i want to be king

Chapter 766 Attacking Warcraft

There is such an anecdote circulating in England.

Readers of the Daily Mirror think they run the country; readers of the Guardian think they should run the country; readers of the Times actually run the country; readers of the Daily Mail are the wives of the man who actually runs the country; readers of the Financial Times actually own the country.

As their names suggest, The Times and Financial Times are the most authoritative newspapers in the UK.

But after Manchester City captured White Hart Lane [-]-[-] away and defeated Tottenham Hotspur, The Times published a very un-Times headline on the front page the next day.

King of Manchester City, beyond imagination!
In this front-page headline, The Times reviewed the opening game last night and believed that Sudong played a decisive role in this game. Not only did he score twice, but he also contributed an assist, helping Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur [-]-[-] away and scored the first three points of the new season.

"Throughout the entire game, Su Dong was on the front line, not only threatening the goal, but also creating opportunities for his teammates. He has become the core of the team's offense, and everyone around him revolves around him."

The Times reviewed the process of the game. From the beginning, Tottenham Hotspur’s attack led to Manchester City being forced and even being shot frequently.

"In terms of opening tactics, the experienced Harry completely suppressed the immature Guardiola. The latter's tactics were indeed very subtle, but Lao Lei used a wave of opening attacks and almost broke through Manchester City's goal. For more than 20 minutes, he completely suppressed Manchester City, preventing them from playing a decent attack."

The Times believes that Redknapp's starting tactics were successful, but the old Lei missed Su Dong.

"Su Dong's goal boosted the morale of Manchester City, but also hit Tottenham's determination. Then the game began to enter the rhythm of Manchester City. Lao Lei and his Tottenham lost the initiative step by step, and finally Su Dong scored the second goal."

The Times believes that if the first goal is the horn of Manchester City's counterattack, then Su Dong's second goal is the key to the victory of the game. This goal completely defeated Tottenham Hotspur.

Afterwards, The Times reviewed Su Dong's performance throughout the game, using various data to confirm Su Dong's performance.

As Manchester City's lone striker, Su Dong contributed the most threats to the team and received the most violations from the team. This is enough to prove that he is the most threatening on the Manchester City pitch and also the most feared object for Tottenham defenders.

"When he came to the Premier League, he didn't even have to do any adaptations, he fit in perfectly."

"Tall and strong, yet delicate and flexible with his feet, whether it is receiving a long pass to stop the ball for the first goal, or stopping the ball for the second goal to get rid of the defensive double-team, it all reflects Su Dong's super personal ability."

The Times believes that at the beginning of Su Dong's joining Manchester City, many people have expressed doubts, thinking that it is difficult for Su Dong to adapt to the Premier League.

"Such remarks have appeared as early as when he was still playing for Valencia, and they have almost never stopped."

But the Times believes that with the game against Tottenham Hotspur, all doubters can basically be shut up, because Su Dong's performance does not show any need to adapt. He is fully integrated into the team and fully adapted to the Premier League.

More importantly, he continued his excellent tradition of scoring twice in the first official game of a newly joined team in the past few years, showing his excellent competitive state.

"Su Dong, who has achieved [-]% state and body, will contribute even more amazing performances in the future!"

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If it is said that The Times pays more attention to the football game itself, then the Guardian, which has always been aggressive in style, published an almost provocative article as its front page headline.

Sudong is not the second Shevchenko!
In this article, in addition to introducing the game process and Su Dong's outstanding performance, the Guardian newspaper listed a series of evidence, trying to convince readers that although Su Dong only played one game, he has perfectly integrated into the Premier League without any problems, completely different from Shevchenko back then.

The Guardian uses two very different examples.

One is David Silva.

After David Silva joined Manchester City last season, Guardiola entrusted him with important tasks, but his performance at the beginning was not satisfactory, and some could not adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League, as well as the requirements for speed and body.

After going through a period of running-in tests and gradually becoming familiar with the rhythm of the Premier League, he gradually regained his form.

"More importantly, David Silva has outstanding foot skills and passing ability."

The opposite of David Silva is Shevchenko, the Ukrainian nuclear warhead.

The Guardian recalled that when Shevchenko joined Chelsea, he performed well in the Community Shield and scored goals, but that was just a warm-up match. When it came to the Premier League, Shevchenko directly disarmed.

"According to the outside world, Shevchenko was physically and mentally exhausted because he participated in the World Cup in Germany in [-]. After returning to the club, he was not given enough rest and adjustments to allow him to slowly regain his form. Mourinho couldn't wait to push him into the starting lineup. As a result, he fell into a situation where he became more tired and played more and more. The worse he played, the less confidence he played.

"This formed a vicious cycle, which finally wore away all the confidence and fighting spirit of Shevchenko, allowing the world's top striker to encounter the worst Waterloo of his career at Chelsea."

After the Guardian analyzed the process of the two players, it launched Su Dong.

They believe that Su Dong showed super adaptability in the first Premier League game. He may not even be in his best form, but he still played a vital role.

"We have no doubt that Su Dong can actually do better, but at White Hart Lane, he has already been eye-catching enough!"

The Guardian believes that Su Dong's first match severely slapped those doubters in the face, especially the media reporters and fans who have persisted in ridiculing and questioning him in the past few years.

"I believe that all the fans who watched the opening game of the Premier League, as long as he still has eyes, as long as he does not violate his conscience, he will never question Su Dong again. He blew the clarion call to conquer the Premier League with his brace!"

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At the same time as the two major media outlets, major media and newspapers in the UK, large and small, also entered the venue one after another.

The opening game attracted the most attention on the first day of the Premier League, and Su Dong is a superstar with his own traffic, making him the headlines of major media newspapers, and everyone wants to dig out more news from him.

With two goals, Su Dong also became the most popular player on the first day of the Premier League in the new season.

But it's only the first day.

By the next day, other games in the Premier League gradually ignited the flames of war.

Chelsea host West Bromwich Albion in bloomers at home.

Ancelotti's team played a wave of offensive at Stamford Bridge and achieved a hearty victory. In the end, they beat West Bromwich Albion [-]-[-] and won the most eye-catching victory in the first round of the Premier League this season.

More importantly, Drogba of Warcraft staged a hat-trick in this game.

This hat-trick made Drogba surpass Su Dong in the scorer list and became the top scorer list.

At Stamford Bridge, when Drogba scored a hat-trick, Abramovich and more than 4 fans stood up and gave him the warmest applause. This is the greatest affirmation of Drogba's performance.

When Drogba was interviewed by the media after the game, he was happy with his hat-trick and thanked his teammates.

He mentioned Su Dong, thinking that Su Dong was the target he had been chasing after all these years.

"I am very familiar with him. We have a very good relationship and occasionally talk on the phone. Since I played for Marseille, I have taken him as my goal. I hope to surpass him and beat him, but I have never succeeded."

Drogba expressed great regret for this, but he was extremely proud of being able to surpass Su Dong in the scorer list.

"I know that this should only be temporary, and he will reverse it soon, because he is a natural killer and the most terrifying scorer in the world. I don't think I can keep this advantage forever, but I will still do my best for it."

"Being able to lead Su Dong in the scorer list, even if it is only for a day, is a very proud thing for me."

Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti publicly praised Drogba in the post-match press conference, thinking that he performed very well, but not only because he scored goals, but also because of his efforts for the team, especially in defense. "

Ancelotti recognized Su Dong's strength, but also recognized the value of Drogba. He even said that if Drogba can continue the state and performance of the first round of the league, it may not be impossible to suppress Su Dong in the scorer list.

Anyone can tell that although Ancelotti favors Drogba, he still recognizes Su Dong's strength.

After all, this is based on the goals scored one after another in the European League in the past few years.

At the press conference, the media also mentioned the striker Neymar of Sanchez in Brazil, and Chelsea is very interested in him.

Ancelotti did not deny it, but he said that he knew nothing about the progress of the transfer. He only knew that Neymar's technical ability was very good and he was one of the young players he was most interested in.

"It is not easy to attract Neymar to join. As far as I know, teams including Manchester United, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Juventus, Inter Milan and even Manchester City are all full of interest in Neymar."

"He is like Su Dong when he played for Sporting Lisbon, which caused competition in the entire European football world!"

What's more interesting is that Ancelotti also mentioned that Manchester City performed very badly in the warm-up match of the new season, and the same is true for Chelsea in the summer warm-up match, and even lost to Manchester United [-]-[-] in the Community Shield Cup.

But these two teams, which performed poorly in the warm-up match, became the most eye-catching focus of the first round of the Premier League.

(End of this chapter)