i want to be king

Chapter 913 "Barcelona" defeated Barcelona in the most Barcelona way!

The score of the UEFA Super Cup was finally fixed at [-]-[-].

Relying on Su Dong's crisp direct free kick, Manchester City narrowly defeated Barcelona.

Su Dong made two shots and one pass, and Messi made one shot and one pass. Both star players showed great strength.

Especially in the final stage of the game, Barcelona fell behind by one goal and launched a crazy counterattack against Manchester City. Messi even instigated attacks frequently. Whether it was personal performance or helping his teammates shoot, he played very well.

But in the end, Manchester City still maintained a three-to-two score.

When the whistle sounded, it was obvious that the emotions of the fans in the Louis II Stadium seemed to be frozen.

The Barcelona players all looked frustrated, obviously very dissatisfied with the result.

They definitely have a reason for that.

As the defending champions of the Champions League, they could have played better, but in this game, they did not.

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"Hey, you won again!"

Messi walked towards Su Dong panting, and after taking a deep breath, he opened his hands and hugged Su Dong.

"Don't say that, you played very well." Su Dong patted Messi's sweaty back and comforted him.

After the two separated, Messi laughed at Su Dong.

"Don't pretend, you must be very happy in your heart now, and the happiness is written on your face." Messi stretched out his hand and gestured in front of Su Dong, as if Su Dong's face was really written all over.

"I was seen through by you." Su Dong curled his lips and spread his hands helplessly, "Actually, I want to tell the whole world that I beat the best player in Europe. I am so proud! So proud!"

Messi was amused and laughed, and gave him a punch.

Iniesta also came over at this time. This kid was not tall, but he bumped Su Dong's shoulder and arm directly with his shoulder, as if to vent his inner dissatisfaction and felt useless in losing.

"Xiaobai, if you try to die again, I will kill you!" Su Dong scolded with a smile.

Iniesta really didn't dare to lean in any more, for fear of being caught by Su Dong, he muttered sadly, "You came back so impatiently?"

"Of course!" Su Dong said solemnly, "I must get back what I lost."

Both Messi and Iniesta were taken aback. Obviously, what Sudong was talking about was not only the just-concluded selection of the best players in Europe, but also the UEFA Champions League and the upcoming FIFA Ballon d'Or.

Messi is the number one favorite.

"It seems that I have to work harder." Messi also said solemnly.

Iniesta looked at Messi, then at Su Dong, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"To be honest, the most important thing is that the owner of Manchester City is willing to invest." Su Dong said with emotion.

In today's economic environment, bosses who are willing to invest so much money are really rare.

Real Madrid, which invested heavily in [-], did not increase their investment this summer after failing for two consecutive years.

Needless to say, giant teams such as Chelsea and Manchester United, Bayern Munich continue to adopt the strategy of cash is king, and manage their own one-acre three-point land pragmatically.

Manchester City has invested huge sums of money for many years in a row. After winning three championships in the Premier League, Europa League and FA Cup last season, they invested more than [-] million euros in transfer fees and introduced powerful stars such as Aguero and Hazard. It shows the courage and ambition of Manchester City's management.

"Manchester City's current strength is indeed very strong, but in the final analysis, it is because of you, otherwise, the strength improvement will not be so great." Iniesta said with admiration.

The superstar effect brought by Su Dong's joining Manchester City is still very obvious.

As far as last season is concerned, without Su Dong's joining, with the strength of Pepe and Marcelo, they would definitely not go to Manchester City, but should go to Real Madrid and Barcelona.

You know, Real Madrid and Barcelona were also flocking to them at the time.

Without these two players joining, with the strength of Manchester City, it would be absolutely impossible to win the Triple Crown last season, and even a Premier League title may not be able to win.

And even if they won the Triple Crown last season, without Su Dong, why would Manchester City compete with Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern and other giants for Hazard?

Thinking of Hazard, Messi sighed unwillingly, "At the critical moment, we are still conservative."

The Argentines are still dissatisfied with Mourinho's substitutions.

This is actually a major criticism of Mourinho from the outside world. He always makes relatively conservative decisions at some critical moments.

Just like in a [-]-[-] draw, the situation was relatively stable at the time. Although Manchester City had the ball possession advantage, there was no need to strengthen the defense. Mourinho finally chose Seydu Keita to strengthen the defense in the middle.

Guardiola's choice is to go to Hazard to strengthen the team's pass control and offense.

To a certain extent, this is a reflection of the different coaching styles of the two head coaches, and it can also be reflected from the side, why, including Cruyff and others, they have always been dissatisfied with Mourinho's coaching of Barcelona.

Obviously, there are many people in the locker room, especially the direct descendants of Barcelona like Messi and Harvey, who basically don't agree with Mourinho.

But there is no way, on the one hand, the chairman is pressing on it, and on the other hand, Mourinho's results are indeed good.

It is entirely conceivable that after tonight, Mourinho's coaching in Barcelona will be questioned again.

The weight of the European Super Cup is actually not heavy. What is really terrible is that Barcelona lost to Manchester City.

Su Dong and Guardiola, these can be said to be the two people that Barcelona fans and the media are least willing to lose.

Unfortunately, in this game, Barcelona lost.

Not only did they lose the score, but they also lost in possession.

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Sure enough, on the second day of the European Super Cup, the Catalan media Daily Sport made headlines on the front page.

"Barcelona" defeated Barcelona in the most Barcelona way!

The previous Barcelona was specially used in quotation marks, obviously to remind everyone that this Barcelona is not the real Barcelona, ​​but the orthodox Barcelona that many people have rumored.

In this world-renowned focus match, the two teams basically played their own styles. The difference is that the styles of the two teams are so close that it looks like two Barcelona teams are facing each other on the court.

The score was three to two, with Manchester City slightly ahead.

This can be said to be a narrow defeat, but what really makes the Daily Sports News pay attention to is the possession rate, which is 54 to 46, which is eight percentage points worse. This can be said to be very surprising, and it is also unacceptable to the Barcelona media.

You know, in the past so many years, Barcelona has never lost to their opponents in possession rate. Even if they lose the game, they must win their opponents in possession rate and maintain their own style and tradition.

But in this game, Mourinho's team was evenly matched with Manchester City in the first hour or so, and the possession rate was basically maintained at [-]-[-].

The Daily Sports Daily believes that in this peak matchup, Mourinho's team was completely defeated.

Not only at the tactical level, but also at the level of football philosophy, and even the game process, especially the conservativeness of substitutions, which makes the Daily Sports Daily believe that it violates Barcelona's consistent tradition.

Busquets used a stable performance to prove the importance of the traditional fourth position, while Yaya Toure used a foul at a critical moment to make people see his shortcomings in this position, and gave Su Dong an excellent free kick opportunity, resulting in the team's final loss.

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If it is said that the Daily Sports newspaper is still merciful, Cruyff is as sharp as ever in the column.

The godfather of Barcelona once again criticized the stupidity of the current management in the column, because five or six years have passed since Su Dong left Barcelona. Barcelona has changed the center position again and again, from Bojan to Eto'o, and even introduced Ibrahimovic at a super high price.

"In the end, these players all became Barcelona's passers-by, and the team also lost a huge amount of transfer fees, but so far, no one can replace Su Dong and satisfy the fans, even the later local striker Villa."

"Therefore, in many cases, we had to compromise and arrange Messi as the center forward, so that he fell into close combat with the defensive players. This greatly consumed Messi's energy and physical strength, so he publicly stated more than once that he missed the good times when he played with Su Dong."

Cruyff believes that Su Dong's performance in this Super Cup once again proved the stupidity of the management, and Guardiola defeated Mourinho's fake Barcelona with the purest Barcelona football, which completely exposed the ignorance of the management.

"Whether it's Sudong, Guardiola, or Busquets, they used to be Barcelona players, and they are very close to Barcelona. We can even say that, in today's Barcelona team, if Guardiola were to coach and Sudong and Busquets were on the team, how powerful would it be?"

"This is definitely a fantasy team that can dominate European football for many years, creating the greatest football dynasty in history. But all of this has been destroyed and ruined by our stupid management."

"We handed over the best center forward ever to the opponent, expelled the most suitable coach for Barcelona, ​​and in the end, they retaliated against Barcelona with a victory at the Stade Louis II, under the eyes of everyone."

At the end of the column, Cruyff still appealed, hoping that the management can rein in the precipice, listen to the opinions of the fans, invite Guardiola back as soon as possible, buy back Busquets, and it is best to invite Su Dong back.

"We have every reason to believe that with Su Dong and Messi teaming up, under Guardiola's coaching, Barcelona will usher in at least five years of their peak period. This will be the most fantastic team in the history of world football!"

(End of this chapter)