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The 11th round of La Liga at the Love Song Stadium at the weekend was packed.

Compared with Villarreal's line-up, Valencia's personnel changes for this game were a bit big, with the two full-backs replaced by Miguel and the 40-year-old veteran Carboni respectively.

At the same time, this match was also the first appearance of the season for veteran Carboni.

Albelda and Iroh in midfield were rested and replaced by Rufitt and Angulo respectively.

And the match ended up being 1:1, and Alvarez and Senna, who vowed to control Ello in front of reporters before the game, failed to fulfill their promises.

Because Villarreal, who played at home, once led for nearly 80 minutes, and it was not until the 85th minute of the game that Iello came on as a substitute.

Flores' original intention was for Ilo to use the last bit of time to stay in shape for the game and then be in a very good shape for the back-to-back Champions League games next week.

But what I didn't expect was that this substitution was immediate, in other words, the substitution was like a knife change, and the cooperation of Ailo and David Villa, who replaced Angulo, made the home fans can't help but cheer.

Various consecutive non-stop two-over-one-pass cuts on the edge of the Villarreal penalty area.

It finally paid off in the 89th minute, with a series of wall-to-wall links at the edge of the box, David Villa sent the ball into the box, and Iroh suddenly accelerated into the box and scored before Alvarez's defence.

At the same time, Iello also doubled his lead in the scorers chart with 14 league goals.

After this round of matches, many La Liga media outlets have noticed a strange phenomenon.

That's -- the dark horse is in charge!

Valencia has 11 rounds, eight wins, two draws and one loss to accumulate 26 points, while Osasuna is in second place! That's a big upset! And the third place is not Real Madrid and Barcelona, but Celta!

Barcelona and Real Madrid, who won this round, are only ranked fourth and fifth.

You must know that there are five more rounds, and La Liga will enter the winter break, and this season's La Liga is too surprising!

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Despite the draw away at Villarreal, manager Flores was not unhappy with the draw, and the draw was already in place as his attention was already on the group stage of the Champions League fourth round at home to Porto in midweek.

It's a matter of the team's income for the whole season, and it has to be treated with caution!

After this league game, Flores quickly shifted his focus to the fourth round of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

According to the current group shape, as long as Valencia does not lose this game, the remaining two rounds of the group stage will be lost, and Porto will win all of them, and they will also advance to the lead of both sides.

Thinking of this, the young coach Flores seems to be like Jose Mourinho, who led Porto to win the UEFA Champions League championship as a dark horse in the 03-04 season, and then went to the pinnacle of his life with a salary increase!

Every time this time comes, Flores always has a little excitement in her heart!

Therefore, in this match at the Mestalla Stadium, Valencia prepared relatively easily, and was not as nervous as before the third round of matches.

Except, of course, for the first time in the Champions League, with the exception of Arlo and David Villa.

The two worked hard as if the next game was a life-and-death battle.

Assistant coach Paul said to Flores with relief, "I can't imagine that Ai and David are still working so hard... Haha"

Flores smiled and nodded, "Otherwise, we wouldn't have lost just one game this season, would we?" ”

"Haha...... Yes! ”

The two talked and laughed very happily, and neither noticed the mentality of the other players in the team.

It's no wonder that Valencia has not had any setbacks since the start of the new season, and successive victories over Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou and the Bernabeu have given them the illusion that they are the number one in the world except for God.

Even veterans like Albelda and Baraja are a bit breezy with their experience.

So in an interview, the team's vice-captain Albelda said in a very high-profile manner when talking about the fourth round of the Champions League, "It will be Valencia who will win this game without surprise, why? Because we are Valencia! ”

And head coach Flores also said in an interview with reporters, "Since we have won three consecutive wins in the group stage, why not continue to win? ”

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As a result, the headlines that Valencia were scheduled to win the fourth round of the Champions League group appeared in the newsstands of Spain and Portugal with lightning speed.

Among them, the Spanish newspaper "Marca", which appeared on the streets of Portugal, said, "The fourth round of the UEFA Champions League is about to begin, Valencia, who is playing at home in this game, is full of confidence in the result of this game, and coach Flores and the team's vice-captain Albelda expressed their ...... for the victory of this game very confidently in an interview with this reporter"

Portugal's local newspaper "Morning Post" expressed Porto's concern about going to the Mestalla Stadium, "After three rounds of matches in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, Porto ranks third with one win and two losses, and Valencia at the top of the table, and Inter Milan in second place are six points and three points apart respectively, if this game cannot be won, then this season's UEFA Champions League will have to say goodbye to the former Porto in advance......

Similarly, the newspaper Lisbon also expressed its concerns, "Since José Mourinho left Porto, the team began to decline, until this season the old coach Adrian returned to the helm, although he took the lead in the league, but in the Champions League it was miserable, three rounds, only three points, for a team that has won the Champions League twice, it is undoubtedly difficult to accept, and this game is still played at the Mestalla Stadium, the home of Valencia, It can be described as a lot of bad luck and less ......"

Adrianse handed over a number of newspapers to the players one by one before departure.

Although everyone was a little confused, under the guidance of the teaching assistant, they quickly opened the newspaper.

After only a minute, all the Porto players looked like they wanted to go berserk.

So, Adrianse smiled and added another fire, "Guys, you guys are collectively being underestimated......"

Immediately, a crisp sound of clenched fists came from the locker room.

Adrianse was very pleased with the reaction of his players.

"Actually, the analysis of these newspapers is very reasonable, our game is indeed more auspicious, but! As long as we don't give up, nothing is impossible! Do you remember the 03-04 match between Deportivo La Coruna and AC Milan? Remember the 04-05 UEFA Champions League final, AC Milan and Liverpool? We are more than lucky! But that doesn't mean we're going to die immediately, we still have three rounds to go!! As long as we win all three rounds, we still have a chance!! ”

In the end, the old handsome Adrianse's face turned red.

In order to win, it is also a lot of fighting.

"That's right! We still have a chance!! ”

The first to break out was Ricardo Quaresma, who lost to Ello in the last game, he has never been a person who admits defeat, there is a way to gamble without losing, and when it comes to him, you can't admit defeat if you still have a game!

"That's right!!"

"We still have a chance!" "Resolutely don't give up!!"

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Adrianse nodded with satisfaction, he knew that there must be a play in this game! As long as the players haven't given up, as long as they are confident in the next games, that's hope!!

Seems...... He has already seen his team win three in a row before progressing to the knockout stages of the 05-06 UEFA Champions League!

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Pre-match press conference.

Adrianse said sadly when he mentioned the game to many reporters, "Valencia is a great team, they have won the UEFA Cup for two consecutive seasons and they are also at the top of the table in La Liga this season, this team is at the top of the table, we know ...... Maybe our end at the Mestalla Stadium will be the same as you say – bad luck! Indeed, according to the current state of the team, it is indeed more than lucky, so ...... We came for a draw in this game......"

Adrianse's words made the local Spanish reporters excited, especially the local reporters in Valencia, and several interns whistled.

It's just that they didn't notice the sneer that Adrian had under his sad expression.

Then the reporters also talked about the last Champions League game of Ailo and Quaresma, Adrianse first praised Ailo, "He (Ailo) is a very good player, his amazing performance makes us ignore his age, our biggest goal in this game is to try to control his play, only control his play, we can organize the attack with peace of mind......"

When talking about Quaresma, Adrianse shook his head, "Ricciardo is great, but ...... Compared with Ai, it is still a little worse, on the contrary...... The match was at the Mestalla Stadium and I am sure Ai will play better than Ricardo......"

When Adrianse's words came out, it immediately caused an uproar at the scene.

If the previous one was showing weakness to Valencia, now it is a living admission of defeat!

At the end of the visiting team's press conference, reporters naturally told Flores what Adrianse had said.

Of course...... Modification is essential.

When Flores listened to the reporter's description, the whole person was stunned for a moment.

Porto was cowardly before fighting!

Isn't that scientific......

And when evaluating the key players of both sides, they keep praising the opposing team's players, if everyone doesn't know that Adrianse is the manager of Porto, otherwise they would think that he is the manager of Valencia.

How can there be a manager in the world who steps on his own players to praise the opposing player?

Could it be...... Weakness?

But it was quickly vetoed by Flores, because there is no need for Porto at the moment, right? With all of them able to lose to their own teams at home, is it possible that they still want to turn things around at the Mestalla Stadium?

ps: Ask for a recommendation ticket!! I believe that at this time, the Chinese team also won, right?