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Chapter 995 This goal is too brutal!

Tottenham Hotspur has three famous goalkeepers: Gomez, Friedel and Cudicini.

There is a tradition in professional football that people like to distinguish the importance of players in the team from their jersey numbers.

Some important numbers will never be given to people easily, such as number ten, number eight, number four and number one.

The No. [-] jersey is the standard equipment for the main goalkeeper. Those who can wear this jersey are all goalkeepers who are the most valued by the head coach.

If you want to be more rigorous, it should be the time to submit the player number.

Manchester City's No. [-] jersey is England goalkeeper Joe Hart, which proves that he was indeed Manchester City's starting goalkeeper at the time, but during the season, through the game, his position was challenged by the teenager Courtois and gradually lost his position. Now he has completely reduced to Courtois' substitute.

The same is true for Tottenham Hotspur.

The No. 23 jersey is Gomez, and Cudicini has always been the team's substitute goalkeeper, wearing the No. [-] jersey.

This is also the regular configuration of Tottenham Hotspur in the past two or three years. However, at the beginning of the season, Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez's performance has been unsatisfactory and he made too many mistakes. Redknapp lost confidence in him, so he introduced American goalkeeper Friedel from Aston Villa on a free transfer.

Friedel is a famous player in the Premier League. From Blackburn to Aston Villa, he has always performed very well.

Redknapp introduced Friedel and gave him the No. 24 jersey, which made the original substitute goalkeeper Cudicini feel the pressure. After all, he is 38 years old.

After experiencing the tempering of many giant teams such as AC Milan, Lazio and Chelsea, Cudicini also has his own way of survival, which allows him to protect himself in this cruel three-person competition, and still acts as a substitute.

The most unlucky thing is the Brazilian goalkeeper Gomez, who has plummeted directly from the starting goalkeeper to a substitute among the substitutes who have no games to play.

The No. [-] jersey in the team is like the sword of Damocles hanging above Cudicini's head, reminding him all the time that if he relaxes, he will be like Gomez, or even worse.

Cudicini prepares for every game like walking on eggshells.

Since Friedel is almost 41 years old and has limited energy, the American goalkeeper can only focus on the league and leave all the cup games to Cudicini, so the Italian goalkeeper's playing time is quite considerable.

He's been doing really well, too, solidly in goal for Tottenham, especially in the FA Cup.

In the first five rounds of the FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur’s opponents were not too weak, but Cudicini’s goal was only scored twice, and there were three clean sheets. This performance allowed Redknapp to continue to trust Cudicini and let him start the game against Manchester City. The Italian goalkeeper also cherishes this opportunity.

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Cudicini has played for Chelsea, so he knows the horror of Sudong.

From the moment the game whistle sounded, Cudicini's whole body tensed up, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

He knows that his reaction is not fast enough, his body is not flexible enough, and he can only make up for it with experience and concentration.

When he saw Manchester City's long pass to Su Dong, he once again focused on Su Dong.

Ledley King was thrown away by Su Dong.

Well, this is actually quite normal. This central defender is physically strong, but after frequent injuries, his strength is obviously not as good as before.

Gallas has been following Sudong. This French central defender was considered the most underrated central defender in the Chelsea team. Terry has said in private more than once that his best partner is Gallas, not Carvalho.

Even at an older age, the speed is still ok.

But outside the arc top of the penalty area, Gallas was blocked by Su Dong, retreating steadily, which made Cudicini nervous again.

Given Gallas' age, his body couldn't compete with a strong guy like Su Dong, but Cudicini still believed that Gallas should be able to block Su Dong and prevent him from turning around.

The French central defender has so much experience, he must know what will happen if Su Dong turns around.

If he can't turn around and Su Dong can only hold the ball with his back, what will he do next?

Well, Sanchez and Di Maria are following up, and these two little guys should also pay attention.

Just when Cudicini scanned the two sides from the corner of his eye, he saw the ball fall in front of Su Dong in a blink of an eye, and he didn't know what kind of magic he used, but he stopped the ball directly to the right and rear of himself and Gallas, then turned to the right by himself, accelerated suddenly, and rushed past Gallas' defense.

Damn!

Cudicini turned pale with shock.

what happened?

How could he turn around and rush over?

The Italian goalkeeper decisively abandoned the goal.

The last defensive player has already been rushed away, and it seems that he is about to form a single-handed attack. If he doesn't attack at this time, will he still save it for the New Year?
But as soon as Cudicini got out of the small penalty area, he saw that Su Dong had rushed into the big penalty area quickly, caught up with the ball he stopped just now, and hit it with his left foot without stopping the ball.

Cudicini raised his hands high to block Sudong's shot angle.

But Su Dong's shot came so fast that he didn't have any time to react.

When Cudicini raised his hands, he could clearly feel a hurricane passing through his hands.

Ruined!
The Italian goalkeeper fell on the field, and the ball was blasted into Tottenham Hotspur's goal by Su Dong in a very brutal and violent aesthetic way.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!"

"Beautiful! Wonderful!"

"Su Dong's attack this time is simply unreasonable, rampant, unstoppable!"

"This goal is too brutal!"

"Gallas was directly hit by Sudong and fell backwards in the penalty area. He watched him burst into the goal, and Cudicini's attack could not stop Sudong's goal."

"One to zero! Tottenham Hotspur broke the goal in just 5 minutes!"

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"This goal is really beautiful!"

In front of the coaching bench of the home team, Tottenham Hotspur coach Redknapp, after a long sigh from the sidelines, praised sincerely.

The key to this ball lies in Su Dong's handling, which is entirely dependent on personal ability.

It can be said that Gallas was completely blown away.

Of course, there is nothing to be ashamed of. After all, there have been countless players who have been beaten by Su Dong over the years.

The most famous is Arsenal's Senderos, who was directly overshadowed by Su Dong. Since then, his level has plummeted, far from the outstanding performance and potential of the year.

Gallas was also beaten by Su Dong this time, so after losing the ball, he sat down in the penalty area, looking very depressed.

It does take a little time to recover from such a goal.

If it was the second half, Redknapp would not hesitate to choose to replace Gallas, a hidden danger, but now it is just the beginning, and Tottenham Hotspur can't find a better and more suitable central defender than Gallas.

"Facing a goal like Su Dong's, there is basically nothing to do."

Redknapp shook his head and walked back, saying this to the assistant coach, as if to the players on the field, and at the same time to himself.

Because it really is unsolvable.

Starting from Su Dong's insertion, the defensive players who can keep up with his speed are basically impossible to compete with him physically, and must be at a disadvantage, and he uses his physical advantage to suppress the central defender.

The most terrible thing is that his footwork is still very good. Just the footwork of stopping the ball from mid-air to the right defense, looking at European football, how many people can do it?

Especially to be able to stop just right like Su Dong, just turn around, catch up with two steps, and hit with his left foot.

It is estimated that apart from Messi and a few other geniuses with extremely delicate skills at their feet, there is really no one.

However, Su Dong did it, and more than once.

This is Su Dong's iconic move.

Su Dong scored in the opening 5 minutes, and the main central defender was blown away. This game is difficult!
Redknapp sat in the coach's bench, watching the game intently, with an extremely dignified expression.

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As if to confirm Redknapp's guess.

There was some confusion among Tottenham players on the pitch after Sudong broke the deadlock.

During the game, the players' thinking was not unified, and the team began to have problems.

No. In the 14th minute, Manchester City seized the opportunity. After stealing the pass from van der Vaart in the frontcourt, the ball was sent to the left. Marcelo made a diagonal pass to the left side of the penalty area.

Sanchez followed up, rushed the ball back to the center before the defenders, Su Dong rushed to the ball, swept the ball in the air, and sent the ball straight into Tottenham Hotspur's goal again.

Two to zero!
Everyone in Manchester City was inexplicably excited.

Everyone at the scene, including the Tottenham fans in the stands, can basically judge that Su Dong's second goal has completely killed Tottenham Hotspur, because this line of defense was pierced too easily.

If it is said that the first goal was only due to Su Dong’s personal performance, then the second goal was due to the tacit cooperation between the three attackers in the frontcourt of Manchester City.

The whole process is a manifestation of Manchester City's offensive routines, relying on the teamwork of the players, not even the individual performance of the players, but Tottenham Hotspur's defensive players are completely out of position during this process.

Especially for Su Dong's last shot, Gallas and Ledley King didn't keep up with him at all, and there were too many defensive problems exposed.

There is only one explanation for this, and that is that Tottenham Hotspur have been completely stunned.

Especially Gallas, after losing the first ball, his overall performance was unsatisfactory and he seemed very out of shape.

Under such circumstances, the biggest question in everyone's mind, including Tottenham's head coach Redknapp, is not whether they can win, but how many goals Tottenham will lose?

Or, can you lose a few fewer goals?

(End of this chapter)