Chapter 411: The Match You Can't Afford to Lose

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When Iello was sure the ball was in the net, his first instinct was to press Escude's shoulder and get up, first grinning at David Silva, who provided him with the assist, and then turning back to David Silva and pointing his finger at him, signaling to celebrate.

Although there were not many Valencia fans coming to the Pizjuán Stadium, only about 5,000, their cheers could still be transmitted to the ears of the visiting players who were celebrating even though the home team fans were silent.

Arlo and David Villa and David Silva all shouted at the visitors' stands in response to their chanting.

The home team's fans still choose to be silent!

In all fairness, Valencia's attacking combination was really beautiful, with two consecutive leaks from Iello just right, and a wonderful goal at the end.

"Valencia's combination was very beautiful, Ai's two consecutive wonderful runs did not touch the ball, and it happened that it was his clever continuous leaks that caused a clear crack in Sevilla's solid backline, which caused the final goal ......"

The commentator of Spanish national television said patiently.

At the same time, there are really a lot of commentators who have praised Valencia's exquisite cooperation, and Sky TV commentator Andy Gray said passionately: "In this wonderful run, you can see the tacit understanding of Valencia's front trident, from the slow-motion replay, Ai's two consecutive missed balls were without looking up at his teammates' runs, which has already shown their tacit understanding, and it will be very difficult for their opponents to prevent their cooperation in the future......

Indeed, as Andy Gray said, David Villa and David Silva's tacit understanding is already very high, and they basically don't need to look up at the opponent's running position to know how to pass, which is a talent and a tacit understanding.

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Flores, who was sitting in front of the visitors' dugout, finally let the pressure go.

As long as the team opens up the situation, then the game will become simpler, because Sevilla, which is one goal behind, will definitely press out to play, and the result after pressing out, as long as the fans who know the ball know!

With players like Iello and David Silva, plus their tacit understanding, extending the lead is a certainty!

Sure enough, just before half-time, Arlo set up David Silva to score the widening goal.

At that time, Iroh faced Alves' defense on the side, first made an illusion of breaking through the bottom line with his upper body, and then used the flexibility of his ankle to suddenly take the ball sideways and cut inside!

Alves reacted half a beat slower, and at this moment David Villa suddenly stepped forward, and Iroh also picked up his right foot, a very obvious pass and cut coordination, Paulson and Escud both subconsciously fell to the ground to block, but what they didn't expect was that Ailo did not pass to David Villa, but toe with his right foot and sent the ball behind Osseo.

The tall centre-back was no match for the diminutive David Silva when he turned, who slid the ball and then swooped up a left-footed shot from near the penalty spot, leaving goalkeeper Palop too late to react and had to surrender again.

Valencia went into the dressing room with a two-goal lead.

In the second half, Valencia slowed down the pace of attack because they had to take care of the Champions League in midweek, and Sevilla, who were bent on closing the score, did not score.

In the end, Valencia beat Sevilla 2-0 away in this match.

At the same time, it was also announced that they had won their 11th consecutive league game, officially equalling Tottenham's record for the best start to the top flight in 1960-1961.

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The next day, of course, there was a burst of praise for the winning Valencia, but many Spanish fans were tired of the praise for Valencia and wanted new news.

So the media is focused on something else, which team will be able to stop Valencia's winning streak?

"Valencia this season is really terrifying, from the beginning of the league to the present, all competitions have been won all, whether it is Barcelona or Sevilla, can not win at their own home, the most tragic of which is last season's European champion Barcelona, in the Spanish Super Cup was defeated by Valencia double, and in the fourth round of the league and then their home 1:5 defeat, suffered the team's biggest home defeat, so now, we no longer doubt Valencia's strength, It's about finding out which team can stop their winning streak......"

La Liga report from El País.

It is worth mentioning that after the match between Valencia and Sevilla, the head coach of the home team, Juan Ramos, said very correctly, "The only one who can stop them is himself!" ”

However, this sentence was not written down by the reporter who interviewed him, but remembered those inconsequential things.

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After this round of league fixtures, Valencia quickly turned their attention to the fifth round of the Champions League group stage at the Mestalla Stadium in midweek.

As long as Valencia can pick up points at home, they can guarantee to qualify as top of the group.

However, Flores still needs to stay in action for the national derby against Real Madrid at the Mestalla Stadium at the weekend, so he intends to use a semi-main squad for the fifth round of the Champions League, which has little impact on qualifying from the group.

After all, playing at home, coupled with this semi-main lineup, is more than flexible against the main lineup of Olympiacos.

David Villa and David Silva were rested and replaced by Morientes and Vicente respectively, while Iroh remained in the starting line-up.

Midfielders Michael Ballack and Baraja were also rested and replaced by Angulo and Viana respectively, while there were no changes at the back other than Marchena replacing Ayala.

As long as Canizares is not injured in the use of goalkeepers, then he must be the main position.

Although Valencia is a semi-main team in this game, Olympiacos does not dare to underestimate the home team, because Ailo is present, and his appearance means that Valencia is the main team.

This lineup with Iroh as the main force is definitely the main force!

In order to keep their hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Cup, the visiting team Olympiacos can fight Shakhtar Donetsk in their home stadium in the final round as long as they do not lose this game, so they chose to defend to the death.

But no matter how good the defense is, it can't withstand the bombardment in turns.

Valencia relied on Elo's direct free kick in the 59th minute to score a narrow 1:0 victory over Olympiacos, and at the same time won the 15 points with five wins in five games, and won the first place in Group D one round in advance, laying a good foundation for advancing to the quarterfinals of the knockout round.

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With a goal in the game, Iroh has now reached nine goals in the Champions League this season, just one goal shy of his record of 10 goals in the Champions League group stage last season, and his good form has also made the weekend's opponents Real Madrid break out in a cold sweat.

After all the matches in the fifth round of the Champions League are over, the teams that qualified in advance have also surfaced, Chelsea in Group A, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in Group B, Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven in Group C, and Valencia in Group D.

But maybe it's good news for Roma because Valencia are already top of the group ahead of schedule!

Lyon and Real Madrid in Group E qualified early, and in Group F, in addition to Copenhagen eliminated early, Group F's top team Manchester United, Celtic and Benfica are all likely to have a chance to appear.

Group G is in a similar situation as Group F, with Arsenal, Porto and CSKA Moscow all likely to qualify.

Only AC Milan qualified early in Group H, while the other two teams will have to fight for the last spot.

However, Valencia wants to know their approximate opponent in the 1/8 finals, and it is estimated that they will not know until the sixth round of the Champions League group stage on December 6/7 is over.

They still have two league games ahead of the sixth round of the Champions League, Real Madrid and Huelva.

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The fifth matchday of the Champions League is over, and the mainstream media in Europe, in addition to being surprised by the losing Chelsea and Manchester United, is to report on the main event of La Liga - the Spanish national derby.

If it is in the past, only the match between Barcelona and Real Madrid can be regarded as a national derby, but Valencia, whose strength has soared very quickly in the past two seasons, already has enough strength to wrestle with the world-class giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, so it is naturally called the national derby.

Real Madrid's current league ranking is not good, they are only fourth in the league after 11 league games, which is completely inconsistent with their status in Spanish football, so Real Madrid's new president Calderón has given manager Capello a must-kill order to win this game!

Because he doesn't want to be like Florentino, who sadly stepped down this year, losing when he meets Valencia and finally regrets being out.

Never allowed!

Real Madrid spent 64 million euros to supplement the squad in the new season, and also hired champion coach Fabio Capello to improve the team's competitiveness in the league.

"After all the matches on matchday five of the Champions League, both Valencia and Real Madrid are quick to turn their attention back to the league as they play a crucial league game at the Mestalla in four days' time...... It was a win-win game for Real Madrid, as they were already 13 points behind Valencia at the top of the table, and would be 16 points behind if they continued to lose...... In the case of less than 1/3 of the start of the league, it is undoubtedly a very big blow for them, plus Valencia has won eleven consecutive league games, and one more win will create the best start of the new European top league, which means that Valencia will step on Real Madrid's high head to set a new record, no matter from which point, Real Madrid cannot afford to lose......"

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