Chapter 285: Saion lost his horse, and he didn't know if it was a blessing
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Flores faced Adrianse's weakness and told reporters, "It doesn't matter what the opponent Porto thinks, anyway...... Our goal in this game is to win, there are no other ideas, and winning will be the final result of this game! ”
Journalists were surprised that Flores had so much confidence in this game, considering that Porto were all substitutes in last weekend's league game, and it was clear that they were preparing for the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
Can't Flores, as the manager, see that this is Adrianse's weakness?
But at this time, no reporter brought it up, because according to the current development of the plot, no matter what the result is, it is what they intended to see.
They all know that the news that "Porto win away at Valencia keep their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League" is certainly much more sensational than "Valencia's home win over Porto".
Add to that a game full of suspense, which can attract more attention than a game without suspense.
And the media in Valencia are still immersed in Adrianse's sugar-coated shells, how can they care so much?
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The fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage at the Mestalla Stadium was packed, and almost the entire stadium was surrounded by Valencia fans in white jerseys, and various banners and slogans in support of the team appeared one after another.
Among them, the most eye-catching is the Chinese fans wearing white Valencia home team jerseys and holding small five-star red flags.
Even the director of the Mestalla Stadium subconsciously gave the stands several shots.
In fact, the main reason is that there are several sweet-looking Chinese female fans in the stands here to cheer for Iro.
In a football match, in addition to the players on the field being eye-catching, the beautiful fans in the stands are also a highlight of the game.
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After three consecutive wins in the Champions League group stage, Flores is no longer as heavy on the opponent as before, so before the start of this game, he only slightly told the players to seize the opportunity to attack, and other technical and tactical requirements are not very rigorous.
There was no passionate speech about the psychology of the players before the game.
If it had been before this game, maybe he would have said something, but now it's different, now he Flores is a popular young coach in La Liga, and he is also well-known in Europe, he is only forty years old this year, he has such achievements, how can he still think about things outside the field?
It's like a freshly read elementary school student who won the first place in the whole class in the first exam, do you still expect him to humbly accept a qiē in the next time?
Person...... There will always be times of pride.
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So, Flores was hit hard!
By the 40th minute of the game, Valencia, who was playing at home, was already 0:3 behind Porto, which was playing away.
Iro looked at Ricardo Quaresma, who was celebrating wildly, and shook his head in disappointment, the goal was Quaresma's second goal of the game, and both of those goals were scored with the outside of his right foot with the inside of his right foot in his trademark right incut.
Similarly, Flores stood on the sidelines with a gloomy face, his eyes fixed on the Porto players who were celebrating.
He didn't want to believe that this was true, and that there was still a team that could lead the home team Valencia by three goals at the Mestalla Stadium.
He was joined by the home fans.
This...... Is this still the same team that has won three consecutive Champions League group stage games? Is this the same Valencia side that beat Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou and the Bernabeu in quick succession?
No! It's not !!
The fans in the stands didn't want to believe it, but reality gave them a big slap in the face.
It's true!
At this moment, the old coach Adrianse sat in the coach's seat with satisfaction, and he was very excited to be able to rewrite the score to 3:0 before the end of the first half.
But in order to leave everyone with an unfathomable image, he had to sit quietly in the coach's seat.
What's even more interesting is that Adrianse's whole face is full of sadness, as if it was Porto who are three goals behind.
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"God, this is a little joke you played on your faithful believers, right? You must sue me, this is not true! This is our Mestalla, not the Dragon! How could we possibly be three goals down at home to away Porto? No way!! ”
Hyde was overwhelmed when he saw Quaresma score his second goal of the game.
His guest partner Barry took his words at the first time, "This must not be true, you must know that we are the leaders of La Liga!" It's also number one in Group H, which is definitely not true!! ”
The commentators from China, He Wei and Zhan Jun, also showed incredible expressions.
'Is this team still the Valencia team we are familiar with? The defense was weak, the offense lacked variety, and almost the entire first half saw only the appearance of Ailo and David Villa, which was relatively normal, and the other nine people seemed to have not woken up yet, and their concentration was very poor! ”
These were the words of Howy after Valencia conceded their third goal.
Indeed, as Horvy said, there were no players other than Iroh and David Villa, and Aimar and Baraja, who did not rotate last weekend, were a burden to the game, running inactively and defensively.
Similarly, the performance of the entire backline was not satisfactory, otherwise Quaresma would not have been allowed to score two goals.
It is said that before this game, Valencia's head coach Flores and the team's vice-captain Albelda expressed their confidence in this game when they were interviewed by reporters, while the away team Porto was still going through the motions when they were interviewed, hey...... Porto's tactics of showing weakness against Valencia were very successful! ”
This is a review from Zhan Jun.
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After the resumption of the second half, Valencia obviously strengthened their attack, but it could not be said that there was nothing they could do in the face of Porto, who defended fully in the second half.
In this game, Porto was not only very efficient in attacking, but also very efficient in defending Iro, and the two defenders, Bosingwa and Georginho, were very successful in limiting Iro, and only allowed Iroh to break through twice in the entire first half.
In the second half, he took advantage of the numerical advantage to completely limit Aillo's playing space, and for speed players, there is no room to break through, which is equivalent to losing half of his leg.
Although David Villa also worked very hard and was the most normal player in the whole of Valencia except for Elo, he did not help the team to close the score.
As a very versatile striker, there is always the support of the midfield.
In this game, Valencia's always strong midfielder failed to play to the previous level, which once allowed Iello and David Villa to be in an environment of playing more with less for a long time.
But...... The hard work of Iroh and David Villa finally paid off in the 86th minute.
At that time, it was the defense of Iro, who made a mistake with the ball, and Iro, who was following behind, was very alert and stabbed the ball to the feet of Aimar who wanted to return to the defense, who reacted quickly and immediately sent the ball at the feet of the unmarked David Villa.
David Villa then used his individual ability to shake off Assuncao and Costa in quick succession, and when he broke through to the baseline, he passed an inverted triangle pass.
Ilo arrived and fired a shot from near the penalty spot to send the ball into the net.
But the goal was no longer able to help the team because time was running out.
In the end, the score of this game was also fixed at 1-3.
The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.
You must know that after the referee blew the end of the game, all the home fans couldn't believe the result, this is in the Mestalla!
Porto also beat the unbeatable Valencia away from home against everyone's favours.
As a result, Porto also feel that the knockout stages of the Champions League are beckoning to them.
Because as long as they win the next two games, then qualifying will no longer be a luxury!!
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At the post-match press conference, Porto coach Adrianse was very happy to be interviewed by reporters, and secretly laughed at Valencia, "In fact, we have already guessed this result...... Because Valencia was very eye-catching at the beginning, and their manager is also a newcomer, the control of the team is certainly not very good, but in this case they still won three consecutive Champions League group stage games, so ...... They will definitely look down on their opponents, or even look down on them, haha...... That's where I take advantage of it! ”
After listening to Adrianse's post-match press conference, the local Valencia reporter immediately tried to find someone to hide.
However, Adrianse's words were not finished, and he told local reporters in Valencia, "You are glad that you are in the fourth round of the group stage when you suffer defeat, and if you underestimate your opponent in a crucial match, then you will be greeted with a place of no return, of course...... You don't need to thank me because I need to win this game for the next game. ”
Immediately, Adrianse's words caused a burst of laughter among local reporters in Portugal.
When Flores attended the regular post-match press conference, he was naturally not in a good mood.
Teams can lose, but they can't lose so ugly at home!
One to three, although it doesn't look ugly, but you must know that this score is the result of Porto almost giving up attacking in the second half, and if they continue to attack, maybe Valencia at home will not have conceded three goals.
After all, none of the reporters on the scene were blind.
So Flores took the initiative to take responsibility for the defeat of this game when facing reporters, "As a manager, I have to be responsible for this game, I didn't notice the mentality of the team before this game, so I played without goal in this game, gave the opponent enough chances, I know...... It's useless to say more, if you lose, you lose, and I don't make any excuses, in the words of Porto coach Adrianse, we lost this game at the right time......"
The reporters at the scene wanted to make fun of Flores, but they didn't expect him to take the responsibility for the loss.
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