesta.

This lineup allowed Barcelona to firmly control the ball, just like Manchester City, while Messi kept dribbling the ball against Manchester United's defense, not only creating opportunities for Pedro and Villa, but also kicking the goal frequently.

With the experience of facing Manchester City before, Manchester United is obviously more experienced when facing Barcelona's style of play.

Ferguson adopted a three-middle tactic, focusing on solid defense and actively counterattacking. In addition, he was at Wembley Stadium, which is more familiar to Manchester United. As a result, not long after the opening of Manchester United, Wayne Rooney scored in a counterattack and opened the scoring for Manchester United.

This goal completely ignited the passion in Wembley Stadium.

"Ferguson is really amazing!" Su Dong said in admiration.

After losing to Manchester City in the FA Cup, Ferguson's tactics were clearly adjusted.

The same set of play was used on Manchester United for the second time, and the effect was not obvious.

But the most important thing is Barcelona's own problems.

Su Dong really realized that Mourinho's style of play imprisoned this group of Barcelona players.

To put it simply, if you can't let go of your hands and feet, every player seems to be playing in shackles.

Or, they all played very aggrieved and were not happy at all.

If you can't play your own strength as you want, you will naturally not be able to play your best state.

"You mean, Manchester United can win?" Wang Chuqing asked curiously.

Before the game, Su Dong told her clearly that he was very optimistic about Barcelona.

Sure enough, Su Dong still shook his head, "It's hard to say, I can only say that Manchester United temporarily has the initiative, but Barcelona's desire to win is very strong, especially Messi, this kid has held back for long enough!"

Messi ushered in a big explosion this season. A very important reason, Mourinho also said, is that there is no Su Dong in the Champions League.

Don't underestimate this!
Judging from the past few years, the teams that Su Dong joined have shown strong competitiveness in the Champions League, and Su Dong himself has been able to stabilize the World Footballer of the Year and the Golden Globe Award with his outstanding performance.

This season, Su Dong was unable to participate in the Champions League because of Manchester City.

Even if Manchester City finally wins the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League triple crown, it can't stand Barcelona now with La Liga and King's Cup champions. As long as they win the Champions League again, the gold content of this triple crown is more than Manchester City, that is appropriate.

Messi will also be bound to become the number one favorite of the FIFA Ballon d'Or with this triple crown.

Su Dong scored more goals, but Messi's championship has more gold content.

Messi has been holding back for so many years, just waiting for such an opportunity, and he will definitely not miss it.

And Su Dong guessed right.

Before the end of the first half, Messi suddenly dribbled the ball and went in. After passing three Manchester United players, he broke into the penalty area and shot low near the penalty spot. He broke through Manchester United's goal and equalized the score for Barcelona, ​​[-]-[-].

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Messi was still quite active.

After creating opportunities for Pedro and Villa in a row, but failed to score, Messi and Iniesta completed a small-scale two consecutive collisions with the wall in the No. 703 minute, playing Manchester United's defensive players around.

In the end, Messi kicked in the penalty area and broke through Van der Sar's goal again.

Two to one, Barcelona reversed Manchester United!
Then no matter how Manchester United counterattacked, Ferguson even put all his eggs in one basket, but Barcelona still clinging to the score of [-]-[-].

After the two sides fought hard for 10 and [-] minutes, in the end, with Messi's brace, Barcelona reversed Manchester United [-]-[-] and won the UEFA Champions League this season.

First missed the Premier League, then the FA Cup, and now the Champions League. Manchester United went from fighting on the third line to nothing. Ferguson's frustration and helplessness can be seen.

On the contrary, Barcelona, ​​although frustrated at the beginning, relied on Messi's outstanding performance to successfully reverse Manchester United and win the Champions League.

The head coach Mourinho even rushed to the sidelines and knelt down excitedly, then jumped up and kept shaking his fists, venting his inner excitement and excitement. This is the first Champions League in his coaching career.

After missing the Champions League several times in a row, Mourinho finally got his wish!

The only fly in the ointment is that there is no Su Dong in this season's Champions League.

It would be even more perfect if he could step on Su Dong to win the Champions League!
(End of this chapter)