Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 695 Lurking
The European Super Cup has been held at the Louis II Stadium in Morocco since 98. This stadium is not big and can only accommodate more than 8000 people. Some stands can immediately use their voices to influence the players on the field. Whoever they support at this time can bring great help to whom.

Just like now - more than 2000 fanatical Newcastle fans occupied the entire two stands, and they used huge cheers and neat singing to suppress the local Monaco fans and more than 2000 Valencia fans who had an absolute superiority in numbers. , The maximum solidarity with the team they support.

As the winner of the last European Champions Cup, Newcastle's opponent is last season's UEFA Cup champion Valencia. Last year, under the leadership of Benitez, they reached the final all the way, and then defeated Marseille in Ligue [-] in the final. Became the double champion of La Liga and the UEFA Cup, but in this summer, the Bat Corps has undergone tremendous changes. Both the chairman and the head coach have both dismissed get out of class. The new chairman Otti invited Ranieri, who had just been dismissed from Chelsea, as the head coach. At the same time, there have been considerable changes in the lineup. The core midfielder Deco followed his mentor Benitez to Chelsea, the Norwegian striker Kalu went to Besiktas in Turkey, the veteran Sanchez returned to Celta Vigo, and the Brazilian striker Olivier Pulled to Betis, "Tinker" Ranieri introduced four Italian players from Serie A in one breath, bought full-back Moretti from Parma, bought forward Divayo from Juventus, and bought forward Divayo from Lazio. Buying striker Corradi and midfielder Fiore, Valencia's "Italian Gang" also seems to have begun to form.

La Liga started half a month later than the Premier League. Before coming to Monaco to play the Super Cup, Newcastle had played four rounds of the league, while Valencia had only played one round of La Liga. They beat them [-]-[-] at home Villarreal made a good start to the new season. Three of the four Italian new players were absent due to injury. Only Divaio appeared in the starting lineup, but he did not perform well and missed a single-handed goal. , It was defender Marchena and midfielder Baraja who scored for Valencia.

In the two confrontations last season, Mourinho and Ranieri drew a tie, and the two clashes in the league ended in a draw, but the fate of the two was heaven and earth, and Mourinho continued to serve , But Ranieri was ruthlessly fired, probably Ranieri is also envious of Mourinho having a good boss.

In this game, Ranieri formed a four-five-one formation, the goalkeeper Canizares, the four defenders are Moretti, Marchena, Ayala and Carboni, and the midfielder has two rears. Waist Baraja, Albelda, forward Aimar, wings Vicente and Rufete, forward forward Diwayo, and Valencia's top scorer Mista last season sat on the bench.

And Mourinho made great adjustments to the team's lineup. Since the beginning of the new season, Shay Given, who has conceded every game, sat on the bench. Czech national goal Cech started the game. The four defenders were Maicon and Kufu. Paul, Lucio and Bernard, Makelele and Essien in the middle of the midfield, Nie Fei on the right, Ribery on the left, and the double forwards are Ibrahimovic and Shearer.

Compared with last season, Mourinho used five newcomers in one breath, which completely caught Ranieri by surprise.

Ranieri thinks he is quite familiar with Newcastle, and Newcastle has not changed much in the first few rounds of the Premier League. , But in Ranieri's view, the idea is good, but whether it can be implemented smoothly requires a long period of tacit understanding and suitable candidates.

Especially on the two wings - the tactics Mourinho used against Aston Villa, there must be two wingers who can hit the center and have excellent technical breakthrough and organizational skills, and two who can go up. The full-backs who can play, have both offense and defense, and plenty of physical fitness make up for the lack of wing attack. He doesn't believe that he can have so many good players.

Judging from the staffing of Newcastle last season, Nie Fei was able to meet the standard of being able to play in the middle and the side, and to break through the organization and score excellently, but neither Robert nor Stewart could meet them. Both of them are pure wide players. After coming from the middle, the ability will be reduced by at least half. Do you expect such a full-back to achieve such a difficult task?impossible.

More importantly, there are two wingers. Bernard can barely be regarded as both offensive and defensive, but Trabelsi is a typical example of strong offense and weak defense. It is difficult to come back after the assist. When Nie Fei moves sideways, he assists forward After that, Newcastle's right will be the best place to break through.

Ranieri's vision is very poisonous, but he never expected that in the Newcastle formation, there are really people who can make up for these two defects.

The "Blade Warrior" of the future French national team and the "Robert Carlos on the right" of the future Brazilian national team are now on the Newcastle bench.

And this game is when they emerge.

Mourinho and Pei Wei have the same views on Ribery, Drogba, Maicon, Essien, Lennon and Petr Cech. They may not be able to occupy the main position at this stage. , but they are definitely a valuable asset for Newcastle in the future-other players in the same position as them may be stronger than them now, but those main players have no great potential, and they are still young and can grow, so we are using them You must be careful and careful when you are fighting, no matter whether it is flattery or stick killing, it is inappropriate.

But now, the old players they are facing did not perform very well some time ago, and it is time for them to play. In this season, gradually increase the number of times they play, so that they become more important It is important to slowly establish the Magpie dynasty in Mourinho's mind.

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At the beginning of the game, Mourinho gave Ranieri a big "surprise".

Valencia, who took the lead to kick off the ball, launched an attack. After a few passes, the ball fell to Aimar's feet.

After a few spikes, Aimar found it difficult to get rid of the muscular man in front of him. The speed of the opponent was not inferior to him, and his strength was several grades higher. Although Aimar believed that he would not lose to him, after a long stalemate, Makelay Lai will definitely come to attack, and then it will be difficult.

Aimar turned around, blocked Essien behind him, and then passed the ball to Baraja who came up. Baraja immediately distributed the ball to Vicente who was inserted from the side.

Vicente turned around with the ball smoothly, and then he saw a strange face.

Douglas Maicon, who only landed in the European League this summer, is unfamiliar to any European team.

Although he followed the Brazilian national team as the main force to win the Copa America this summer, for everyone, the only player worth noting in this "Brazil Second Team" is the star-studded "Little Pele" Robinho. Players... It is almost certain that they will only be substitutes in the real Brazil team. It is hard to imagine that the 23-year-old Maicon can replace captain Cafu as the main right back of the Brazil national team-they are just substitutes.

Now this substitute is lying in front of him.

Vicente, who became famous at a young age, of course would not take this unknown Brazilian in his heart. Naturally, the forwards of the Brazilian national team are all good players, but the defenders...except for those few world-famous ones, the others The strength is not very good, not to mention that Vicente, who reached his peak last season and in the European Championship, likes defenders who focus on offense and light defense.

Pretending to move the ball horizontally, the opponent moved a step as expected. Vicente secretly smiled inwardly, and then swiftly swiped the ball towards the bottom line to break through!

Vicente passed Maicon smoothly. He himself did not expect it to be so smooth. At first, he thought that the full-back who could play the main force in the Brazilian national team would have a few brushes, but he did not expect it to be so vulnerable.

Thinking about Vicente, I increased my speed, galloping along the empty sidewalk... well, it felt good.

Vicente's good feeling lasted only a few seconds. His intuition as a wide player made him feel the pressure, and he tilted his head slightly. Vicente glanced behind him, and was shocked to find that Maicon had used an unbelievable The high-speed catch up!
damn it!
Vicente cursed in his heart. He was known for his speed. Although he had the ball under his feet, the Brazilian kid was able to quickly shorten the distance between him and him, at least proving that the opponent's speed was not inferior to him!

Thinking of this, Vicente felt a little regretful. If he knew this guy was so fast, he should have gotten rid of it more safely. Maybe shaking him to the ground is a better way?
But he has no time to regret. After quickly approaching the bottom line, Maicon has faintly stuck his breakthrough route. It is difficult to show his skills in a narrow place, and his speed is not enough to throw off his opponent—at least this The guy's card position is very accurate.

Vicente gave up his idea of ​​breaking through, saw that Divayo had rushed into the penalty area and asked for the ball, and immediately passed the ball with one kick.

Diwayo received the ball, and before he could stop the ball, a black shadow rushed over and quickly stretched out his foot to poke the ball out!

Kufuor's judgment was accurate!
"Kufuor, who also played for the first time this season, made an accurate judgment. He broke the ball at the feet of Divaio! The Italian was too careless. Maybe he focused all his attention on Lucio. Don't forget, Even though Kuffor played right-back at Newcastle last season, at Bayern he played at centre-back!"

(End of this chapter)