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In the second round of the group stage of the Champions League, Real Madrid defeated Dynamo Kyiv of Ukraine at home, while Barcelona won a difficult draw away from home, which naturally became the target of ridicule in the capital's newspapers.

Of course, at this time, the news of Valencia is also indispensable.

Because tonight, Valencia will also welcome the runner-up Red Wolves Roma of Serie A on their home turf!

"As" newspaper chose a very appropriate theme for this game: Wolf King vs Bat King

The photo in the background is Totti, the wolf king, and the bat king is the new king of Valencia, Iro!

"Last night ended all eight matches in the second round of the Champions League group, the La Liga side have an unbeaten record of one win and one draw, and Valencia, the reigning champions of La Liga, will most likely welcome two consecutive Champions League group stage wins on their home turf, and they beat last season's European champions Barcelona in the league top game last Thursday, in which Ai scored his fourth hat-trick against Barcelona, and his excellent form will certainly make him the key gentleman ...... tonight".

“…… At the same time, the Roma team that ended the fourth round of Serie A is also in very good form, they are also beating the home team by four goals away, in this crucial Champions League group stage, it will definitely bring them a lot of confidence, among which the Roman prince Totti has also maintained a good competitive form recently, from another aspect, this game may be a direct dialogue between the two teams, who is better, then, which team will win this game. ”

Indeed, the victory of this game really depends on which team plays the key man better.

However, for the odds of this game, the three major European bookmakers are still very optimistic about Valencia at home, and they also have a good form of Elo, David Villa and Ballack, who are more victorious.

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In the regular press conference before the game, Roma's bald coach Spalletti fully expressed his confidence in the victory of this game, as the manager who adjusted Roma in the most chaotic period to the current second place in the league, naturally has his own merits.

He used Totti as the heart of the team's attack, but did not have a striker, and adopted a tactic similar to that of Valencia under Benitez - the no-striker 460.

However, Spalletti's Roma style is more sloppy, with the Roma team emblem, everyone calls his tactics a wolf pack tactic, that is, a group of men led by Perrotta in the midfield who constantly turn back and run and the ability to cut inside on both sides, and do not hesitate to press high on the defensive end.

'Even though it's an away game, we're not going to retreat to half-time, we're going to play against Valencia, and I'm sure it's going to be our Roma to win this game!'

When it was Valencia coach Flores' turn, the reporter who interviewed him naturally told Flores what Spalletti had previously said.

Flores' self-confidence was also burst by seven consecutive wins in all competitions this season, and he did not take Roma coach Spalletti's words to heart, but mentioned the team's advantages, "Roma's wolf tactics are not terrible, because we are a Spanish team, and our passing and control ability is extraordinary, if they want to use high pressing at the expense of their bodies to deal with us, then we can only say sorry, this road is not working!" ”

Flores' domineering response was also unanimously agreed by the Spanish media, not to mention the result, at least to overwhelm the opponent in momentum before the game.

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Home team dressing room.

Flores is seizing the last minute to prepare for the team, "Roma is not an easy team to play against, they have a very strong midfield, this team with Totti and De Rossi at the core is not as easy as it seems, they are very good in defence, the two goals conceded in all competitions in the new season just proved their ability in defence, but ...... We have an all-powerful Ai and it should be a lot easier for this game. ”

At this point, Flores paused and looked at the team's goal-scoring maniac Elo.

It wasn't once or twice that Iroh was stared at like this by his teammates, so he just shrugged his shoulders and didn't speak.

"I hope you don't be fooled by our seven-game winning streak in all competitions, on the contrary, we should forget about the big win at Camp Nou, this victory is our goal, brothers, let's make this victory bloodless!!"

After saying that, Flores was also relieved to see the players full of fighting spirit, in the pre-match press conference, he set off smoke bombs, giving people the illusion that no one was in sight, but if the Roma team was careless in this game, then the loss was their only result.

In this group stage of the Champions League, the Mestalla Stadium was full.

As Iroh becomes more and more perverted and steady, his huge posters, as well as the banners and subtitles that support him, can be seen in the stands all around.

He is still familiar with this Roma team, in the 'past' he also studied this Roma team that is good at wolf pack tactics, knowing the weaknesses of this team, they can beat Inter Milan 6-2 at home, but they will also lose 1-7 to Manchester United at Old Trafford, the team's consistency is the biggest problem for Roma.

Also, as long as you defend Totti, who is good at making lethal passes, you can basically get the job done.

So when Iroh was in the players' tunnel, he deliberately said a few words to Baraha.

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The game lasted for more than ten minutes, and Iroh realized the strength of this team's wolf tactics, and he did not hesitate to run so that he would always be in a situation of playing more with less at the first time he got the ball.

In this game, Spalletti and other managers dealt with Elo in a similar way, sending a professional 'bodyguard' to accompany Elo at all times, whether with or without the ball, and at the same time ambushing one or two players near him.

For this kind of defense that consumes a lot of manpower, there are still a lot of flaws, because when defending Elo, there are too many people, which will inevitably lead to the defensive negligence of other players, but fortunately, the midfielders of the Roma team are all full of body, and they can barely cope with Valencia's passing and control cooperation.

However, the local commentator in Italy still raised the problem that Roma will face, "Although in these ten minutes, the Roma team has effectively controlled Valencia's strongest attack point, but if this kind of running at the expense of the body continues, then the physical fitness in the second half is likely to be a very serious problem, is it worth it or not for Spalletti to fight for the victory of this game?" Still debatable......"

The Roma team watched Ailo very closely, but did not let him take it to chance, but kept interspersing and running, just like in the last game against Barcelona.

Therefore, Flores was relieved, what he was worried about was not the team's offensive problems, nor the defensive problems, but whether Iroh would lose himself by becoming a hero in the city, but it turned out that his worries were unnecessary, and Iroh did not keep squandering opportunities because of fame.

Promising!

Here's what Flores had to say about him!!

He looked at the time on the big screen, and felt that it was almost there, so he put his fists together, only stretched out two tail fingers, put them in his mouth, and then blew hard, and suddenly there was a loud sound, and then, Albelda looked over, and he shouted loudly: "Start moving forward!" ”

Albelda nodded his head and gestured for understanding, then spoke to Elo, David Villa and Ballack on the deadball opportunity.

It just so happened that this scene was captured by the director of the Mestalla Stadium, and when Canizares was preparing to kick off the goal, he took advantage of this spare time to broadcast it.

Immediately, it caused speculation among the commentators from various countries in the studio.

"Enrique Flores must have made temporary arrangements for the players on the field, otherwise Albelda would definitely not explain to the attacking players one by one, judging from the process of the past 20 minutes or so, Valencia at home is a little quieter, more like testing Roma, but ...... This guess still needs to wait for time to verify. ”

Sky TV narrator Andy Gray commented on his own commentary experience.

"In the opening 20 minutes, the home team Valencia did not use the home advantage to play the kind of attacking football we wanted to see, but opted for a slightly more secure layer of progress, which is not quite in line with their attacking philosophy, and the shot just now may be that Flores is going to change the attack and defense on the field......

"Is it finally time to make a change? To be honest, these 20 minutes are the most boring game I've had since I broadcast Valencia in the new season, with no sharp breaks, no eye-catching forwards, just sleepy passes, so I'll see!! ”

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After hearing the instructions of the team's deputy Albelda, Ilo grinned and smiled at David Pizarro, who was in charge of marking him in this game, and finally had to let go of his hands and feet to kick, otherwise he would really suffocate to death, and he had to pretend that he didn't have the confidence to break through if he could break through, just like a rich man who had to pretend that he didn't have a penny in front of the person he liked, and he was still in front of a light enemy, which was really uncomfortable.

Defending Iello in this game was Chile international David Pizarro, who was short but very strong, and would always stick it up at the first time every time Ilo got the ball, preventing him from being comfortable with the ball.

Originally, according to Iro's temper, he must have passed him, but before the game, head coach Flores had other arrangements, especially when it came to the process of the game, so that he tried not to break through individually, but waited for the opportunity to kill with one blow!

A minute later, Iello picked up the ball on the left and David Pizarro rushed to the top of the game.

Come on, Chinese!

David Pizarro has been full of confidence for more than 20 minutes, and the so-called La Liga king is no more than that.

However, in less than half a second, David Pizarro was stunned, how did he pass?

ps: There may only be two shifts today, and the stall contract at home expires to move things.