The afternoon plan is a press conference, an afternoon tea, and the last training session.
Originally, in addition to the head coach, UEFA also hoped that Valencia could arrange for several players to attend the press conference, and specifically named Su Dong. However, Benitez still did not arrange for Su Dong to be interviewed by media reporters before the final.
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The reason is that all players need to focus on preparations before the finals.
At the press conference, Benitez said that against a team like Porto, scoring first will be the key to the game.
"We'll try to dominate the game, and if we can't, we'll try to control it."
This has also been interpreted by the media as Valencia will use its strength advantage to adopt more proactive tactics.
While Benitez attended the press conference, Su Dong took leave to attend an online negotiation meeting hosted by BMW held in the hotel's multi-function hall. Many media were present and also online
Perform synchronous live broadcast.
The event itself had nothing to say, it went smoothly, and the procedures and precautions were repeatedly emphasized in the plan Wang Chuqing submitted to Su Dong, so there were no problems.
On the contrary, after the business meeting, before Su Dong left, he saw his parents and Ma Dawei in the crowd.
This made him feel a little surprised, especially the ambiguous looks in his parents' eyes, which made him involuntarily look at the graceful Wang Chuqing next to him, shaking his head helplessly and smiling bitterly.
It would be a pity for my parents not to become spies!
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After dinner, Benitez held the most important meeting.
He announced tonight's roster and at the same time used a projector to explain his carefully prepared battle plan to all participating players, including some targeted tactics and game details.
Goalkeeper Canizares, defense line of Carboni, Marchena, Ayala and Curro Torres, midfielder of Albelda and Baraja, frontcourt of Vicente, Aimar and
Rufit, the lone forward is Su Dong.
There is basically no objection to this lineup, because this is Valencia's strongest lineup this season.
What is more controversial is the central defender. Marchena is indeed not stable enough, but his body still has certain advantages and he is young.
"We have been preparing for this game in the past few days, and so have Porto."
"We know Porto as we know ourselves, and I believe the same is true for Porto."
"Today, I believe all of you know very well what you should do when you get on the court and what you should do if you encounter problems. I don't need to say more. I want to emphasize one more point. We must strive to score first!"
"Restrict Deco and don't give him freedom. This is the best way to contain Porto's offense!"
Albelda and Baraja both nodded.
As the best defensive midfielder in European football this season, their defensive task tonight is to freeze Deco.
"I want to tell everyone that the finals are for winning!"
"If we can't win, then it means nothing for us to reach the finals!"
If Benitez's mobilization is more from a technical and tactical perspective, from a calm and rational perspective, then Yesterdam uses an emotional perspective to resonate with the players, which has always been his advantage.
He always speaks to the hearts of Valencia players.
"No matter how many years pass, we will never forget tonight and everything that happened here!"
"The emotions we invested in this, the passion it aroused, and every scene in training and competition will remain in our life memories forever and will never be forgotten!"
"I believe that none of us are willing to live this life with the bad memories of a loser, because it would be a disaster and a tragedy."
"We should fight for our beautiful memories in the future! We should fight as if we are in a desperate situation and fight with full strength! Try to win this game!"
"Bring the Champions League trophy back to Valencia!"
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Until the moment he was about to walk out of the locker room, Su Dong was still immersed in the words between Benitez and Yesterdam.
I have to admit that Benitez's calmness and rationality are reassuring, and Jestedam's encouragement is exciting.
The group of people walked out of the locker room one after another. Everyone hugged Benitez and Yesterdam who were standing at the door, accepting their encouragement and praise. Even Benitez, who has always been stingy in praising players, tonight
That's a lot to say.
The referee is Nielsen from Denmark. He is holding a football and standing at the entrance of the players' tunnel.
Players from Valencia and Porto are arriving one after another.
Although they are both teams from the Iberian Peninsula, the two teams are relatively unfamiliar with each other.
Porto's lineup tonight is not surprising either.
The goalkeeper is Baia, the defense is Valente, Jorge Costa, Carvalho and Ferreira, the midfielder is Mendes, Costinha and Maniche, and the attacking midfielder is Deco
, the double forward is the Brazilian combination of Delle and Carlos Alberto.
Center McKenzie was put on the bench by Mourinho.
This is somewhat surprising.
In the second round against Deportivo La Coruna, McKenzie was put on the bench. In that game, Porto narrowly defeated Deportivo with a score of 1-0. It is estimated that Mourinho also wanted to continue the team's performance.
, let Delle and Alberto continue to partner to form a Brazilian double forward.
Su Dong made his debut at Sporting Lisbon and is familiar with many players in the current Porto team, especially Deco.
Because of Pepe, the relationship between the two is very good, and Deco was very happy when he saw Su Dong.
But Carvalho and Jorge Costa were clearly in a bad mood.
These two central defenders have suffered from Su Dong. Every time they see Su Dong, they seem to be in big trouble. This is even more troublesome than facing Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Su Dong was in a good mood and greeted the two of them with a smile.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Nice to meet you, Ricardo." Su Dong smiled.
Carvalho had a bitter look on his face and replied in a nonchalant manner, but his expression seemed to say: I am not happy at all to see you, please, stay away from me!
Don't come over here. If you come over again I'll call the police!
"I heard that after tonight's game, you will transfer to the Premier League?" Su Dong suddenly asked.
Although Su Dong and they both had the same agent, Mendes would not reveal such private information, and even if he did, Su Dong would not reveal it at this time.
The transfer of the Porto coach and players to Chelsea in the Premier League was a huge revelation in the British media.
Mourinho will coach Chelsea and he named Carvalho, Ferreira and Deco.
Carvalho glared at Su Dong angrily, as if to say: Boy, with your little effort, do you still plan to use it to disrupt our military morale?
"I heard that you also want to transfer to Real Madrid?" Carvalho asked.
Su Dong chuckled, "There seems to be such news, do you want to go too?"
Carvalho is speechless. Damn, can you stop talking about transferring to a wealthy club as if you are going to a restaurant to treat someone to dinner?
"By the way, Ricardo, I've been practicing hard on free kicks recently. You'd better not foul me all the time, otherwise..." Su Dong snorted twice and laughed so hard.
Carvalho's heart felt cold and he couldn't help but think of Su Dong's header and left foot when he met Su Dong several times before.
Damn it, after the header and left foot, does he want to make up for the free kick as well?
It has indeed been seen in the news that Su Dong would practice free kicks for himself after every training session.
Is it true?
"The game hasn't started yet, how do you know we will foul you?" Carvalho was full of doubts in his heart, but his words were tough.
"Ha, besides fouling, what else can you do to stop me?" Su Dong seemed heroic.
Carvalho was speechless.
Really!
It seemed that every time he met Su Dong, he felt defeated.
This damn guy seems to be his nemesis.
Sometimes Carvalho can't help but ask his soul: Is this guy the hero of the novel?
Otherwise, why would God create him to be so awesome?
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"Why did you tell him so much?"
When following referee Nelson out of the tunnel, Aimar, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and asked.
"What do you think?" Su Dong asked with a playful smile.
Aimar snorted angrily, "Don't you just want to play psychological tactics? Will he be so easily fooled?"
Su Dong smiled and did not answer.
Will Carvalho be fooled?
This is not his concern.
He really wanted to play psychological warfare, because in the past few duels, he had an advantage over Carvalho, which turned into a psychological advantage, and he wanted to make good use of it.
Best, torture this guy who is about to move to Chelsea in the Premier League out of his psychological shadow!
It would be better if Carvalho's legs would go weak every time he meets Su Dong in the future!
"You should be more concerned about how to return to your planet Vegeta, my prince!" Su Dong smiled and stretched out his hands to push Amar's body back.
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Mourinho stood worriedly on the sidelines and happened to see the interaction between Su Dong and Aimar, and he became even more worried.
In the past at Sporting Lisbon, Sudong's teammates were Cristiano Ronaldo and Quaresma, both from the wing, but Sporting Lisbon did not have a strongman in the middle.
But in Valencia, there is Vicente on the wing and Aimar in the middle. Vicente is in very good condition this season and can be said to have created the best performance of his career. This has brought a lot of trouble to Porto.
Big trouble.
Ferreira can freeze Manchester United's Ryan Giggs, but can he stop Vicente?
There are also defensive midfielders in the middle and central defenders.
The combination of Su Dong, Vicente and Aimar will be the most threatening offensive combination to Porto tonight, especially Su Dong.
It can be said that he is the most threatening offensive strength in the Valencia team.
How to contain Su Dong made Mourinho rack his brains before the game, but the final result was that he could only defend, but he was not sure whether he could hold it or not!
Mourinho didn't like this feeling of being out of control, but there was nothing he could do about it.