Chapter 425: 16 points
While the mainstream media throughout Europe was touting that Ailo was likely to be the third captain of Valencia, two pieces of news were mentioned in a very inconspicuous place in the Dutch Telegraph.
"Giants PSV Eindhoven and the Chinese team have reached an agreement to bring in Sun Xiang, the left wing-back of Shanghai Myth of China, to the club on loan, and I believe that with the addition of this Chinese international, PSV Eindhoven will go further on the road to the Champions League this season......"
"It seems that after Ajax tasted the sweetness of the introduction of the 2005 World Youth Championship bronze ball medal in the Netherlands, the Eredivisie team seems to like the 'gold rush' in China, in addition to the Chinese international Sun Xiang who PSV Eindhoven joined on loan, Heerenveen seems to be interested in the 19-year-old Chinese Olympic team players Yu Hai and Yang Xu, and is making further discussions, if nothing else, the third and fourth Chinese players will be ushered in in the Eredivisie......
The Telegraph, Eredivisie transfer news.
However, these two news have not been paid much attention to by Chinese fans, mainly because there are too many players associated with foreign teams this year, just like Yu Dabao, who was only 17 years old at the end of last year, successfully tried out Benfica in Portugal, and Jiang Zhipeng and Wu Xi in Xu Gengbao's football base also joined the Valencia youth team, and they are endless!
There is no longer the excitement that I had at the beginning.
Because Chinese football now has Elo, the current world footballer, and there are also players who can take on big responsibilities in the Bundesliga, Eredivisie, and French Ligue 1, the appetite for raising a mouth is naturally not so easy to satisfy.
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Before the 17th round of the 2006-2007 La Liga season away to Villarreal, Valencia held a press conference.
In addition to the club's head coach Flores and general manager Carboni, the press conference was attended by Canizares, Albelda, Baraja and Elo.
Seeing this lineup, the reporters present have already guessed about it!
Definitely announcing Iroh as the team's third captain!!
"Since the captain of the team at the end of the first half of the season has already expressed that he will not be the captain of the team, the team will now have to confirm the three captains of the team: David Alberta as the first captain, Ruben Baraja as the second captain of the team, and Ai as the third captain of the team!!
Under the announcement of the team's general manager Carboni, the media who were invited to the scene began to shoot wildly, as if it did not take up memory at all......
Sure enough, they guessed correctly! In order to retain this new World Footballer next season, the team has begun to play the family card!
So in this league against Villarreal, Iello played very well, as if the ten days of the winter break had no impact on him, when the opponent and teammates were still looking for form, he was completely into the game, scoring a goal in each half to help the team beat Villarreal by two goals at the Love Song Stadium!
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The next day, the mainstream media in Spain and some media in Europe also focused on Valencia, who had changed captains for the new season.
Everyone is a smart person, so they naturally know that this is Valencia playing the family card.
However, the major clubs still used offers to test Valencia's attitude, and all of them were rejected, including an offer of up to 50 million euros from Chelsea!
Three days later, Valencia continued their away trip to Getafe, a satellite city of Madrid, to play Getafe in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
However, Flores still has reservations in this game for the team's weekend league game, after all, the cup is secondary, and the league is the main thing, even if it is now far ahead of the standings.
As long as the Champions League knockout round starts in late February, Valencia will start the third-line battle, and it is necessary to make reasonable use of the team's personnel, if the team's main players play too much, it will inevitably cause excessive physical consumption, and excessive physical consumption will definitely increase the probability of injury, and the gains outweigh the losses, Flores will definitely not do.
Although the team has made reservations, Iroh is still the main force that cannot be beaten, because now Flores is deciding whether Iroh will play or not, and he has to ask if he has the idea of playing.
Ielloh, who just won the World Footballer of the Year, is full of strength, and the ** request for the battle is quite strong, even if it is the Copa del Rey!
He noticed that there was a 'Triple Crown' achievement in the achievement task in the system, and the reward was quite generous, so he could be honored and rewarded, so why not?
In the Copa del Rey quarter-final away to Getafe, the home team was quite tenacious, but Iello took advantage of a direct free-kick opportunity to score the only goal of the game to help the team win the opponent and start the two-legged knockout round.
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After back-to-back away defeats to Villarreal and Getafe, Ayelo once again made the headlines.
'Since he became Valencia's third captain, he seems to be full of power, personally scoring all three goals since the start of 2007, which is rare for a young man at just 20 years old to have such motivation after winning the World Footballer of the Year......
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"For most Chinese, 20 years old still belongs to the category of children, but for Ai, he already has too many titles, La Liga champion, Spanish Copa del Rey champion, Spanish Super Cup champion, UEFA Cup champion, UEFA Super Cup champion, La Liga Champions League single-season record holder, these titles are all honors pursued by professional players, but at the age of 20 he has such an achievement, and now he is the youngest captain in the club's history, Valencia will be playing on three fronts this season, so it will be a test for him......"
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Iroh put down a few newspapers in his hand and shook his head helplessly, in fact, he was not averse to being the third captain of the team, but he was a little unhappy because the club wanted to use the captain to tie himself up.
As a Chinese, the sense of belonging is quite strong, according to his plan is to prepare a team to stay in Valencia, but the president of the club actually broke out such a scandal, and also used this means...
In fact, what Iello didn't know was that this was for the club to keep the team competitive, otherwise coach Flores would not have gathered all the players of the first team together for a meeting at the first time.
At the same time, Valencia also needed to find a way to divert the attention of the media, and having Iroh as the third captain was the best way to do it.
This can not only divert the attention of the media, but also play the family card subtly, so why not keep the new World Footballer of the Year Iello in the team?
It's just that no one thought that this way of dealing with it would be estranged from Iro.
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At the beginning of the winter transfer window, many managers and CEOs of big clubs have asked Papa Adrian for tea, snacks and nightclubs.
It's just that because Iello became Valencia's third captain, things got a little troublesome, and the clubs that were in danger in Valencia were temporarily dispelled from that idea.
After all, the clubs of these giants have basically entered the round of 16 of the Champions League, and according to the rules for the second registration of players in the Champions League, those who have played in the Champions League in the new season (even if it is a qualifying round) cannot sign up for the Champions League on behalf of the second team, which means that it is useless to sign Aelo before the end of the winter transfer window, because they can only buy it back to play in the league.
But for these big clubs, the league title is already difficult to satisfy them, and only the Champions League is their goal.
So we have to wait until the summer transfer window opens.
Of course, with this few months of buffer period, it can also get those clubs that are interested in Iroh ready to have a lot of money ready!
Because buying Iello means that the club does not have to worry about scoring goals for the next ten years! Elo's presence means that the team has a guarantee of scoring!!
Those clubs that are interested in Iroh did not continue to offer, so the general manager Carboni also knew that he could continue to use Iroh in the second half of the season, and was secretly relieved, his role in the team is irreplaceable!
Although the club does not have a lot of money at this time, it can still hold on until the end of the season by gritting its teeth, but it is ...... It's time for trouble when the season is over!
Originally, after Valencia first came out to liquidate itself, many owners with rubles, dollars and yuan were very interested in this emerging Spanish giant, but after learning that the club had a debt of nearly 200 million euros, they were basically scared away......
So if Valencia wants to survive in Spain, the only way to do so is to sell the player at the end of the season.
As a result, the general manager, Carboni, was once again in trouble......
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At the weekend, Valencia returned to the Mestalla Stadium to face his brother Levante, and the result was four bullets, of which Ailo scored two more goals, which contributed a lot to the team's big victory!
Since Valencia's game was a game first, and now it is 16 points ahead of Barcelona, the pressure falls on Barcelona, and the pressure on coach Rijkaard is quite high, and the team is only 16 points behind Valencia at the top of the table in the 18th round of the league, which is an unacceptable reality for any champion coach.
The president of the team, Joan Laporta, has given him an ultimatum that if there is no harvest this season, then he can pack up his baggage and go back to the Netherlands!
So the whole Barcelona team can feel a considerable pressure, and the same is true of Messi, who has gradually become a regular this season, who feels that he is not strong enough to help the team directly like Iro.
The players in this game under pressure were quite difficult to play away from home, and the city rivals Espanyol were desperate to fight them!
The Barcelona players who play under pressure seem to have become the same, with frequent mistakes, if there is one person in the team who is normal, it is Messi!
But how can one person's strength help the team?
Although he scored two goals alone, the team's goal was lost four times, losing 4-2 away to Espanyol!
In other words, Barcelona is already 16 points behind Valencia at the top of the table!
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