Chapter 134 Those accidents that are no longer under control (guarantee
Chang Sheng was particularly low-key before the game, but it didn't mean that he didn't want to win the game.
He made full preparations for the game against Inter Milan.
In response to Inter Milan's tactics, he made some adjustments to the Mad Dog tactics. In terms of personnel, most of the players who had rested in the last league game returned to the starting lineup.
Valencia sent out their strongest lineup to face Inter Milan led by Cooper at home.
At this time, Inter Milan has a lot of strong players in the team. Although it has not gotten rid of the bad reputation of being a "star black hole", in terms of player strength, it is still higher than Valencia.
But Chang Sheng still has the confidence to defeat Inter Milan at home.
Because it is not the stars that determine the outcome of a football match, but the whole person.
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Chang Sheng believes that his overall performance is better than Inter Milan's stars.
But as soon as the game started, Inter Milan's superstars gave him a blow.
In the ninth minute, powerful center Vieri squeezed away Ayala who was guarding him in the penalty area and shot the football into Valencia's goal...
Ayala defended very hard, but in terms of physical confrontation, he was too far behind and was easily blocked by Vieri and scored.
When he saw this scene, Chang Sheng's mouth twitched.
He considered almost everything that could be considered, but he really couldn't control the personal performance of the opponent's players...
Who would have thought that Vieri would be in such excellent shape in this game?
Scored a goal right after the opening kickoff!
After scoring the goal, Vieri waved his arms and roared. His chest and abdominal muscles were highlighted on the jersey, making people grin - this is a powerful center!
Can tactics control everything?
Vieri's winning tactics failed.
Unfortunately, his center back was still too weak, and he lost his position when Vieri squeezed him.
This is completely a contest of players' personal strength, and he really can't help at this point...
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After Vieri scored, Valencia launched a counterattack.
And in the 30th minute, Vicente scored the equalizing goal.
Although the Valencia fans showed kindness to Cooper and welcomed him home before the game started, when the game started, they quickly fell into the role of Valencia fans.
When Vieri scored, Mestalla was quiet.
When Vicente scored, huge cheers quickly filled the Mestalla Stadium.
This time it was Cooper who frowned.
When Cooper was the head coach of Valencia last season, Vicente was the main player and he scored five goals in the league.
However, Vicente’s goal just now was not a difficult goal. After a series of passes, the football was sent to the goal. Then Vicente appeared in a position where no one was basically marking him and shot the football into the goal.
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Because the previous series of passes had torn apart Inter Milan's defense, there was no one left to defend Vicente.
This Valencia is obviously completely different from the Valencia he coached...
He looked next door and didn't expect that the new coach, who had only been coaching the team for less than a season, could completely overturn Valencia's tactical system and start over.
And I heard that he is not yet thirty years old...
What an amazing young man!
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In the second half, Chang Sheng focused more on control, and used control to defend. Chang Sheng had used this tactic in games against Barcelona and Real Madrid, and Valencia is now very comfortable using it.
In the continuous passing of the ball in the second half, Valencia finally found a loophole, and Ibrahimovic sent the ball into the conservative goal of Inter Milan goalkeeper Toldo.
The final score was 2:1, Valencia won at home.
But Chang Winning didn't feel easy at all. At the end of the game, when Cooper shook hands with him, he didn't feel that losing was a big deal.
Because Cooper got an away goal.
After Vieri scored, Valencia stepped up its defense against him.
Inter Milan seemed to have seen the power of Valencia's ball control tactics and did not dare to attack rashly.
As a result, Inter Milan only had one away goal.
But this was enough for Inter Milan, as Valencia only scored two goals.
In this game, Inter Milan has not played Ronaldo, or even brought him.
It would be a pity if Chang Sheng still thinks like a time-travel fan.
But now he has no regrets, and is glad that Ronaldo didn't come. One Vieri was enough for him, but if there is another Ronaldo, how can he not let others mess with him?
In this way, Chang Sheng has to worry about whether Inter Milan's away goal will bring him trouble.
Moreover, Ibrahimovic received a yellow card during the game. He will be suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards and will miss the next round of the game between the two sides.
Ibrahimovic himself didn't seem to realize the significance of this yellow card. Maybe he forgot that he was about to be suspended, or maybe he didn't think it was a big deal that he missed a game.
But Chang Sheng felt a headache.
His understanding of Cooper and his observation of this game revealed that Valencia's Inter Milan played a defensive counterattack.
Now that Valencia has an away goal in hand, they will probably play more conservatively when they return to home, because they only need one goal.
They can shrink their defense in the next time.
Ibrahimovic is a very important player who breaks down dense defenses.
If he can't play in the next round, it's hard to say what the game will be like and what the final result will be...
Whether it was Vieri's goal or Ibrahimovic's yellow card, something in this game was beyond Chang Sheng's control.
This made him a little unhappy.
As a head coach, what you hate most is things beyond your control.
But maybe this game is a normal football game.
It is impossible to have everything under your control.
Football is round, there are always some surprises...
Vieri's goal was an accident, it just brought the football game back to normal.
For such a conceding goal, Chang Sheng couldn't even get angry with the players in the locker room after the game.
Because the players have done well enough, but there are always things that no one can control.
Chang Sheng felt the helplessness of football in this game.
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A week later, Valencia challenged Inter Milan away.
After the first round, Ibrahimovic learned that he was suspended for the next round.
He regretted it at the time, but what was the use of saying this now?
When other players can go to Milan, he can only stay at home and watch the game live.
At the Meazza Stadium, the winning team encountered intensive defensive resistance from Inter Milan just as he expected.
Cooper's Valencia once reached the Champions League finals for two consecutive seasons with the unoriginal tactics of defensive counterattacks. After switching to the stronger Inter Milan, his defensive counterattacks became even more comfortable.
In the last game, he understood Valencia's offensive mode and made adjustments to his defense. It was tighter than in the first round.
And Valencia, without the battering ram of Ibrahimovic, also lacks the tricks to break through dense defenses.
Villa's movement was erratic, but when the penalty area was full of people, his little movement without the ball was obviously of no use.
As an Italian team, Inter Milan's defense is almost their instinct.
Coupled with Cooper's training, it is even more impregnable.
In addition, there is an even more fatal point. Cooper asked Ronaldo to start this game.
Ronaldo is fast, suitable for defensive counterattacks, and he is the kind of forward who can solve the battle by himself.
In this game, Cooper's Inter Milan only needs one goal.
So Cooper focused all his energy on defense and left Ronaldo to attack alone in offense.
He really succeeded in a sneak attack...
In the 47th minute, Ronaldo used a defensive counterattack to dribble the ball straight in and hit the goal.
Canizares failed to save and could only watch the football fly into the goal.
Chang Sheng on the sidelines also closed his eyes.
Another victory of personal heroism...
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Inter Milan, which had equalized the total score, began to shrink its defense, leaving Ronaldo to continue to harass in front, making Valencia dare not press forward as a whole.
Valencia, which has lost Ibrahimovic, lacks the means to score, so they can only continue to use long-range shots to attack, hoping to get lucky and get one.
But until the end of the game, Valencia was unable to score.
Chang Sheng had no choice but to accept the fate of being eliminated by Inter Milan.
His Valencia could not take another step forward.
Because there were so many factors beyond his control that played a crucial role in these two games...
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Valencia, who returned to their home base dejectedly, was already very painful about this defeat, but they didn't expect that something even more painful was waiting for them.
The Spanish media did not express sympathy or regret for their failure, and the media in Madrid and other regions even criticized their failure as their own fault!
"Why was Valencia eliminated? It's simple, because their minds are not on the UEFA Cup, but on some ridiculous undefeated league!"
"Before the first leg of the match against Inter Milan, the whole of Valencia was discussing an unbeaten season. From that moment on, I predicted their defeat today!"
"I don't feel sorry for Valencia's defeat at all. This is the result of their own fault! There were too many distractions before the game. They were not thinking about Inter Milan and they still expected to win? Do they really think that the UEFA Cup is the Copa del Rey?
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When the team returned to Valencia, they were greeted by overwhelming criticism from the media.
It seemed as if they had lost the UEFA Cup final, but in fact they were only eliminated in the quarter-finals. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site)
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