Manchester United Blessed by Heaven

David Silva's exquisite pass was beautiful, its arc bizarre and its placement precise.

But Su Dong's subsequent handling of the ball was even more astonishing.

As the ball dropped beside him, Su Dong used his body to shield the defender while directly stopping it with his heel.

The ball flying over from the halfway line actually obeyed him and came to a complete stop. Throughout the entire process, he maintained his forward momentum, so after stopping the ball, the defender marking him was still behind him. Su Dong then fired a low shot past the goalkeeper to score and extend Man City's lead.

Two–nil!

Ferguson rose to his feet in shock once again.

That moment had happened far too quickly. He had not seen clearly what had happened at all.

All he knew was that after the ball flew over, Su Dong had kept moving forward while stopping it—and had somehow brought it to a halt.

How had he done that?

Soon, the big screen showed a slow-motion replay of the entire goal.

It was his heel!

Ferguson sat back down, disbelief showing in his eyes.

Manchester United did have players with outstanding technique. There were even some who could stop a ball with their heels.

But to do it to Su Dong's level, especially with such effortless, casual precision, was basically impossible.

Forget the current Manchester United—even Cristiano Ronaldo in his prime probably could not have done it.

"How did he do that?" Ferguson murmured.

Mike Phelan misunderstood what Ferguson meant. "Actually, stopping the ball with your heel isn't that difficult..."

"No, no, Mike. You've missed the key point. His height and strength in physical contests are both outstanding, while his speed and Explosive Power are astonishing. How can his close control still be so delicate?"

"How does he