Chapter 1043: Champions League Title Chance with a Hat-trick
In the 2012-2013 La Liga season, with Real Madrid's internal and external troubles, the only teams that can compete with Valencia for the league title are Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which have emerged this season.
But as the league enters the middle and late stages, these giants have begun to fight on multiple fronts, such as Valencia, Barcelona and Real Madrid, all need to take into account the Copa del Rey and the most crucial UEFA Champions League, distraction is an inevitable result, so it is normal for the league's results to decline.
However, this was not the case with Ello's Valencia, who were at the top of the table from the first round of the league until the 32nd round of the league, and by this time, Valencia's lead had lost its meaning......
Valencia won the league six rounds ahead of schedule, and after winning La Liga in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, they won La Liga again and scored a hat-trick in the league.
Therefore, in the 32nd round of away defeat to the younger brother Villarreal, the focus of the European mainstream media is once again on Valencia, and this season's Valencia performance can be said to be more amazing than the previous two seasons.
The most surprising thing is that Valencia defeated Real Madrid and Barcelona home and away under the leadership of captain Elo, and the strong outbreak of Atletico Madrid caused Real Madrid and Barcelona to focus more on European competitions in the middle of the league.
Valencia, on the other hand, has maintained a stable form, topping the table with 32 wins, 31 wins and 1 loss, and 93 points.
It is worth mentioning that Valencia's only defeat was in the 27th round of the league against Athletic Bilbao in the referee's misjudgement, Cavani's effective goal was whistled offside, and then Athletic Bilbao's goal was blown offside in full-time injury time.
This one in and one out also led to Valencia's astonishing 26-round winning streak being broken......
Speaking of which, Valencia's terrifying attacking prowess has been amplified infinitely, and by the end of the 32nd round of the league, captain Iello had scored a staggering 53 goals, six ahead of second-placed Messi and eight ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo.
In addition, Valencia's No. 2 scorer Cavani also scored 38 goals, ranking fourth in La Liga's scorer list, which means that when Valencia entered the 32nd round of the league, Airo and Cavani scored 91 goals, plus the number of goals scored by other players, the whole Valencia team has scored a total of 123 goals so far.
In other words, Iello and Edinson Cavani accounted for more than half of the team's goals......
Of course, Valencia would not have been able to help the team score so many goals if they relied on Ailo and Edinson Cavani, and the quiet dedication of other players was a big guarantee for them to score.
In the words of the Times report: "Valencia have won La Liga for three consecutive seasons, which is equivalent to a dynasty belonging to Valencia, and every one of their players is amazing!" At a time when everyone thought Pirlo was going downhill, he had a second life in Valencia...... With a midfield of Luka Modric, James Rodriguez and Andrea Pirlo in control, and an imaginative attacking organisation, it is only natural that Ai and Edinson Cavani should have scored so many goals despite their excellent form......
If you only rely on attack, it is natural that you will not win the game easily, because the history of modern football tells everyone that you can only attack with peace of mind if you have a strong defense.
Carlo Ancelotti's Valencia is borrowing from Bosque's tactics of leading Spain to three consecutive World Series titles, and then adding Italian defensive routines to this tactical system to form a new offensive and defensive system.
Valencia, on the other hand, has been even more evident this season, with a midfield full of aggression and creativity, and a lack of interception at the same time, but Carlo Ancelotti's innovative attacking and defensive system solves this problem perfectly.
So when Javi Martinez was on the bench, Valencia's midfield defensive ability did not drop significantly.
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Valencia won the league six rounds ahead of schedule, so they were able to focus more on the Copa del Rey final and Champions League semi-finals, leaving more opportunities for the young players that the club needs to focus on, after all, professional football is brutal and it is normal for the old and the new to change.
It's like David Villa, who accompanied Valencia through a difficult period, at the age of 32, his physical function declined rapidly, and he was obviously not suitable for the position of center forward, so this season Ancelotti used more of the young and strong Cavani, and the absolute main David Villa was reduced to a substitute.
And in the center forward position, Ancelotti can also choose Valencia's own young center forward 19-year-old striker Paco, which means that David Villa's playing space will be further compressed as he gets older.
However, David Villa is not unhappy with this, knowing that it is difficult for a striker to get a starting place at this age.
Of course, he also wanted to leave Valencia, but ...... Not now.
In the 2012-2013 season, the teams that reached the final of the Copa del Rey were Valencia and Atletico Madrid, while Real Madrid and Barcelona were eliminated by Valencia and Atletico Madrid respectively in the semi-finals.
The Copa del Rey final at Camp Nou, the venue of the Copa del Rey final, was no surprise, with Iroh defending his title of "King of the Final" since the start of his career.
Although Simeone's Atletico Madrid has risen strongly this season, there is a certain gap with Valencia overall and individually, and captain Iello scored Courtois' goal with a direct free kick in the 78th minute, which was the final word.
In addition, the two-legged match against Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals also continued the amazing form of beating Barcelona in the Copa del Rey and the league, and entered the Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium, that is...... Valencia have a chance to score a hat-trick in the Champions League!
At this time, everyone thought that Valencia would face Real Madrid in the semi-finals against Borussia Dortmund......
But the other team that made it to the final was a surprise......
Borussia Dortmund center Lewandowski was like a genius in the first leg against Real Madrid, scoring four goals alone to help the team beat Real Madrid 4:1!
In the second leg at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid did not achieve a big reversal, but only relied on Cristiano Ronaldo's goal to win 1:0 and exit the tournament with an aggregate score of 2:4.