Chapter 118: Flores the Gaffe (Second Update)
"It's no surprise that Valencia are behind Lazio at home......"
"When Flores is going to copy the winning tactics at home, he has no future!"
"Looking at the reaction of the Valencia fans, it looks like they don't care about the goal...... Their attention was all on scolding Soler......"
Even the commentator could see that Flores' tactic was a failure.
After his team scored, Chang Sheng didn't run like he did against other teams to celebrate, he just stood on the sidelines with his hands on his chest.
He snorted coldly in his heart.
Flores wanted to beat me with my stuff, how naïve!
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Once Lazio had scored, the game fell into the rhythm of Lazio.
Valencia can only defend passively, and this passive defense is still just a spectacle, and it can't stop Lazio's attack at all.
Before the end of the first half, Lazio scored another goal to give Valencia a 2-0 lead.
If you only watch the game, you can't say that the suspense of this game has ended, after all, there are many cases where the first half led by two goals and then was reversed in the second half.
But after watching this first half, all people with normal IQ will come to such a conclusion - Lazio has won, and there is no suspense in this game!
Because Valencia couldn't stop Lazio at all, although they worked hard, every player's movement was positive, and there was no situation where Valencia players deliberately let go because they were facing a constant win.
But the tactics were not right, and it was painful for Valencia's players to play, and they felt very different.
There is no light in sight of victory in such football.
As soon as the whistle blew at the end of the first half, Flores got up and walked to the dressing room, his face gloomy. There was a feeling of running away.
On the podium, Soler did the same thing as him, and as soon as the whistle was over in the first half, Soler got up and left, without even shaking hands with the president of the club next to Lazio, Lotito.
However, Lotito doesn't care about Soler's lack of grace, he knows the grudge between Soler and Chang Sheng, and it is normal for Soler to behave like this.
In fact, he also has to thank Soler, if it wasn't for Soler forcing away Chang Sheng, how could he finally pick up a bargain?
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In the locker room. Lazio's players were relaxed, listening to the songs, talking freely and discussing how the two sides played in the first half and how to play in the second half.
But on the Valencian side. The atmosphere is completely wrong.
Flores's face is usually a little gloomy when he has a normal expression, and he looks very sinister and cunning, and he doesn't know what bad ideas he is thinking in his head.
He was unhappy with his team's performance in the first half. But he couldn't find fault with the players.
Because the players worked hard, even though they were two goals behind, they still worked hard.
He couldn't accuse the players of deliberately letting Lazio.
Of course, he can also close his eyes and just splash dirty water on his players. But after that. He will also completely lose control of this team. For the sake of winning or losing a game, you will put your entire future on this team at risk...... Even if Flores didn't win well, it would not have been possible to do so.
He now has to change the slump in the first half.
But how?
The tactics he played in the first half were the only tactics that could contain Lazio.
But it still didn't work.
There were a lot of problems, and he knew all about them. Some problems can be solved, but they take a long time to solve, and it is definitely not a fifteen-minute intermission and a few words on your own. That's it.
There are also problems that simply cannot be solved......
This reality made Flores feel desperate, and a sense of powerlessness rushed over his body.
No matter how hard you try. Can't they all get rid of this person's shadow?
Flores was not willing to admit defeat.
He decided to break the boat.
At this time, since you have conceded two goals, don't think about what to curb the opponent's attack, and give full play to your offensive advantages!
Valencia's two wingers were very sharp, although Reyes was gone, but then Soler brought him Joaquin, Vicente on the left, Joaquín on the right, which can be regarded as the golden wings of the Spanish national team in Euro 2004.
As a result, Flores made a change to his second-half tactics at half-time, abandoning that inefficient defence. This was a relief to the Valencia players – if they continued to play like that, the Valencia team could collapse before the game was over.
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At the start of the second half, Valencia made a substitution, replacing Marchena with Angulo.
The substitution meant that Flores himself admitted his tactical mistakes.
Valencia's botched parody can finally come to an end.
They're going to get back to normal.
Chang Sheng saw this substitution and knew it.
He has studied Flores' Valencia and, if it returns to normal, it will be nothing more than focusing on attacking from the wings.
Winger tactics are a tradition in Valencia.
Because Valencia is rich in wingers.
But this Valencia team is not the same as the previous Valencia.
Everwin wasn't worried about Flores' offense.
First of all, Vicente is now a glass man, and secondly, when Joaquín moved to Valencia, he was past his prime.
And look at who is opposite you on the right flank, Benzema and Lichtsteiner on the right, and David on the left. Silva and Barzaretti. This combination is more than enough to cope with Valencia's winger tactics.
Seeing Valencia's substitutions and adjustments, Chang Sheng didn't even get up from the coach's seat, he crossed Erlang's legs and watched the game with grace.
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Flores pressed Bodu on his two wingers.
But God doesn't want to see him get out of the shadow of victory.
Because just five minutes into the second half, Vicente was injured.
The preliminary examination of the team doctor showed that the injury was very serious, and this game will definitely not be able to continue.
The depressed Flores finally broke out, and he slammed the mineral water bottle in his hand to the ground under the TV broadcast, and then when the mineral water bottle bounced up. He picked up another kick and hit the water bottle accurately, kicking it away.
From the broken bottle of mineral water, water gushed out and splashed all over him.
"Flores has been retired for many years, and this footwork has not yet fallen. What kind of head coach do I mean? Keep playing! It all looks like there is a lot more promising than being a manager......" The Italian commentator mocked Flores mercilessly.
"Flores went up and played, probably better than this Valencia team...... "The Spanish commentator is also complaining about Flores and his Valencia." This feeling of powerlessness had never happened to Valencia before......"
When Flores accused Chang Sheng of being a bad guy before the game and said he was going to beat him, he probably never imagined that his team would have such a hard time in the game...... I don't know if Flores now regrets what he said before! ”
"If it's always a bad person, then Flores is not even a bad person...... It's sad! ”
See Flores' gaffe in action. The narrators mocked him mercilessly.
If Flores could hear the narrators, I'm afraid he would have been even more crazy and out of shape......
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Vicente's injury was a huge blow for both Flores and Valencia.
This blow has a direct impact on the morale of the team.
So in the next game, Valencia collapsed.
In the second half, Lazio were ruthless and scored two more goals.
When Lazio scored the fourth goal, the whole stadium made Soler get out of the way.
This time, Valencia fans were really outraged.
They knew they were going to lose this game. And it was a big loss, but such a score would still make Valencia fans angry at Soler's poor management.
"Get out of the Mestalla! Soler! ”
"Valencia will never welcome you, Soler!!"
"Death to Soler!! Die, die!! ”
"Exchange a hundred solaires for one!"
These incidents occurred in the hearts of the fans, without rehearsals and training, and were all improvised.
Although it is a little disorganized, it is more representative of the mood of the fans.
In the midst of the whistling scolding, Soler kept panting. He felt an uncomfortable tightness in his chest.
He thought that after getting used to the fame of these fans, his heart should have become strong enough to ignore these insults.
Unexpectedly, today. In front of Chang Sheng, when these fans scolded him, he still felt an indescribable anger and grievance.
He thinks he's doing good for the club and he loves the club. Why don't these damn fans understand?
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Also unsightly is Flores. He was already gloomy, but now he is even more gloomy. Five meters beside him. You can feel that the temperature is lower there than in other places.
So there was no one in a five-meter radius around him.
Flores didn't care, he just stood there, staring blankly at the pitch.
He couldn't figure it out, he had a hundred thousand whys in his head.
Why did your own tactics fail?
Why can't I get rid of this person's shadow?
Why did you choose to coach Valencia in the first place?
Why did you say those things before the game?
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He felt a cold sweat running backwards on his back......
He knows very well that after he said those words before the game, and now that the game is like this, the media will definitely laugh at him unscrupulously.
And how will he face the media at the post-match press conference?
Now he suddenly hopes that time can go against the clock, and when he returns to the pre-tournament, he will definitely not talk nonsense anymore, just prepare for the game with peace of mind. In this way, even if you lose in the end, it is just an ordinary defeat.
It's better than being roasted on the fire now......
No, he should have gone back a little further and when he decided to coach Valencia, he would have dismissed that idea......
Valencia, you shouldn't have come in this life!
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