Chapter 108: The victory is decided

Barcelona's players played aggrieved on the pitch, and Rexach, the Barcelona manager, felt aggrieved as he watched from the sidelines.

Valencia play football that is somewhat similar to theirs, but is clearly better, sharper and more attacking than Barcelona football, and they even defensively make it feel like they are attacking.

The Catalan media also felt this way, feeling that Barcelona seemed to have no way to take Valencia.

Before the game, they advocated the friendly relationship between the two teams, just to alleviate Valencia's jǐngti against Barcelona, but now it seems that Valencia did not seem to have been fooled, but rather looked like they were self-inflicted clowns.

Just before half-time, Valencia scored another goal. Like the first goal, it was still a front-court siege, and the attack launched directly after the ball was broken caught Barcelona off guard.

In the end, Mendieta scored the second goal.

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"Mendieta!! Barcelona looked defenseless at the Mestalla...... Before the game, it was thought that it would be a close game, but now it seems that this is not the case...... Cooper's Valencia have not won against Real Madrid and Barcelona, but they have always been a fluke, or a little hard. What is it like this Valencia team now? Easily scored two goals against Barcelona at home! ”

"Valencia play a kind of advanced and powerful football, which is pleasing to the eye and at the same time can win. We have always said that the result and the process are incompatible, and that a good player often does not win, but the emergence of Valencia has changed our understanding, they not only play well, they can also win!! ”

Under the huge cheers at the Mestalla Stadium, Barcelona's players looked frustrated.

They didn't expect the road trip to be so tough.

Originally, the infighting exhausted the jīng power of many players, so that their minds were not on the game. Now that he has suffered another blow, many players have not yet reacted, why did the game play like this?

When Real Madrid were beaten 2-1 at home by Valencia, the Barcelona fans laughed so much in front of the TV that it was their turn to watch the Barcelona jokes.

And Valencia fans only need to celebrate.

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Rudy. Gonzalez turned to Constant: "We can already start celebrating the championship early, right?" ”

Chang Sheng smiled: "Low-key, low-key." ”

In fact, he was very happy.

I won the league championship in my first season in Getafe, and I was not as excited as I am now, because after all, it was the second division, and it was not so difficult to win the championship, or because the league was not well-known, even if I won the championship, the sense of achievement was not high.

The first division is different, he led Valencia and defeated teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Deportivo La Coruna...... What a great thing it would be to win the championship at the end!

Champion of the Spanish Primera Division! In the past, when I was a fan, I could only watch a few strong teams fight for it, and I never thought that I would have the opportunity to get off the field and participate in this game one day.

What's even more unexpected is that when you come down to play by yourself, you can still have the upper hand!

From now on, this dominating European football scene will have its name written on it!

He led the team to the second division championship and at most had a high reputation in Spain. But when he became the head coach of the first division champion, he also had a status in the entire European football world.

At that time, whether it is in Valencia or elsewhere, you will not have to worry about not being able to find a job. Like more than two years ago, for a job, I traveled all over Spain, begged my grandfather to sue nǎinǎi, and finally ran out of food and couldn't find a job, and I will never return!

Winning a championship is his best resume.

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At half-time, Chang Sheng praised his team's performance, but he didn't get carried away with all of them.

"A full game is ninety minutes and consists of two halves of forty-five minutes each. Just because we played well in the first half doesn't mean we did well in the second half, I praise you because you did well in the first half, but don't think you can indulge in the second half. In the second half, we continued to play our style, pressing up front, Barcelona are very uncomfortable with this kind of defense, we have to try to score one more goal before they get used to it, so that if they do, it's too late! ”

On the tactical board behind the constant victory, there are several names, all of which are crossed and crossed. This is what Chang Sheng marked for the team before the game, and the dangerous task on Barcelona's side requires the whole team to focus on defense.

In the most conspicuous position, the name of "Harvey" is impressively listed.

Although Xavi is not as famous as Rì Hou, he is already recognized as an excellent player.

He made his first senior appearance in the 1998 Super Cup, starting and scoring a goal in the first place, and there was no better debut than this.

So after the crossing, Chang Sheng never thought of digging Harvey, he knew that he couldn't dig it, and he couldn't even borrow it. Xavi has become a mainstay in Barcelona's midfield, which is one of the reasons why Pep Guardiola will lose his place at Barcelona.

For Xavi, Chang Sheng takes it very seriously.

The reason why Valencia was able to take the lead so easily in this game had a lot to do with the fact that Albelda and Baraja took turns to defend Xavi and freeze Xavi.

Maybe they haven't realised how capable Xavi is until now, they just see him as a normal starter.

But Chang Sheng knows that Xavi's important role in Barcelona is like Alonso's later at Real Madrid, when he is on the pitch you don't think he's anything great, but when he's not on the pitch you start to miss him like crazy......

Xavi is Barcelona's metronome, and although it hasn't been too obvious yet, there are already signs of it.

In the 1999-2000 season, when Pep Guardiola was absent due to injury, Xavi was already in the team's main midfield, and he proved with his actual performance that he could replace Pep Guardiola, which is one of the reasons why FC Barcelona decided to let Pep Guardiola go.

However, if Chang Sheng now says that Xavi can win the Ballon d'Or, I am afraid that it will still cause a lot of doubts and ridicule, thinking that he is slapping horses and licking the chrysanthemums of Barcelona.

But Chang Sheng knows that Xavi has such ability, and his performance has been consistent.

So he defended against Xavi very tightly in this game.

At first, everyone thought the manager was making a big fuss, but now they don't see it that way.

After freezing Xavi, Barcelona's attacking threat is indeed much lower.

It's as if they froze Bellerón and paralyzed Deportivo Offensive.

Xavi always has at least two men around him to defend him.

At this time, Xavi was still a little young, and his ability to turn around and protect the ball was not as sharp and skillful as after that, and now the two of them surrounded him, and the "lungs of Barcelona" fell into the quagmire.

Through matches against Real Madrid, Deportivo La Coruna and Barcelona, Chang Sheng brought into full play the advantages of the Reborn Traveler.

The Reborn are not just able to use their advantage of foresight in the transfer market. When you know enough about a player's future trajectory, and a team's future trajectory, you'll know what their real strengths and weaknesses are, rather than being bogged down by current assessments. To put it simply, Chang Sheng, as a traverser, has the ability to see through the fog of history, and the conclusions he has drawn are naturally the most correct.

He knows Harvey's future achievements, and he also knows Harvey's current limitations, as long as he makes a fuss about this, it will be difficult for Harvey not to lose!

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The break went on quickly, and the second half saw the two sides change sides.

Neither team made any substitutions, and Xavi remained on the pitch despite being severely restrained by Albelda and Baraja in the first half.

Perhaps for Rexach, this is not to say that he has enough faith in Xavi, but that there is really no suitable replacement for the Barcelona midfield today. There was also a Guardiola before, but now Guardiola has run to Valencia, and there is no one else except Xavi.

Rival is superior in multiple numbers, but he's not an offensive playmaker, he's an assault player. That's how he played at Barcelona and in the Brazilian national team.

The last round of the league last season is a great reflection of his character.

However, sometimes it really depends on luck to play like this kind of explosion, not it can explode at any time, and it is not explosive if you want to.

For example, Rivaldo's performance in this game was far less impressive than last season.

His breakthrough and long-range shè are still very threatening, but with Chang Sheng's defense against Xìng, he is just a normal threat. If you want to contain him, there are still many ways and a high chance.

The most important thing is to cut off Xavi's connection with the other players, Rivaldo can only go it alone, and the last thing he is afraid of is a lone hero, because there is always a way to clean them up.

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Because Lexage didn't make any adjustments, Barcelona's attack didn't take off.

Chang Sheng simply took this strong team and practiced tactics.

He intends to practice defending with tiki-taka.

Tiki-taka is a possession-possession tactic that many consider to represent beautiful attacking football. But in fact, tiki-taka can also be used for defense. Even the tactics of controlling the ball have been for defense since the birth of the game.

In 1872, England travelled to Patrick for the first international football match in football history against Scotland, whose players were all playing for Queens Park Rangers. The Scots knew they were nowhere near as heavy as England and realised they would be at a disadvantage if they used the long pass and hang style that was commonplace at the time, so they decided to play to an extreme style.

There is no direct evidence to prove this, but according to the Scottish Football Museum, it is quite possible that this is how it was - the Queen's Park Rangers team had to pass around the opposition and keep the English away from the football to stop the big guys from scoring.

The strategy worked. England, who have a much longer tradition and a much wider pool of players to choose from, were the favourites, but the game ended in a goalless draw.

One of the great things about the homegrown Scots is that they work as a team – how is this different from today's pass-and-possession tactics?

Why the later "Cosmos Team" Barcelona defended very well has a lot to do with their insistence on passing and possession.

When the football is always passing at their feet, and the opponent can only run behind the football butt, the opponent can naturally threaten the Barcelona goal.

In the past, the Universe team used it to kill you in other teams, but now Chang Sheng wants to test this trick on the future Universe team...... (To be continued.)