Chapter 1107: Lock the League Championship

Real Madrid are a bit off the top of the table Valencia and it would be the right choice to skip the league to prepare for the Champions League final, but not for Valencia at the top of the table, as they will have to beat their opponents in the league at the weekend to secure the league title for the season, so that the focus of their preparations is on the Champions League final at the Stadium of Light.

And their opponent in the next league is not ordinary, it is Barcelona, who are currently third in the league.

Although Barcelona has experienced a serious decline in performance due to the change of manager this season, so that they have withdrawn from the league title race early, it does not mean that they will give up in the next league, coupled with their various negative records against Valencia and Messi's personal factors, this second leg of the national derby at Camp Nou is particularly important.

You must know that Barcelona has lost so many seasons against Valencia, and if they continue to lose, it will bring great flaws to the future of the club.

So both the manager and the players are passionate about this game that has nothing to do with the title.

In addition, with four rounds of the league remaining, they are eight points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, which means that as long as they do not lose four consecutive games in the remaining leagues, it basically means that the league title is secure.

However, because Real Madrid, who played one game first, narrowly defeated Atletico Madrid at home, the league points between Valencia and Real Madrid instantly shrank to five points, bringing great pressure to Valencia, who played the league the next day.

You must know that the Champions League final will be played at 8:45 p.m. on May 25, and the last round of La Liga is on May 29, which means that Valencia only has three league games before the Champions League final.

Therefore, coach Carlo Ancelotti temporarily adjusted his strategy and characterized this game as a must-win game.

The temporary adjustment is a huge change for the whole team, because many players have not adjusted their mentality, and they still look like they don't care, as long as they don't lose at Camp Nou, they can further consolidate the league title.

However, Carlo Ancelotti's sudden change left them feeling unexpected, so much so that they didn't adjust in time for the next day's game.

By the thirtieth minute of the game, the scoreboard at Camp Nou had changed from 1:0 to 2:0

The home team is in the front, the away team is in the back.

The name shown on the lower edge of the lead is from the same person - Leo Messi.

Messi, meanwhile, was in high spirits as he used his individual ability to find a good opportunity on the right flank, scavenging through the middle before Luka Modric and Xavi Martinez could help and suddenly picking up his left foot when the Valencia backline was not coming forward.

Goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei seemed a little caught off guard, his reaction was half a beat slower, and the central defender Varane interfered with his vision a little, and it was obviously a little late when he made a save......

Many commentators at the scene were very surprised by Messi's super performance in this game, you must know that in the past confrontations between Valencia and Barcelona were often Aylo singing a one-man show, but this game that has nothing to do with the league championship this season broke out, which was unexpected.

While many commentators were surprised, Valencia No. 1 Stadium commentator Hyde said: "This is the gap between Messi and our Ai, look at it...... Performing so well in an inconsequential league, what do you do when it counts? ”

But the local commentator in Barcelona was extremely excited, saying: "See the Valencians, this is our omnipotent Messi, in the case that your stars can't show their strength, our Messi can do it, Messi is the best!" ”

At this time, the away team's stands were undoubtedly the lowest morale, listening to the cheers of the Barcelona fans, the Valencia fans in the stands were very depressed, all of them were frowning, obviously showing a trace of depression in this confident game.

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However, just when Barcelona fans at the Camp Nou thought Valencia would beat Valencia with the help of Messi, Valencia captain Elo took advantage of a corner two minutes later to beat Pique and Busquets to head the ball into Valdés' goal to reduce the score to one goal.

Messi looked at Iro, who was surrounded by his teammates, and the familiar sense of powerlessness arose.

He suddenly remembered that in the past dozens of battles, Ailo relied on his super personal ability to lead Valencia to reverse Barcelona and win the final game.

And the next game process seemed to be to verify Messi's previous experience, and Iro, who was gradually getting better, began to take over the game, and he used his left and right feet in the first and second halves to help the team reverse the score and rewrite the score to 2:3!

He assisted Isco before the end of the game to lock the score above 4:2 and beat Barcelona.

The victory coincided with Valencia's renewed league points with Real Madrid, and with only three league games remaining, an eight-point lead would have been a big win for the title.

Add to that the fact that the last three opponents in the league are Celta, Elche and Atletico Madrid, which means that Valencia only needs to pick up one point in these three rounds to win the league title.

Scoring a point in three rounds is undoubtedly easy for Valencia, who are a step ahead, not to mention ...... Elche have already been relegated early and the rest of the league is dispensable for them.

It will undoubtedly be difficult to beat the leader Valencia.

In this way, Valencia almost completely locked up the league title with half a month before the Champions League final, and it also made coach Ancelotti breathe a long breath, because it means that he has more thoughts on the Champions League final at the Stadium of Light in half a month.

Since the beginning of his coaching career, he has won four Champions League titles, the most Champions League titles in football history.

But this achievement is not the end of the road for Carlo Ancelotti, because the manager's coaching career is often very long, and the 55-year-old has at least ten years left in his coaching career, and he wants to take advantage of Elo's form to support the whole team and win one or two more titles, so as to set a record that has never been seen before.

As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and when used in professional football, it can be said that a head coach who doesn't want to be a future is not a good manager!