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The Love Song Stadium was packed that day, and in addition to the 3,000 tickets left for the away team Valencia, the remaining 19,000 home team tickets were also sold out, which means that this Valencia derby attracted almost half of the residents of the entire Villarreal.

So when Huang Jianxiang, the Champions League commentator of China's CVAV-5 channel, came to the studio, he also said jokingly, "It's not easy for this town of only 48,000 people to fill this stadium, but this game, I believe it will not change because of Villarreal's supporters......"

Valencia injured the main goalkeeper before the game, so Pellegrini's requirement for the team at home is to keep attacking, attacking like a tide!

Because Valencia's main goalkeeper in this game is the No. 2 goalkeeper Moura, who has rarely appeared this season, he is destined to not cooperate well with the defenders in the backline.

Be sure to use the opening time to grab a start!

Then play back to the ground penetration style that the team is used to.

It is worth mentioning that Villarreal did take advantage of a chance to start the game, taking advantage of substitute goalkeeper Moura and a mistake at the back just one minute to score a goal by Diego Forlan.

The entire love song stadium seemed to tremble slightly at this moment.

Even Hyde said sourly when commenting, "Although I expected to lose the ball in this game, I didn't expect it to be conceded so early, it's only just a minute!" ”

At the same time, the local Catalan commentator also commented: "Tut-tut, the game is only a minute into the game, and the away team Valencia is one goal behind!" Did this team beat Valencia at home to Villarreal by three goals four days ago? ”

Seeing this goal, Barcelona coach Rijkaard, who was forced to draw by Inter Milan away, also clenched his fists lightly and secretly applauded!

Although the team's top management used some small means to put pressure on Valencia and create a lot of chances, he sincerely did not want to meet Valencia in the semi-finals!

Because against this team, the future is full of uncertainty!

Compared to Valencia, Villarreal is easier to deal with!

It didn't take long for Rijkaard to be happy, and Ailo pulled a goal back for Valencia, and the score became 1:1!

Valencia got a precious away goal!

So when Iroh used his personal ability to burst into the penalty area and score a goal, Peragrini's intestines were full of regret, why was he not satisfied with scoring a goal? It's not a good idea to steal chickens now......

Seeing the goal scored by Iro, not only Rijkaard was unhappy, but even the Catalan media was very unhappy! But...... Their upset is fundamentally different from Rijkaard's, as the World Sport report has led many to believe that Valencia will be tested in this game.

But in fact, Valencia quickly equalized the score on the field after stabilizing their position, which was a perfect response to them, which was equivalent to a direct slap in the face!

So it's very unpleasant!

Immediately, the race began to get into normal track.

Since both teams are opponents in the same area, there is no difference in culture, and the technical and tactical style of play also emphasizes ground coordination and middle penetration, but Valencia pays more attention to the attack and defense of the side while emphasizing ground coordination.

So it is destined that this game does not belong to the home team Villarreal.

Before the end of the first half, Iello formed a breakthrough on the left and cut into the box without hesitation, and then just when everyone thought he was going to hit the goal, he suddenly crossed to the other side of the box, and Vicente easily made it 2:1.

Riquelme stood in front of his own penalty area and looked at Iro, who was celebrating with his teammates, and felt like he had mixed feelings, you must know that last season's Eelo was at most a potential star for Riquelme, but this season's performance is a superstar-level table.

It doesn't matter if it's the league or the Champions League!

Encountering such an opponent is a disaster for the team!!

Indeed it is! In the second half, Pellegrini asked the players at the back to strengthen their defense against Elo.

It didn't take long for the home team to pay off.

But...... However, because he paid too much attention to the defense of Elo, he directly led to the neglect of other Valencia attacking players, and the entire back line took care of one or the other.

Finally, in the 68th minute, the price was paid when Albelda sent in an overhead ball that David Villa understood and fired straight at the ball to stretch the score to two goals.

At this time, fans who were worried about Valencia in this match could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

With a 3-1 lead at Villarreal on the road, will the results at home be worse?

So...... In the ensuing hours, the 3,000 away fans in attendance sang the "Hymn to Valencia" and "Song of Ai"

In the end, the game also ended with this score.

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At the regular post-match press conference in the evening, media reporters who had previously been skeptical about Valencia's match seemed to forget all the words and deeds before the game and began to sing praises for Valencia.

Flores also saw the shamelessness of journalists once again.

On the first day, a number of mainstream European media announced in advance that Valencia had reached the semi-finals.

However, for the sake of prudence, Flores did not express the team's certainty of victory, and appeared very modest in an interview with reporters, "The first leg of the game at the Love Song Stadium is just an accident, we should still be serious about the second leg!" ”

Hearing Flores's answer, countless reporters began to slander him in their hearts: You have a good day, you have won two goals away from home, and you have three away goals, and you still have to treat him seriously? Keep loading!!

The next day, in addition to reporting Valencia's away win over Villarreal, the mainstream media in Europe also focused on Ailo, because with the goal of this game, he has scored 13 goals in the Champions League this season, surpassing the record of Puskas in the 59-60 season and Ruud van Nistelrooy in the 02-03 season for the second most goals in a single season in the Champions League.

Now Iello is only one goal away from the 14 goals that Altafini scored in a single season in the Champions League in the 62-63 season, you must know that Valencia has now half a foot in the semi-finals, which means that Arlo still has at least three Champions League games, according to his current form, scoring two goals in these three games, surpassing the single-season goal record of Milan legend Altafini should be no problem.

Even the 68-year-old Artafini was interviewed by the "Torino Sports Newspaper" at this time, and specially cheered for Iro, "After waiting for so many years, someone is finally about to break my single-season goal record set by Zào, this kid is good!" Come on!!! ”

A new record is about to be made, and it's always something to look forward to.

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At the weekend, Valencia also welcomed a new round of league opponents, who took on Sevilla FC away.

With a win away to Villarreal in midweek, the next leg was largely out of content, so Flores didn't make many adjustments to the game and continued to play with the strongest line-up.

After all, the Champions League has basically been able to enter the last four, and there are not many variables.

But the league is different, in the remaining nine rounds of the league, there are still many variables, in order to take the initiative in their own hands, then no league can not relax!

At the same time, because Sevilla also focused on the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, this game did not send most of the main players, and Sevilla, which played with a semi-main force, lost 0:2 at home to Valencia led by Ailo.

With Barcelona also winning the league at the same time, the gap between the two sides is still 11 points, but with only eight league games remaining, Valencia is getting closer and closer to the league title.

But is it really that close?

It is worth mentioning that after playing this league game, Iello has increased his league goal tally to 34, which means that he has reached the same level as Ronaldo, who has scored the third most goals in a single season in La Liga.

In addition to the local media in Valencia, the Chinese media are the most happy.

However, at this time, the local media in Catalonia looked sour, knowing that it was their former pride that was leveled.

Following Altafini's interview in support of Iro, Ronaldo, who is preparing for the weekend league game in Madrid, also gave an interview to Marca, and then talked about how Arlo equalled his personal La Liga single-season scoring record.

Ronaldo seems to have been mentally prepared for this question for a long time, "Haha, sooner or later, this kind of thing will be set by new records, but ...... I still have to cheer for this kid! You have to do your best in the remaining seven league rounds! Just six goals away from Pacino's record of 38 single-season goals......"

But because Ronaldo was in Real Madrid, he didn't say anything more direct, because Pacino is a famous legend in Real Madrid, and he still needs to pay attention to his words and deeds.

So it feels weird.

But these are nothing to the people who follow Ello, because they themselves are full of confidence in Ello, and in their minds, Ello is synonymous with miracles and records.

At this time, "Valencia Sport" is also cheering for Ailo, "Whenever it comes to the second half of the season, it is always time to produce results, and sometimes it is also the time to set a record, Ai has scored thirteen goals in the Champions League this season, second only to Altafini's fourteen goals in a single season, at the same time, he has also scored 34 league goals in La Liga, and he is only four goals away from Pacino with 38 goals, I firmly believe that Ai will definitely score more goals in the next games, Break through the records in front of him......"

In order to express their support for Elo, the local fans in Valencia are ready to give Elo a big surprise in the home match of the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals!

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