Chapter 539: League Cup Final (4)

At 2:0, Valencia extended the score before the break thanks to Toney's goal.

This goal is completely the embodiment of Toney's ability, in the penalty area, one person against two central defenders, calmly unload the ball from the air, turn and shoot, from this ball, Tony is a dominant center forward.

In fact, many national team managers are sitting in the stadium in this game, Spain, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Celestial Empire, etc., all of which come to observe their players.

There are also the managers of these teams who come to observe the opponents, Slovenia in the same group as Spain, and Ireland in the same group as Germany, mainly look at the important players of these opponents.

The current head coach of the Celestial Empire, Mi Lu, is really speechless why he came to Fan Shang, Qu Bo's position in Valencia this year is very low, although he has also played some games, but at this critical moment, Fan Shang will not let him play, Mi Lu came here purely to join in the fun.

Toney's goal is booked for his ticket to Japan and South Korea this time, Trapattoni can't put such a good center forward, but the competition for the Italian forward line will be fierce, especially for the center forward position.

These were all happy troubles for Trapattoni, and Vincent knew that Toney would extend the score and Valencia would be one step closer to winning the UEFA Cup.

Fortunately, the score was 2:0 at halftime in this game, and it was not 3:0, and Fan Shang was still very calm in the locker room. It just talked about how to keep the score, and let the players try to extend the score, and only by keeping the lead can they win the game.

At the start of the second half, Dortmund made a substitution, captain Ruit couldn't hold it anymore, he came off the break and replaced Algerian centre-back Maduuni, the player's biggest advantage is in height, and Summerer may want him to limit Tony.

However, Dortmund should actually adjust the offensive line, but there are so many cards in Summer's hand, the strongest combination of one high and one fast is already on the field, look at the bench card striker only one Norwegian Sorensen.

However, after more than ten minutes, Summerer really understood that his team was still lacking in attack, so he made another substitution in the 60th minute, replacing Ricken with Nigerian star Oliseh.

This substitution is obviously a substitution that demolishes the east wall to make up for the west wall, although it is said that the wing can make the fullbacks a dragon, but the effect is definitely not as good as before.

Seeing Dortmund change his tricks when he didn't have a move, Fan Shang smiled on his lips, Summerer still didn't have the courage to break the boat!

Of course, Fan Shang also has to make substitutions, in the 65th minute, Fan Shang used the first substitution, and Fan Shang prepared to replace all three substitutions with counterparts, so the first one was to replace Tony with Zhikic, Tony's performance today is enough, and what can let him come down is to let Trapattoni watch a little less, so that Toni can have more chances to enter the Italian national team.

After Toni came off the field, the Dortmund defense, which was originally relieved, saw a Zhikic as tall as Jankohler running into the field, and the two central defenders obviously gasped.

Let's talk about Toney, his air advantage is not so obvious, and the Zhikic who is on the court is a standard air bully, with a tall header and an excellent header, although there is a big gap with Tony in other aspects, but it is this height and header that makes the two central defenders unbearable.

When Summerer saw this Zhikic on the court, he felt that he had empty height at first, but when Valencia's consecutive crosses were grabbed by Zhikic, Summer's face changed, but he had no choice, the tallest central defender Maduuni was already on the court, which could not limit Zhikic, it was really no move.

There is now a relatively rare situation on the field, that is, the center forwards of both sides are giants who are more than two meters tall, which is really rare on the football field.

However, the two styles are still not quite the same, Jankoller is tall, but he prefers to use his own foot skills, while Zhikic is good at heading and can play to his most natural strengths.

Summerer actually knew that Jankoller's header was average, but today he wanted to use this height advantage to bully Valencia's central defenders, but now, Valencia's central defenders were not bullied, but his team was bullied by Zhikic. He was helpless, and this is Valencia's way of treating others the way they wanted.

Dortmund, who were already at a disadvantage, were even more passive, and if it weren't for the fact that Zhikic hadn't just come on the court and hadn't found his form, the score would have changed a long time ago.

Summer's last substitution was also quickly made, and he is only now starting to break through the cauldron and overturn his tactical thinking at the beginning of the second half, replacing centre-back Warnes with the only remaining striker, Sorensen, and Dortmund will have to go all out with the little time left.

Vincent also made his second substitution, replacing Angulo with Van Bronckhorst, who was on the wing, but Vincent told he could come under pressure and that he would need to return to full-back.

Just as Van Bronckhorst was substituted, there were bursts of cheers from the stands at Feinnord's De Kwep Stadium, and Vincent's previous promise was about to come true, and Van Bronckhorst was substituted!

Van Bronckhorst also knew about this before the game, so he was very serious in training this week, and practiced every day, which Fan Shang saw in his eyes, so it was originally like wasting time in the final injury time, but now Fan Shang wants to give him time to perform.

In the 73rd minute, Van Bronckhorst, who had just come on the pitch, crossed from the wing, and Zhikic's header went just wide of the goal.

And Dortmund also started their own crazy attack, not to mention how effective it was, but their determination was reflected in the numbers, except for central defender Madouni and goalkeeper Lehmann, everyone else pressed through the half.

However, Dortmund's negligence in defending soon suffered the consequences, and in the 78th minute, Jankoller failed to scramble for a header in the penalty area again.

Valencia quickly organized a counter-attack, Ayala passed the ball to Baraja, who decisively distributed it to Mendieta on the wing, Mendieta carried the ball forward, and after passing halfway, a wide diagonal long ball was diverted and sent to the feet of Van Bronckhorst on the left wing.