i want to be king

Chapter 992 Guardiola, can you have some backbone?
When the team returns to Manchester from Madrid, the Champions League semi-final opponents are out.

Sure enough, as the outside world expected, it was Barcelona.

Although they were tied [-]-[-] in the away game by their opponents in the first round, Barcelona finally defeated their opponents [-]-[-] at home with Messi's two goals and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

As a result, Manchester City and Barcelona will meet in the semi-finals.

This is definitely the most interesting focus game so far in the Champions League this season.

Manchester City is known as the most Barcelona-traditional team. No matter in terms of player allocation, coaching style, or even the club's management, they all have a very Barcelona flavor. Even Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, ​​said that Manchester City is the most authentic Barcelona football, while Barcelona is more of a mixed race.

On the one hand, it shows his dissatisfaction with Mourinho's coaching, but it is also his recognition of Guardiola.

There was even a saying before that the Barcelona management wanted to introduce Guardiola to Barcelona to coach to replace Mourinho, but in the end they gave up with Guardiola's contract extension.

And now, Guardiola is going to take this most authentic Barcelona team to the Nou Camp Stadium. This is a very classic matchup that all fans around the world are looking forward to.

In addition, both teams are also superior.

Barcelona has Messi in charge. He almost single-handedly led Barcelona all the way to the semi-finals.

In addition, powerful stars such as Iniesta, Xavi, and Yaya Toure are also familiar to fans all over the world. This has allowed Barcelona to reach the Champions League finals in a row in the past few years.

Three finals, although only won one championship, but the strength of Barcelona is evident.

Manchester City are similarly unambiguous.

Needless to say, Su Dong, stars such as David Silva, Toni Kroos, Di Maria and Sanchez have become household names with the improvement of Manchester City's performance in the past two years, especially among Premier League fans. The strength of this group of players has long been recognized, which makes Manchester City also full of talents.

From the group of death, to AC Milan to Real Madrid, although Manchester City participated in the Champions League for the first time, they overcame obstacles along the way and passed the test.

Under such circumstances, the encounter between Manchester City and Barcelona was like sparks hitting the earth, which aroused the intense attention of the media and fans all over the world, especially in the European Super Cup before the season.

After the Super Cup, Barcelona coach Mourinho was under tremendous pressure from public opinion, because instead of playing out of Barcelona's traditional style in front of Guardiola's Manchester City, he became conservative at critical moments, which caused the team to miss a good opportunity.

Mourinho threatened revenge at the time, and now the opportunity has come.

Meet again, what kind of tactics will Mourinho adopt?
This is definitely the focus of the world's most attention.

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Manchester City didn't have much time to think about their opponents in the semi-finals, because after returning to Manchester from Madrid, the team quickly went south to London non-stop to challenge Arsenal away.

This is the second round of Premier League No.30.

The Gunners and Manchester City can be regarded as new and old grudges, and this battle is also deeply related.

Judging from the current league situation, Arsenal aims to keep their qualifications for the top four in the league. This will have an advantage in the competition with Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, so they must get as many league points as possible.

The best result is that if you can beat Tottenham Hotspur in the competition and get third in the league, it will be considered stable.

On the other hand, in last season's home game, Arsenal was humiliated by Manchester City. Wenger and the Gunners were all indignant about this. Now Manchester City has been fighting on multiple fronts for a long time.

Not to mention anything else, Arsenal is now empty-handed, only the league, it can be said that they are waiting for work.

But Manchester City is different. They will play in the Champions League and the league. In mid-April, they will also play in the FA Cup semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur. It can be said that the pressure on Manchester City is quite huge.

In this case, how can the Gunners be polite to Manchester City?

Of course, he took advantage of his illness and took his life!
From the point of view of honor, the only team in the Premier League to remain unbeaten is Arsenal. If Manchester City continues to be so unbeaten this season, then Blue Moon is entirely likely to become the second team, and the results are better than Arsenal. This makes the Gunners feel a little bit disappointed.

You know, in the previous Premier League record of four goals scored by a player in a single game, Arsenal was the only team that stood out from the crowd, but now Su Dong has robbed them. Five goals in a single game completely destroyed Arsenal's accumulation in the past few years.

It is the combination of new and old grievances that makes Arsenal pay more attention to this game.

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Manchester City's performance in the game was indeed contained by Arsenal.

The Gunners players are more physically fit, and they have launched a fierce press on Manchester City from the beginning.

Although it is said to be on the defensive, the defense is very aggressive and does not leave any chance for Manchester City. Wenger even specially arranged for Alexander Song and Arteta, a pair of double midfielders, to firmly form the protection of the midfield.

Manchester City's players have been fatigued for a long time, and their state has fluctuated. Although they still control the ball, they have not been able to organize an effective offense. Dzeko and Aguero in front have not been able to provoke the team's offensive backbone.

This is also after a long period of running-in and adjustment, Arsenal has found the most suitable central defender configuration for the team at present, allowing Koscielny and Vermaelen to partner and perform quite well in the game.

The first half ended at [-]-[-], neither side was able to score, but Manchester City controlled the ball and wasted more chances, which is a bit regrettable.

After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Arsenal still adopted a strict defense posture.

In 3 minutes, Aguero received a pass from Hazard from the left and headed the goal from close range, but was pushed out of the crossbar by Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny, regrettably missed the opportunity to score.

After that, Manchester City continued to organize and plan offenses, but they failed to play a threatening offensive. Instead, Arsenal's center van Persie frequently created threats during offense and counterattack.

Especially in the No. 70 minute, Alexander Song sent a through ball. After Van Persie received the ball from Manchester City's right rib, he swayed past Sabaletta to form a single shot.

The Belgian goalkeeper started consecutively. He conceded two goals at the Bernabeu in the last game, but his performance tonight is still brave.

This is also the most rare thing about Courtois, his psychological quality is really very sturdy.

The so-called strong mental quality does not mean that he doesn't care about mistakes, but that even if he makes a mistake, he can still stabilize his mind quickly and adjust himself instead of being immersed in that kind of frustrated emotion all the time.

And when the game progressed to No. 705 minutes, the score was still zero to zero.

Not only did Manchester City fail to suppress Arsenal, but as their physical fitness declined, Arsenal frequently got offensive opportunities.

Guardiola finally couldn't hold his breath, and once again resorted to his nirvana.

Change Sudong!
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Someone joked that Guardiola's on-the-spot command actually had only one trick, and that was to change Su Dong.

To use a sentence from the Guardian: Every time Manchester City encounters a crisis, it must be when Su Dong is not there, and usually Guardiola’s solution to the crisis is to replace Su Dong.

This sentence has been recognized by many fans, and some reporters even asked Guardiola face to face: Can't you be a little new?Let's be more confident, if we don't change Su Dong, will it work?
Guardiola replied lightly every time: I am not stupid.

Does that mean that every time Su Dong is replaced on the field, it will be effective?
The answer is not absolute 100%, but basically no problem.

Just like Manchester City's away game against Arsenal, Su Dong came off the bench in the No.705 minute, but only 8 minutes later, Trippier stepped in from the right. On the right side of Arsenal's 30-meter area, after receiving a pass from Thiago, he stopped the ball, glanced ahead, and immediately sent a diagonal pass.

Trippier's 45-degree diagonal pass, the angle is very tricky, and the placement is very precise.

It's the same this time.

The ball landed precisely on the right side of the small penalty area, while Su Dong got rid of Koscielny and advanced in the back row. Only Vermaelen could barely keep up with his speed and explosive power, but there was a certain gap in height between the two, so Su Dong jumped first.

Vermaelen didn't have time to keep up, so he could only stand on the spot, raised his head, and watched Su Dong rise into the sky like a god, almost covering the range of Vermaelen's sight, forming a huge pressure.

Su Dong headed the ball from close range, topped a far corner, and the ball flew to the left of the goal.

The goalkeeper Szczesny's position is on the right side. When he reacted, he rushed out quickly and saved with one hand, trying to block the ball out of the goal.

But Su Dong's header was too tricky. Although Szczesny tried his best, he still couldn't prevent the ball from entering the net.

The ball was loaded directly into the left side netting and fell into the Arsenal goal.

The whistle of the referee's effective goal sounded instantly.

At this time, Su Dong landed heavily, shouted, turned around and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the goal.

The Manchester City players on the field also chased them out one by one. Only the Arsenal players were left standing in the field dumbfounded, watching the Manchester City players flying out, especially Su Dong who was the leader.

Ma Dan, is there really such a god-defying player in this world?

Give him a little gap and he can create a goal?
How to play against such a player?

How could it be possible to win?
Especially Van Persie shook his head convincingly.

He is also very angry, but for Su Dong, he really refuses to accept it.

People are better than people, so mad!

(End of this chapter)