Riester had already tied the knot with Belleron, but because it was the Champions League semi-finals soon... Riester came to Valencia without waiting for Belleron's reply. Anyway, this season is not over yet, Belleron
There is still time for things to happen.
One of the most important games is about to be held here. Valencia will face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals at home. For such an important game, Valencia’s top management came to the scene. Including Roig, board members headed by Soler,
Valencia club executives led by Cortes, Llorente and Oti were all present.
Of course, the same is true for Barcelona. Although Nunez has resigned, he also came to the scene. Behind him, including Gaspart and other club executives, also followed. Both sides attach great importance to this semi-final, because after passing
This semi-final will lead to the Champions League final.
Riester did not go over and make do with it. Riester sat next to Oti. To be honest, if Riester didn't despise Soler and had a good personal relationship with Roig, Riester would definitely support Oti, because
Otti is really outstanding. And Riester believes that Otti will be better than both Roig and Soler when he is the president of Valencia.
"Well, Rist, did you know? After we discussed Baraja's transfer, I realized that you are really a vampire."
"oh?"
Seeing Liste's puzzled look, Oti laughed. "You know what? Although the player's value has shrunk due to Atletico Madrid's relegation, I negotiated for Baraja for 12 million euros. But you
Look at you, Baraja has been more famous than Vicente for many years. But how much money are you charging me for?"
Riester also smiled. Indeed, compared to Baraja's 12 million euros, Vicente was sold for almost 17 million euros, and this was just the transfer fee. And Baraja
Ha was in his prime at the age of twenty-five, while Vicente was just a talented new star. But his worth was completely different.
But of course Riester would not admit it, so he said: "Jaime, you are wrong in this calculation. Although Baraja performed well, he is only a defensive midfielder after all, and his worth is naturally not as high as that of an offensive player. And Vicente is
Super nova, whoever grabs it will become prosperous."
Oti shook his head and said nothing. Anyway, even if Lister is dead, he can still be said to be alive. He has an excuse no matter what. The two chatted easily before the game, but the other side of the stadium was extremely nervous.
"The first game of the Champions League semi-finals has begun. Valencia plays Barcelona at home. Three teams in La Liga this season have entered the Champions League semi-finals. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. Valencia's goalkeeper is Carney
Sares, with Carboni, Pellegrino, Ayala, Angeloma at the back, Makelele, Herard, Mendieta, Lopez, Angulo in the midfield, and the striker
It’s high center Jan Kohler.”
"Barcelona's goalkeeper is Hesp, the back line is Puyol, De Boer, Reiziger, the midfielder is Guardiola, Gabri, Cocu, Zenden, and the forward line is Litmanen and Kluivert.
,Dani Garcia.”
Van Gaal is a coach from Ajax. He once served as a youth training coach at Ajax and trained the Ajax golden generation. The Ajax golden generation that shocked European football in 1995 was Van Gaal's masterpiece. He
He is a coach who highly values offense. Zeman is an offensive maniac, and Van Gaal is no less generous. Van Gaal's offense is even crazier. Usually when Barcelona plays a game, there are only two, or at most three, people left behind.
Any other coach would choose to be pragmatic in an important game like the Champions League semi-finals. But Van Gaal was different. Even though it was the Champions League semi-finals, he still played a passionate game.
Riester shook his head. If it were a normal game, Van Gaal's style of play would definitely attract many fans. But playing like this in such an important game is completely incomprehensible. Van Gaal's style of play may be OK against La Liga teams.
, but once faced with a team with strong midfield defense and excellent counterattack ability, they will be directly defeated.
The most classic case was when Shevchenko's Dynamo Kiev defeated Barcelona. Although it was related to Shevchenko's strong personal ability, it was also because Van Gaal's Barcelona only knew how to attack, and they were defeated by several counterattacks.
It has something to do with it. But Van Gaal did not reflect on it, and he still played the same way in Barcelona. At this time, once Barcelona encountered this kind of team, it was not uncommon to lose three or four goals.
Valencia and Barcelona also met this season, but Van Gaal still stubbornly adopted an offensive style of play. Benitez adopted a targeted arrangement for Barcelona.
Withdrew Alberda, and then let Mendieta return to the attacking midfielder position. Lopez and Angulo, two fast horses, were on the two wings, and Yankol was on the striker. Angulo has already played this season.
He gradually entered the bench and failed to start in many games. But in this important game, Benitez arranged to play. The simple meaning is to counterattack.
The defensive counterattack Benitez chose was an active defensive counterattack, not a passive defensive counterattack. The combination of Makelele and Hérard in the midfield was to block Barcelona's attack. Van Gaal attached great importance to it and was most willing to play
It is actually an attack from two wings. This is a direct inheritance of the Dutch football style.
"Cenden, passed to Litmanen. Litmanen passed the ball and Pellegrino headed it out."
"Guardiola, passed the long ball to Litmanen... Litmanen passed the ball to Kluivert, and Kluivert passed it back to Cocu. Cocu, long shot!"
"Dani Garcia, cross... Kluivert stopped the ball with his chest, turned around and shot! The ball hit high."
After the game started, Van Gaal didn't care that it was an away game and still let Barcelona come out to directly press Valencia. In the first ten minutes, Barcelona had already shot five times.
"Barcelona should treat this game as a shooting training for themselves. After the game started, Barcelona players were very active, especially Zenden and Litmanen. Guardiola got the ball again and passed it straight to Kluivert.
...Makelele, Makelele stole the ball. Makelele handed the ball to Mendieta in front!"
The biggest advantage of Makelele is that he is not greedy for power in the defensive midfielder position. After stealing the ball, he will immediately pass the ball over and will not let the ball stay on him for a long time. This time Makelele intercepted Guardiola
made a direct pass and then handed the ball directly to Mendieta.
"Mendieta, spiked the ball and passed Gabri."
Mendieta returned to the attacking midfielder position this time and did not forget the playing style of the attacking midfielder. Although he was suppressed by Barcelona in his own half, when he got the ball, he still understood the situation on the field.
Very clear. He can sense the position of his players and the movement of his players.
So when he got the ball, he simply spiked the ball with his right foot and passed Gabri who was defending him. Then he immediately made a beautiful direct pass.
"Mendieta, direct pass! Angulo, Angulo got the ball. Puyol, young Puyol was out of position."
Puyol is a young central defender who is highly regarded by Van Gaal. He appeared as a left central defender in this game. Mendieta's ball passed right between De Boer and Puyol, and Puyol was slightly forward.
Before he could react, Angulo had already passed by quickly.
Angulo is a very fast player. He had already started running when Mendieta passed the ball. Then he immediately flew past Puyol with his speed. By the time Puyol wanted to catch up again, he could no longer catch up.
Because Barcelona's attack was very fierce, only three defenders were left behind. There are only three defenders in such a wide space, which is suitable for a player like Angulo to use his speed.
"Angulo, Angulo is very fast. Angulo, pass the ball... Jankoler, fall to the ground and shoot!"
After Angulo passed Puyol, he ran to the bottom line and passed the ball directly into the penalty area. The ball happened to be between the running Jankoler and Hesp. It depends on who reacts faster.
Of course, it might not work if it were other players, but Jankoler is tall and has long legs. After falling to the ground, he made a tackle and touched the ball before Hesp.
"goooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Jonkoler, Jankoler. Jankoler has always been a tactical center in Valencia, and has only scored twelve goals so far this season. As a main center player, he does not score many goals. But he is in Valencia
His role is absolutely irreplaceable by anyone, and he scored the opening goal in such an important game."
"One to zero. Valencia, playing at home, leads Barcelona one to zero. As soon as this goal was scored, Barcelona's previous offense became useless. No matter how sharp the offense is, it is of no use. The goal is the most important thing."
“goooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!”
"Viva! Valencia! Viva! Valencia!"
"We are Valencia! We are Valencia! We are Valencia!"
The Valencia fans couldn't help but be excited. For them, it was great to enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League, but then they destroyed the Serie A leader Lazio, and now they are leading Barcelona again in the Champions League semifinals. They rarely smile.
Benitez also smiled briefly.
It is impossible to achieve good results by attacking without caring about the end. Especially in a cup competition like the Champions League, if you don’t know how to defend, then everything is fake. In the past ten years of the Champions League, teams that only know how to attack are not
It's possible to win the Champions League. If you don't know how to defend in cup competitions, you won't get far at all.
"The game restarted, Kluivert passed the ball back to Cocu, and Cocu handed it to Zenden... Zenden passed the ball to Kluivert, and Kluivert got the ball. Kluivert accelerated and broke through Marclay
Rai, Herard made a tackle! Herard intercepted the ball, and Herard passed the ball to Mendieta!"
The game had just kicked off, and Kluivert wanted to perform a personal skill in the frontcourt. Unfortunately, facing the attack of Makelele and Herrard, Herrard stole the ball.
Mendieta got the ball again, and Mendieta liked the feeling now. Although Benitez is a Spanish coach, he prefers the feeling of openness and closeness. Therefore, Benitez pays more attention to Herard and long-term development.
Herard, who has excellent passing ability. The rise of Herard this season has directly pushed Mendieta to the right. But Mendieta prefers the feeling of the middle, because in the middle he thinks the vision is wider and he can better utilize his abilities.
Advantages of passing the ball.
It was the same this time. After Mendieta got the ball, I felt like the entire stadium was in my hands. Because Barcelona players always press forward after kick-off, so when Mendieta got the ball this time, there were spaces everywhere.
.Mendieta chose Puyol’s side this time.
"Mendieta, this is an overhead kick... Angulo, it's Angulo again. Puyol is out of position again. These two times are not so much Puyol's out of position, but Mendieta's pass."
Just right.”
"Angulo, Angulo, who has not appeared in the main lineup for a long time, seems to be extremely excited. Angulo has already penetrated into the penalty area. Angulo made an emergency stop and spiked the ball... Puyol, he could not stop himself.
Body, Angulo got tripped. It's a foul, it's definitely a foul."
When Angulo dribbled the ball into the penalty area, Puyol continued to follow behind him. Angulo suddenly stopped and then dunked the ball lightly. Puyol, who had been following, failed to change in time, so he got used to it.
He stepped out and tripped Angulo.
"beep--"
The referee stepped forward decisively and pointed to the penalty area. This was an unmistakable penalty kick.
"One minute and thirty-two seconds, only one minute and thirty-two seconds since the last goal. Barcelona just kicked off and got another penalty kick. This blow was really too big. It was the first time he appeared in the first team this season.
Puyol, the young defender who was entrusted with the important task by Coach Van Gaal, was in a terrible state when faced with Mendieta's pass and Angulo's breakthrough in this game. Both breakthroughs started from here."
As the first penalty kicker, Mendieta placed the ball on the penalty spot.
"Two to zero, two to zero. Two goals within three minutes. Valencia has been beaten by Barcelona since the beginning of the game. But it only took Valencia three minutes to turn the score into
Two to zero. Two goals, two goals in just three minutes."
"Only sixteen minutes into the game, Valencia is already leading Barcelona 2-0. Both times were breakthroughs from Angulo on the right, and young Puyol has performed the worst so far."
