Chapter 139: Defending the Title
Valencia didn't choose to rush back overnight because the players needed a break.
And you should also relax, go back to the celebration is to rush to the field, Chang Sheng doesn't want his players to be too tired.
On the bus back to the hotel, Chang Sheng told everyone that they could have fun tonight, but when they resumed training the day after tomorrow, they had to take their minds back.
"Don't forget, guys, we still have a goal of going unbeaten for one more season! So now is not the time to discuss where to go on vacation! ”
After a night's rest in the hotel, the whole Valencia team flew back to Valencia early the next morning, another celebration after winning the Copa del Rey, but on a much larger scale and with more excitement than the celebration after the Copa del Rey triumph.
Mendieta, as the captain of the team, repeatedly held the championship trophy on the top floor of the double-decker bus to receive cheers from the fans.
Fans chanted his name. As the captain of the team, Mendieta's performance this season has actually been outstanding.
He has nine goals and 10 assists in the league this season, two in the Copa del Rey and three in the League Cup, making 11 goals and 13 assists in all competitions.
It was already his best season in Valencia.
In the 1999-2000 season, Mendieta scored thirteen goals, more than he does now, but the number of assists was nowhere near as high.
This season, he has scored a lot of goals and assists for his teammates.
At the age of twenty-nine, it looked like his career was reaching a new peak.
Mendieta held the trophy and enjoyed the cheers of the fans, but his heart began to be deeply confused.
Go, or stay?
The question came to my mind again, and this time I couldn't put it off, I couldn't turn a blind eye.
Because the end of the season is just around the corner.
He had to make a decision.
At the start of the season, he was determined to go. On the one hand, he thinks that there is no great future in Valencia, on the other hand, he has a conflict with the manager, although everyone is an adult, for the sake of work, decided not to make a big fuss, but after all, there is a mustard in his heart, and it is not so simple to eliminate.
So he wanted to leave.
Even if Chang Sheng told him to let him think about it after a season, he didn't think about it.
A season?
If you're gone after a season, what else are you thinking about?
But as the season progressed, when Valencia's results got better and better, he began to get lost and hesitated.
Now a season of the Copa del Rey and the league title, Valencia has got it.
But the championship is not the most important thing.
The most important thing is that Valencia's team has shown something under the new coach that Mendieta had never felt before.
The whole team seems to have been upgraded.
It was supposed to be ...... Barcelona in the last round of the league last season Ah no, it was Rivaldo's strike that made Valencia's morale low, but I didn't expect the new coach to come and reverse this decline in one fell swoop.
Next, Valencia dominated the league and have not lost a game until now!
Which coach has done it before? Anyway, Mendieta didn't see it.
Valencia's performances this season have given Mendieta hope.
He had some expectations in his heart, and felt that he should have a future if he continued to stay in Valencia.
He had thought that if he stayed in Valencia, he would have no hope in his life.
But now, he doesn't think so.
That's what makes him hesitate.
Leave for a bigger stage, or stay and fight with the team.
Staying has the benefit of staying, and leaving also has the meaning of leaving.
It left him in a dilemma.
In fact, he has been very difficult during this time.
He kept asking himself, do you want to leave Valencia? Do you want to leave Valencia, where you have played for 10 years, and then find another job?
He wanted to leave because he felt that he had no future in Valencia.
But looking at the two now, whether he admits it or not, Valencia under the leadership of Chang Sheng seems to be full of hope.
If he stays, Chang Sheng guarantees his main position, at least this is solid.
Looking at the fans cheering him on, Mendieta became more and more inclined to stay. After all, here are all his memories and so many fans who support him.
He decided that after the celebration, he would talk to his agent.
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The first of the celebrations was at the Mestalla Stadium, where 50,000 Valencia fans witnessed the team's first league title in three decades.
When Mendieta was holding the league trophy and was not as good as the stadium, the cheers from the scene were so loud that it was impossible to hear each other talking to each other.
The names of the players were shouted on the radio, and the players whose names were called ran out of the stadium, waiting for them to be greeted by an overwhelming cheer.
In the end, Chang Sheng also got the same treatment.
Because everybody knows that Changsheng is the creator of all these changes.
He bought the players who have performed well this season, and the tactics were reformulated by him after overturning the defensive counter-attack.
Valencia can have where they are today, and they can't talk about their new manager.
Juan. Joseph. Delgado. Martin, who was also in the cheering crowd today, saw the last of Chang Sheng to come out of the aisle, and he thought about the proud words of which Getafe fan he had heard at Getafe's home stadium.
"He gave us a new lease of life!"
He now finally understood what the fan was saying.
The Chinese coach has really given Valencia a new lease of life......
If this is not a new life, then there is no new life.
Although the cheers sounded smaller than those of the Getafe fans, Delgado is confident that soon, Valencia fans will fall in love with the Chinese.
As long as he can continue to bring victory to everyone.
Just thinking about it, Chang Sheng took the microphone.
"The next league championship will never have to wait another 30 years! Next year, let's defend it! ”
He made a new championship declaration.
This time, even the fans in the stands were stunned.
They are already very happy with a league championship, and they quite agree with the first half of what Chang Sheng said, and the next champion will not have to wait for another 30 years.
But when I thought of Chang Sheng's next sentence, everyone was surprised.
What the?
Coming back next year?
It's good to win a league title, two years in a row...... That's a bit whimsical, isn't it?
The 55,000-seat Mestalla Stadium suddenly fell silent.
It's as if they're really scared by Chang Sheng.
In this silence, Chang Sheng's laughter is particularly prominent.
"It's just a defending champion, and since we can win it, then we can keep it!"
Chang Sheng handed the microphone to the others after speaking, and then retreated.
Rudy. Gonzalez leaned over to him and touched him, "Look at you, you're scaring them out again. ”
"Tell them ahead of time and get everyone ready. Isn't that my style? ”
"But are you really confident defending your title? You have to know that defending a title is often more difficult than winning it. ”
"It's not about confidence, it's not about whether I do it or not has about whether I have faith or not, Rudy. The most important thing is the idea, as long as there is this idea, it means possible. ”
Chang Sheng thought that Benitez was in charge of Valencia, winning two league titles in three seasons, but not in a row. I have the advantage of crossing and rebirth, and I have the help of the system plug-in, if they are not as good as Benitez, isn't it too much of a failure?
Therefore, this defending champion, regardless of whether he has confidence or not, must do it.
Rudy. Gonzalez sighed: "Defending champions, apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, the only teams that can defend the league title are Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. With the exception of Real Madrid and Barcelona, the last time a team successfully defended their title was in 1982-1983 and 1983-1984 with Athletic Bilbao, which was 19 years ago. It's very difficult......"
"It's hard, I know the media will laugh at Valencia if they hear what I'm saying today, so I don't mind slapping them again." Chang Sheng smiled.
Rudy. Gonzalez also thought of the reporters' irritation at Chang Sheng, and laughed along.
"That's amazing!"
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The celebration was over, and the Valencia fans were content or left unsatisfied.
The players also went home to rest.
And Chang Sheng did not leave, he was invited to the president's office by the president of Valencia FC, Otti.
There, in addition to Otti, he met the club's general manager, Pitacci, and Llorente, who has handled several transfers for him this season.
This is basically the main member of the Otti faction within Valencia FC.
Chang Sheng didn't know why Otti called himself at this time.
When Otti saw Chang Sheng come in, he got up to greet him.
This kind of treatment has never been received before.
Whether it's Otti or Flores, the president of the club is on top, and their attitude towards themselves is at best expressed in expressions. If you are smiling, it means that the relationship is good, and if it is cold, the relationship between the two people must be bad.
Now Otti, as the president of the club, actually took the initiative to stand up to greet him, which at least shows that the status of Chang Sheng in the club is very important.
He walked up to Chang Sheng, shook hands with Chang Sheng, hugged him, and fully expressed his importance to Chang Sheng.
"The club's first league title in thirty years! I should thank you so much! Often! ”
Chang Sheng smiled: "You give me money and invite me to come, isn't it just to do this?" ”
Ottie laughed when he heard his answer: "That's right, that's right. I hear your ambitions, are you really planning to defend your title next season? ”
Chang Sheng nodded: "Yes." ”
Ottie clapped his hands: "That's what I called you for, I think we can already start preparing for next season!" ”