Chapter 197: A Personal Hero (55/136)
Avril Lavigne, who has become a star, is very busy. The next day she was heading to New York to attend the recording of a television show, and as she was going back to Canada, there was a business event waiting for her.
The busy Avril no longer has time to go shopping with Chang Sheng freely and carefree.
After Avril Lavigne left, Chang Sheng also left Los Angeles.
He returned to Valencia.
Although the holidays are still going on, he is already preparing for the new year.
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The Christmas holidays are short.
There is no winter break in the Premier League, in fact, the winter break in La Liga is also very short.
On the 2nd of January, the whole team assembled.
Prepare for the league on January 5 and the Copa del Rey on January 8.
Neither of these games was easy to play.
In the 16th round of the league, Valencia challenged Real Madrid away.
In the third round of the Copa del Rey, Valencia hosted Deportivo La Coruna.
Before the game, Real Madrid held their breath to break Valencia's unbeaten golden body in this game.
Now Real Madrid hate winning to the core.
The reasons are, of course, manifold.
First of all, Valencia, who is led by Chang Sheng, is Real Madrid's nemesis, and so far, Real Madrid have not won a single regular victory.
Secondly, the big mouth that wins is embarrassed by the squirting of Real Madrid. Much of the hatred between him and Real Madrid was caused by the mouth of Chang Sheng.
Thirdly, Real Madrid are in contention for the league title this season, but now they have as much as seven points separating Valencia.
Fourth, and most importantly, it is also a new feud. That's Mendieta.
When it comes to Mendieta, Real Madrid is angry right now.
Florentino didn't know how many times he had scolded Valencia and Chang Sheng.
When Florentino dug Mendieta from Valencia, he was full of joy, believing that it had strengthened and weakened Valencia.
Valencia was not weakened, they did better. It's on my side. Plagued by Mendieta.
The first is the battle for Mendieta's position, which has plagued the team for a long time.
Then there's the locker room problem that comes with the battle for the position.
The media is now going to hype up this matter all day long, and everything that was originally fine has been hyped up, which has made the chickens and dogs in the Real Madrid dressing room restless. What is the contradiction between Mendieta and Figo, what is the contradiction between Mendieta and Elgra......
Some of the revelations look just as true. Some of them are true.
Real Madrid have been inconsistent this season. It has to do with these internal contradictions.
When Lake spent 30 million euros to buy Mendieta, Real Madrid's finances were strained, and they almost ran out of money to buy Ronaldo - if it weren't for Moratti's eventual agreement to Real Madrid's instalments. They really don't have the money to buy Ronaldo.
After buying it, I found out that I had been cheated......
They thought they had bought a superstar, but they didn't expect to buy a giant pit!
Florentino is saying how Valencia agreed so happily at the beginning, bargaining for two young players, and not even asking for money......
It turns out that this is specially for Mendieta to come and pit us!
When Florentino understood this, he didn't ask Bosque to start Mendieta. Although this may make others guess that he was pitted by Valencia. But this is a matter of time. Mendieta's performance is so poor, fools know that Real Madrid spent 30 million plus Arbelloa and Cambiaso to buy Mendieta, which is a parallel import.
If you continue to let Mendieta stay in the starting lineup for the sake of face, I am afraid that it will lead to the collapse of the team's results.
Real Madrid failed to win the league title last season and cannot afford to lose the league title again this season anyway.
For the league championship, naturally there is only one way to bench Mendieta.
All he's thinking about now is letting Mendieta go at the end of the season.
It's just that he tried it a few times, and the situation was not good.
Mendieta's agent, Tordra, was killed and did not agree to leave. When he signed the contract, the agent who nodded to himself is now also involved with him.
Toldela certainly won't be willing to let Mendieta go, because Mendieta is now paid a lot at Real Madrid.
That's a lot of money.
Toldela agreed to Mendieta's departure on the only condition that Real Madrid give Mendieta the remaining three years of his salary.
This gave Florentino a big headache.
I dug a Mendeta tower myself, and it became like this.
Then look at Cambiasso and Arbeloa, who were brought to Valencia by Chang Sheng. One is a player who has never been taken seriously at Real Madrid. One is a young man who is still in the echelon of Real Madrid.
However, under the winning men, both men were able to play in the Valencia first team, with Cambiaso even having regular appearances and performing well. There was a goal. Two assists.
Young players like Arbeloa have started the Copa del Rey and provided an assist.
Mendieta made 15 appearances for Real Madrid in all competitions. Not a single goal, not a single assist.
That's the gap......
The thought that the culprit of this gap was Chang Win, Florentino was even less in a good mood.
Therefore, in this game, Real Madrid will end Valencia's unbeaten streak no matter what the cost!
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For this game, the constant victory is also well prepared.
Before the game, I used a variety of game training skills that can improve the team's ability in a short period of time.
And then the game skills, all he chooses are defensive skills.
When it came to the game, Valencia used his own ball control tactics and began to firmly control the ball from the first minute of the game, so that Real Madrid could only occasionally run with the football and be led by Valencia.
Tactically, Bosque really doesn't have a good idea. So he can only pin his hopes on the form of the superstars, hoping that the superstars will be in a competitive state in this game.
The superstars were in good shape in this game.
In the 35th minute, Ronaldo opened the scoring for Real Madrid.
However, shortly after the start of the second half, Ayala equalised for Valencia with a header from a free-kick in front.
In the 68th minute, Zinedine Zidane regained the lead for Real Madrid.
Three minutes later, Guti extended the lead to two goals as Real Madrid took a 3-1 lead over Valencia.
The Bernabeu Stadium erupted in deafening cheers.
Real Madrid fans seem to be going to spit out all the anger they received at Valencia last season!
The whole Bernabeu was shaking like an earthquake.
The television broadcast gave Chang Sheng a close-up.
Chang Sheng's face is not very good-looking.
At the seventy-one minute mark, they were two goals behind. Or at home......
Could it be that Valencia's unbeaten run is coming to an end here?
In fact, Chang Sheng doesn't care much about how long the unbeaten record can last, it's actually quite remarkable.
But he doesn't want to end his unbeaten run against Real Madrid.
Tactically, their own team is actually no problem, and they even have an advantage on the field. But in this game, Real Madrid's superstars erupted en masse, a contest between individual heroism and collectivism. The previous five were victories of collectivism. Is it going to be a triumph of individual heroism this time?
Chang Sheng's mind suddenly flashed - no, we also have personal heroes!
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's stunning performance in the Copa del Rey final emerged.
So taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Chang Sheng called Deco to his side and taught him face-to-face.
The adjustment of the winning is simple. It is to gather the strength of the whole team, deliver shells to Ibrahimovic, and give full play to his technical and physical abilities.
He wants to take the initiative to create a personal hero!
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When the game resumed, Ibrahimovic received support from the whole team and passed the ball to him. Pull him in the run, draw the opponent's defensive attention for him, and create space for him......
Ibrahimovic has been in Valencia for more than a season and this is the first time he has enjoyed such treatment.
In the past, he had to keep running, pulling sides, retreating, and creating opportunities for his teammates.
I didn't expect it to be the other way around now. He doesn't need to pull the side, he just needs to be in front and keep catching the ball.
Ibrahimovic loves this way of playing. He can save a lot of effort and focus all his energy on how to score goals.
For the first time, he enjoyed the treatment of the "offensive core"!
In the middle of this "new tactic", Ibrahimovic did not feel uncomfortable in the slightest, he seemed to be like a fish in water.
He felt that he could finally present himself to people in its entirety.
He's going to show Real Madrid that this is the real Geratan. Ibrahimovic!
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Seventy-ninth minute. When Ibrahimovic used his skills to break through Hierro and score a goal, the entire Bernabeu stadium fell silent.
After the goal, Ibrahimovic punched himself in the chest. Tell everyone that Real Madrid has superstars. Valencia has the same!
Villa, on the other hand, ran into the goal, picked up the ball and ran back to the centre circle as he celebrated.
There is still a ball, and there are still ten minutes left, and it is still too late!
Instead of celebrating, Chang Sheng waved his fist twice on the sidelines, but shouted at the Valencia players on the field: "One more ball, one more ball!" Don't lose! ”
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After the restart, Valencia's tactics remained unchanged, and the whole team served Ibrahimovic and allowed him to give full play to his all-round characteristics.
And in front of the newborn calf Ibrahimovic, Hierro, who is almost thirty-five years old, really feels his aging.
No matter how the other party uses technology or body, there is no way to do it yourself......
Real Madrid, which was in a good situation, suddenly came into danger at the last moment.
In the 89th minute, when Deco got the ball in the midfield, he faced Elgra who came up to force him, turned on the spot to get rid of the action, blocked Elgra behind him, and then passed the football to Albelda next to him.
He ran off the ball, appeared in a new position, and received a pass from Albelda.
Valencia's attacking players, meanwhile, were all on the move, interfering with Real Madrid's defence.
Despite this, Real Madrid have focused their defensive attention on Ibrahimovic.
The young Swede is Valencia's biggest threat.
Just when everyone thought that Deco was going to give football to Ibrahimovic, as he had done so much before.
Deco suddenly sent the football to the empty space in the ribs!
There, because the focus is on Ibrahimovic, there is a blank space there, there are no Real Madrid players, but Valencia players!
"David. Villa!! ”
Morn, the narrator, shouted, startling many of the people in front of the television.
He couldn't help but be so excited. Because of David. Villa got the ball unmarked!
Ibrahimovic was waiting in front of him to receive the ball, but he didn't expect the football to pass to his feet, and he was a little surprised.
Villa was not surprised, he seemed well prepared for the sudden arrival of the ball.
After receiving the ball, he took the ball and shot with his feet!
The football flew over Casillas' head and into the goal!
3:3!
Lore!
Valencia equalised!