825 Desperate Fight
Valencia faced this Copa del Rey final with a united posture!
At the beginning of the season, he wanted to make a big difference, but because too many new forces were injected into the dressing room, which led to civil strife, and the young coach Flores was sacked in less than half of the game, Koeman was more focused on dealing with the problems in the dressing room after taking office, including himself being involved.
Valencia's ambitions for the title were dashed by their own chaos and the despair of Real Madrid leaving all opponents in the dust.
By the end of the season, Valencia's only quest is to lift the trophy in the Copa del Rey final!
In order to prepare for this game, they even sacrificed the home league in the previous round.
Villa, Morientes, Silva, Joaquin, Baraja and other generals have sharp eyes, not to mention confident, but they have the determination and fighting spirit from the beginning!
Valencia's running enthusiasm from the start, the aggression in defence and the team chemistry were very good.
And when they have the opportunity to attack, they will never hesitate.
In the 6th minute, Joaquín dribbled forward on the right flank, he shook off Sneijder's back to Guti's help, he dunked the ball on the spot, and then walked inside, and when he noticed Diarra moving towards the middle to act as a barrier, Joaquín decisively sent a diagonal pass.
Although Silva has been deployed as a wing-back, he has honed the quality of the midfield, and Koeman's use of Silva is based on the same approach that he used to develop Sneijder at Ajax, and he believes that Silva is a player with a lot of potential.
Silva cut down the middle to receive Joaquin's pass from behind Diarra, and he didn't hesitate to kick the ball out of the way and the ball rolled towards Morientes, who was holding the ball with his back on the line of the penalty area.
With Pepe behind him, Morientes used his experience and ability to protect the ball to take a step sideways, then half-turned and sent a short diagonal pass.
The ball rolled behind Metzelde, who had just turned. only to find Villa rushing out from behind him faster and leading the ball diagonally.
Go to the meeting alone!
Hulu Wabilia's expression appeared decisive and ruthless at this time.
In the face of Casillas, he didn't think about anything at all, and shot directly!
Casillas stood in front of the goalline like a helpless child, and he didn't have time to make any save, and Villa's blast was powerful. In the blink of an eye, it flew into the top right corner of the goal!
This goal showed Valencia's momentum and contained their desperate momentum!
After Villa saw the ball fly into the goal, he opened his arms and let out a wild roar and ran to the sidelines, and the Valencian generals ran over and hugged Villa, they hugged each other as a unit, and they took the lead in the battle against the current giants of European football!
It's so rare.
"Villa's unstoppable goal! Valencia opened the scoring for Real Madrid at the Estadio Calderón!
The situation was unexpected, as Real Madrid's backline was easily penetrated. Their defense is nothing but a no-brainer!
Joaquin, Silva, Morientes, Villa, Valencia's exciting attacking group played a dazzling attack, and after continuous passing, they created a chance for Villa to score a single goal, and now Real Madrid is down 0:1! ”
The Real Madrid midfielder looked at the two centre-backs on the back line with a strange look.
Pepe and Metzelde!
They didn't complain, they just felt that the back line was a little too unreliable.
Bosque sat in the dugout, worried.
Cannavaro's inability to play due to injury is a huge concern.
He is the leader of the World Cup-winning defence. In the past two years, Cannavaro has been getting older, and there is indeed a phenomenon of ups and downs in his state.
But when he's fine. Cannavaro can still be trusted.
In particular, he partnered with Pepe as a center-back combination, which itself is to reduce pressure on Pepe, and it is also to drive Pepe's progress.
But Metzelde's situation is somewhat peculiar.
Metzelder has also been tested in major tournaments, although he has been plagued by injuries since arriving at Real Madrid.
Three days of fishing, two days of drying nets, the state has no continuity at all, plus the training can't keep up. The physical condition will also naturally decline.
It would have been a reluctant move for him to replace Cannavaro, if you add Pepe's time bomb.
Real Madrid's back line, in fact, is not reassuring.
That's where team chemistry comes in.
Just replaced Cannavaro with Metzelde, but the overall defensive strength has changed dramatically.
Bosque is not optimistic, but there is no good way.
Real Madrid has come this far. It's impossible to change any tactical play.
Especially the change of extremes.
Let Real Madrid retreat, maybe the team doesn't know what to do.
The offensive factor in his bones has long been boiling, and now he wants to cool it down suddenly, how easy is it?
Bosque sighed deeply in his heart: fate will be left to the attack.
That's all there is to it.
Immediately after the restart, Real Madrid went on the offensive.
They don't panic.
It's nothing more than a goal.
What they lack most this season is goals, and the least feared thing is goals!
In the 9th minute of the game, Qin Xiong came to the left side of the front field to switch positions with Sneijder, and after receiving Guti's diagonal pass, he cut the dribble to the front of the penalty area.
Baraha came to block, Qin Xiong dribbled rhythmically, and made a gesture to the outside line to circle Balaha.
Knowing that Qin Xiong had a knack for cross-cutting dribbling raids in front of the penalty area, Baraha decisively stepped forward, wanting to block Qin Xiong's line on the outside.
But after the center of gravity of his body moved, Qin Xiong pulled the ball back in front of him, and Baraha watched in disbelief as Qin Xiong flicked the ball outward and then kicked it back, and then continued to dribble horizontally in place, passing by him!
Baraha was as annoyed as if he had been humiliated, because it seemed that he had given up his position to Qin Xiong to pass.
When Qin Xiong was about to come to the middle of the penalty area, Albiol rushed over fiercely to press, and Qin Xiong decisively passed the ball to Raul in the penalty area at this time.
Then he turned forward and cut into the penalty area.
Raul kicked the ball under Alexis's marking, he gently passed the ball diagonally behind Canella, and when Canela turned to chase the ball, he found that Qin Xiong was diagonally from the side to the side and took the lead in blocking his chasing position, and then formed a single knife after receiving the ball!
Almost the same as Villa's goal, Qin Xiong shot from the same position in the penalty area!
Goalkeeper Hildebrand abandoned the goal again, Qin Xiong did not choose to shoot, but pushed the bottom left corner of the goal and hit a reverse cut line.
Hildebrand stopped before he could make a save, turning his head towards the bottom left corner of the goal and closing his eyes in despair.
The soccer ball grabs the inside of the goal and rolls into the goal!
Real Madrid equalised quickly! (To be continued......)