Originally, before the war between Real Madrid and Valencia, both sides appeared to be more restrained and did not give the media too much opportunity to hype, but at the pre-match press conference, Valencia coach Manuel Pellegrino's words made the calm water agitate.

He didn't criticize or ridicule Lin Yu, but instead said a lot of good things about Lin Yu.

When a reporter mentioned Lin Yu, Pellegrino said very seriously: "There is no doubt that that person is very scary, no matter which team encounters him, it will be an unspeakable nightmare, and we are no exception." ”

Of course, his words made Lin Yu very happy, but it was easy to cause dissatisfaction and unhappiness among the players in the team.

For example, former Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic, who moved to Valencia in the summer transfer period, and former Manchester United player Hernandez both expressed their unacceptability with Pellegrino's words.

Vidic had a head-to-head confrontation with Lin Yu when he was at Manchester United before, and he lost badly, but that didn't completely erode his pride, he could lose in battle, but he couldn't accept to admit defeat before he even started fighting.

His transfer from Manchester United to Valencia this season is a kind of helplessness and an attempt, because he can no longer get the respect he deserves, nor can he get the results he wants, but after coming to Valencia, he is highly valued, and he also has the opportunity to play in the Champions League, which is the best way for an elderly player to retire.

As for Little Pea Hernandez, because of Moyes's coaching, it is not only difficult for him to get a chance to play. And he played very unhappily and joined Valencia. First, I want to play with the ball in the real sense, and secondly, I want to use this platform to show myself in the Champions League. We can't afford to waste time at Manchester United.

He also disagreed with Pellegrino's statement, of course he also admitted that Lin Yu was very powerful, but before he kicked it, he praised the other party as a flower, and said that his players were worthless, what was going on.

Of course, it is impossible for the two of them to directly sing against the manager, after all, they are newcomers who have just joined Valencia, and they have not yet performed much. If you want to have a voice, if you want the manager to listen to you, you have to show your ability in the game.

Prove yourself with practical actions!

To put it more directly, that is, one proves himself with a goal, and the other proves himself with excellent defense, and it is best to be able to prevent Lin Yufang from scoring a single goal, which is the best.

Hernandez is a striker, he is basically unlikely to have a direct fight with Lin Yu, and he also understands that his ability is not as strong as Lin Yu. But if you score a goal, you don't necessarily need Lin Yu's strong ability, he can also score goals, so prove yourself. It doesn't have to be impossible.

Vidic's idea is even simpler, when he was in the Premier League, he was teased by Lin Yu many times. At that time, he also admitted it, because he really didn't know Lin Yu at that time. There is little contact, too, but now. In order to deal with Lin Yu, he carefully watched almost every game of Lin Yu in La Liga in the past two seasons, what Lin Yu's habits were and what he was good at, he kept them in his mind, and he really wanted to do a big job, completely block Lin Yu, and not give Lin Yu any chance to score.

Interestingly, when many Spanish media introduced the former full-faced captain, they would use the word "veteran" to describe it, and said, "If Vidic is ten years younger, it may become a big trouble for Lin Yu, but he is now old, and it is difficult to compete with Lin Yu, who is only twenty-five years old, he also came to Valencia to retire, and he probably has no intention of competing with Lin Yu." ”

The media's remarks made Vidic very angry, he was unwilling to admit that he was old, he thought that his current age was also a golden age in the defender position, why should he say that he was old? He wasn't convinced.

So he wanted to defeat Lin Yu, on the one hand, to prove to his head coach that he was not old, to prove that Lin Yu was not as terrible as he imagined, and on the other hand, to prove to himself that he was not old and could work for several more years.

In fact, when he left Manchester United to join Valencia, some English media said that he would leave mainstream football from now on, because Valencia is not a giant team like Manchester United after all, and many media said that he would not be able to get along in Manchester United before he came to La Liga.

The older a person gets, the more afraid he is of being told that he is old, and Vidic is of course no exception, in fact, his form is still quite good, and it is not a problem to play the main role in the mainstream league, and there are many reasons why he left Manchester United, which does not need to be repeated.

Maybe because of this, he wants to prove his ability by defeating Lin Yu, in fact, he doesn't have to beat Lin Yu, as long as he can make Lin Yu feel troublesome and depressed, he will win, after all, on the back line, no matter how powerful a person is, he may not be able to block the opponent's striker from scoring, not to mention that this striker is still Lin Yu.

After thinking about it, Vidic still felt that his reputation for the rest of his life might be bet on Lin Yu, if he could successfully stop Lin Yu, then no one would dare to say that he was old, or that he was no longer good.

Even if he can't successfully block it, as long as he can cause a lot of trouble to Lin Yu and make it difficult for Lin Yu to score, then he will also be highly valued, after all, in today's football, the defender who can defend Lin Yu by himself has not yet been born.

However, the risk of doing so is not small, because once he fails, he may really lose confidence in himself and become a fool.

But he had to do it, and if he didn't, he would never be able to play with peace of mind.

So he plans to find a time to talk to Pellegrino in private, and let the manager hand over the responsibility of defending Lin Yu to him.

……

Why did Pellegrino say that, knowing that it would cause displeasure among some of the players in the team?

He's an idiot?

Is he an unqualified manager?

No!

Neither!

Pellegrino is actually very smart, he has been observing more than two seasons and has found a very interesting phenomenon. Lin Yu is the kind of player you look down on him the more you look down on him. The crazier the guy he is, the more exciting you stimulate him. The worse your team will lose, the worse it will be, and if you praise him, praise him, and kill him, although it is impossible to really kill, it will definitely ease his hostility.

As the saying goes, you don't stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, facing a pitiful person who is respectful to you. Do you really have to be ruthless?

This is probably the weakness of Lin Yu's character, Pellegrino felt that he had discovered this secret, so he said that point of view at the press conference before the game, trying to pat Lin Yu's ass and minimize Lin Yu's hostility towards Valencia.

As a twenty-five-year-old young man, Lin Yu has already won a lot of honors, which will inevitably lead to his complacency, even if it is just a little bit, there will definitely be after all. And it may also be accompanied by slackness.

If someone pushes him at this time, he may put aside his complacency and slackness and play at a high level on the pitch, as in the last round against Espanyol. In the first six minutes, Lin Yu was definitely a god-level performance, who was in front of him. That has to be considered unlucky, but after Lin Yu scored a goal in six minutes. It's a bit lax, but of course this laxity doesn't mean that you don't take the game seriously. It's just that it seems that the game's character's berserk state is over, and there will always be a period of weakness, which is one of the reasons why he hasn't been able to score goals again.

Pellegrino didn't dare to stimulate Lin Yu, and he didn't even dare to let the media hype it up casually, because he didn't know what the media would say, so Lin Yu, who had suddenly made people crazy, went crazy again.

Of course, his choice was the smartest choice, even if he couldn't reduce Lin Yu's combat power, he didn't want to be stupid enough to let the other party enter a berserk state.

On the other hand, he did this, but at the same time he could stimulate the new players in the team, Vidic and Hernandez, these two players because of the new joining Valencia, are eager to make achievements, so they must not want to admit defeat, he said this, whether it is Vidic or Hernandez, must be holding back a force in their hearts, ready to play in the game.

To achieve this effect, in fact, Pellegrino can also snicker.

……

So when Nemanja Vidic and Hernandez approached Pellegrino, the scheming manager was no surprise and seemed to have already done so.

"Coach, let me start tomorrow, I'll score!" After Hernandez came to Valencia, the first two rounds of games were all substitutes, mainly in the adaptation stage, so Pellegrino did not dare to let him start directly, and today Hernandez made such a request, obviously ready.

From the bottom of his heart, Pellegrino is very willing to let Little Pea start, and he also thinks that this young man is ready, but he feels that the fire is not yet ready, and he should tease this young man to make this guy's fighting spirit burn like fire.

"I'm afraid not, the opponent is that Real Madrid, if you can't score, I'm afraid you will lose confidence in yourself." Pellegrino secretly snickered, he felt that his acting skills were really good, and what he said was as if it was true.

"Nope! Coach, you must let me start, if I can't score, I will take the initiative to reduce my salary! Hernandez said firmly.

Little Pea didn't come to Valencia to continue to sit on the bench, he also wanted to be able to play the main team, otherwise he might have gone to Chelsea, but he understood that after going to Chelsea, he was still a substitute, so he chose here.

Seeing that the heat was almost over, Pellegrino scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "Okay, since you have so much courage, I promise you, you can rest assured to train, adjust your condition, and when you play, you will definitely become the starting striker." ”

"Thank you, Coach!" Hernandez bowed excitedly after receiving the manager's approval, then turned and ran out of Pellegrino's office, and when he was outside, he even jumped up, bent his right hand and shouted "yes".

Seeing that Hernandez got his wish, Vidic was also anxious, and he also looked at Pellegrino and said, "Coach, can you give me the task of defending Lin Yu?" I'm sure I'll be optimistic about him. ”

It can be seen that Vidic is really anxious and working hard at this time, and the look in his eyes is very determined.

However, in the face of Vidic, Pellegrino also has to hang the other party's appetite, he can't promise too simply, too easy to get, people are always unwilling to cherish so much.

"Have you ever defended him successfully before?" Pellegrino asked.

Vidic's old face turned red and said: "That's all in the past, in the past, I underestimated that kid too much, so I suffered a few losses, but this time it won't, I can defend him wholeheartedly, you only need to send a teammate to assist me." ”

Although the desire to let go of Lin Yu is very strong, Vidic is not stupid, he knows very well that it is difficult to defend Lin Yu with his own strength, so he wants to get a helper from Pellegrino, as long as there are two people, he has confidence.

Hearing this, Pellegrino nodded secretly, he felt that Vidic was really good, both the confidence to win, and the calmness, this is the quality of a defender, if Vidic said that he could defend Lin Yu alone, I am afraid that Pellegrino would not be at ease. (To be continued......)