Valencia's home game against Barcelona starts as scheduled on Saturday night.
On this day, the Mestalla stadium was packed with people.
The Mestalla stadium, which can accommodate 55,000 people, was packed.
Most of them are Valencia fans, and they are here to witness Valencia defending the league championship.
Valencia fans have no doubt about beating Barcelona at home.
Although their opponent is Barcelona, can Barcelona still defeat Valencia in an away game?
Valencia fans have such confidence.
Before the start of the game, the presidents of Laporta and Oti had lunch together, and the atmosphere was harmonious. Both sides had a tacit understanding and did not mention the name of the winner.
It is a tradition in La Liga that the presidents of both sides have dinner together before the game.
No matter how much hatred there is between the two parties, they still have to sit together to eat, and the atmosphere will be very good. This is a ceremony that reflects the gentlemanly side of football.
Of course, there are exceptions. Before the match between Getafe and Atletico Madrid, Hill refused the invitation of Flores, the chairman of Getafe Club, to have lunch. Flores was very angry at that time. It can be seen that the Spanish club is
How much attention is paid to this ceremony.
Although the atmosphere was great during the meal.
But this does not mean that the atmosphere between the two sides will be friendly during the game.
When the players were introduced on the live broadcast, the fans cheered and applauded the home team players without hesitation, and also booed the Barcelona players.
In fact, Barcelona's players are lying down. The boos from Valencia fans are not for them, but for Barcelona club president Joan Laporta.
It's just that there are no presidents of both clubs on the playing list, so the Barcelona players have to take charge on their behalf.
Laporta felt very unhappy when he heard the boos.
Hush, boo. When the game is over, let’s see who boos who!
Laporta is still dreaming of his team defeating Valencia away from home and qualifying for the UEFA Cup.
Thumbs up at the fanatical Valencia fans in the South Stand.
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But when the game started, Laporta gradually stopped laughing.
The expression on his face became more and more solemn.
Although the score was still 0:0, Laporta knew very well that his team did not have the advantage.
The situation was completely under control by Valencia.
Everyone plays control football.
But Valencia's football is obviously more powerful and controlled more accurately than Barcelona's football.
Compared with Valencia, Barcelona's football is just like a copycat...a copycat of Valencia.
After possessing the ball for a long time, Valencia took the lead in the 33rd minute!
"Ibrahimovic! Ibrahimovic!! The Flying Swede!!" Moeen shouted, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the cheers of the Valencia fans.
In the attack just now, Ibrahimovic rarely used a header.
He jumped high and relied on his height of 1.91 meters to hit Reyes' cross. Because the distance was too close, Barcelona's goalkeeper had no reaction and could only watch the football go in!
"Valencia took a 1:0 lead at home! Barcelona suffered a heavy blow in their bid to qualify for the UEFA Cup! And Valencia took another step forward to defend their title!"
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Antic sat on the coaching bench and seemed indifferent to Valencia's goal.
In this game, he originally had an indifferent attitude.
It doesn't matter whether you win or lose.
Even because there was no benefit to him from winning, he didn't bother to think about how to win.
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After Jaime Audi scored a goal in Valencia, he stood up and cheered the goal, which seemed a bit out of character.
This made Laporta's face even worse.
But this is all because of Laporta.
Although there was a tacit understanding between the two parties when they ate together, Chang Sheng was not mentioned, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
But Jaime Otti also had troubles in her heart.
He is unhappy with Laporta.
It can even be said to be very unpleasant.
Who made Laporta publicly declare that he wanted to poach himself?
Chang Sheng is the head coach of Valencia and has a contract with the team for more than one year.
Laporta so blatantly declares that he will poach the winning team next season, where does this put him, the chairman of Valencia Club?
Everyone is the president of the club, but you are from FC Barcelona, so you can poach whoever you want? You still look like you are determined to win, which makes Oti feel unhappy.
I feel that I have been underestimated by Laporta.
Chang Sheng once felt that people in Barcelona had a sense of superiority in this matter.
Jaime Otti also feels this way.
So when he saw Chang Sheng denounced Barcelona at the press conference and rejected it outright, he felt so happy.
Although sometimes I feel that Chang Sheng's verbal spats with reporters have affected the club's image, and I feel a little unhappy when the club wipes his ass.
But now, he particularly loves the character of Chang Sheng.
He is the kind of person who, if you are not in the same trench with him, you will hate him to death, but if you are on his side, you will love him to death.
He called Laporta a liar, something he couldn't say due to his status, but he was always victorious and said it unscrupulously and confidently.
When Oti saw this scene on the TV news, he slapped the table with joy.
So he didn't call Chang Sheng and ask him for an explanation.
Valencia is now leading at home and is expected to win this game.
This is what Oti wants to see most.
He wants Laporta to witness Barcelona's failure with his own eyes, and he just wants to see how shameless Laporta is in pretending to be superior.
At that time, Valencia will defend the league title and Barcelona will lose the UEFA Cup qualification... This is really a happy ending that everyone is happy with!
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Barcelona fell behind by one goal in the first half, and then the two sides entered the halftime break.
Chang Sheng smiled and said that the players did a good job, but it was not enough.
"Are you satisfied with one goal lead? Let me tell you, our goal in this game is not just to win. Score as many goals as we can! Win as many as we can against them! We want a big win!
Let everyone in Spain see that now is our time in Valencia!"
If Guardiola wasn't in the locker room, Chang Sheng would have even more exciting things to say.
Like "Let's be the gravediggers of Barcelona!"
"Let's bury Barcelona completely!"
"Let Barcelona die!"
Now he could only say this in his heart, gritting his teeth.
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In stark contrast to the high-spirited Valencia locker room, Barcelona's locker room was lifeless.
Antic did not make any instructions or adjustments at all on how the team should play in the second half.
He just said a few words and announced that it was over, leaving time for the players.
But the players' minds in this game were not on the game.
The club has a new chairman, and a big change is bound to follow.
Will those players who previously clamored for a salary increase still be approved by the club's new leadership? These players are worried.
Some players who are not doing well in the team are also thinking about whether they should find another job, or if they wait patiently, there may be a turnaround.
Some of the original main players are also beginning to consider whether to stay or transfer and leave.
If we cannot even qualify for next season's UEFA Cup this season, many people may have to leave.
The head coach's mind is not on the game, and the players' minds are not on the game either.
As a result, if the defending champion plays away from home, there will be a real problem if they can still win.
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After the start of the second half, Barcelona, which had no fighting spirit, met Valencia, which was full of fighting spirit and wanted to score more goals. What was the result?
There is simply no suspense.
In the 53rd minute, Ibrahimovic scored twice.
This time, instead of using my head, I used my feet...heels!
When Reyes passed the football into the penalty area from the left, it was a half-high ball. It was difficult to use the ball and did not use his feet. And Ibrahimovic also ran past...
Villa originally planned to rush to the front to make up for it from behind.
But at this moment, he saw Ibrahimovic, who had already run by, suddenly jumped into the air and ran forward!
Jumping to the top?
But the football is behind!
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When Chang Sheng saw this scene off the court, Van der Vaart's goal in Ajax suddenly came to mind...
He was shocked - no way? Isn't this a goal scored by Van der Vaart?!
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"Ibrahimovic ran away... No!" Moeen exclaimed.
Because he saw...
No, it's not just him.
Everyone has seen it.
Ibrahimovic rushed forward and made a leap to the top, but it was not his head that was fatal, but...his feet...heels!
His heel hit the football while he was in the air. The football, which was flying far away, changed direction and flew past the defender Puyol, who was defending him, and headed towards the near corner!
Barcelona's goalkeeper didn't expect the football to change direction and fly to the near corner. He saw the football flying towards the middle and tried to save it, but it was already too late...
He can only pray that the football finally flies out of the goal...
But he was disappointed...
The football almost brushed the edge of the near post and flew...into the goal!
"Oh my God! What a goal we saw!"
Moen put his head in his hands and exclaimed.
The whole Mestalla was like a volcano erupting.
The passion of the fans turned into molten lava and shot out into the sky!
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PS, thank you to the Leader of the Wind Thorn God-Slaying Alliance for your support!
In the last half hour, let us fight to the end!!
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