Chapter 923: First Appearance
Just when the Spanish mainstream media was tracking and reporting on Iro's return, the whole Valencia team had arrived in Madrid, which means that Iello and Wang Xiaolei officially met Valencia.
Many Valencia players are thrilled with the return of the duo, especially David Villa and David Silva.
Without Iello and Wang Xiaolei, the team's attack and defense have been very problematic, as exemplified by the 1-3 home defeat to Real Madrid in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
This result has made the La Liga leaders a little upset this season, considering that Valencia, who have Ailo at the beginning of the season, played Real Madrid 4-1 at the Bernabeu.
So Valencia is having a hard time without Elo......
On the same day, Real Madrid's mouthpiece "As" talked about the concern about the return of Ailo and Real Madrid's promotion to the Copa del Rey final: "With Ai's return, Valencia's combat power will rise to the highest point, which means that it will be a little difficult for Real Madrid to advance to the Copa del Rey final at the Bernabeu two days later, and the past series of records can be seen that Valencia with Ai and Valencia without Ai are worlds apart, and Real Madrid unexpectedly lost points in the league at the weekend, and Valencia at the top of the table points expanded to eight points again, Real Sociedad, who are on the back of form in the next round, will have to give their all if they want to secure their league points, and now they have to be distracted by the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final......
"Marca" also talked about Real Madrid's recent predicament: "Real Madrid unexpectedly drew with Osasuna in the 21st round of the league this season, so that Real Madrid and the top Valencia and Barcelona are eight and four points respectively, as the league deepens, it will inevitably put more attention on the Champions League, that is to say, the Champions League match day is likely to sacrifice the league, and now take advantage of the Champions League knockout round has not started to get as many points as possible, the next round of home against promoted Real Sociedad must be a tough battle, Valencia, who are back in force in midweek, have a long way to go for Real Madrid this season......
Subsequently, he talked about Real Madrid's recent injuries: "Coincidentally, Ramos, Pepe and Higuain are likely to be unable to enter the squad for the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals at the Bernabeu two days later due to injuries, as the league and the Copa del Rey enter a critical stage, any player injury will affect the team's preparation, in order to let the injured players get a good recovery, Mourinho will definitely let the players rest more according to the requirements of the team doctor, otherwise it will be the beginning of the Champions League 1/8 finals in the middle of the year, The personnel will be tighter, and compared to Valencia's opponent Copenhagen in the Champions League 1/8 finals, Real Madrid's Champions League 1/8 final opponent Leon will be more difficult to deal with......"
In fact, with the meeting between Iello and Valencia in Madrid, Mourinho began to have a headache.
Valencia without Ilo can be rolled as much as they want, but Valencia with Iroh is really not very good, and now the main defenders Ramos and Pepe are all exempted due to injury, which means that only Carvalho, Garay and Italian international Ranocchia who joined the team in the winter transfer market are left in the central defenders.
The Copa del Rey semi-finals against Valencia in this game no matter which two central defenders are sent, Mourinho can not rest assured, Carvalho is old, this season's league 14th round home play Valencia is broken by Elo, Garay is on the bench for a long time, the state of the game is unknown, Italian international Ranocchia is slightly young, and the winter transfer is quite for the team to find the main central defender in the future.
Kaka's return from injury also forced Mourinho to vacate a place in the midfield, because Florentino could not allow Mourinho to put Kaka, who has a transfer fee of 65 million euros and an annual salary of 10 million euros after tax, on the bench, which indirectly forced Real Madrid to discharge an all-attack formation at home, but the all-attack formation is likely to have a big score......
It's just that it's a bit difficult to guess which side will win this big score, and it is difficult for Mourinho to make up his mind to play at home for the possibility of not being able to do 100%, otherwise the 13th and 14th rounds of the league this season will be a repeat of the fiasco.
Ello joined the joint training session on the afternoon of the meeting with Valencia, and to Ancelotti's surprise, Eloh did not show any fatigue at all, and if this situation can continue until the day of the game, then he can definitely be in the starting line-up.
It's a little pity that goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei seems to have some ups and downs in form.
In fact, this is not surprising, just with the Chinese team winning the Asian Cup, the whole body is in a state of extreme excitement, and it will take at least a week to adjust if you want to return to the best game condition.
So this has also become a strange place for the other players in Valencia, it stands to reason that this situation will only appear in Aelo, but I didn't expect it to appear on goalkeeper Wang Xiaolei, which is really speechless.
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Cristiano Ronaldo would have been confident that his side would reach the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, even if Arlo drew with Valencia, and he has been in fine form of late, scoring 34 goals in 21 league games, four more than Messi and a full 10 more than he missed a month in the league.
Now he is full of confidence, seeing his teammates preparing for the second leg of the semi-finals of the Chinese Copa del Rey very dissatisfied, after the day's training interviewed: "I don't understand why the whole world thinks that Ai's return to Valencia will pose a huge threat to us, please remember, in the next leg we are sitting at the Bernabeu, and we have three away goals, plus my form everyone is watching, is this Real Madrid still unable to beat Valencia at home?" ”
Many reporters did not react to Cristiano Ronaldo's remarks.
In their impression, Cristiano Ronaldo is not in sight, but he still respects his good friend Iro.
But what he said just now, it is obvious that Cristiano Ronaldo is very dissatisfied with the media's attention to Airo's return to Valencia, from another point of view, the current Cristiano Ronaldo is under great pressure, as Real Madrid's record recruitment, in addition to scoring more goals, there is no substantial help for Real Madrid.
Of course, Real Madrid's league results are not directly related to Cristiano Ronaldo, you must know that many games rely on his explosion to get three points, in other words, he is the hero of many games of Real Madrid.
Kaka, a good friend of Cristiano Ronaldo's at Real Madrid, also spoke to the media after training, and said of the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final in midweek: "It's hard to play against Valencia with Albert, but is it easy to play with me and Cristiano? Just look at our first leg at Mestalla and you'll know the result......"
In fact, Kaka was very weak at this time, but he once challenged Iroh before the championship award in the 2006-2007 Champions League final, and the result was ...... But he went downhill with AC Milan's form.
But now that Kaka's form is starting to pick up, and with the help of a super killer like his friend Cristiano Ronaldo, will it be difficult to beat Valencia?
Obviously not that hard!
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Valencia and Real Madrid have always had a good relationship, so even the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final didn't make much of a splash, and occasionally there was only an expression of confidence among the players to win the game.
After hearing about Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka's belief in winning, Iello was very calm in the following interview, with a relaxed face, shrugging his shoulders and smiling: "The combination of Cristiano and Kaka is very strong, and it is not surprising that he has the confidence to win, and it is ...... With my and David's attack combination, it is not inferior to Real Madrid's attack group, I think...... Pre-match predictions are equal in terms of the odds of winning a match, while the exact outcome of the match will not be known until the end of the match, so I would say ...... Speak with your feet. ”
Then the reporter asked if Iroh would start, and he set off a smoke bomb: "I really don't know this, I just have to look at the specific arrangements of the head coach." ”
As such, no one knows if Arlo will start in the second leg of Valencia's Copa del Rey semi-final away to Real Madrid.
When asked about manager Carlo Ancelotti, his answer was even more ambiguous: "Ai has just played the Asian Cup for a month, and the situation is a bit complicated. ”
In fact, Ancelotti was very helpless, according to his idea was to put Ailo on the bench and wait until the second half to replace him, but Ailo communicated with him at the first time, so he had to make adjustments to the relevant personnel arrangements, especially the starting list.
Despite this, there are plenty of media predictions that Carlo Ancelotti will put Iello in the starting line-up for his first trophy at Valencia, as Valencia's league opponent at the weekend is promoted Mahecus, and there is a 90% chance that a team on the lift this season will not pose any threat to the league leaders at all, so ......
Mourinho also has a lot of faith in this possibility, and as the manager of the past two and a half seasons, he knows his character very well.
The desire to fight without any physical discomfort is very strong, and he seems to have always maintained a high desire for glory, and will give his all in any game, it is not an accident that he has been able to become the most successful footballer in world football over the years, but a necessity!
So on February 4, 2011 at 8pm at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, the second leg of the 2010-2011 Copa del Rey semi-finals, Iello made his debut!
Therefore, many commentators subconsciously exclaimed when they got the starting list: "Ai actually starts? ”