Chapter Fifty-Four Smiles and Enemies? Naive! (May 5220
The day of the match against Celta Vigo came quickly.
Nine months apart, Celta Vigo's head coach is still Victor Fernandez. Text / Text
And Chang Sheng is no longer the head coach of Getafe.
At the pre-game press conference, Chang Sheng stopped pretending to be a grandson because there was no need.
With Valencia's strength, if they want to win, they no longer need to use such inferior methods to confuse their opponents.
And even if he pretends, others may not believe him...
Fernandez is not an idiot. The head coach of Valencia, who ranks first in the league and can lead the team to a five-goal sweep of Real Madrid at home, said that he was afraid of Celta Vigo and asked for light treatment... Do you think Fernandez might believe it?
Although reporters were particularly interested in the charge between the two coaches at the press conference before the game, it did not spark any sparks.
It was Victor Fernandez who shook his head and laughed at himself: "No matter what you often say this time, I won't believe it!"
The reporters in the audience burst into laughter.
Chang Sheng also joked: "I regret now that we defeated Real Madrid 5-0 in the first game. Now I don't even have the chance to show weakness."
The atmosphere before the game seemed quite harmonious.
This made reporters feel very strange.
They thought that Celta coach Victor Fernandez would definitely treat this game as a revenge game.
Because nine months ago, he was fooled around by Chang Sheng, which eventually led to Celta being eliminated.
Everyone thought that Celta should be angry at their constant victory.
But the result was not the same. It was calm before the game, which made the reporters who were afraid of chaos in the world a little unhappy.
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It was calm before the game, but during the game, the murderous intent was revealed.
From the first minute of the game, the game was very intense.
Victor Fernandez carefully studied Valencia's tactics and thought that as long as he held the defense firmly, it would be fine.
The most important thing is to maintain the stability of the defensive formation. Don't be easily pulled away by Valencia's back and forth passing.
Of course, this is just passive defense, and you cannot win the game by relying on this alone.
Since it is at home, Celta Vigo naturally wants to win, not a draw or a small loss as a win.
To take the initiative into your own hands, you must take a more proactive approach.
That's a tough press.
Victor Fernandez plans to make a fuss about Guardiola.
So when the game started, Guardiola immediately received the attention of Celta Vigo players.
They don't mind fouling when necessary.
However, Chang Sheng had already anticipated Victor Fernandez's return.
He came from a later generation and knew how many teams dealt with Barcelona. He thought that if Celta did not want to surrender at home, they would definitely do this.
So even though everyone was calm and relaxed before the game, everyone was joking around, and it seemed like they were "laughing together and forgetting grudges", but in fact, they were all working hard secretly.
Celta focuses on taking care of Guardiola, and there are countermeasures for winning often.
That is to let Guardiola give more football to Aimar.
In Guardiola's subsequent Dream Team, Xavi was the undisputed core organizer. But he had two helpers, one was Iniesta and the other was Messi.
Especially Messi, who is becoming more and more comprehensive and plays the role of another organizer on the offensive end.
When the team is in a deadlock, he can use his breakthrough to break the deadlock, and then threaten the opponent's goal whether he is passing or shooting.
There is no Messi in the winning team now, but he can let Aimar imitate Messi's role.
The two people do have a lot of similarities - at least this is the case for Aimar at this time.
Today's Aimar is known as the "successor of Maradona". He can make sudden passes and shoot. He can organize attacks and score by himself. He is very comprehensive.
He had high hopes.
In fact, his performance in Valencia was really good.
In this winning tactic, he serves as an attacking midfielder, but what he has to do is not as simple as a simple attacking midfielder.
When the team cannot open up the situation, it needs his breakthrough. When the forward is not wearing shooting boots, he needs his shot.
In addition, he is also the number one free throw shooter from set kicks.
It can be seen from the data how important he is now.
After five rounds of the league, Aimar scored two goals, both of which were direct free kicks, and had four assists. His performance was outstanding.
Chang Sheng has been guarding his opponents against Guardiola for a long time, so he entrusts Aimar with heavy responsibilities in daily training and game tactics.
Now is his time to make a difference.
If Guardiola is heavily targeted in this game, he will give more football to Aimar and let the Argentinian organize the offense.
Sure enough, Guardiola found that after he encountered more defenses, he became more concise when getting the ball in the midfield and backfield.
He quickly handed the football to Aimar.
Aimar retreated appropriately to close the distance with Guardiola.
Then organize an attack.
Celta didn't expect Valencia to be... dual-core!
They guarded Guardiola, but they couldn't guard Aimar.
But if you want to defend Aimar...Guardiola is not a vegetarian.
For a time, Celta was in a dilemma.
Victor Fernandez's painstaking siege tactics allowed the winning dual-core strategy to be cracked...
Aimar was very active in this game, and it can be said that he played at his highest level since joining Valencia.
A goal and an assist helped Valencia win 3:1 against Celta Vigo who had the home advantage.
He was also named the best player after the game.
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Victor Fernandez took the initiative to come up to Chang Sheng to shake hands after the game.
"I didn't expect you to have a hand." He shook his head and said.
Chang Sheng smiled.
"Don't be too happy. Next time, next time we meet, I won't make you so proud!" Victor Fernandez said, shaking his head.
Chang Sheng's smile became even brighter: "Valencia seems to have more than just two cores."
Victor Fernandez was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
Chang Sheng shook hands with him before he could react. Then he let go and turned around to celebrate the victory of the game with his wife.
Victor Fernandez was stunned on the spot, still thinking about Chang Sheng's words.
Valencia has more than just two cores?
But how is this possible?
Even two cores are already very risky because they will conflict with each other.
More than two cores?
How can Valencia solve this problem?
One for Guardiola, one for Aimar, and what else?
Mendieta?
Yes, there is no Mendieta!
That’s three…
Damn, how did they do that?
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"How come I didn't know Valencia had more than two cores?" asked assistant coach Rudy Gonzalez.
Chang Sheng smiled: "How can there be more than two? In fact, we only have one real core, and Aimar is at most a weakened version of the backup."
"Then you..." Rudy Gonzalez's eyes widened.
Chang Sheng smiled very proudly: "It's just a lie to him. A soldier never tires of deceit, Rudy. Just let him have the headache. Didn't you say that Victor Fernandez is a cautious head coach and he doesn't understand this problem. I guess he won't even know it."
I can't even sleep well. When we meet again in the second half of the season, maybe the seeds planted now will have grown into towering trees?"
Rudy Gonzalez reacted and laughed too: "You are so bad, Chang! Looking at the performance of the two of you before the game, it really makes people think that they have laughed away their grudges..."
"Just smile and let go of grudges? It's not that easy! Ha!"
Chang Sheng laughed and Rudy Gonzalez greeted the players who were elated because they had won the away game.
Guardiola was the first to come up, and Chang Sheng grabbed him.
"Good job Pep!"
"It's the 'Joker' who did a good job." Guardiola was quite modest and said that all the credit belongs to Aimar. "Joker" is Aimar's nickname.
So Chang Sheng called Aimar over again: "Well done, Pablo!"
Aimar was also very happy: "I think so too, coach!"
Seeing that Aimar was not even modest, the people around him couldn't help laughing.
Aimar felt a little embarrassed, but scratched his head and said nothing more.
Chang Sheng laughed with them, not because he was laughing at Aimar, but because he was infected by this relaxed and cheerful atmosphere.
Valencia coaches gathered around them. Looking at this scene, many people felt that the Chinese had unknowingly gained more people's trust and support.
But how exactly did he do it?
Many Valencia coaches look back and feel vague.
Was it that 5:0 game?
Yes and no.
Four consecutive wins?
Yes and no.
Was it that speech he made at pre-season training?
Yes and no...
Maybe a combination of all three?
Yes and no.
Maybe there are many details they don't know...
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Valencia defeated Celta Vigo on the road and won four consecutive games.
Such a voice appeared in the media.
That is how similar this season is to Getafe last season. Getafe also won consecutive victories at the beginning of the league and finally succeeded in winning the league championship. In the middle, they experienced an economic crisis, but this did not stop them.
Finally won the championship.
So if this trend continues, will Valencia be able to win the championship this season?
Of course, this statement is just one of many in the media, and it was refuted and ridiculed as soon as it came out.
I believe that performing well at the beginning of the season does not mean performing well throughout the season.
In addition to Valencia, there are also teams like Celta Vigo and Villarreal at the top of the league rankings. Can we say that they can win the league championship this season?
Where does that really leave Real Madrid and Barcelona?
Even if the performance of the two giants is ups and downs, they are still strong contenders for the championship.
Because the league is very long, there are thirty-eight games in a season. Many teams can be ranked high based on their outstanding performance in a short period of time, but to perform stably throughout the season, they rely not on vigor, but on their foundation.
The wealthy teams have a foundation that other teams don't have.
Valencia is a strong team, but it lacks the foundation to compete for the league championship.
The last time they won the league was thirty years ago, when Spanish dictator Franco was still in power...
One can imagine how far away that is.
So for today's Valencia, the championship win so long ago is not a "successful experience" at all, and the foundation is naturally impossible to talk about.
In the past few seasons, Valencia has not tried its best to win the league championship.
But no matter how prosperous their lineup is, and no matter how capable their coach is, they have not been able to achieve this goal.
The Valencians have been waiting for a league title for thirty years, and will definitely continue to wait.
This is the mainstream voice.
If these people knew that Chang Sheng’s task log contained a task about winning the league championship, and that Chang Sheng had vowed to lead the team to win the league championship before he accepted Valencia, I really don’t know what their expressions would be like.
