i want to be king

Chapter 965

In Europe, football is a culture widely recognized by all sectors of society.

In football games, some ritualistic elements that can be seen everywhere are a display of social culture.

For example, players from two teams need to shake hands before a game; or when one player falls to the ground, the other team always kicks it out of bounds immediately, and when the game restarts, when the player falls to the ground and throws the ball back to the opponent...

There are many elements similar to this in football games, some are rules, and some are tacit understanding.

This football culture is actually a manifestation of social culture.

In the UK, sports, or football games, in addition to the familiar role of fans, actually has another meaning, that is, it is a show, an activity that pleases the general public.

So many people can't understand why other leagues have a winter break, but the Premier League doesn't. Not only does it not, the Premier League always arranges a particularly intensive schedule during the period from Christmas to the winter break?

This is actually not difficult to understand, because as long as it is not regarded as a football game, but as a show, a grand event, it will be normal.

During Christmas and winter break, people all over the country are on holiday. Shouldn't more activities be arranged at this time?

This is like the Spring Festival in China. Have you ever seen shopping malls, scenic spots, movie theaters and the like, are they on holiday during this time?
Don't you rush to arrange more activities and try to attract more customers?
In fact, the truth is exactly the same.

Also because football is a show that pleases local fans, it is inevitable that the fans must be satisfied first.

Winning, that's for sure, but some fans have higher requirements, for example, you must not only win, but also win beautifully.

For example, Real Madrid, such as Barcelona, ​​they have almost strict requirements on their teams.

But there are still many such teams.

Some fans even think that you can lose, even a big defeat, but you can't play conservatively and the game can't be ugly.

It's ugly, so I won't buy a ticket.

The most typical example is Chelsea coached by Mourinho. At that time, the Blues were invincible, but what many people don’t know is that Chelsea’s attendance rate has been declining. This is why Abramovich finally lost patience with Mourinho.

Conversely, Wenger's Arsenal played very well, but the results were not satisfactory?It doesn't matter, Arsenal's tickets are the most expensive in Europe, but they are still in short supply, and season tickets have been sold for a few years.

Then there will be some problems.

Chelsea want to attract more fans, so they want to try to play better; Arsenal want to keep these fans, so even if they lose, they must maintain the current technical and tactical style and play better, because the Gunners' management knows that if they play Mourinho's football, this group of fans will slowly lose.

In the past three years, the team with the fastest increase in attendance in the Premier League is Manchester City.

The answer is also very simple. In the first season of Guardiola's coaching, the team's performance was not ideal, but the ball was good-looking, and the gorgeous pass and control were pleasing to the eye. Even if they lost, the fans enjoyed watching it very much.

In the last two seasons, the results have also improved significantly, and fans are more willing to enter the stadium.

Understanding this complex connection between teams and local fans makes sense of many seemingly incomprehensible decisions.

For example, in the fifth round of the No. 20 Premier League, Aston Villa played against Manchester City at home.

McRash knows the strength of Manchester City. Aston Villa is currently ranked No. 13 in the Premier League. There is no danger of relegation, but they also want to go one step further. After all, this ranking is indeed low.

From the perspective of overall strength, Aston Villa has little chance of winning against Manchester City, but at his home court, McRash still puts on an ambitious look, and even has a trident combination of Roy Keane, Bent and Heskey in the starting lineup.

The midfielder is a combination of Nzobia, Petrov and Gardner. The defense is to use former Manchester City captain Dunn and Collins as two high school defenders to block Sudong. The goalkeeper is veteran Shay Given transferred from Manchester City.

After Shay sat on the bench in Manchester City, he finally couldn't bear the loneliness and switched to Aston Villa during the winter break.

Judging from the formation of troops, Aston Villa's lineup is actually quite contradictory. It doesn't seem to be defensive, but it doesn't attack resolutely enough. It gives people a feeling that the midfield should be strictly guarded, but the frontcourt is free to attack.

Such a formation is quite torn.

Obviously, McRash also wants to give local fans an impression that he is not conservative even in the face of the mighty Manchester City.

……

Manchester City firmly controlled the ball from the beginning, and at the same time took advantage of the loopholes in Aston Villa's formation to attack.

Only 4 minutes into the game, Su Dong pulled to the right to respond to Trippier's pass, turned around and got rid of Gardner, dribbled the ball obliquely into the right rib of the penalty area, and passed the ball to Sanchez, who was transposed to the top of the penalty area.

The Chilean winger stopped the ball to the right, and then sent a ball straight behind him.

I saw that Su Dong quickly went straight into the penalty area, rushed past Collins' defense with abrupt speed, rushed to the right side of the small penalty area, and crossed to the back of the goal. Marcelo, who was unguarded, volleyed and broke Aston Villa's goal.

One to zero!

After losing the ball, Aston Villa took advantage of the opportunity to re-serve the ball and tried to launch a counterattack.

But just 2 minutes later, a long pass from Toni Kroos' backcourt was accurately delivered to the right behind the defense.

Su Dong slanted behind him and caught up with Toni Kroos' pass in the right corner of the penalty area.

One-on-one, against David Dunne.

Su Dong slowed down, and when Di Maria and Sanchez were already in position, he suddenly started, started and stopped quickly, and after throwing away David Dunn, he passed the ball with his right foot and sent it into the penalty area.

Sanchez seized the opportunity and fired an angry shot from the front of the small penalty area, breaking through Aston Villa's goal again.

Two to zero!
After scoring two goals in a row, Manchester City seemed even more motivated.

No. In the 20th minute, after another interception in the middle of the field, the foot fell continuously and was given to Marcelo on the left.

Marcelo raised his hand to control the rhythm, and after seeing David Silva plugging in, he quickly crossed the left rib.

After David Silva plugged in to catch the ball, he dribbled the ball into the penalty area, made a breakthrough on the left side of the penalty area, and crossed to the penalty area.

After Su Dong leaned against David Dunn and Collins with his body, he stopped the ball and gave it back to Di Maria.

Without thinking, the Argentine pushed with his left foot, and the football went straight to the lower right corner of the goal.

Three to zero!
Two 10 minutes, three goals, after a week of rest, Manchester City showed a super competitive state.

Especially Su Dong.

Anyone can see that Su Dong actually played very relaxed in this game. He didn't try his best to attack at all. He was more cruising and creating opportunities for his teammates. As a result, he staged a hat-trick of assists.

If it is said that the first two goals showed Su Dong's side pull and breakthrough, the third goal showed his strong dominance in the penalty area as the world's top center forward.

After another 4 minutes, Manchester City once again made a breakthrough in the middle and played a quick counterattack.

After receiving a pass from David Silva on the left, Di Maria dribbled the ball and advanced by leaps and bounds. He went straight to Aston Villa's big penalty area, sent a diagonal pass with his left foot, and sent the ball into Aston Villa's big penalty area.

Su Dong was flanked by two central defenders, David Dunn and Collins. After plugging in at high speed, he still couldn't get rid of the entanglement of these two players. He just intercepted the ball first, turned around to protect the ball at the first time, and passed it back to the right side of the arc top of the penalty area.

Toni Kroos followed up, pulled the bar directly without stopping the ball, and the ball pierced Aston Villa's goal again.

Four to zero!
After Toni Kroos scored, the whole person went straight to Sudong.

Big four assists!
"My God, Su Dong didn't intend to score goals by himself tonight, but created opportunities for his teammates."

"Manchester City took a 34-[-] lead in [-] minutes of the first half, and Aston Villa's entire tactics were completely broken down."

"The thing that McLash was most worried about happened. Su Dong showed super dominance. The two central defenders, Dunn and Collins, flanked each other, but they still couldn't stop Su Dong from providing assists for his teammates."

……

The first half ended with [-]-[-], and Manchester City took the lead away from home temporarily.

Throughout the first half, Manchester City's ball possession rate was as high as 70.00%. It can be said that they completely suppressed Aston Villa in the half.

After the intermission, they changed sides and fought again, but Blue Moon still launched a fierce attack from the beginning.

In 3 minutes, Manchester City formed a suppression on the outside of Aston Villa's big penalty area. After several consecutive passes, they failed to send the ball into the big penalty area.

The ball was quickly diverted from the right to the empty left flank.

Marcelo was already in place. After stopping Toni Kroos' long pass with his chest, he made some adjustments. He glanced at the penalty area and found that Manchester City's offense had reversed.

But Marcelo didn't hesitate because he saw Sudong raising his hand for the ball.

The Brazilian left-back sent a cross with his left foot, and sent the ball accurately into the penalty area, where it landed on Sudong's position. Sudong jumped high, beat Collins with a header, and headed back to the front of the small penalty area.

David Silva is not tall, but very flexible. He has an advantage in such a narrow range. After seeing Su Dong's header ferry, he immediately rushed to the front of the small penalty area, facing Su Dong's header, and directly hooked with his reverse foot and right foot.

David Dunne tried to block but was unable to block David Silva's shot, which flew behind him to the left of the goal.

The goalkeeper Ji Wen threw it out, but it was beyond his reach, and the ball crashed into the net.

Five to zero!
Su Dong staged an assist version of Wu Zi's admission!
Manchester City's players were all in a mess on the field, celebrating a big victory for the team.

Only the veteran Shay, fell in front of the goal, his face full of sadness.

Nima, it's really shameless!

He just transferred here, and he lost a few games without playing a few games. Have you ever seen such a natal family?

(End of this chapter)