872 Barcelona's Superiority

Athletic Bilbao played very aggressively throughout the first half, so they were rewarded accordingly, and despite the 66% possession of the ball at home, Valencia was unable to knock on the goal of Ilesos, and the two sides ended the first half 0-0.

"I have to say that Athletic Bilbao, known as the 'Basque Lions', played well throughout the first half, and the running between the players was very tacit and active, according to the statistics of the entire first half, in the forty-five minutes of the first half, all the players of Athletic Bilbao ran more than 63,000 meters, no wonder the offensive firepower led by Elo, David Villa and David Silva failed to knock on their door......"

He Wei, who was in charge of the live commentary of the game, admired the away team Athletic Bilbao.

"But Athletic Bilbao's fitness in the second half is inevitably worrying, after all, the players' fitness is limited, maybe the second half of the more than ten or twenty minutes can still maintain an active run, but what about the last twenty minutes? The drop in fitness will inevitably lead to a lack of concentration in the game, and then it will be Valencia's chance! ”

On the other hand, Real Madrid and Barcelona, who are yet to play a game, are also keeping a close eye on Valencia's league fixtures and will want Athletic Bilbao to pull off points on the road, as only then will they have a chance to close the gap between them.

Especially when Barcelona face Valencia at home in the next round, Guardiola is even praying to God.

Only Valencia dropping points at home will put Ancelotti under a lot of pressure in the league preparations for the Camp Nou, and if this pressure can be successfully transferred to the players, Barcelona will be much easier at home.

At least...... The winning side will be much bigger.

However, Valencia disappointed them in the second half, and the course of the game was not much different from what Horvy had predicted, with Athletic Bilbao relying on aggressive movement to bridge the gap between them, but the players' fitness was still limited, and as their fitness decreased, their defensive focus became less focused than before.

Finally, in the 72nd minute of the game, Iello broke the deadlock by smashing the ball into the goal of Ilesos after Cesar Azpilicueta's cross from the right side.

Two minutes later, Iroh made a series of breakthroughs on the right side of the attack, and in the face of Iraola's defense, he suddenly pulled the ball to the left with his right foot, picked up his left foot and shot a long shot, the football drew a beautiful arc in mid-air, almost sticking to the far post and flying into the goal, goalkeeper Ilesos couldn't reach it.

2:0

Valencia scored two goals in three minutes, and Athletic Bilbao coach Caparos had no choice but to play the last two cards in his hand, including a 92-born youngster Muniain.

The substitution didn't lead to Athletic Bilbao's goal, but it was Iello who used his own individual ability to break through in the 82nd minute to set up David Silva to seal the win.

In the end, Valencia beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at home.

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In the past six rounds of La Liga in the 2010-2011 season, Valencia has won all six games and accumulated 18 points to continue to top the table, and scored 17 goals and conceded only 2 goals, except for two fewer goals than Real Madrid, the number of goals conceded is the least in the entire La Liga, and it is also the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the league in the top five European leagues so far.

Therefore, many local media in Valencia began to advertise that Valencia will win the league title this season without dispute!

When the news reached Madrid and Catalonia, the Spanish media, represented by "Marca", "As", "Le Monde Sports", and "Daily Sport", ridiculed Valencia for not knowing the sky, and threatening to win the league championship in the sixth round of the league, simply not taking the other favorites into account.

It even caused the entire Spanish media to bombard the ignorance of the local media in Valencia, and Valencia as a representative received a lot of irony.

Fortunately, the new international break is approaching, and the attention of the media is diverted to the preparation of the national team for the upcoming Euro 2012 qualifiers.

In addition to David Villa, David Silva, Juan Mata and Albiol being called up to the Spanish national team, Cazorla and Cesar Azpilicueta, who have been doing so well in Valencia, have recently been favored by Spanish national team manager Sergio Bosque.

The Chinese XX Football Association also arranged two warm-up matches for the Chinese team in the group stage of the Asian Cup in Qatar in January next year, playing the United Arab Emirates on October 9 and Jordan on the 12th.

In other words, Valencia have been stripped of most of their players during the international break to play for the national team.

Therefore, coach Ancelotti has a headache, needless to say, the importance of the European Championship qualifiers, and the international friendlies of other continents are equally important, especially Ailo and Wang Xiaolei will fly to the Middle East to meet the Chinese team, a round trip of more than 10,000 kilometers, which invisibly increases the risk of injury for players......

Looking at the busy fixture schedule after the international break put together by his assistant, Ancelotti's head hurts even more.

On October 17, the league will play Barcelona away, on November 20, the third round of the Champions League group will be away to Gilina, on November 24 at home Mallorca, on November 28 the first leg of the Copa del Rey 1/16 finals, on November 31 at home to Zaragoza, on November 4 at home to the fourth round of the Champions League against Zhilina, on November 9 away in the league against Sevilla, three days later it will be the second leg of the Copa del Rey 1/16 finals away, and on November 15 at home Getafe in the home league.

In other words, Valencia will have to stretch from October 17 to November 15 before ending a week of double fixtures.

The continuous and intensive schedule will also increase the probability of injury to the players, and the team's performance will inevitably be affected to a certain extent......

However, in the face of this situation, Ancelotti himself did not have much to do, so he had to take one step at a time.

Of course, the same is true for Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Therefore, this has become Ancelotti's best psychological comfort.

The Chinese team won two warm-up matches in the Middle East, 5:1 UAE and 4:0 Jordan.

Many media in Asia have believed that China will be very likely to win the Asian Cup in Qatar in January next year, because the Chinese team has experienced the baptism of the World Cup quarterfinals, and the strength shown has surpassed the strength of the Asian strong teams.

Especially in the second warm-up match with Jordan in the neutral stadium Dubai, the Chinese team only sent three main players, four of whom were post-90s, but this lineup easily beat Jordan to face the main force, which was more convincing.

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With the international break over, the players are back to their clubs preparing for the upcoming league games......

The Spanish media immediately focused on the upcoming Spanish national derby, with Madrid newspapers Ace and Marca claiming that the league match between Valencia and Barcelona would indirectly give Real Madrid a chance to reach the top.

As long as Valencia don't win away from home, Real Madrid will need to pick up two or more goal sheets away from Malaga to move into the top of the league table.

Therefore, the capital newspaper consciously added chaos to Barcelona's league against Valencia, and the headline of "As" newspaper said: "Barcelona and Valencia have met six times in the league in three seasons, and Barcelona has an absolute advantage with four wins and two draws, but if the record of the battle is counted from the second half of the 2004-2005 season, then the two sides have met eleven times in the league, Valencia has regained the upper hand with five wins, two draws and four losses, and then counting the Copa del Rey, Champions League and other competitions, the historical records of the two sides will be fully inclined to Valencia ......"

"Daily Sport" directly rejected the opinion of "As": "Past results can only represent the results of past matches, it is completely impossible to affect the upcoming league games, Barcelona will definitely beat Valencia at home, because they have gathered the best players on the planet: Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas, Mascherano ...... And Barcelona's Tiki-Taka tactics are also the most advanced tactics in the world, and now Valencia's tactics are still based on Barcelona's pseudo-Tiki-Taka, so what reason does the genuine Barcelona have to lose to Valencia, which only relies on one Chinese player? ”

Immediately, Juan Carlos, a well-known journalist for "World Sports", also supported "Daily Sports" for the first time: "The league victory in two days is destined to belong to Barcelona, why? The reason is very simple, Barcelona is very strong as a whole, Valencia? Hehe...... Relying only on their star players, Valencia have scored a total of 17 goals in six league games, of which leading scorer Ai has contributed 10 goals, accounting for nearly 60 per cent, what does it mean for one person to occupy such a large proportion of goals? If Mascherano, Sergio Busquets, Puyol can keep him under control, then ...... Valencia's attack will be dumb and Barcelona will win at home! ”

At the bottom of the column are Juan Carlos' questions and replies to Mascherano, Busquets and Puyol.

Mascherano said about Ailo's defense: "Barcelona is a great team, but also a strong whole, no one can rely on the individual to surpass the existence of the whole, so it is impossible to win the game at the Camp Nou by relying on Valencia, even if it is difficult to score!" ”

Sergio Busquets also addressed the issue, saying: "Xavier is very good, the mighty Barcelona will beat Valencia at home, and we have changed the difference between us from three points to zero, and I believe that with the deepening of the league, we will be able to get back to the top of the table!" ”

Captain Puyol, who was interviewed at the end, also deeply agreed with Mascherano and Busquets and decided that they would win Valencia at home!