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After their respective Copa del Rey quarter-finals, Barcelona and Valencia both rushed back to their training bases for the 23rd round of the weekend.

It's a game that no one can afford to lose, nine points looks like a lot, but it's actually not safe.

Speaking to reporters after Barcelona's Copa del Rey quarter-final against Zaragoza, Rijkaard expressed his team's confidence in the Mestalla weekend.

"There is no doubt that Barcelona will win this game!"

"What? Defend?? No, no, no! We are great Barcelona and even if we play away we will attack with all our might! ”

'Valencia are not invulnerable in my eyes, their backline is a problem!'

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Rijkaard's speech became the subject of discussion in the Spanish press the next day.

His words received widespread support and attention, especially from the media and fans in Catalonia, and everyone was as happy as the Chinese New Year.

It was as if the weekend was no longer a league event, but a Barcelona championship ceremony.

This approach by Barcelona fans immediately caused dissatisfaction among Valencia fans.

The war of words between the media on both sides has not yet started, and the fans of Valencia and Barcelona have a war of words on the Internet, but fortunately, there is no further development between the two sides.

The official websites of both sides have left various provocative words from the fans of the other side, and there are many fans of both sides in the forum.

The Valencian media began to comment on Rijkaard's previous remarks.

"I really don't know what Rijkaard's brain does? Oh my God, he said Barcelona had to win at the Mestalla? The show is funny, right? Let's not forget that they have already faced us with two defeats in a row, and they have also scored six goals by our 'prince' alone, so such a team must win? Forgive your believers for their ignorance, God! Maybe...... The world is crazy! Crazy flashed to the tongue and was not afraid......"

“…… I believe that this kind of competition must be a defeat for Barcelona, because we have the omnipotent 'prince'! He will lead us to victory! Barcelona? Bullshit! On our home turf they only lose!! ”

The local media in Valencia first made a statement against Barcelona, and the rest became logical, with the Catalan media reacting quickly and a war of words between the two media was on the verge of a war of words.

Valencia's local media praised Elo for stepping on Barcelona, and the Catalan media naturally had to regain the team's confidence from Elo.

At this time, it is natural that Juan Carlos of the "Black Ai Special User" of "World Sports Newspaper" is indispensable, he first suddenly 'broke the news' in public, "Aside from my current identity, everyone thinks that all the players are resting, and the so-called bat 'prince' is doing a job as a trapeze artist and flying over the entire earth, can he ensure that he has sufficient physical fitness for every game in the next game?" Even if Valencia wins this game by taking 10,000 steps back, is it a good result for Valencia to win the game by relying on his performance? ”

“…… By the end of the season, Valencia will taste the consequences of being overly dependent on one player, and then... It's not impossible to lose the title at the end of the season! ”

Many people heard Juan Carlos's remarks and felt that they made a lot of sense.

Indeed, as he said, Iroh did become a trapeze artist during this winter break, so ...... Valencia fans are starting to panic.

However, Valencia coach Flores gave an interview at this time to calm the panicked fans, and he gave his own response to Juan Carlos's remarks: "In short, our goal now is to win the weekend, as for the end of the season, it is still too far away for us, so we only aim for three points, and when we get three, we will open up a 12-point gap with Barcelona." ”

“…… Don't know the significance of a 12-point difference? Then I'll talk to you about science, 12 points equals four wins points, which means that in the next 15 rounds, we only need to win 10 games, then we are the league champion this season! However, with that said, the question becomes, can Barcelona win the next 15 league games? ”

Because the relationship between the two sides is equivalent to leading Barcelona by five games, so only ten games are needed to win.

Flores's words immediately made the local Catalan reporters speechless, not to mention the current Barcelona, even Barcelona during the Dream Team period may not dare to pack the ticket and say that it will win!

On the contrary, Flores's words drew a round of applause from local reporters in Valencia because he was so right.

The managers of both sides joined the war of words in the frenzied atmosphere of this game, and the players of both sides were naturally indispensable.

At present, Ronaldinho, the first star of Barcelona, also talked about the focus battle that began a day later when he was interviewed by reporters, "Now everything is false, everything is based on strength, and it is not who says more exaggerated who is powerful!" ”

Ronaldinho said this sentence to express disdain for what Flores said.

In his mind, strength can be king, mouth? All you can do is talk and eat!

Subsequently, after Marchena learned what Ronaldinho said, he released cruel words-for-tat, "That's right! We have to use our strength to speak, so we firmly believe that it must be us Valencia who will win the game! ”

It didn't take long for Barcelona's Van Bommel van Bommel and Xavi to join the battle of words, followed by Valencia's Vicente and Albelda.

The day before the start of the game, the war of words between the players of both sides tended to intensify.

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However, no matter how wonderful the war of words is, it is impossible to become the protagonist.

Because the competition is the focus of everyone's attention.

Therefore, the pre-match war of words can often only attract the attention of the media who deliberately create the smell of gunpowder, but it is far from being able to surpass the game.

Under the war of words between the two sides, fans are increasingly looking forward to this game.

When the game was approaching, from the morning onwards, the Mestalla Stadium was filled with fans from both sides, as if it was going to be a holiday, wearing the jerseys of their respective teams, some holding banners, some blowing horns, and some singing the team anthem.

Among them, there are also many Chinese students studying in Spain or countries near Spain, and they are relatively easy to recognize.

Although they are all wearing Valencia's No. 22 jersey, which is no different from ordinary Valencia fans, the five-star red flag painted with paint on their faces is particularly dazzling.

The fans of the Chinese students also became a beautiful sight at the Mestalla Stadium before the start of the game.

In addition to the active fans on the outside of the stadium, there are also many media reporters with microphones in hand, who are wandering around and picking up interesting news material.

Among them, the yellow-skinned and black-eyed Chinese journalist is the most active.

As long as they see Chinese students wearing Valencia jerseys and wearing five-star red flags, they will pull them over to take pictures and then interview them.

Of course, all the questions asked were related to Iro.

"Do you have any expectations for Iroh for this fight?"

'Iroh has been in good form in the last few games, hopefully how many goals will he score in this game?'

"Valencia have scored a hat-trick in the last two meetings with Barcelona, will this game be as much as it always looks forward to?"

For these questions, the Chinese students answered more uniformly, "As long as Iroh plays well, it doesn't matter if I win or not, anyway, we came to see Iroh play." ”

The Chinese students' answers really made the reporters from China very speechless.

However, it also indirectly shows the expectations and support of these Chinese students for Ailuo.

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Juan Carlos, who is a reporter for this issue of Le Monde Sport, and his colleagues are also around the stadium catching news footage, and he is a little unappetizing to see most of the Chinese students.

Ever since he hated Iroh, he would feel this way when he saw the Chinese, and the period before the start of this game made him feel this feeling at its peak.

Looking at the Chinese everywhere, he spat at the backs of these people and expressed his dissatisfaction.

With three hours to go, at six o'clock that night, the home fans were allowed to lead the way to set up the home atmosphere.

Valencia fans, led by Joe Pooh, the leader of the 'Batguards', made their way to the Mestalla Stadium, most notably the flag he held aalof.

An hour later, the home fans who set up the home atmosphere had basically done their job.

At this time, the staff at the ticket gate allowed Barcelona fans to enter the stadium.

When they entered, they almost didn't vomit blood.

Not to mention the unfriendly boos that came out, the biggest thing that upset Barcelona fans was the huge poster in the north stand of the Mestalla Stadium.

And the character of the poster is none other than Iro!

If it was just Iro, there would definitely not be such a big reaction.

What upsets them is because of the huge row of subtitles below this poster, "Score a hat-trick, tonight!" We welcome the hat-trick in the Prince's hat-trick against Barcelona! ”

When the home team's players began to warm up an hour before the game, the Mestalla Stadium produced the first **, and the huge cheers made Airo can't help but be full of strength.

Especially the huge poster in the North Stand.

Iroh touched his heartbeat with his right hand, clenched his left hand tightly, and muttered, "Tonight! Hat-trick hat-trick! ”