i want to be king

Chapter 988 Who Has The Most Champion Look?

The morning after the game, Manchester Carrington Training Base.

Nuno Cruz took over the newly released test data from the Manchester City team doctor, which recorded in detail the test results that Su Dong had just completed, and some important data indicators were drawn in black by Nuno Cruz while watching.

In the end, the person in charge of Su Dong's personal coaching team put down the report in his hand, nodded and smiled with the team doctors and personal trainers around him, and finally looked at Su Dong, who had already practiced profusely.

"All the test results are good, and he should be able to play on the weekend."

As soon as Nuno Cruz finished speaking, Su Dong heaved a sigh of relief and laughed.

Although in name, Nuno Cruz is the expert hired by Sudong, but in fact, he is the key to determining whether Sudong can play, and after each game, he will conduct physical index tests on Sudong.

Of course, Su Dong can object, and even refuse to listen to Nuno Cruz's professional advice, but this is irresponsible to himself.

The outside world generally believes that with Su Dong's current state, playing until the age of 40 is not a problem, but this is based on the fact that Su Dong can follow the opinions of the personal coach team and cooperate with them. If he acts recklessly, God knows how long he can play?
Su Dong asked himself, he is not an expert in this field, but he believes in professionalism and science.

This should be regarded as his biggest characteristic.

Of course, sometimes, especially when he is prevented from playing, he still feels a little depressed, because it means that he spent money to find a leader for himself and control his body.

To some extent, the bodies of professional players do not belong to them.

Let alone Nuno Cruz, if Guardiola forces Su Dong to play in some games, he really can't refuse.

Of course, this is just a hypothesis, because once this is done, it means that the cooperation between the two parties will break down. In the end, no one will benefit from it. Under normal circumstances, the head coach will not do this kind of thing.

Especially when facing a superstar like Su Dong.

"Everyone and I are intensively preparing your training plan for this summer. Our preliminary estimate is that you need to lose at least five kilograms to make your whole body lighter, so that the load on your legs will be effectively reduced."

"Losing five kilograms?" Su Dong frowned.

Nuno Cruz nodded affirmatively, "This is just the beginning, and it is estimated that some weight will be lost every year."

"But in this case, my physical strength will definitely decline." Su Dong was a little embarrassed.

In fact, he now has many technical moves, and even many goals on the court, all achieved by physical advantages.

Especially in recent years, in European football, there is basically no defender who can physically take advantage of Su Dong, especially after Lucio, Vidic and other central defenders have aged, Su Dong is invincible in European football.

Just like the game against Real Madrid, Ramos and Albiol were basically not enough to watch in front of Su Dong.

But without a tyrannical body, Su Dong's threat would drop a lot.

"This is an inevitable result, and it is a slow decline process, the impact will not be so great." Nuno Cruz explained, "And you should also know that as you get older, your body function will decline. Transformation is certain. You need to reduce physical contact appropriately, otherwise, there will be more and more injuries."

Just like Didier Drogba, when he was young, his body was called a cow. Who can handle him in European football?

But the result of relying too much on the body is that after getting older, the playing style has not had time to change, and injuries are increasing.

To put it bluntly, as you get older, your body functions decline, and your body strength is not as good as that of young people.

"Don't worry, we have done deduction. Even if you don't rely on your body, as long as you can maintain your body's flexibility, speed and explosive power, and your foot skills are still delicate, then your threat on the court will not be weakened. It's just that the team needs to make appropriate adjustments when building tactics."

Su Dong didn't doubt Nuno Cruz's professionalism, so he must have a whole set of plans.

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Beating Real Madrid [-]-[-] at home has become the most exciting thing for Manchester City.

No matter how optimistic the team's prospects are, they can't believe that their team can enter the quarter-finals in the Champions League for the first time. Now they have defeated Real Madrid [-]-[-] in the first round and entered the semi-finals with one foot.

That was the Champions League semi-final!

What does this mean?
The whole world knows that all the teams that have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League basically have the strength to win the championship. There is no big suspense about who will enter the final and who will win the championship.

After all, the strength of a team that can climb out step by step from the group stage that tests its strength to the cruel knockout stage is definitely not easy.

Manchester City is even faintly showing signs of becoming a big favorite.

However, even if Real Madrid is really crossed, there is Barcelona in front of Manchester City, and it is not easy to enter the final.

But this will no longer affect the mood of the Manchester City players. Everyone is very satisfied with being able to advance to the semi-finals.

You know, many of the players in the Manchester City team are participating in the Champions League for the first time.

I believe fans know how high this event is in the minds of all professional players around the world.

The players are in a good mood, and the recovery training is enjoyable, and the coaching staff also relaxes the requirements appropriately. The training content is also recovery-oriented, and the intensity is not high, so Carrington is full of laughter from the players.

It was not until the end of training that Guardiola reminded the players to forget about the game last night.

"When we face Sunderland the day after tomorrow, I hope you can completely forget about this game, temporarily forget about the Champions League, and when we go to the Bernabeu next week, we need to forget about the score in the first leg and still go all out."

When Guardiola said this, his expression was extremely serious.

Obviously, he is worried that the team's emotions are too inflated.

This is the most common problem for all recruits, and Manchester City is a recruit for the Champions League.

Why is the knockout game cruel?
Because it is highly targeted.

Is it a lot to lead by three goals?

There is a lot to say, but there is also little to say.

At the beginning, AC Milan lost four goals away and could reverse it at home. Isn't Real Madrid three goals behind?

At the Bernabeu, Real Madrid scored three goals against Manchester City and reversed the total score. Is it difficult?
It's really not difficult at all.

If Manchester City does not have a deep awareness of this, and blindly indulges in the lead in the first round, thinking that the right to advance is a sure thing, then the guest at the Bernabéu Stadium may be reversed by Real Madrid at any time, or even completely humiliated.

Not to mention anything else, with Real Madrid's attacking power, if the kick really goes well, God knows how many goals they can score?

This is where Guardiola's admonition comes from. He hopes that everyone can calm down and guard against arrogance and impetuosity.

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After returning to the locker room, Su Dong also kept the players, and reiterated the coach's exhortation once again.

Fighting is good, but being arrogant is not.

Manchester City is now winning consecutive battles, and the momentum is very strong. The most important thing is to play steadily and play every game well, instead of thinking too much about the future.

Such as the semifinals.

That was media hype. For Manchester City now, the right to advance is not yet a sure thing. The Bernabeu battle is still very risky. If you are not careful, you may capsize in the gutter, so Guardiola ordered no one to discuss the semi-finals.

"I have experienced many hard battles and many big victories, and even the biggest reversal in the history of the Champions League. I participated in it, so I understand the cruelty of the Champions League better than any of you."

"It may be just an inadvertent thought, just an inconspicuous slack, or even just a trivial mistake, which may cause the entire game, and even our entire season's efforts, to fall short."

Su Dong told his teammates that the more critical the moment of the game is, the more he must maintain a normal mind and control his emotions.

The most important thing in the Champions League knockout is not how strong the strength is, but how stable the performance is.

"In fact, you can see that in the history of the UEFA Champions League, all the teams that won the championship at the end had very stable results in the knockout rounds. Even the Barcelona team I played for had ups and downs during the game, but the overall results were relatively stable."

"If you want to talk about champions, only teams that perform at a stable and high level can be champions!"

Today's Su Dong is fully qualified to talk about his qualifications and past in front of his teammates.

In this Manchester City team, no one has more Champions League experience than him.

Most importantly, Manchester City's players are also convinced by him.

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On the weekend, in the No.30 round of the Premier League, Manchester City played against Sunderland at home.

Guardiola has rotated the team, and the players have indeed been affected by the recent momentum, somewhat optimistic, coupled with the fatigue accumulated from multi-line battles, broke out in the last game in March, leading to the team's poor performance.

In the first half, No.301 was the first to concede a goal. Fortunately, before the end of the first half, Dzeko broke into the penalty area and created a penalty. Aguero calmly took the penalty and equalized the score for Manchester City.

Neither side was able to score after that.

Manchester City controlled the situation on the field and launched a fierce attack on Sunderland, but it still failed to play an effective role, breaking through the black cat's goal, and Sunderland also failed to carry out an effective counterattack under the strong pressure of Manchester City.

Until the No.705 minute, Guardiola used the last substitution quota and replaced Milner with Su Dong.

The presence of the three forwards at the same time put enormous pressure on Sunderland.

No.805 minutes, it was Su Dong who received a diagonal pass from Leighton Bynes and entered the penalty area from the left rib.

Only 2 minutes later, Aguero received a pass from Su Dong, broke through the perimeter of the penalty area, created a foul by the opponent, and won a free kick in the front court for Manchester City.

Su Dong did his part, took the penalty himself, and used a deciduous ball with a strange arc to penetrate the goal guarded by Mignolet, scoring another victory for Manchester City, [-] to [-]!

This score was also maintained until the end of the game.

Manchester City eventually reversed Sunderland [-]-[-] with a brace from Su Dong, who came off the bench.

(End of this chapter)