On the afternoon of January 25th, Carlos Bimondi Stadium, Castile-La Mancha Autonomous Region, south of Madrid.
In the 21st round of La Liga, Valencia challenged Albacete away.
Benitez made a lot of adjustments to the lineup.
Neither Vicente nor Baraja played, and the former was not even included in the squad due to injury.
Su Dong returned from injury after two weeks of rest, but he also did not and sat on the bench.
Mohamed Sissoko replaced Baraja and partnered with Albelda to form a double midfielder. The frontcourt was a combination of Jorge Lopez, Aimar and Rufete, with Mista as the center forward.
Known as the iron triangle of Valencia's attack, now that two corners are missing, it is difficult for Aimar to play well alone.
After the opening, Valencia once threatened. In the seventh minute, Aimar dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was pushed down by the opponent. However, Jorge Lopez's penalty kick was missed. This is Valencia's first goal this season.
The only missed penalty.
As if the missed penalty kick had shaken their confidence, and with Albacete strengthening the team's defense, Valencia's subsequent offense showed little threat.
The operation of the double midfielder is not very smooth. Mohamed Sissoko is not Baraja after all. His physical fitness is indeed quite excellent, but in terms of organization and defense, especially the tacit understanding with Alberda, he is not as good as Baraja.
Haha still can't compare.
Benitez took the lead in replacing Mohamed Sissoko in the 60th minute, allowing Baraja to take over.
This changed the team's situation slightly, but it still failed to create a threat.
In the 70th minute, Benitez made his second substitution.
Su Dong appeared on the sidelines.
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"No. 9 Su Dong, enter! No. 18 Jorge Lopez, exit!"
When the sound of substitutions came from the stadium broadcast, Albacete head coach Cesar Fernando was a little nervous, but he quickly regained his composure and walked to the sidelines to call out to the two tall central defenders in the defense.
Unai Vergara, who transferred from Villarreal in the summer of 2003, is 1.9 meters tall.
Pablo Ibanez, who came out of the Albacete youth training camp and is 1.92 meters tall, has performed even better this season and has been booked by Atletico Madrid early.
It is rare among many La Liga teams to have two tall central defenders like this.
Others are afraid of Su Dong, who is 1.95 meters tall, but Albacete is really not afraid!
"Pay attention, cheer up, and keep an eye on him!" Fernando shouted.
The two central defenders on the field looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Su Dong is currently the top scorer in La Liga and the most eye-catching center in La Liga this season. If he can be frozen, the two of them will also become famous. Therefore, there is no need for the head coach to mobilize more, they know how to do it.
After Sudong replaced Jorge Lopez, he walked into the stadium and happened to face Albacete's two tall central defenders. He noticed the evil intentions in their eyes and understood clearly.
This is not the first time he has encountered a provocative opponent, nor will it be the last!
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The game restarts.
Albacete strengthened its defense slightly, especially against Sudong.
On the Valencia side, Mista is still at the front, while Su Dong is relatively free.
This is also a routine tactic used by the Bat Corps when playing with two forwards.
There is no problem for Sudong and Mista to cooperate. This is not the first time.
Albacete withdrew one from the midfield to strengthen the defense against Valencia's two forwards.
The game has been in a stalemate.
When Su Dong tried to get the ball, Albacete's two high school defenders stayed close to him, especially Pablo Ibanez, who was very aggressive and made many small moves with his hands.
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The Albacete fans at the scene were cheering for their players.
For them, if they can draw with Valencia at home and get a valuable share, that is victory!
Their goal has always been one, which is to avoid relegation.
Everyone is working hard towards this goal.
Especially when the game entered the 85th minute, they seemed to have seen "victory" waving in front of them. The fans in the stands became more excited, but the players in the stadium became even more trembling.
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After Jorge Lopez left, Aurelio shouldered the burden of attacking from the left.
Aimar is an attacking midfielder, and the wing is not what he is best at.
Seeing that the game was about to end, Aurelio, who had not dared to take risks before, finally took a chance and quickly dribbled the ball forward along the left wing.
Soon, he reached the thirty-meter zone of Albacete.
After Jorge Lopez was replaced, veteran right back Montiel focused more on Aimar, because the Argentine midfielder frequently moved on the left.
When he saw Aimar in the middle, he habitually leaned towards the middle.
Unexpectedly, Aurelio suddenly dribbled the ball quickly along the left sideline.
Montiel reacted quickly enough and blocked the inside immediately, but Aurelio was very capable of dribbling the ball. After reaching the left side of the penalty area, he suddenly cut inside laterally and tried to dribble the ball into the penalty area.
This made Albacete's defense a little loose, and Vergara immediately came over to block it.
Aurelio was well prepared and suddenly sent a cross before he reached the penalty area.
The ball passed from the left side of the penalty area, passed the left corner of the penalty area, and passed to Aimar at the front of the penalty area.
The Argentinian midfielder quickly stepped in, and without waiting for the defensive players to get in position, he directly took the ball and passed the ball to Su Dong's feet.
Su Dong happened to be standing on the inside of the point where the left side of the top of the arc meets the penalty area line, and used his body to hold Pablo Ibanez up. The latter did not dare to make any moves easily for fear of accidentally committing another foul in the penalty area.
, I could only squeeze hard with my body, trying to squeeze Su Dong away.
There are many defenders who want to do this, but only a handful of them can actually do it.
With his back to the goal, Su Dong stopped the ball passed by Aimar with his right foot to his left. Under the interference of Pablo Ibanez, his body suddenly turned to the left.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Pablo Ibanez was well prepared and responded immediately.
But what he never expected was that Su Dong did not take off in a hurry, but took a step forward and dunked the ball back.
Damn! His left foot is amazing too!
Pablo Ibanez realized this immediately, stopped suddenly, changed direction, and pounced on Su Dong's left side.
Continuously changing direction, Pablo Ibanez, who is 1.92 meters tall, has stretched his body to the limit. He even feels that he has never been as flexible as now, especially when he sees Su Dong's left foot trying to move the ground.
At that time, he was the first to block it.
But what made him feel desperate was that Su Dong did not take off his foot, but instead dunked the ball back with his left foot.
At this moment, an idea popped into Pablo Ibanez's mind.
I'll go! Is this okay?
Is this still a human being?
Immediately afterwards, a cold feeling of despair surged into my heart.
After seeing Su Dong dunk the ball back to the right, he raised his right foot and fired a volley easily.
The ball hit the lower left corner of Albacete's goal almost in a straight line.
The goalkeeper made a flying dive, but was out of reach!
"The ball went in!!!!!!"
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!"
"Su Dong! In the 88th minute, Su Dong scored a goal for Valencia!"
"What a precious goal!"
"Having just returned from injury and playing as a substitute for 18 minutes, Su Dong used a wonderful shot to penetrate Albacete's goal. He told everyone with facts that Valencia still needs him to score goals!"
After Su Dong scored, he rushed out of the stadium excitedly and ran all the way.
Behind him, his teammates rushed over one after another, and even Mista looked excited.
Even though they are competitors, even though Mista was a little unconvinced before, after the last few games, Mista really felt the pressure that Su Dong was under.
Especially the two defeats against Osasuna, which caused Valencia to be eliminated. Real Madrid also quickly narrowed the lead in La Liga. As the team's scorer, he did not have no opportunities, but he always followed up.
The edge of the ball is economical.
Now, the same opponent, the same game, Su Dong scored as soon as he came on as a substitute!
What could be more convincing than this?
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Pablo Ibanez stood there with a look of despair, watching the Valencia players rush out to celebrate the goal, especially when he saw Su Dong rushing at the front, his eyes flashed
A hint of fear.
He was played!
Su Dong knew that he would block the ball, so he spiked the ball from left to right in an attempt to create a gap.
But the problem is that although he is 1.92 meters tall, he has already used his body to the limit and can only barely do this. But Su Dong, who is 1.95 meters tall, can do this series of actions with ease. Isn't this too flexible?
"This kid is not human at all!" Pablo Ibanez said in awe.
The teammates around him were very surprised after hearing this.
Pablo Ibanez has always been arrogant, especially this season, when he was favored by strong teams such as Atletico Madrid, his arrogance was naturally higher, but now he actually gave such an evaluation to Su Dong. This is
Are you convinced?
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Regardless of whether the opponent is convinced or not, Su Dong scored and Valencia won!
With Su Dong's winning goal after coming on as a substitute, Valencia defeated Albacete 1-0 in the away game and gained a valuable three points.
At the same time, Real Madrid, which had just caught up with the points, capsized in the gutter of the away game this round and was upset by Real Sociedad 1-0.
This once again proves the truth that relegation teams are more dangerous than rushing to the championship team!
Real Madrid was devastated, and the points gap between the two teams quickly returned to five points.
Deportivo was at home and was tied 1-1 by Racing Santander.
Irueta's team's performance has declined significantly recently, which has caused their league ranking to become dangerous.
On the contrary, for Barcelona, the situation seems to be improving.
After losing 0-3 to Racing Santander in the first game of the winter break, Frank Rijkaard's team has been unbeaten in recent three games, winning two and drawing one. The league ranking has also been rising steadily, and the team's situation has also improved significantly.
Recently, Barcelona loaned midfielder Davis from Juventus. Although he has not played yet, it has strengthened Barcelona's strength.
