Valencia coach Cooper is a tough middle-aged man who advocates strict discipline and rigor and order in his work, and even in a sense Cooper is a little too tough, but it is this style of emphasizing discipline on the pitch that has brought welcome changes to Valencia. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

For a long time, in addition to the wealthy Real Madrid and Barcelona, few other teams in La Liga can achieve success in European football, and La Liga is full of players from all over South America It is also a consensus, although the South American players have outstanding skills and amazing ball sense, but in the same way, their loose style has also affected the teams in La Liga, the giants are okay, they have enough financial resources to introduce enough talented and skilled South American players, but some not very famous La Liga teams can only exchange some second-hand goods, In such a situation, the original players are not excellent, coupled with the lack of discipline, it is natural to imagine how the team's results can be.

Cooper's playing career in Argentina was unremarkable, but after he retired from the coaching profession, he deeply discovered the flaws of Argentine players, which made his coaching career in Argentina not smooth, Cooper loved Argentina, so he felt that he needed to make a change, and since then Cooper has been strict with discipline for himself and others.

Prior to Valencia, Cooper led Mallorca to fifth place in La Liga in the 97-98 season and lost to Barcelona on penalties in the Copa del Rey final.

In the 98-99 season, Cooper led Mallorca to third place in the league and reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup, which was enough to make him the head coach of Valencia.

After coming to Valencia, Cooper began to make drastic changes, after gaining the support of the team owner, Cooper first promoted his discipline and tactics to the team, it has to be said that Valencia, a team dominated by young people, has undergone a huge transformation under Cooper's strict requirements, and the team's tactics are also different from other La Liga teams, Valencia emphasizes efficiency and simplicity.

Cooper is actually quite concerned about Arsenal's opponent, and Cooper is not surprised that Arsenal can beat last season's treble winner Manchester United by five points, because he has seen all the videos about Liu Han, and even Liu Han's game in Asia he has managed to collect and watch it.

Cooper didn't know what words to use to describe Liu Han as a player, he had never seen such a well-rounded player, from midfielders to center forwards and then to midfielders, so to speak, Cooper felt that Liu Han could play any position on the field, including the goalkeeper. Cooper knew that Liu Han had actually been brought into Arsenal as a goalkeeper in the first place.

Since Cooper knows Liu Han in such detail, he is also entangled in how to defend Liu Han, in Cooper's opinion, the general defensive strategy is ineffective for Liu Han, because he can completely rely on his physical advantage to break it.

However, the tough Cooper did not feel that the game would be very difficult to play in this way, and since the deliberate defense may not work, he simply used the attack to suppress the opponent, and Cooper inherited the Pampas Eagles' decision.

Now that he had made up his mind to play against Arsenal, Cooper conveyed one of the spirits to his players in the preparations, asking them to focus on attacking on the wings, and emphasizing that wingers and wing-backs should cut inside more on the wings.

Arsenal travel to Spain the day after the 26th round of Premier League fixtures against Southampton.

As the third largest city in Spain, Valencia is located on the Mediterranean coast, with the Mediterranean Sea in the east and the largest plain in Spain at its back.

As famous in Spain along with citrus and lemons, Valencia Football Club is the only one in the hearts of local fans.

From England, still waiting for spring in the cold and damp, to the sunny and comfortable Mediterranean coast, Arsenal's players can't help but feel in a good mood.

"It's a nice weather here, and it's raining and raining and then raining every day in London." Vieira, who is Frenchman, was very dismissive of the weather in London.

"Hey, Patrick, although the weather in London is really rotten, there are a lot of fans there who adore you, but here, I guess you'll be thrown oranges as soon as you go out." Ljungberg was happy with life in London.

For this game, although it is only a group stage, the Arsenal players also know the meaning of the game, but the Arsenal players who have gradually adapted to the atmosphere of the Champions League game do not seem too nervous.

The Arsenal team, who arrived in Valencia three days early, were the first to acclimatise to the venue, with the Mestalla Stadium right next to their stadium.

Arsene Wenger also has his own plans for the tactics of such a game, the Spanish team has always been not very good at the back, and Wenger is ready to show the Spaniards what English style football is.

On March 1, 2000, the Mestalla Stadium was packed to capacity on match day, and Spanish fans ignited the stadium with their passion for football.

Liu Han stands out in the players' tunnel, after all, his height is there, and the Valencia player next to him is also curious to look at this tall Oriental, for them, Liu Han is a novel opponent.

With a whistle from Danish referee Andersson, the match officially began.

Arsenal put on a 433 formation that had not been used for a long time in this game, Liu Han was at the front, flanked by Thierry Henry and Bergkamp, Ribery was not in the squad, and Arsene Wenger put out the strongest attacking lineup in his mind in this game.

Valencia are still their usual 442 squad, with Mendieta, the heart of midfield, captaining the team.

Valencia were the first to attack, and they showed their fangs without the slightest hint of provocation from the start of the game.

Up front, Angulo and Lopez kicked off and played the ball back to captain Mendieta, who did not return the ball but instead crossed it to Kiri Gonzalez on his left flank.

Kiri Gonzalez, who played as a left midfielder, did not hesitate at all, and in the face of Ljungberg's defense, Gonzalez directly took the ball and burst through.

Ljungberg didn't expect such a sudden acceleration from the other party, and was directly thrown off by Gonzalez.

Gonzalez unscrupulously rushed directly to the Arsenal bottom line, and when he encountered the defense of the Arsenal team Ruzni, he suddenly dodged and cut inside, Ruzny was obviously deceived by the opponent's action, he thought Gonzalez would cross the bottom.

Gonzalez, who cut inside and found the angle, did not choose to pass the ball, but shot directly with a very determined shot.

Although the shot was a bit off-target because it wasn't the usual one, Gonzalez's resolute breakthrough from the start was a wake-up call for the Arsenal players.

Arsene Wenger couldn't help but frown on the sidelines, he didn't expect the Spanish side to be so strong and resolute today.

The Arsenal team sent a goal kick, and Seaman drove directly to the front to find Liu Han.

After Liu Han reached the front line, he was able to play the role of a bridgehead very well, which is the consensus of the Arsenal players, so since the opponent showed his own determination, the Arsenal players also felt that they had to show the Spaniards the simplicity of the English team.

Seaman's goal kick was slightly off track, but after Liu Han started, Farinos, who was defending next to him, clearly felt that he couldn't keep up.

Liu Han, who came to the first point of the ball, crashed into Mendieta, who was about to compete with him for a header, and then the header was ferried to Thierry Henry on the left.

Henry didn't take the ball with his back and didn't take it much, but crossed to the middle with a kick, and Liu Han was already there to pick it up.

Henry's pass was immediately followed by a diagonal turn towards the middle, and his run took away Valencia's right-back Magloma, while the left-back Ljungberg ran straight to the baseline.

Liu Han stopped a little after receiving the ball, and then suddenly passed the ball to the left side again with his left foot, at this time Ljungberg was unguarded to receive the ball, Liu Han turned and ran towards the penalty area.

Ljungberg took the ball and went down firmly, then looked at it and crossed directly.

Liu Han was like a beacon in the box to light up Ljungberg's pass, and the Valencia defenders beside him were on the verge of being a big enemy.

Although he felt the pull of the Valencia players on his body, Liu Han still relied on his strong body to jump up and head the goal.

Canizares is worthy of being a Spanish international, he has chosen the direction of the save when Liu Han's header hits the goal, his judgment is very accurate, although Liu Han's header is very powerful, but the angle is slightly correct, Canizares took the ball steadily.

Both sides had a shot on goal in the first leg, with Valencia using their players' individual ability to cut inside and shoot inside, while Arsenal showed England's traditional strategy of flying both wings together and outflanking the middle.

Valencia's players now finally have a more accurate understanding of Liu Han's ability, although the head coach has emphasized the defense of Liu Han, but they don't think that a former NBA star with a height of 1.96 meters can be very powerful, but after the first round of offense and defense, Valencia's guards are already afraid of Liu Han.

Canizares picked it up and immediately tossed it to the wide players, but the Arsenal front-end players immediately pressed for it.

Valencia left-back Serbian Djukic received the ball before he could pass it, and the ball was tackled directly out of the touchline by Overmars. Arsenal were given the chance to come back.

Although Valencia has an advantage in the midfield, they found that the Arsenal team did not entangle with them in the midfield at all, that is, they tried to find Liu Han's point, and then either crossed the bottom or forced a long-range shot, and did not contact the Valencian players in the midfield at all.

Cooper, who watched the game with a frown on the sidelines, noticed that the Arsenal team had changed their usual tactics compared to the video. (To be continued.) )