Chapter Thirty-Nine: That's the Lead
When the ball flew into the goal, everyone in the audience was stunned, and even Mendieta didn't expect his first shot to score.
This goal seems to have scored...... Too easy, right?
Then he reacted that he had really scored and that Valencia had the lead at home to Real Madrid!
The media were analysing before the game how difficult it was for Valencia. The reasons they gave were so convincing that Mendieta couldn't help but nod her head in agreement.
But he didn't expect that in the game, Valencia would lead Real Madrid so easily!
You know, it's only been 14 minutes since the game started!
Before he could continue his surprise, he was overwhelmed by the excitement of his teammates.
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On the sidelines, when Mendieta blasted the ball into the Real Madrid goal, Chang Sheng raised his arms and pointed to the sky. And everyone in the coach's bench behind him jumped up.
They raised their arms and shouted, or hugged each other enthusiastically.
The same is true on the bench.
Valencia's coaches and players are venting their emotions.
None of them expected the team to take the lead so early.
Although they put in a lot of hard work and work for this game before the game, they did not dare to imagine that they could lead Real Madrid so easily.
Rudy. Gonzalez rushed over and hugged Chang Sheng: "How do you feel when you see this scene, Chang?" ”
"That's good!" Chang Sheng said with a grin.
Strength and conditioning coach Elias. Dominic also came up and patted Chang Sheng's shoulder: "I'm sure it's a big business!" ”
Chang Sheng smiled: "Don't worry, Elias. And that's just the beginning! ”
Rudy. Gonzalez put his arms around Chang Sheng and said loudly, "That's right. And that's just the beginning! ”
After coming out of Getafe, he was not depressed by the uprooting of his homeland, on the contrary, he was full of anticipation for that unknowable future. He has been in Getafe for thirteen years. It's been too long.
It's been so long that it's lost its freshness.
He had always thought that he would be in Getafe until he retired, and that was not a bad thing.
But when he followed Chang Sheng out of Getafe, he realized why Chang Sheng had to go.
Because of the scenery outside...... It's really better than Getafe.
He is now full of longing for the outside.
What kind of future will we create?
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"Mendieta - gooooooo!! Mendieta! Gazka. Mendieta! He scored a beautiful goal! Fourteen minutes into the game, Valencia took the lead! You know, their opponent is Real Madrid! ”
Narrator Morn exclaimed.
What surprised him was not that Valencia had the lead over Real Madrid at home, it wasn't a big deal. Valencia also beat Real Madrid 3-2 away in the 9900 season.
To Moen's surprise, fourteen minutes had passed since the start of the game and Valencia had scored a goal. And they have the upper hand!
Real Madrid, the defending champion, had no choice but to retreat in the face of Valencia. In these 14 minutes, although they also had some counter-attacks, the advantage was clearly on Valencia's side.
Even a fool who doesn't know how to play can see it. Valencia had the upper hand.
This is obviously because of Valencia's new tactics......
I didn't expect that a tactical change could bring such a big change to Valencia......
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Florentino, the president of Real Madrid, was smiling and politely greeting people before the game.
But when the game started, he threw himself into the game, and his face gradually became solemn.
Even if he doesn't understand football. Such a simple thing can also be seen.
He knows his team is on the back foot in the game.
What's more important is that it's not as simple as being at a disadvantage.
Instead, in the game, he saw that Valencia's attack was clearly aimed at Pavon.
Valencia's wide flanks are clearly sharp, but in this game, last season's main player Vicente has become a fringe figure.
Whether it's Mendieta or Ibrahimovic. Even the forward Aimar is looking for trouble with Pavon.
The conceded goal suddenly looked at Pavon and was not conceded here. But in fact, it is Pavon's responsibility!
Because Pavon couldn't hold it alone, Hierro went up to make up for it to help him.
This gave Valencia an opportunity.
Florentino didn't know as much about football as the outside world said. He could still see such a simple thing.
That's why his face is so ugly.
If you really don't see it, it's better.
Now, watching Valencia celebrate from the players to the coaches.
Florentino's face became even more unsightly.
He resounded the wild words that Chang Sheng had said before the game.
“…… Since Mr. Florentino is convinced that Pavon can do it, I don't mind showing you how Pavon can't do it......"
That's what Chang Sheng said in his pre-match press conference.
He didn't pay attention to it when he first heard it.
But now, when he remembered this sentence again, it meant ...... This sentence hit him in the soft underbelly.
Pavon, who he had high hopes for, was embarrassed and miserable under Valencia's fierce offensive.
With a straight face, he clenched two fists on his knees.
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Bosque stood up from his seat.
He doesn't care about conceding goals, after all, Valencia itself is not weak, and it is a home game, and Real Madrid can't let the opponent score a single goal.
There were many reasons why he stood up in surprise.
For example, the power of Valencia's tactics, and Paven......
He had thought that Chang Sheng's words against Pavon were nothing more than a simple war of words. As long as you don't care about the other party, the other party will naturally die down.
But now look at ...... He was wrong.
That's not a war of words!
He didn't expect that Pavin would become a breakthrough for the other party to take advantage of!
Bosque was the coach who took Pavon with him, and at that time he was still in the echelon, not yet the manager of the first team of Real Madrid.
He knew Pavon well. This is a very talented young man who has the courage to challenge and he showed his quality in both Real Madrid's C and B teams.
So Bosque thought about it carefully and put it down to Pavon's first La Liga game, which was a bit uncomfortable.
He thought that as long as he continued to give Pavon a chance, Pavon would gradually improve himself in the game.
When the time comes, it will not be easy for Valencia to use Pavon to make a breakthrough.
Now he felt that it wasn't Pavon that he should have considered. It's about how to get the score back.
Things were not good for Real Madrid, as their vaunted attack was stifled by Valencia's attack, and in the intervening 14 minutes, Real Madrid's few counter-attacks failed to threaten the goal of Canizares.
This is obviously not a no-go.
But it's Valencia's goal. It's not that simple.
Bosque has learned from these ten minutes of observation that Valencia is a unit, and they play together when they attack, and they do the same when they defend.
Even a centre-forward like Zlatan Ibrahimovic has to contribute defensively, let alone anyone else.
Of course. Asking attacking players to contribute defensively doesn't mean having them drop back to the back, which is a drain on their energy and a waste of time.
The way to win is to ask every player to press aggressively up front.
As long as the Real Madrid player has the ball. There will be two or three Valencia players pressing.
How similar it was when he led Getafe to Mallorca.
This kind of pressing is very uncomfortable for the Real Madrid players.
As for their impression of Valencia, there is a big gap.
Not to mention that Valencia is still playing offside tactics......
They had fewer counter-attacks, and on both occasions they fell into the opponent's offside trap.
Bosque can already be determined. This is a replica of Chang Sheng's tactics in Getafe's last game...... No, it's a mature version.
The players' familiarity with this tactic clearly outstripped Getafe's.
At the same time, Valencia's five rounds are from individual strength or overall strength. They are all a lot more powerful than Getafe, and they will naturally be more powerful than Getafe when they use this set of tactics.
If Getafe can beat Mallorca 3-1 with that tactic, why can't Valencia rely on this tactic to lead Real Madrid?
How to break this tactic, Real Madrid's head coach Bosque didn't think about it at all.
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The moment Mestalla scored in Mendieta, there was a huge cheer.
But after the cheers, the Valencia fans reacted suddenly - what did they give this cheer to Mendieta? Or was it given to this Chinese coach?
From the very beginning of the game, Valencia fans noticed that this Valencia team played a completely different football than before.
Although they have seen some rudiments of tactics in the warm-up games, they always have doubts in their hearts and don't know if this will work.
You must know that Valencia has been playing defensive counterattacks for several seasons before, and it has almost become their label.
There have been media commentaries on Valencia, saying that they are an Italian team in Spain.
Thanks to this Italian style, they reached the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons.
This set of tactics is successful and mature.
Why did the new manager change tactics as soon as he came up?
Many fans are not understanding or even dissatisfied.
It would be unwise to think that the new coach of Chang Sheng is trying to erase the traces left by his predecessor.
Unexpectedly, in the first league game of the new season, Valencia relied on the new tactics of winning to score a goal in the first 14 minutes of the game!
What's going on?
How powerful is this tactic that looks like a headless fly?
Many people in the Mestalla stands were dumbfounded, and there was a brief and eerie silence in the stadium......