The strongest winger

Chapter 462 Miraculous Performance (Third Watch)

As the referee sounded two short and one long whistles at the end of the game, the Valencia players in the Stamford Bridge became excited and shouted.

Although this is still the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals this season, with two away goals and a lead, as long as they do not make major mistakes in the second round at home, basically they will not be eliminated.

So they were very happy. The players in front of the bench ran to the court frantically at the same time as the referee blew the whistle. They wanted to share the victory of the game with their teammates on the court.

As the biggest contributor to this game, Ai Luo is naturally the primary target of his teammates' attack.

The home team fans in the stands had already left the field in batches at the 10th and [-]th minute of the regular time. When the Valencia players celebrated on this field wantonly, basically only the Valencia fans who came with the team remained.

In this game, under the background of Ai Luo's highlight performance, every Chelsea defensive player is like a green leaf. Basically, when the referee blew the whistle, he went directly to the locker room.

Similarly, the same is true for their coach Mourinho. He left the stadium at the same time the referee blew the whistle, and did not even shake hands with Valencia coach Flores.

It can be seen from this detail that Mourinho is very dissatisfied with the result of this game.

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However, at the press conference after the game, Mourinho was still present. Faced with the reason for the loss of the game, he did not look for excuses, but said very directly: "There is no special reason for the loss of this game. Losing is losing. There is no excuse."

But before the end of the interview, he still said an inspiring sentence, "The quarter-finals of the Champions League are a two-round contest. Valencia can win at our home court. Similarly, we can also beat them away!"

When he finished speaking, he walked away.

This is Mourinho's style and no one is surprised.

On the contrary, the head coach of the visiting team, Flores, looked much cuter when he was being interviewed by reporters, because he was very cooperative with the reporters on the scene, and he was the kind who knew without saying anything.

Of course, the team's technical and tactical issues are excepted.

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In another game at the same time, Roma unexpectedly won Manchester United 2:1 at home. Manchester United midfielder Scholes was sent off and will miss the next round of the game.

When everyone suspected that Manchester United would stop in the quarter-finals, Aiello didn't think so. In his impression, the biggest score in the quarter-finals of the Champions League was the match between Manchester United and Rome at home.

7:1, the bloody score is still fresh in my memory.

So after Aiello knew that Manchester United lost to Rome away, he sent a text message to Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney respectively, and made fun of it until he returned to the hotel where he was staying.

On the second day, there was also a big point of view about the first-leg contest of the two UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.

What's interesting is that the protagonists are all Premier League teams: Chelsea and Manchester United!

Because Liverpool has defeated PSV Eindhoven 3-0 in the away game, it has basically announced that it has entered the semi-finals ahead of schedule, and both Chelsea and Manchester United have hopes of advancing to the semi-finals, and there will be three Premier League teams among the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Therefore, the mainstream media in Europe focused on these two teams, especially Chelsea, because they lost a score of 1:2 to Valencia at home. Manchester United was better because they lost away.

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Of course, in addition to the two Premier League teams Manchester United and Chelsea, the mainstream media in Europe also focused on Aiello.

Since Aiello scored a goal in this game, it means that he has scored an astonishing 16 goals in the UEFA Champions League this season, tying his personal scoring record in a single season in the UEFA Champions League last season.

It's just... When was this record, the second leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals against Chelsea at home?
Therefore, Chelsea was brought together again.

When Mourinho read the reports about Chelsea and Valencia, he became angry.

Because Ai Luo's record-tying is based on Chelsea's failure.

The headline of the "Times" said, "Valencia's performance this season is really outstanding. Except for the weak defense line, the configuration of the midfield is perfect, and what is even more enviable is that at this time, Valencia has not had any injuries to its main players. Compared with Chelsea, which is full of injuries, it is simply an existence against the sky..."

"...So Valencia's leading striker Elio used Chelsea's staff to help the team beat Chelsea with one pass and one shot in the away game. At the same time, he also increased his number of goals in the UEFA Champions League this season to 16, which means that his number of goals has already tied his own record for goals in a single season in the Champions League created last season. For Aiello, who is in excellent form, perhaps, Chelsea's Champions League road has come to an end."

The "Times" is not the only one who feels that Chelsea has been basically eliminated. Even traditional English newspapers such as "The Guardian" and "442" have lost confidence in Chelsea's advancement to the semi-finals.

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Early the next morning, all Valencia players took a flight back to Valencia. They were warmly welcomed by the fans as soon as they got off the plane. Among them, Aiello and David Villa, who contributed a goal and an assist respectively, received the loudest cheers.

Of course, the other players were also warmly cheered by the fans present, but their voices were a few notches lower.

Valencia defeated Chelsea 2:1 in an away game, but Flores did not lose his way. He still attaches great importance to the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Therefore, he strategically gave up this weekend's league round. Even the main players of Ballack and David Villa stayed in Valencia directly, and only temporarily recruited a few players from the youth team to make up the number.

In the end, Valencia relied on Aiello's header before the end of the game and drew with Athletic Bilbao 1:1 in the away game. Otherwise, they will suffer their first defeat in the 2006-2007 La Liga season.

Seeing Valencia's draw in this round of the league, both Real Madrid and Barcelona seemed to be transformed into cats smelling fish. In Sunday's league, they defeated their respective opponents and narrowed the points gap.

Barcelona, ​​which ranks second in the league, is only 14 points away from Valencia at the top of the league without knowing it, and Real Madrid, which is ranked third, is only 15 points away from Valencia, and the two teams still have a chance to compete directly in the 31st round of the league. This is definitely a good opportunity to grab points.

Because according to Valencia's current state, it is not a problem to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League. According to the schedule, Valencia will still stay in the first round of the Champions League semi-finals. The game against Real Madrid will naturally choose to give up strategically.

Looking back at Valencia's schedule, before the semi-final against Real Madrid, there is still a first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final to be played, which means that Valencia will have two consecutive matches in a week, which requires very high requirements on their physical fitness and continuous combat ability.
The mouthpieces of Real Madrid and Barcelona once again gave Valencia a high hat.

In particular, the "Mundo Deportivo" wrote a manuscript that seemed to be licking Valencia's feet, "After winning the Spanish double last season, Valencia's performance this season is even more amazing. La Liga tops the list, the King's Cup is advanced to the semi-finals, and the Champions League is also very likely to enter the semi-finals. Such a Valencia is very scary. Even if they play in the league with a substitute lineup, they will definitely be able to easily win any opponent, including their next league opponents Sevilla and Real Madrid... "

In everyone's impression, "World Sports News" has always been derogatory in its reports on Valencia, but this time it has completely turned 180 degrees and changed to praise Valencia's achievements, which has to make people confused.

After all, not everyone is a fool.

However, there are still many Valencia fans who are quite useful.

In this world, is there anyone who doesn't like to listen to good words?

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Compared with the less 'professional' reports of "Mundo Deportivo", Real Madrid's mouthpiece "Marca" is much more professional. They started with Aiello in the Valencia team.

"After 29 rounds of the league, without knowing it, Valencia's head star Ai helped the team score 1 point with a lore before the end of the league that just ended, thus keeping the undefeated golden stature of the league. This goal also allowed him to score an astonishing 44 goals this season, thus tying the single-season scoring record he created in La Liga last season..."

"...From another point of view, Ai's state also directly affects Valencia's results in the league and the Champions League. It can be easily seen from the undefeated results in the league plus the quarter-finals of the Champions League...there is also the semi-final of the Copa del Rey that cannot be ignored. This season, Valencia will very likely become the first La Liga team to win the treble. Next, we must focus entirely on the Champions League..."

Of course, during this period of time, other mainstream newspapers in Europe also reported that Aiello once again tied his single-season scoring record created last season.

Because Ai Luo first tied his Champions League single-season scoring record last season in the Champions League match in the middle of the week, and then scored a goal in the next league, tying his La Liga single-season scoring record created last season again.

Such a miraculous performance does not exist at all in the history of modern football.

(End of this chapter)