After returning to Spain from the draw ceremony, there will be two important games immediately.
Spanish Super Cup.
The Spanish Super Cup is different from the Super Cups of other countries. It adopts a home and away system and requires two games.
This is the third and fourth meeting between Valencia and Madrid within a year.
To be honest, although the encounter between these two teams is very interesting, they have met so frequently that everyone is really tired of it.
But for Chang Sheng, this is not a problem, and for Valencia, it is not a problem either.
Having defeated Real Madrid three times in one season, Valencia is now in a period of dynasty change. They are full of fighting spirit against the old giants that symbolize the conservative power.
The same goes for Chang Sheng, he will never lack passion.
He will not let go of any opportunity he gets to beat Real Madrid.
Real Madrid, on the other hand, won the ninth Champions League in history, and it was a time of high spirits. They felt unhappy when they thought that they had conquered Europe, but failed to conquer Spain. Even if they won the Champions League, they would still be disappointed.
The league championship and the Copa del Rey, especially the Copa del Rey, were snatched away by Valencia right under their noses.
I can't swallow this breath no matter what.
This time, we are taking advantage of the power of our ninth Champions League to take revenge in the Super Cup!
The first leg between the two sides was played at the Santiago Bernabeu, home of Real Madrid.
Before the game, the media in Madrid began to build momentum for this game.
The banner was naturally "revenge".
Some media also use what Chang Sheng once said to subjugate Chang Sheng.
"I remember Chang said that he would win more Champions League trophies than Real Madrid... But now it seems like a joke, maybe Chang himself has forgotten it. Real Madrid already has nine Champions League trophies.
I wonder how many Mr. Changs there are? None, ha!"
"Real Madrid wants to use the Super Cup to prove to Spanish fans who is the ruler of football in this country. Valencia only occasionally won the league championship in one season, and its strength and influence are far inferior to Real Madrid...
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"This is a good time for revenge. Real Madrid has taken advantage of the momentum of winning the Champions League and its morale has been greatly boosted. Moreover, Real Madrid has also introduced many good players this season. Mendieta will not mention it. Real Madrid completed another deal some time ago.
In a transfer that shocked the world of football, they introduced Ronaldo, the World Cup golden boot, from Inter Milan for 44.5 million euros! Today's Real Madrid, in terms of lineup, can be said to be the best in the world! They have assembled this
The best stars in the world! Raul, Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, Mendieta, and Roberto Carlos. Six superstars, Real Madrid is already a six-star giant!"
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The Madrid media are desperately trying to prove that Real Madrid can defeat any opponent on the court, including Valencia.
Real Madrid thinks so too.
Florentino is high-spirited and has been in a good mood since he won his ninth Champions League trophy.
Last season almost became the darkest season since he took charge of the club. On the occasion of the centenary celebration, it would be too shameful if his hands were empty and there was no championship.
Compared with the league championship and the Copa del Rey, the Champions League is obviously more important and contains more gold.
After winning this championship, Florentino can give an explanation to his supporters and members of Real Madrid Club.
But he still has a knot in his heart, and perhaps the knot in the heart of all Real Madrid fans.
That's Valencia.
This summer, Florentino abandoned his one-star-per-year policy, all because of Valencia. He wanted to quickly increase his strength and replenish his strength.
So after he bought Mendieta, he hired Ronaldo from Inter Milan.
The joining of two major stars has brought Real Madrid's strength to a higher level. Florentino believes that there is no team that can rival Real Madrid in La Liga today.
Now, he can finally teach that arrogant Chang Sheng a lesson!
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The president of Real Madrid is full of confidence in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup against Valencia.
Real Madrid coach Del Bosque started to have a headache.
Because he doesn't know how to arrange these stars...
Originally, Raul and Morientes worked well together and had a good understanding.
But now there is a World Cup golden boot, the "alien" Ronaldo. This player that President Florentino likes very much, naturally it is impossible to sit on the bench. Let him play.
Raul cannot be sacrificed, he is the flag of Real Madrid.
In this case, the only one who can be sacrificed is Morientes.
But the problem is that Morientes is an excellent center who can make many changes to the team's offense on the court.
If Ronaldo is paired with Raul, the team's threat in the air will be much smaller, and it will be more troublesome when encountering the opponent's dense defense and need to attack.
But he must take Morientes, because only Morientes can be sacrificed.
In fact, winning Morientes will have an impact on the team not only on the tactical level, but also on the relationship in the locker room. Because the relationship between Raul and Morientes is particularly good. Because of an outsider,
He has to sacrifice his good friend. It is obviously impossible to say that Raul has no opinion of Ronaldo at all.
When the time comes when there is a gap between the two stars, it will cause a headache...
In addition, the problems on the forward line are relatively simple.
The biggest headache for Bosque is the midfield.
He now deeply feels that Chang Sheng agreed to let Mendieta come to Real Madrid just to deceive Real Madrid!
The midfield was originally 442, with Makelele and Helguera as the defensive midfielders, Zidane as the left midfielder, but in fact Zidane is a free man, and Figo is the right midfielder. This configuration is just right.
Look, everyone, where is there room to squeeze in a Mendieta?
But in the same way as Ronaldo, how can a player who spent 30 million euros sit on the bench?
No matter what, get Mendieta in there.
But how to stuff it...
Bosque is now one big and two big.
Every time he saw club president Florentino confidently stating in front of the media that Real Madrid's future was bright, Del Bosque frowned.
The bad relationship in the locker room alone is enough for him to cope with, and he has no energy to think about a brilliant future.
Now he suddenly envies Valencia's head coach Chang Sheng, because when it comes to transfer matters, Chang Sheng has more power than the club manager and chairman. He can buy whoever he says to buy, and whoever he says not to buy.
Don't buy anyone.
Therefore, he needs all the players in his team. He also knows how many players are in which positions.
The entire team meets his requirements, and there is no redundant person.
You can also implement your own tactical ideas, and you will not force yourself to adjust your tactics just to satisfy the stars' desire to start on the field.
This is a head coach’s ideal team.
When Chang Sheng wanted to transfer power, he was criticized and ridiculed by the Spanish media, saying that he did not know his own abilities, did not understand the culture of Spanish football, and tried to imitate England's tactics when he opened his mouth, which was doomed to failure.
But in the end, not only did they not fail, but they put this behavior on their own label. Whether it was in Getafe or Valencia, wherever they went, they demanded that they control the transfer rights, otherwise they would not sign the contract.
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He may lose a lot of job opportunities by doing this, but once he gets an opportunity, he can build a team that is completely his own according to his own wishes.
As a head coach, who doesn't want to be able to do this?
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Chang Sheng didn't know what kind of painful struggle Bosque went through before the game. This was not his area of concern. He never worried about his opponent.
But when he got his opponent's starting list before the game and found that Mendieta was not on it, an imperceptible smile appeared on his face.
He knew that he had successfully hammered a nail into Real Madrid.
If Mendieta retires in the future and he is still at Valencia Club, he will definitely suggest that the club give Mendieta a Medal of Honor to thank him for his contribution to Valencia's great rise while he was undercover at Real Madrid.
contribution.
Mendieta and Real Madrid have definitely never watched "Infernal Affairs"...
He put down the starting list, then smiled at his players and said: "Before the game, Real Madrid said that they are the kings of Europe, so they can take revenge. I think we must correct their wrong idea. Tell them that in
Spain, who has the final say!”
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When the players came out, Florentino on the podium looked at them, and the smile on his originally smiling face froze.
Because he didn't see Mendieta among the players.
Mendieta is a player he values very much.
It's not that he likes Mendieta that much.
Of course, he does like Mendieta, otherwise he wouldn't have pursued Mendieta for two consecutive years. Before last season, Real Madrid was very eager to get Mendieta, if it weren't for Valencia not wanting to sell the player to a competitor
If...
In addition, there is another very important reason why he values Mendieta so much. That is that he is an important figure in the fight against Valencia.
He wants Mendieta to be recruited and play the main role, and then use Mendieta's performance on the court to help Real Madrid defeat Valencia.
At that time, this will be the heaviest blow to Valencia. The players abandoned by them are prospering in Real Madrid.
In other words, Mendieta is a model project created by Florentino, a face-saving project.
How can you allow someone to be hidden on the bench?
As early as last season, Del Bosque had contradicted Florentino because of Pavin's incident.
Now Florentino is even more unhappy with this rustic-looking old man.
Do you dare to put the people I bought on the bench?
In Florentino's mind, this meritorious coach who had just brought back a European Champions Cup to the team was ready to leave at any time.
And he will not know that after he let go of this meritorious coach, until he sadly resigned, Real Madrid was never able to win even a championship... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come
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