I Want to Be the King of Football

In the head coach's office at Tottenham Hotspur's training base in the northern suburbs of London, old coach Harry Redknapp is studying game footage with his two right-hand men, Joe Jordan and Kevin Bond.

Joe Jordan is a famous Scottish player. He played for Manchester United and AC Milan and other giants in his career. He played in the World Cup and the Champions League final. After retiring, he transformed into a coach. He worked in Tottenham Hotspur and is now the chief assistant coach.

Kevin Bond is Redknapp's partner for many years. The two started from Portsmouth, went through Southampton, and followed Redknapp to Tottenham Hotspur. They are old coaches. The most trusted assistant.

The three sat in the office, having just watched City's final warm-up game of the season.

Guardiola can really play. Kevin Bond shook his head and smiled.

Before, he never let Su Dong play, which caused so much controversy, saying that he wanted to hide and tuck, but now, suddenly, he was let on, played for ten minutes, and scored a goal, what is this? What's the matter?

Redknapp's face also became very serious, and things were serious.

That's Su Dong!

A goal monster that scores dozens of goals in a season!

Who dares to ignore him?

Not to mention anything else, Su Dong just stood there on the field, and Redknapp had to arrange for two people to watch over there to be relieved.

What's more, now, Su Dong suddenly came off the bench and scored a goal in nine minutes.

The others didn't show anything, but Su Dong's sense of shooting is still there, his clever movement is still there, and the opportunity to seize the opportunity is still there, which is enough to make him the most terrible scorer on the court.

Yes, even a Su Dong who is seriously not in the best condition is still the most terrifying!

Not to mention, I don't know what Su Dong's state is at all now.

It is estimated that Guardiola also wants to let him go up to find the rhythm and state. Joe Jordan was also a striker back then, and he was still a very good striker, so he would know more about the situation of the striker.

Although strikers only need to score goals, but if you want to score goals, you have to do more.

Goal is never a simple swipe, but a very huge systematic project.

Passing, catching, running, timing, observation of surrounding environment, anticipation of defensive player actions, goalkeeper position...

The existence of too many complex factors,

Making a goal score is the most complicated thing on the football field.

Many times, fans only see the moment when the striker scores, and ignore what happened before and after that moment.

The tip of the iceberg that is visible is often the most inconspicuous.

It seems that Su Dong is in very good condition. Guardiola deliberately hid him and made it clear that he was going to use him as a surprise soldier. Kevin Bond guessed, but he also felt very headache about it.

Su Dong is definitely the most terrifying superstar in the world. He belongs to the kind of superstar you know he's terrifying, but you don't know how to defend him. This feeling of powerlessness makes people extremely hopeless.

From the current point of view, Guardiola should still adopt a four-three-three formation, Sudong is in the middle, Di Maria and Sanchez play on the flanks, and in the midfield, David Silva and Busquets will definitely occupy the main force, and the other one The places, Toni Kroos, Moutinho and Gareth Barry all played a lot.

On the left side of the back line is Marcelo, Pepe and Kompany are partnered, on the right side, he has tried Zabaleta and Jerome Boateng, both players have made mistakes and are not very stable. , the defense on both sides is not very ideal, this should be our chance.

Flank assault, which has always been Tottenham Hotspur's strength, the two wings formed by Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale are the key magic weapon for Tottenham Hotspur to win the fourth place in the Premier League last season.

It can be said that these two fast and powerful wingers should be able to suppress Manchester City's two flanks.

But the crux of the matter is not here, but the midfield suppression and the back line.

Manchester City's full-backs have always been problematic, but their midfield, and even the three lines, have superb passing ability, and when they have the ball in their hands, the defensive problems are not particularly serious.

And Su Dong, who is Tottenham's confidant.

Michael Dawson, Ridley King, and Huddlestone, do you think these three can hold Su Dong? Redknapp asked suddenly.

Joe Jordan and Kevin Bond looked at each other for a while, both frowning in perplexity.

These three Tottenham Hotspur players have one thing in common. They are all tall, about 1.9 meters tall. They are also from England's youth academy. ball.

It's hard to say. After a long time, Kevin Bond sighed helplessly.

Thinking about it carefully, it's really a little helpless.

Three people went to guard one of the other, and they came to the conclusion that it was hard to say.

What a horrible disparity!

This guy is really a monster! Redknapp said with emotion.

Who said it wasn't?

Looking at European football, besides Su Dong, who else can do it?

Even superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi can usually be defended by two or so players, but Su Dong is a player with no confidence in three players, which is simply too annoying!

The old man stood up from the sofa and paced back and forth in the office.

Joe Jordan and Kevin Bond are also in deep thought.

The atmosphere in the office suddenly became silent, making people feel very depressed.

After pacing back and forth for a while, the old coach finally made a decision.

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As the new season approaches, the attention of the media and fans around the world has also been pulled back to the Premier League.

The Premier League in the new season is different from before, mainly because of the implementation of a new regulation, the 17-plus-8 New Deal.

The so-called seventeen plus eight means that each Premier League team can only submit a list of twenty-five players, of which there must be eight locally-trained players. Sixteen months or three seasons, registered with the Football Association of England or Wales.

The starting point of the New Deal is that the popularity of the Premier League is in stark contrast to the weakness of the English national team, which makes the FA hope to use the strength of the Premier League to enhance the competitiveness of the national team.

But in this way, both the number of registrations and the number of local players have caused a huge impact on the giants. From the current point of view, the regular first team main players of Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City will definitely not be able to apply for eight people. of.

As a result, the team either scoured the local household registration book in the transfer market, or supported the players of the youth team to make up the number. No matter which one, it will definitely have some impact on the overall strength of the team.

And this new deal will definitely further increase the value of local players in England, so Manchester City is still looking for local players who meet Guardiola's tactical requirements, hoping to fill the team's vacancy in the new deal.

If the team has not found a suitable player before the transfer market closes, it can only use the youth team players to make up the number. Now Trippier, Micah Richards, Michael Johnson and other young players have already been counted.

But still not enough.

It's not just Manchester City's problem, Liverpool and Chelsea aren't much better off than Manchester City.

The only ones that are better are Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. These teams have a lot of local players. Arsenal is special. Their own youth training can be considered to meet the requirements of the New Deal.

In fact, the local players in England do not meet the requirements of Guardiola, but they can be limited by the new policy. The team is not only satisfied with being a spoiler this season. If you want to go further, you can't let go of any trace to strengthen your own strength. opportunity, so Begiristan is still looking for players everywhere.

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The new season is about to start, and Manchester City needs to report the player list and jersey number.

To this end, Manchester City also specially organized a player meeting in the dressing room.

As the captain of the team, Su Dong presided over the meeting, allowing the players to have an open and honest conversation, pick the jersey number they want, or exchange them with other players.

Most players do not have this demand. Some new players basically chose their favorite jerseys when they joined. Su Dong took over Manchester City's No. 9 jersey at that time.

Since the Bulgarian striker Bojinov left the team, his No. 9 jersey has been hanging empty. There have even been rumors that this jersey was reserved for Su Dong, so even Santa Cruz chose other jerseys. Number.

And this time, Su Dong did take over the No. 9 jersey.

It was also his jersey number at Valencia, Barcelona and Bayern, and it has even become his label.

England's national goalkeeper Joe Hart will make an impact on Shay's main goalkeeper position this season, but he did not ask Shay for the jersey representing the main goalkeeper No. 1, but chose the finale number of No. 25, which is actually It is also one of the regular numbers for goalkeepers.

After allocating the jersey, the club officially submitted it to the FA and the Premier League, and also announced it on the club's official website.

Next, if new aids are introduced, the jersey numbers will also be selected from the currently vacant jersey numbers.

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The kick-off time for the Premier League opener is at noon.

This is earlier than the normal Premier League game, but the advantage is that even fans in Asia can watch the synchronous live broadcast of the game during the prime time of the night.

Manchester City is away from home, so the team decided to go south to London a day earlier.

This is also something that can't be helped. If the game goes south on the day of the game, the time will be very tight.

So, on the evening of the 13th, after finishing the training session, the team packed up and headed south to London collectively.

By this time, London was already full of pre-war tensions.

On the first day of the Premier League of the new season, only Tottenham Hotspur will host Manchester City.

But the next day, Liverpool's home game against Arsenal also attracted the attention of the world.

Chelsea and Manchester United are both playing at home. The opponents of these two teams are the bloomers West Bromwich Albion and the Magpies Newcastle, and the possibility of winning three points at home is very high.

Therefore, Manchester City's debut of the new season is under great pressure.