The strongest winger

Chapter 944 Targeted

The second match day of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals is a day that Chinese fans are very concerned about, because there are Chinese players in the two quarter-finals, and they are all core-level players in their respective teams.

Naturally, Ai Luo and Wang Xiaolei of Valencia will not be mentioned, and they are the focus of Chinese fans' attention.

Hao Junmin, who has played for Schalke 04 for five seasons, has become the absolute core of the team and is also the team's vice-captain. He is the biggest contributor to Schalke 04's entry into the quarterfinals this season.

However, compared with the attention of Chinese fans, the focus of mainstream European media is still on Lord of the Rings Raul and Real Madrid.

Long before Real Madrid introduced Cristiano Ronaldo at a sky-high price of 8000 million pounds, in order to show his sincerity, Real Madrid chairman Florentino forced the team's meritorious captain Raul out of the team to make way for Cristiano Ronaldo's favorite number seven.

You must know that last summer Raul also said that he would rather play in Real Madrid until he retired, even if he was on the bench.

But Florentino's attitude was very tough, and he insisted on asking Raul to leave the team. As a result...he directly transferred to Schalke 04
So Raúl is a bit unhappy with Cristiano Ronaldo.

So the origin of this aspect is the focus of attention of the European media, whether it is before, during, or after the game, it is the same, and it is the same for the sales of the newspaper.

The English media and a large number of Spanish media and Chinese media are still focusing on the upcoming Champions League quarter-finals between Valencia and Tottenham at home.

Two days before the game, the Tottenham team arrived in Valencia.

Gareth Bale, the most watched Welsh star in the Tottenham team, was interviewed by reporters at Valencia International Airport. He was full of confidence when he mentioned the quarter-finals of the Champions League in Valencia: "I knew that Ai was very good a few seasons ago, but this season I am also in good form. I believe that through my own efforts, Tottenham will help Tottenham beat Valencia away!"

In this regard, the Valencia media has not yet responded, and the Chinese media reporters are a little bit disappointed.

Because Gareth Bale's appearance resembles the Monkey King in Chinese mythology, he was dubbed "Monkey King" by Chinese fans when he performed a hat-trick in this season's UEFA Champions League away game against Inter Milan.

Gareth Bell first heard that Chinese fans referred to him as 'Monkey King', and his affection for Chinese media reporters soared.

But the Chinese reporter changed his voice and told another allusion in the Chinese mythology.

That's how awesome the 'Monkey King' is, and he couldn't dig out the Wuzhi Mountain of the Tathagata Buddha.

And Ai Luo is the Tathagata Buddha in the mouth of Chinese media reporters.

The implication is that no matter how powerful Gareth Bell is, he still cannot beat Valencia with Aiello!

But the media that support Tottenham still support the visiting team Tottenham. They believe that Valencia has personnel problems. Mata and David Silva are both injured and absent, which will inevitably lead to a sharp decline in Valencia's combat effectiveness.

It is even doubted that Valencia, which lacks two main offensive players, can break through Tottenham's main defense.

Regarding the comments made by the Tottenham media, the Spanish media and the Chinese media just laughed "hehe" and didn't care about what they said at all.

Various cases in the past told them that only Valencia lacking Ailuo will affect the combat effectiveness...

In addition, Aiello is very familiar with Tottenham and has all kinds of good memories.

Therefore, most people still think that it is not difficult for Valencia to win Tottenham at home.

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Since this is the second time in the history of the Champions League and the first time in the history of the Champions League since the restructuring of the Champions League, Tottenham have entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League. More than [-] Tottenham fans followed the team to Valencia.

But because the home team only reserved [-] tickets for the visiting team, the rest of the fans will be doomed to have no tickets to watch the game. They can only watch the game in the bar in downtown Valencia or on the large LCD screen outside the Mestalla Stadium.

4月6日晚上八点45分，巴伦西亚VS热刺和皇家马德里和沙尔克04的欧冠1/4决赛首回合同时开球。

As a guest at the Mestalla Stadium, Tottenham sent the strongest lineup. The formation is currently relatively popular in international football. Gomez is the goalkeeper. The four defenders are Hutton, Dawson, Gallas and Joel Luka.

Tottenham's lineup also represents their attitude as a guest at Mestalla in this campaign, which is to use Valencia's lack of two main players to form a lineup with strong counterattack capabilities.

The home team Valencia had to make corresponding lineup adjustments due to the absence of Mata and David Silva.

From the usual four-three-three formation to Ancelotti's favorite four-three-two formation, which is commonly known as the Christmas tree formation.

The goalkeeper is still Wang Xiaolei, and the back line has not changed much. The two full-backs are Jordi Alba and Azpilicueta, born in [-], and the central defenders are Benatia and Godin.

The two attacking midfielders are Aiello and James Rodriguez, and the lone striker is veteran David Villa.

Although the official position given by Valencia Aiello is in the front midfielder, Ancelotti has no restrictions on him, which means that he has a very high degree of freedom, the entire frontcourt is his range of activities, and the team is all for him.

The old Redgnapp, who has rich coaching experience, will naturally not believe the official position. From his past research on Valencia's offensive system, it can be seen that Aiello is the core complement of Valencia's offense.

His strategy in this away game is to defend and counterattack. Among them, the position of winger Gareth Bale is very flexible. As long as Ai Luo appears on the side, he will change to which side.

As a left back, he is no stranger to defensive work. He cooperates with the defensive midfielder or full back to defend Ai Luo on the defensive end of the team.

Just wait for the opportunity, the other speed mad Lennon and Defoe will give Valencia a fatal blow.

In fact, the old Redgnapp's strategy is very good.

In the early days of the game, Tottenham performed very well, especially Gareth Bale, who was transformed into a winger last season. He completed the defensive tasks assigned by the old Redgnapp while also being able to help the team's offense.

Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor said: "Gareth Bale's performance so far is really world-class. I can't imagine that he will have such a big change after changing positions after the first two seasons. I have to say that the old Tottenham coach Redgnapp has two brushes..."

Even the commentator of Valencia's first sports channel had to say: "Gareth Bale wearing Tottenham No. 10 is really amazing! The first [-] minutes of the game can be said to be the most dazzling star in this game!!"

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After 10 minutes, the situation on the field changed suddenly. After getting used to Gareth Bale assisting the defense of the full-back or the defensive midfielder, Ai Luo wisely chose to cooperate with his teammates and use the strength of the team to counter the joint defense of the Tottenham team.

As Aiello became active, Valencia's offensive threat became more and more serious, and Tottenham's defense began to strain.

In just 2 minutes, the old Redgnapp could not continue to sit comfortably on the coach's bench, but frequently stood on the sidelines to remind the defensive players of their defensive positions.

But the attention of the Tottenham players on the field was completely on the field, and they had no extra thoughts on the outside of the field at all, which made the old Redgnapp, who had a strategizing and expert face before, stand on the sidelines hysterically and growl in vain.

However, excited, he didn't have much effect on the sidelines, and Valencia's offense was still so threatening.

Gareth Bale had a stunning first 10 minutes before returning to mediocrity. He had to drop back frequently to help defend when Aiello moved forward, making it difficult for the team to pose a threat in the transition from defense to attack.

Wanting to repeat the hat-trick at San Siro is getting farther and farther away from him...

Valencia's offense is getting stronger and stronger, and the cheers from the home team fans are getting louder and louder. The commentator Huang Jianxiang said excitedly: "Valencia's offense has become more threatening with Aiello's activeness. If Tottenham's defense cannot maintain a high degree of concentration, then they will very likely concede a goal in the near future..."

As soon as the words fell, the time on the big screen reached No. 15 minutes, and Valencia created an excellent opportunity.

Aiello faced Huddlestone and Hutton's defense very calmly. At the moment Gareth Bell made up the defense, he used the outside of his right foot to throw the ball to James Rodriguez who came over to meet him, and then accelerated laterally and went straight into the defensive space of Huddlestone and Palacios.

The tempo changed so suddenly that none of the three defenders expected it. It wasn't until James Rodriguez returned the ball to Aiello without stopping the ball that Huddlestone and Palacios reacted and stepped forward to defend.

But it was too late, Aiello adjusted the ball from James Rodriguez with his right foot, and shot suddenly about 30 meters away from the goal.

Due to David Villa's forward running position to take away central defender Dawson, Gallas did not block in advance.

A muffled 'bang' erupted the moment Ai Luo's right foot hit the football, and then flew towards the goal.

Ai Luo's shooting power is very strong, from his right foot to the mid-air area near the penalty spot can only be described as electric light and flint.

So by the time Gomez saw the football react, it was too late.

In addition, the angle of Ai Luo's shot is very tricky, and the football almost brushes the inner edge of the right goal and flies towards the goal...

(End of this chapter)