After Valencia returned to Spain after the end of the Celestial Empire, Fan Shang gave them another two days off in order to sympathize with the players, this is Fan Shang's personal style, as long as he has time, he will give the players a vacation, a combination of work and rest.

When it was time to assemble again, Valencia's team of 25 people, many of them stood on the training ground, and the real training began at this time.

In addition to the strikers and goalkeepers, the other players are undergoing very intense physical training, and Fan Shang hopes that Valencia will have full physical guarantee this year, these people have passed the technical test, as long as the physical fitness comes up, they should have a good performance in the next game.

And some vitreous players Fan Shang has also been completely healed in the system, Vincent, Joaquín, Baraja, Aimar and others have some hidden injuries, and now they are slowly recovering, Fan Shang needs 25 healthy players.

Due to the full training schedule and some warm-up matches in between, Fan Shang's first appearance will soon begin.

Real Madrid is Valencia's first opponent this year, and now it is Florentino's second year, last year's Figo, this year they spent money to bring Zidane, so this year's list of Real Madrid, with two loud names, Zidane, the other is Pavon, Zidane plus Pavon must be invincible in the world.

But this is just a joke, the current Real Madrid backline is not Pavon's era, Hierro, Elguera, Karanka, Campo and others are not comparable to Pavon, it can be said that the current Real Madrid is still relatively balanced.

Real Madrid, who won the La Liga title last year, have already begun to hope for a double and a treble after adding Zinedine Zidane this year.

Vincent's match was the first time at the Mestalla, built in 1919 as an old stadium that has been renovated dozens of times, and after expansion, the stadium now has a capacity of 50,000 people and a good atmosphere, although the Valencia fans are still not as organized and disciplined as the Bordeaux fans.

But after all, it was the first game of the league, and it was a big game against Real Madrid, and the stadium was full early, waiting for the league to go straight to the climax from the beginning.

Vincent is now mobilizing in the dressing room, and some of Valencia's original players did not need to be mobilized before, they played Real Madrid, Barcelona and even Deportivo did not need to mobilize.

And most of Fan Shang's reinforcements this year are his old subordinates, and then there are some young players who have not become famous, as long as these old departments have no problems now, there will be no problems in the game, and today's Fan Shang's remarks are mainly aimed at them.

"I won't talk about facing Real Madrid last year, if you don't fight in this game, then there may be no chance to fight in the future, and again, this year's new friends, you know my character and should know my character, what I just said is just as useful to you," Fan Shang paused again, looking at each of the old generals, "You don't perform well but it's a shame for me, I'm the most face-saving person." ”

Fan Shang's words are at this level, these people understand in their hearts, and some of the remaining young players who don't understand well don't need to understand now, they won't play today anyway.

"One more thing you should know is that Real Madrid general manager Baldano said in an interview: 'I don't think Valencia is capable of competing for the league title.' If you don't give Real Madrid today, then this sentence will be fulfilled! Vincent's last sentence is also very lethal, and this sentence ignites Valencia's hatred for Real Madrid, which is very good.

"Let's go, let's go and kill them!" As usual, Fan Shang opened the door with his own hands and let the players play.

At this time, Otti was sitting with Florentino and Baldano watching the game, and Otti was also angry in his heart, Baldano's statement before the game was simply too direct, even if the hatred was deep, it couldn't be said that.

So although Otti sat with these two people, except for saying hello at the beginning, he didn't say a word anymore, thinking in his heart, "Fan Shang must be strong in this game, let these two old immortal grizzled people get out." ”

Fan Shang didn't want to see Baldano in his heart, Fan Shang's champion coach came, this not long-eyed Baldano dared to say this kind of thing, not only slapped Valencia in the face, but also didn't give Fan Shang face, so before the game, Fan Shang wanted to motivate the players like this, and Fan Shang really didn't want to lose this game.

This match is broadcast live on many TV stations, Spanish sports channel, Valencia regional channel nine, etc., this is the most noteworthy game of the first round, so all eyes are focused here.

Today Real Madrid put up a 442 formation, goalkeeper Casillas, four defenders, Salgado, Hierro, Karanka, Robert. Carlos, four midfielders, Makelele, Figo, Conceicao, Zidane, strikers Raul and Morientes.

Valencia set up a 361 formation, goalkeeper Canizares, three defenders, Lucio, Pellegrino and Ayala, two midfielders, Baraja and Albelda, two wingers Angulo and Mendieta, two forwards Aimar and Belleron, and center forward Toni.

Fan Shang gave up his famous 442 this year and used the highly aggressive 3241 instead, although he gave up some defense, but with this skillful and impactful player, Fan Shang believes that Valencia will score one more goal than his opponent.

This game started with the attention of all parties, Real Madrid's biggest advantage now is that the personnel is a Zidane compared with last year, and the others have not changed, while Valencia is a big change, from the way of attack to the staffing is completely different from last year.

As far as the warm-up matches are concerned, Fan Shang changed the formation every game, and until this game, Bosque was confused about what formation Fan Shang was going to adopt, and he could only respond to all changes with the same.

Real Madrid's current shortcomings can be seen clearly, that is, there are only five people in defense, which is too weak, as long as the numerical advantage is established locally, it is a matter of time to break through Real Madrid's defense.

Indeed, as soon as Valencia began to press Real Madrid at the beginning, the advantage of six people in the midfield was still quite obvious.