In the seventh round of the league, Valencia sat in the first league game after the top trade of the league.

Valencia may be playing at home, but they will face a difficult opponent – Athletic Bilbao from the Basque Country.

This team from the Basque Country, not only in Spanish football, but also in world football, is a very distinctive team, because their team only allows players of Basque origin to play, and they insist on not buying any players of non-Basque origin.

Because of the limited selection range of players, it stands to reason that the strength of this team should not be strong. But in fact, this team, which is made up entirely of Basque players, is one of the strongest teams in the history of Spanish football. In the history of Spanish football, only three teams have never been relegated, the first two being the giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the third being Athletic Bilbao, which can only use players from the Basque Country.

Valencia were relegated in 1931 and have never been relegated since they were promoted back to the First Division.

The first time the two teams met last season was at the San Mamés Stadium, home of Athletic Bilbao.

That match was the first glimpse of the tenacity of the Basque team. In the end, Valencia only narrowly won 2-1.

After a season, Valencia are now much more relaxed against Athletic Bilbao.

In the end, on their home turf, Valencia beat Athletic Bilbao 5-1.

This may be a testament to the increase in strength.

Of course, this is only the home field. The real litmus test was away to Athletic Bilbao.

But for now, Valencia continues to sit at the top of the league with the victory in this game.

After seven rounds of league play, the gap has gradually widened.

Real Sociedad and Valencia are tied on 17 points and they are at the top of the table.

Third-place Real Madrid have 12 points, five points behind them.

The league is like a marathon.

At present, the leading group has come out of the big group.

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After the match against Athletic Bilbao, it will be the Champions League group stage in midweek.

This time, Valencia continued to play away. Their destination is Anfield.

Whether it is Liverpool or Valencia, this game is actually very easy. It's just that they don't know each other.

Valencia were easy because they basically qualified early, and the last two games were no problem no matter how they were played. So they can face their opponents in the last two games with a relaxed mood.

Liverpool's ease is due to their current good position to qualify from the group. Four rounds of fighting. They earn seven points. They finished second in the group, two points ahead of third-placed Basel.

In the last two rounds, they still have the opportunity to talk directly to Basel, so they also have the initiative.

Of course. To take their fate into their own hands, Liverpool will first have to beat Valencia at home in this round.

In this way, they are tied with Valencia on 10 points, and they will be more comfortable in the last round of the league away to Basel.

The Liverpudlians think they have a chance to beat Valencia at home because of this round of the league. Valencia are all but well qualified and there is no reason for them to give it their all in this game.

If Liverpool are slack, they will have a chance to take advantage of it, let alone play at home. Anfield is able to provide them with a combat power bonus.

This match between the two teams is in the spotlight. Basel is also keeping a close eye on the game.

Basel coach Gross said in an interview that he hopes that Chang Sheng will abide by the work ethic and not give water to Liverpool when the qualification has been basically determined.

As the central figure of the incident, Chang Sheng did not take a stand.

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The day before Liverpool's home game against Valencia, Basel and Spartak Moscow played a game first.

Spartak Moscow hosts Basel.

As a result, Basel beat Spartak Moscow 2-0 away!

Basel's points went from five to eight all of a sudden.

Temporarily overtook Liverpool and became second in the group!

This change was unexpected.

Because no one expected Basel to beat Spartak Moscow by two goals in the ice and snow of Moscow!

So. The relaxed air suddenly became tense.

If Liverpool can't win at home against Valencia, they will have to face Basel in the final round. In that game, Basel was at home and Liverpool was away, and the difficulty was different from playing Valencia at home now.

After the last round of the group stage, Liverpool's The Echo. The cautiousness of the once gloating and winning spell has made Basel's theoretical chances of qualifying non-existent.

They also praised the prudence of winning a lot as the foundation of a manager's success...... His calmness makes people despair.

But now their arguments are about to take a 180-degree turn. They wrote euphemistically expressing the hope that Valencia could release the water and be able to play less main and more substitutes. They cite a number of factors to explain why Valencia is on the bench. What a league, what an injury. What's the state...... In fact, they have one meaning, hoping that Valencia will release water, so that Liverpool will have a chance.

They didn't say that word directly, but they actually meant it. They hoped that Valencia would hold their hands high and show mercy.

As the central figure of the incident, Chang Sheng still did not express his position.

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Until the game comes.

Chang Sheng did send some substitutes against Liverpool, but not as thoroughly as the Echo had hoped.

He retained half of the main force.

Seeing this starting list, the Liverpool media cheered, and Liverpool fans also breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in their hearts fell to the ground. Even Holier himself felt a lot lighter......

But if they knew how Chang Sheng used his players in the dressing room to mobilize their players before the game, they probably wouldn't think so.

"I'm not really going to rotate to rest you or to give you up this game. I think we should cherish this opportunity and not waste it easily! The outside world is rumoring that we have to release water and show mercy to our subordinates, thinking that we don't need to work so hard, that is simply an insult to us! Tell each other with practical actions and put fucking water! ”

There were all kinds of rumors before, basically saying that Changsheng would release water. These rumours have put a lot of pressure on both Tsunga and Valencia.

After all, if Valencia does release water, it will definitely be a stain on them.

Chang Sheng has not said anything, but he intends to prove their innocence with practical actions.

In this game, Liverpool is dead!

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While the Liverpudlians were looking forward to the game with anticipation and hoping they could beat Valencia at home, they were beaten in the face.

Valencia have been very aggressive away from home and there is no indication that they are trying to show mercy to their men.

And in the 24th minute, Valencia scored a goal in place of Angullo, who started for Villa, and took the lead!

Liverpool, who were behind, appeared to be a little flustered, and as time went on, this panic and impatience became more apparent.

In the second half, Liverpool pressed hard to equalize, but Valencia saw Liverpool start to press hard and played defensive counterattack with them.

In the 69th minute, they scored another goal.

It was Mista, who was substituted just three minutes ago to replace Angullo.

With a two-goal lead, the suspense of the game was completely lost.

No one expected that Valencia, which was only half of the main team, would be no less effective than their all-main lineup......

So Liverpool, who were unprepared for this, naturally lost even their underwear at home......

As a result, there is still the final round of the group stage, and Valencia has 13 points ahead of schedule.

Liverpool are third with seven points, followed by Basel with eight points.

Liverpool, who had been in a good position to qualify before, needed to beat Basel in the final round in an instant.

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At the post-match press conference, Chang Sheng was happy that the team had qualified from the group one round earlier.

Then he didn't give the slightest comment on Liverpool and Basel, who had fought for second place in the group.

No reporter ran to him without opening his eyes to ask him what he thought of the voices before the game that wanted him to raise his noble hand.

Because after watching this game, everyone knows that Valencia did not release water, so what is Chang Sheng's attitude towards this matter, isn't it clear at a glance?

Valencia returned to Spain with a victory, leaving Liverpool alone to lick their wounds......

In Basel, Switzerland, there was a huge cheer from the Basel fans who were also following the game.

There were also excited Basel fans who unfurled banners that read "Thank you Valencia".

They thanked the winning team for not letting go of the water, but in the spirit of fair play, beating Liverpool on the road.

At this time, Basel fans clearly didn't care how they were beaten 6-0 by Valencia at Mestalla......

With the relationship between Valencia and Basel, a 6-0 game is not enough to turn the two teams into mortal enemies. So it's no surprise that they are thankful for Valencia.

Liverpool, on the other hand, has mixed feelings, on the one hand, they feel that Valencia is still fighting so hard after confirming the group qualification, which is a little unkind. On the other hand, I feel that it is not reasonable to accuse Valencia, after all, everyone has withdrawn the general main force, which cannot be won, which can only show that Liverpool's strength is too poor......

In this way, Valencia rode the dust and qualified early, but left the suspense to the final round of the group stage.

Liverpool away to Basel, the two teams face each other head-to-head, no matter who wants to qualify, they must beat the opponent.

It's going to be a battle of the dragons.

And Chang Sheng didn't even have the leisure to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and his eyes had already set his sights on the second round of the group stage.