i want to be king

Chapter 996 Angels Among Devils
When Webber blew the whistle for the end of the game, the entire stadium was so quiet that only the cheers of Manchester City fans remained.

More Tottenham Hotspur fans seemed very dispirited.

On the scoreboard, the score was finally locked at zero to four.

According to international practice, the home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back.

After scoring two goals in the first half, Manchester City completely controlled the situation on the field, but they were never able to score again.

In the second half, just 4 minutes after the opening, Su Dong assisted Sanchez to score a goal.

No.707 minutes, it was another plan from Su Dong. Sanchez drove straight in with the ball and crossed to the left in the penalty area. Di Maria broke through Tottenham's goal.

The final score was fixed at zero to four, and Manchester City won a complete victory.

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Su Dong first celebrated with the players of Manchester City, and then went to shake hands with the players of Tottenham Hotspur.

Many players are old acquaintances, including Gallas, who was abused by him shortly after the start, and Gareth Bale, the current top star of Tottenham Hotspur, and Van der Vaart, who competed with him for the Golden Boy Award back then.

Sometimes things are really interesting in professional football.

How high-spirited van der Vaart was when he played for Ajax, and after joining Hamburg, he continued to perform at an amazing level, but now, he is far from meeting the expectations of the outside world for him back then. On the contrary, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who had conflicts with him, and his followers Sneijder and others, have achieved even higher achievements now.

And Gareth Bale.

He was a classmate of Arsenal's young tiger Walcott. When Walcott was shining in Arsenal and the England national team, Gareth Bale was still an unpopular disaster star, saying that every appearance would bring bad luck, and he was still a left-back.

But who would have thought that Gareth Bale is now worth a lot of money, with superior strength, and his performance is already impressive. Not only the left winger, right winger, but even the midfielder position, he can show good strength.

Tottenham Hotspur even couldn't wait to call out a sky-high price of over [-] million euros for Gareth Bale, threatening to break the world football transfer fee record created by Cristiano Ronaldo back then.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising.

Every professional player's career is a long-distance race. Some talented players lead at the starting line, but those who can really run to the end are often those players with good talent, more perseverance, and more hard work.

When Su Dong shook hands with Gareth Bale, he also praised his performance.

The Welsh winger is indeed the most threatening and attacking player in the Tottenham team.

After shaking hands with the Tottenham players, when Su Dong returned to the team, the Manchester City players were already celebrating.

This season, Manchester City continues to advance triumphantly. They won the League Cup early, and with the Premier League basically in hand, the Champions League has reached the semi-finals. Now the FA Cup has reached the final, which makes Manchester City feel extremely excited.

If this season can really win the triple crown, or even win the unprecedented quadruple crown, it will definitely be the most legendary season in England, European football, and even world football.

Because Manchester City will create too many legends this season.

And as the season progressed, and as they repeatedly defeated strong enemies, more and more Manchester City players began to believe that the team seemed to be getting closer and closer to this legendary peak.

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Manchester City's opponent in the FA Cup final is Liverpool.

The Red Army did not perform well in the league this season, but with their solid defense, they also won the FA Cup repeatedly, and finally reached the FA Cup final, joining forces with Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in London.

After beating Tottenham Hotspur [-]-[-] in the semi-finals, Sudong once again won the applause.

All the British media and fans, even fans all over the world, once again sang his praises, especially his first goal.

In what Gallas said in an interview with the media after the game: "I haven't figured it out yet, how did he do it?"

This is also the thinking of many media and fans, because they don't know how Su Dong stopped the ball so well, and the connection between the front and rear technical movements is also just right, leaving no chance for the defensive players at all.

The evaluation given by The Times is: Su Dong is an angel among devils, an artist of ferocious Fauvism.

"On the court, he has flashes of genius [made out of nothing], otherworldly delicacy, unexpected imagination, and at the same time he has a rough and unguardable strength, and he is always ravaging his opponent."

"The defenders of the same generation as Su Dong are very sad, because each of them has psychological problems to some extent, and the root of the crux lies in Su Dong."

This is undoubtedly the highest evaluation and recognition for a professional player.

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When Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup and Su Dong's performance aroused heated discussions all over the world, the No.30 four rounds of La Liga finally came to an end.

Real Madrid beat Sporting Gijon [-]-[-] at home thanks to a goal from Cristiano Ronaldo.

Two hours later, Barcelona reversed Levante [-]-[-] in the away game with Messi's brace.

After this game, the points situation of the Western Super League duo remains unchanged.

Real Madrid is still four points ahead of Barcelona.

Yes, 88 points to 84 points, Real Madrid leads Barcelona by four points and looks like a good chance to win the title.

The most surprising thing is that Valencia, which is ranked third, only scored 55 points, which is as many as 33 points behind Real Madrid, which is the top of the list. This is definitely the most astonishing gap.

But the ownership of the La Liga title is still full of suspense, because in the five rounds of La Liga No.30 a week later, Real Madrid will be a guest at Barcelona and challenge Barcelona away.

If they can attack Real Madrid at home and score three points, then Barcelona will have a great chance of reversing Real Madrid and becoming the champion of La Liga. But if they lose to Real Madrid at home, the championship will basically be declared.

It is precisely because of this that this battle at the Nou Camp can be said to be a battle that determines the ownership of the La Liga champion.

But unfortunately, the circumstances of the two teams are markedly different.

Real Madrid has a four-point lead, and the pressure is less, and they have been eliminated by Manchester City in the Champions League. Only the La Liga champions are on the front line, but Barcelona is different. They will usher in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals in the middle of the week.

Barcelona and Manchester City, Mourinho and Guardiola, Messi and Sudong...

There are too many grievances and entanglements, so that there is an inextricable grievance between the two teams, and it also makes countless media and fans look forward to this game. It is also destined to be a game that must go all out no matter what.

Therefore, the Catalan media interviewed Mourinho at the post-match press conference after the team fought hard to reverse Levante. Facing two key battles that cannot be lost, are Mourinho and his Barcelona fully prepared?

Mourinho's answer to this is that he thinks Barcelona are ready.

"My state is very good. Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and others have performed very well. I am very assured of the state of the players and the overall performance of the team. I believe that we will achieve a good result at home."

Mourinho still said that he is very familiar with Su Dong and watched him grow up with his own eyes.

"I know that almost all the teams in the world are worrying about how to contain Su Dong's attack. This is a worldwide problem. Some people even think that it is as difficult as going into space to prevent Su Dong from scoring."

"But I want to say, for me, this has never been a problem, because I know Su Dong so well, I know how he plays and thinks, so I know how to defend him."

"Why didn't you succeed in the past?"

"What I need to remind you is that I am a head coach, and I can only give my players some guiding opinions. If they follow my arrangements and requirements completely, I believe that preventing Sudong from scoring goals will not be a problem, but unfortunately, not everyone obeys me unconditionally."

Guardiola's implication is somewhat pointing to the locker room.

This mainly comes from the Super Bowl before the season.

Mourinho's coaching of Barcelona has been questioned from the very beginning. Many people believe that he does not conform to Barcelona's tradition at all.

In the Barcelona locker room, doubts about Mourinho have never stopped from beginning to end, but players generally recognize him. After all, he led the team to the Champions League final for three consecutive years.

But in the Super Cup this season, Mourinho was conservative when he was behind. This caused many players in the team to make vague accusations, which made Mourinho very dissatisfied.

"I know that many people still don't believe it, even question it, and feel that I am talking big, but it doesn't matter, my players and I will prove this through games. We are the strongest team in the world."

"Stronger than any team, including Manchester City, including Real Madrid!"

Mourinho's remarks were not recognized by everyone, and even many Spanish media questioned him, thinking that he was saying some exaggerated words to attract attention and create conflicts and controversy.

"He is always like this, thinking about how to attract everyone's attention to him all the time, instead of thinking about how to help the team win the game. He doesn't seem to be a qualified head coach." AS reported.

But this is indeed part of the media and fans' perception of Mourinho.

But the Portuguese don't care.

He never cared about what others thought of him, he only cared about whether he could win and succeed.

Even, in order to be able to win, he is always creating some surprising things.

For example, this time, before the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, he once again caused an uproar in the world.

(End of this chapter)