Chapter 272: The Sword Refers to the Champions League
In the second round of La Liga, Valencia defeated the opponent by three goals again, Chu Yang contributed a goal again, and the Spanish Super League duo also made the opponent two four-to-zero.
In the third round of La Liga, Valencia 5:0 Espanyol, Chu Yang opened the scoring for the team, Forlan, Joe, Sampus, Villa also made achievements, and Real Madrid Barcelona on the other side also won by a big score.
In the first three rounds, all three teams kept a clean sheet against their opponents, scoring a total of 46 goals.
The whole La Liga is in the limelight, and if you want to mark other teams with an expression, it must be "cute new and shivering".
The two big wins finally allowed the players and fans to come out of the shadow of the defeat in the Spanish Super Cup and start preparing for more important games.
On August 25, the draw for the 2019-20 Champions League group stage was held in Monaco.
Under the bracket rules implemented last year, eight seeded places will be allocated to the reigning Champions League champions and the seven highest-ranked champions in Europe, but with last season's defending champions AC Milan also Serie A champions, the additional seeded spot will be extended to the Eredivisie champions, who are eighth in the UEFA league.
Defending champions AC Milan, La Liga champions Valencia, Premier League champions Manchester United, Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, Portuguese Super League champions Benfica, Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain, Russian Premier League champions CSKA Moscow, and Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven will be divided into eight groups with 24 other teams to tear each other apart.
In La Liga, in addition to Valencia in the first pot, Real Madrid and Barcelona are placed in the second pot, while Inter Milan and Juventus in Serie A and Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League are also in the second pot.
Under such rules, the chances of the birth of the Death Group will be greatly increased, and who will win the lucky package and who will form the Death Group has become a matter of concern to everyone.
Benfica were the first to win the lottery in Group A, where they faced Arsenal, one of the teams in Pot 2 that no one wanted to touch.
Real Madrid received a big package, avoiding Bayern, AC Milan, etc., and entered the Eindhoven group; Barcelona met Paris, along with Tottenham Hotspur, a veritable group of death.
Valencia is no better.
They are in the last Group H, so the last team in Pot 2 is naturally in their group, and everyone already knows who it will be before they finish the draw.
Well, that team is called Chelsea.
The remaining two in Group H are against Sporting Lisbon and Monaco.
On 14 September, Valencia hosts Sporting Lisbon.
Sporting Lisbon are Champions League regulars and have a lot of European experience, while Valencia have the exception of Sneijder, Forlan and Denis. In addition to Joe and several others who have experience in the Champions League, the others are all Champions League recruits.
But it was Sporting Lisbon that was trembling.
The Mestalla Stadium was so crowded that the fans dragged their families and even the outside of the stadium was surrounded by water.
Xiao Luo, who has not been to Valencia for a long time, sat in his exclusive box with his new wife and received a warm welcome from the fans.
accompanied by Chu Yang and Jiang Xuan's families, their arrival undoubtedly doubled Chu Yang's motivation.
Joe, who played two games as a substitute in the league, got a chance to start this game and formed a double midfield with Sneijder. Moya could only sit on the bench at such a historic moment.
Chu Yang brought the captain's armband.
With a blank face and a determined look in his eyes, he led his teammates into the pitch amid the enthusiastic calls of the fans.
He had waited too long for this game.
"Hello everyone, I'm Duan Xiang, I'm very happy to explain this game for you, although Valencia is competing in the Champions League again after many years, but everyone generally believes that they are not unlikely to advance, Sporting Lisbon and Monaco do not pose a threat to them, the highlight of this group should be the showdown between Chelsea and Valencia, who of them can qualify for the first place is what fans are most concerned about."
"Although they have the advantage on paper, Valencia can't be careless, because their opponents today are not nobodies, but the traditional powerhouses of the Portuguese Premiership, which have produced world-class superstars like Figo, and their current two wingers, Quaresma and Nani, are also rising stars in world football today, known as Figo's successors."
"Speaking of Valencia and Sporting Lisbon there is a small story, last season Banderas was seriously injured, and Shen Du returned to Bayern Munich after the end of his loan, Valencia urgently needed a good winger to support their other wing, their first choice at that time was Quaresma and Nani, but it is said that Sporting Lisbon freaked out Valencia at the price offered by Quaresma, and according to the grapevine, Nani has taken Manchester United as a private agreement, and may become a member of the Red Devils after this season."
"In other words, if the transfer of the two had been successful, Valencia might have a different squad and formation now."
At that time, it was Chu Yang who proposed to introduce Quaresma and Nani, but the lion of Sporting Lisbon had to give up Quaresma, but unfortunately there were some, but it is not necessarily a pity to say how regretful.
The game starts with Valencia kicking off.
Chu Yang sent the ball out, Joe passed it back, Xavi Alonso, Syant and Pups stabilized the ball in midfield with successive inverted feet before passing to Sneijder.
Sneijder passed the ball to Dennis, who was habitually sidelined. Joe's feet.
Joe didn't hesitate to step on Nani's defense five times in a row, shook off the opposition and cut inside to the penalty area, playing a no-man pass.
Chu Yang turned his back to the goalkeeper and picked up the ball slightly, and then turned directly to hit the goal.
Shoot the far corner.
The ball flew up lightly, drew a wonderful arc and hit the post, which was confiscated by the goalkeeper.
The fans gave them an encouraging round of applause.
The football came to the feet of Quaresma.
The Portuguese winger didn't know if he was really worthy of the number the club had put on him or if he was strong, but he was excited, tricked Sneijder with a fancy feint, and then took the ball wide of the wing.
Sampus stepped forward to defend and was also deceived by him with a dazzling feint, but he clearly underestimated one of La Liga's most promising all-round midfielders at the moment, and was destroyed by Sampus with his toes with his toe when his center of gravity was unstable.
The Lisbon fans who accompanied the team had just cheered for Quaresma and had to keep their mouths shut.
Sporting Lisbon's sideline ball was thrown, Quaresma just tried to chest the ball, but Sampus squeezed a little to grab the position and pass the ball to Xavi with his shoulder. Alonso.
Alonso glanced up and made a long pass.
The football found Chu Yang like an eye.
Chu Yang pretended to stop the ball with his back to the goal, but at the moment he touched the ball, he suddenly strengthened and passed the ball out, and at the same time turned around and rushed forward.
Sneijder flicked his toes, and the ball drew a parabola and fell in front of Chu Yang.
Chu Yang didn't use the volley, which was already getting more and more perfect, but with a light pad, the ball jumped directly to the right and went over the head of the defender.
What follows is so simple and pleasing to the eye.
Swing your legs, shoot.