i want to be king

Chapter 374 Why Chelsea?
King of Air Combat!

When Barcelona defeated Bayern Munich in the round of [-] and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, Catalonia's World Sports Daily published this report on the front page the next day, praising Su Dong, who was elected as the best player in the game.

"Before the game, Rijkaard once said that football should never be a one-man show, but a whole team."

"But unfortunately, the final result of the game is still a one-man show between Su Dong VS Bayern."

World Sports News said that from the first minute of the game, Su Dong was extremely eye-catching. In just 1 minutes of the opening, he used a wonderful goal to open the scoring for Barcelona and reversed Bayern Munich.

"That goal was crucial, it made the rest of the game easier!"

According to World Sports Daily, Barcelona did not play smoothly against Bayern, nor did they have the usual skillful passing and receiving cooperation. More often, they bypassed Bayern Munich's midfielder, passed the ball to Su Dong, and then used Su Dong to launch the frontcourt attack.

"This kind of tactical play is very rare in the previous Barcelona team."

The mouthpiece of Barcelona believes that this is mainly because the first round was too embarrassingly suppressed by Bayern Munich, especially in the midfield. It is difficult for Deco and Harvey to play normally in Bayern Munich's iron wall.

Ballack reminded Barcelona before the game, "We will not give you so much space in the second half of the first leg!"

This is tantamount to forcing Barcelona to play faster and players to move more flexibly.

"Su Dong is playing a brand new role. He is no longer the center forward of the team, but serves the whole team, grabs the first spot for the teammates around him, and quickly organizes and plans the offensive in the frontcourt."

World Sports Daily stated that this is why UEFA selected Su Dong as the best player in the game.

Although he only had one pass and one shot, not as good as Ronaldinho's two goals, anyone who has watched the game will be deeply impressed by Sudong, because he once again made everyone feel his comprehensiveness.

"Even as a tactical center, he is still world-class!"

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The Daily Sports Daily also praised Su Dong's performance, and believed that Su Dong's role change was a key factor in Barcelona's reversal.

"Once again he made everyone's eyes shine!"

The mouthpiece of Barcelona revealed that whether it is in the Portuguese Super League or in La Liga, Su Dong has always given the impression of being an efficient scorer, but in this game against Bayern Munich, Su Dong was uncharacteristically, allowing everyone to see him as a tactical center.

"In the past, many people said that Su Dong is Kluivert II. I believe that after watching the game against Bayern Munich, no one will question this, and even his performance is not inferior to the peak Kluivert."

According to the Daily Sports Daily, Su Dong shouldered all the pressure by himself, and he won almost every high ball contest. In terms of physical confrontation, even against Lucio, Su Dong is not weak, let alone Kovac and others, he is simply crushing.

After the game, Su Dong's game score was outstanding, and he got the highest full score of [-] in the game, the only one.

In an interview with the media after the game, Su Dong still modestly stated that without the team, he is nothing.

"I believe that many people will discuss Ronaldinho, he is an amazing player, each of us is intoxicated by his performance, and his goals also help the team win."

The Brazilian superstar scored twice, all thanks to Su Dong, but in the interview, Su Dong never mentioned himself, but praised Ronaldinho, which also won him unanimous praise from the media and fans.

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Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, ​​still continued his harshness towards Barcelona in the past, bluntly pointing out the biggest problem of Barcelona.

"Defense has become the biggest obstacle to the team's progress."

"The three goals conceded in the first round forced the coaching staff to bet on Su Dong, but such a risk is by no means a long-term solution."

Cruyff bombarded the team's defense, thinking that Barcelona's defense is as fragile as a piece of thin paper, which can be broken with a light poke, and it is simply vulnerable. If Barcelona wants to go further in the Champions League, Rijkaard must find a solution to the team's defense as soon as possible.

"In the knockout rounds of the Champions League, good defense is the key to the team going to the end, but the biggest problem for Barcelona right now is defense."

Cruyff said that relying on the attack led by Su Dong, Barcelona can break through any team's goal, but the biggest test for Barcelona is how to ensure that the defense does not concede a goal.

"The quarter-finals, the biggest test for Barcelona is still defense!"

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Bayern coach Magath expressed regret at the team's tragic reversal at the post-match press conference.

"Usually, our defense is very strong, but I didn't expect this to happen today. We had problems dealing with high balls in this game. Before, we were always able to cope with high balls."

The German coach's implication is obvious. Barcelona's tactic of focusing on Su Dong's strong point and high point is very troublesome for Bayern Munich, and they can't even find an effective countermeasure.

The core midfielder Ballack said in an interview with the German media, "Barcelona's high ball broke us. They can always grab the second penalty and create opportunities behind the defense."

Ballack revealed that the key point of Barcelona's tactics lies in Sudong.

"Actually, I think we played well as a team, but Su Dong won everything with his head, he caused us real problems, and we couldn't do anything about how to defend him."

Ballack even expressed regret that Su Dong should go to play basketball at his height.

"Seeing him fighting for the top, I always feel that he is grabbing the rebound with his hands. He can always snatch the ball from the opponent's head at an unexpected height, which makes our defensive players helpless."

Bild believes that Barcelona's tactics in this game are actually not so successful, because their three lines are clearly out of touch, especially the midfield, which is almost completely submerged in Bayern Munich's strangling pool.

"The key to Barcelona's victory is that Su Dong's personal ability is too strong. He grabbed almost all the high ball confrontations for Barcelona. Without Su Dong, it is hard to imagine how Barcelona will lose tonight."

German media revealed that against Barcelona, ​​Magath's tactics worked, but unfortunately, they encountered a powerful Su Dong, "He completely destroyed the efforts of everyone in the Bayern Munich team!"

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This season's La Liga group stage performance is not good. The defending champion Valencia only got the third place in the group and failed to break through.

Barcelona and Real Madrid are the only two La Liga teams that have entered the top [-], but the star-studded Real Madrid failed in the knockout round of the top [-]. This has to be said to be a very surprising thing.

Real Madrid's broken halberd made the whole of Spain howl.

Today, only Barcelona is struggling to support, but playing in such a mess, many people doubt whether Barcelona can persevere and continue the brilliant record of La Liga in the Champions League in the past few years?
Even Aspen and Marca said that Barcelona has become the last hope of La Liga.

However, among the latest odds offered by many gaming companies, Barcelona's odds are not favored. The reason is simple. The team's defensive problems are too serious.

On the contrary, Ancelotti's AC Milan has become the number one favorite, followed by Chelsea in the Premier League.

Mourinho is also ambitious, hoping to continue the Champions League results he achieved when he coached Porto last season, and even make a breakthrough in the final to help Chelsea win the first Champions League in history.

As for Barcelona, ​​the odds of winning the championship are even only about the same as Juventus, which is second in the same group.

With the comment given by William Hill, "If the defensive problem cannot be effectively solved, Barcelona will stop at the quarterfinals!"

Because among the teams that have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League, there are no underdogs.

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When all eight games of the UEFA Champions League round of [-] knockout rounds have been played, UEFA will draw lots for the quarter-finals at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, and this time the eight teams shortlisted are all strong.

Barcelona's luck was not very good. Although they didn't get the strongest AC Milan, they got another equally troublesome team, Chelsea from the Premier League and coached by Mourinho.

This is the team with the second highest odds of winning the championship!

When the results of the draw were sent back to Spain, many La Liga media were desperate for Barcelona's luck.

How good would it be if it was Lyon who met Ligue [-]?

Why Chelsea?
Mourinho, who is far away in London, England, was extremely excited. He said in an interview with the British media that he was satisfied with the result of the draw because he was confident of beating Barcelona.

"Not only I know, but the whole world knows that this team has very obvious weaknesses and deficiencies."

Mourinho said that Rijkaard's transformation of Barcelona has not yet been completed, especially for defense, and this will be Chelsea's opportunity.

Regarding Su Dong, Mourinho expressed his fear, but he thought that Chelsea was not Bayern Munich.

"I'm different from others. I know Su Dong's threat better than anyone else, and I won't be careless to him."

"Moreover, we have Terry in the back line, I believe he can defend Sudong."

Mourinho also mentioned Didier Drogba, thinking that the Ivorian's high ball would also pose a fatal threat to Barcelona.

"Believe me, at Stamford Bridge, he will see how good we are!"

Rijkaard said that he does not resist the draw of Chelsea, and he firmly believes that Barcelona has the strength to deal with the challenge from any team.

"I believe that we will win in the quarterfinals!"

Chelsea center Didier Drogba expressed his satisfaction at being drawn to Sudong. The belligerent Côte d'Ivoire Elephant revealed that he had fought Sudong during his Marseille period, but he lost that time.

"I told him that I will continue to challenge him, and this time is an excellent opportunity. I hope to defeat Su Dong with my own hands!"

(End of this chapter)