In the time of grinding with Benfica and bringing in Marchena, Valencia played another league game.

They beat Valladolid 2-0 at home.

Valencia used a 442 formation for this game, with Ibrahimovic and Angulo starting together.

Because there was no longer a need to deliberately suppress Ibrahimovic's scoring ability, Ibrahimovic and Angulo scored a goal each in this game to help the team beat their opponents at home.

After this match, Valencia have an important game to play.

In the Copa del Rey half-tie in midweek, Valencia host Deportivo La Coruna.

It's a real heavyweight fight.

Because a chicken rib event like the Copa del Rey is no longer a chicken rib once it reaches the semi-finals.

Anyone who makes it to the semi-finals will want to win the title.

The Copa del Rey is, after all, an honor.

For a perennial win, the Copa del Rey means something even different.

Because he knows that the final of this Copa del Rey will be played at the Bernabeu and Real Madrid will reach the final.

Although many things have changed since he crossed over, the butterfly effect has also had some effects. But there are some things that still reflect the powerful inertia of history.

For example, in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, Deportivo La Coruna still reached the semi-finals, and Real Madrid did the same.

Real Madrid hasn't even changed their opponent in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, it's still Athletic Bilbao.

Even a perennial win would increase Real Madrid's chances of reaching the Copa del Rey final. Because Real Madrid suffered a heavy blow in the league after being beaten twice by Valencia. Real Madrid are desperate to prove themselves in other competitions.

The Champions League is an opportunity, and so is the Copa del Rey.

Therefore, even if they meet a particularly difficult Athletic Bilbao in the semi-finals, Real Madrid will definitely reach the final.

As soon as they reach the final, they will make a proposal to put the Copa del Rey final venue at the Bernabeu.

Historically, this season's Copa del Rey final has been scheduled for March 6.

Why was it scheduled on this day? You must know that last season's Copa del Rey final was played on June 30.

Why is it that the next season has become March 6th?

Although there is no fixed date for the Copa del Rey final, it is still possible to schedule the final in May and June.

The Copa del Rey final was played on March 6, the earliest season in the 12 years from 1999 to 2011.

Why?

Quite simply, one hundred years ago, on March 6, 1902, the Real Madrid Club was officially founded.

March 6, 2002 marks the centenary of the founding of Real Madrid.

Real Madrid made a special request to the Spanish Football Federation to schedule the Copa del Rey final to be played on this day, which caused a lot of controversy at the time. But Real Madrid's influence in Spain is really huge, so the Spanish Football Federation finally agreed to this request.

And completely ignoring the fact that March 6 is between the two Champions League group stage games, forcing a Copa del Rey final is a burden for both Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna.

Because both teams were going to play in the second round round group stage of the Champions League at that time.

But Real Madrid have a strong squad and enough bench depth, so even if it is a third-line battle, they can still cope with it.

But Deportivo La Coruna is more bitter.

But I can't help it, my arms can't twist my thighs.

Real Madrid arranged this day for the Copa del Rey final in the hope of celebrating the centenary of the team with a Copa del Rey title at the Bernabeu.

I didn't think that in the end, Deportivo messed up the game.

That's what they have to do now, they want to replace Deportivo La Coruna and go to the Bernabeu to stir up trouble.

So in these two semi-finals, Valencia must win and Deportivo La Coruna must be eliminated.

Then he is going to smash Real Madrid's elaborate championship celebration, and he wants to make Real Madrid Club regret arranging the Copa del Rey final to be played on this day!

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Valencia have played Deportivo La Coruna just once so far this season, with the two sides drawing 2-2 at the Stadio Riazor.

A Coruña actually means a lot to Valencia.

Because it was after that game that Chang Sheng shouted Valencia's pride that they would win the league this season.

Perhaps it was Deportivo La Coruna who was still unbeaten away and retreated, giving him confidence in winning the game, but he chose to shout the championship declaration after that game.

In fact, the first person he offended by these words was not Real Madrid, but Deportivo La Coruna.

Deportivo La Coruna sees herself as a stepping stone to victory.

Because why didn't Chang Sheng say it before he said it, but after the game against Deportivo La Coruna?

Isn't that a clear indication that we didn't take Deportivo seriously?

You must know that Deportivo La Coruna was the third team in the league at that time, and there was also hope of competing for the league title.

Deportivo La Coruna failed to win Valencia at home, and he was already holding his breath, and after the game, Chang Sheng said something like that, looking like no one in his eyes, which completely angered Deportivo La Coruna.

It's just that there is no chance of revenge, because the next meeting between the two sides in the league will not be until the 35th round.

The Deportivo couldn't wait that long, they weren't that patient.

God seemed to hear their call, and in the Copa del Rey semi-finals, the two teams met again.

This time Deportivo has the perfect chance to complete revenge.

If they can knock Valencia out of the Copa del Rey, it will be a big blow for them!

So the Deportivo players, who couldn't hold back before the game, took the lead in firing.

"I don't want to offend anyone, and I'm not disrespecting the opponent, but our goal is to win the title, the Copa del Rey, regardless of that," Deportivo La Coruna's Uruguayan striker Pandiani said in an interview with reporters, mimicking the tone of a winning man. "Going to the final, it's too normal for a team that is aiming for the title."

Deportivo full-back Capdevilla also said in an interview with reporters: "Home and away, the schedule is in our favor. We're not going to waste this opportunity! ”

Diego Tristan: "We have a strong opponent and we have to be careful in the first leg away. As long as we don't concede a goal in the first leg, we will advance to the final! ”

Mauro Silva: "Valencia are in great form in the league, but the Copa del Rey is completely different from the league, it is a life-or-death event in one or two games. I think it's too good in the league and it's a distraction for Valencia......"

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Chang Sheng faced the collective provocation of the Deportivo players and smiled: "I really don't want to complain about them anymore. Let's talk about it then, and when it's time for the game, everyone will naturally know. ”

He was clearly reluctant to discuss too much on this topic.

There are two interpretations of his attitude, one is that he is weak-hearted, and in the face of the revenge-hungry and menacing Super Laco, he is a little weak and doesn't want to anger his opponent anymore.

The opposite is that they feel that the disdain for Chang Sheng is the biggest insult to A Coruña.

The world praises "Super Laco", but Chang Sheng doesn't take this Super Laco in his eyes at all!

Isn't that the biggest insult?

Either way, this game is definitely not going to be an uneventful one.

In other words, where there is always victory, there is absolutely no "blandness".

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Villa has just recovered from injury in this game, and his form is still unstable, and Chang Sheng does not intend to start him, but is only arranged on the bench, just like Baraja at the beginning, maybe it will come in handy at the last moment?

Of course, the ever-winning hope doesn't need to use Villa.

Angulo and Ibrahimovic will continue to start.

In midfield, Guardiola did not start, but instead started Baraja and Albelda. Because he intends to use two muscular midfielders to deal with the technical midfielder of Super Laco, which is led by Belleron.

Iruetta's Deportivo La Coruna play football in a sense similar to the perennial tiki-taka. But they are in a class of their own, with their own style and a strong A Coruña flavor.

Because they have a Belleron, a player known as the "Spanish Zidane", who has a very strong control in midfield.

Deportivo La Coruna can still win because of him, playing gorgeous and beautiful football.

Against this kind of team, there is also a set of experience in Chang Win.

Of course, this set of experience does not belong to him, because it is not original to him, and he has borrowed it from other places.

Since Deportivo has the same type of tactics as tiki-taka, it has the same weaknesses as tiki-taka.

A team as strong as Barcelona can be restrained by a team, let alone a team like Deportivo La Coruna.

The strategy to win is actually very simple, which is to learn from Mourinho's Chelsea and Inter Milan, as well as Real Madrid.

All three teams have been coached by Jose Mourinho and what they all have in common is a power-based style of play and a quick and direct attack.

In other words, in the two games against Deportivo La Coruna, Tsuneki reused the defensive counter-attacking tactics that he had not used for half a season.

In fact, it can't be said that half a season has not been used at all, and in some games, when the winning team makes adjustments, it will also let the team play defensive counterattacks. But after all, it wasn't for long, it was just an adjustment in the on-the-spot command.

Like this time, Chang Sheng intends to counterattack with defense from the beginning of the game.

Deportivo needs to be tackled with tenacious defending, football full of power and press, and sharp counter-attacks.

Although Valencia practiced mad dog tactics for half a season, Chang Sheng was not at all worried that the team would not be able to adapt to the defensive counterattack that he proposed.

Because Valencia has been practicing defensive counter-attacks for several seasons. They've been playing this kind of football for the last few seasons.

If you really want to be familiar, in fact, many of Valencia's players are more familiar with defensive counter-attacks than with a "mad dog tactic" that often wins airborne......

With only four days to go until the game against Deportivo La Coruna, changing tactics is not possible for other teams and other coaches.

But this is no problem for Getafe to learn the tiki-taka in a week and rely on this tactic to beat Mallorca's perennial victory.

Because he has the skills to improve the players' familiarity with new tactics and formations in a short period of time.

It is also because Valencia is a team that is already good at playing defensive counter-attacks.

Before the start of the first training session, which was four days away from the first leg of the semi-finals, Chang Sheng said to the Valencia players standing in front of him: "I hope you haven't forgotten how to fight on the counter-attack, guys!" ”