Chapter 109: The Test (15/136)
Chapter 109 Experiments
Changsheng quickly made adjustments, Valencia began to focus more on passing and possession, but they were not in a hurry to pass in front of goal, Barcelona were forced to shrink their defence, and Valencia passed back and forth around their defensive area.
This ball control starts to count as a brush, and the brush goes up.
Chang Sheng is watching closely - he wants to see how a strong team like Barcelona reacts to this tactic and whether they can break Valencia's pass-and-possession tactics.
This is a rare opportunity and a valuable experience for Changsheng. He can learn from Barcelona so that the next time the team is in the same situation, he knows what to do.
Barcelona didn't realise the threat of Valencia at first, but they were shrinking their defence in order to prevent Valencia from continuing to score.
But when time passed, Valencia still had no intention of attacking and continued to walk back and forth outside, they suddenly realized - Valencia didn't want to score at all! They're not attacking, they're defending!
Although the concept may sound awkward - how can a team that is pressing the opposing offense be on the defensive?
But this is the actual situation, Valencia burned the tactics in front of Barcelona's penalty area, using this method to make Barcelona dare not press out to attack.
That way, their goals are naturally safe.
This scene made Lexage on the field stunned - what was originally an offensive tactic could be used for defense?
He really didn't expect that Chang Sheng seemed to open a window in front of his eyes.
Not only was Lexage surprised, but also the reporters in the media gallery and the commentators.
They are all professionals, and unlike ordinary fans who watch the excitement, they are more willing to think about what means behind an ordinary tactic, and they are always following the latest trends in football tactics in world football.
Ever since Chang Sheng pioneered Xìng's combination of Barcelona's tiki-taka and pressing defense up front, the media has been paying close attention to Valencia's tactical changes.
Although Chang Sheng has not made much adjustments in this game, his ideas are very eye-catching.
A set of offensive tactics was used as a defensive tactic...... How imaginative this must be!
Maybe even an ordinary fan will understand these things in world football ten years later, but now, ten years ago, Spanish football, there is still quite a bit of a pioneer.
At least Barcelona never thought of defending with tiki-taka in the past.
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Praise alike, and Lexage soon realized that it was not good for him to do so.
If Barcelona can't score, the game will definitely be lost, and if they don't want to lose, they have to press out and attack.
So he waved his hand, Barcelona gave up the strategy of shrinking the defense, and pressed out to play against Valencia, he didn't believe that he had a strong team like a cloud, a star-studded group, and the offense would not be as good as Valencia?
When Barcelona started pressing, possession was still in Valencia's hands. The Valencia players are well aware of what to do if they cross over and win - the coaching staff usually tells them these things in tactical lessons.
So they didn't have to look at the gestures made by the manager on the sidelines, they just turned around and passed the football back, but it was not directly passed to the goalkeeper's feet in one breath, but little by little.
First pass back, then laterally, more Barcelona players pressed up, and then passed back, and then all the Barcelona players were drawn out little by little.
The so-called "leading the snake out of the hole" is also!
Every time, the Barcelona players see hope that they can grab the ball and attack. So he kept urging himself and his teammates around him to grab and grab and grab again.
In this way, they were unwittingly lured out by Valencia.
Then Valencia stopped passing back to the goalkeeper and suddenly changed the tempo and quickly passed the ball forward. The passing speed of the whole team began to increase, so that Barcelona, whose formation had been torn apart, could not react at all!
"Baraja's through ball! Ibrahimovic splits the side, Vicente crosses! Ground Crossing ...... Angulo - !! ”
Accompanied by the roar of the commentator Moen, the Mestalla Stadium erupted in a loud cheer.
Angullo, who scored the goal, ran to the corner flag area with open arms, followed by the excited Valencia players!
"A season ago, Valencia were beaten 3-2 by Barcelona in the last round of the league, and now they have been reborn and lead Barcelona 3-0! I don't want to say that because it might offend Barcelona fans, but I think it's true - with twenty-five minutes to go, the game was practically out of suspense! ”
The Mestalla was in a frenzy, and the Valencia fans who were there could never have imagined that their team would be able to beat Barcelona by three goals so easily at home!
The season isn't over yet, but it's been a fantastic one for Valencia fans. It was here that they witnessed the team's 5-0 massacre of Real Madrid in the first round of the league, and then they saw Valencia remain unbeaten and sit top of the league table from the first round.
Then at the Bernabeu, after Florentino shouted the slogan of revenge, Valencia still defeated Real Madrid 2:1 away and beat Real Madrid twice this season!
Now they are leading Barcelona again with such a huge score of 3:0 at home!
The two super giants in Spanish football have all let them slaughter them all!
In four games, Valencia has not lost a single game, such a result even Valencia, which can break into the Champions League final for consecutive seasons, can't do, but in the hands of the Chinese coach, it seems so logical......
What was his magic that made Valencia so drastic?
When Angulo scored, many Valencia fans did not look at Angulo who scored, but on the constant victory in front of the coach's box.
The young Chinese coach, who has been questioned and ridiculed, has already begun to conquer the fans in less than a season after arriving at Mestalla.
When communicating in private, I can no longer hear any fans questioning Changsheng's decision. There may have been times when his decisions and choices seemed nonsensical, such as when he started Marchena, who had only been with the club for two days, against Deportivo La Coruna in the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
At the time, it seemed like the decision was terrible and there must be something wrong.
But the actual game situation gave everyone who doubted him a hard slap in the face.
Therefore, the fans now know that the seemingly incredible decision of the Chinese always has his reasons. As fans, we just have to watch the game and see the result, we don't have to think about it like the manager.
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The Catalan media in the stands were speechless as they looked at the score and the facts of this bloody forest.
Before the start of the game, they had imagined what it would be like after the game. They thought it should be a close game, and the winner must have been Barcelona who played better and had a little luck.
The game was completely different from what they thought.
When did Valencia start to have the ability to beat Barcelona 3-0 at home?
When Valencia beat Real Madrid twice, on the one hand, they applauded Valencia, and on the other hand, they found a lot of reasons for Valencia to beat Real Madrid, tossing and turning, just to explain one problem - Valencia beat Real Madrid has a luck component, although they can beat Real Madrid twice, but there is no way to take our Barcelona, so we don't have to worry - I really don't know where their confidence comes from.
Maybe it's because they've been a wealthy family for too long, and they really think they're invincible...... I feel that as long as I get serious, no one can beat them.
Losing to a weak team is because of pride, and that's nothing to say. Against a strong team like Valencia, Barcelona will certainly not be able to be proud of the enemy, so Barcelona does not need to be afraid of Valencia.
Outcome......
I don't know if Barcelona didn't have pride in this game, anyway, they fell behind 0:3 away from home, and they fell behind very easily!
Many reporters don't know how to write the coverage of this game......
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The scores all became 3:0, and the suspense of this game was completely lost.
Rexage had no choice but to replace Rivaldo, Xavi and others, and he was able to admit defeat.
There is no point in struggling senselessly.
And when Barcelona conceded defeat, Chang Sheng also began to make substitutions.
He replaced Angulo with Villa and Ibrahimovic with Aimar, and the team's formation reverted to the original 4231.
With ten minutes left before the end of the game, he used Curro. Torres replaces Ferreira.
Try to get as many players as possible to play.
Neither side scored for the rest of the game, and Barcelona and Valencia seemed to have their minds on the game itself.
Valencia fans in the stands couldn't wait to start celebrating.
And the winner has set his sights on the final of the Copa del Rey, with Valencia away to Real Madrid.
That was the most important game of the season.
Today's game against Barcelona was just a warm-up for that game. He experimented with tiki-taka in the last minute to defend against Real Madrid in the final......
Now that the experiment has come to his satisfaction, he is looking forward to the Copa del Rey final even more.
As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but snicker.
Real Madrid took great pains to offend many people, but it provided an excellent stage for itself.
If you want the Copa del Rey to have the "Best Supporting Actor Award", Chang Sheng will definitely suggest that the organizer award it to Real Madrid this season! (To be continued.)