The national team's match day passed with Avril singing like this.

In fact, whether it was last season or this season, there are not too many internationals in Valencia's team, at least compared with other giants, they can only be called the "** silk team".

Even if Valencia won the league title, it didn't fundamentally change that.

Last season, Valencia had nine internationals in their squad, namely Spain internationals Albelda, Mendieta, Canizares, Vicente and Baraja.

Argentina internationals Ayala and Aymar.

Norway international Kalou, Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Compared with the real giants, the number of international players is pitiful.

And more than halfway through last season, Baraja was not selected for the national team.

Even after last season's excellent performances, Valencia has not significantly increased the number of internationals, only two more Portugal internationals.

Paul. Ferreira and Carvalho, the two Portuguese, were unknown when they first joined Valencia.

And as they performed well in Valencia and played the main team, as Valencia's results in La Liga continued to climb.

These two have also been selected for the Portuguese national team.

Although they are still only marginal figures, they are also people who have participated in the national team's training and competitions, and as long as they continue to maintain this state and continue to improve in the future, they will play the main role in the Portuguese national team sooner or later.

After selling Spain international Mendieta and Argentina international Aimar, Valencia have nine internationals this season.

Spain internationals Albelda, Baraja, Vicente, Canizares, Villa, Angullo.

Portugal internationals Carvalho and Paulo. Ferreira.

Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Argentina international Ayala.

None of the four people Changsheng has brought in this season is not an international.

Cambiaso has not been selected for the Argentine national team at the moment, Deco is not the same, he is a Brazilian, but there is a lot of talent in Brazilian football, there is no place for him at all, otherwise he would not have come to Portugal to play. If Chang Sheng hadn't bought Deco, Deco would have obtained Portuguese citizenship in 2003. Then he was recruited by Scolari into the Portuguese national team and became a Portuguese international. But now it seems that he has no chance of becoming a Portugal international, because to become a Portuguese international, he must first acquire Portuguese nationality.

Naturalization requires a residence permit for six years, Deco came to Portugal in the summer of 1997 and left Portugal in the summer of 2002 for five years. One year away.

It's the year. It could cost him the opportunity to the Portuguese national team.

Neither Arbeloa nor Mista are internationals.

Arbelloa is too young, while Mista's performances are inconsistent.

In Getafe's best season, he was not taken seriously in the second division and was naturally not eligible for the Spanish national team.

Later, after Getafe's upgrade, Chang Sheng was gone. Without a constant win, his performance began to fluctuate. And even if Mista's performance is good, there are too many players like him in Spain, and it is normal that he cannot be selected for the Spanish national team.

There have been media analyses before that Valencia's strength has not really been enhanced in terms of the number of internationals.

However, this is due to the habit of winning and bringing in reinforcements. Because as a traverser. Knowing which player will be very awesome in the future, but now he is very down, he is a player with good quality and low price, so there is naturally no need to spend a high price to buy those famous stars and international players. So the players that Changsheng bought are all future internationals, but they are still unknown.

In fact, having more international players is not necessarily something to be happy about.

Especially on a national team match day, the whole training base is empty. Nothing but shooting training and physical training.

It's a big delay in the team's training. Not to mention the fact that the main players were injured on the national team match day, which caused the club's combat effectiveness to be damaged, which led to a protracted dispute between the club and the national team.

Valencia now have just nine internationals, and they can still guarantee the integrity of the squad on international breaks.

Usually training will not be delayed too much, and the B team will be transferred to train the same.

This will help Valencia prepare for all competitions of the season.

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So when it came to the first round of the Copa del Rey and the second round of the league, Valencia's performance was largely unaffected.

Copa del Rey round 1. Valencia plays Manuel away. Turner. Lopeztena, who has always won the game, has all the benches plus a part of the B team lineup.

Unlike last season, it's clear that this season the Copa del Rey has been used as a training occasion for regular wins.

Even so, Valencia beat their opponents 2-0 away from home. Advance to the next round with ease.

Valencia's opponent in the second round of the league is promoted Huelva.

In the face of such a weak opponent, Chang Sheng is relieved to have a bold rotation, and all the players who have played in the national team have been given time to rest, either on the bench or in the stands.

On the first home of the new season, Valencia won the opponent with a clean 4:0.

There were four different players scoring in the game, which fully demonstrated the characteristics of Valencia's mad dog tactics in attack.

Mista and Cambiasso both scored their first competitive goals since joining the club.

Cambiaso also contributed one assist, while Mista had two. After the game, Mista was voted Man of the Match.

He used his practical actions to prove that Chang Sheng's purchase of him was not favoritism.

He was able to make a difference in Valencia.

During the game, Mista's tireless running helped the team a lot.

Even Morn, the narrator, says that Mista looks like a real mad dog.

After the second round of the league against Huelva, Valencia welcomed their first opponent in the Champions League at home, and it is also considered the strongest in the group and can compete with Valencia for the top spot in the group ...... "Red" Liverpool.

It was also the first Champions League game played by Constant Victory.

In Chang Sheng's mind, perhaps influenced by the mentality of later fans, he always felt that the League Cup was far inferior to the Champions League. The only real European competition is the Champions League.

So he didn't feel it when he played in the League Cup last season, but he played in the Champions League, and he seemed very excited.

Linmo released the first task of the Champions League, and the task requirement was simple, which was to achieve the first victory in the Champions League, in other words. It's to beat Liverpool.

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Liverpool manager Houllier is in a good mood right now because he thinks this away game will be easy for Liverpool.

As soon as the draw came out, he was full of confidence and felt that he was lucky in this group. A really good sign.

In his vision. Liverpool will top the group, while Valencia could finish second - if they are lucky.

When his scouts sent him weekly reports on Valencia's matches, he became even more convinced.

In the face of Valencia's inverted tactics, Liverpool's countermeasure was to defend and counterattack.

In fact, defensive counter-attacking is the standard tactic played by Houllier at Liverpool.

Since Houllier took over Liverpool, he has begun to revamp the backline. A series of defensive players were introduced. In the future, Liverpool's backline will be anchored by Hyypia, as well as Hamann.

Hencoz, who can only be regarded as a second-rate level, can form a successful center-back partnership with Hyypia, which is inseparable from Houllier's heavy accumulation in Central Europe.

The compressed backfield allowed the two tall centre-backs to make the most of their mark-to-man defensive abilities, plus a neurotic Westwood. From a back three to a back four, plus the most interceptive midfielder in the Premier League, Hamann. That's the backline that Houllier has used for five years.

As a Frenchman, he has been more conservative at the back than the British.

That kind of defence was used against Valencia's back-to-back attack, and Houllier thought it was enough.

The thing that determines the outcome of the game is the offense.

On the offensive side, Houllier emphasized the word "fast". This word runs through Hollier's entire offensive thinking. Houllier took full advantage of Irving's unrivalled speed of initiation and change of direction to deliver a succinct and crisp pass to the ball behind him. "Gun picks a line". Under the impact of Owen, the bulky England defenders with big shoulders and round waists couldn't turn around and looked at the ball and sighed, which is why Owen performed so well in those years, and even won the European Golden Ball Award - tactically fed.

Houllier, who tasted the sweetness, introduced a number of counter-attacking strikers who were good at speed in the next few years, and abandoned Fowler, who had a keen sense of smell in front of goal. At the same time, the ball in the midfield and back is also very fast, basically based on long passes and mid-distance direct passes.

This is Houllier's offensive tactic.

And this set of offensive tactics. In Houllier's view, it was just the right time to restrain Valencia's pressing tactics in the front court.

Just get up from the back and look for Husky frequently.

Then let Owen pick up and rush with the ball.

In fact, this season, Houllier is also trying to make tactical changes. Let the previous simple and crude tactics think of a more technical tactical change. This is just the beginning, but against Valencia, he intends to abandon his reforms for the time being and win first.

In order to win, he opted for more utilitarian tactics. Just like when he first arrived at Liverpool, in order to win, he chose to abandon the attacking style of the team during the Evans period, focus on adjusting the team's defensive system, and established the basic tactical idea of "stabilizing the position first, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack quickly".

To ensure victory, always come first.

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Because of his confidence, Houllier took the initiative to provoke a war of words.

Speaking to the English press at the airport before leaving for Valencia, he said: "I don't have any problems with my body, and the same goes for Liverpool. We are confident that we will win this game! ”

When he said this, he had a faint smile on his face, and he looked full of confidence.

The media in England seemed to be infected by Houllier's confidence.

In their press releases, they highlighted Houllier's self-confidence, painting a fantastic outlook for Liverpool fans.

"Houllier appears confident, which is a positive sign......

"Although it is an away game, although the opponent Valencia is in good momentum at the moment, we have to firmly believe that in the Champions League, Liverpool definitely have more experience than Valencia! Liverpool have won four European Cups, how many are there in Valencia? ”