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Barcelona coach Rijkaard has kept his mouth shut about Valencia's question, and as a player, he will naturally not take the initiative to touch this mold, and he may really be slapped in the face at the end of the game.

Obviously, habit has become natural.

With both teams having a Champions League group stage in midweek, the match is scheduled for the earliest league fixture of the day, which is 4pm local time on Thursday.

The game kicked off very early and was a very good thing for the Chinese fans.

Because the time of this game in China is 11 o'clock in the evening, after watching the game, it will not affect the work and study of the next day.

Two hours before the start of the game, thousands of people gathered around the Camp Nou, as well as media from various European countries and China.

Valencia and Barcelona are the most anticipated matches of the week.

Both teams have won three in a row in their previous league fixtures, with defending champions Valencia topping the table on goal difference, so the winner of this game will have the top spot for themselves.

Of course, if this game is a draw, it will not be an unacceptable result for both sides, but this result is clearly only in Real Madrid's favor, and their first three league games have ended in two wins and one draw.

On the outside of the stadium, there were home fans in red and blue striped shirts, while Valencia fans in white jerseys numbered less than a tenth of them, which matched the ratio of tickets for both sides.

Similar to last season's Camp Nou, Barcelona fans at home accounted for nearly ninety percent, while Valencia fans came to Camp Nou with less than 10,000.

It is worth mentioning that this time FC Barcelona is different from the usual away tickets left for Valencia, this time they are basically close to the top of the stadium, which means that they are the farthest away from the stadium, and the sound they make may not be able to reach the stadium, even if the fans with good eyesight in this position, it is difficult to see the players on the stadium clearly.

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"I'm sure a lot of people in the squad remember the home game against Valencia last season, right? The defeat was the start of our league loss, so I want everyone to take this game very seriously and I want everyone to remember the humiliation of the two legs of the Spanish Super Cup and the UEFA Super Cup at the beginning of the season! ”

Although the team has won three consecutive league games, Rijkaard is still under pressure to be swept by Valencia in the Super Cup at the beginning of the season, and even more unacceptable is a three-goal defeat to Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup.

Therefore, when he mentioned this shame before the game, he hoped that the eleven players who would play later would remember the shame and show 100 or even 120 percent combat effectiveness.

"It is estimated that they will still focus on Ai in this game, and he has a good scoring rate in the past against us" Speaking of which, Rijkaard glanced at the starting central defenders of today's game, Puyol and Thuram, and the meaning he wanted to express was already obvious, whether this game can be won, the combination of the two of them is very important.

Then he glanced at Max, who was in charge of intercepting the defense in the midfield, "You have only one task in this game, that is, to see that Chinese to death, no matter where he goes, you must not leave an inch!" ”

In the past few battles with Valencia, Max has fully seen the strength of Iro, so in this battle to determine the top of the list, he naturally did not dare to take it lightly, patting his chest and assuring Rijkaard.

Messi listened to Rijkaard's careful defensive arrangement, lowered his head and pouted, he was a little disdainful of this manager who he admired very much before, you must know that this game is at Camp Nou! Why should you defend on your home turf?

In fact, it's no wonder that Messi has this idea, he has already lost too much in the game against Iro, how can he swallow this breath now that he has become the main force? Besides, it's still the darling of Camp Nou, why??

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Due to Joaquín's poor adaptability after moving to Valencia, he has always been half a beat slower than the team's pace, so Flores put him on the bench in this crucial game, using David Silva, who has obvious Valencian roots.

Therefore, this key national derby is quite important for David Silva, so there is a lot of tension, and Elo, as his friend, should naturally bring positive energy to David Silva at this time.

The cheers coming from the Camp Nou were so loud that Iroh had to be close to David Silva's ears to be able to hear him.

Just as Iroh and David Silva were holding hands to encourage each other and pass on positive energy, he suddenly felt uncomfortable being stared at him, so he looked up.

Is that...... Leo Messi!

Finding the owner of his gaze, Iroh grinned at Messi with a smile, raised his chin, and looked domineering.

No matter how good you were 'before', as long as you have me 'now', then you have to live in my shadow, because I am the best player in the world!

This time, though, it felt a little strange for Iroh.

In the past, Messi would always avoid his gaze intentionally or unintentionally when he was stared at by himself, but I don't know why his eyes were as resolute as sapphires this time, and he didn't dodge.

Is it provoking yourself?

Iroh laughed subconsciously, a few days ago, Cristiano Ronaldo made a war with him, and now there is another confident Messi who provokes himself with his eyes, interesting!

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In a game that attracts such attention, when the players on both sides are ready to play, the broadcast footage will always take special care, especially the person who can decide the game.

Iro, Ballack, Ronaldinho, Eto'o and others......

I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, but after the camera turned once, it froze on Iroh's body.

In order to prepare for this game, he carefully tidied up his short hair with hair wax before the game, so he appeared in the camera to give people a handsome and chic feeling.

But the fans didn't stay on his new hairstyle for too long, but were attracted by his eyes full of warlike spirit, and the director reacted quickly, adjusting the camera to a farther lens, and then using a little bit of technology, the fans watching the live TV just saw the two people fighting in the air.

Both of them are uncompromising.

Many Barcelona fans are cheering for Messi, and when all the Barcelona players are not confident in this game, one person needs to stand up!

At the same time, the Chinese fans who watched the live broadcast and the local fans in Valencia were a little dismissive.

Of course, that's the fans' perspective.

At this time, as a commentator, he must be looking at the problem from another angle, and after the commentator of Sky TV saw this scene, he commented: "As far as I know, these two players have competed in the Spanish U19 Youth League, when Ai's Valencia youth team won, and then the World Youth Championship, La Liga, Copa del Rey, and Champions League, all of which left traces of the two of them, I have to say, The Argentinian Messi, who is a year younger than Ai, is indeed a young player full of talent, and at the same time praises his courage, in this kind of heavy competition......"

The two looked at each other without giving in, but time was not frozen by them.

At this moment, under the leadership of the referee, the players of both sides walked into the court, and the two had to stop this eye fight.

In fact, neither of them knew that the two of them looked at each other without giving in just now would become one of the classic images of the mainstream competition in international football in the next decade.

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Entering the pitch from the players' tunnel, the first thing to do is to play the team anthem of both sides of the game.

Not surprisingly, when the away team's anthem "Hymn to Valencia" was played, nearly 80,000 home fans in the stadium booed at the same time, like a tsunami of mountains and mountains.

Iroh grinned, and the camera happened to give the camera to him at this time, so when the fans in the stands saw Iroh's expression, their lungs were about to explode, is it easy for the boys to boo so hard? Why don't you pretend to be upset? What is this expression of yours? Look down on us??

So the next boos are getting louder and louder, if the sound can make a person die instantly, then Iroh has been booed to death by these home fans N times.

Later, when the home team's anthem was played, it was a different scene, with a deafening cheer that not only reverberated the entire stadium, but also made the fans who watched the game feel their passion and energy.

However, the home fans worked so hard to show Xiàn, but it may not bring them good results.

Because Valencia's competitive form since the start of the new season is not comparable to Barcelona's.

In Iroh's words, the fans in the stands are pure expressions of weakness.

This was followed by a handshake between the two sides of the match, and according to the rules, it was the away team Valencia who walked towards the home team and shook hands.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Ronaldinho's friendly eyes towards Iro, the other ten players are very unfriendly, especially the goalkeeper Valdés, he simply wants to directly knock Aelo to the ground, in the eight games in which Iroh participated, he magically conceded 16 goals on Iro's body alone, an average of two goals per game!

This is a great shame for a Spanish national, even if his status is the second national goal.

When Iroh shook Messi, he obviously felt that Messi had a forceful movement, but it was not obvious, and at the same time he said, "I will definitely win you in this game!" ”

Oh? Is it really a provocation??

Interesting!

He knows that this game may be very different from the two legs of the Super Cup before the season!!

Iroh quickly let go of his hand and did not reply, but glanced at Messi with a smile, and then continued to walk forward, holding the defender who joined Barcelona in the new season and will face directly in this game - Zambrotta.

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