Chapter Eighty-Three: The League Cup
This is the third round of the UEFA Cup knockout round Valencia vs. Besiktas, the referee team is from England, this is due to the suggestion of Corina and others UEFA learned referees from different countries, communication problems and coordination problems that may result, decided to use the same country's referee team in the future European competition, and Cristina did not expect to get the opportunity to knock out after the group stage:
The UEFA Cup (UEFACup) is a club competition organised by UEFA, created in the 1971/72 season as the Fairs Cup. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
UEFA Cup (English: UEFACup, referred to as UEFA Cup, 1971-2009) is a European football club competition organized by UEFA, created in the 1971/1972 season, its predecessor is the City Fair Cup, the UEFA Cup is a European national club competition organized by UEFA, which starts in July every year and ends in May of the second year, second only to the Champions Cup in influence.
At the beginning of the 1999/2000 season, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was incorporated into the UEFA Cup, and the list of teams participating in the UEFA Cup was added to the list of national cup winners.
The UEFA Cup, also known as the "Bertoni Trophy", weighs 15 kilograms, is made of silver and has a yellow marble base, designed and produced by the Bertoni Workshops in Milan, and the 23,000 euro trophy made its debut in the 1972 UEFA Cup final. The UEFA Cup has no handles, it is beautiful with simplicity and simplicity. Above its base is a group of players vying for the ball, which are the supports of this octagonal trophy adorned with the UEFA logo.
The UEFA Cup was once called the three major European cups along with the Champions Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup.
The three major cups of the year really complemented each other, and the gold content was not low. Those giants won any of the three major cups that year, which is a very worthy achievement.
However, since the reform of the Champions League in 92, the influence of the Champions League has become more and more influential. The Cup Winners' Cup and the League Cup are simply not comparable to the Champions League, and the influence of their two major cups is getting worse and worse. So in 2000, the Cup Winners' Cup and the League Cup were merged to form the current League Cup.
In other words, historically, the UEFA Cup was once on par with the Champions League.
Although it is declining now, it is also a very important event in European football.
looked at Valencia's young young coach Benitez on the sidelines. This Benitez, his hair has fallen to the top, compared to other young marshals, this appearance is really low, and he looks more like a comedian.
But this is no ordinary person.
If Jose Mourinho is currently the most popular manager among the young coaches, Carlo Ancelotti is the most famous and the most successful among the young coaches.
Benitez in front of him is not well-known, but he is a master tactician who is very recognized in the industry.
In recent years, young young marshals have kept coming up.
In addition to them, there is also Monaco coach Didier Deschamps. Mancini who is currently in Serie A. They are all young marshals with very good grades. Benitez has nothing to say about his business ability compared to these guys, but this appearance is really joyful! And for Besiktas, Christina didn't like it congenitally, because this is a Turkish team, the style of play is savage, and it is these barbarians who are easy to make trouble, and as one of the Turkish Super League giants, Besiktas is indeed not so pleasing, sure enough, at the beginning of the game, Besiktas players moved very much, Christina saw at a glance that this was testing the referee's scale, and Besiktas did play this calculation, they felt that Christina is the Premier League referee's whistle should be soft and easy to press, However, they miscalculated, Cristina blew the whistle decisively in the seventh minute of the game after Besiktas midfielder No. 7 pulled down Valencia midfielder Emaar, and gave No. 7 a yellow card, and Besiktas players immediately came over and surrounded Cristina like a scoundrel, Christina didn't talk nonsense, and directly two yellow cards, and warned Besiktas players, if you do this again, I will be directly red carded!
In the fourteenth minute, the Valencia player was pulled down in the penalty area, Cristina whistled decisively, and then signaled a penalty, "Oh, Valencia won the penalty in the 14th minute of the game." The Besiktas players didn't dare to come over this time, but their captain still came to Christina to protest and complain, but Christina still told him: "You all pay attention to your movements, if there are so many small movements, I don't mind asking you all to leave." "Drop" Valencia led 1-0, and Besiktas deserved to be a tenacious Turk, and then used a corner header to equalize, the pace of the game is still very fast, although Valencia is a Spanish team but they play defensive counterattack, their head coach Benitez has been studying in Italy for many years, so he is also an alternative coach in Spanish football, focusing on tactical targeting and defense is not consistent with the traditional Spanish style, and Cristina is still relatively satisfied with the process of the game, Besiktas, although he has big moves, is not a fool, and began to change his tricks after finding out that Christina's whistle is stricter, and Christina is the referee of the Premier League, so she is still more relaxed than the referee on the mainland in terms of physical confrontation, and Benitez has been sitting in the coach's seat with an old monk, he has long expected the team to be suppressed at the beginning, after all, the Turkish team, The style of play is more rude, and the referee Cristina is the referee of the Premier League, so this is very unfavorable for Valencia of the La Liga team, but Cristina is not averse to Valencia, and is obviously dissatisfied with Besiktas, as can be seen from the opening three yellow cards, as long as the current rhythm is maintained, Benitez believes that the other party may have to eat cards again, And Besiktas's coach is not as high IQ as Benitez, but he is also an old man who has been mixed in the football world for many years, so he naturally noticed that the referee was very dissatisfied with his side, and he also hurriedly shouted to the players, stay calm, and do not clash with the referee, and the Valencia fans in the stands took advantage of the home field to start a crazy cheer, and although Besiktas has few people, their players and fans are very strong, and naturally they will not show weakness!