Chapter 64: Arriving at the Bernabeu
1:0, relying on Curro Torres's cross in the 72nd minute of the second half, Mista's central outflanking header scored, Valencia successfully beat Sweden's AIK at home, and successfully advanced to the 32-22 finals with a score of 2:0.
It was a victory to celebrate, because the first leg was a narrow one-goal victory, so the pressure on Valencia in this game was not as easy as expected, so it was not easy to say that 90 minutes like this.
However, after the game, even Valencia's local media did not promote it too much, and only described it slightly in a rather cold attitude.
The same is true for Valencia fans, who are now focused on the Bernabeu three days later in comparison to the Europa League match.
At that football-like stadium, Spain's battle for the top spot will kick off its game.
With Barcelona in a slump and not favored, the clash between Valencia and Real Madrid, the two best performing teams at the moment, is believed to have a direct impact on the ownership of the halfway title, or even the final champion.
Under such circumstances, this match has undoubtedly attracted the attention of the whole of Spain, and even the proud Catalans have to pay attention to this game at this time, hoping that the two teams can lose both sides and relieve some of the pressure on Barcelona to catch up.
At the moment, both teams have 5 wins and 1 draw, and are in the top two of the standings with 16 points. It was only by relying on a narrow margin of goal difference that Real Madrid was able to sit at the top of the standings.
It is precisely because of the almost perfect performance of the two teams that their matchup is also considered to be the highest level of competition in La Liga today, and the gold content is leveraged.
The highlight of this game, in addition to the two undefeated teams who can maintain the undefeated golden body, another hottest attraction is the battle between the hero and the Real Madrid striker group.
After the world wave of beating Laco, the hero's crazy performance of 8 goals in 6 games finally attracted the attention of the entire Spanish football world.
Before Lako's game, it was already thought that the hero was about to go silent and his performance would be mediocre. However, that lore turned the whole situation around.
The best way to become famous is always to step on someone else's position, such as the classic play of England teenager Wayne Rooney in 02 who scored a goal on Arsenal to become famous.
And the same is true for the hero, except that Laco replaces the role of Arsenal. With the crazy performance in La Liga and the Champions League in recent years, the identity of the super Laco team has long been undoubted.
However, it is precisely because of this that it can achieve the prestige of the hero.
This is not to say that the hero's performance of 7 goals in the previous 6 games is famous, but what kind of whetstone, what kind of knife to sharpen. Performance against strong teams is always the key to whether a young player can eventually become a talent.
And the sooner this trait is manifested, the higher the expectations and attention from the outside world will be.
To be more specific, the hero was only considered a new star with a super high goal efficiency before the game against Laco, but he has obvious weaknesses and needs more time to practice and hone before he can become a big player.
In other words, people are looking forward to his future more than now.
After the match against Laco, people really started to see the hero as an instant player, a player who can contribute effectively to the team for a long time, a young player who can establish himself in the Valencia first team and become an important asset for the Bats.
Now, when people are looking forward and watching to start turning into a hero, how far can he go, how many goals can he score, and what performance can he give in the game against Real Madrid
Such a change in attitude is a qualitative change and improvement for a young player.
It's no exaggeration to say that Hero is now the most popular fried chicken in Spanish football.
This is a gratifying thing, but the hero himself doesn't seem to pay attention to it.
After the match with Sweden's AIK, without much trimming, the hero followed the whole Valencia team to Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Then, in addition to training, he was locked in his room all day long, watching the videos of the Real Madrid defenders' games. In addition to doing things differently, the rules of life are simply no different from those of an ascetic.
Not only did it not appear, but the smugness that worried Benitez began to make the coach of the Bat Army begin to worry about whether his favorite general was mentally wrong.
Even the Valencia players also cast a strange look at the hero's routine, they couldn't believe that in the modern world, in the West, there is still such a traditional young man, and it is a young man who has already made a name for himself in Spain.
However, the hero himself was not aware of this strange gaze at all, and he was completely devoid of his agility on the field off the field, and his teammates had problems with their eyes, and they didn't think about anything else at all.
It is no exaggeration to say that the hero's entire attention is devoted to preparing for war at this time, not to mention to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat, at least there is a realm where he can't distinguish between ink and coke.
It was unexpected
After watching most of the videos of Real Madrid's games, the hero came to a conclusion that surprised him very much, and that was that Real Madrid's defense was fragile, unexpectedly vulnerable.
Although it can't be said to be completely a fish belly, it is definitely crispy compared to Valencia's defense.
If it weren't for his own repeated verification, the hero would hardly have dared to believe his eyes, and the back line of the Galaxy Battleship seemed to be very weak, as light as a thin wing.
So how are they unbeaten now?
After affirming this conclusion, the first question that popped into the hero's mind was this question. For a hero who believes in a balance between offense and defense, he can't understand this.
Regardless, when you think about Real Madrid's star-stellar attacking combination, the hero suddenly realizes. With such a group of football bigwigs standing in your half, it is estimated that there are really not many teams that dare to rush out to attack.
Attacking instead of defending, this is the way of this Real Madrid team.
But this strategy only works against weak teams, and when you run against strong teams, especially defensive teams like Valencia, it will not work
As soon as he thought of this, the hero's whole person suddenly became hot, as if he had seen a lot of scoring opportunities and was rushing towards him.
Competing with so many big stars, and then scoring their own goals to help the team beat them, just thinking about the hero makes me feel like I'm standing in the clouds, full of happiness, and I can't suppress it.
Calm, calm, calm
Fortunately, the hero quickly forcibly returned to his normal mind and continued to devote himself to preparing for the battle and adjusting his state. After all, no matter how good the opportunity is, if you can't control it, it's a sin.
In the busy training life, the two days passed quickly, and the battle for the top spot between Valencia and Real Madrid ushered in the official start of the competition.
It's another Spanish autumn afternoon, a little less of the residual heat of summer, and more of a pleasant coolness. Although the sky is sparsely populated with a few random strokes, the sunlight does not appear strong, but as soft as a breeze.
With a gentle wind, gentle clouds, a good weather for going out for a walk and exercise, and a good weather for playing football, it seems that God is intent on setting up the best environment for this big game.
At this point, the entire Valencia squad was walking out of the hotel gates and boarding their team bus to target the world-famous Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
Because Benitez has taken closed training in the past few days, the reporters who have been suffocated from being hungry have fully demonstrated how hungry they are.
In addition to the Valencia fans who came with the team, the journalists became the main force to block the Valencia players and Benitez. For a time, the legendary magnesium lamp that can flash the blind eyes reappeared in the rivers and lakes.
At the same time, the scene was chaotic and noisy. The reporters not only tested the physique of the security personnel who maintained order at the scene, but also tested the psychological tolerance of the crowd to noise.
To tell the truth, the hero felt as if he was surrounded by 10,000 ducks at the moment, and his ears were full of magic sounds, and he couldn't hear what the reporters were asking at all.
In addition, as one of the biggest highlights of this game, there is naturally a large number of reporters around the hero. That's why he was really choked up this time.
Neither inaudible nor in any mood to speak.
Call!
It wasn't until he boarded the bus that the hero breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he was back in the good world.
It's not like it doesn't don't make him feel good, though. When he saw many Valencia fans holding up their No. 29 jerseys, the hero's heart immediately felt like an electric shock.
Then, only now, this tingling sensation was transformed into full sweetness and joy, allowing him to taste the taste of honey.
Anyway, it is with the existence of this group of fans that the morale and sharpness of the heroes before the game have been well stimulated.
In the bus, after smiling and waving goodbye to those fans of his own, his morale has reached its peak! The blood of the battle in the body was already like boiling water, puffing and puffing, completely boiling!
Then, when the magnificent panorama of the Bernabeu Stadium finally unfolded before his eyes, the hero could barely suppress the completely burning fighting spirit.
With a bang, a sky-high fire was ignited in his body! Detonated!!
Under the slanting sun in the afternoon, the magnificent Bernabeu, like the great ancient Roman Stadium, makes people yearn for it! Because that's the stage of heroes, that's the battlefield of battle!!
At this moment, it is the stage where the hero is about to fight!
The hero's pupils stared at it, and then, suddenly, in his pupils, there seemed to be a big fire, and all of a sudden, it burned and sparked.
That's the fire of heroes! Hot! Crazy!!
In his pupils, the Bernabeu, has been buried under the fire of his war!
This has one meaning, and that is, destroy it!! Destroy it completely!!