i want to be king

Chapter 922 Ferguson's Gauntlet
At noon on September 23, in the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester City played against Everton at home.

Guardiola ranked the strongest killing array, waiting for the presence of Moyes' team.

The goalkeeper is Courtois, the defense is Leighton Baines, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos come forward, and the front trident is a combination of Hazard, Su Dong and Sanchez.

After the start of the game, Manchester City took advantage of the home court advantage and the overall strength of the team to launch a fierce attack on Everton, especially Leighton Bynes on the left, who was extremely excited facing his old club and frequently created threats.

First, he assisted Tony Kroos with a long shot that went wide, and then at the front of the penalty area, he received a pass from Hazard and kicked an angry shot, which went slightly wide, giving Manchester City a head start.

In the 8th minute, Leighton Bynes passed the ball from the left again. Central defender Jagelka grabbed the first spot, but made a mistake when passing back to goalkeeper Howard.

After Su Dong scored the goal, his speed did not slow down, and he rushed straight to the sidelines, smiling from ear to ear.

That's right, who would be unhappy if anyone suddenly picked up such a big bargain?
Everton coach Moyes was furious on the sidelines. He couldn't accept that his central defender was in the back line, especially when facing Manchester City, so blindly playing with fire.

Now it's all right, burn your own hands!
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After conceding the ball, Everton began to pay more attention to defense, while Manchester City patiently controlled the ball.

No.305 minutes, Hazard forced a breakthrough from the left to create a corner kick opportunity.

David Silva's swift corner kick created chaos in the box and was cleared out of the box.

After Zabaleta grabbed the landing point on the right side of the perimeter of the penalty area, he made a slight adjustment and passed it back into the penalty area again.

Jagelka grabbed the landing point, made a header again, and headed to the left.

Marcelo followed up and grabbed the landing point again. After a stop, he glanced at the penalty area and passed his left foot diagonally to the right side of the goal in the penalty area.

Among the chaotic crowd in the penalty area, Su Dong rushed out quickly, ahead of everyone else, and before the goalkeeper Howard hit the target, he stepped out to meet Marcelo's diagonal pass.

The ball was put into Everton's goal by Su Dong, two to zero!
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After that, Su Dong shot a cold arrow from 30 meters away, which almost pierced Everton's goal, but Howard performed very well this time. He flew sideways and shot Su Dong's long shot with one hand, resolving a scoring crisis.

Su Dong was unwilling to score a hat-trick in the first half.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, he still performed very bravely, but he was still a little short of scoring.

No. 608 minutes, Su Dong was on the right side of the frontcourt. After receiving the pass from Sanchez, he turned around and dribbled the ball inward.

Caught off guard, Everton was in chaos, Su Dong returned the ball, Toni Kroos followed up and pulled the bar to shoot, the ball went straight to the lower right corner of the goal, [-]-[-]!

Then Su Dong was replaced, because the team had to deal with the second round of the Champions League group stage in the middle of the week and challenged Inter Milan away.

After Su Dong left the field, Manchester City continued to create opportunities.

Especially in the No.809 minute, the former Real Madrid player Drenthe made a pass error and was suddenly intercepted by David Silva, and quickly sent a through pass. Sanchez obliquely inserted into the penalty area, calmly seized the opportunity, and scored with his right foot. Four to zero!
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After this battle, the situation in the Premier League finally changed.

Manchester City led the way with six victories in six games, and everyone once again felt the powerful strength of this local tyrant team, which was quickly formed under the influence of the gold dollar check.

Manchester United drew with Stoke City [-]-[-] away in this round, and Crouch equalized for the home team.

As a result, the Premier League has gone from the Manchester duo going hand in hand to Manchester City's unique team.

Only two points, but it can be considered a lead.

Just like Moyes bombarded his two defenders for playing with fire after the game, which led to a big defeat for the team, Ferguson also accused Manchester United players of lack of aggressiveness after the game and failed to withstand the pressure in the game, which was tied by Stoke City.

Both Scots are very dissatisfied with their team's performance this round.

Ferguson even issued a gauntlet to Manchester City, saying that Manchester United will reverse Manchester City in the ninth round to reach the top.

Because in the ninth round of the league, Manchester City will be a guest at Old Trafford.

The big defeat of last season is still impressive to this day. Ferguson is determined to avenge his shame and counterattack in the standings.

Another interesting thing is that Courtois almost won this game.

Everton had only two shots on goal in this game, and none of them posed a threat. Courtois easily resolved it and once again blocked the opponent.

This made the British media very emotional.

Is Courtois too lucky?Or is Joe Hart just too memorized?

Otherwise, how to explain this phenomenon?

Su Dong thinks that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

Everything in a football game is tinged with inevitability.

Courtois seems to win by lying down, but in fact it is also inseparable from the close cooperation between him and the defense.

Joe Hart is indeed not as good as Courtois in this regard.

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From taking office on June 24 to being fired on September 21, the coach only had [-] days, which made Gasperini the third shortest-lived head coach during Moratti's time in charge of Inter Milan.

After firing the underachiever Gasperini, Inter Milan quickly changed coaches and ushered in the famous Italian coach, tinker Ranieri.

Changing coaches is like changing a knife. After taking the position, Inter Milan immediately defeated Bologna [-]-[-] away.

In the middle of the week, ushered in the second round of the Champions League group stage.

After the away loss to Villarreal in the first round, the game against Manchester City at home is particularly important.

There is no need to say more about Manchester City's strength, and Inter Milan is also very clear.

Ranieri said before the game that he would learn from the experience of AC Milan's game against Barcelona. He believed that facing teams with possession of the ball like Barcelona and Manchester City, one must not head-on with them, but to play to one's own strengths.

Tinker said that he does not think that Inter Milan is now capable of fighting against Manchester City.

"As we all know, they are one of the strongest teams in Europe. We must find their weaknesses and loopholes and attack them instead of trying to overwhelm them."

In order to better restrain Manchester City, Ranieri adopted the traditional Italian four-four-two formation, and arranged for central defender Lucio, who was transferred from Bayern, to partner with Samuel to deal with Sudong.

Tinker adopted a strategy of strictly guarding against death, and let the two forwards, Pacini and Milito, press and counterattack.

This style of play has brought a lot of trouble and pressure to Manchester City at the Meazza Stadium.

Neither side was able to score, especially Manchester City.

The ball possession advantage is very obvious, but it has never been able to find an effective way to break through Inter Milan's defense.

Under the joint restrictions of two world-class central defenders, Lucio and Samuel, Su Dong also encountered trouble, which made it difficult for Manchester City's offense to play a threat.

Breaking the density is a problem for all teams in the world.

For Manchester City, when Su Dong was restricted, how to break the density was also a big trouble.

In this way, the game was deadlocked for nearly 10 minutes.

In the 708th minute, when Su Dong retreated to respond to Moutinho's pass, he turned around and dribbled the ball to start, but was tripped by Samuel, who was up for grabs. The referee gave Manchester City a free kick from the front of the penalty area, 24 meters away from the goal.

This made Ranieri on the sidelines very angry, and it also made Inter Milan feel like a big enemy from top to bottom.

Everyone knows how sharp Su Dong's free kick is.

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Su Dong didn't need to discuss with anyone. After getting up from the ground, he carried the football to the penalty spot.

At this time, Inter Milan has put up a human wall.

Five people!
And Lucio, the tallest player in the team, is also in it, which shows how nervous Cesar was about Su Dong's penalty.

For any team facing Manchester City, the head coach will definitely give thousands of instructions before the game, try not to foul outside the penalty area.

To some extent, this is considered an assist for Manchester City.

After setting up the ball, Su Dong slowly stepped back, with his hands on his hips, waiting for his opponent to set up a wall.

"He gives me the feeling that he is very confident now, as if he is looking at the wall and saying, 'Show it up, put it up better, you can put it up as you like, if you don't get a penalty, I will lose!', this should be what Ranieri is most worried about right now."

"All teams facing Sudong will have such problems."

"When you try everything to limit him and defend him, in the end you find that he has some means that you can't stop to score goals. It is quite frustrating and it is also a morale-destroying thing."

"Inter Milan defended very well tonight, even though they only had 20.00% possession and even had three shots on goal, at least they managed to defend the zero-to-zero score."

"But now, Su Dong still found a very good scoring opportunity for Manchester City, it depends on this free kick."

As the referee pushed away, a whistle sounded, indicating that Su Dong could take the penalty.

Su Dong looked at Inter Milan's human wall and probably had an estimate in his mind. After a quick run-up, he came to the ball and quickly kicked a curve ball with his right foot.

I saw the ball climbed at an extremely fast speed, passed around Lucio, just crossed the top of the wall, and then fell rapidly, with an obvious and strange change of direction, which caused goalkeeper Cesar to misjudge.

When the Brazilian goalkeeper judged the path of the ball and swooped out sideways, the ball was already one step ahead and got into Inter Milan's goal.

Cesar jumped to nothing, fell heavily on the grass, and was so angry that he beat the grass hard.

Su Dong already rushed to the sideline excitedly, running all the way, shouting and celebrating the goal.

Manchester City is also extremely excited.

After eight or 10 minutes of attacking, the steel fortress that had never been broken was finally captured by Su Dong!
(End of this chapter)