The game finally ended, and Valencia defeated Barcelona 3:0 at home. After this result appeared, many people were surprised, even those who watched the game were equally surprised.
They all couldn't understand when Valencia became so powerful that even Real Madrid and Barcelona could ignore it.
At the post-match press conference, as soon as Chang Sheng sat down, he crossed his arms over his chest, raised his chin, and said arrogantly: "I said I want to win the league championship this season, who has any objections?"
There was silence below.
What supports the arrogance of winning often is the team's performance.
After twenty-seven rounds of the league, Valencia has 21 wins, six draws and zero losses, remaining unbeaten, with 69 points, ranking first in the league. They have surpassed Deportivo La Coruña, who is second in the league, by ten points.
Five points.
What is the concept of fifteen points?
In the history of La Liga, no team has ever lost the league title while leading the second place by more than ten points.
There are still eleven league rounds before the end of the league, but fifteen points have almost allowed Valencia to lock in the league championship.
Because no one can believe that Valencia will collapse next.
Although the mad dog tactics do consume a lot of physical energy, Chang Sheng also actively rotates, which also reduces the speed of the team's physical energy consumption.
Moreover, the Copa del Rey semi-final against Deportivo made people realize - they can win often and have defensive counterattacks to play! They are not just good at tiki.
There are two completely different tactics. Valencia makes it difficult for opponents to deal with, because you never know which tactic Valencia will choose when playing against you. Chang Sheng never shows his tactics in front of the media.
Training, so it is quite difficult to find clues from training.
This is true even for ordinary fans. He can open those insignificant training sessions to ordinary fans and attract them to Patna Sports City, but once there is tactical training today, sorry, you can only watch from the sidelines.
After a fifteen-minute warm-up, you will be asked out by security. Want an autograph? Want a photo? When the training is over, the security will naturally let you in.
Because of this mystery, many people can't guess what tactics Chang Sheng will use. Maybe it's a mad dog, maybe it's a defensive counterattack.
Empiricism will suffer a big loss in Valencia, and Deportivo is a lesson learned from the past.
This is still a change in big tactics, not to mention Chang Sheng is best at adjusting various small details in a fixed tactic. Often a simple adjustment can bring about earth-shaking changes.
With so many changes, Valencia really makes it difficult for opponents to guess.
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After the post-match press conference, Chang Sheng returned to the locker room, and everyone had not left yet.
So Chang Sheng asked them: "How does revenge feel, guys?"
"Wonderful!" Baraja shouted back, and he was echoed by the others.
The game last season was an eternal pain for Baraja. He scored twice in that game. It is not easy for a midfielder to do this, but such an outstanding performance turned out to be
Without bringing a victory to the team, he and the whole of Valencia have become a foil for Barcelona and Rivaldo.
Balaha was naturally unwilling to give in, very unwilling to do so.
This unwillingness has been going on for a long time, and today, in this game, it finally came out.
Although he did not score a goal or assist, and his personal performance was far worse than last season, but that is not important. What is important is that his team won!
Chang Sheng was very satisfied with everyone's performance. He smiled and nodded: "Take a good rest for a day. Although there is a UEFA Cup game in the middle of the week, I still decided to give you a day off. This is what you deserve!"
His words were cheered by the locker room. Working hard to win a game and being praised by the head coach will make the players feel that their efforts are valuable, which will help to improve the relationship between the players and the head coach.
relation.
Seeing everyone cheering for the head coach, Mendieta was troubled in his heart.
In fact, he has been struggling since the beginning of the season.
His own thoughts also changed many times during this season. At one moment, he was determined to leave Valencia to pursue his future and get rid of the bottleneck. At another moment, he hesitated and felt that staying might be the right decision.
The key is that his agent always speaks ill of Chang Sheng in front of him, which makes Mendieta's impression of Chang Sheng not good enough.
Although my personal impression is not very good, the results of leading the team with constant wins are real and can be seen in front of everyone. Twenty-seven rounds of the league have been unbeaten, ranking first in the league, and leading the second place Deportivo La Coruña.
Fifteen points later, the league championship goal is about to be achieved. This is a goal that countless famous coaches have been unable to achieve for thirty years...
Now it seems that following this head coach seems to be quite promising...
But he may not like himself, because his relationship with him has always been cold, and they have no contact except for work exchanges.
Is there a future for playing under a head coach who doesn’t like him? This season he reused himself because he just came to the team and there was no one to use, so he could only use himself. If he was given a season
, he has more time, will he still have a chance under him?
Mendieta thought about the semi-final against Deportivo La Coruna. He was put on the bench. The person who replaced him was not Angulo, but Reyes, a left winger who was good at left foot, and ran to the right.
Lu Lai performed well and scored a beautiful goal.
He didn't take it seriously at the time, but now he suddenly felt that this was a very bad sign.
Chang Sheng is already looking for his replacement on the right wing. What will he do if he is not there?
Now it seems Reyes is doing pretty well.
So he is confident now and doesn't need to look at his face anymore. Once he becomes no longer indispensable on the right, his value will be greatly reduced.
But leaving a mature team is also a risk. Who knows whether you will definitely succeed after leaving?
At this time, Chang Sheng's original words lingered in his ears: "Italian football is not suitable for you, Gazca."
Although he dismissed it at first, these words were like a nail that was always stuck in his heart.
Every time he had the idea of leaving, he would think of these words, vaguely reminding him that leaving was risky and he needed to be cautious when transferring...
But if you don't leave... you will always be a little unwilling - the Champions League champion, he led the team to the finals twice in a row, but in the end he only missed one breath.
He was unwilling to do so.
Baraja was unwilling to accept that Valencia lost to Barcelona in the final round last season and lost its qualification for the Champions League.
Mendieta, on the other hand, felt unwilling to make it to the Champions League finals for two consecutive seasons but failed to win even one championship.
If he continues to stay in Valencia, will he still have a chance to win the Champions League?
He didn't know what to do.
So during this period of time, he was trapped in the cycle of "go or not go" and was unable to extricate himself.
I was extremely confused inside.
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In the past few days, the staff of the Valencia Club can see the smiles of Chairman Otti and General Manager Pitacci. Everyone knows that their boss is in a good mood because Valencia's lead in the league is too huge.
, the league championship seems to be out of reach.
Oti was naturally the happiest. He was the one who insisted on choosing Chang Sheng as the team's head coach. Faced with those doubts and confusions, he withstood the huge pressure, fought against all opinions, and chose Chang Sheng.
And his winning streak has not disappointed him. He has been making great progress since taking over the team, and now, he is getting closer and closer to the league championship.
In addition to proving the outstanding coaching level of winning, it also proves that Oti, as the chairman, has a sharp eye for people.
Who doesn’t like to be a wise guy?
The league championship is about to be won. In the past thirty years, no president of the Valencia club has been able to achieve this, but it was completed on his watch. What an amazing achievement!
For every club president, who doesn’t want to be the greatest president of his club? Just like the Santiago Bernabeu is to Real Madrid and Gamper is to Barcelona.
Oti also hopes that he can achieve great things at Valencia Club.
Although he doesn't know whether his goal can be achieved, at least he has made a good start. In his first season after taking office, the team won the league championship!
This is the credit of Chang Sheng, the head coach, and Oti, the club president.
Of course, more importantly, if you want to become a chairman who will go down in history, you must have a good enough head coach to help him win. Now it seems that Chang Sheng meets this condition.
Although he has a bad temper, he can win the championship!
Now it's time to find a way to stabilize him.
When Chang Sheng was still in Getafe, Valencia acted aloof. Even if they were interested in Chang Sheng, they did not send anyone to fly to Madrid to negotiate. Instead, they asked Chang Sheng to come to Valencia himself. If it were changed,
If you are a famous coach, you can come if you want, but you have to pay for travel. But Chang Sheng didn't even talk about any of this, he just drove from Madrid to Valencia.
At that time, Chang Sheng was just a head coach teaching in the second division league. Valencia's invitation may have been a bit flattering to him. But it is different now. After more than half a season in the first division, he
We have accumulated rich experience and our reputation has been greatly improved compared to before.
For him, Valencia is no longer the only big stage, he will have more and broader choices.
A first-division champion coach is wanted everywhere.
As for Chang Sheng...it's obvious that he is an ambitious person.
"Give him a new contract?" Pitacci said to Oti.
Oti thought about it and nodded: "Let's talk to him now and give him a '2+1' contract with a higher salary to show our sincerity. The most important thing is... to finalize it as soon as possible!"
He followed Chang Sheng for half a season last season. It is impossible that he did not know the things between Getafe Club General Manager Moscodo and Chang Sheng. If Moscodo hadn't put off talking about it at the beginning, how could they have dug him out now?
How about such an outstanding coach?
Although he is confident that his club will not experience an economic crisis like Getafe, he still has to cut the knot quickly to avoid long nights and nightmares.
"Okay, I understand, then I'll go talk to him right now." Pitachi followed the order and left.
Oti, who stayed behind, began to look forward to what heights Valencia would reach and what glory it would achieve under his leadership.
Maybe in a few years, Valencia's new stadium will be named after him?