I Want to Be the King of Football

For Barcelona's fall this season, Cruyff pointed out the crux in his post-match column, thinking that there are two main aspects.

At the tactical level, Barcelona's three lines this season have been stretched a little too far, which has weakened the team's control. Besides Sudong and Marcos Senna, only Giuli and Iniesta will be the players in the midfield. More actively engaged in counter-robbing, Ronaldinho, Deco and Xavi's data are much weaker than the same period last season.

You know, Deco last season was the most eye-catching player in Barcelona's defensive data, but this season is obviously not good.

The players did not actively participate in the counter-attack, which in turn proved that the state of several players did slip.

Ronaldinho, in particular, has been a bit unsatisfactory this season.

Head coach Rijkaard is different from Cruyff. He is reluctant to criticize Ronaldinho and Deco in public, even if the media asks him if he knows that Ronaldinho has been in trouble after returning from London. Going to a nightclub with Deco?

Rijkaard said that it is normal for players to fall back and he believes that players have the ability to self-regulate.

Although there was no public criticism, in the 18-man squad for the away game to Real Betis, everyone was surprised to find that Ronaldinho and Deco were not on the list.

These two players are neither injured nor suspended, why are they not on the roster?

Rijkaard's explanation for this is that he thinks the two players are too tired and need to rest.

Then why is Su Dong, who has more playing time and a younger age, on the roster? The media reporter continued to ask.

They just wanted to force something from Rijkaard's mouth that everyone knew but had no proven truth.

But Rijkaard just wouldn't say it.

Sudong's situation is different. For the past two seasons, he has been the most important core player of the team, not to mention last season. So far this season, he has scored eight goals in four rounds. He scored most of the team's goals, he was the best player in the team and the key to the team's victory.

No matter how the media pressed him, Rijkaard refused to say something unfavorable to the players, and took care of Ronaldinho's face, but in the Barcelona locker room, everyone knew that Ten Carter accused Ronaldinho with evidence. Nardinho and Decosai went to a nightclub to party.

Ronaldinho and Deco also apologized in the locker room and accepted Rijkaard's punishment.

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In the away game against Real Betis, Barcelona not only lost Ronaldinho and Deco, but also did not have Sudong and Marcos Senna in the starting lineup, which was mainly to prepare for the Champions League group stage in midweek.

Although it is an away game, although it has won four main players, Barcelona still played a stormy attack on the away game from the beginning, and even almost broke the goal of Real Betis at one point.

In the tenth minute, the Real Betis defender fouled Larsson in the penalty area and was sentenced to a penalty kick by the referee.

Larson personally took the penalty kick, but it turned out to be too angular and hit the ball directly on the post.

In the 20th minute, Xavi used a free kick from the right to assist, and Van Bommel headed the goal in the penalty area to open the scoring for Barcelona.

Afterwards, Real Betis launched a crazy counterattack, and in the 36th minute, Barcelona sent a wonderful pass from Giuli, and Larsson missed the opportunity to score again.

And this time Barcelona was punished.

Asunsang assisted with a free-kick and Juanito headed the goal to equalize the score.

After that, no matter how Barcelona attacked, Rijkaard even replaced Edmilson with Iniesta in the 46th minute, let Van Bommel play the midfielder, and Iniesta partnered with Xavi in ​​midfield. .

As a result, the game scene still did not improve.

In the 65th minute, Rijkaard finally couldn't hold his breath and replaced Larson with Su Dong.

And Su Dong only spent three minutes,

Let everyone see his value clearly.

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Barcelona is going back and forth on the outside.

Harvey passed it to Giuli, and Giuli tried to break through without success, so he passed back.

Iniesta gets the ball, moves forward.

Send a direct pass!

pretty!

Su Dong squeezed Rivas away with his body, stopped the ball and rushed into the left side of the penalty area, very fast!

Direct left foot volley!

The ball is in!!!

GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!

Only three minutes into the game, Su Dong scored a brilliant shot and scored the goal of Real Betis.

Two to one!

We can clearly see from the slow-motion replay that Iniesta's pass, Sudong's stop and turn, and the quick start were really fast and brilliant, and Rivas didn't even have the ability to stop.

After dribbling the ball to the left side of the penalty area, Su Dong volleyed directly with his left foot.

He's very proficient with his left and right feet!

Barcelona outscored again.

The absence of Ronaldinho and Deco is not terrible. As long as Sudong is there, Barcelona's goals are guaranteed.

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Rijkaard soon made his last substitution of the game.

Messi replaced Giuli.

This is also to save energy for the Champions League group stage in midweek. Giuly's performance this season is still very good.

But no one thought that Messi played only three minutes, changed the trend of the game again, and was more beautiful.

Harvey was on the outside of the 30-meter zone, and suddenly a diagonal pass was transferred, sending the ball to the right.

Messi grabbed the first spot and directly tipped the ball to Iniesta who was plugged in.

Without waiting for the ball to hit the ground, Xiaobai volleyed and pushed the ball into the penalty area.

Su Dong, who had run in place a long time ago, went straight to catch up with Iniesta's pass, and hit the ball with his right foot without stopping.

The ball passed from the bottom right of the goalkeeper and got into the Real Betis goal behind him again.

Three to one!

Su Dong scored twice!

But what's even more amazing is that the ball went from Harvey to Su Dong's goal, and it didn't touch the ground from start to finish.

After the goal, Sudong, Messi and Iniesta hugged together on the sidelines.

In training or in indoor football matches, the three of them often played with this kind of cooperation, but in the match, it was the first time, so they were very excited.

The biggest difficulty of this goal, but also the biggest ornamental thing, is that it didn't land.

If it doesn't land, then the opponent can't defend!

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After a three-to-one lead, everyone thought the game would be over.

Unexpectedly, at the last moment of the game, when Su Dong made a symbolic pressing, Assun Sang made a mistake in returning the goalkeeper. Messi seized the opportunity and pushed the goalkeeper and shot the empty goal.

The Argentine teenager ran around the field with excitement and was almost beaten.

In the end, Barcelona beat Real Betis 4-1 away.

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After the game, the World Sports Daily regarded Su Dong's bench as a key turning point in Barcelona's away victory over Real Betis, believing that the team could be without Ronaldinho, without Deco, or even without anyone. Can't live without Su Dong.

With ten goals in five games, this 21-year-old Chinese superstar has risen to the level of terror!

He's been among the greats with his amazing performance!

The World Sports News believes that with Su Dong's current performance, there will be no suspense in this year's World Footballer Ballon d'Or.

However, in addition to defeating opponents, Barcelona's defense has once again raised concerns.

Marcos Senna was rotated, Edmilson was the midfielder, and Van Bommel and Xavi rushed forward. As a result, the Brazilian players did not show a satisfactory level. The reason Star replaced him.

In addition, the combination of Van Bommel and Harvey also did not play a role.

In Rijkaard's first season in charge of Barcelona, ​​he established a midfield triangle. Cocu was dragged behind, and Davis and Xavi were in the middle. This midfield helped Barcelona catch up in the second half. Jacques kept it up.

But looking at it now, Van Bommel is not up to the role of Davis, nor is Edmilson Cocu.

On the contrary, after Iniesta played, Barcelona's organization and attack in the second half had a great improvement, which also prompted many media including the Daily Sports after the game to call for Iniesta to be upright.

Su Dong also publicly expressed his support for Iniesta in an interview, I think he has the ability to take on more responsibilities, he is an incredible player, and I cooperate with him very tacitly and very well. joy.

Regarding Ronaldinho and Deco, Su Dong said that the two were not given an internal suspension by the head coach, as the outside world said, but were resting.

This is an arrangement that we have made for a long time. From mid-August to now, we have been playing almost all the time, even playing two games a week, which consumes a lot of energy, so sometimes we need to rotate and rest. Next time it's Ronaldinho and Deco's turn, that's normal, next time it's my turn.

Regarding the absence of two teammates, Su Dong said that it must have an impact on the team's performance, but the other players made up for the defect very well.

Xavi has always been there, Iniesta and Messi are also very commendable players, they reassure me, Ronaldinho and Deco are definitely different, but I think they did a great job .

On the contrary, Esquero, who played the whole game and served as a winger, did not express his opinion, mainly because his performance was not outstanding. What does Su Dong have to say?

As if to prove that there were no problems mentioned by the outside world, Barcelona's official website soon released some training photos of Barcelona preparing for the Champions League group stage, in which Sudong, Ronaldinho and Deco were playing and playing on the field. Especially the scene where Su Dong and Ronaldinho are shoulder-to-shoulder, it is enough to make people believe that there is no contradiction between them.

The Brazilian superstar does not seem to have any signs of being blocked or suspended. All the signs seem to prove that it is really just an ordinary rotation.

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Rijkaard seems to have heard Su Dong's call, and he really made adjustments in the Champions League group stage at home against Udinese in midweek.

Iniesta and Messi start at the same time!

Ronaldinho is back in the starting lineup too!