i want to be king

Chapter 236 Hot Derby

People have always said that Villarreal is like Valencia's younger brother.

Whether it is from the historical results or the influence of the two teams, it is enough to illustrate this point.

What's more interesting is that Valencia's chairman Roig is the brother of Villarreal's chairman Fernando Roig.

Look, isn't this just a younger brother?

But this season, things seem to be a little different.

Villarreal is currently ranked fifth in La Liga and has a good performance in the UEFA Cup. This makes the yellow submarine seem to see the dawn of getting rid of the shadow of Valencia. They are no longer willing to be just a younger brother.

More importantly, their head coach Benito Floro.

The 51-year-old coach from Gijon has a deep relationship with Valencia coach Benitez.

As we all know, Benitez started his coaching career in Real Madrid's youth training camp, but in him, he can't see the chicness and elegance of Real Madrid's offensive football. Even Benitez often said that Real Madrid's tradition is the spirit of Juanito, not gorgeous offensive football.

Benitez left Real Madrid early and went to Valladolid, Tenerife and other teams. He absorbed the coaching essence of Cruyff, Sacchi and Capello and other famous coaches, and formed his own set of offensive and defensive balance tactical style.

But few people know that Benitez once served as an assistant coach, and the time is not short.

That man was Benito Floro.

At that time, Benitez was coaching in the Real Madrid youth team, and Benito Floro replaced Benhak as the head coach of Real Madrid, so he chose a person from the youth team as his assistant, and that person was Benitez.

Frollo dismissed midway through his second season of coaching at Real Madrid. The worst shame in the history of Real Madrid, the [-]-[-] defeat to Barcelona, ​​was created under the coaching of Frollo.

Interestingly, after Floro dismissed get out of class, the head coach of Real Madrid's second team, Bosque, entered the first team for the first time to fight the fire, but after the end of the season, he returned to the second team because Real Madrid hired Valdano, who had a good record in coaching Tenerife at the time.

After Valdano took office as Real Madrid coach, Benitez also returned to the youth team to coach for a season.

If Valencia has always regarded Villarreal as his younger brother, then Floro has always regarded Benitez as his younger brother.

Back then, when labor and management coached Real Madrid, you were just an assistant!

Because of this, Floro stated from a very early stage that Villarreal will not be conservative when he is a guest at the Mestagna Stadium against Valencia.

Sure enough, he lined up the attacking combination of Anderson, Jose Mari, Riquelme and Guayre.

This is very obvious, open up the battle, and fight against Valencia!

In front of the little brother, put down your face and guard against death?
He, Benito Floro, could not afford to lose that man!

……

At the beginning of the game, Valencia took advantage of the home court to seize the initiative and played a wave of offensive.

But soon, the problem was exposed.

One is that after the winter break training, the players generally have not yet entered the state, and the other is that Villarreal's tactics are very targeted and the players' strength is quite good.

Riquelme's presence in the frontcourt made Albelda and Baraja's position a bit back, and they dared not step forward easily.

Su Dong has to withstand Villarreal's two central defenders, the Argentine lion king Coloccini and Ballesteros, and Aimar is easily trapped by the opponent's two midfielders.

Vicente had to be wary of the opponent's right back Belletti, who had performed quite well this season, which made Valencia's frontcourt attack out of joint, especially the ball could not reach Su Dong's feet.

This suddenly became a very serious problem!

More importantly, in the No. 14 minute, Riquelme relied on a chance to set the ball in the front court and made a direct free throw to break the deadlock for Villarreal.

Afterwards, the game fell into a stalemate, and the score of zero to one was maintained until the intermission.

In the locker room, Su Dong proposed to expand his scope of activities, and he hoped to take on more tactical tasks.

But Benitez prefers that he spend all his energy and physical energy on the opponent's defense and attack after getting the ball.

"In the second half, we tried to play on the left side, using Vicente's side as the main means of attack. The breakthrough from the side was just a feint. Vicente needed to go more to the center to echo with Aimar, connect the midfielder and Su Dong, and pass the ball to his feet!"

"As for getting the ball..."

Benitez looked at Su Dong, and everyone in the locker room also looked at Su Dong.

"Don't worry, as long as I get the ball, I can send it into the goal!"

……

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Valencia changed the direction of attack.

Vicente has been trying to change his role, and other Valencia players also need to adjust appropriately.

In the stands of the Mestagna Stadium, the Valencia fans were anxiously waiting for the comeback moment. They kept shouting and even became irritable.

After about 10 minutes of running-in, the Valencia players on the court finally created a chance.

Vicente retreated along the left side, and after receiving the pass from the midfielder, he quickly moved forward, but did not go outside to the bottom. Instead, after crossing the center line, he cut diagonally inward and quickly sent a pass.

Su Dong was finally able to catch the ball!

Although he was catching the ball with his back, Su Dong was still very excited.

Without waiting for Ballesteros behind him to get close, Su Dong stopped the ball and turned to the right, quickly started with the ball, and rushed directly towards the penalty area.

Ballesteros was blocked by Su Dong and turned around by him. He was shocked and angry, and quickly chased behind him.

After seeing Su Dong blocked by Coloccini, he immediately made a direct tackle from the side.

The ball was not tackled, but Su Dong was tackled.

In an instant, the entire Mestagna stadium burst into boos, and even voices were shouting for a red card.

The referee did not follow the public opinion and only gave a yellow card and gave Valencia a free kick in the frontcourt.

Baraja ran over quickly and grabbed Su Dong from the ground.

"Leave it to me, I will avenge you!"

Su Dong patted Baraja on the shoulder encouragingly, turned around and backed away with envy in his eyes.

Baraja is the number one free-kick expert in the team. Most of the set kicks are taken by him. No matter in the game or in training, his hit rate is very high.

Since learning deciduous kicks from Albertini at Sporting Lisbon, Su Dong has been practicing free kicks and has improved, but he is still incomparable with Baraja and others, and he has not tried it in actual combat.

As Albertini said, free kicks are practiced over time.

It is said that for so many years, Beckham practiced free kicks against tires every day after training, which made him a good free kick skill.

Albertini also insisted on practicing free kicks every day.

The same goes for Su Dong. He believes that if others can practice free-kick skills, so can he.

However, his free kick is very good in terms of power and speed, but the angle is not accurate, and it can easily become an anti-aircraft gun. Su Dong himself feels dissatisfied, so he never takes the initiative to take the penalty.

He is waiting.

When I have almost practiced, this is my secret weapon.

……

Baraja's direct free kick pierced Villarreal goalkeeper Reina's goal.

The Valencia midfielder's footwork is different from Riquelme's free kick just now, but they are both very exciting.

The vice-captain directly scored a free kick and successfully equalized the score. This made the Mestagna Stadium start cheering, and at the same time, it also made the Valencia players on the field taste the sweetness.

When celebrating Baraja's goal, everyone gathered together and felt that coach Benitez's tactical adjustment was right.

"Continue to attack the left side!"

The game restarts.

As soon as Villarreal kicked off, the ball was broken away as soon as it passed into Valencia's 30-meter area.

The Bat Legion quickly kicked out a counterattack, but still resolutely left.

Belletti pressed a bit too high when attacking. This time, Vicente took the opportunity and dribbled the ball along the left line. The Brazilian right back chased after him desperately.

On the left side of Villarreal's penalty area, under the interference of Belletti, Vicente first changed his speed, trying to confuse his opponent, and then sent a curve ball with his left foot.

Su Dong had already rushed in place, but this time the ball did not come.

Su Dong, who had been prepared for a long time, used his body to block Ballesteros behind him. No matter how the latter squeezed, he couldn't squeeze Su Dong who was tall and dominant, and his strength confrontation completely suppressed his opponent.

Facing Vicente's pass, Su Dong lightly headed the ball, and the ball was pushed back to the top of the penalty area.

This time, everyone in Villarreal was shocked.

I saw Aimar quickly plug in and meet Su Dong's header ferry, stop, adjust, kick!
The ball is in! ! ! !

The Argentine midfielder shouted excitedly, and the whole person quickly rushed to the sidelines
The fans at the Mestagna Stadium were equally excited. Everyone was calling Aimar's name, and many people were calling Su Dong.

Both goals were created by the center Su Dong.

Especially the header ferry to Aimar's assist is very crucial!
Two to one!

Valencia successfully reversed Villarreal!

The players of the Bat Corps all gathered around the sidelines to celebrate, and they once again reached a consensus!

Continue to attack!Keep scoring goals!

This is a city derby!

Just kidding, how can I not get my opponent down?
……

With Valencia's reversal, the situation on the court has become more and more tense, the atmosphere has become more and more heated, and the players' movements have also increased.

First, Belletti fouled Vicente, and then Vicente fouled during a counter-attack and clashed with Coloccini. The referee each played [-] rebounds and both got yellow cards.

Subsequently, Riquelme also joined the hot group, and he also got a yellow card for his foul on Baraja.

In the No.703 minute, Su Dong once again ran to the gap to get the ball, made a quick fake move, and deceived Ballesteros. He was about to start with the ball, and when he went straight to the penalty area, the Villarreal central defender kicked him down from the side again.

It was a tackle just now, but this time it was obviously a rush.

(End of this chapter)