Chapter 122: Seventeenth League Goal

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"With the referee's whistle blowing twice, the game is over! Valencia beat CSKA Moscow 3-0 at home, congratulations to Valencia! Congratulations on reaching the final of this season's UEFA Cup! ”

"It's over! It's over!! Congratulations to Valencia for reaching the final! And their final opponent will be decided at this time tomorrow, will it be hosts Sporting Lisbon or AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie? No matter who the opponent is, the whole of Spain will cheer for Valencia! Cheer for our 'lone seed' Valencia tonight! ”

"It's game over! Ailo will set another record, he will become the first Chinese player to reach the final of the UEFA Cup! Congratulations!! The final will be played at 2:45 a.m. on the 19th of next month at the Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon! Will he be the first Chinese player to lift the trophy? We'll see—"

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When the full-time whistle blew, the Valencia players and fans were ecstatic, while the visiting CSKA Moscow players were devastated and the young captain Akinfeev even collapsed on the turf in front of his goal and sobbed quietly, with the occasional tear streaming from between his fingers.

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Valencia are in this season's UEFA Cup final and this night is destined to be sleepless.

The next day, the media throughout Spain sang the praises of Valencia's achievement.

That evening, Valencia's final opponent was also out, but it was a very difficult opponent for them, but it was not as strong as they were, but they had the advantage of being at home - Sporting Lisbon.

It is worth mentioning that Sporting Lisbon won this semi-final, and qualifying for the final can be considered a magic script, AZ Alkmaar remain unbeaten at home in this season's UEFA Cup, just six minutes into the opening period, Moroccan striker Sektioyi crossed from the bottom, Danish striker Serrez Pérez headed home not far in front of goal, Alkmaar equalized the aggregate score to 2-2, and had the advantage of away goals. In first-half stoppage time, Brazilian defender Polgar volleyed with a right foot in the penalty area, and compatriot Leedson made up for it in front of the goal, making the Athletic team 3-2 on aggregate and regaining the initiative to qualify.

It started to rain in the second half, and in the 78th minute, two substitute strikers temporarily saved AZ Alkmaar, with Moroccan's Elkatabi hitting the goalkeeper and Belgian striker Juy Segens scoring from the empty net to drag the game into an extended period. In the 109th minute, AZ Alkmaar took the ball from the right side, and defender Jalense scored with a half-volley, the overall score was 4-3, and Sporting Lisbon was on the verge of going out, but in the second minute of stoppage time, Sporting Lisbon took a corner kick, and defender Miguel Garcia nodded and scored! AZ Alkmaar "died suddenly".

In this way, Sporting Lisbon miraculously reached the final.

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The opponent in the final came out, and Valencia's coaching staff also began to work together, because Ranieri will continue to be banned, so he will still not appear on the final venue, in order to make Benetti more suitable for the role of head coach, the two decided to divide and work together, as long as there is a game for Sporting Lisbon, he will travel to Portugal to watch the tactical play of the Sporting Lisbon team, changes, and observe the state of the players.

There are still three rounds left in the league, there is still an eight-point gap between Real Madrid, the second place in the league, and the club has strategically abandoned the league, in order to adjust the team's state, in the last three rounds, Valencia will send a large number of substitutes, or promote several young players from the youth team to play, so that they can feel the atmosphere of the professional league in advance.

Ielloh's friends in the youth team, Pissen and Andy, have been promoted to the first team again, and it is estimated that this time they will not sit on the bench and watch the full three games like the previous team suffered injuries, as long as they are willing to work hard in training, I believe Benetti will give them a chance at that time.

In order to celebrate the promotion of the first team, Andy and Pisson also specially invited a few 'big guys' of the first team, of course, these big guys are just Arrow's 'sworn brothers', they uphold the dating rules that a brother's friend is their friend, and they even patted their chests at the wine table, as long as they have the opportunity to play, they will do their best to help him.

The speeches of several 'big guys' were so excited that the two friends were excited, and when they raised the wine glasses on the table, they kept drinking, and everyone laughed and hugged each other.

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After two days of intense coverage, the newspapers have also quieted down, and as the league draws to the end of the season, the La Liga title will be in contention, with current leaders Barcelona six points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, and in the final three rounds, they will be crowned champions after a six-year absence.

The first game of the weekend is Sevilla's home game against Real Madrid, so all the focus is on this game, if Real Madrid lose this game, then the subsequent Levante home game against Barcelona will be meaningless, and the latter will go straight to the league title.

It is said that the Spanish Football Federation has delivered the trophy to the town of Levante, a clone of the champions, in the Valencia region, which is of course just a rumor, but it has been upset by Real Madrid's hierarchy and fans, who feel that it is disrespectful to them.

At eight o'clock in the evening of April 28, the 36th round of the Spanish Football League first match, Real Madrid drew 2-2 with Sevilla away, Ramos took the lead in scoring, but captain Navarro's own goal helped Real Madrid equalize, Zidane's world wave long-range shot overtook the score, and finally Baptista's goal finally equalized the score, and Real Madrid's seven-game winning streak was also terminated.

"Frank, Real Madrid draw !!"

As soon as the referee blew the whistle for Levante's home match against Barcelona, Rijkaard's assistant received the score from another field, and immediately ran to the sidelines excitedly, excitedly pulled Rijkaard's sleeve, and said.

Although the league championship is expected, it is inevitable that when it is really closer, it will inevitably become excited.

Soon, the Barcelona players on the field also received the news, and their morale immediately rose, as long as they don't lose this game, they will win the league championship two rounds in advance!

Thinking of the upcoming league title, Barcelona pressed more and more, and simply pressed the home team Levante in their own half to beat it, but the effect was not good, but the home team was sneak attack in the 36th minute to take the lead.

Rijkaard thought that the duck in his mouth was about to fly, and he panicked at the time, and if he won the championship in a draw, he couldn't win the championship, so he couldn't be laughed at by the whole of Europe? Hurriedly issued a new number to strengthen the attack, but unfortunately did not equalize the score by the end of the first half.

In the second half, Samuel Eto'o equalised for Barcelona in the 60th minute.

In the end, Barcelona also relied on Eto'o's goal to win the league title in the 04-05 season.

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At 8 p.m. on April 28, Valencia also welcomed their opponents, to be specific, it should be their opponents who welcomed the challenge of Valencia.

Valencia travels to face Madrid satellite side Getafe.

The maximum capacity of the Alfonso Pérez Stadium also did not exceed 15,000, making it arguably one of the smallest football stadiums in the entire La Liga.

In this game, Valencia almost released a new starting lineup, the goalkeeper used the second goalkeeper Andrés Palop, and there were also two new faces in the back line, Manuel Ruz of the youth team played right-back, Portuguese Canella played left-back, the central defenders were Moretti and Marchena, Ayala and Navarro were rested, the three central midfielders were Albiol, Baraja and Angulo, and the three forwards were Ailo, Ferrer and Aimar.

Getafe's squad can only be regarded as a semi-main lineup, and they also intend to train more newcomers in the final three rounds of the game, having no worries about relegation this season.

At the start of the game in the fifth minute, the visiting team Valencia broke through from the left side to the edge of the penalty area by Ailo, and then suddenly fired a cold shot through the door of Getafe.

The hosts seemed to be energized by Elo's goal, and just three minutes later, a corner kick from Getafe was levelled by striker Dorado.

1:1

Five minutes later, 14 minutes later, Dorado received the ball on the left flank and easily beat Manuel Ruz, who was making his first first appearance for the first team of the season, burst into the box and fired a shot straight into the far corner of the goal, and the ball rolled under Andrés Palop's arm into the far corner of the goal, and the home team took the lead!

2:1

However, they were not happy for long, and in the 26th minute, Iello broke through from the left touchline all the way to the box, and just as he was about to pass the ball to the unmarked Ferrer, he was tripped by central defender Calestini, and the referee imposed a penalty on the home team, awarding Valencia a penalty, which Aimar converted to equalis

2:2

With less than half an hour to play, the score was 2-2, and the cheers of the fans in the stands continued one after another, showing no signs of stopping, and it is commendable that the boos have not been heard from the beginning to the present. Of course, the biggest thing to do is that this game is irrelevant, and whether you win or lose it can't shake the current league standings of the two teams.

After playing the first 30 minutes with a high goal rate, the two sides tacitly fought in the midfield to store physical energy, so at the end of the first half, the score was still 2-2.

In the second half, Aimar received a long diagonal pass from Angulo on the right side, and after a slight adjustment, he crossed directly, and the center Ferrer nodded the ball back, and the middle followed by Ailo's header relay, and pushed the ball into the upper right corner of the goal, and exceeded the score again.

2:3

"Wonder Boy hasn't stopped scoring goals, this is his 17th league goal of the season, it's incredible! This is his eleventh league game, how long will he go crazy?? ”

In the 60th minute, Valencia made a change, and Vicente came off in place of goal-scorer Elo.

When Iello came off the pitch, even the fans of the home team Getafe applauded him.

Vicente took advantage of his speed on the left flank to break through to the bottom line and suddenly put the ball in, Calestini rushed to make up for it, Vicente crossed directly, Ferrer easily pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal, and at the same time, it was also his tenth league goal of the season.

2:4

Just when everyone thought that the game would end with this scoreline, Getafe suddenly came out of nowhere, chasing two goals in a row in the five minutes before the end of the game, and the away team Valencia was stunned.

In the end, the game was played with a super-large score of 4 to 4.