i want to be king

Chapter 926 The Contest Between the Old and New Captains
After two weeks of national team competition, the players returned to Carrington one after another.

The international players playing in Europe will arrive earlier, while the South American international players will not arrive until the day before the game.

This is because Manchester City specially chartered the plane to pick them up. If they were to fly by themselves, it would take longer.

This is also the biggest problem brought about by the national team competition.

There is really nothing to say about the race itself, the most important thing is the distance.

Some international footballers even flew back, played a game without taking a break, and returned directly after the game. Almost all the consumption of the players was spent on long journeys.

On the afternoon before the game, after the team's training session, Su Dong specifically kept all the first-team players.

At this time, the staff of Mendez's company had sent gifts that Su Dong carefully prepared for his teammates.

With the annual salary of Manchester City players, even the young players of the first team belong to the high-salary class in society, and there is no need for gifts at all. The key lies in who gave the gift and why.

What Su Dong presented this time was a new three-piece set from Apple. The mobile phone, tablet and laptop are all of the highest configuration, and the price is not cheap. It is not a big deal for some famous players, but it is relatively rare for young players like Trippier.

One reason everyone values ​​it is that the gift is from Su Dong.

"Captain, the festival hasn't come yet, why did you suddenly give us another gift?" David Louis asked curiously, smiling from ear to ear after receiving the gift.

Su Dong smiled without hiding it, "I'm getting married!"

"Married?" David Louis was taken aback, "With whom?"

"Nonsense." Marcelo next to him slapped him on the back of the head, "Who are you as our captain? Besides marrying that person, who else can we marry?"

David Louis suddenly realized that he had also seen Wang Chuqing at the party, and he was astonished.

Everyone was also amused for a while, thinking that these two Brazilian treasures are really interesting.

"When is the time?" Gareth Barry asked more maturely.

"The time has not been determined yet, and the initial estimate is after the end of next year's season."

Everyone immediately understood.

In fact, for professional players, the rest period between the two seasons has always been the peak period for marriage. Almost all players get married during this period. Some international players who participate in the national team have to sacrifice their pre-season training time and ask for leave to get married, otherwise they will not have time.

Su Dong is different from other players. He has never had the task of playing for the national team. Naturally, he doesn't need to worry about it. As long as the league is suspended, he has a lot of time to prepare for the wedding.

By announcing it now, he is actually telling everyone that at that time, except for the people he invited, he will not make any further announcements. As for who he will invite, there is no need to say much about the answer.

Such as Pepe, David Silva, Marcelo and Toni Cross, they are all Su Dong's best friends.

Only those with the strongest connections can receive invitations. As for the others, today's notification is in place.

Everyone knew this well, so they all went over to congratulate Su Dong and congratulated him on his marriage in advance.

"Then let's all work harder this season and strive for a good result. Congratulations to Su on her wedding!" Pepe suggested.

The two vice-captains, Kompany and Zabaleta, also voiced their support for Pepe's proposal.

After receiving this generous gift from Su Dong, the players naturally responded.

More importantly, Manchester City has indeed performed very well this season.So far, they have maintained a record of seven rounds in the Premier League.

However, the next round of competition, that is, the opponent of tomorrow night's match, is not bad.

So far, the Premier League has played seven rounds, and four teams have not lost, namely Manchester City at the top of the list, Manchester United at No.2, Newcastle and Aston Villa later.

Newcastle is unbeaten with four wins and three draws and is currently ranked fourth in the Premier League. It seems that the Magpies are about to regroup.

As for whether there will be a sudden explosion this season, or whether they can really regain the style of the former Premier League giants, it depends on Newcastle's next performance.

As for Aston Villa, it is actually quite embarrassing, because in the first seven rounds, they only won two games, and the remaining five games were all draws, ranking seventh in the Premier League standings.

It is not difficult to see from this that Aston Villa may not be very good, but it is very difficult to deal with.

If you want to say that the most eye-popping team in the first seven rounds, it is definitely Arsenal.

The Gunners have played seven rounds, with two wins, one draw and four losses. They are currently ranked No.15, only two points away from the relegation zone.

If it weren't for Wenger's respected status in the Gunners, it is usually time to start a coaching change at this time.

No one really thinks that Arsenal will sink here, but the Gunners played a mess in the first seven rounds, which is also true. The key depends on whether Wenger can lead the team to reverse the situation in the next few games.

As for Manchester City, the pressure on the upcoming schedule is also particularly high.

After playing Aston Villa, the third round of the Champions League group stage ushered in Villarreal, and the weekend is the Manchester derby.

Manchester City bloodbathed Manchester United at Old Trafford last season, and now Ferguson is threatening revenge at home.

This battle can be regarded as the most important battle for Manchester City so far this season.

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On the afternoon of October [-]th, in the eighth round of the Premier League, Manchester City played against Aston Villa at home.

Since the next game will be relatively heavy, Guardiola still made a rotation in today's game.

All the players who have traveled long distances to return to the country to participate in the war, as well as those who have played all the games in the national team, are rested in this round of games.

This has led to Manchester City having to form a seriously incomplete lineup.

Courtois in goal, Leighton Baines, Javi Martinez, Pepe and Trippier in defense, Thiago in midfield, Milner and Gareth Barry in front, Hazard, Sudong and Douglas Costa in front.

All South American internationals have been excluded from the squad, and Guardiola obviously prefers that they keep their strength to play in the Champions League.

Aston Villa coach McLeish put up a four-two-three-one double midfielder tactic in the away game, strictly guarding against the defense, and did not intend to leave the slightest gap for Manchester City to pass the ball.

After the start of the game, the situation was basically as expected by the outside world. Although Manchester City is composed of Milner and Gareth Barry in the midfield, they still have a clear advantage in passing and possession.

The biggest difference is that Manchester City's midfield is actually not smooth, especially in terms of creating opportunities.

But even so, Manchester City still seized a chance in No. 15 minutes.

Douglas Costa forced a breakthrough with the ball from the right and passed it to Milner. The latter broke into the right side of the penalty area and crossed to the penalty spot.

The ball was almost sticking to the grass, and quickly flew into the lower right corner of Aston Villa's goal, one to zero!

After scoring the lead, Manchester City continued to launch wave after wave of attacks against Aston Villa.

No. In the 208th minute, the left back Hutton encountered Manchester City's pressure when he got the ball. After the ball was intercepted by Eden Hazard, the Belgian launched a counterattack on the spot, and dribbled the ball all the way to the left side of Aston Villa's penalty area.
After scoring two goals in a row, Manchester City's morale was boosted.

The first half ended with a two-goal lead, and the second half had just begun. In just 2 minutes, Trippier dribbled the ball in from the right. Just after passing the center line, he saw an opportunity and sent a diagonal long pass with his right foot. The ball was directly sent to the top of Aston Villa's defense.

Su Dong jumped in at a high speed, took off in front of the former Manchester City captain Dunn, headed the ball in front of him, and quickly caught up after landing, grabbing the ball into the penalty area before another central defender Clark.

Before the goalkeeper was in place, Su Dong shot first and sent the ball into the goal behind him, three to zero!

"Two goals!!!!"

"In the direct contest between the new and old Manchester City captains, Dunn didn't have any temper with Su Dong. He just watched him grab the spot and leave in the dust."

"We have to sigh that Su Dong is indeed superior in terms of physical fitness, jumping ability, speed and explosive power, which is fully reflected in this goal."

"Three to zero, Manchester City has basically won ahead of schedule!"

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Just 5 minutes later, Manchester City once again created a threat.

This time it was Milner who sent a through pass from the outside of the penalty area, and it was accurately passed to Su Dong's feet in the penalty area.

After Su Dong blocked Dun En with his body, he shot directly.

The goalkeeper of Aston Villa reacted quickly and made a hard save, blocking Su Dong's shot.

But just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Gareth Barry suddenly appeared in the penalty area, facing the flying football with his left foot, he volleyed the ball directly into Aston Villa's goal.

After the goal, Gareth Barry did not celebrate.

He was from Aston Villa, was the captain of the team at the time, and was very popular with Aston Villa fans.

Today, he is facing Aston Villa as a Manchester City player, and his performance is also very exciting, but after scoring a goal, he does not intend to celebrate, but walks back silently.

Even so, Gareth Barry's move also received warm applause from the Manchester City fans at the scene.

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With the overall situation set, Su Dong was replaced by Dzeko.

Interestingly, just 5 minutes after he left the field, Dzeko created a corner kick with a shot. Pepe received a pass from his teammate and scored a header in the penalty area. Another victory for Manchester City, [-]-[-]!
It was also the last goal of the game.

Manchester City finally beat Aston Villa [-]-[-] at home and scored three points again.

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Three days later, in the third round of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City played against Villarreal at home.

Only 4 minutes into the game, David Luiz broke through with the ball from the backcourt and was blocked. Italian striker Rossi volleyed from the top of the penalty area.

Zero to one!

Manchester City fell behind for the first time this season.

(End of this chapter)