When he saw Su Dong rushing out of the field to celebrate his goal again, Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard shook his head helplessly in front of the visiting team's coaching bench. Obviously, he didn't have a good solution to the current situation on the field.
Less than half an hour into the first half, Valencia took the lead by two goals.
Not to mention that Rijkaard is not good at on-the-spot command and adjusting tactics according to the opponent. Even if he is proficient in it, he will not be able to come up with a very effective method at this moment, unless he directly replaces two players in one go like Aragones did.
Players, burning the boat.
Rijkaard asked himself that he did not have such courage.
"He is a step further in strength than the last time we faced off. More importantly, no one in our team can stop him. Even if Davis doesn't have a red card, he still can't do anything when he gets on the court." Assistant
Coach Tenkat smiled bitterly.
"Benitez, a cunning fox, has accurately calculated Su Dong's point and fully utilized his abilities and tactical effects to the extreme that he can achieve so far. This guy is an out-and-out master tactician."
Hearing Tenkat's praise of Benitez, Rijkaard looked at the Dutch compatriot in surprise.
In his impression, Tenkat has always been very high-spirited. Even if he works as his assistant, he still adheres to his own set of rules of conduct. In some places, he will even go against Rijkaard.
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Sometimes, even Rijkaard was so angry with him.
But Black Swan also has to admit that Tenkat is a very capable coach.
I just didn't expect that this assistant coach, who has always been arrogant, would speak so highly of Benitez and Su Dong.
"Benitez's strategy is actually straightforward. It is very simple. It is to shrink the defense in the midfield and backcourt. After stealing the ball, quickly find the frontcourt wings and center to give full play to Sudong's tactical role. Vicente, Rufete and Ai
Marl revolves around Su Dong, so it doesn’t matter who is absent, but if Su Dong is absent, Valencia will not be able to do this!"
This is why Vicente and Aimar were absent from many games this season, but Valencia still won.
But in January, Su Dong was absent for two weeks, and Valencia had two draws and two losses in these two weeks, without a victory, and even zero goals in the next three games. This was very similar to last season's bad season.
Performance.
"Valencia's outbreak this season depends on Sudong. Now they are eight points ahead of Real Madrid."
It is now the end of February, and with an eight-point lead at this time, we have basically grabbed the La Liga championship trophy with one hand.
As long as Valencia doesn't make any big mistakes or run into any big problems, the championship will basically be in the bag.
"We still have to do our best to win over this player Sudong. Both Beato'o and Saviola will work." Tenkat suggested.
Rijkaard glanced at Barcelona's No. 7 player on the court, Rabbit Saviola.
Just at this time, Barcelona had an attack. Ronaldinho took the ball and tried to break through. He was restrained by Valencia's double midfielders and wanted to pass forward, but Saviola was interfered by Ayala and failed.
Running out of space, the Brazilian superstar was forced to pass back.
Barcelona's offensive organization just came to nothing.
"This is Saviola's limitation," Tenkat said, pointing to the court.
"Throughout the ages, no matter what time it is, no matter what tactics are used, a powerful center will always be the most needed role on the football field. It's just that different types of centers are chosen according to different tactics."
"Ronaldinho is a fantastic midfielder. When the ball reaches his feet, it will basically not be intercepted. But you see, he couldn't pass the ball just now because no one in front could hold it.
Rencia’s defense.”
"If he can't handle it from the front, Ronaldinho will face too much defensive pressure. He can control one-on-one, and he also has a chance in one-on-two. At least he won't lose the ball, but he is not Superman after all."
"At this time, the midfielder needs someone to share Ronaldinho's tasks, and someone in front also needs someone to score goals, while suppressing the opponent's defense, and preferably holding the ball. There are not many such centers.
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Tenkat said a lot of good things about Su Dong.
Rijkaard also heard these words from another person, that is Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona.
Cruyff told Rijkaard that Su Dong is the most suitable center for Barcelona in world football today.
"He has all the qualities of a perfect center forward!" These were Cruyff's original words.
Speed, explosive power, flexibility, height, jumping, strength confrontation, game input...
Su Dong has almost all the abilities and characteristics that a center should have!
Someone once said that Kluivert is the most perfect center, but compared with Su Dong, his speed and explosive power are not good, and his scoring ability is not good either. His tactical discipline and professionalism are also one step behind Su Dong.
cut.
"You're right, Henk." Rijkaard nodded, he believed in Cruyff and Tenkat's vision.
Of course, he has played professional football for so many years, and he also believes that he has a good eye for people, and Su Dong is indeed quite good.
"But you overlooked one thing. Valencia will not let him go so easily. They will need to pay at least a sky-high transfer fee of 40 million euros. Did you know?"
Tenkat was slightly moved. Forty million euros was definitely a sky-high price.
You know, how much did Ronaldo cost when he moved to Real Madrid?
That was Real Madrid who came with the alien aura of being the top scorer in the World Cup and the third World Player of the Year.
Now Su Dong has only played in La Liga for one season. Can he maintain this high level in the future?
Will he be just a flash in the pan like countless predecessors?
"The management is also very controversial about this. Cruyff strongly recommended Laporta to sign Sudong, but Rosell strongly opposed it. He wanted to bring in a player who is ready to fight, such as Vieri or Te
Rezeguet.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When he said this, Rijkaard sighed helplessly.
One thing he didn't say is that Barcelona's finances are not strong.
Forty million euros is available, but the question is, is it worth the risk?
"Su Dong is only nineteen years old. Valencia will definitely not sell it at a low price. Su Dong himself probably will not refuse to stay in Valencia, because he is already the core of Valencia's frontcourt. In this case
, If you want to poach Su Dong, you can only pay a high price, I think it is worth it!" Tenkat said firmly.
Rijkaard looked deeply at his assistant and couldn't help laughing.
Damn it, the money doesn’t belong to you, and the head coach doesn’t belong to you either. You just use your words and you don’t have to bear all the risks and pressure. Of course you think it’s worth it!
If it were me, I would say it was worth it!
The problem is, I have to bear the risk!
If I spent 40 million euros or even more to buy it, but I couldn’t use it well, wouldn’t it mean that I, the head coach, would take the blame?
This is also the reason why Rijkaard has been reluctant to take a stand!
He wanted to get Su Dong, but Su Dong was too expensive!
Sometimes when I think about it, it’s really shocking.
Last summer, Rijkaard was considering signing Su Dong. At that time, his worth was only 10 million euros, which was already a sky-high price in the Portuguese Super League. But who would have thought that in just one year, his
The value has soared three or four times.
This is professional football!
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While Rijkaard was lamenting, Valencia had another chance to counterattack.
After Su Dong got the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he forced a break through Marcos and rushed into the penalty area with the ball.
Marcos pursued hard, but ended up colliding with the attacking Valdez in the penalty area, while Sudong got in between the two and passed the ball to the center.
What is incredible is that when Mista faced an empty goal, he stopped the ball first, but was caught by Puyol and Oleg who arrived in time.
An excellent opportunity to expand the score was missed in vain!
Rijkaard couldn't sit still on the sidelines and immediately shouted for the players to pay proper attention to defense, especially Cocu, who was trailing behind in the midfield, and he must pay attention to protecting the defense line.
What was even more unfortunate was that after Marcos and Valdes collided and fell to the ground, they were both carried off the court.
Valdes soon returned, but Marcos left.
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Valencia's continuous attacks after the start of the first half made Barcelona more cautious.
Benitez also took it easy and adopted a cautious strategy after taking a two-goal lead.
In the second half, both sides became more cautious and even somewhat reluctant to attack.
Everyone can see that Valencia is preparing for the Champions League away game against Bayern Munich in midweek.
At the 64th minute, Benitez saw that the situation was almost over and immediately replaced Su Dong.
Mohamed Sissoko came on as a substitute, and Valencia returned to a three-man midfield with three midfielders to strengthen defense.
Rijkaard made a substitution in the 70th minute, replacing Motta, who had an average performance, with former Valencia midfielder Hérard.
It was Herard who stepped in from behind and beat Ayala with a header to get a goal back for Barcelona.
Then Barcelona even launched a fierce attack to try to equalize the score.
Valencia retreated across the board, and Carboni even received two yellow cards in a row and was sent off with a red card in just ten minutes.
This also made the Valencia fans at the Mestanha Stadium very dissatisfied, because the Madrid referees were always in trouble with Valencia. This was true at the Bernabeu, and it was still the same when it came to the Mestanha Stadium!
But the game ended with Valencia defeating Barcelona 2-1 at home.
Su Dong scored twice again!
This is already his twenty-seventh La Liga goal this season!
Twenty-seven goals were scored in twenty-five rounds. This scoring efficiency is shocking.
And everyone's expectations for him are not just to score thirty goals, but to surpass his idol Ronaldo!
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While Sudong scored twice to help Valencia defeat Barcelona, Real Madrid defeated Espanyol 4-2 away from home, and Ronaldo also scored twice.
