I Want to Be the King of Football

On October 22, in the third round of the Champions League group stage, Valencia played away to Bruges, Belgium.

After 90 minutes of fierce battle, the Bats suffered their first defeat of the season.

After a frantic 31 kicks in the away game, they unfortunately lost 0-1.

Bruges created a very solid iron barrel formation in their own home, and just didn't give Valencia the slightest chance.

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

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

0-1, Valencia lost away.

In another duel at the same time, Marseille defeated Inter Milan 1-0.

The Nerazzurri lost again in this round following a 0-0 away draw against Club Brugge in the previous round.

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

This also triggered a strong earthquake in European football.

Although the performance of coaching Inter Milan is not very satisfactory and has the title of the second child in ten thousand years, Cooper is a famous European coach in the end.

With Cooper's dismissal, the future of Inter Milan's star black hole has become increasingly unpredictable.

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This weekend, the eighth round of La Liga.

Valencia, who had won seven straight victories all the way, finally stopped at the Riazo Stadium.

In this strong dialogue, Deportivo Deportivo, who played at home, took the lead 1-0 with the goal of Belleron in just 16 minutes.

This was a corner kick. After Canizares hit the ball, it was pushed back to the goal by the opponent. Belleron shot with his left foot from the right side of the small penalty area.

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

Valencia's most threatening attack came in the 28th minute.

At that time, the team attacked from the right,

Ruffit failed to catch up in time, and Aimar was forced to dribble the ball himself and cross into the penalty area.

Su Dong, who responded, has already run in place, but Aimar's pass lacked quality, and was picked off by the attacking goalkeeper Molina, missing an excellent scoring opportunity.

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

Benitez also realized that after the team continued to fight, the overall state of the players was not ideal, and immediately made a substitution.

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

Obviously, Benitez's intention is to liberate Sudong again.

Just five minutes later, it was Su Dong who received Albelda's pass from the left and gave Vicente a beautiful collision against the wall. Using his speed, he forcibly broke through the right defender Pablo, and passed the ball low in front of the baseline. to the door.

Mista kept up with the response in the middle, and calmly pushed the shot in front of the goal, one-to-one!

This is Su Dong's first assist in La Liga this season!

But unfortunately, just seven minutes after the goal, Tristan, who came off the bench for just one minute, scored with a direct free kick and scored again for Deportivo.

In the end, Valencia regrettably lost 1-2 away.

It was the Bats' first defeat 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 the loss in this round, Valencia and Deportivo Deportivo both have seven wins and one loss in eight games, and the goal difference of both teams is the same, but Irueta's team relies on The advantage of each other's performance, overwhelming Valencia, counterattack to the top.

This also made Valencia, who has been at the top of the list for a long time this season, and Su Dong, who has scored consecutive goals, and even attacking midfielder Aimar, were caught in the media controversy after the game.

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Time in possession: 50.2: 49.8, same number of shots, same number of fouls.

The final score was two to one.

When the Aspen newspaper analyzed the first battle of La Liga after the game, it regretted the loss of Valencia.

They believe that the Riasso Stadium is one of the most terrifying home grounds in La Liga, even more terrifying than the Bernabeu and Camp Nou in many cases, and when Deportivo Deportivo played against Valencia in the game, they didn’t show a great deal in the game. effective way.

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

Irueta's team wins by efficiency. Two set-pieces scored, so Valencia didn't get a single point away from home.

The Aspen newspaper believes that the two-line battle has still had an impact on Valencia. Benitez's team was already a little tired when they played away from Bruges. Now they play away, and they did not perform well.

Aimar is indeed talented, but in this midfield matchup between the Joker and the Magician, the Argentine players were not stable enough. Instead, it was Belleron who played an important role at critical moments.

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 defensive approach on the tactical level, Su Dong did not perform very well, but in the second half, as Valencia gradually opened up the situation, Su Dong also gained more A lot of performance opportunities, with an assist to prove his strength.

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Valencia captain Alberda took aim directly at the referee after the game, arguing that Deportivo's first goal was illegal because Belleron fouled Valencia goalkeeper Canizares first.

Obviously, he was influenced by the fanatical fans at home. It was Belleron who fouled our goalkeeper, but in the end, he gave the goalkeeper a yellow card for the goalkeeper who protested. understand the logic.

Albelda's anger is understandable because the game would have gone completely differently without that conceded goal.

Head coach Benitez was also unhappy with Vereron's goal, believing it was a foul.

Frankly, both conceded goals were set pieces, which I regret, especially the second conceded goal, when we played very well, but the opponent kicked a direct free-kick through our goal.

Also, my players told me that Velero had fouled Canizares in front of goal, but the referee ignored it.

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

Marca mentioned in the replay that Belleron did foul Canizares before scoring.

But the referee obviously didn't notice that, so the penalty was valid.

But in any case, Marca still believes that Valencia has ushered in a state of decline after seven consecutive victories at the beginning of the season, and gave up the position of the La Liga leader at the Riazo Stadium, which requires a bat The Legion sounded the alarm.

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Regarding the current situation of the team, the Valencia management and coaching staff temporarily convened a meeting with the players to discuss.

There is no problem with the team at present, mainly due to the ups and downs of the state caused by multi-line operations.

In order to better stimulate the state of the players and enhance the team’s ambition to win the league championship, the management gave a prize of 6 million euros. As long as the team can win the La Liga championship, this bonus will be cashed out to the first team. player.

Not only that, because the team also participated in the King's Cup and the Champions League, the management also gave bonuses successively.

Among them, the goal of the Champions League is the knockout stage. As long as you can stand out from the group stage and enter the knockout round of the sixteenth round, you can get a bonus of 2 million euros. If the results are better, the bonus can be further increased.

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

But the state of the players is really hard to say.

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

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

Not only that, last season, Vigo Celta was the root of Valencia's penalty kick curse, that is, in the game against them, Baraja missed two penalties, which caused Valencia's subsequent entire Penalties missed during the 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 29, Valencia Mestagna.

In the ninth round of La Liga, Valencia hosts Celta Vigo.

This is not a lucky day for Valencia.

First, the captain Albelda accumulated yellow cards and suspended the game, and then the left winger Vicente only played for 30 minutes and ended up with an ankle injury under the violation of the opponent's defender.

Before the end of the first half, Carboni and Canobbio, who came off the bench, collided with the wall, and Aimar hit a header from the middle.

But the situation changed suddenly in the second half. First, Vigo Celta midfielder Gesuli made a breakthrough from the wing. The rookie Navarro hurriedly stopped the ball to the opponent and was volleyed by the opponent to equalize the score.

After that, it was Hesuli forcibly breaking through Marchena, volleying with his left foot and scoring the goal for Celta Vigo.

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

Two to two!

The game was played hard.

Anyone can see that Valencia, who are playing at home, is not in the best shape, and has long lost the spirit of the league at the beginning.

Mista, who started to replace Su Dong, also failed to fight for the team in the game.

On the other hand, Celta Vigo played very aggressively. In the first 70 minutes of the game, the referee showed six yellow cards, all of which were given to Celta Vigo.

You can see the intensity of this game.

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

Could it be said that it is enough to lose to Deportivo Deportivo on the road, and to return to the home court, but also to be tied by Vigo Celta, to continue the spell of Celta for many years?

The fans of the home team in Mestagna cheered for the team one after another, and even many fans of the Bat Legion were calling for the head coach to change, especially Su Dong.

Change Su Dong!

We need him!