I Want to Be the King of Football

When the team returned from Madrid to Manchester, the Champions League semi-final opponents came out.

As expected, it was Barcelona.

Although the first-leg away game was tied 0-0 by the opponent, Barcelona finally defeated the opponent 3-1 at home with two goals from Messi and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

As a result, Manchester City and Barcelona will meet in the semi-finals.

This is definitely the most interesting focus battle in the Champions League so far this season.

Manchester City is known as the most traditional team in Barcelona, ​​whether it is from the configuration of players, from the coaching style, and even the management of the club, all have a very Barcelona charm, even the godfather of Barcelona Cruyff. It is said that Manchester City is the most authentic Barcelona football, and Barcelona is more of a mixed race.

On the one hand, it shows his dissatisfaction with Mourinho's coaching, but it is also a recognition of Guardiola.

There was even a saying before that the Barcelona management wanted to introduce Guardiola to Barcelona to coach to replace Mourinho, but in the end it was abandoned with the renewal of Guardiola's contract.

And now, Guardiola is going to take this most authentic team of Barcelona blood to the Nou Camp. This is a very classic matchup that all fans around the world are looking forward to.

In addition, both teams are also very strong.

Barcelona had Messi in charge, and he took Barcelona all the way to the semi-finals almost by himself.

In addition, powerful stars like Iniesta, Xavi, Yaya Toure, etc. are also well-known to fans all over the world, which has allowed Barcelona to reach the Champions League final in a row in the past few years.

Three finals, although only won one championship, but the strength of Barcelona is evident.

Manchester City are equally unequivocal.

Needless to say Sudong, David Silva, Toni Kroos, Di Maria and Sanchez and other stars have become household names with the improvement of Manchester City's performance in the past two years, especially among Premier League fans , The strength of this group of players has long been recognized, which makes Manchester City also full of talents.

From the group of death, to AC Milan to Real Madrid, although Manchester City is participating in the Champions League for the first time, they have overcome difficulties and passed all obstacles along the way.

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The encounter between Manchester City and Barcelona was like a Mars hitting the earth, which attracted strong attention from the media and fans all over the world, especially in the pre-season European Super Cup.

After the Super Cup, Barcelona coach Jose Mourinho was under enormous pressure from public opinion, because in front of Guardiola's Manchester City, instead of playing Barcelona's traditional style, he became conservative at critical moments, which caused the ball The team missed the opportunity.

Mourinho had threatened to take revenge at the time, and now the opportunity has come.

When we meet again, what kind of tactics will Mourinho take?

This is definitely the focus of the world's most attention.

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Manchester City didn't have much time to think about their semi-final opponents, as the team quickly headed south to London for an away game against Arsenal after returning to Manchester from Madrid.

This is the thirty-second round of the Premier League.

The Gunners and Manchester City are also old and new, and this battle is also deeply related.

Judging from the current league situation, Arsenal is aiming to keep the top four qualifications in the league, which will have an advantage in the competition with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, so it must get as many league points as possible.

The best result is to be able to overwhelm Tottenham Hotspur in the competition and get third in the league, then it is stable.

On the other hand, in last season's home game, Arsenal was humiliated by Manchester City. Wenger and the Gunners were all indignant about it. Now Manchester City has been fighting on multiple fronts for a long time. With Real Madrid, although they advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League, life was equally difficult.

If nothing else, Arsenal is now empty-handed, only the league, can be said to be waiting for work.

Unlike Manchester City, they have to play the Champions League, the league, and the FA Cup semi-final in mid-April, against Tottenham Hotspur. It can be said that the pressure on Manchester City is quite huge.

In this case, how can the Gunners be polite to Manchester City?

Of course, take advantage of his illness and take his life!

From the perspective of honor, the only team in the Premier League to remain unbeaten and win the championship is Arsenal. If Manchester City continues to be so unbeaten this season, the Blue Moon is entirely likely to become the second team, and the result is even better than Arsenal. Excellent, which made the Gunners feel a little disappointed.

You must know that in the previous Premier League record of four goals in a single game, Arsenal was the only one that stood out from the crowd, but now it has been robbed by Su Dong. A single game of five goals has completely eliminated Arsenal's accumulation in the past few years. down the background.

It is the new hatred and the old hatred that makes Arsenal pay more attention to this game.

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Manchester City's performance in the game was indeed curbed by Arsenal.

The Gunners players were more physically fit and pressed Manchester City fiercely from the very beginning.

Although it is on the defensive, it is very aggressive in defense and does not leave any chance for Manchester City. Wenger even specially arranged the pair of double midfielders of Alexander Song and Arteta to firmly form the protection of the midfield.

Manchester City players have been fatigued for a long time, and their state has fluctuated. Although they still control the ball, they have never been able to organize an effective attack. Dzeko and Aguero in front have not been able to provoke the team's attack. Under the protection of Ernie and Fermaelen, the two strikers of Manchester City were a little misfiring.

This is also after Arsenal's long-term adjustment and adjustment, they have found the most suitable central defender configuration for the team at present, and let Koscielny and Fermaelen play a very good match in the game.

The first half ended in a 0-0, neither side could score, but Manchester City controlled the ball and wasted more chances, which is a bit regrettable.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Arsenal still adopted a posture of strict defense.

In the 53rd minute, Aguero received a cross from the left from Hazard and headed the goal from close range, but was thrown off the crossbar by Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesnito, and unfortunately missed the opportunity to score.

After that, Manchester City continued to organize and plan the attack, but they failed to play a threatening attack. Instead, it was Arsenal's center Robin van Persie who frequently created threats in the attack and counterattack.

Especially in the 70th minute, Alexander Song passed a through ball. After receiving the ball from Manchester City's right rib, Van Persie passed Zabaleta to form a single-handed shot. Struggling to save.

The Belgian goalkeeper started consecutively and conceded two goals in the last game at the Bernabeu, but he still performed brilliantly tonight.

This is also the most rare thing about Courtois, the psychological quality is really very sturdy.

The so-called sturdy psychological quality does not mean that he does not care about mistakes, but that even if he makes mistakes, he can still quickly stabilize his mind and adjust, instead of being immersed in that frustration.

And when the game went to the 75th minute, the score was still zero to zero.

Not only did Manchester City fail to hold down Arsenal, but instead, with the decline of their physical fitness, they were frequently given the opportunity to attack by Arsenal.

Guardiola finally couldn't hold his breath, and once again sacrificed his nirvana.

Change Su Dong!

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Some people joked that Guardiola's on-the-spot command actually only had one trick, and that was to change Sudong.

To use a sentence from the Guardian: every time Manchester City encounters a crisis, it must be when Sudong is not there, and usually Guardiola's solution to the crisis is to replace Sudong on the field.

This sentence has been recognized by many fans, and even a reporter asked Guardiola in person: Can't you be a little new? Let’s be more aggressive, let’s not change Su Dong, will it work?

Guardiola answered lightly every time: I am not stupid.

Does that make a difference every time Su Dong is replaced?

The answer isn't absolute 100%, but it's basically all right.

Just like the match between Manchester City and Arsenal, Su Dong came on as a substitute in the 75th minute, but only eight minutes later, Trippier made a cut on the right, outside the 30-meter zone of Arsenal. On the right side, after receiving Thiago's pass, he stopped the ball, glanced ahead, and immediately sent an oblique pass.

Trippier's 45-degree oblique pass is very sloppy and the landing is very precise.

Same thing this time.

The ball landed precisely on the right side of the outside of the small penalty area, while Su Dong got rid of Koscielny and inserted in the back row. Only Fermaelen could barely keep up with his speed and explosiveness, but the height of the two existed. There was a certain gap, so Su Dong jumped first.

Fermaelen didn't have time to keep up, so he could only stand on the spot, raised his head, and watched Su Dong rise up like a god, almost covering the range of Fermaelen's sight, forming a huge wave. pressure.

Su Dong headed the ball from close range, hit a far corner, and the ball flew to the left side of the goal.

The goalkeeper Szczesny was on the right side. When he reacted, he rushed out quickly and saved with one hand, trying to block the ball out of the goal.

But Su Dong's header was too tricky, and despite Szczesny's best efforts, he still failed to prevent the ball from entering the net.

The ball was loaded directly into the left side net and fell into the Arsenal goal.

The referee's whistle sounded instantly.

At this time, Su Dong landed heavily, shouted, turned and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal.

The Manchester City players on the pitch also chased them out one by one. Only the Arsenal players were left, all of them standing on the pitch dumbfounded, looking at the Manchester City players rushing out, especially the one who led the way. Su Dong.

Ma Dan, is there really such a defiant player in this world?

Give him the slightest gap and he can create goals?

How do you play against such a player?

How could it be possible to win?

In particular, Van Persie shook his head convincingly.

His spirit is also very high, but for Su Dong, he is really unconvinced.

People are more mad than people!