After the league game against Real Madrid, the team flew back to Valencia that evening, as they had to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Liverpool the next day.

The next day, reporters who followed the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Mestalla Stadium came to Valencia and began to arrange targeted interview tasks, but well-known Chinese TV stations such as CCAV-5, GD Sports, and SH Sports had already arranged it a long time ago.

Like other European reporters who came to Valencia to cover the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, they need to re-customize the hotel, but it is a bit difficult at this time, because as early as after Valencia has been confirmed to advance to the semi-finals, Chinese or international students near Europe have already booked hotels and tickets for the game in advance.

They were not present in last season's Champions League semi-finals, and Valencia's final Champions League home game of the season was not to be missed.

According to the latest odds offered by the three major bookmakers in Europe, Betfair, bet365 and William Hill, Valencia, who eliminated Chelsea, have overtaken Manchester United to become the biggest favourites to win the title.

Among them, bet365 odds bookmaker offered the lowest odds of 2 to 37 to 1, while the other two bookmakers had slightly higher odds, but they were also at the top of the other three teams that advanced to the semi-finals.

Manchester United is in second place, AC Milan is in third place, and last is Valencia's opponent in the Champions League semi-finals - Liverpool, but if you underestimate Liverpool because of the odds, then you are not far from being eliminated.

After all, Liverpool is arguably the most successful team in England, and in European competitions, Liverpool basically supports the honor of the whole of England alone, and they have lived up to expectations, winning the most Champions League trophies of any English team - five.

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What Iroh didn't expect was that when he drove his Koenigsegg CCX Blade series to the parking lot of the training base the next day, he was confronted by a large number of reporters.

With the previous experience of Ailuo directly getting out of the car and rushing out of the encirclement, this time the reporter did not give Ailo any chance, and after he parked the car, he directly surrounded the car.

This behavior made Iroh speechless, so he could only accept the reporter's interview with a straight face.

What makes Iroh even more laughable is that there are also many Chinese reporters among them.

Chinese Why bother Chinese bother......

When asked by reporters, Iello replied with nothing more than "taking Liverpool is planned" or "I'll try to score"

Of course, these are not enough to meet the requirements of journalists.

In desperation, Iroh had no choice but to say what was in his heart, "This season's UEFA Champions League has reached the semi-finals, which means that we are only two games away from Athens, so why not win and advance to the final?" Actually, I would say that reaching the semi-finals is already a very good result. ”

Looking at a group of reporters who despised him, Iroh had no choice but to spread his hands and shrug his shoulders, "Okay...... My goal is to win the UEFA Champions League this season, are you satisfied? ”

MD, do you want to be so perfunctory?

It's not easy to eat!

The reporters could only roll their eyes as they listened to what Iroh said in the interview.

Looking at a group of reporters who were eating, Iroh proudly pushed away the reporters who were blocking him, and then hummed the tune of "Sister on the bow of the boat, brother I walk on the shore", and walked to the training base, leaving a group of reporters looking at each other.

and Chinese journalists who want to laugh and hold back their laughter.

It's really incomprehensible!

Among them, the reporter of "Marca" gave a definition of the current Aillo, and his clear reporter was quite high-profile in Aeloh a year ago, no matter when Lao Tzu wanted to take the first place, but now ......

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In fact, on this day, not only was Ailo blocked in the parking lot by reporters, but every player who came to the training base of the first team was blocked, and even Wang Xiaolei, who is now the second goalkeeper of the first team, did not let go, only because his English and Spanish cognition was not high, so he 'escaped'.

After all the players of Liverpool arrived at Valencia International Airport, the reporters who had been waiting at the exit gate for a long time surrounded them, and for such a reporter, the players who have long been accustomed to living under the flash light did not have any discomfort, such as Gerrard and Alonso, who were relatively good-looking, also posed from time to time to meet the reporter's shooting.

The Liverpool players, who are so relaxed, feel more like they've come to Valencia for sightseeing than for the game.

Of course, of the entire Liverpool team, the most notable of them is former Valencia manager Rafael Benitez.

After all, Benitez contributed two league titles and a UEFA Cup title in his three seasons in charge of Valencia, and at that time, because of his coaching, he left a valuable legacy to the current Valencia team, including the use of Albelda, Baraja, Ayala and others......

Valencia played Liverpool in the 2005 UEFA Super Cup two years ago, when they beat Benitez's Liverpool 2-0 thanks to a brace from Ello.

So it was normal for the reporter to mention this game.

Benitez didn't pay much attention to that game, after all, it was a game two years ago, and the team's main squad structure is different from two years ago, and there is no reference value for the upcoming Champions League semi-finals.

'It was two years ago and there was nothing to compare with us in the upcoming game, the only difference is that we were Champions League winners and Valencia were UEFA Cup winners......

Benitez is only left with the Champions League trophy left after missing out on the league, League Cup and FA Cup this season, so he is confident of this game.

"In other words, in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at the Mestalla Stadium, it must be Liverpool who wins..."

For Benitez's words, the local media in Spain are naturally very unhappy, but they did not refute it, because the result of the game is the best answer, you must know that Valencia has won all the results at home in the Champions League this season, and they do not think that Liverpool, who are at the bottom of the odds to win the championship, can win the game.

Then the Argentine international Mascherano, who was on loan to Liverpool during the winter break this season, was also interviewed, but the interview he accepted was not that the reporter took the initiative to interview him, but that he took the microphone and said directly when the reporter was stunned, "Valencia's No. 9, I know you are very good, but I will beat you!" ”

Thus, Mascherano made the headlines of the next day: You are great, but I will beat you!

Iello put down the newspaper in his hand and looked at the man in the paper: Javier Alejandro Mascherano, the Argentine international who joined Liverpool on loan from West Ham United during the winter break.

From his past memories, Iroh knew that Mascherano was indeed a difficult character, but ...... Iroh, who was looking at the newspaper, suddenly laughed.

But...... This is our home field, and it won't be your turn to be wild!

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Before the game, the mainstream media in Europe did not look highly of Liverpool because of the comments of Benitez and Mascherano, and they were generally optimistic about Valencia, who were neat and in good form, and this is likely to be a season for them to win the Champions League!

Not only is their strength recognized by the media, but even the three major European bookmakers are very optimistic about Valencia's winning scenario, and they do not think that Valencia, who won all at home, will suffer defeat at home.

But in order to avoid becoming the target of public criticism, Flores is still very cautious, although at this time he has been happy in his heart, in an interview he still said: "The odds from the three major European bookmakers do not mean that we are stable in the final, otherwise they would have gone out of business, it should be noted that Manchester United and AC Milan are very strong in the semi-finals, AC Milan has Kaka, Manchester United has Cristiano Ronaldo and Rooney, they are all very strong players, from a certain scheduling, stronger than Ai, Not to mention our opponents, Liverpool, who have won the Champions League five times, and they won the Champions League against AC Milan the year before, as long as the referee's final whistle is not blown, the result of the game is still very unpredictable......"

Later, the mainstream media coverage in Europe was placed in another semi-final match.

Because AC Milan's away game against Manchester United was played a day before Valencia's home semi-final against Liverpool, it should also be a highlight for the readers, according to Cheng Dù, who attracted readers.

Of course, in addition to the reason why this game was played first, it was the contrast between the key players of the two teams: Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and AC Milan's Kaka.

A large part of the reason these two teams have been able to reach the last four of this season's Champions League is because of the performances of these two players in their respective teams.

Needless to say, in the second leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, he rode alone in extra time, whether AC Milan can enter the quarterfinals is still unknown, and the second leg of the 1/4 finals is the same, if it were not for Kaka's breakthrough goal caused by Bayern's negligence in defense, it is estimated that AC Milan would have been eliminated.

Cristiano Ronaldo's role at Manchester United is even more so in the Manchester United team, in the case of the first leg of the quarter-final defeat to Roma, if he had not been the first to blow the horn of attack at home, it would have been difficult for Manchester United to slaughter Roma 7-1 at home, thus creating the largest score difference in the knockout stage since the Champions League was restructured.

When the editor-in-chief of The Times was thinking of a good theme for the two Champions League semi-finals, he happened to see an oriental face, and his inspiration suddenly burst out like a spring.

AC Milan's Kaka is 25 years old, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo is 22 years old, and Valencia's Airo is 21 years old.

So editor-in-chief William Reece Mogg has come up with a good name for the two Champions League semi-finals: "Storm of Youth!" ”

If nothing else, these three young players will be the best in European football.