On Tuesday night, the "Champions League Night", the Kings of Madrid took the lead and faced the challenge of Blue and White Munich at home.
In this high-profile "European derby", after 90 minutes of fierce battle, the Kings of Madrid defeated the Bundesliga giants 1:0 with Albin Eström's goal.
But this result did not satisfy the Madrid king.
Because it was only a small victory at their own home court, the second round went to the home court of Blue and White Munich, which was a disaster.
Another Champions League match on the same day was a "civil war" in the Premier League.
Stan Park Rangers, who were left far behind by Manchester United in the Premier League, suddenly broke out in the Champions League. They defeated Manchester United 3:1 at home and took a solid step towards the semi-finals.
This game seems to set a good example for Valendia. League ranking is not everything, and being ranked lower than the opponent in the league does not mean that they will also lose in the Champions League.
Valentia is not a weak team, otherwise it would not have made it through the Champions League group stage, and then overturned the Serie A giant Insubre in the quarter-finals.
But Valentia is not a top team, otherwise they would not be ranked ninth in La Liga.
The difference between a top team, or a wealthy team, and an average team lies in the performance of multi-line operations...
Valentia finished fourth in La Liga last season, thus qualifying for the Champions League play-offs, and then reached the Champions League main draw through the Champions League play-offs.
Although Valentia also participated in the European competition last season, at that time in the Europa League, with their strength, participating in the Europa League would not put too much pressure on the league, so they were able to finish fourth in the league.
But this season when they performed well in the Champions League, they couldn't maintain their investment in the league. The impact of the Europa League and the Champions League on the team is completely two orders of magnitude.
The results in the league will definitely be greatly affected.
It is only ranked ninth so far, which is the best proof.
Once a team as strong as Valentia encounters a multi-front battle situation, the league ranking will also be so low.
But wealthy teams like Madrid Pirates and Kings of Madrid are still under tremendous pressure in multi-line operations, but they can still maintain multi-line competitiveness.
Reaching the quarterfinals of the Champions League, ranking among the best in the league, and qualifying for the league championship.
Some people say that Pirates of Madrid struggled against Atlético Amsterdam and didn't look much better than Valentia. They don't even understand why such a team is a giant.
But if Madrid Pirates is really not a giant, and really not much better than Valentia, then their current league ranking should be outside the seventh or eighth place.
Where else can we compete for the league title and have back-and-forth matches with Kings Madrid and Catalonia?
It doesn’t mean that a wealthy team will definitely win when it plays against a team that is weaker than itself in one or two games. It also doesn’t mean that it will definitely win the championship in every event that a wealthy team participates in. This is not a wealthy team, this is
It's an alien team. After all, football is round, and various unexpected situations can happen, and the outcome is not determined by paper strength.
The gap between wealthy teams and ordinary strong teams is not that big, and it is not reflected in one or two direct conversations.
Wealth is a kind of heritage.
This kind of foundation allows them to be a little more calm than ordinary strong teams when facing difficulties. However, the foundation does not directly help the giants defeat their opponents, it just increases their error tolerance.
Why are cup matches prone to upsets?
Because in the "short and fast" cup competition, the rich heritage can play less of a role than in a marathon event like the league.
"Inheritance" can sometimes be simply understood as "endurance" or "tenacity."
Madrid Pirates has lost two games in the league this season and is still ranked second. But if it switches to the cup, it is very likely that they will be eliminated after losing two games...
"This game is Valentia's home court. They will definitely give their best in this game and try their best to defeat us at home. So we need to be more patient than them in this game and use our passing
Control the advantage to slow down the pace of the game and contain the opponent's offense..."
Before the game started, Parotti once again emphasized to his players the tactics and mentality that should be adopted in this game.
"Patience. The important thing is patience. Valentia wants to be fast and must be fast. But we don't have to follow their pace. If they increase the speed, then we have to take advantage of every opportunity to slow down the pace. As long as
If the opponent doesn't press forward, they will pass more passes in the midfield and back..."
Although this game was a passing game, Parotti did not let Maxi Carey play.
This is considering that Valentia will definitely be aggressive in this game, and they will definitely press against Kyrie.
In order to prevent Carey from becoming the team's weakness in the game, Parotti chose to leave Carey on the bench.
After returning from injury, Kyrie has not played in a game.
Although he has worked hard on his weaknesses in training, in the eyes of the coaching staff, he is not yet reassuring.
At first, the coaching staff was worried whether dealing with Kyrie in this way would cause the Dutchman's "powder keg" to explode.
But what surprised them was...playing as a substitute or even not being included in the game roster did not make Kyrie complain at all.
He had a normal attitude during training and did not complain to the media.
He was so quiet that he didn't seem to be himself.
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Just as the Madrid Pirates coaching staff expected.
Valentia, playing at home, launched a fierce attack on Madrid Pirates' goal from the beginning of the game.
We are all La Liga teams and are very familiar with each other, so there is no need to slowly adapt.
Facing Valentia who was eager to attack, the Madrid Pirates played steadily, responded calmly, and used their advantages in passing and control to slowly deal with Valentia.
Neither side made any achievements in the first half and entered the halftime break with a score of 0:0.
Judging from this first half alone, the goal of the Madrid Pirates seems to be to maintain a draw in the away game.
Because the Madrid Pirates basically have no aggressiveness in attacking, unless the opportunity is particularly good, they will not rush to invest troops in the attack.
During halftime, Parotti told his players to continue playing like this in the second half.
Even if Valentia scores first, don't act rashly.
Madrid Pirates can completely accept the result of a small loss by one goal in the away game.
Although Parotti told his players this, it was the Madrid Pirates who scored first in the second half.
After Julei's shot in front of the goal was saved by Valentia's goalkeeper, it fell right at the feet of the unguarded Dikunzo.
Although the Italian striker's shooting skills are average, he can't spit out the fat around his mouth...
He took a shot and the ball flew into Valentia's goal.
The moment the football entered the goal, Valentia's home court seemed to be quiet for about a second.
The fans of the home team did not expect that it was the Madrid Pirates who scored the first goal when Valentia was in the lead.
After the initial panic, Valentia launched a more violent attack into the Madrid Pirates penalty area.
Parotti immediately asked the team to shrink its defense and not face Valentia's edge.
After taking the lead, he became more cautious, fearing that he would misjudge the situation and be equalized by Valentia.
If this situation were changed to that crazy coach Clark, he would probably just wave his hand and attack Valentia with all his strength to see who could kill whom first.
In Hulay's view, Valentia, which was lagging behind, chose to attack fiercely, but their offensive was not strong enough and they also lacked a lunatic like Clark.
Therefore, although Valentia has stepped up its offensive, it has not yet reached the point where the Pirates of Madrid are frightened.
It seemed that Valentia wanted to equalize the score, but was also worried that the space behind them would be exploited by the Madrid Pirates after they attacked.
So the current situation presented is this.
The Madrid Pirates shrank their defense and withstood Valentia's offensive.
Until the 70th minute, the score was fixed at 1:0.
Parotti made new adjustments. He asked the team to change the slow pace before, suddenly speed up, and launch a general attack on Valentia's goal.
Although pressing the offense at this time may allow Valendia to seize the opportunity to score. But Parotti will not be too regretful. Because he can even accept a small loss by one goal, so what is unacceptable about a draw?
But if the Madrid Pirates can successfully score a goal and end the game with a two-goal lead. Returning to their home court in that round, the Madrid Pirates may have a greater chance of winning the opponent.
It can even be said that we have one foot in the Champions League semi-finals.
No matter how you look at it, it is the result of making sure profits without losing money.
Valentia also saw Parotti's plan, so even though he was very unhappy, he was forced to make adjustments to slow down the pace and first withstand the attack of the Madrid Pirates.
As for whether they can still score goals, that's not something they have to consider.
Even if we really lose the game in the end, is it better to lose 0:1 than to lose 0:2?
But the game didn't go the way Valendia had hoped.
Because Madrid Pirates has Hulay here!
Just after Valentia made adjustments, the Madrid Pirates attacked in front of their goal.
Irazusta made a pass from the wing, Hulay ran out of the space and grabbed a shot!
The football hits the net!
"2:0!!! Madrid Pirates leads Valentia by two goals in the away game! A goal from Hu! This is his thirteenth goal in the Champions League this season! He continues to lead the Champions League scorer list! China
Player Hulay is setting his own Champions League record!"
Spanish commentator Sanchez shouted after the victory.
After scoring the goal, Jule used his signature move in Casavalla, Valentia's home stadium, and he captured another stadium!
This is the first time he has scored at Valentia's home ground, because this season's clash with Valentia was at the home ground of Madrid Pirates, and before the second half of the league, the two teams met in the Champions League.