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When Valencia drew Villarreal, Chinese fans were disappointed and happy for Valencia, although they did not fantasize about the only possible Champions League 1/4 final Chinese derby, but Valencia drew the weakest Villarreal is also very good!

At least this season, Valencia will have no problem reaching the last four of the Champions League.

In fact, when Iello drew the lot, he really wanted to draw Barcelona.

After thinking about it, after all, they are all in the bottom half, isn't the end of the 1/4 finals the semi-finals meeting Barcelona?

I muttered in my heart: Let you go first!

Valencia host the Copa del Rey semi-finals in midweek against Sevilla, who are currently on a winning leg in the UEFA Cup.

Compared to Valencia's 3-0 home win over Manchester United in midweek, Sevilla's second leg in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup last Thursday was particularly thrilling.

The game was played by both sides in 180 minutes of legal time, the aggregate score stood at 2:2, and Sevilla suffered a fatal blow when entering extra time, not long after the start of extra time, Alves turned two yellows and one red because of a foul in the penalty area, and also gave the opponent a penalty, so that the team fell into the abyss.

It's just that what fans didn't expect was that Sevilla would suddenly explode in the second half of extra time, scoring two goals in a row and magically advancing to the quarterfinals.

Sevilla's fitness was an issue compared to Valencia's 90-minute resolution and they also played a La Liga game at the weekend, and as Valencia were held to a draw away at Racing Santander, they were also held to a draw away by Mallorca, with neither side in the best form.

In addition to the Copa del Rey semi-final in midweek, Valencia will also host Real Madrid at the weekend, and although Real Madrid's record this season has been very dissatisfactory and they are still struggling to retain a Champions League spot, no team dares to take it lightly!

As the saying goes, an emaciated camel is bigger than a horse.

Although Valencia were a bit flustered after beating Barcelona twice, they also realised that this game should not be taken lightly, otherwise it would be a great opportunity for Barcelona to close the gap!

Now Flores is a bit tangled, the Copa del Rey doesn't want to give up, but the league can't be ignored either, on the one hand, at home to Real Madrid at the weekend, and on the other hand, the domestic cup competition with far-reaching influence.

The last time Valencia won the Copa del Rey was in 1999, when they still had superstars like Mendieta.

In the past, Valencia has reached another peak moment, so Flores does not want to give up this trophy even more, and no one will dislike too many honors!

So before the Copa del Rey semi-final against Sevilla, the day after the league match with Racing Santander, Flores called the team's captain Canizares, vice-captain Albelda and third captain Baraja and Airo to his office for a small meeting.

The final result is that the Copa del Rey cannot be abandoned, and neither can the match against Real Madrid!

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In the Copa del Rey semi-final in midweek, Sevilla could not afford to lose, but they did not expect Valencia to play their main role at home, so they were caught off guard.

Valencia's record at home this season is very good, and Sevilla still have a little bit to keep in this game, and it is normal for them to be swept by the home team.

Iello scored a hat-trick of assists, while David Villa and substitute last season's main centre-forward Ferrer both scored twice to beat Sevilla 4-1 at home to get off to a good start to the weekend's national derby.

The Catalan press was sour to see Valencia 11 points clear of Barcelona in the league and also win the Copa del Rey in midweek.

Therefore, after the first leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals, "World Sports News" deliberately provoked the anger between Real Madrid and Valencia, "Real Madrid's past three matches with Valencia have not tasted victory, in the first leg of the national derby this season, Real Madrid conceded three goals at their home stadium, including a Chinese boy who scored three goals alone and scored a hat trick, which is a great shame for Real Madrid, which has the title of "the best team of the twentieth century"! In the last two games, Casillas has picked up the ball from his own goal six times in a row against the Chinese boys......"

When the "World Sports Newspaper" was published, Casillas was angry, his face felt hot, and now Raul and Guti in the Real Madrid team are no longer young, and in the internal selection, he himself is the best candidate for the next captain, there is no one!

In this top Spanish team, there are always their own selection rules, and the captain must be of Spanish nationality, so as Raul and Guti are getting older, Casillas is the best candidate for the captain of Real Madrid!

And Casillas, who has the position of future Real Madrid captain, has conceded six goals in the past two games against Valencia, which is a completely unrelenting memory, and this time the report of "World Sports" has completely uncovered his scars, so he has made up his mind, no matter what, this game must not concede again!

Otherwise, chop your hands!!

Belch...... Thinking of this, Casillas glanced at his hands, and after a while, he sighed, no longer having the pride of a strong man who was gone and never returned.

However, in terms of momentum, it must not lag behind, so in an exclusive interview with the "As" newspaper, Casillas said firmly, "No surprise, it must be the great Real Madrid who won this game, eh?" Feel relieved! I'm going to keep a clean sheet against that Chinese kid!! Unbelief? Then we'll see......"

After the interview, Casillas pouted and glared at the reporter of the "As" newspaper who was doing the interview, as if to say: Are you a real Madrid newspaper or a lackey of Valencia?

If this journalist could understand Casillas, he would have been wronged loudly: You say that every time you say clean sheets, but what game did you not concede three goals?

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The day before the game, the young Sergio Ramos and Diogo, who had suffered a lot of losses from Aelo, also started firing at Valencia, hoping to distract the home team ahead of this game!

Real Madrid, who were still holding Valencia down last season, are struggling to retain their Champions League place this season, and this game will be crucial for them, as rivals Osasuna and Sevilla have been in good form of late, and have achieved good results in the league, only they are winless in the league for three games!

Real Madrid are now more than 20 points clear of Valencia at the top of the table, and it is almost impossible to come back from behind to win the title this season.

One of them is that in the middle of this season, Real Madrid coach Luxemberg suddenly stepped down, and the team was disheartened and unable to gather its due combat effectiveness, and the second is that the superstars in the team have gradually aged, and even the team's goalscorers Raul and Ronaldo have reached their prime, and their competitive state has long been inferior to the courage of the year.

So in the end, after thinking about it, I can only use this little trick to distract the home team, even if I can't win, at least it's okay to draw, right?

You must know that Barcelona was beaten by Valencia, and Real Madrid only drew and lost, at least on the bright side, it is much better than the sworn enemy Barcelona.

What they didn't expect was that Valencia wasn't paying attention to anything other than the football stadium at the moment.

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The Mestalla Stadium against Real Madrid was packed, but the atmosphere of the game was significantly less than when they hosted Barcelona in the 23rd round, because in their eyes, Real Madrid, who are fourth in the league this season, simply do not deserve to be their opponents.

The home fans in the stands did not even boo once after the Real Madrid players entered.

From start to finish, there was a tsunami of cheers at the home team's players.

The home side's players did not disappoint the fans either, despite some changes to the squad, with Vicente, Albelda and David Villa all rotated and replaced by Angullo, Rufitte and Ferrer respectively.

Iroh has now become a regular for Valencia, unless there are some physical reasons, or they will not be given a break before the rematch.

Besides, now Iro's body is as strong as a bull, and it is not so easy to get injured, so Flores put Iroh in the starting lineup, on the one hand, because Iroh is in excellent shape, and on the other hand, it is on the court as a deterrent.

Because of Elo's excellent form this season, averaging more than one goal per game, many teams dare not invest too many offensive troops when playing against Valencia.

His individual combat ability is too strong, and the strong ones can barely cope with at least two or three guards of the opponent.

Carlo, the acting head coach of the away Real Madrid, also does not have much first-team coaching experience, and he is very afraid of this team that can beat Barcelona home and away, so Real Madrid's squad in this game is biased towards defense.

There is no trace of Real Madrid's noble traditions.

In addition to the four defenders, the midfield is also equipped with two central midfielders, Graveson and Diogo, which means that Real Madrid has invested seven men in the defense of goalkeeper Casillas, and only Zidane, Baptista, Raul and Cassano are left in the front.

Actually, where is this just bias? It's just completely biased!

Baptista is more inclined to play the ball and assist in the defence, so there are only three players who are really involved in the attack.

In other words, Real Madrid's attack needs to rely on these three people to complete, but ...... Valencia's midfield is not weak!

When the commentators from various countries got Real Madrid's starting lineup, they were all subconsciously stunned.

This...... Or Real Madrid?

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