Valencia struggled to draw 2-2 at home to Espanyol, which also gave Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two teams who had been eliminated from the Champions League, hope of a comeback to win the league title.

They also won the next day in the league against Deportivo La Coruna and Celta Vigo respectively.

As a result, second-placed Barcelona are just 16 points off top-placed Valencia, while third-placed Real Madrid are 17 points off the top, and with 11 rounds of league remaining, they both believe that a single thing is possible.

Valencia will be distracted from the quarter-finals of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey in Spain, while Barcelona and Real Madrid have no worries about this aspect of the competition, they just need to focus on the league wholeheartedly.

Compared to Valencia, they are much more relaxed!

In order to get Valencia to put more effort into the Champions League, "Le Monde Sport" put a hat on Valencia for the first time, and the headline of the day became the headline of the day with the headline of 'Fight for La Liga glory'.

"Unfortunately, in this season's UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals, Barcelona and Real Madrid were eliminated by Liverpool and Bayern Munich one after another, so the La Liga team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League is only Valencia alone, so they should shoulder the dignity of the La Liga team at this time, and they want to use their strength to tell everyone that Valencia is a strong contender for the Champions League title this season! Because they have the main players of the national teams, David Villa and David Silva are in form, Ballack, Albelda, Baraja are experienced and can control the game very well, and most importantly, they have Ai who is a goal-scoring player, which also makes their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals of the Champions League greatly increased......"

At the same time, the newspaper Marca also has a related report.

"Ahead of the first leg of the quarter-finals of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League, which will be re-ignited in midweek, Valencia have been in full swing in the league, not fielding their main players at home, but with a small number of main players leading the substitutes, so this trip to Stamford Bridge will be very beneficial for them, with a whopping 16 points ahead of second-placed Barcelona in the league, they can fully shift their focus to the Champions League..."

When the die-hard Valencia fans saw the rewards, they were in a good mood.

But Flores didn't lose his way at this point.

While Spain's mainstream media were wearing a top hat for Valencia, Flores was studying the tactics of the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Stamford Bridge in midweek with his assistant Paulo.

***

Similarly, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who has just finished the 31st round of Premier League clashes with Wadford, is studying the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Stamford Bridge in midweek with his assistant Villas-Boas.

Mourinho habitually frowned, pursed his mouth, supported his head with his left hand, and held a water-based pen in his right hand to draw circles around the names written in his notebook.

Villas-Boas did not disturb Mourinho's contemplation, but continued his own work, analyzing the opponent's technical and tactical play, and his partner in the past few years has made him familiar with Mourinho's habits, because this time the opponent is not an ordinary team, it is the leader of La Liga, and it is also the most attacking team in the top five European leagues.

As Mourinho's number one assistant, he has a very busy job, but this time, for him, it is not busy, because the opponent of this match has long been prepared, but... What keeps him busy is how to limit Valencia's strongest point of attack.

In front of him was a very detailed list of numbers.

Valencia No.9's detailed statistics for the season are 43 goals in 27 league games, 15 goals in 8 Champions League games and 5 goals in 4 Copa del Rey games.

Below you will also find the number of dribbles, breakaways, shots on goal and shot percentage, among other things.

Looking at this detailed list of numbers, Boasna felt a burst of shock, where is this a winger's number jù? It's a super striker!

At this moment, Mourinho came back from his musings and quickly took a quick look at all of Valencia's goals this season, and then went back and forth.

Mourinho's movements naturally alarmed Villas-Boas, so he turned his head to look at Mourinho.

Mourinho's expression was not as strict as before, on the contrary, there was a hint of a strategizing smile, seeing this, Boas's eyes lit up, and asked, "Have you thought of a way to deal with Ai?" ”

"Well, you can come and have a look, too." Mourinho nodded.

Villas-Boas was accustomed to Mourinho's personality and was not surprised, but got up from his chair and sat next to Mourinho to revisit Valencia's goal highlights this season.

However, it is better to describe Valencia's goal highlights as Aillo's goal highlights, because 70% of the video highlights have Ailo's footage.

After reading it all, Mourinho turned to Boas and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”

Villas-Boas shook his head, because he had watched the video countless times and found nothing, if anything, it was that Valencia's goal relied too much on Elo.

However, these are obviously not what Mourinho wants to ask, because anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

"Then watch it twice more......"

Twice later, Mourinho asked Boas, but Boas was still shaking his head.

"Try to see how he scores......"

Mourinho reminded him.

When Boas saw the fourth time, his eyes lit up and he looked at Mourinho excitedly, "Jose, what are you talking about...... He has an uneven score on his left and right feet, only with his right foot? ”

Mourinho nodded in satisfaction and showed a foolish and teachable expression.

"I see, give me a day, oh no, give me half a day, and I'll definitely give you a detailed tactical report!" Boas turned out to be a workaholic, and after understanding the weaknesses of his opponents, he immediately started a new job.

***

On the afternoon of the 3rd, the whole Valencia team took a flight to London.

As usual, there are always reporters when you arrive in an opposition, and this one was no exception, as they were surrounded by hordes of reporters as soon as they arrived at London Heathrow International Airport, when the players showed up at the exit with their suitcases in tow.

As the team's top scorer, Iroh naturally became the most fragrant and sweet in the eyes of reporters.

For the enthusiasm of the media reporters, Iroh did not refuse, but naturally accepted the interview, and at the same time expressed his ambition when answering, "We came to London to take away a victory!" ”

England's journalists have always been arrogant, and although the national team's results are not very good, the Premier League is doing well, and under the crazy self-absorption of the developed British media, the Premier League is currently the best league in Europe.

This season's Champions League quarter-finals have three teams from the Premier League as evidenced by this, while La Liga, which threatens the Premier League's European league-one, has only one team in the Champions League quarter-finals this season, which also gives their vanity the greatest satisfaction.

So in the face of Iello's ambitions, the Guardian reporter questioned himself, "Chelsea have conceded the fewest goals in the Champions League this season, do you think you can break down the Chelsea defence?" ”

"Why not?"

Iroh smiled and shrugged.

Iello's answer gave the English reporters a sudden feeling that I was speechless if it made sense.

The Spanish journalist was very pleased with Iello's answer, because his understatement hit the arrogant English press.

With the rise of the Premier League, the vanity of the English media has been most satisfied, so they usually look like Lao Tzu is the best in the world, and Iroh's answer is undoubtedly a resounding slap in the face to them.

It feels so cool!

So, the reporter of "As" stepped forward and asked, "Can you tell us about your goals in the Champions League?" ”

The Spanish media, who are familiar with him, don't have to guess the answer to Elo's target, and he just makes the English media unhappy by asking this question.

"Target?" Iroh looked at the reporter of "As" with idiotic eyes, "That's naturally the champion of the Champions League!" ”

Suddenly, the English media present were very unhappy with Iroh's answer!

Three of the teams that have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season are from the Premier League, okay? Dare to say the declaration of winning the championship on the soil of England, isn't this looking for death?

So these English media have labeled Iello - megalomania!

But these understatement answers of Ailuo made a good example to Wang Xiaolei not far behind him, he clenched his fists, as long as he had the opportunity, he would seize the opportunity he deserved and become a famous star like Ai Ge! Wherever you go, it's going to be a sensation, just like it is now.

***

The next day, Iello made headlines in England's major newspapers.

"Since Jose Mourinho moved to Chelsea, the Blue Lions have become a new force that can compete with traditional giants such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, and the team's style of play has become more and more mature, and the solidity of the back line has made them the team that conceded the fewest goals in the 2006-2007 season, whether it is in the Premier League or the Champions League, but it is such a reassuring team that has been humiliated by Chinese players from the football desert. Not only did he say he was going to get a win at Stamford Bridge, but he also threatened to win the Champions League this season, so let the Spanish team try their hand at the pace of our world's number one league! ”

Headlines from The Guardian.

Interestingly, there are also many detailed figures of goals and mistakes conceded by Valencia this season, which are used to remind Chelsea that the arrogant Airo can try his hand at the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.

But while The Guardian was selling well on the streets of London, England, Iroh was still working out in the gym with the team of people at the hotel where he was staying.

For him, winning the Champions League is more important than anything else!

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