Six to two at home, one to one away, and seven to three in total - although he failed to double-kill his opponent, he defeated his opponent with such a big score to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League. Cooper's revenge was completely and clean.

There is no need to draw lots after entering the semi-finals. Valencia's opponent will be the winner between Barcelona and Chelsea in the second half of the quarterfinals. In the previous first leg, Barcelona lost to Chelsea 1-3 away. This home game is also full of crisis. Valencia's opponent is more likely to be Chelsea than Barcelona.

Just as Valencia's players were riding the bus and preparing to return to the hotel where they were staying for a night and then back to Valencia, they performed a good show in Barcelona - and not just one scene, but two good shows...

After Tiger scored the equalizer, Penelope was stunned. Tiger's goal, even the most picky opponent, could not find any fault. Although Nesta was injured, he actually made no mistakes in defense. Just like Valencia's conceding goal in this game, Valencia's overall defense did not make any mistakes, but Lazio still scored the goal. This is the most helpless goal that the coach has scored, because you have considered everything, but were defeated by some inevitable factors...

The same is true for this goal. Even Lazio fans cannot object, because Tiger beat Nesta in the previous breakthrough, Tiger had already beaten Nesta once. This goal is just a proof that the last successful breakthrough of Nesta would not be a coincidence!

Penelope could not say anything, and the emotion of failure echoed in her chest, which made her feel a little crazy.

"This guy always makes people so angry!" The crazy Penelope grabbed the pillow on his bed and beat it hard, treating the poor pillow as Tiger. The others held back their smiles and watched the good scene. Penelope has always been a charming beauty. He habitually likes to play with men. It is not a common thing to be angry with a man to be so virtuous...

Just as Love and others were watching the show, at the Camp Nou Stadium, 98,000 Barcelona fans were watching a big show that made them excited!

With a 1-3 away game, a four-game losing in all previous games and three goals in each game, Barcelona burst into great fighting spirit and a strong desire to win!

In the first half, they relied on the goals of two superstars Rivaldo and Figo to score two consecutive games. Although Hesp's mistake after the start of the second half allowed Chelsea's Flo to get a point and allowed Chelsea to lead the overall score again, Barcelona's biggest discovery this season was that the local player Dani, who transferred from Mallorca, received a cross from Figo in the 83rd minute to tie the total score again!

Before the end of the game, Rivaldo had a chance to make a final decision. Cruivit created a penalty in the penalty area. However, Rivaldo, who had a very high penalty shooting percentage, incredibly missed the penalty at this critical moment, and the game entered overtime!

In the overtime stage, Figo created another penalty kick. This time Rivaldo did not let the opportunity slip away from his feet. He calmly took the penalty and scored twice, scoring his tenth goal in the Champions League this season, taking the lead for Barcelona!

Then there was Dani's assist. Cruyvit scored a header in front of the goal, locking the score at 5-1. Barcelona eliminated Chelsea in two rounds 6-4 and stood in front of Valencia! The victory in this game was enough to stabilize Van Gaal's already precarious coach!

"We encountered a lot of trouble before, but we have solved this trouble now. The next time will be Barcelona's glory! Whether in the league or in the Champions League, Barcelona will make great strides towards the championship!" Van Gaal said with great enthusiasm after the game.

Cooper only learned the result of the Barcelona game after returning to the hotel. In the 120th minute, Barcelona scored five goals from Chelsea. This situation is enough to be shocking. You should know that although Valencia played six at home in the first leg, Lazio at that time and Chelsea are now in a different mentality - Lazio did not have the idea of ​​defending the game, and Nesta's absence also made them less stable in defense. Chelsea, who had two goals in the first leg, had enough confidence to defend. Even so, they scored five goals by Barcelona!

"Maybe it's not that easy to play in the semi-finals..." Cooper thought secretly in his heart.

While he was thinking about the next semifinals, Barcelona players were discussing tomorrow's Champions League match...

Although no matter which team wins tomorrow, only one of them can enter the finals, and Valencia can only meet one of them after entering the finals, it does not prevent Valencia's players from discussing tomorrow's game.

"Bayern should be able to beat Porto at home," said Mendeta.

"That's not necessarily the first round of the game was just one-to-one." Hrad had a different opinion.

"Tiger, who do you hope to win tomorrow between Real Madrid and Manchester United?" Kiley asked Tier.

"Me? Of course I hope Manchester United... I'm my old club anyway." Tiger shrugged and replied.

After returning to Valencia, when Tiger received a call from Penelope for some reason, he thought it was Real Madrid or Manchester United to enter the semi-finals, Tiger also honestly answered this - after all, he has no feelings for Real Madrid, but has a deep feelings for Manchester United.

Penelope hung up the phone before he could finish his words, which made Tiger inexplicably.

"What an inexplicable woman." Tiger muttered as he hung up the phone.

Penelope on the other end of the phone has already broken his teeth - this bastard, he underestimated my Real Madrid so much! Look, Real Madrid will definitely eliminate Manchester United tonight, and will enter the finals next! Well, you bastard lead Valencia to defeat Barcelona and then lose to Real Madrid in the finals... There is no more perfect ending than this!

With a yell in my heart, Penelope's mood improved again.

Two teams that I hate are killed each other, and then the winner is killed by the team I like, and the team I like reaches the top - at that time, I will proudly despise this bastard Tiger! Wait!

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Tiger naturally didn't know that he had become a target of inexplicable hatred by a woman. His attention is now beginning to focus on the Champions League. Next, he faced Barcelona because of the draw. Valencia was the first to go home and then away. Only by defeating Barcelona can they go to the final location of this season's European Champions League - the Stadium of France in Paris!

In the next two games in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Bayern and Real Madrid laughed to the end. Bayern defeated Porto 2-1 at home and entered the semi-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive years. Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 3-2 away and achieved a classic victory. In the game, Redondo assisted Raul to score after hitting the ball near the baseline, and became a classic shot. For Real Madrid, which performed poorly in the league this season, the victory in this game was timely.

It’s no wonder that the final winner of La Liga this season will be La Coruna. In fact, their performance is not very good this season. However, the three biggest competitors, Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Real Madrid, have encountered many problems in the league this season. Real Madrid and Barcelona have lost many key games, while Valencia lost too many points from weak teams. In the 38 rounds of the game, La Coruna, who won the championship in the final score, had less than 70 points. This kind of point grabbing rate is a bit barely enough to win the championship in the league with only 18 teams. You should know that this season, Ancelotti’s Juventus won the Serie A with only 18 teams and finally failed to win the league championship. No wonder many people later thought that La Coruna’s league championship is indeed respectable, but it also has a great luck...

The La Liga teams in the Champions League were the top three, but they were terrible in the league.

The situations of the semi-finals are Valencia vs. Barcelona and Real Madrid vs. Bayern. Faced with this great situation, the Spanish media did not shout out the slogan "La Liga team dominates the Champions League and meets the finals." The reason is that Real Madrid's opponent is Bayern. Bayern is too strong this season. In the group stage of the second leg, Real Madrid was in the same group with Bayern. However, in the two group matches, Bayern smashed Real Madrid into pieces - four to two away, four to one at home, and eight goals in two rounds! With the previous record, it is no wonder that the Spanish media is not optimistic about Real Madrid entering the final.

The first leg will be played on May 3, and there will be two La Liga games before this - this is obviously beneficial for Valencia, because they can keep their strength in the league, and Barcelona, ​​who still has the chance to win the league championship, will not be able to hold back at any time - maybe the one who appears at Mestalia Stadium by then will be a broken Barcelona...

Despite this feeling of being unfair, Valencia's fans don't care about this.

On April 22, in the 34th round of La Liga, Real Madrid sent most of the substitutes cleanly, losing to Atletico Santander at home 2-4, and Valencia also sent some substitutes, but their players were obviously much better than Real Madrid players. After all, the last Champions League game seemed very relaxed for them - they relied on Juan Sanchez and Tiger's goals at home to defeat Atletico Madrid 2-0, sending the veteran team to the Spanish Second Division.

Barcelona sent all the main players, defeating Sevilla 1-0 at home, but La Coruña also defeated Real Sociedad at home and continued to lead Barcelona by four points.

A week later, on April 29, on the 35th round of La Liga, Barcelona, ​​who also played against all the main players, beat Atletico Madrid three goals at home. Valencia watched this scene happily and sent most of the substitutes away to draw Vallecano, Tiger, Farinos, Caboni, Lopez and Kili, five main players, did not go away at all...

"We have basically secured the quota for the Champions League next season. Why do we have to make the players worse in the league? Yes, we have five main players who did not come away, but they all have the injury certificate issued by our team doctor. We just kept the players in Valencia for a good rest just to prevent them from being seriously injured. It is definitely not a negative game." Cooper replied shamelessly when facing the questioning of the Catalan media at the post-match press conference.

The Catalan reporter was stunned, but he had no choice but to do anything to Cooper - yes, the player is injured, you need to have a good rest. You can't force the player to play with injuries, right? As for the Champions League game three days later, such an important game, it's not too unacceptable to go on the court with injuries...

"Our Warriors will never be knocked down by such despicable means! We will defeat them in Mestalia, and after we return to Camp Nou, we will tear them to pieces!"

In the end, the local newspapers in Catalonia could only clamor like this. However, no matter how they shouted, they were a little lacking in confidence. Whether in physical fitness or in the form of players, Valencia, who played at home, had the upper hand. In the past few games, Valencia has won several games at home, and Barcelona's offense has almost not entered Valencia's goal several times...

Valencia's defensive counterattack tactics are almost against Barcelona's biggest nemesis.

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On May 1, Van Gaal arrived in Valencia with the exhausted Barcelona team.

After losing four consecutive games in a row, Barcelona ushered in a climax. They won three consecutive games and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. The league was only two points behind the tied La Coruña after the last round. The situation of winning the championship in the two-line was very good, which was also the reason why Barcelona players gritted their teeth and persevered.

Before, their performance was not good, and the conflicts in the locker room began to become prominent. Now the results are beginning to improve, and they are expected to win the Champions League and complete the league's three consecutive championships. The conflicts in the locker room have begun to subside.

This is how professional teams are. When the grades are good, everything is good. No contradiction can be considered a contradiction. Only when the grades are bad will the contradiction be highlighted!

Van Gaal is now sitting on a crater. Although there is an undercurrent underneath his butt, he is still sitting safely for the time being...

Ignoring the local complex of Catalan locals and overly using the Dutch and former Ajax's old subordinates is Van Gaal, who had previously led the Barcelona League two consecutive championships. The biggest factor in the unstable coaching position this season. Litmanin, who came from a free transfer, received a salary of $5 million, which made the two players in the team begin to be dissatisfied. They both received the team's maximum salary, but only $3 million per year each! Litmanin got two million more salary than them as soon as they arrived, which is psychologically unbalanced for individuals - Rivaldo is a star from the slums, and it is normal for him to value money. Although Figo is a great player, his character's greed for money is something that no one can deny!

Rivaldo and Figo would not have any objection to their maximum salary before, but a substitute was given much more salary than them, and it was natural to have dissatisfaction. They were the most important attackers in Barcelona. Once they were dissatisfied, how could the team's performance be better?

Now is the Champions League honor they have never won, which makes Rivaldo and Figo both bear it. Unless Barcelona can continue to win, the volcano under Van Gaal's butt will erupt sooner or later!

Van Gaal is a very stubborn coach. He will not admit his mistakes, so he will grit his teeth and persevere until the team wins the Champions League and surpasses Cruyff to become the greatest coach in Barcelona's history - at least that's how Van Gaal thinks himself.

Although his players are exhausted due to continuous competitions, Van Gaal knew that at this time they would do their best - all the main players can play, and Barcelona will not be afraid of any team - as long as they can fully display their abilities!

This semi-final was a Spanish civil war. It is precisely because of this that both sides are extremely familiar with each other and do not feel any hiding.

The day before the game started, both sides announced tomorrow's starting lineup at the same time - there is no need to hide anything anymore, and at this time, no one can have any secret weapons...

Valencia's main lineup is not surprising, but more stable - Canisaçález, Jukic, Pellegrino, Anguema, Caboni, Gerard, Farinos, Mendeta, Kili, Tiger, and Lopez - As long as no one is suspended or injured, Valencia's starting lineup is just these eleven people, and there are few players on the bench who can impact their main position. Alberda, Sanchez and Angulo are the players who play more, but they are still a huge gap compared to Gerard, Tiger and Lopez.

Barcelona's starting lineup in this game has changed a lot from the previous four and three-three. Dani's outstanding state recently made Van Gaal no longer put him on the bench. In the last home game against Chelsea by 5-1 at home, Rivaldo, Figo, Dani and Cruivit were also moved by the excellent state of the cooperation of the frontcourt. So in this game, Dani and Cruivit played the double striker, and the one who was on the left behind was Li Li behind them.

Valdo, on the right is Figo, then Cocu and Guardiola, and behind is Rezig, Sergi, Averado and Frank Debord, and the goalkeeper is Hesp - this is closer to a four-two-two-two-two-two-two-two-in-the-line. In the last game, this lineup played a big role. In this Spanish civil war, Van Gaal hopes that this lineup that swept Chelsea in the last round can teach Valencia a good lesson in Mestalia!

"Do you still have to attack?" Mourinho asked Van Gaal with some hesitation the night before: "Actually, I think we can appropriately adopt defensive tactics in this game. Valencia...their strong offensive ability is not excellent, and short passes and quick attacks do not have much advantage in facing us."

Seeing that Van Gaal didn't say anything, Mourinho continued: "In the away game, we can completely defend the draw and let them be forced to come out and play. Valencia's defense line average speed is not fast. We can completely use counterattack to break through their goal. A away goal is an advantage. Then we will kill them at home!"

Van Gaal raised his hand and stopped Mourinho from continuing.

"Jose, I know you're right. Being conservative on the road is not a mistake... But you have to know that we have always been a team that is good at attacking rather than defense. If our offense is the world's top, then defense can only be considered first-class."

"We have many good defenders, but we are not tall enough, but what Valencia lacks is the high center!" Mourinho argued.

"I understand, but have you considered another thing? How many of our players now have yellow cards?" Van Gaal asked Mourinho in a question.

Mourinho was silent. As an assistant coach, he was very familiar with the information about his opponent and his side...

"Six, a full six." Van Gaal said with his fingers: "Haisp, Frank de Boer, Rezig, Koku, Figo, Cruivet... Six, there are three lines. If you strengthen the defense and use Valencia's more ground offensive tactics, we also need a lot of fouls to reduce their offensive threat. With this tactic, how many people will we get the second yellow card and be suspended in the second round of the game? Not to mention the six people will stop.

Even if there are only two or three, it will be a huge loss for us! Debord will be suspended, and we will lose the commander on the defense line. Hesp will be suspended, and our goal will become a weaker link. Koku will be suspended, and our midfielders will lack the ability to run. Rezig will be suspended, and the power of assists on the right will be reduced. Cruivet will be suspended, and we will lose the bridgehead for the offensive. Figo will be suspended, and one of our shoulders will be cut off! Can we afford this loss?"

Mourinho stopped talking, but he still had this idea in his mind - if there is no one getting a yellow card when attacking? Sometimes, it is necessary for a hero to cut off his arm...

"We don't know how to defend, and we don't need to defend!" Van Gaal said loudly: "Observation! Even if we lose in the away game, we have the ability to get enough away goals! Then, completely defeat Valencia at home and enter the finals of the Champions League!"

Looking at the energetic Van Gaal, Mourinho's ominous premonition was getting stronger and stronger.

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"First of all, we are a little unfavorable."

Valencia's coaching staff are also discussing tomorrow's game: "We need to attack at home. If Barcelona adopts counterattack tactics, then our defense line will lack speed than Lazio..."

"Don't worry, I won't."

After listening to the assistant coach's words, Cooper smiled slightly: "If Barcelona are willing to play defense, it will not be Barcelona... Van Gaal has always been a head coach who is good at attack. Although his coaching philosophy comes from the Netherlands' full attack and defense, he is more inclined to attack. Barcelona has always scored a lot of goals and conceded a lot of goals. If they play defense, they will be at a loss. What's more, they have four top attackers in the frontcourt. Do you think they can defend? Whether it is Figo, Rivaldo, Dany or Cruivet, their defensive abilities are quite average."

"Maybe they are putting smoke bombs?" The assistant coach was not fighting against Cooper, but as an assistant coach, he had to raise all the possibilities he could think of to remind the head coach.

"Maybe, but even their substitutes, there are not very outstanding defensive players... Only Dani can make a fuss. Whether it is Rivaldo, Figo or Cruivet, these three people cannot be on the bench. Then the possibility of change is Louis Enrique or Centen taking over Dani's position. Even if this happens, they will not be a defensive counterattack tactic... Their personnel configuration cannot play this tactic at all. They can only fight against us, so we have to fight against them!"

Speaking of this, Cooper smiled: "Even if their offense is worse than Lazio, their defense is definitely not as strong as Lazio! We can play Lazio for six goals at home, and maybe seven goals at home! Their defense line has never been solid, and we can compete with them for goals! Just like playing Lazio, at home, in the first round, we will kill them and make the second round a formality!"

Cooper showed great confidence. His men already had an excellent team. Even if they played in the league, their performance was not so good because of the players' condition and the insufficient bench thickness. However, if they were focused on playing the cup, Cooper would not be afraid of any team!

It is a team with excellent defense and stable lineup, which is quite suitable for playing in the Cup. What's more, Barcelona now has a star like Tiger who can play a top-notch role in both counterattack and positional offense!

Cooper is bound to win this Spanish civil war! He has experience in major competitions, especially in two rounds of knockout matches. Although it is the first time he led the team to play in the Champions League, the experience he accumulated in the Winners Cup last season was enough for him.

What's more, Valencia has another advantage - there is a player in their team who has won the Champions League! Although Barcelona has a lot of stars, the players who have won the Champions League are not important players. At least Rivaldo and Figo have never even played in the semi-finals of the Champions League...

***: Huh, I finally got it done. The first two chapters have a little less word count. I will post a little more to make up for the brothers... Seeing that Lao Guo's hands are almost cramped, please give me some ***...
Chapter completed!