According to the long-standing tradition, the Valencia team stopped training on Monday to rest, but Benitez took two days off in order to let the players relax more and let everyone adjust and rest.
But what is surprising is that when Su Dong brought his personal coaching team to the Patna base for training, he found that his teammates were arriving in Patna one after another, and they all started training and preparing consciously.
Everyone agreed tacitly and didn't say anything. Anyway, they trained when they needed to and checked when they needed to check. Everything was going on in an orderly manner as usual, as if the team had not stopped training.
But behind the calm, everyone in Valencia was tense.
Against Real Madrid, it will be a decisive battle to decide the championship!
Not only did the players come, but the coaching staff also went to work.
They were all surprised when they saw the players, because usually only a few players such as Su Dong would come to train on the off-training days, but this time almost all of them came.
This also shows the determination and fighting spirit of Valencia players.
If everyone is not here on Monday, then everyone will be here on Tuesday.
The most gratifying thing is the return of Aimar and Pellegrino.
The former has long since recovered from injury, but has not returned. This time against Real Madrid, Aimar will return from injury.
After Pellegrino suddenly fell into coma in the match against Malaga, after a period of observation, the doctor could not find any problems. After a period of follow-up, it was determined that there was no serious problem, and he was given the green light to play.
Rufete also recovered, which also strengthened Valencia's right wing.
Albelda sprained his ankle and trained alone with Aurelio, but it did not affect his participation in the game against Real Madrid at the weekend.
It can be said that after the wave of injuries at the end of January and early February, Valencia now has basically all its personnel.
The next step is to adjust the state and be in the best posture to face Real Madrid.
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The coaching staff is only responsible for training, but outside of training, the players will also arrange some team activities on their own.
For example, watch the live broadcast of the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final between Real Madrid and Sevilla on Wednesday night.
Saturday is the battle at the Bernabeu. Valencia players are very concerned about whether Real Madrid will give its best on Wednesday as Queiroz said?
Judging from the lineup, there isn't actually one, but it's almost the same.
All the superstars in the frontcourt played, with only goalkeeper Casillas taking the rotation and substitute goalkeeper Cesar.
Beckham and Guti form a double midfielder, which is also Real Madrid's main defensive midfielder configuration in recent times.
There is no suspense in the frontcourt with Zidane, Raul, Figo and Ronaldo.
The defense is still composed of Carlos, Raul Bravo, Helguera and Salgado. Pavin has basically been relegated to the sidelines. His performance in the defense is really worrying.
Sevilla just sold a general player not long ago, that is, left winger Reyes, who has performed very well this season, and was bought by Arsenal in the Premier League for a large sum of money.
But Sevilla, playing at home, still surprised people from the beginning of the game.
Only 45 seconds into the game, they launched an attack on the right. After Dario Silva got rid of Carlos, he passed the ball to the goal. Anthony did not grab it. Instead, Antonio Lopez from behind hit the target.
Scored a goal.
This goal can be said to be a head start and a head start!
Taking the lead in forty-five seconds undoubtedly made Sevilla play more aggressively, even crazily.
The pace of the game was immediately full, and neither side played conservatively. Sevilla actively created problems from the wings, but the players in the middle were really wasting opportunities.
"Sevilla's top scorer this season is this Baptista, nicknamed The Beast. He is a midfielder who is best at inserting from the back. But it can also be seen from this that Sevilla's forward
How bad the line is.”
Captain Albertini felt regretful when he saw Baptista frequently missing opportunities.
Although Baptista did score a lot of goals, he wasted even more opportunities.
The Brazilian midfielder has never been a professional scorer.
Su Dong watched silently. Although he did not express an opinion, he was sure that if it were him, he would definitely be able to score one or two goals, not to mention everything.
"Real Madrid's defense is still not strong. This double midfielder configuration has the advantage of controlling the ball. The offensive players in the frontcourt are dominant, but there are still big problems in the midfield and backcourt, especially when facing the opponent's counterattack.
"Canizares also analyzed.
Everyone nodded.
Focusing more on offense than defense has always been a long-standing problem for Real Madrid, but this season the transfer of Makelele has resulted in a shortage of midfielders, exposing the defensive problem even more obviously.
"Sevilla's wings are quite strong, but in the middle..." Aimar shook his head and sighed, "If the striker had been replaced by Su, the total score would have been reversed long ago."
After hearing this, everyone nodded again.
Su Dong's scoring efficiency is still very high, at least much better than Sevilla's scorers.
On the contrary, Su Dong himself was a little embarrassed because he really almost transferred to Sevilla last summer.
"Real Madrid can't continue like this." Su Dong guessed.
But what I never expected was that during stoppage time in the first half, Zidane clashed with Sevilla defender Alfaro and actually hit the opponent.
All this happened under the nose of the referee, who immediately showed the red card without hesitation and sent Zidane off.
A wave of boos came from the live TV, while Su Dong and others in front of the TV were dumbfounded.
Isn’t this plot too outrageous?
Why did Zidane suddenly take action for no reason?
"Wait, isn't he scared? He doesn't want to meet us at the Bernabeu, right?" Vicente suddenly laughed and asked.
After everyone heard this, they all laughed out loud. Only Su Dong was obviously stunned for a moment before he reacted.
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Different from other countries' competition systems, Spain's suspension mechanism is a bit special.
In the Copa del Rey, if the player is suspended due to accumulation of yellow cards, it will not affect the league and will only stop one game of the King's Cup; but if it is a direct red card, then one game of the league or King's Cup will be stopped directly.
In other words, after Zidane received this red card tonight, he will miss the weekend's top game.
Thinking of this, Su Dong was really surprised.
Is Zidane going to assist Valencia to break Real Madrid's unbeaten streak at the Bernabeu and win the La Liga title?
The surrounding Valencia teammates were also very excited. After all, Zidane is the core of Real Madrid's offense. His absence is of great significance to Valencia.
But for Sevilla, that may not be the case.
Zidane's red card shocked Real Madrid's stars.
At the beginning of the second half, Sevilla had several threats but missed them. Later, their defender Xavi Navarro also received a second yellow card and was sent off by the referee.
The numbers returned to balance, but Real Madrid suddenly woke up.
Subsequently, Ronaldo almost scored twice, but the goalkeeper saved both times beautifully.
In the end, Real Madrid lost 0-1 away from home, but successfully advanced to the Copa del Rey final with a total score of 2-1.
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"The referee's second red card was somewhat balanced." Ayala sighed.
This is also a common thing.
"I think Real Madrid has always taken advantage of the referee's enforcement, especially at the Bernabeu." Alberda felt aggrieved. "In the past four Bernabeu games, we have all taken advantage of the referee's enforcement.
Big loss, if we suffer another loss this time, it will be the fifth time in a row."
Su Dong had never experienced it, but many people, including Aimar, were aggrieved.
Obviously, this is a very painful memory for Valencia.
"If that's the case, why did the head coach specifically tell us not to discuss the referee before the game?" Su Dong felt puzzled.
This is a request that Benitez made in the locker room before, prohibiting all players from discussing any topics related to the referee before the Bernabeu game.
Su Dong was very surprised by this. He didn't know before that Valencia suffered big losses in the previous four visits to the Bernabeu.
"It's a silent protest, man!" Albelda said.
"Everyone knows that the best players in La Liga are in Real Madrid and Barcelona. If a team like ours wants to compete with them, it can only rely on hard work. Therefore, we always suffer from the referee's enforcement. This is
It was most obvious at the Bernabeu and Camp Nou."
Su Dong understood a little bit.
La Liga has always advocated beautiful offensive football and is particularly obsessed with talented stars. Therefore, you can see many flashes of talent in La Liga, and the referee's enforcement is often slightly biased towards those stars.
And it has to be said that Real Madrid's influence in Spain is still very amazing. Not only the royal family, but even the Prime Minister is an open Real Madrid fan and often goes to the Bernabeu to watch games.
It is said that this time the Prime Minister and the royal family will come to watch the battle in person.
This is a special treatment that no other La Liga team can get.
"This time the situation is favorable to us!" Su Dong said calmly.
Everyone looked at him and nodded.
On Wednesday, they fought hard for 90 minutes with one less player than their opponents. Although they qualified for the Copa del Rey final, it would definitely take a huge toll on Real Madrid's stars.
Saturday will be the battle for the top spot, and Valencia will recharge their batteries and wait for work.
Zidane's red card and suspension also had a great impact on Real Madrid's offense.
If you look at it this way, Valencia still has a certain advantage at the Bernabeu Stadium.
"If nothing else, I think that since we can defeat Real Madrid at the Mestania Stadium, we can definitely defeat our opponents at the Bernabeu Stadium. As for the referee's law enforcement, we don't need to worry too much."
Su Dong's words were also recognized by his teammates.
"Yes, we are going to defeat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in a dignified manner and get these three points!" Albelda's eyes were full of determination. He is a die-hard anti-Real Madrid member.
The same is basically true for other players in the Valencia team.
It can be said that Zidane's red card and suspension gave Valencia players more confidence.
