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Chapter 217 The Curse of Celta [Third Explosion, Begging for a Monthly Pass Subscription! 】

On October 22, in the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Valencia challenged Bruges, Belgium.

After 10 and [-] minutes of fierce fighting, the Bats suffered their first defeat of the season.

After frantically blasting the goal 31 times in the away game, they lost [-]-[-] regrettably.

Brugge has created a very solid iron barrel formation at their home court, and they just didn't give Valencia the slightest chance.

Su Dong was very active in this game, which was the biggest highlight of Valencia's frontcourt. Whether it was one-on-one or the impact on the defense, as a high center forward, Su Dong's performance was remarkable.

But unfortunately, the opponent almost kept all eleven players in the penalty area, leaving Su Dong helpless.

Zero to one, Valencia lost away.

In another duel at the same time, Marseille defeated Inter Milan [-]-[-].

Following the Nerazzurri's [-]-[-] away draw with Bruges in the previous round, they lost again in this round.

Coach Cooper was also dismissed by Inter Milan President Moratti on the night of the game, and his successor was Zaccheroni.

This also triggered a strong earthquake in European football.

Although the results of coaching Inter Milan are not very satisfactory, and he has the title of second child in ten thousand years, Cooper is a famous European coach after all.

With Cooper dismissed from get out of class, the future of Inter Milan's star black hole has become increasingly unpredictable.

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On the weekend, the eighth round of La Liga.

Valencia, who had won seven consecutive victories all the way, finally stopped at the Riazor Stadium.

In this strong dialogue, Deportivo, who played at home, took the lead 6-[-] with Belleron's goal in just [-] and [-] minutes.

This is a corner kick attack. After Canizares hit the ball, it was pushed back in front of the goal by the opposing player. Belleron shot with his left foot on the right side of the small penalty area.

Like David Silva, the Spanish midfielder from the Canary Islands has played a pivotal role in the Deportivo team this season and performed quite well.

Valencia's most threatening attack was in the No.208 minute.

When the team launched an attack from the right, Rufet failed to catch up in time, and Aimar was forced to break through with the ball himself and cross into the penalty area.

Su Dong, who was responding, was already in place, but Aimar's pass was lacking in quality, and was directly picked off by goalkeeper Molina, who missed an excellent scoring opportunity.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Deportivo played more cautiously.

Benitez also realized that after the team's continuous battle, the overall state of the players was not ideal, so he immediately made a substitution.

Mista replaced Rufet, the team switched to a four-four-two style of play, and Aimar appeared on the right.

Obviously, Benitez's intention is to liberate Soviet Union again.

Just 5 minutes later, it was Su Dong who received a pass from Albelda on the left and gave Vicente a beautiful hit-the-wall cooperation. Using his speed, he forcibly broke through the right defender Pablo and passed the ball low and flat in front of the baseline.

Mista followed up in the middle, and calmly pushed in front of the goal, one to one!

This is Su Dong's first assist in La Liga this season!
But it is a pity that only 7 minutes after the goal, Tristan, who came off the bench for only 1 minute, scored with a direct free kick and scored another goal for Deportivo.

In the end, Valencia regrettably lost [-]-[-] away.

This was the Bats' first loss in La Liga this season.

At the same time, Su Dong's record of scoring seven consecutive rounds this season was terminated.

More importantly, after this round of defeat, Valencia and Deportivo have won seven games and one loss in eight games. The goal difference of the two teams is the same, but Irueta's team relied on each other.

This also made Valencia, who has occupied the top spot for a long time this season, Su Dong, who scored consecutive goals, and even the midfielder Aimar, all fell into media controversy after the game.

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Possession time: 50.2: 49.8, same number of shots, same number of fouls.

The final score was two to one.

When Aspen analyzed the La Liga top game after the game, they regretted Valencia's loss.

They believe that the Riazor Stadium is one of the scariest home games in La Liga, even more terrifying than the Bernabeu and Camp Nou in many cases, and when Deportivo faced Valencia in the game, they did not come up with very effective methods in sports warfare.

The team's top scorer, Pandiani, misfired throughout the game, which is the best proof.

"Irueta's team wins in efficiency. Two set kicks scored and Valencia didn't even get a point in the away game."

Aspen believes that the two-line battle still has an impact on Valencia. Benitez's team was already a little tired when they played away at Bruges, and now they are playing away.

"Aimar is indeed talented, but in this midfield match between the clown and the magician, the Argentine players were not stable enough. On the contrary, it was Belleron who played an important role at the critical moment."

"Sudong is one of the few bright spots in the Valencia team."

"In the first half, limited by the team's overall performance and the tactical defensiveness, Su Dong did not perform very well, but in the second half, as Valencia gradually opened up the situation, Su Dong also got more opportunities to perform and proved his strength with an assist."

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Valencia captain Albelda directly pointed the finger at the referee after the game, thinking that Deportivo's first goal was a violation, because Belleron had fouled Valencia goalkeeper Canizares first.

"Obviously, he was influenced by the fanatical fans at home. It was obviously Vereron who fouled our goalkeeper, but in the end, not to mention the goal, he gave our protesting goalkeeper a yellow card. I can't understand this logic."

Albelda's anger is understandable, because without that conceded goal, the trend of the game would be completely different.

Coach Benitez was also dissatisfied with Valeron's goal, thinking it was a foul.

"Frankly, both goals conceded were set-pieces, which makes me feel very sorry, especially the second goal, we played very well at that time, but the opponent's free kick went directly through our goal."

"Also, my players told me that Vereron fouled Canizares before scoring, but the referee ignored it."

Valencia's protest was also recognized by the media after the game.

Marca mentioned in the replay that before Belleron scored, he did foul Canizares.

"But the referee obviously didn't notice this, so the penalty goal is valid."

But in any case, the Marca newspaper still believes that after Valencia experienced a seven-game winning streak at the beginning of the season, it ushered in a decline in state, and gave up its position as the leader of La Liga at the Riazor Stadium. This requires the Bat Corps to sound the alarm.

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Regarding the recent situation of the team, Valencia's management and coaching staff temporarily convened a meeting of players to discuss.

The team currently has no problems, mainly due to the ups and downs caused by multi-line battles.

In order to better stimulate the player's condition and enhance the team's ambition to regain the league championship, the management has given a championship prize of 600 million euros. As long as the team can win the La Liga championship, this bonus will be honored to the players of the first team.

Not only that, because the team also participated in the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, the management also gave bonuses successively.

Among them, the goal of the UEFA Champions League is the knockout round. As long as they can stand out from the group stage and enter the knockout round of the top 200, they can get a bonus of [-] million euros. If the results are better, the bonus can be increased.

The rewards from the management have indeed stimulated the team, and the enthusiasm of the players has been improved.

But things like player status are really hard to say.

Especially three days after playing Deportivo, the team ushered in another La Liga powerhouse, Vigo Celta, at home.

This team is not afraid of Valencia at all, because Benitez has never defeated Celta Vigo, with a total score of five draws and two losses, without a win.

Not only that, last season, Celta Vigo was also the root of Valencia's penalty curse. In the game against them, Baraja missed two penalty kicks, which caused Valencia to miss penalties throughout the following season.

After losing to Deportivo, Celta Vigo is at home, which undoubtedly makes people worry about Valencia's prospects.

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On the evening of October 29th, at the Mestagna Stadium in Valencia.

In the ninth round of La Liga, Valencia played against Celta Vigo at home.

It wasn't a lucky day for Valencia.

First, the captain Albelda was suspended for accumulating yellow cards, and then the left winger Vicente played only 10 minutes before he was injured by an ankle injury by the opponent's defender.

Before the end of the first half, Caboni and Canobio, who came off the bench, hit the wall and Aimar hit a header from the center.

But the situation changed suddenly in the second half. First, Celta Vigo's midfielder Jesuli broke through and crossed from the side. Rookie Navarro stopped the ball in a hurry and was volleyed by the opponent to equalize the score.

After that, Jesuli broke through Marchena again, volleyed with his left foot and scored for Celta Vigo to overtake the score.

And 2 minutes later, Canobio's shot luckily hit the post and bounced into the goal.

Two to two!
The game was played inextricably.

Anyone can see that Valencia is not in the best form at home, and has long lost the vigor it had at the beginning of the league.

Mista, who replaced Sudong in the starting lineup, also failed to win the game for the team.

On the other hand, Vigo Celta played very aggressively. In the first 10 minutes of the game, the referee showed six yellow cards, all of which were given to Vigo Celta.

It can be seen the intensity of this game.

The time is about to jump into 10 minutes, and there is not much time left for Valencia.

Could it be that it's nothing more than losing to Deportivo in the away game, and returning to the home court, they will be tied by Celta Vigo and continue the curse of Celta for many years?
Fans of Mestagna's home team cheered for the team one after another, and even many fans of the Bat Corps were calling for the head coach to be replaced, especially Su Dong.

"Change Su Dong!"

"We need him!"

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