On the evening of September 21, the Calderon Stadium in Madrid.
In the fourth round of La Liga, Valencia challenged Atletico Madrid away.
Before this game, the league rankings of the two teams were quite different.
Valencia has won three games in three games, ranking second in the standings behind Deportivo La Coruna.
Just before this season, there was management turmoil, coaching changes, and the introduction of many strong reinforcements. The Shenlian Legion was regarded as the favorite to enter the European theater. However, Manzano's team only won 10 points in the first three rounds.
A victory.
One win, two losses, one goal scored and two goals conceded, this is what Atletico Madrid had in the first three rounds.
Because of this, whether it is the management, fans, head coach Manzano, or players, they all have high hopes for this game against Valencia.
The reason is very simple. Atletico Madrid is playing at home and is waiting for work, while Valencia just defeated Inter Milan in midweek. Although it was a three-goal victory, it was very exhausting. When they arrived at the Calderon Stadium, it was the time when they were exhausted both physically and mentally.
With such an advantage, Atletico Madrid still has a good chance.
Manzano even expressed expectations at the pre-game press conference, "Starting from this game, we will get out of the quagmire at the beginning and usher in a bright future!"
After losing to Osasuna in the last round, Manzano was furious with several players such as Musampa and Novo, but this time he even directly expelled all these players from the roster and then attacked Diego
· Simeone and Ibagaza have high hopes.
He even said, "Ibagaza has many advantages, especially his organizational skills. His presence on the court can help us organize and plan more threatening offenses and help us win Valencia at home."
But what Manzano said was only half right.
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In the first half of this game at Calderon, Atletico Madrid really took control of the situation.
The combination of Diego Simeone and Ibagaza, two technical midfielders, has established a certain advantage for Atletico Madrid's midfielder, and also created many opportunities for teammates in the frontcourt, but the young player
Torres was in the front, facing Valencia single-handedly, somewhat isolated and helpless.
Throughout the first half, Atletico Madrid didn't even have a single shot on goal, which shows how embarrassing the situation was.
As Manzano expected, Valencia's insistence on Inter Milan cost a lot of money. Benitez hid the team's number one center Su Dong and switched to Mista. The other positions basically remained unchanged.
But it was Su Dong's absence that put Valencia's offense in trouble in the first half.
Mista works very hard and is very comprehensive, but he is not Su Dong after all.
In several cooperations with Vicente and Aimar, the difference between him and Su Dong can be clearly felt.
Aimar played very well and was very active, but failed to achieve anything in the first half.
During the halftime break, Benitez praised Aimar's performance by name and also affirmed the team's performance in the first half.
"Remember, a football match is a ninety-minute contest, don't rush it!"
Therefore, after the start of the second half, Valencia continued to defend and counterattack.
The situation was still stalemate, Atletico Madrid's offense lacked threat, and Valencia was passive and lacked aggressiveness.
This dull situation lasted until sixty minutes.
Benitez finally made the first substitution of the game.
No. 9 Sudong replaced No. 20 Mista.
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As a substitute for the first time, Su Dong sat on the sidelines for an hour, observing the situation on the court.
He discovered a very interesting phenomenon, that is, the Argentine hyena Diego Simeone, who he had a fierce rivalry with last season, was obviously not as good as before after moving to Atletico Madrid.
A veteran is a veteran, and his condition is just like that of Wang Xiaoer during the Chinese New Year, with each year getting worse and worse.
Atletico Madrid also played poorly in the frontcourt. Ibagaza in the midfield seemed to be organizing and controlling, but in fact the players had different thoughts, which led to their lack of offensive threat.
As Simeone's condition declined significantly, Ibagaza devoted more energy to organization, and there were problems with the defense of the midfield.
Valencia has never made a good response to this before, and it is obvious that they are saving their strength.
Thinking of this, combined with the offensive instructions given to him by head coach Benitez just now, Su Dong had an idea.
The cunning Spanish bald man had been holding back his evil for an hour, and now he started to exert his strength.
Who told Atletico Madrid to recharge their batteries and wait for work, while Valencia fought on two fronts?
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Su Dong came on the field and brought Benitez's latest instructions, and everyone in Valencia also cheered up.
They were stronger than their opponents, but they were forced to shrink their defense. The players of the Bat Legion felt a little bit unhappy.
It's fine now, and I can finally press it out and fight.
The first person to be resurrected with full health was Amar.
Only eight minutes into the game, during a quick counterattack, Su Dong turned his back to get the ball in the frontcourt, then turned around and sprinted to the right, taking away Atletico Madrid's central defender Santi Denia, allowing Atletico Madrid's center to appear.
There is a gap.
Aimar followed up and fired angrily, hitting a high-level long shot from the top of the arc in the penalty area.
Goalkeeper Boggs reacted quickly, dived sideways, and saved Aimar's shot.
But luckily, Vicente had already laid an ambush in place and easily took a big advantage. He hit the ball with his left foot and opened the scoring for Valencia.
After the Spanish left winger scored, he looked as happy as anything and kept waving to Aimar.
The Argentinian gritted his teeth in anger.
In the game against Inter Milan, Sudong and Vicente both passed and shot, and he made no contribution. Now that he is better, he finally got a chance, but in the end, he got the better of Vicente again.
Could it be that he really has no chance of scoring goals?
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After conceding the goal, Atletico Madrid began to launch a counterattack.
But only eight minutes had passed since the goal, and Valencia made another quick counterattack.
Vicente dribbled the ball wildly from the left, drove straight in, went down to the baseline and knocked back to Aimar.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After the Argentine midfielder stopped the ball, he sent a diagonal pass into the penalty area.
Su Dong, who was rushing forward with his teammates, rushed over and leaned against Atletico Madrid center defender Santi. After stopping the ball with his left foot, he started to hit again!
This left-footed volley was so close and so powerful that goalkeeper Boggs was powerless.
The ball hit the net!
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 76th minute, Su Dong scored his fourth La Liga goal this season!"
“It’s really surprising to score goals in four consecutive games!”
After scoring the goal, Su Dong rushed to the left, with Aimar on the left and Vicente on the right, hugging each other on the left and right, so happy!
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After scoring two goals in a row, Atletico Madrid still refused to give up.
Manzano decisively replaced midfielder Fabbri and replaced him with Greek forward Nico Landis to continue to strengthen the attack in the frontcourt.
Obviously, the sheet army has also become crazy.
Although Atletico Madrid had one win and two losses in the first three rounds of this season, no matter whether they won or lost, the difference was still one goal.
In this game against Valencia, he conceded two goals in a row, and it even seemed possible that he might continue to concede. How could Manzano sit still?
Playing at home, if he was conservative at this time, Manzano would definitely be sprayed to death by the fans, so he chose to stand!
Valencia quickly fulfilled him.
Before the end of the game, midfielder Baraja intercepted Diego Simeone's pass and passed it to Aimar to initiate a counterattack.
After the Argentine midfielder adjusted, he sent a scalpel-like through ball, once again tearing apart Atletico Madrid's defense.
Su Dong succeeded in countering offside. He ran behind him at great speed, got ahead of everyone, stopped Aimar's pass, passed the attacking goalkeeper Boggs in the penalty area, and calmly pushed the ball.
Empty goal succeeded!
In an instant, the Calderon Stadium fell into a deathly silence.
It was so quiet that everyone could hear the roar after Su Dong scored.
Soon, Su Dong rushed out of the stadium excitedly, waving his fists in the air crazily.
Scored twice!
Even he couldn't believe it, he actually scored twice!
This is a brace in La Liga!
Su Dong was so excited that even when Aimar and other teammates rushed towards him, he didn't react much. He was completely overwhelmed by excitement and excitement.
“It’s really surprising!”
"Before the game, all of us were looking forward to the showdown between the two young players Su Dong and Torres."
"What is surprising is that in this game, playing at home, the physically fit Torres was frozen by Valencia's defensive players throughout the game, especially Marchena. On the contrary, Su Dong, who came on as a substitute, in just half a
Within an hour, he scored twice."
"Of course, Su Dong's goal should be thanked to Aimar."
"The Argentinian attacking midfielder was the best player tonight. He scored a hat trick of assists!"
"Valencia has obviously been getting better recently. First they defeated Inter Milan 3-0 at home, and now they defeated Atletico Madrid 3-0 away from home. This is quite beneficial for the next games on the Devil's schedule."
"The most surprising thing is Valencia's attack."
"In two consecutive games, we faced strong opponents and won 3-0. This allowed people to see the transformation of Valencia this season. On the premise of ensuring the team's defensive stability, the Bat Legion's offensive firepower has been improved
It’s a huge improvement.”
"Su Dong is the guarantee for Valencia's attack!"
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The game ended with Valencia's 3-0 away victory over Atletico Madrid.
The entire Calderon Stadium was booed, but this had nothing to do with Valencia.
Before Su Dong came off the field, he paid special attention to Simeone's expression.
This Argentinian midfielder, who was still very high-spirited at Lazio, now seems to be somewhat desolate and helpless as a hero in his twilight years.
At thirty-three years old, he is no longer the Argentina international he once was.
Seeing him like this, Su Dong, who originally wanted to walk past him and provoke the bandit leader, gave up his original idea and walked directly off the court with his teammates.
Today my body returns to my homeland, and his body will be the same before the king.
As a human being, we will grow old.
What's more, Valencia's devilish schedule has just begun, and the outcome of the two most important duels is still uncertain.
Playing against Real Madrid at home and challenging Barcelona away are the real highlights.