Chapter 148: Ibu Is Irreplaceable?
In the home dressing room at half-time, the atmosphere was a bit depressing.
The first half was too difficult for Valencia, who did not expect Real Betis to be so tenacious before the game.
It stands to reason that Real Betis should have no desire to get it, and they have no relegation task, and they don't need to compete for any European qualification and Champions League qualification.
There's no need to fight Valencia in this game......
This made Valencia's players puzzled and a little unacceptable, feeling that Real Betis was too uninteresting.
The season is unbeaten, Spanish football has not been played in 70 years, can't we make it happen once?
They were really tired and under a lot of pressure, but they felt like they were two goals behind in the first half, mainly because the opponent didn't give face.
Chang Sheng does not have a golden finger to directly see what is going on in the mind of each player at the moment, but he can infer the general mental activity of the players through their expressions and their performance on the field.
Obviously, these players felt they deserved to win, but not by their own efforts because they were too tired and a little unmotivated to see that the mission was about to be achieved.
They felt that the last opponent should let them win, after all, the opponent had no desire. Selling face is a common thing in Spanish football, so it's not unbelievable that Valencia players have an idea. There are a lot of tacit understanding in Spanish football, and this tacit understanding has nothing to do with money, but has something to do with favorability. If your team has a high opinion of other teams, then the opponent will be willing to let you go at the crucial moment.
If you're a public enemy, you'll do your best to play every team.
So in fact, European football is not as clean as everyone thinks, but people play more advanced, the means are more clever, and some dishonorable behaviors are rationalized. So the Chinese media introduced it with relish, just as it was people's unique football culture.
In fact, the world is as black as a crow.
It's normal for Valencia's players to think that way, but that doesn't mean they can accept it if they win regularly.
Because it turns out that the Valencia players are self-inflicted, they are wrong!
Chang Sheng clapped his hands, drawing the attention of everyone in the locker room to him.
"Alright, folks, put aside your fantasies and dreams. Do you think your opponents are all live Lei Feng? What is Lei Feng? Lei Feng is a good person who specializes in helping himself and never cares about his own gains and losses. There are many such people in this world, but unfortunately you have to compete with Real Betis now, they are not! So put aside these frivolous fantasies. I think this first half should have taught you a lesson - never pin your hopes and destiny on others, especially your opponents. They will only want to eat you, and will never help you. ”
Chang Sheng looked at a room full of depressed players.
"If you still want to win, forty-five minutes is enough. We're better than them, but it's not like we should win, and if you don't give your best, you're going to lose. So in the second half, you have to cheer me up and concentrate. It's our last game of the season and it's been like we're in a dream, winning the league four games ahead of schedule and going unbeaten so far. We smashed Real Madrid's centenary celebrations at the Bernabeu and lifted the Copa del Rey...... Should such a wonderful season end with a shameful failure? ”
"Now! Get your attitudes right! Chang Sheng raised his voice sharply and shouted.
Under his shouting, many players also raised their heads, as if they had been shot.
"Look at your adversaries, who are your enemies, who want to eat your flesh and your blood, how foolish must you be to put your hope in them? To correct this mistake in the second half, such a record-breaking thing as being undefeated in the season can only rely on myself, and no one can rely on him! ”
Raiola waited to see what was going to happen.
He thought to himself that you would always bring Ibrahimovic on the pitch because Ibrahimovic has proven that he is good at breaking down dense defences.
And Real Betis, who are two goals ahead, will certainly adopt a dense defense in the second half.
He felt that this game was a good opportunity for Chang Sheng to fully realize that his team would not be able to play without Ibrahimovic.
In this way, when he goes to find Chang Sheng again, he believes that damn Chinese little hairy boy, and he will not dare to show his face to himself anymore.
When the time comes, whatever you ask, the other party has to agree. If he really dares not to agree...... Hehe, you can also say the other way around: "If you have the ability, you can sell Ibrahimovic!" "I saw how wonderful the Chinese coach's face was!
But at the start of the second half, he found that Ibrahimovic was still on the bench and he didn't even warm up, which meant that he wouldn't be able to play anytime soon.
Raiola's brow furrowed.
What does that mean?
That Chinese coach would rather lose this game than give Ibrahimovic a chance to play?
But there is no point in doing so.
Because as long as the game is lost, those media after the game will blame the loss on the constant win did not let Ibrahimovic go. At the end of the day, Valencia is still inseparable from Ibrahimovic......
That's why Ibrahimovic had a conflict with Chang Sheng in the first place, but Raiola wanted to stand on Chang Sheng's side. At that time, Ibrahimovic had just arrived, and before he had fully shown his ability, he wanted to fight with the club, which was self-defeating.
And now, after a season of hibernation, Ibrahimovic has proven himself with practical actions. Twenty-two goals in one season, in addition to eleven assists, isn't that enough to prove his importance in Valencia? Players who have such a performance, no matter which team they go to, are indispensable and absolute workhorses, even the core.
Those clubs and teams can only be flattered in every possible way, and they can never push people out.
Raiola had seen this happen many times, so he decided that Valencia had to meet his demands.
It is simply impossible for them not to value a player like Ibrahimovic.
Although there were no personnel changes, Valencia's performance in the second half was noticeably better.
Even the commentator was surprised: "Valencia played differently in the second half than in the first, they were more proactive, more aggressive and aggressive in the second half. It must have been the manager who often said something to his players at half-time......"
The televised broadcast gave a close-up of Chang Sheng, who happened to be crouching on the sidelines directing the game.
In the second half, Valencia did not continue to play a counter-attacking tactic.
After all, they have already conceded two goals and there is no point in defending the counter-attack.
It is to revert to the mad dog tactics and besiege the opponent to score goals.
Just ten minutes into the second half, Valencia pulled a goal back.
It was still a dizzying array of passes and runs that ripped through Real Betis' defence, leaving a gap in their airtight defence. Then Aimar cleverly shoved the ball through.
Villa appeared exactly behind the gap and picked up the football.
"No offside! Opportunity in Valencia! Villa - gooooooo!! ”
With Moen's chanting, Villa volleyed the ball hard into the top corner of the goal!
"Villa! It was his fourteenth goal of the season!! As the team's second scorer, Villa's performance is also outstanding! He is not inferior to Ibrahimovic at all! Although his skills are not as fancy as those of the Swedes, the only measure of a goalscorer is whether he can score a football goal! At this point, Villa's ability is stronger than Ibrahimovic's! With less minutes played than Ibrahimovic, he has a very high goal percentage! ”
In Moen's praise, Villa did not celebrate the goal, but got into the Real Betis goal, picked up the football, turned and ran towards the centre circle.
There are still thirty-five minutes left and at least one goal to score. But Villa wanted to score at least two goals.
Such a wonderful season, not only can't end with a defeat, but also can't end with a draw, it must be won!
Raiola listened to Morn's voice on the TV in the box, and then looked at Villa, who was holding a soccer ball and running back, waving his fists to cheer up his teammates around him.
There were bursts of cheers from the stands.
"David. Villa! David. Villa!! ”
The name was engraved in Raiola's mind.
Is Valencia really inseparable from Ibrahimovic?
Who can replace Ibrahimovic?
The answer seems to be all in this young man......
After Villa's goal, Valencia's morale was boosted and the fans in the stands were more energetic than they were in the first half.
The cheers and singing continued, cheering for the team.
With their cheers, Valencia is playing better and better.
Finally, in the 70th minute, Baraja received Villa's return ball from outside the penalty area and fired a powerful long-range shot that blasted the door of Real Betis!
“2:2! Valencia equalised! If that score can be maintained at the end of the game, they will be the first team in 70 years to go unbeaten in a season! ”
"Baraja-Baraja-Baraja!! Baraja !! Fantastic long shot! World Wave!! Villa's assist! Valencia's Jedi counterattack in the second half was full of Villa, a goal and an assist! Pretty! ”
After the goal, Baraja turned and ran to the dugout.
He would like to use this goal to thank Chang Sheng for the encouragement and support he gave him when he was injured.
Running to the coach's bench, he pounced on Chang Sheng.
The other players swarmed up and surrounded them.
"Undefeated! Undefeated! Unbeaten in the league!! ”
They raised their arms and shouted.
Valencia fans in the stands also responded loudly to them.
"Yes! Undefeated! Undefeated! We are unbeaten in the league!! ”
The entire Mestalla stadium roared with a tsunami, as if a strong wind had crossed it.