People have always said that Villarreal is like Valencia's younger brother.
Whether it is from the historical results or the influence of the two teams, this is enough to illustrate this point.
What’s even more interesting is that Valencia’s chairman Roig is the brother of Villarreal chairman Fernando Roig.
Look, isn't this just a younger brother?
But this season, things seem to be a little different.
Villarreal is currently ranked fifth in La Liga and has performed well in the UEFA Cup. This makes the Yellow Submarine seem to have seen the dawn of getting rid of the shadow of Valencia. They are no longer willing to be just a younger brother.
More importantly, their head coach Benito Floro.
The 51-year-old coach from Gijon has a close relationship with Valencia coach Benitez.
As we all know, Benitez started his coaching career in the youth training camp of Real Madrid, but in him, there is no trace of the chic and elegant style of Real Madrid's offensive football. Even Benitez often said that Real Madrid's
Tradition is the Juanito spirit, not gorgeous offensive football.
Benitez left Real Madrid early and went to Valladolid, Tenerife and other teams. He absorbed the coaching essence of famous coaches such as Cruyff, Sacchi and Capello and formed his own
A tactical style of balanced offense and defense.
But few people know that Benitez once served as an assistant coach for a long time.
That man is Benito Floro.
At that time, Benitez was coaching the Real Madrid youth team, and Benito Floro succeeded Benhac as the head coach of Real Madrid. So he chose someone from the youth team to be his assistant, and that person was Benitez.
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Floro was fired midway through his second season at Real Madrid. The most painful shame in Real Madrid's history, the 0-5 defeat to Barcelona, was created under Floro's coaching.
Interestingly, after Floro dismissed get out of class, Bosque, the head coach of Real Madrid's second team at the time, entered the first team for the first time to put out the fire. However, after the end of the season, he returned to the second team because Real Madrid hired the coach of Tenerife at the time.
The brilliant Valdano.
After Valdano became the head coach of Real Madrid, Benitez also returned to coach the youth team for one season.
If Valencia has always regarded Villarreal as a younger brother, then Floro has always regarded Benitez as a younger brother.
Back then, when labor and management were in charge of Real Madrid, you were just an assistant!
Because of this, Floro stated very early on that Villarreal would not be conservative when visiting Valencia at the Mestania Stadium.
Sure enough, he eliminated the frontcourt attacking combination of Anderson, Jose Mari, Riquelme and Guayre.
This is very obvious, set up your position and fight against Valencia!
In front of your little brother, do you put down your face and guard yourself to death?
He, Benito Floro, cannot afford to disgrace that man!
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At the beginning of the game, Valencia took advantage of their home court advantage to seize the initiative and launched a wave of offensive.
But soon, the problem was exposed.
Firstly, after training during the winter break, the players generally have not yet entered the state. Secondly, Villarreal's tactics are very targeted and the players are quite good.
Riquelme's presence in the frontcourt made Alberda and Baraja sit a little back and did not dare to step forward easily.
Sudong had to withstand the two central defenders in Villarreal's defense, Argentinian young lions Coloccini and Ballesteros. Aimar easily fell into the double-team of the opponent's two midfielders.
Vicente had to be wary of the opponent's right back Belletti, who had performed very well this season. This caused a disconnect in Valencia's frontcourt offense, especially since the ball could not reach Su Dong's feet.
This suddenly became a very serious problem!
More importantly, in the fourteenth minute, Riquelme relied on a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt and made a direct penalty, breaking the deadlock for Villarreal.
Afterwards, the game fell into a stalemate, and the score was zero to one until the halftime break.
In the locker room, Su Dong proposed to expand his scope of activities. He hoped to take on more tactical tasks.
But Benitez hopes that he will spend all his energy and physical energy on the opponent's defense and the offense after getting the ball.
"In the second half, we tried to play on the left, using Vicente's side as the main means of attack. Breaking through from the side was just a feint. Vicente needs to go more to the center to echo Aimar and connect the midfielder and Sudong.
Contact, get the ball to his feet!"
"As for getting the ball..."
Benitez looked at Su Dong, and everyone in the locker room also looked at Su Dong.
"Don't worry, as long as I can get the ball, I can send it to the goal!"
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After changing sides in the second half, Valencia changed the direction of their attack.
Vicente has been trying to change his role, and other Valencia players also need to make appropriate adjustments.
In the stands of the Mestana Stadium, Valencia fans were anxiously waiting for the moment of victory. They kept shouting and even started to become impatient.
After about ten minutes of running-in, the Valencia players on the court finally created an opportunity.
Vicente retreated along the left, received the pass from the midfield and backfield, and quickly led forward. However, he did not go to the outside line. Instead, after passing the center line, he cut diagonally inward and quickly sent a ball.
Foot pass.
Su Dong was finally able to catch the ball!
Although he was receiving the ball with his back, Su Dong was still very excited.
Without waiting for Ballesteros behind him to get closer, Su Dong stopped the ball, turned to the right, quickly started dribbling the ball, and rushed directly towards the penalty area.
Ballesteros was blocked behind Su Dong, and turned around by him. He was shocked and angry, and quickly chased after him.
After seeing Su Dong blocked by Coloccini, he immediately made a tackle from the side.
The ball was not tackled, but Su Dong was tackled.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In an instant, the entire Mestana Stadium burst into boos, and some even shouted for a red card.
The referee did not follow public opinion and only gave a yellow card and gave Valencia a free kick in the frontcourt.
Baraha ran over quickly and grabbed Su Dong from the ground.
"Leave it to me and I will avenge you!"
Su Dong patted Baraja on the shoulder encouragingly, turned around and backed away, with envy in his eyes.
Baraja is the team's number one free kick expert, and he takes most of the set kicks. Whether in games or training, his hit rate is considered very high.
Since learning drop-kicks from Albertini at Sporting Lisbon, Su Dong has continued to practice free kicks and has improved, but he is still unable to compare with Baraja and others, and he has never tried it in actual combat.
As Albertini said, the art of free kicks relies on practice over time.
It is said that Beckham has practiced free kicks against the tires after training every day for so many years, which has created his excellent free kick skills.
Albertini also insisted on practicing free kicks every day.
So does Su Dong. He believes that if others can develop free kick skills, he can do the same.
However, his free kicks are very good in terms of power and speed, but the angle is not accurate and can easily turn into an anti-aircraft gun. Su Dong himself is not satisfied with it, so he never takes the initiative to take the kick.
He is waiting.
Once you have practiced it enough, this will become another secret weapon for you.
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Baraja's direct free kick penetrated Villarreal goalkeeper Reina's goal.
The Valencia midfielder's footwork is different from Riquelme's free kick just now, but they are both very exciting.
The vice-captain scored a direct free kick and successfully equalized the score, which started cheering at the Mestanha Stadium and also gave the Valencia players on the court a taste of the sweetness.
When celebrating Baraja's goal, everyone gathered together and felt that coach Benitez's tactical adjustment was the right one.
"Continue to attack the left wing!"
The game restarts.
As soon as Villarreal kicked off the ball and passed it into the 30-meter area of Valencia, the ball was intercepted.
The Bat Legion quickly counterattacked, but still decided to go to the left.
Belletti pressed a little too high when attacking. This time, Vicente took advantage of the opportunity and dribbled the ball along the left sideline. The Brazilian right back chased behind him desperately.
On the left side of Villarreal's penalty area, under the interference of Belletti, Vicente first changed speed in an attempt to confuse the opponent, and then sent a curved pass with his left foot.
Su Dong was already in position, but this time the ball didn't come.
Su Dong, who was well prepared, used his body to block Ballesteros behind him. No matter how hard the latter squeezed, Su Dong, who had the advantage of height and strength, completely suppressed his opponent.
Facing Vicente's pass, Su Dong lightly headed the ball, and the ball was pushed back to the top of the penalty area.
At this moment, everyone in Villarreal was shocked.
I saw Aimar quickly come in, catch Su Dong's header, stop, adjust, and kick off!
The ball went in!!!!
The Argentinian midfielder shouted excitedly and quickly rushed to the sidelines.
The fans at the Mestania Stadium were also very excited. Everyone was shouting Aimar's name, and many people were shouting Su Dong.
Both goals were created by center Su Dong.
Especially this assist from the header to Aimar is very crucial!
Two to one!
Valencia successfully reversed Villarreal!
The players of the Bat Corps all gathered around the sidelines to celebrate. They once again reached a consensus!
Keep attacking! Keep scoring goals!
This is a city derby!
Are you kidding me, how can I do this without knocking my opponent down?
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With Valencia's reversal, the situation on the field became more and more tense, the atmosphere became more and more heated, and the players' actions became larger.
First, Belletti fouled Vicente, and then Vicente fouled during a counterattack and clashed with Coloccini. Both were hit by the referee and both received yellow cards.
Later, Riquelme also joined the hot team. His foul on Baraja earned him a yellow card.
In the 73rd minute, Su Dong once again ran into the gap to get the ball. He quickly faked a move and deceived Ballesteros. He was about to start dribbling the ball. When he went straight to the penalty area, Villa
The Real defender kicked him down from the side again.
It was a tackle just now, but this time it was obviously a running move.
