Chapter 220: Champions League play-offs
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Valencia has now had its most complete squad of the new season, with the exception of former Arsenal player Edu, who joined on a free transfer due to a serious injury, and all of them took a family photo at the club's arrangement that afternoon.
The team also has a very big change in personnel, so the change of jersey number is also very large, but because Iello returned to the team at the latest, his favorite No. 7 shirt was asked by David Villa, and the top numbers are already famous.
Therefore, Iroh can only choose the top 22, which is because of the number left by Di Vayo, who just transferred to Le Mans in Ligue 1 the day before yesterday.
After Elo's return, the Spanish media flocked to the team, mainly local reporters in Valencia, and the main topics of the interviews revolved around his goals for the new season.
To these topics, Iroh replied very confidently, "My goal this season is of course to win La Liga!" and the UEFA Champions League......"
"You mean to break the monopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona?"
Iroh quickly replied, "Yes! β
"That personal honor claim?"
"Of course there is!"
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The return of Iello to the Valencia fans was very happy, and Joe Viney, the leader of the Batguard, also represented the welcome and friendly wishes of Valencia's die-hard fans.
Valencia in the new season is already fully capable of hitting this season's La Liga champions, although the concentration of individual players is not in a hurry Real Madrid and Barcelona, but the individual strength of the players is indeed undoubted, after preserving the team that won the UEFA Cup last season, and adding three lines of strong reinforcements.
From the team's initiative to renew the contract with Iroh to improve the treatment, it can be seen from these simple details that Valencia is ambitious in the new season!
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With the transfers of Chen Tao, Zhao Xuri, Gao Lin, Feng Xiaoting and Hao Junmin, Tan Wangsong, who is the main barrier on the right side of the Chinese national youth team, has also received the attention of foreign teams.
His balanced offensive and defensive characteristics made CSKA Moscow fall in love with him, but they were only willing to spend two million euros to bring him in.
At this price, Sichuan Guancheng naturally disagreed, so it ...... The two sides began to fight again, and Papa Adrian, as an agent, naturally accompanied the dispute, anyway, the transfer was a sure thing, but there was a disagreement on the transfer amount.
After losing six outstanding young players, these domestic Super League clubs are no longer willing to accept transfer applications from foreign clubs, after all, the future of the team still depends on young people to take over, if they are all sold, the team will not have to play!
At this time, the relevant leaders of the Chinese XX Football Association also stood up and said: "It is a good thing to go abroad to stay abroad, but this is not something that can be completed in one handful, it needs to be supported by strength, and now many young people are very impetuous, and it is time to be calm and calm......"
And these words of the Football Association can be regarded as beating those players who want to stay abroad, which means that they will stay abroad when you have the strength, and now that they are full, they can't go anymore......
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Valencia played a friendly with their city brother Levante before the third qualifying round against Monaco, but Iello did not start this game and only started his debut at the Mesilla Stadium in the 15th minute of the second half.
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Live broadcasts dragged the sound.
"- Ai!"
Interestingly, when Iroh came out, the whole stadium seemed to tremble slightly, and the whole stadium was filled with intoxicating shouts.
Fans are like this, what more can they ask for?
It didn't take long for Ilo to score in the third minute of his debut, when Navarro cut the ball off and then passed to Albelda, who then set up a beautiful long ball.
Iroh understood that at the same time as Albelda's pass, he accelerated and reacted so quickly that Levante's entire backline was caught off guard, and he appeared like lightning at the landing point of the ball.
And what he did next was very simple, facing the attacking goalkeeper, he raised his toes and the football flew into the empty goal.
At the same time, the sky above the Mestalla Stadium once again erupted with an astonishing burst of energy.
Arlo then set up a goal for new signing David Villa to help the team beat their opponents 3-1 and won the friendly game.
Despite winning the game, coach Flores was not happy, and Vicente, who only returned in March this year, was injured again before the end of the game, casting a shadow over his challenge to Real Madrid and Barcelona in the new season.
Because Vicente occupies a very important position in his squad for the new season, as a traditional Spanish winger, but his skills are better than the traditional Spanish wingers, and the awareness of scoring goals is stronger, so the strikerless tactics during the Benitez period reached the peak of his career!
This also made Flores quite fond of him, but the sudden injury made him a little overwhelmed.
Speaking to reporters after the game, Flores said: "I'm sure it's just a minor injury in Guillen's career, it's not a big deal, he's going to get better because the team needs him so much!" β
Reporters then asked about the rumours surrounding Elloh's transfer.
"According to Manchester reports, Sir Alex Ferguson has expressed his appreciation for Iello and they have already paid more than 15 million in transfer fees, I don't know ......"
Before the reporter could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Flores, who said: "Ai is the top scorer and the best player at the World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, and his future at the club is also bright, we have no idea of selling him, and his future is also in Valencia, he is not for sale for us!! β
"But...... When he was in China, he (Iro) is said to have had a private conversation with Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney......"
"Please! Can you use your brain? Can't young people communicate privately? Flores also became angry in the face of the reporters' aggressive questions.
It didn't take long for the team's press officer, Mercedes Youri, to announce the end of the press conference.
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"According to the test of the club's team doctor, Vicente Guillen only has a recurrence of an old injury, and there is no major problem, and he only needs half a month of recuperation to devote himself to the team's preparation for the new season......"
Football column in Valencia Sport
Flores breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the test report that the team doctor had just taken, and now this team, in addition to Iro, is the most important thing in his mind, Vicente, both of them are wingers, known for their speed and excellent skills, and the ** facing the goal is very strong, and the task of the four four two formations in the new season is very heavy!
Vicente, who will be unable to participate in the third qualifying round of the Champions League just three days later, is ...... There should be no problem at home against Ligue 1 giants Morocco.
But this is not the case, Valencia played very hard in this game in Mestalla, if it were not for the old goalkeeper Canizares to maintain a very good form, Valencia is afraid to accept the possibility of conceding the first goal in the first half.
Iroh, who shined at the World Youth Championships, fell into the quagmire of fouls from the opponent in this game, and if he hadn't grasped the sense of self-protection, he would have been knocked out of the game.
The team's strongest Ello was defended without a temper, so he led Valencia to be a little soft in attack.
In the second half, Flores made a substitution, with new signing David Villa replacing Ferrer to keep the attacking pressure on Monaco.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that David Villa, who had just joined this season, helped the team take the lead in the fifth minute of the game, which excited the new head coach Flores, and he also performed a classic substitution on the spot.
Valencia's attack seemed to start as David Villa opened the scoring for Valencia, and two minutes later, David Villa pulled out of the box to play the ball for Elo, who used his speed to lie down into the box and then shoot before the opposition centre-backs could add to the goal, and the ball hit the ground and went straight into the far corner.
In the end, this game also defeated Monaco, the third place in Ligue 1, with a score of 2:0 at home, and made a good start to qualifying for the Champions League.
"Flores beat Didier Deschamps' Monaco 2-0 in Valencia's first big game, making it clear for the team to qualify for the Champions League... And the new signing David Villa, who came off the bench in this game, also played his own value, and he told the whole of Spain that he was indeed worth 12 million! And it turns out that he is worth more than twelve million......"
Football column in Valencia Sport.
From this year's World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, Ai almost single-handedly sent the Chinese national youth team to the championship, and the 1/4 final was a hat-trick to send Spain out, the first two games of the season also showed good form, although the first half of the game fell into the opponent's foul quagmire, but ...... He's still found a way to score for the team, and we can expect more from Valencia this season......"
Column for Enrique Wien, Valencia Sport.
"Valencia defeated the French side Monaco by two goals, and the new signing David Villa also showed his all-round side, he can score goals and assist his teammates to score, and the old goalkeeper Kanizares is not old, and the strength of the midfield is also quite good, this qiΔ seems to have expected Valencia to have the qualifications to challenge Real Madrid and Barcelona, but do they really have this qualification?"
The newspaper "As" commented.
"After last season's impressive performance, it is believed that this season's Valencia's Ai will also be caught in the rookie wall of the new season...... Ladies and gentlemen, remember what his trick was? Right! It's speed!! Unbeatable speed, but has everyone seen this race? He was almost inactive in defending in the first half, and if it weren't for the laxity of the Monaco defence in the second half, he wouldn't have scored lightly...... I believe that in the new season of La Liga, he will face a tighter defense, his speed will also lose the advantage, and sinking will also be his only way forward......"
A column by Juan Carlos, a well-known journalist for Le Monde Sport.
Villarreal, another La Liga side who need to play in the third round of the Champions League play-offs, also performed well, beating visiting Everton 2-1 at home.