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In his post-match interview, Thuram took the initiative to admit his mistake and should not have underestimated Ailo before the game, until now he knows why Zidane, who retired after the World Cup, has been praising Airo.

Speed, unrivalled skill, cool head, and most importantly, Elo's hard work are all necessary to become a superstar, and these are all reflected in a player, and there is no reason why he should not be successful.

Of course, Thuram didn't leak this to the media.

But that didn't stop the media from praising Iroh after the game.

Football matches are like this, if you win, the media will lick your toes with their mouths, but if you lose, then you will be miserable, no matter how humble you are next, you will be trampled on worthless.

And now Iroh is the winner, and Barcelona is the loser.

So...... The day after the match, the media throughout Spain were singing the praises of Valencia's victory.

Except, of course, a handful of media in Catalonia.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend, and this is most vividly reflected in the newspapers "Marca" and "As".

"Before the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup before the start of the new season, the two teams did not arrange a warm-up match for themselves before the battle, so neither side knew the depth of the other, so this game at Camp Nou was a stage of mutual testing, but what I didn't expect was that Ai actually seized the time when Barcelona adapted to the new season, and beat Thuram, who played all seven games for France this summer, and put the ball into the goal......"

“…… It is worth mentioning that Valencia's second goal to seal the win was also Ai broke through Oleg and Thuram and burst into the penalty area to pass back to his teammates, and the new German national team captain Ballack met the ball and shot angrily to extend the lead on the field, this goal also allowed Ballack to find his self-confidence in La Liga, making him more comfortable in the next games, and his partner Albelda completely controlled the rhythm of the field. ”

Headlines from the newspaper Marca.

The report of "As" newspaper is similar, but one thing has caught Rijkaard's attention, "The top scorer in La Liga in the 05-06 season has quickly found his form before the start of this season's league after the crazy outburst last season, and he has also become more mature, the team's second goal is his selfless table, which was passed to Ballack in a better position when he is fully capable of hitting the goal, so this season's Valencia is more worthy of everyone's expectations......"

The day after the end of the game, "World Sports News", as the mouthpiece of Barcelona, naturally stood up for the team to explain for the first time, "As we all know, Barcelona is a world-class giant, and there are naturally many international players in the team, and these international players have participated in the World Cup held in Germany this summer, and the FIFA virus is naturally much stricter than Valencia, so it is relatively normal for the state to be sluggish in this game......

“…… It is believed that in the second leg of this year's Spanish Super Pole Championship, Barcelona will definitely find the form of the game and beat the home team Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium to win the first title of the new season. ”

Le Monde Sport has a lot of confidence in Barcelona, and so do all Barcelona fans, two goals at home should be a surprise for Barcelona because they are European champions!

How could you lose to the Spanish league champions?

Even the Barcelona players thought so, and before the game, Barcelona captain Puyol and vice-captain Xavi also expressed their confidence in the second leg.

But the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup at the Mestalla Stadium three days later left them speechless, as Valencia, led by Iello and Ballack, handed Barcelona a 3-0 at home to a confident second-leg host

Not only have fans questioned Barcelona's results in the new season, but even the head coach Rijkaard, who led the team to the Champions League title last season, was hinted by the team's top management that if the team fails to adjust to the best in the next game, then Barcelona will not hesitate to pay a lot of termination money to terminate him.

Rijkaard smiled wryly and shook his head, this is professional football!

Especially in such a world-class team, any mistake can lead to a catastrophe.

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“…… Victim of the FIFA virus. ”

That's how Europe's mainstream media describe Barcelona.

But most of the Spanish media don't think so, you must know that half of the players in this Valencia team are Spanish internationals, is it that Barcelona's players are internationals, so Valencia's is not?

"As" newspaper looks at this issue from a more neutral point of view, "The end of each World Cup will always cause panic among the big teams, injuries, poor form, will always limit the record of the big teams in the league, because the big teams often have the most international players in the team, and the Super Cup that started before the season is obviously clear that Valencia is in better shape, but ...... On the other hand, Valencia values this kind of game more than Barcelona because ......"

"As" also listed a lot of numbers in the middle, "The running range of Valencia players is nearly 15,000 kilometers more than that of Barcelona players, and the ten players except the goalkeeper have run 1,500 meters more than each player in Barcelona, don't underestimate these 1,500 meters, because the positive running can often make more opportunities, as can be seen from Valencia's first goal and third goal in the second leg of the game......

"Last season's UEFA Champions League title has left many players in the squad out of focus, because most of the players in the squad have already won La Liga and UEFA Champions League, so to speak, there is nothing else to ask for." ”

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The comments ahead of the new La Liga season have little to do with Valencia, who are actively preparing for their first league game at home in a week's time.

But before that, three days after Valencia won the Spanish Super Cup, manager Flores flew to Monaco with captains Canizares, Elo and Albelda.

Because the draw ceremony for the group stage of the Champions League for the new season and the annual award ceremony for the Champions League last season are about to begin.

And the players who accompanied Flores to Monaco were all hopeful of winning last season's best.

As last season's top scorer in the Champions League and the Champions League single-season goalscorer, Iello is naturally a strong contender for the best striker and best player.

However, in the top of the most valuable player, it is slightly inferior to Ronaldinho, who led the team to the championship.

Canizares will be hoping for the best goalkeeper and Albelda will be hoping for the best midfielder, and of course, Flores will be a contender for the best manager by leading the team to the last four of the Champions League in his first season in charge of Valencia.

At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the draw for the group stage of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League was held at the Grimaldi Convention and Cultural Center in Monaco.

This is the first time Iello has come to the Grimaldi Convention and Cultural Center in Monaco, but this time there are many acquaintances who came to the scene, not to mention the players of Barcelona and Real Madrid, Arsenal's captain Thierry Henry is counted as one, and Aimar, who transferred to Chelsea, is also counted as one......

So when he entered the conference and cultural center, many people greeted him.

Out of politeness, Iroh had to respond.

When he responded to all his acquaintances, he wasn't done yet, as Europe's mainstream media also focused on him, and he was in contention for last season's Champions League Most Valuable Player.

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Valencia's Champions League winners in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005, combined with last season's Champions League semi-finals, have made them a first-tier team.

Seeded alongside Valencia are last season's champions Barcelona, as well as six other top-six teams: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United.

At five o'clock, the draw ceremony officially began.

Defending champions Barcelona were drawn in Group A, while Aillo's Valencia were drawn in Group D.

Interestingly, when the team in the second tier of Group A was drawn, the director in charge of switching the camera gave the camera to Chelsea's head coach Jose Mourinho, and the team that was finally drawn to the same group as Barcelona was Barcelona's opponent in the 1/8 finals - Chelsea.

Iro, who was sitting to the right of Captain Canizares, chuckled, if it was such a coincidence, he really didn't believe it.

Hype and hatred have always been common tactics for UEFA to expand its influence in the Champions League.

The team drawn in the second pot of Group D is Roma.

After seeing the opponent, head coach Flores subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, but Airo shook his head, the opponent was a little worse......

Later, after Real Madrid's Group E was drawn to Lyon, there was another uproar on the scene, which was too coincidental......

After that, the award was given to last season's best goalkeeper, and the three candidates for the best goalkeeper were Juventus' Gianluigi Buffon, Valencia's Canizares and Arsenal's Lehmann.

In the end, Lehmann won the award by conceding only two goals in the knockout round.

The draw ceremony continued.

There was nothing surprising about the draw all the way to the second pot of Group H, but after drawing the team from the third pot, ** came.

Gao Lin's Werder Bremen drew Group A, so the Chinese sports media who were destined to be present mourned.

There was nothing particularly exciting in the rest of the draw ceremony, until the draw was nearing the end of the award for the best striker.

Because Iello broke the long-standing single-season scoring record with 16 Champions League goals, everyone's attention was on him because there was no suspense.

But then, when UEFA CEO Lars Crist Olsen, who was the guest of honor, opened the sealed card, he was stunned at first, and then reluctantly turned the card in his hand over.

The name on it is not Iroh, but ...... Eto'o!