Valencia Football Club, because of the bat portrait on the team emblem, is known as the "Bat Army". In addition, because in the early days of the team, the team's uniform was white, so it was also known as the "white ghost" in Spain.

Founded in 1919 and located in Valencia, Spain's third largest city, it is one of the best teams in Spain, especially in recent years, when the Bats have achieved results that have attracted the attention of all of Europe.

In the 21st century, first of all, under the leadership of coach Cooper, Valencia in 2000 and 2001, in addition to their outstanding performances in the league, in the Champions League, they also achieved the feat of reaching the final twice in a row.

It's a super puzzle for any top club, but Valencia has done it.

It's a pity that they lost to Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively, and did not create a glorious history of lifting the first Champions League gold cup in the club's history.

In particular, in 2001, they only lost to Bayern Munich on penalties, which added to Valencia's sadness.

As a result, Valencia also earned the rather ironic nickname "Second Millennium".

In the past two years, although there are infinite regrets, it has also completely established Valencia's status as a powerhouse in La Liga, and the reputation of the Bat Army has spread far and wide in world football.

After the 2001 Champions League final, manager Cooper left Valencia with the comment that "there is no championship luck" and joined the first division giants Inter Milan. Thus, Valencia entered the current era of Benitez.

As a typical young coach in football, Benitez was not favored in the early days of his tenure at Valencia. But then, he made a name for himself with a series of excellent watches.

In the 01/02 season, his first season in charge of Valencia, he led the team back to the league throne after more than 30 years. It's just that in the UEFA Cup that year, he did not continue his European glory, and in the 1/4 knockout round, he was defeated by Inter Milan led by the former meritorious bishop Cooper.

But this series of achievements is enough for Valencia to be proud of, and few teams dare to say that they can do better than them in the first two years of the 21st century.

However, in the 02/03 season, Valencia's table Xiàn saw a slight pullback. Not only is it fifth in the league and unable to participate in the Champions League next season, but in this season's Champions League, it is another defeat to Cooper's Inter Milan in the quarter-finals of the knockout round.

To put this list of achievements alone, it is actually quite a result for Valencia.

But there is a fear of comparison, and compared with the glory of previous years, it is natural that this year's results cannot meet the expectations of fans and the club's management.

But this did not shake Benitez's position, and Valencia officials and fans gave him considerable tolerance for the young coach who led the team to the league title after a 30-year absence.

They still have a lot of faith in Benitez for the upcoming 03/04 season. They expect the team to achieve another success under his leadership.

Overall, it's a team with a lot of ambition.

For such a team, the hero will not be strange, after all, this is one of the few teams in recent years that can threaten Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain.

In addition to Valencia's results, what impressed the hero the most was his style of football, which was completely contrary to the style of football in Barcelona and even in La Liga as a whole.

Since the beginning of the Cooper era, Valencia's style of football has been known for its smoothness, quick transition between attack and defense, and efficient counter-attack, which are its most distinctive characteristics.

In Barcelona's eyes, this style can be described as "anti-football".

The hero still remembers the shock he was at when he first saw Valencia football at Camp Nou. Since he has been influenced by the atmosphere of Barcelona football since he was a child, it is not an exaggeration to say that there is only one football style in Barcelona in the world of heroic football.

So, when he was in Valencia's style of football, it was like opening another door to football for the hero, which surprised him.

And at that time, unlike the Barcelona fans who kept cursing Valencia next to him, the hero didn't find this style of football very annoying in his heart, and even vaguely felt that it was a very interesting style of football.

Isn't it a very interesting thing and a very interesting football to use a simple counterattack with such a goal that can be said to be "simple" to destroy all the opponent's efforts, confidence and hope in an instant when the opponent has the advantage and the odds of winning are extremely high?

This was the first intuitive thought in the little hero's mind at that time.

However, he never spoke out about this idea, because in La Masia it was no different from "heresy."

Once he confided this idea, he was afraid that he would immediately be looked down upon by the whole of La Masia, or even driven outright.

Before, the hero never imagined that today, he would come to this team for a tryout, to seek a chance to "fight back to La Masia".

Before, it was unimaginable.

With an indescribable feeling of apprehension and anticipation, the hero followed Mendes into Valencia's training base.

It's his fifth day in Valencia, and he's been preparing for today's trial for the days before.

From knowing the history of this team, to having a rough idea of the characteristics, style and main players of the current team, in just a few days, the hero is like a crash course in Valencia.

Among them, there is one aspect that he has spent the most effort on.

That is to carefully observe and understand the characteristics, style, and even movement habits or minor faults of each Valencia player. This habit was cultivated by the hero's grandfather, and the hero remembered that this was called "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles".

It was the same at La Masia, and over the course of a few years, he knew almost all the defensive players on his team, perhaps even better than the coaching staff and the players themselves.

And this is also the fact that heroes can often seize the "mistakes" or "simple goals" of defenders in La Masia's intra-team games.

He is far superior to his peers in front of goal, and in addition to his natural sense of smell as a shooter, this diligence and seriousness are also indispensable.

This time it was too short, and he only had a cursory understanding of Valencia's defenders, which could not be considered detailed. But the hero has done the best he can, and the rest depends on God's arrangement.

Upon entering Valencia's training base, the hero looked around with interest.

Strictly speaking, this is not a training base worthy of Valencia's current results. Compared with the hero's imagination, it's a little worse, although it's not dilapidated, but it's only average.

In comparison, the hero feels that this place is not even comparable to the infrastructure and configuration of La Masia. Trees in twos and threes, a moderate-sized parking lot, a slightly cracked floor, and a few ordinary office buildings...... A qiē is so ordinary, there is nothing special about it.

Perhaps seeing the hero's gaze, Valencia assistant coach Bernard, who came to receive the hero and Mendes, was very proud to introduce the two of them.

The ordinary qiē in front of him, under his proud narration, suddenly had a soul in the eyes of the hero, and suddenly it was given a strong and dazzling color.

"It may not be as good as the training bases of Real Madrid and Barcelona, but with such training bases, we can proudly say: 'We have not lost to them in recent years.'" Bernard straightened his chest and said proudly and proudly.

It was clear from his tone that he was proud to be a native Valencian and Valencian.

Against the backdrop of the bright sunshine, his proud smile was particularly dazzling, and it was more of a kind of free and wanton spirit.

And this, seeing the hero's eyes, a little yearning inexplicably rose in his heart, yearning for this kind of pride and pride that does not fake, this kind of arbitrariness and flamboyance that comes from behind, and is on a par with Real Madrid and Barcelona.

For Valencia, the hero at this time had a few more hopes and expectations in his heart.

Soon after, the heroes and their group arrived on the sidelines of the Valencia first team's training ground.

What appeared in front of him was a hot, but relaxed and calm training scene.

"Stop, Gezka at this point, you're going to immediately forward the ball forward, speed! Velocity! I want speed! ”

"Vicente, shoot! Don't pass, shoot, we need more goals from you for the new season and you have the ability. ”

'Roberto, good headers, keep it up, you're in great shape.'

……

At this time, with only half a month to go before the start of the new season, Benitez is leading his team to sit in full force for the final preparations.

Such a vibrant, confident and energetic training scene immediately attracted the hero's full attention, which is exactly the mental outlook and training scene that he has been looking forward to in the first team.

Mendieta, Vicente, Aimar, Benitez... These people he already knew seemed to be really alive in his mind at this moment, and it was no longer a simple number, video and photo.

"Wait for me here."

After Bernard finished speaking to the heroes, he walked towards Benitez, who was holding a whistle and wearing a tracksuit, and was engrossed in supervising the team's tactical training.

"Rafael, the Lamicia lad who came for the tryout has arrived."

"Oh, wait a minute, let's start the trial right away. You go and get the players ready and say there's a 30-minute warm-up game to play later.

As for the La Masia kid, put him on the bench as the starting striker. If the table is not good, let him go. ”

After glancing at the hero along Bouad's finger, Benitez said in an unabashed tone.

"This Raphael, do you want to test it first, this is not in line with the process." Bernard didn't know why Benitez, who had always had a good temper, would be so annoying and hostile to the hero he met for the first time. But as an assistant coach of Valencia, he doesn't have the authority to care about this kind of thing, and only raises the idea a little.

"There's no need, this kind of player who relies on agents to play tricks can't stay at all." Benitez said in disgust.

At this point, the hero, who was standing there and watching the training ground, didn't know that he could make a very bad first impression on his potential manager.

And this also made him suffer a little bit in the next trial.

"I'm here to stay! Stay here!! ”

In this regard, the hero of this idea at this time did not have the slightest awareness.