Valencia did not choose to rush back overnight, after all, the players needed to rest.
And you should also relax a bit. Going back to participate in the celebration is just a rush. Chang Sheng doesn't want his players to be too tired.
On the bus back to the hotel, Chang Sheng told everyone that they could have fun tonight, but they would have to put their thoughts back when training resumes the day after tomorrow.
"Don't forget, guys, we still have an unbeaten season goal! So now is not the time to discuss where to go on vacation!"
After resting one night in the hotel, the next morning, the whole Valencia team took a flight back to Valencia. It was another celebration like after winning the King's Cup, but both in terms of scale and the excitement of the fans,
Far more than the celebration after winning the Copa del Rey.
As the captain of the team, Mendieta has repeatedly held the championship trophy on the top floor of a double-decker bus to receive cheers from fans.
The fans chanted his name. As the captain of the team, Mendieta's performance this season is actually outstanding.
This season he has nine goals and ten assists in the league, two goals in the Copa del Rey, and three assists in the UEFA Cup. In total, he has scored eleven goals and ten assists in all games.
Three assists.
This performance is already his best season in Valencia.
In the 1999-2000 season, Mendieta scored 13 goals, which was more than he does now, but his assists were far lower.
This season, whether it is personal goals or assists for teammates, he has had a bumper harvest.
When he was twenty-nine years old, it seemed that his career had reached a new peak.
Mendieta held the trophy and enjoyed the cheers of the fans, but he began to feel deeply confused in his heart.
Go or stay?
This question appeared in my mind again, and this time I couldn't put it off or turn a blind eye.
Because the end of the season is approaching.
He must make a decision.
At the beginning of the season, he was determined to leave. On the one hand, he believed that staying in Valencia did not have much future. On the other hand, he had a conflict with the coach. Although we were all adults, we decided not to make trouble for the sake of work.
Big, but after all, there is a grudge in my heart, and it is not that simple to get rid of it.
So he wants to leave.
Even if Chang Sheng told him to think about it after one season, he never thought about it.
A season?
If you leave after one season, what else are you thinking about?
But as the season progressed and Valencia's results got better and better, he began to feel confused and hesitant.
Now Valencia has won the Copa del Rey and the league title in one season.
But the championship is not the most important thing.
The most important thing is that the Valencia team has shown something under the new coach that Mendieta has never felt before.
The whole team seems to have been upgraded.
Originally, Valencia's morale was low after they were defeated by Barcelona in the last round of the league last season... ah no, it was Rivaldo who scored the winning goal. Unexpectedly, after the arrival of the new coach, he reversed this decline in one fell swoop.
Next, Valencia has dominated the league and has not lost a game yet!
Which coach has done it before? Anyway, Mendieta didn't see it.
Valencia's performance this season has given Mendieta hope.
There was some hope in his heart, and he felt that if he continued to stay in Valencia, he would have a bright future.
He previously thought that if he stayed in Valencia, he would have no hope in his life.
But now, he doesn't think so anymore.
This was the source of his hesitation.
Leave for a bigger stage, or stay and fight with the team.
Staying has the benefits of staying, and leaving also has the meaning of leaving.
This put him in a dilemma.
In fact, he has been in a difficult situation during this period.
He keeps asking himself, should he leave Valencia? Should he leave Valencia, where he has played for ten years, and find another job?
He originally wanted to leave because he felt there was no future in Valencia.
But looking at it now, whether he admits it or not, Valencia under the leadership of Chang Sheng seems to be full of hope.
If he stays, Chang Sheng will guarantee his main position. At least this point is stable.
Looking at the fans cheering for him, Mendieta is more and more inclined to stay. After all, there are all his memories here and there are so many fans who support him.
He decided that after the celebration was over, he would have a good talk with his agent.
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The climax of the celebrations was at the Mestalla Stadium, where 50,000 Valencia fans witnessed the team's first league title in thirty years.
When Mendieta was holding the league championship trophy on the field, the cheers that rang out were so loud that people could not hear each other's voices when they were facing each other.
The players' names were called one by one on the radio, and the players whose names were called ran out of the stadium, and what awaited them was overwhelming cheers.
In the end, Chang Sheng also received the same treatment.
Because everyone knows that Chang Sheng is the creator of all these changes.
He bought the players who performed well this season, and he overturned the defensive counterattack and re-formulated the tactics.
For Valencia to be where they are today, no matter how hard they talk about their new head coach.
Juan Jose Delgado Martin was among the cheering crowd today. When he saw the last one from Chang Sheng coming out of the tunnel, he thought of what he heard at Getafe's home stadium.
Proud words from a Getafe fan.
"He brought us new life!"
Now he finally understood what the fan said.
The Chinese coach has indeed brought new life to Valencia...
If this is not considered new life, then there is no new life at all.
Although the cheers sounded smaller than those of the Getafe fans, Delgado believed that soon, the Valencia fans would fall deeply in love with the Chinese.
As long as he can continue to bring victory to everyone.
Just as he was thinking about it, Chang Sheng took the phone.
"We definitely don’t have to wait another thirty years for the next league championship! Let us defend it next year!"
He issued a new championship declaration.
This time even the fans in the stands were stunned.
They are already very happy if they win a league championship. They quite agree with the first half of what Chang Sheng said. They don't have to wait another 30 years for the next championship.
But who would have thought that Chang Sheng's next words would surprise everyone.
What?
Will you come again next year?
Winning a league championship is already pretty good. Winning the championship two years in a row... isn't this a bit too whimsical?
The Mestalla stadium, which can accommodate 55,000 people, suddenly fell into silence.
It was as if everyone was really frightened by Chang Sheng.
In this silence, Chang Sheng's laughter stood out.
"It's just a defending champion. Since we can win the championship, then we can keep the championship!"
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, he handed the microphone to others and then stepped back.
Rudy Gonzalez came up to him and touched him: "Look, you scared them again."
"Tell them ahead of time and get everyone ready. Isn't that my style?"
"But are you really confident to defend the title? You have to know that defending the title is often more difficult than winning the championship."
"It has nothing to do with confidence. Whether I do it or not has nothing to do with whether I have confidence, Rudy. The most important thing is the idea. As long as you have this idea, it means it is possible."
Chang Winning thought that Benitez coached Valencia and won two league championships in three seasons, but not consecutively. He has the advantage of time travel and rebirth, and has the help of system plug-ins. If he is still not as good as Benitez,
Nites, isn’t that a failure?
Therefore, the defending champion must do it regardless of his lack of confidence.
Rudy Gonzalez sighed: "Defending champions, apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, the only teams that can defend the league title are Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. Apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, the last time there was a team
The only successful defense was Athletic Bilbao in the 1982-1983 and 1983-1984 seasons, which were all nineteen years ago. It was very difficult..."
"It's better to be more difficult. I know that if the media hear what I said today, they will definitely laugh at Valencia for not overestimating their capabilities. Then I don't mind slapping them again." Chang Sheng laughed.
Rudy Gonzalez also thought of the reporters who were so exasperated by the constant victory, so he started laughing.
"That's really cool!"
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The celebration was over, and the Valencia fans left satisfied, or perhaps still unfinished.
The team members also went home to rest.
But Chang Sheng did not leave. He was invited to the chairman's office by Oti, the chairman of Valencia Club.
There, in addition to Oti, he met the club's general manager Pitacci, and Llorente, who has handled many transfers for him this season.
This is basically the main member of Oti's faction within the Valencia club.
Chang Sheng didn't know why Oti called him here at this time.
When Oti saw Chang Sheng coming in, he stood up to greet him.
Chang Sheng had never received such treatment before.
Whether it is Oti or Flores, the club presidents are all aloof, and their attitude toward themselves is at most expressed through their expressions. If they are smiling, it means they have a good relationship. If they are cold and frosty, then the two
Personal relationships must be bad.
Now that Oti, as the president of the club, has taken the initiative to greet him, this at least shows that Chang Sheng's status in the club is very important.
He walked up to Chang Sheng, shook hands with Chang Sheng, and hugged him, fully expressing the importance he attached to Chang Sheng.
"The club's first league title in thirty years! I should thank you very much! Chang!"
Chang Sheng chuckled: "You gave me money and invited me here, isn't that just to do this?"
Oti laughed when he heard his answer: "Yes, yes. I heard your ambition. Do you really plan to defend the championship next season?"
Chang Sheng nodded: "Yes."
Oti clapped his hands: "This is the reason why I called you here. I think we can already start preparing for next season!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site),
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