Although a goal was conceded, for Irueta, this game was not yet over.
After all, this is a two-leg elimination round.
The away win or loss is not important, what is important is the goals scored and the goals conceded.
Having already lost the ball, there is no need for Deportivo to panic, because even if they lose the game in the end, as long as they score, they will still have the advantage when they return to home.
For example, even if Valencia scores another goal and the score becomes 2:0, as long as Deportivo scores a goal and the score becomes 1:2, Deportivo will still have an advantage when returning home. They will
Riazor Stadium only needs to score one more goal, with a total score of 2:2, to squeeze out Valencia with the advantage of away goals.
So losing the ball will not panic Irueta. What makes him frown is that this game must score goals, but how to score goals?
Belleron was restrained by the opponent's Marchena and Albelda.
Although there are others in Deportivo, Belleron is an important player in breaking down the dense defense.
If he cannot perform well, Deportivo's offense will not be able to break through the opponent's goal.
But it is very difficult for Belleron to perform well.
Valencia seems to have been carefully prepared. Just one Marchena makes Belleron very painful. Not to mention that there is Albelda who is eyeing him next to him. Valencia's tough guy is not in vain.
In terms of defensive toughness, he is not much worse than Marchena.
Seeing this situation, Irueta turned to look at Chang Sheng next door.
Like him, the Chinese coach also stood on the sidelines.
He had just finished celebrating the goal, and now he seemed to be still a little unfinished. He was shaking his fist and giving a thumbs up to the court.
When he saw Valencia's roster for this game, he also wondered why Changsheng would leave Baraja and Guardiola alone. The last player had only joined the team for two days...
Now he understands.
Marchena has only one purpose in this game, and that is to completely freeze Belleron! During the game, Marchena can ignore anything else and just follow Belleron, no matter where Belleron is or what he is doing.
, Machena is like a maggot attached to a bone, inseparable.
The other midfielder, Albelda, is responsible for the team's defense in the middle, doing what a normal midfielder should do.
In this way, it not only freezes Belleron, but also ensures that the team's defense in front of the central defender will not be separated by Belleron.
It really kills two birds with one stone...
In such an important game, the young Chinese coach had the courage to make such a decision to sacrifice a defensive midfielder to completely destroy the opponent's offensive organization.
It's no wonder that Getafe's little-known team has become full of vitality when he was injured, and Valencia can rank first in the league in his hands.
The level of this Chinese seems to be higher than everyone thinks.
At the very least, Irueta cannot do such a thing.
Originally, two defensive midfielders were arranged in the midfield, but they had to be careful about the opponent's offensive breakthrough, and they wanted to build a wall in the midfield. It was better for him to withdraw one of the defensive midfielders and let Marchena deal with Belleron...
Irueta thought about what he would do if the other party wanted to deal with his Beleron.
He thought that the opponent's defensive midfielder would be tougher on his Belleron, just like what Marchena is doing now.
But he never thought that Marchena would be so inseparable that he would go wherever Belleron went.
This prevented Belleron from performing at his normal level.
On the court, there are two people who are completely outside this game, they are Belleron and Marchena.
Marchena was out of the game and had no loss to Valencia, even if they had one less player. But they paid the price of one less player, and what they gained was the destruction of the entire Deportivo La Coruña offense.
In one bet, they traded one person for Deportivo's entire team!
Irueta admitted that what Chang Sheng did was cruel, but the effect was very good.
Because I really have no choice.
After much deliberation, he only thought of one way, which was to divide the football and then give it to the wide players to force the pass.
Then let Diego Tristan and Roy Mackay in the middle solve the problem. Especially Mackay is very good at heading the ball. Even if it is so simple and crude, he has room to play. Irueta observed the opponent
The two central defenders, Ayala and Carvalho, are both short in height. This is Deportivo's space.
Tristan's header is slightly worse, but his running without the ball is excellent and he is good at finding gaps.
This is the only way to play now. As for the gorgeous football that Deportivo is proud of, and Belleron, the "Zinedine Zidane of Spain", Irueta can't care about it now.
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Valencia's players ended their celebration and returned to their own half.
They deliberately walked around to a place closer to the coaching bench. Chang Sheng applauded and whistled on the sidelines, encouraging them and praising them.
When he saw Reyes in the crowd, he shouted, "Reyes! Reyes!"
Reyes turned to look at him again, with an excited smile on his face.
"Well done! Just play like this next. When you think it's time to break through, break through. When you want to cross, cross the ball. Don't hesitate to cut in and shoot! You have to be confident, even if you are in
In the First Division, you are also the best!"
Reyes nodded vigorously, feeling cordial and enjoying the coach's foul language.
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When the game restarted, Deportivo continued to attack. They did not lose the courage to continue attacking because of this conceding goal. On the contrary, they attacked even harder.
Obviously, this was indicated by head coach Irueta.
The two wingers kept kicking the ball, sending various high balls towards Valencia's goal, and then handed it over to the two forwards inside to compete for the top.
But at this time, they saw why Valencia was able to reach the Champions League finals for two consecutive seasons by relying on defensive counterattacks...
Valencia's center back combination was previously Pellegrino and Dukic, but was later changed to Ayala and Dukic, or Pellegrino.
Among these three people, only Pellegrino is the tallest, standing at 1.93 meters tall, and has excellent heading skills and good air defense capabilities.
But after all, he is just one person. Ayala and Dukic beside him are only a little over 1.7 meters tall. As a central defender with such a height, his air defense ability is definitely not good.
But Valencia's air defense is very good, and they rarely concede high balls.
In addition to Pellegrino, Ayala and Dukic have good headers.
And Valencia has a whole set of methods for defending high balls.
Especially after Chang Sheng coached the team, he knew that his two central defenders were short. No matter whether they were good at defending headers or not, the opponent would try to hit the top of these two defenders.
Therefore, Valencia's air defense starts from the midfield, continues to the wings, and finally ends in front of the goal.
In front of the goal, in addition to the two short central defenders who bounce well and head the ball well, goalkeeper Canizares also appropriately expanded the space for movement. He used his excellent height and control of the ball in the air.
He has the ability to attack frequently and intercept the opponent's crosses.
Under such a three-dimensional defense, Deportivo was unable to blast Valencia's goal through the air corridor!
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Facing a team that is playing defensive counterattack, if you press forward across the board but are unable to break through the opponent's goal as quickly as possible, then you may face a very scary thing...
That's the opponent's sharp counterattack!
Chang Sheng put the two fast horses of Vicente and Reyes on the wing, so that when Valencia counterattacked, Deportivo could not catch up!
When it comes to quick counterattacks, Valencia has experience and the experience of winning often. Together, the two sides are definitely a powerful combination that one plus one is greater than two.
So in the 43rd minute, when Vicente used a quick counterattack to score a goal against Deportivo, it was not too surprising...
Because this goal was already doomed when Deportivo de La Coruna besieged Valencia's goal for a long time to no avail.
"Vicente -! 2:0! Can I say the suspense is over? Not because of the score, but because of the game scene we saw. Deportivo's attack came to a complete stop and they could only pass
A simple and crude pass from the wing, sending the football into the goal, and then expecting Diego Tristan and Roy Mackay to get lucky and score one or two goals like they bought lottery tickets... Their tactics
Completely restrained by Valencia's defensive counterattack! Belleron has disappeared from the court for more than ten minutes. Marchena is like his shadow, following him step by step... Before, the Spanish football team
How come no one in the world has discovered Marchena’s talent as a defensive midfielder? His criticized roughness has now become a weapon that successfully froze Belleron!”
Moeen mercilessly criticized Deportivo for poor performance and praised Valencia.
Mestalla has long been caught up in the carnival.
But everyone in Deportivo, from the coach to the players, looked gloomy and said nothing.
This blow was a bit big. They really didn't expect that Super Deportivo, who was third in the league, would be beaten without any power to fight back at Mestalla!
This reality is somewhat beyond their imagination and acceptable limits.
They came with the ambition of winning a victory in the away game, but they were hit so hard that they still can't recover.
If Belleron's problem is not solved, Deportivo La Coruña is afraid that nothing will happen in the 45 minutes of the second half.
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Yes, in the second half, Deportivo still couldn't find a way to attack, so they tightened their defense, hoping to lose fewer penalties. They lost 0:2 in the away game and still had a chance to reverse their opponent when they returned home.
But if you lose 0:3 or 0:4, your hope will be slim.
Valencia, which has always been victorious, has always believed in the principle of "beating the dog in the water, Fairplay should slow down".
A fierce pursuit of Deportivo.
When Chang Sheng saw Irueta shrinking his defense, he immediately waved his hand. Valencia stopped playing defensive counterattack and started playing mad dog tiki.
After Belleron was replaced because he had no role in defense, Chang Sheng also replaced Marchena and replaced him with Guardiola. Marchena did not contribute much to the team's offense on the court, but
When Guardiola came on, it was different. Valencia was like pressing a switch and immediately adjusted to the offensive mode.
When Marchena came off the field, Chang Sheng took the initiative to reach out and hold Marchena.
"Excellent debut, Carlos."
Marchena stopped laughing and was very happy.
He once again confirmed that moving from Benfica to Valencia was the most correct decision he had ever made in his life!
