i want to be king

Chapter 999 Sure enough, there is a conspiracy!
After finishing the pre-match training at Camp Nou and returning to the visiting team's locker room, Manchester City got Barcelona's starting lineup.

Not to mention, Mourinho is really tough enough, the starting lineup is exactly the same as the list he announced before.

This made people feel surprised, where did he get his confidence?

Or, does he really have a trump card?

Otherwise, how to explain that he announced the starting lineup one day in advance?
This is completely unreasonable.

But in any case, the authenticity of this list has been verified.

No one in Manchester City is going to discuss and study this list anymore, or speculate on Barcelona's tactics. They are still adjusting their own state, discussing with their teammates some details of their cooperation on the pitch, and the overall performance of the team.

In this game, Manchester City also did their best.

Goalkeeper Courtois, the defense is Marcelo, Pepe, Kompany and Zabaleta, the midfielder is Busquets, David Silva and Toni Cross are in the center, and the frontcourt is a combination of Di Maria, Su Dong and Sanchez.

In the Champions League, Guardiola prefers Di Maria to Hazard.

It's not because of anything else, but that Di Maria and Sanchez have very good deep penetration capabilities. As long as they are given a certain amount of space, they can tear apart the defense.

Relatively speaking, Hazard is a player with the ball, and is more responsible for advancing with the ball and attracting defensive firepower.

This reflects Manchester City's two different offensive ideas, all of which revolve around Su Dong.

If Guardiola wants Su Dong to drop back more and form a midfielder holding the ball with David Silva, Toni Kroos and Busquets, the two wingers must be able to step up.

The advantage of this is that once the midfielder penetrates through passing and controlling the ball and pulls out the opponent's defense line, the two wingers can hit the opponent's back anytime and anywhere, and Su Dong's back penetration will form a fatal blow.

If Guardiola wants Su Dong to be at the top, then at least one of the two wingers needs to have the ability to drive the ball. Hazard has done a better job in this regard.

Generally speaking, Hazard performed better in England. In the Champions League, his performance is not as good as Di Maria.

It's not about personal ability. On the one hand, Hazard is still young, and on the other hand, his current characteristics have not been fully explored, and he needs to be further refined and consolidated.

Both Su Dong and Guardiola are very optimistic about Hazard, but he is still a little immature.

Guardiola arranged for Di Maria and Sanchez to start at the same time in this game, so it is obvious that Su Dongla must be pulled out to play.

According to his guess, Mourinho has a high probability of adopting a conservative strategy.

To put it simply, it is to compress the defense line and adopt a low defense.

Someone once concluded that Manchester City's midfield iron triangle, Busquets, David Silva and Toni Kroos, all have a strong ability to get the ball and play the ball under defensive pressure, which makes Manchester City's midfielder The ability to control the ball is extremely strong.

The biggest problem for Barcelona in this regard is to delay the fourth position.

Needless to say, Xavi and Iniesta are definitely the top midfielders in the world, but the problem is that the existence of Yaya Toure has made Barcelona's midfield pass and control hidden dangers. Over the years, the Ivorian midfielder has not been able to maintain the same channel as Xavi and Iniesta. Occasionally, they played together in a few games, and Barcelona basically beat their opponents.

The introduction of Cesc Fabregas originally hoped that he could provoke Barcelona's No. [-] position and form a midfield iron triangle with Xavi and Iniesta. Barcelona even gave Fabregas the No. [-] jersey, but as a result, under Mourinho's use, Fabregas became a frontcourt attacker.

This is why, in the European Super Cup, Manchester City's ability to pass and control the ball is even stronger than Barcelona.

The importance of Busquets was fully reflected in that game.

Therefore, Guardiola guessed that Mourinho would take a defensive approach, even at the Nou Camp.

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"No matter what formation the opponent will form or what kind of targeted defense will be adopted in this game, I have only one request for you, that is to be patient and hold your ground. No matter what the situation is, we must not mess up."

"Remember, this is the Nou Camp, the most terrifying home stadium in the world. Even if we lose the ball here, it is nothing to be surprised about. Back to our home stadium, we will definitely be able to get it back."

When Guardiola said this, he paused, "Also, I want you to pay attention at all times. Once we seize the opportunity, we will resolutely play behind the two wings, especially Alves' side. I believe that Barcelona's defense will definitely make mistakes. It's just a matter of time."

"Guys, don't guess what kind of tactics the opponent will adopt. That's my job, and it has nothing to do with you. All you need to do is to do your best on the court, execute our tactics, and defeat the opponent."

In the semi-finals of the Champions League, there is actually no need for any pre-match mobilization, everyone will do their best.

Because, all professional players have a dream of the Champions League final, or even the Champions League champion.

This does not require any mobilization at all.

Just before going on the field, Guardiola firmly held Su Dong's hand, hugged him affectionately, and whispered in his ear, "Please!"

"Don't worry! Leave it to me!" Su Dong comforted.

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The referee of this game is Kakir from Turkey. This referee is 35 years old and has a lot of experience.

When Su Dong led the Manchester City players to the player tunnel, he happened to see the Turkish referee standing at the entrance of the tunnel with his assistant. When he saw Su Dong from afar, Kakir nodded and smiled at him.

In the European referee circle, Su Dong's reputation is still very good.

Barcelona also came over under the leadership of captain Puyol.

They are all a group of old acquaintances. When they meet, they first come to a warm hug.

Messi and Iniesta, in particular, happily pulled Su Dong to talk, nothing more than talking about Su Dong's upcoming wedding, and they were all very concerned about the progress.

Su Dong also specially shook hands and embraced Mascherano.

The Argentine international was transferred from Bayern to Barcelona. He performed well under Mourinho and can play both positions as a midfielder and central defender. I wonder if Mourinho arranged for him to play as a midfielder tonight?Or play central defender?

But all the same.

Barcelona's main central defender has always been Pique and another short, but more flexible central defender, Puyol or Mascherano, and the burden of watching Su Dong must be placed on Pique.

"Leo, don't worry, I will help you teach him again tonight." Su Dong grinned, fearing that the world would not be chaotic.

Messi shook his head and laughed, while pushing Su Dong, complaining that he was digging a hole for himself.

Iniesta and Harvey beside them couldn't stop laughing.

Pique is a big talker. When he left Barcelona that year, he threatened to teach Su Dong a lesson. Of course, Messi was angry, so he told Su Dong that when he met Pique, he would teach him a lesson.

But who would have thought that time has passed, Pique did not play out at Manchester United, but returned to Barcelona and became teammates with Messi.

Every time he saw Messi, Su Dong would make fun of him with this matter, and by the way, he would also step on Pique.

All these years since his debut, this kid has never taken advantage of Su Dong.

Some Catalan media once worried that Pique would repeat Senderos' mistakes and be psychologically shadowed by Su Dong. However, this kid has a big heart, and there is nothing wrong with him.

"Just keep laughing, you won't be able to laugh later." Pique said with a snort.

Su Dong snorted, "So, what kind of secret killer move do you really hide!"

"No wonder Mourinho dared to announce the starting lineup one day in advance. There is indeed a conspiracy." Su Dong laughed.

Seemingly a casual sentence, Su Dong has been paying attention to the movement of the Barcelona players, and found that when he mentioned the early announcement of the list, many Barcelona players, including Puyol and Harvey, became unnatural.

This matter is neither big nor small. After all, announcing the starting list one day in advance is a bit too arrogant and exaggerated. If it can really play a surprise effect, it’s okay, but I’m afraid it won’t have any effect.

Su Dong can feel that Mourinho's move has multiple purposes.

Interfering with Manchester City is only part of it, and there is another very important reason, which is probably to force Barcelona's players to stand with him.

He now feels like he is at the bottom of the boat. If he loses, he will basically have to dismiss get out of class this season. By that time, Barcelona's dream of defending the Champions League this season will be completely shattered.

At this moment, Su Dong saw Mourinho walking out of the player tunnel.

The two met each other, and Su Dong waved his hand to greet him. Mourinho just nodded slightly, and seemed not in the mood to say anything to Su Dongduo.

Seeing Mourinho again, Su Dong had to sigh with emotion that the handsome position of the head coach of a wealthy family is really tormenting.

This guy was forced to have gray hair, and he looked much older than his actual age. It can be seen that during the time of coaching Barcelona, ​​especially in the past year, the pressure was indeed too great.

Many people say that players eat youth food, but in fact, the head coach is a high-risk occupation.

The so-called high risk is not only because it is the easiest to blame and get fired, but also because it is a huge physical and psychological torture to the head coach. I don’t know how many people are like Ferguson, equipped with a pacemaker, for fear of stopping at any time.

The pressure is really too great!

The referee Kakir picked up the game ball and signaled the players of the two teams to line up.

The caddies also came over, all young players from La Masia. I don't know if there will be another genius among this group of caddies in the future.

"Su, I wish you good luck!" Messi hugged Su Dong again, then turned and walked to the back row of the queue.

"You too." When hugging, Su Dong patted him on the back affectionately.

The same goes for Iniesta.

Once on the court, they are rivals.

But before that, they were still best friends.

(End of this chapter)