Chapter 179: Smothering, the Birth of a New Record!

The media is concerned about whether Valencia can break the record. After all, this is also a big event in La Liga.

However, unlike Valencia's claim to defend the title, most of the media are optimistic about Valencia's record-breaking this time.

Because with Valencia's ability, it is difficult to maintain a good form in a season and finally successfully defend the title. But winning or losing a game is still easy for them.

Mallorca are no longer the team managed by Aragonés to finish third in the league.

They finished 15th in the league last season and narrowly missed relegation.

Even at home, they shouldn't be able to stop Valencia's iron hooves.

The media flocked to Valencia, but this incident made Chang Sheng frown.

Because he knew that Mallorca would not be willing to bow down to himself like this, he had snatched the Copa del Rey championship from Mallorca with his own hands, and it was too late for them to hate themselves, how could they let themselves achieve a new La Liga record on them?

At the same time, the unanimous optimism of the media will also make the team have a perception of underestimating the enemy, which is unacceptable.

Before the game against Mallorca, he reminded his players that they should not be taken lightly when they were away from home.

'If we're one goal ahead, don't let up, try to score again right away, lead by more goals. Only in this way can their fighting spirit be completely defeated! ”

"In this game, if I were the manager of Mallorca, I would definitely use the pre-match media disdain to make a big fuss and boost the morale of the team. In that way, if Mallorca dominate the game, they will increase the tempo of the game, and they will use their bodies to impact us and bring the game into a state of disorder. They want to win out of chaos. It's very simple to deal with them, it's control. We keep the ball at our feet, pass back and forth, cross or back, and we don't rush forward anyway. Slowly drag them into our rhythm, wear out their temper and fighting spirit. Know what it's like to be stuck in a swamp? Let Mallorca sink into our swamp! ”

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Meanwhile, in Mallorca's dressing room, their head coach Gregorio Murphy. Manzano is mobilizing his players.

"For half a week, the media were talking about Valencia's new record, and they completely forgot who they were playing against. Obviously. We were ignored. Lads. The media didn't put us under pressure, and maybe our opponents didn't take us seriously. They were champions last season, and they are undefeated...... What a remarkable achievement...... But praise for our opponents is not a reason for us to give up the fight! In this game, we must show the arrogant media that we Mallorca are definitely not lambs to be slaughtered, nor are we tools that opponents can use to brush records! ”

Mallorca's players ran out of the dressing room in high spirits, ready to take Valencia lightly for a decisive match.

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But when the game started, Mallorca realized that it was not as simple as they had imagined.

They thought they were relying on their enthusiasm and high morale. They can definitely give Valencia a head start at home.

So they ran aggressively from the very beginning of the race, looking for opportunities.

They can't wait to bring up the pace of the game directly, so that the whole game can be played in this fast-paced confrontation.

But they found that the game didn't go the way they thought it would.

They want to be fast, but they can't.

When their attack was over, the game fell into Valencia's control.

Valencia's players have always kept in mind the pre-match instructions to win after the game. Not in a hurry to pass forward, just to pour back and forth in the middle and back.

Mallorca reacted to Valencia's inverted feet in central midfield, and the initial reaction was to pounce on it, trying to grab the football and play directly on the counter-attack.

There were two or three times, and they almost succeeded.

This almost successful couple of times gave them more confidence and motivation, so they spared no effort to run after the football.

Knowing that they noticed a rapid increase in physical exertion, they still didn't grab the football.

They felt tired. Then begin to calm down and think.

They find themselves transformed into monkeys, teased by Valencia. It's like a lap grab in training.

Then they were upset with this approach in Valencia, they felt that they were insulted. So there were a couple of vicious fouls.

The referee did not deliberately favor Mallorca because they were playing at home, and the referee was still very conscientious and severely punished Mallorca for such deliberate fouls.

In the opening fifteen minutes, Mallorca received two yellow cards.

Finally, Mallorca was honest.

They found themselves unable to do anything with Valencia, and when Valencia turned the ball upside down, they couldn't grab it and they couldn't foul it.

Full of pride and enthusiasm, as if cold water had been poured on the head, the fire in the hearts of Mallorca players was crumbling in the wind and was about to be extinguished.

So they stopped chasing football, and when Valencia fell in central midfield, they started to wait and see more, just keeping the formation stable, but not going up to get the ball.

The rhythm finally slowed down.

Seeing this scene, Chang Sheng's face showed a winner's smile.

When the pace slowed down, the game went into Valencia's orbit.

Mallorca can only be led by Valencia's rhythm of passing back and forth.

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Manzano was in a hurry to see this scene off the field, why did he use the media's disdain to stir up the morale of the players before the game?

It's because he knows how powerful Valencia's tactics are.

If you let the game get into the rhythm of Valencia, then your team will really be out of luck.

That's why he has to use the fighting spirit and anger of his players to attack Valencia, hoping to get the game into a chaotic rhythm. As long as the scene is chaotic, Valencia's ball cannot be passed smoothly and the attack cannot be organized, then Mallorca will win half of it.

But I didn't expect that in the face of Mallorca's impact, Valencia behaved very calmly.

They kept going back and forth, they just weren't in a hurry to send forward, and they didn't seem to care at all whether they scored or not.

But it is this kind of inverted foot that makes Mallorca players consume their physical strength in vain. Also lost fighting spirit.

He was tempted to yell at the players from the sidelines and remind them to keep playing catch-up.

But it didn't work. Because Mallorca can't get the ball at all!

Valencia's passing is very skillful, they can pass the ball back and forth within fifteen metres, literally with their eyes closed. And the rhythm of their passing is varied.

When Mallorca weren't pressing, they were slow to keep possession and pass the ball, deliberately delaying the game.

And when the Mallorca players are about to rush up and make a rush. They'll speed up violently. Start a one-kick pass, and pass the ball directly without stopping. Let Mallorca waste his physical strength in vain, but he can't grab anything.

Then when Mallorca felt that it was useless to grab so much, slow down and take a breath, they began to slowly pass the backward foot again, and that look of grace and wandering made Mallorca's players gnash their teeth.

This kind of inversion would make Mallorca's players lose their minds, so they have two yellow cards.

When the players get yellow cards. Manzano protested to the referee with his hands open on the sidelines. In fact, he knew that his players had been unjustly rewarded with these two yellow cards.

He wants his players to be angry, but he doesn't want that anger to burn their minds.

But the yellow card extinguished their anger, but it also killed their fighting spirit.

Manzano frowned, there was nothing he could do in the face of such a situation.

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Valencia is not in a hurry at all. Just like that, I control the football so slowly.

They saw the performance of the Mallorca players.

The admiration for the manager in my heart is even deeper.

Because they all made Chang Sheng right!

Before the end of the first half, Valencia finally got on the scoresheet. After a dozen or so kicks in a row, Mallorca were completely numb by the rumors and didn't even notice that there was a problem at the back.

Deco saw it, and with a straight kick, Ibrahimovic turned and stepped forward sharply, receiving the ball from Deco.

Then the shot scores.

1:0! Valencia take the lead on the road!

It was one goal in the first half. At half-time, Chang Sheng told the players to play well and continue to play like that in the second half.

It's a bit dull, but football that can win is good football.

Suffocate your opponents. That's what Valencia is capable of.

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In the second half, Manzano made a change first, making a substitution.

Obviously, he is not willing to lose this game at home, and he does not want to be a stepping stone to a record number of wins.

But it's not something he can't do if he doesn't want to.

In the face of Valencia's ball-controlled play, Mallorca has no way at all.

At the start of the second half, they rushed for a while like they had done in the first half, apparently at half-time, when Manzano re-energized them.

But Valencia has also had a countermeasure to this. Just use the inverted foot to deal with it.

Mallorca withered again.

In the second half, Valencia unwittingly scored another goal for Mallorca. It was Villa who scored the goal and Vicente who assisted.

The final score was 2-0 and Valencia beat Mallorca away.

"A new record has been set! Valencia became the team with the most unbeaten streaks in La Liga history! "When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the commentator Morn shouted." Thirty-nine games unbeaten! This is a record that belongs entirely to Valencia! They don't have to share ...... with Real Sociedad anymore"

The Valencia players who won the game looked excited, but they were calm when they won the game.

Facing the reporters who flocked to interview him, he said: "It's just 39 games unbeaten, so there's nothing to be happy about." From now on, every game we win is making history, and we will set a record that will not be so easy for future generations to break, at least not in just 22 years. ”