Chapter 36: The Mad Dog of the White Horse
This is the first game of the new season in Valencia and the first game of the new La Liga season.
So this game is the opening match of La Liga.
The media focused on it and broadcast it live to the whole country.
Valencia fans are paying close attention to this match.
Because this is the first official game that their new head coach has led the team to.
Although Valencia has played four warm-up games.
But can the warm-up matches be compared to the official leagues?
The warm-up matches showed too many things, and whether the new coach who wins can lead Valencia to the top will depend on the official competition.
This opening game is a very good opportunity.
This summer, there has been a lot of commentary in the media, especially in Valencia, about Chang Sheng, most of them derogatory and very little praise.
From his signings to his attitude towards Zakhovic, from his infrequent press conferences to his incomprehensible tactics, the media has become a reason for criticizing him.
The reason why the local media in Valencia so disparaged Chang Sheng is simple. After Otti took office, the change he made was not to continue to hire those world-famous coaches, but to find a Chinese with only one season of team experience.
They are very worried.
It is believed that Chang Sheng does not have enough experience and ability to lead Valencia.
They admit that Constant wins have led Getafe to the Second Division and the Copa del Rey titles, but leading a small team is a completely different experience than leading a big team. The experience of coaching a small team cannot be easily applied to a big team. If nothing else, let's talk about how to deal with the relationship in the dressing room, the small team is completely different from the big team.
Therefore, they are very unoptimistic about the future of Changsheng in Valencia.
I always think that Otti finding such a Chinese may end up ruining himself and Valencia. As for the fate of Chang Sheng, then no one cares......
Valencia fans have received so much negative feedback from the local media, and they have a bad impression of their confidence in winning constantly.
With a team like Real Madrid in the opening game, Valencia fans are honestly a bit unsure.
Real Madrid was the league champion last season, and this season spent a lot of money to bring in the 29-year-old Zidane from Juventus.
In contrast, Valencia bought a lot of people this summer, but what kind of people did they buy!
Except for one Pep Guardiola, who is already thirty years old.
The others were either teenage furry kids or nobodies who had never heard of their names before. Just looking at such transfer reinforcements, it really doesn't make people feel confident.
And judging from media reports, in today's game, Chang Sheng has to send a number of his newly purchased players in one go...... Oh my God, is Valencia's future going to rest on such an unreliable coach and a bunch of unreliable nobodies?
Whether it is prestige or strength, this Real Madrid team is on the rise.
Although there was no "Galaxy Battleship" at this time, everyone felt that this Real Madrid was very much like the invincible armada of Spain across the oceans.
Even at home, it will be difficult for Valencia to beat Real Madrid. Although their number one star Zinedine Zidane did not play, it is not something that Valencia can resist......
That's what many Valencia fans are thinking.
But at this time, there was only a constant win, and the Valencia manager announced very strongly that he was going to give Real Madrid a good look at the Mestalla.
Is he crazy, or is he really sure?
With all the doubts before the season, coupled with the curiosity now, the Mestalla Stadium was unexpectedly full of people in the opening game of the league!
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In the locker room, the warm-up players are making their final preparations for the game. The players who started changed their shirts and the substitutes were waiting.
Chang Sheng looked at his players.
And in Getafe is a completely different feeling.
His popularity in Getafe is already an admiration, and even if he doesn't say anything, those players will fight to the death for him.
Now it's different.
He had scanned it before, and until now, most of the players had a neutral reputation for him, and the whole team was even more neutral.
Although he won four warm-up games, he knew very well that the warm-up games really didn't tell the story, and if he wanted to convince these players, this opening game was really a top priority, and there was no room for failure.
Think about it, if he can lead the team to defeat the unbeatable Real Madrid, how much shock it will bring to these players?
One goal to fame, one goal to fame.
It's not a player's prerogative, it's a coach's prerogative!
In order to give more confidence to these players, who are still neutral, he is going to give a speech.
Give yourself room to play your natural skills.
The 30% morale boost is not for fun, if used well, it can make a group of people directly turn into red-eyed berserkers.
"In fact, Real Madrid is not as terrible as it is said from the outside, what are the four superstars, what are the defending champions. Remember what we worked on for a summer? From high-intensity physical training to boring tactical training. I know a lot of people have complained more than once. But now, the efforts of all of us are going to be worth it at this moment. Many people think that Real Madrid, who are invincible, will face their first defeat in the new season of the reigning champions! ”
Mendieta pouted in his heart, and this confident posture again, I really don't know where this Chinese's confidence comes from.
Even if we are at home, we are playing against a strong Real Madrid.
Is it so difficult that the other party didn't play Zidane, so did he have so confidence?
But as soon as he thought about it, he felt that the situation of his teammates around him was not very right.
They weren't as indifferent as before, and some of them had begun to stare at Chang Sheng very seriously, as if they couldn't wait to know what he was going to say next.
These people showed some more enthusiasm than Mendieta had imagined......
"If anyone doubts why I'm so confident, I'll give you an analysis."
After Chang Sheng finished speaking, he glanced at Mendieta, and Mendieta was a little shocked at this glance, because at that moment he felt that his mind had been seen through by Chang Sheng.
"Real Madrid's squad looks strong. But they still have a shortcoming, and it is a fatal weakness. You should all know that I scolded Real Madrid for their 'Zipa policy' in my pre-match press conference, right? The media said that I was a mad dog, and there was no reason why I caught someone and bit whom. But in this game we're going to let them see if I'm biting. Quite simply, in the game, every player involved in the attack had to run and pass the ball to distract their two midfielders, Elgra and Makelele. Then leave their back line unprotected, and that's when we focus on attacking their young centre-back, Pavon! ”
Chang Sheng writes and draws on the tactical board, and then dots the circle that represents Paven.
"He is Real Madrid's Achilles' heel in this game. Storm him, crush him, crush him completely! If Hierro comes up to make up for it, he passes the ball to the open spot where he came up...... So everyone has to pay extra attention to their positioning. Run aggressively and don't think about saving energy. Playing against a team like Real Madrid, it doesn't make sense to save energy. If you don't give it your all, then we will die in ninety minutes! I hope you remember that! ”
"Real Madrid have superstars and compared to them, we are much more civilian. But we're a whole, and that's much more important than a superstar. Soccer is, in the final analysis, a sport as a whole. So remember the name of our tactics? Mad dog! Yes, I'm sure after a summer of training, you should understand why I named this tactic 'Mad Dog'. And what is Real Madrid? They are elegant white horses, now let's let these mad dogs take a hard bite on their legs! ”
Someone clenched their fists, and Mendieta was even more surprised.
He admits that what Chang Sheng said is a little inflammatory, but it doesn't make so many people excited, right?
He turned to look at Chang Sheng and looked at Chang Sheng in surprise.
And Chang Sheng seemed to notice his gaze and smiled back at him.
It's still the kind of confident and complacent.
Mendieta frowned.
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In Real Madrid's dressing room, Bosque was telling his players what to look out for in this game.
He didn't think that Valencia would play defensive counter-attacks like everyone else, because judging from the pre-season warm-up games, Valencia could not be considered defensive counter-attacks in any way.
The messy running tactics reminded him of the last game he played at Getafe, the Copa del Rey final. At that time, Getafe relied on a new set of tactics to defeat Mallorca and win the Copa del Rey.
Bosque thought about this, and he felt that Chang Sheng was likely to transfer the tactics he had experimented with in Getafe to Valencia.
That's why he didn't treat Valencia as a counter-attacking team in the first place.
Obviously, if Chang Sheng were to use that tactic, he would definitely play against Real Madrid.
Because he can't stay in the back all the time and not come out.
If you fight against each other, Bosque is not afraid.
Last season, Bosque has been training Real Madrid's tactical style. With a number of technical players, Real Madrid's players are very delicate with their feet.
Therefore, the tactical style of this Real Madrid team is mainly short pass penetration plus pressing attacking play.
The oppressive offense is actually to replace the defense with offense, suppressing the opponent with fierce attacks, forcing the opponent to choose defense, so as to hand over the initiative to the feet of the attacker.
This Real Madrid attack is aggressive.
Bosque does not believe that the winning Valencia can win Real Madrid in attack.
Even without Zidane, Valencia can't win.
Real Madrid relied on this style of play to win the league title last year, which is what Bosque has the most confidence.
Bosque's mind was full of fighting Valencia, and he didn't notice the young man sitting next to Hierro, who looked slightly nervous......