Chapter 852： Shevchenko's success and failure

On the evening of March 6, in the 29th round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Wigan Athletic at home.

After the team made several consecutive offensive threats, but failed to score, Su Dong turned around and sent a pass with his left foot after receiving a pass from his teammate in the top arc of the penalty area in the 32nd minute.

David Silva passed by Su Dong, leaped the ball straight into the penalty area, shot low with his left foot, the ball passed between the legs of goalkeeper Habsi, and Manchester City scored the only goal of the game. .

In the end, Manchester City beat Wigan Athletic by one goal.

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On the evening of March 10, Kiev, Ukraine.

Shevchenko was sitting in the team bus heading to the Nobalovsky Stadium, looking at the rainy Kiev outside the car window. He couldn't help but think that Britain should be the same at this time.

That country always rains all year round.

Kiev is different. Shevchenko has lived here since he was a child. He knew that it was about to change from cold winter to hot summer.

In fact, it rarely rains in Kiev in March, but I don’t know if it’s because of the upcoming Premier League team. It actually started drizzling today, which added a few more to the city where the temperature is always hovering above and below the zero-degree line. Chill.

However, this should not be a big fit for the British team.

Britain has recovered, but Kiev is still cold.

Just like in the past two years, Shevchenko's mood is still in the twelfth winter.

Back then, he made his way from Milan to Chelsea with ambition and encountered Waterloo for the first time in his career. He returned to Milan for a while, but it did not improve. In the end, he chose to return to Dynamo Kyiv.

It's already the second season, and he still hasn't gotten out of that nightmare.

He returned under the full hope of Dynamo Kyiv fans. Everyone hoped that he could play a role and lead the team to defeat Shakhtar Donetsk. As a result, he lost to his opponent last season and gave up the championship. This season Only twenty rounds have been played, and the opponent is already ten minutes behind, and the possibility of reversal is almost zero.

Fortunately, Dynamo Kyiv reached the round of 16 in the Europa League, which is barely a comfort.

In the two seasons in Dynamo Kyiv, Shevchenko has achieved nothing so far.

And he also felt the antagonism of the fans, especially the hostility between Kiev and Donetsk.

It's not just a derby confrontation between rivals at the football level, it's even more profound.

For all this, Shevchenko can do nothing.

He is no longer the Ronaldo who crossed Europa football.

Now he is just a veteran who is about to retire and is covered with injuries!

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The Nobalovsky Stadium was packed tonight.

Although everyone feels that it is unlikely that Dynamo Kyiv defeated Manchester City and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Europa League, at this stadium, Dynamo Kyiv has enough confidence. For example, in 2003, they were in the Champions League. In the game, they defeated the powerful Arsenal at home.

This also makes Dynamo Kyiv fans look forward to tonight's game.

At the same time, there are many people who are looking forward to the duel between Shevchenko and Su Dong, the two old and new European strikers.

Everyone can see that Su Dong is in full swing, Shevchenko is already old and old, and nuclear warheads are the hero of this city and this country. The fans here still believe that he is stronger than Su Dong.

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When the Dynamo Kiev bus arrived at the Nobalovsky Stadium, Manchester City had just arrived.

They arrived in Kiev on a chartered flight from Manchester yesterday.

For a Europa League, only the wealthy Manchester City are willing to invest so much.

The players of the two teams entered the locker room, and when they were ready to enter the stadium for pre-match training, they met at the exit of the player channel.

"Hey, Su." Shevchenko saw Su Dong first, smiled and raised his hand to say hello.

"Hello, Andre." Su Dong greeted him, first shook hands with Shevchenko, and then the two gave a hug.

When Shevchenko played for AC Milan, he actually had a lot of contact with Su Dong. The two had two or three joint sponsors and often met at some events, but later because of Chelsea and media hype, It caused some embarrassment between the two.

There is no contradiction with each other, and it is clear that it is the hype of the media and the operation of Chelsea, but it is embarrassing.

Since then, even if they meet in some public places, they have basically maintained their politeness and politeness, but they have been a little rusty.

But Su Dong hadn't seen Shevchenko for two years, and there was even little news about him in the newspapers. The nuclear warhead seemed to have disappeared from the world of European mainstream media, which is really embarrassing.

This is also the sorrow of the stars after they get old!

Professional football has always heard newcomers laugh, no one cares about old people crying.

How many Shevchenko fans back then, they would care about his every game, every goal he made, and even his every move off the court, but now? Who cares?

On the contrary, at this time, the two met, but they seemed close.

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"How is it? I see the information, you are not very smooth this season." Su Dong asked concerned.

Shevchenko is thirty-four years old. Unless it is an alternative like Maldini and Costacuta, Shevchenko's age is basically in the twilight of his career.

After returning to Ukraine, Shevchenko's attendance rate is actually not high, and a lot of time is spent in rest after a season.

In fact, it's no wonder that after suffering a serious injury like Chelsea, it is basically impossible to recover at that embarrassing age.

"At the beginning of last year's season, I hurt my knee." At this point, Shevchenko looked at Su Dong and smiled awkwardly. I was strained, and this time I took a break for more than a month."

Su Dong listened to him simply, but he could also appreciate his mood at this moment.

At his age, how can there be such a simple thing?

"Don't be miserable. After you come back, you scored in the Europa League two consecutive rounds. Dynamo Kyiv can advance. You are indispensable. I think you are holding back and are preparing to score our goal tonight. "Su Dong laughed.

Shevchenko smiled. After he recovered from injury, his condition was indeed okay.

The most important thing is to let go of many things. After the mentality is relaxed, coupled with the support of the team's tactics and surrounding teammates, his goal will come out.

"Your momentum this year is very strong, and I have been paying attention to it. Winning the Premier League is a high probability event. If you make up for it during the winter break, you might even want the Europa League in the second half?" Shevchenko asked with a smile.

Su Dong did not deny it either.

Manchester City brought in a few high-level players during the winter break. How could it be possible to say that they didn't want to get involved in the Europa League or win more championships?

No one believed it.

After laughing, Shevchenko smiled bitterly and said: "Your career plan is better than mine!"

Su Dong suddenly didn't know how to answer.

Although Shevchenko is not his idol even though he has never worked together, he really respects this predecessor.

Of all the players who can make a name for themselves in European football, none is simple, let alone a ruthless role like Shevchenko, who was once close to the Golden Globe.

Su Dong once studied Shevchenko's career planning with Nuno Cruise and others. From a purely competitive perspective, his transfer from AC Milan to Chelsea was a failure.

This is not because he didn't play out at Chelsea, in fact, it is difficult for him to play out at Chelsea.

During his time in Milan, Shevchenko began to transform into a scorer or a second forward due to injuries and other reasons, mainly running and scoring.

But there is a premise, that is, AC Milan had an excellent midfielder, especially Pirlo and Kaka.

The existence of these two players gave Shevchenko very strong support, allowing him to complete such a role transformation.

But at Chelsea, everyone knows that the Blues midfielder, let alone Kaka, can't even find a passer like Pirlo, which makes Chelsea forwards more need to take the initiative to take the initiative.

That is to say, a center like Drogba, a role like Shevchenko is difficult to perform.

If Shevchenko is in his prime, there is still room for his speed and technique, but the problem is that he has already been seriously injured.

It can be said that this transfer was doomed to tragedy from the very beginning.

Not only Shevchenko, in fact, for the current Torres, Manchester City technical department, Sudong and Nuno Cruz and others, UU reading is basically pessimistic and feels that he is still there. Copy Shevchenko's trajectory back then.

Of course, in the world of professional football, there has never been only football.

The transfer of Shevchenko and Torres to Chelsea is likely to be a failure from the perspective of football, but if you analyze it from the perspective of interests, it may be the opposite.

It's like Shevchenko, with his age and state at the time, even if he continues to stay in Milan, how long can he last? Transferring to Chelsea, it happens that you can make a lot of money and earn a pension for yourself. Isn't it a success?

It is precisely because of this that Su Dong's compliment to Shevchenko is mixed.

In many cases, players are actually helpless.

Especially professional players.

Everyone can only make the best solution at hand, but there is no way to dominate their own future.

It's as if no one can guarantee that in the next game, he will suddenly encounter a stunned boy who will shovel such a kick and let you retire directly.

Of course, this kind of small probability event rarely happens, but what if it is so unlucky?

Su Dong didn't know what to say for a while, stretched out his hand to embrace Shevchenko's shoulder, and sighed with a smile.

"You have to be merciful tonight."

Shevchenko was also amused. "It's you who want to show mercy."

"Kiev is too cold, some of us forgot to wear long sleeves." Sudong laughed bitterly.

The hapless man who forgot to wear long sleeves was called David Louis.

This guy probably didn't read the coaching staff's notice carefully. The temperature here in Kiev is freezing, and it may even be below zero at night.

Thinking of this, Su Dong felt cold all over.

Shevchenko also noticed that David Luiz was wearing short sleeves, and suddenly laughed.

This kid is so funny!