The strongest winger

Chapter 427 The Test Comes
"No matter how many people questioned his election before, Ai is a well-deserved World Footballer. I believe that at this moment, no one doubts him anymore! Not every player can score seven goals in a row, even Ronaldinho, who won the World Footballer of the Year in 2004 and 2005, has not done it! If I remember correctly, the last time I saw this scene was in 04-05, when Valencia challenged Barcelona away. At that time, Ai scored six goals in a row... "

Andy Gray, the head commentator of Sky TV, explained with great excitement.

At this moment, all the TV commentators who have the right to broadcast the Copa del Rey are staring blankly at the slow-motion replay of the camera. Ai Luo started to break through with the ball from the left side of the half-court near the center line, and shot the ball into the net. The whole process of dribbling the ball over 60 meters took only 10 seconds, which made everyone surprised by his dribbling speed.

This wonderful goal shot was replayed repeatedly, and countless Chinese fans watched it with great excitement!
Sure enough, he is worthy of being the Shinco World Footballer of the Year, and he stepped forward at the critical moment when the team encountered difficulties!

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Valencia coach Flores was also stimulated by Aiello's goal. He was ready to give up the 1/8 final of the Copa del Rey, but with this wonderful goal, no matter which coach it is, it will rekindle hope for the team. The behavior of one person against the entire team will always make people's hormones surge!
"Offensive attack, attack with no spare power!!"

This is the only tactic Flores gave to the team from the sidelines!

And after he gave this latest instruction, he returned to the coach's bench with satisfaction, crossed his legs, and looked very confident!It was completely opposite to the expression of Schuster not far from the front right.

The game has reached the 78th minute at this time, which means that there are only 12 minutes left in the game. Counting injury time, it will only take 15 minutes to die, but for the home team players who have rekindled their hopes, there is plenty of time!

Sure enough, 3 minutes later, Ballack took advantage of Getafe's defenders who were too focused on defending Aiello, and suddenly shot a cold arrow [-] yards away from the goal. Goalkeeper Abendan Shirley reacted very hastily, but due to insufficient preparation, he made a mistake in the moment of catching the ball and threw the ball in front of David Villa who was running forward subconsciously.

The next thing was very simple for David Villa, the main striker of the Spanish national team. With a light push on the arch of his foot, he sent the ball into the opposite direction of Abbondan Shirley's second reaction, helping Valencia equalize the score on the field and lead the visiting team Getafe again with a total score of 3:2.

The visiting team still wants to advance to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, so they have to score a goal in less than 10 minutes.

So they had to regain the sense of offense from the defensive sense they were used to in most of the court, but...how could it be so easy?

Because for the Getafe players in the away game, their mentality has taken a 4-degree turn in this short 180 minutes. From great joy to great sorrow, even the strongest people in the world may not be able to switch over immediately.

How easy is it to score another goal?

Instead, in the remaining 10 minutes, Aiello and Ballack scored two more goals, the score on the field was rewritten to 4:2, and the total score became 5:2!

In the end, Valencia scored four goals in a row after conceding two goals first, and won the second round of the Copa del Rey 1/8 finals. At the same time, they also increased their winning streak at home since the beginning of the season to 15 games!
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The next day, what was reported throughout Europe was not Valencia's four-goal win to reverse Getafe, but Aiello's super goal against seven players in a row.

"At any time, as long as I think of the second leg of the King's Cup 1/8 final at the Mestalla Stadium that ended last night, I can't help but get excited, especially the wonderful scene in which Ai scored seven consecutive goals in the 77th minute of the whole game! The whole process only took 10 seconds, and in this process, Ai's extraordinary moves were very concise except for the Marseille roundabout. The basic movements! But at this moment, he told us that as long as the basic movements are used at the most reasonable moment, the effect will always exceed everyone's expectations..."

The world of La Liga from The Times Football section.

Gazzetta dello Sport, which has always been unimpressed with Aiello, also had to sing praises for Aiello at this time: "I used to think that only the prince of Milan, Kaka, had the ability to run long distances. Yesterday, I had to overturn my previous opinion. The new World Footballer of the Year does have his strengths, especially his ability to resist pressure! As the star of the team, he stood up when the team was unable to open the situation. This World Footballer is well-deserved..."

Players have borders, but football has no borders. Gazzetta dello Sport has been trampling on it because Aiello 'robbed' Cannavaro of the World Player of the Year.

At the same time, Valencia also rekindled their fans' hopes of defending the domestic double because of the big reversal of this game!
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Three days later, Valencia's 18-man squad took the bus to the Basque country to challenge Real Sociedad.

There is no suspense in this game. After losing Alonso and Arteta one after another, it is difficult for this team to play beautiful football. Aiello's two early goals helped Valencia set the tone of the game and finally beat the home team 4:0.

After the game ended, Valencia announced the end of the little devil's schedule that started in the second half of the season, and there will be a week to prepare for the next round of the league.

I don't know if it was because the players suddenly relaxed, the team suffered personnel injuries. First of all, Albelda, who was promoted to captain, suffered a muscle strain and needed to rest for two weeks.

Then the main left-back Aurelio became the most tragic figure in the team directly during training, and the meniscus of his knee was torn!

Just when everyone thought that only the two main players of the team were exempt from the game due to injuries, the team's second goalkeeper, Mora, also suffered a finger fracture during training. According to the preliminary judgment of the team doctor Hernandez, he must rest for at least three months. This is undoubtedly a very big blow to a 34-year-old goalkeeper.

Therefore, taking advantage of the winter transfer window not yet closed, the club urgently transferred the main goalkeeper of team B, Wang Xiaolei, to the first team to make up for the team's third goalkeeper.

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Except for Aurelio and Albelda who missed the game due to injuries, Wang Xiaolei's promotion to the Valencia first team did not attract much attention.

It is worth mentioning that Ai Luo introduced Wang Xiaolei to his teammates as soon as he came to the first team training ground, so Wang Xiaolei's status in the team has also improved a lot.

What's more, Ai Luo didn't even think that Wang Xiaolei, who was about the same height as him during the Christmas period, had already surpassed his height at this moment, reaching 1 meters by visual inspection, which was a full three centimeters taller than the 88 meters height of Wang Xiaolei in his impression!This is quite a surprise!

As a person who has experienced it, he knows how much the future head coach prefers goalkeepers over 1 meters. This will also play a decisive role in Wang Xiaolei's future development, because according to his current age, his height still has the potential to rise. It is not impossible to reach 9 years old with a stable bone age, and it is not impossible to reach 20 or more!
Seeing Wang Xiaolei's physical condition getting better and better, Ai Luo was very happy for his original decision again!

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Successive player injuries have also made the outside world question Valencia's performance. After all, the team's performance is inseparable from the health of the players.

Therefore, the training in the next few days also made the players more cautious. No one wanted to be injured at this time, but fortunately, apart from the injuries to Albelda, Aurelio and Moura, there were no more injuries.

At the same time, it also let the head coach Flores breathe a sigh of relief.

The day before Valencia ushered in the 20th round of the league, a piece of news from "Marca" attracted Aiello's attention, "UEFA ended a new round of presidential elections in Dusseldorf, Germany. Platini defeated the 27-year-old current president Johansson by 23 votes to 2 votes (with 77 invalid votes). There is no precedent for the Football Federation to retire a famous star to serve as the chairman..."

After reading it, Ai Luo pouted, the godfather still took office...

But this did not affect Aiello's preparations. In the 20th round of the game, he helped the team draw with Real Betis in an away game with a score of 2:2. Among them, he personally saved a free kick at the last moment, avoiding Valencia's first defeat of the season.

Although there was no victory in this game, the lead in the league still had 14 points, so they didn't care too much. Their next match was the first round of the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, and their opponent was Osasuna.

This team has lost the vigor of last season, so Valencia played very easily at home, winning 3:0 easily, and Aiello contributed two goals again.

After the end of this game, it also means that Valencia will not have any games in February except for 2 league games and 4 UEFA Champions League 1/1 final, because the second round of the two teams will have to wait until March, so there is plenty of time.

However, their next opponents are not easy. First, Atletico Madrid, who is ranked 5th in the league, and then Getafe, who was eliminated by himself in the Copa del Rey. There is also a league game against Barcelona before the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals.

It can be said that the game in February is the real test for Valencia since the second half of the season!

(End of this chapter)