i want to be king

Chapter 1022 Super Iron Bucket Formation

Guardiola ultimately decided to do his best to fight for possession.

He announced this decision in the locker room before the game, but before that, he revealed it to Su Dong in private.

In this regard, Su Dong also expressed his support and promised to do his best to cooperate.

It's hard to say which of the two options is better, it's just that they have different personalities, different ideas, and different decisions.

Guardiola struggled for a full day, which shows that he also attaches great importance to Su Dong's opinion. If it were someone else, he probably wouldn't even listen to it, and would be killed directly.

You know, Guardiola is a very characterful head coach.

Su Dong is a professional player and he has his own work ethic.

What is work ethics?

That is, no matter whether the decision made by the head coach is in line with his own wishes, he will unconditionally and do his best to implement it on the court, and even try his best to help the head coach achieve this goal.

This is the professional ethics of professional players.

The relationship between Su Dong and Guardiola is mutual respect, including Su Dong will respect Guardiola's opinions.

Of course, if he finds that Guardiola's tactical effect is not obvious or relatively poor in the game, then he will definitely put forward his opinion again, and even try his best to persuade Guardiola.

But before that, the head coach's respect still needs to be given.

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Manchester City players did not resist Guardiola's decision, because this is the tactical play that Manchester City is best at.

In terms of starting lineup arrangement, Guardiola still continued the regular lineup of the past.

Goalkeeper Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos are in the front, and the front trident is a combination of Di Maria, Su Dong and Sanchez. .

This is Manchester City's main lineup in the Champions League this season. Except for some adjustments in a few games, it is basically this set of play.

Guardiola's request is very simple, that is to compete for the team's possession and try to suppress Chelsea.

Bayern Munich's two-round semi-finals are indeed worthy of Manchester City's vigilance, but the problem is that Manchester City has Su Dong, which Bayern Munich lacks. No need to say more about how effective Su Dong can play. After Bayern lost the semi-finals, it can be seen from the evaluation of the German media, Bayern celebrities and professionals all over the world.

Almost everyone misses Su Dong, and even Beckenbauer believes that Bayern stopped the semi-finals for two consecutive seasons because of the loss of Su Dong, which weakened the team's frontcourt offense and now has no confidence.

Manchester City's ability to pass the ball, create opportunities, and oppress opponents is even better than Bayern Munich. Coupled with a strong Su Dong, Guardiola believes that Manchester City has every chance to do what Bayern can't do.

That's the goal against Chelsea!
In such a Champions League final, as long as the goal is scored first, the balance of victory will tilt towards Manchester City.

The reason is simple. After the first goal, Chelsea will definitely press out to play. At that time, the defense will inevitably make mistakes, which will naturally bring more opportunities to Manchester City.

Su Dong also encouraged his teammates during the mobilization before the game, saying that as long as everyone strictly implements the head coach's tactics, Manchester City will definitely be able to beat Chelsea and win the first Champions League in club history.

And this will also make Manchester City the sixth team in the history of the Champions League to win the championship for the first time.

This honor also made everyone in Manchester City very excited and full of expectations.

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The referee for the final was Pedro Proenca from Portugal.

Speaking of it, he is no stranger to Su Dong, because when Su Dong was playing for Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League, he was still the referee of the Portuguese Super League. At that time, he did not have the current status.

Su Dong led the Manchester City players out of the dressing room and came to the player tunnel, high-fiving the Chelsea players all the way, and hugging Drogba, Lampard, Terry and Petr Cech.

There are endless opponents on the court, but in private, the relationship between the players is actually quite good.

For example, Juan Mata from Real Madrid respects Sudong very much, because he has heard many legends about Sudong during his time in Valencia, and he has a very good relationship with David Silva.

Proenka simply shook hands with Su Dong, said hello, and said a few words. After all, he still had to avoid suspicion before the game. He didn't want to be criticized that he was close to Manchester City and the like.

As for what he wanted to talk about with Su Dong after the game was over, that was another matter.

Over the years, Su Dong has encountered many times when the referee asked him for his autograph in the player tunnel after the game.

It's nothing more than asking for an autograph or photo for your child.

Even Webb, a world-class referee in the UK, took the child's mobile phone and took a photo with him, saying that he wanted to use it as a mobile phone wallpaper.

Before the game, you can talk about it, but when it comes to the game, the referee has his own set of standards for how to enforce the law.

The same goes for the players.

Just like Pepe, he was reminding Drogba to be careful later.

"You're not young, don't get hurt later."

Drogba snorted with a sneer, "It's true that I'm not as good as before, but it's still more than enough to bully you."

The two had a bickering, but it was very interesting for the people around them to watch.

After Lucio, Pepe is one of the most physically fit players in world football. He didn't even lose to Lucio and Vidic back then. Moreover, he is very flexible, has skills at his feet, and is very comprehensive. This allows him to face Drogba.

And as the two teams, led by the referee Proenka, entered the stadium one after another, the overwhelming cheers from the scene had already made everyone feel excited, and everyone's emotions seemed to be ignited.

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With Proenka's whistle, Chelsea, who took the lead in kicking off, kicked the ball back to their own half.

The Manchester City players led by Su Dong pressed forward at the fastest speed, approaching Chelsea's half-court, and flew towards the two central defenders Terry and Cahill, which made Chelsea's defense a little nervous, and hurriedly passed back to the goalkeeper.

Needless to say, Cech drove forward with a big foot, and the ball was pushed down by Pepe first.

The ball changed hands.

Chelsea has long been used to this and is not in a hurry, but after losing the ball, everyone organized a tight defensive position from the front of their penalty area to the 30-meter area.

When Manchester City advanced to Chelsea's half, they suddenly discovered that the Blues had already organized three tight lines of defense.

Marcelo and Di Maria faced Ivanovic and Ramires, Sanchez and Zabaleta faced Ashley Cole and Juan Mata, Busquets was disturbed by Lampard, David Silva and Toni Kroos faced Mikel and Meireles.

Gary Cahill and Terry are cruising on the left and right sides of Sudong.

It can be said that Chelsea's entire defense is very tight, leaving no gaps for Manchester City. At the same time, the three lines are kept quite compact and the players' tactical execution is also very high. Everyone helps each other to defend and fill positions.

It wasn't until the 7th minute of the opening that Manchester City took the first shot of the game, from Su Dong, but Su Dong's shot was blocked by Cahill, who was flying to block the eye-catching, and failed to threaten the goal.

Then Manchester City kept attacking Chelsea, but they still failed to form an effective threat.

Every time they entered Chelsea's penalty area, the Blues organized a tight defensive formation, with defensive players everywhere inside and outside the penalty area, which made it difficult for Manchester City's offense to play a threat in such a dense area.

Manchester City played very patiently, Su Dong kept commanding his teammates on the pitch, Busquets and David Silva and others also skillfully controlled the midfield, but Chelsea also defended very patiently. They were not in a hurry or even planned to organize a counterattack.

It is conceivable that Chelsea didn't even have a shot in the first 10 minutes?
The Blues looked like they were determined and determined to stay the course.

Breaking the dense defense, especially the iron barrel formation, is a common problem all over the world.

Breaking Chelsea's super iron barrel formation composed of world-class defenders is even more difficult.

Chelsea's style of play has trapped Bayern to death. Now, Di Matteo has even organized a tighter defensive formation than he did against Bayern to freeze Manchester City.

Speaking of defense, this is definitely the Italian coach's best skill.

Di Matteo's defensive tactics, coupled with the defensive genes from Ranieri to Mourinho, and the strong execution of Chelsea players, together form an unbreakable line of steel defense.

In front of Chelsea's defense, Manchester City hit the wall again and again, and returned without success time and time again.

Chelsea are not greedy for success, nor are they in a hurry, they will go forward when they have the opportunity, and immediately retreat to defend if they lose the ball, without any desire to fight.

This made Manchester City feel very depressed.

One thing is for sure, that is, in terms of ball control and footwork, Manchester City has an overwhelming advantage, but when it comes to physical and strength confrontation, except for Su Dong and the defender, Manchester City players basically cannot take advantage of it.

But in the intensive defense organized by Chelsea, physical confrontation became an inevitable contest.

In a tight defense, it is difficult for Manchester City players to get space to hold the ball, but their bodies are always in contact with their opponents. This allows Chelsea, who are physically dominant, to take advantage of it, and it also allows Manchester City to keep more of the ball in the midfield.

This looks like data scrubbing.

In the stands of the stadium, the fans of the two teams shouted with great enthusiasm, but they could tell that the game was quite dull, more than intense, but seriously lacking in excitement.

Many times, Manchester City can only keep turning back and forth in the midfield, while Su Dong is active in front, but he can't hold back the opponent's crowd.

Just imagine, as long as he gets the ball, there are at least two players around him pinching, and when he gets to the dangerous center of the middle, maybe even three or four people surround him, what can he do?
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