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Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was time for the second leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-final, starting with Liverpool's Chelsea at Anfield, where Luis Garcia gave the Reds the lead and opened the door to victory just four minutes into the game.

In the end, the Reds also relied on his goal to achieve victory.

The next day, another UEFA Champions League semi-final was played at Ajax's home stadium, and the two sides played very openly, and at the end of 90 minutes, the two sides fought 3-1, and the aggregate score was 3-3, and finally AC Milan eliminated Ajax with an away goal and met Liverpool in Istanbul.

While the two semi-finals were still being reported across Europe, Spain's Valencia also welcomed the second leg of their 04-05 UEFA Cup semi-final against CSKA Moscow.

At the regular press conference before the start of the game, the young captain of CSKA Moscow, Akinfeev, when faced with questions from the media, not only swore that he would not let Aylo score! They also took the opportunity to 'accidentally' reveal that they had studied Iroh's weakness!

"We conceded two goals at home, but we were ahead – CSKA Moscow! Moreover, we have already studied the weaknesses of Valencia 28 and we will surprise him tonight! ”

Akinfeev said with a smile.

Hearing this, the reporters who participated in the pre-match press conference pricked up their ears!

It turned out that Ai also had weaknesses, and then they thought, yes! All human beings have weaknesses, but what is their weakness? Then the question arises.

"Excuse me, what is Ai's weakness, can you reveal it?"

A reporter hurriedly raised his hand, and after being clicked, he hurriedly asked.

"Hehe, this is a secret of the team, so it's inconvenient to disclose it for the time being..."

At this time, Gazaev smiled mysteriously and said.

“・・・”

The reporters in the audience scolded secretly, you will die for your penetrating drama??

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Before the start of this crucial battle, the Mestalla Stadium was already surrounded by fans, led by the heads of their respective fan groups, each performing their own duties, decorating the stadium into a variety of scenes, while the other fans who had nothing to do sang their team song "Hymn to Valencia"

The UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup matches are largely scheduled at 8.45pm in the European time zone.

The home team's Valencia bus arrived at the Mestalla Stadium at 7 o'clock in the evening.

From the moment the team's bus reached the outside of the stadium, the cheers of the home team's fans stood firm and showed no signs of stopping.

The moment the players stepped off the bus, they were held in front of them by the guns and cannons of countless news media, and they were all stunned subconsciously.

As the most popular player now, Iroh is naturally surrounded by reporters the most.

"Will this game be won?"

"How are you in this game? Will it score? ”

"At the regular press conference before the game, the head coach of CSKA Moscow said that he had found your weaknesses, how do you deal with this problem?"

Hearing this, Iroh had the opportunity to reply to the news media, "Weakness? Haha - Actually, I want to know what my weakness is? But - I'm looking forward to CSKA Moscow's response! ”

No one knows himself better than himself, and Iroh certainly knows where his weaknesses are, and he habitually shoots with his right foot, and his left foot is basically unemployed, but if he really makes a fuss about himself, then CSKA Moscow is ready to die!

After finishing speaking, he followed his teammates in front of him and entered the home team's locker room at the Mestalla Stadium through the 'dark passage'.

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The home team's fans were well-intentioned, and from the time the home players warmed up, the singing of the "Valencia Anthem" in the stands never stopped.

The home team players on the pitch are also warming up very hard, meeting the next games in excellent condition, and repaying the fans with a brilliant victory.

Ranieri continued to sit in the stands as 'ball watchers', with two competent UEFA staff members sitting on either side of him, one on the left and one on the right.

The starters on the field warmed up very hard, and it can be seen from the simple passing and receiving that they are in very good shape today, seeing this, the corners of Ranieri's mouth curled up, and he muttered: "There is a play in this game!" ”

Gazaev, who was in front of the away team's coach's box, couldn't seem happy at the moment, because the home team not only had a good atmosphere at home, but also the home team players were in very good shape, which made him worry about the result of this game.

At the same time, he also remembered the bet he made with the chairman of the team, and he swore that he would win the game and win the League Cup!

Thinking of this, Gazaev gritted his teeth and clenched his fists very rarely.

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The on-site commentator began to broadcast the history of the two teams, and the pre-war atmosphere completely kicked off the game, at this time the starting lineups of the two teams have also been reported to UEFA, and the on-site commentators also received the starting lineups of the two teams-

Valencia:

Goalkeeper: Canizares

Defenders: Aurelio, Ayala, Moretti, Navarro

Midfielders: Baraja, Albelda, Aymar

Forwards: Vicente, Ferrer, Elo

・・・・

Away CSKA Moscow:

Goalkeeper: Akinfeev

Defenders: A. Berezudsky, Ignadevich, V. Berezouski, Sembellas

Midfielders: Ardonin, Odiach, Carvalho, Rasimic, Zherkov

Forward: Wagner

・・・・

At this moment, Benetti, the acting head coach in front of the home team's coach's bench, also got the opponent's starting lineup, and subconsciously enlisted, why didn't the previous starting striker Olic start? Is it an injured or a surprise soldier?

So, before turning his head and sticking his head to look at the away team's bench, the Croatian Olic was wiping his sweat and talking happily to his teammates, and it didn't look like he was injured, so - there was only one possibility left - the surprise soldier.

It is not difficult to see from the formation of the two sides that the home team is going to attack, while the away team is on the defensive, leaving only one Wagner in front of him to play the role of strategic counter-attack.

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The referee stood in the center circle and stretched out his hand to signal if the goalkeepers of both sides were ready, and then began to adjust the watch on his left wrist.

The fans in the stands held their breath cooperatively.

The starting eleven on both sides are waiting for the referee's whistle.

"Beep-"

Just then, the referee blew his whistle.

hooooooooooooooooo――

Almost at the same time as the referee blew the whistle, the fans in the stands erupted in an astonishing cheer.

"CCTV, welcome to watch the second leg of the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 04-05 season, the defending champion Valencia hosts CSKA Moscow, attacking from the left to the right of the screen is the home team Valencia wearing the white jersey, attacking from the right side of the screen to the left The red jersey is the away team CSKA Moscow, I am the commentator Huang Jianxiang..."

"Good evening fans, I'm the familiar commentator Hyde - the referee has blown the start whistle for the game, from left to right it is the home team Valencia and from right to left it is the away team CSKA Moscow, Valencia is wearing their traditional white home shirt - "

"The first match of the second leg of the 04-05 UEFA Cup semi-final has already been contested, and there will be another semi-final second leg clash this time tomorrow. Back to the point, now the referee has blown the whistle in his mouth... Announcing the official start of the game, the home team Valencia put on their most aggressive lineup, while the away team CSKA Moscow put on their strongest defensive lineup, this game can be said to be a battle between spear and shield... So, I'll wait and see for the next game..."

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Wagner stepped on the ball on the centre circle and played it to Carvalho, who didn't bother to move forward after receiving the ball, pulling it back with his right foot and passing it to Rasimic with his left foot.

Almost as soon as Carvalho passed the ball back, Iroh quickly rushed towards Rasimic, who received the ball, and the teammates behind him also surrounded Rasimic's teammates as if they had been pre-agreed.

In a flash of light, the fire and fire actually formed a siege of the away team CSKA Moscow.

In order to avoid conceding the ball, Rasimic kicked the ball out before Ielo could grab it.

To his credit, Rasimic was also particular about the direction in which he kicked his big kick, not blindly forward, but towards the right side of the game.

After the start of the game, the players of the home team Valencia were very vigorous, and with the concerted efforts of everyone, the football was quickly broken, and Baraja directly transitioned the ball to Albelda, who controlled the attacking rhythm of his own side.

Albelda didn't stop the ball and made a long pass straight towards the rolling soccer foot.

Valencia began to switch from defense to attack.

The ball was not adjusted, but it was a very accurate pass, and Vicente on the right received the ball.

After Vicente got the ball, he confidently went directly to the bottom line, and instantly passed Zherkov, who was like a stake, and brought it to the bottom line...

Rasimic didn't expect Zherkov to be given by Vicente so easily, and was subconsciously stunned for a moment, but then the reaction was still very fast, and he rushed diagonally to Vicente of the 'bottom line brother'.

At the same time, full-back Semberas also rushed towards Vicente, and the two were ready to make dumplings for Vicente.

Vicente saw the opposing fullback rushing towards him, and hurriedly picked up his right foot to prepare for a 45-degree cross, in order to effectively block Vicente's cross, Semberas subconsciously stopped a small step and stretched out his left leg, but what he didn't expect was that Vicente didn't want to cross at all.

At the same time as Semberas stretched his left leg, he picked up his right foot and put it down sharply, and the outside instep waved the ball in the direction of the baseline, and with a flick of his left arm, he threw out the right hand of Zherkov, who was chasing back into place and wanted to put his shoulder.

Taking advantage of this time difference, he quickly chased after the football.

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At this time, the home team fans in the stands were excited again-

At the same time, Ferrer gritted his teeth and ran towards the penalty area of CSKA Moscow, left winger Ailo also ran to the back of the penalty area according to the tactical requirements before the game, Albelda stood at the top of the arc of the big penalty area, and Baraja stood not far behind him, ready to make effective protection.

Senberas and Zherkov gritted their teeth and chased after Vicente, V. Berezudsky and Ignashevic flanked towards Ferrer, and A. Berezouski at the back point got stuck in front of Aelo.

As a result, the restricted area of CSKA Moscow suddenly became lively.

After Vicente chased the football, he directly picked up his right foot and crossed...

Semberas's right foot was still half a beat slower when he came from the tackle, and the ball almost grazed his toes and flew into the box.

It's a half-high ball, and the target is Ferrer at the front point!

Although V. Berezudski ran to look at the football in mid-air, but his right hand rhythmically pulled the jersey behind Ferrer's back, not very hard, but caused a lot of pressure on Ferrer, Ignavić looked at the football, kicked hard with both feet, ready to push the ball out of the bottom line, and relieve the tension at the beginning.

However, he soon felt a chill on his scalp.

It's topped!

The back of Gazaev, who was standing on the sideline, was instantly covered with cold sweat.

V. Berezuski, who was only on Ferrer's back jersey, didn't expect Ignashevic to rise to the top, and subconsciously pulled Ferrer's jersey with a little more force, the latter was pulled by the sudden pull, and the pace of progress paused for a moment, plus was shaken by Ignashevic in front of him, and judged the landing point a little badly, and the football almost flew against the sole of his stretched right foot.

Rear point!

Goalkeeper Akinfeev was also shaken twice in succession, hesitated, and did not attack.

Originally, he was just going to make up the number of people, and he didn't plan to grab the point at all, but when he ran to the back point, he suddenly found that the football flew towards this side, and subconsciously stretched out his right leg, and the football obediently stopped on the line of the small penalty area.

A. Berezudsky was shocked, but fortunately Ailo was also shaken by the two in front of him and did not shoot at the first time.

After Ailo parked the football with his right foot, in order to better swing his leg to shoot, the center of gravity of his body moved to the left, A. Berezudsky hurriedly stepped forward, he remembered that the head coach explained before the game that he must guard against Ailo's right side, that is, his left side, he is a right-hander!

A. Berezudsky's long legs are aimed at the soccer ball at Aelo's feet at the same time

Shovel down!

The atmosphere at the Mestalla Stadium is getting tense and the air is almost frozen!

As Ayro's center of gravity shifted, the tip of his left foot was almost subconsciously stabbed, and the ball rolled from under A. Berezudsky's crotch to the far corner of the goal.

Akinfeev, who quickly moved from the far corner to the near corner, also spotted the football rolling towards the far corner, stopped his body sharply, and quickly fell to the left, moving very fast, like a leopard that sees its prey, pounced on the football.

The fans in the stands held their breath and stared at the football rolling towards the far corner of the goal.

In a flash of lightning, Akinfeev's left fingertip touched the football.

However, it is a pity that it did not change the final fate of football, only a little bit of direction.

The ball continued to roll towards the far corner before hitting the inside of the right-hand post of the goal and slowly rolling into the net.

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