Chapter 180: Second-line lineup
The Spanish media believe that Valencia is a strong contender for Champions League qualification, which is actually a high evaluation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In terms of championship competition, there are only three teams that can really have a chance to win the league championship - Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, "no surprise, the three teams will definitely occupy the top three in the league", and there is only one place left in the Champions League, in other words, Valencia is the strongest of the remaining 16 teams.
"World Sports" commented on Valencia, "The loss of Mata is not a nerve-wracking thing for Valencia, the arrival of several new signings, the strength of Valencia's three lines will not be worse than last season, in terms of lineup, Soldado, Canales and Parejo, the three Real Madrid academy players gathered in Valencia, whether they can form the team's attacking triangle is worth paying attention to." ”
'Canales and Parejo have to fight for their main positions when they first arrive, and Soldado has become an indispensable striker for Valencia, having already proven himself with 18 goals in La Liga last season.
"In addition, Argentine midfielder Banega, despite his poor performance in the Copa America, returned to Valencia and he is still the heart of the attacking organization."
The most important mention is still the head coach Unai Emery, "Emery's coaching ability can be trusted, as long as there are no problems with themselves, Valencia is still the biggest favorite to finish fourth in La Liga." ”
In the new season, Valencia will also play in the Champions League, and the three-tier battle is a test for them, and even the Valencian media admitted, "The three-line battle will definitely drag down the team, and the team's record in the league is likely to be affected for a certain period of time." ”
Valencia is certainly not willing to be the 'old fourth in La Liga', this game has been the biggest focus since the start of the league, and it has also been regarded by Valencia as a 'battle for the name', they hope to prove with their performance that the team is also a strong contender for the league title, no worse than Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
There are still a lot of fans who come to the Mestalla Stadium to support, and fans are hoping to see how Valencia will perform after the summer transfer through the previous rounds, especially this round against Atletico Madrid.
In the anticipation of the media and fans, the match between the two sides is about to begin.
Both teams have entered the pitch.
The media started talking about the starting line-ups of both sides, and surprisingly, Atletico Madrid did not field all the main players.
There was no problem with Diego Costa starting the game, the other strikers did not play, and it is not surprising that the newspaper "As" previously broke the news of Atletico Madrid's new formation of 433, and more importantly, in the midfield, the midfield trio is J Rodriguez, Isco and Raul Garcia.
Raul Garcia started as no surprise, but Morris was on the bench and was replaced by Colombian star J Rodriguez, who joined the team in the summer.
Another surprise starter was Isco.
Isco performed very well last season, and it was not the first time to play on the left side, but Atletico Madrid was full of talent after the recruitment, and there were Morris and Mario Suarez who could play on the left side, but Morris was on the bench, and Mario Suarez did not appear in the squad at all.
What is Wansheng going to do?
Does he really want to play against the combination of Isco, J. Rodriguez, Raul Garcia and Valencia's midfield?
The media were surprised.
The Valencian media simply thought it was humiliating, "That Chinese looks down on Valencia, and he even thinks that a young general, a newcomer is enough to deal with Valencia!" ”
The Valencian media are desperate to see what the Chinese will say when the time comes to win against Atletico Madrid.
Amid the discussion, the match between the two teams began.
In fact, Atletico Madrid's starting lineup is not bad, except for the controversy of J Rodriguez and Isco's starters, nothing else, Rafael Varane's starting line has not attracted media attention, after all, Raphael Varane's performance has been very stable, and in the eyes of many people, Atletico Madrid's back line does not seem to be so noticeable.
Wan Sheng sat in the coach's seat unconcernedly.
Valencia is a strong team, but Wan Sheng believes that there is a gap in strength between the two teams, Atletico Madrid is not last season, and he still needs to think about the team's third-tier operation.
Isco, J Rodriguez and Raphael Varane are not absolute main players, but against Valencia, do you need to start all the main players?
Now is the time to exercise!
Let Isco exercise, let J-Rodriguez exercise, they need the opportunity to adapt, to be familiar with the strong team, and when they mature, they can close the gap between the team's bench and the main team, so that the team's strength can be more stable, not like now, as long as Atletico Madrid sends two substitutes, there are many media who come out to make irresponsible remarks, in fact, the fundamental reason is that there is a gap in the strength and experience of the team's main substitutes.
In this game, in the Atletico Madrid lineup, Ozil is the most eye-catching, and when Morris does not play, he is the leader of the team and the captain on the field.
Mesut Ozil played as a left midfielder, but in the 433 lineup, he was almost equal to a left striker.
Mesut Ozil also became the most named player in the media when the game began, and he led the left flank, causing a headache for Valencia's defence.
Isco was also one of the players in the attack from the left, but Ozil was more of an individual player, not that he liked it individually, but that he and Isco were difficult to play together.
This situation also made Wan Sheng frown.
Wan Sheng glanced at the court and knew the reason, in fact, the problem of the cooperation between the two was mainly due to J Rodriguez in the middle, perhaps too much emphasis on the core position of J Rodriguez, the Colombian was a little too conservative, and he played very little in the attack, he mostly acted as an offensive and defensive conversion player, and was more in the retreat defense.
This guy has a problem playing!
Wan Sheng saw the problem, checked J Rodriguez's form evaluation, and also found that he was a little out of shape.
This is obviously a matter of the mind.
If you have personal ability, you have to play it, and too much emphasis on J. Rodriguez has affected his performance.
Without the central support of J Rodriguez, a left midfielder and a left striker, it is simply impossible to have a straight combination.
Despite J Rodriguez's unsatisfactory performance, Atletico Madrid opened the scoring when Mesut Ozil broke through with the ball on 23 minutes and cut inside to cross diagonally to the right.
Raul Garcia followed up with a long-range shot to help Atletico Madrid open the scoring.
1 to 0!
Atletico Madrid leads!
Valencia fans were disappointed to see the ball fly into the goal, and they didn't want their favourite team to lose on their home turf.
Some fans started shouting cheers, and the talkers were cheering Valencia on.
Those Valencia media also secretly thought that they hoped that the players on the field in Valencia could perform better.
The Valencia players may have received a signal from the fans and the media that they were active in attack after the resumption of the game, putting a lot of pressure on Atletico Madrid's defence.
In the 37th minute, Valencia played a delicate combination, Banega, Pablo Hernandez and Canales fell to the left in succession, and then Canales played a long pass into the box, Piatti followed up with a header and sent the ball into the net of David De Gea.
1 to 1!
The Mestalla Stadium was thunderous with joy, and the local fans were extremely excited and relieved to see Valencia tie the score.
After that, Valencia continued to attack, with the power of scoring goals, and they even played with Atletico Madrid in attack and defence.
The Valencian media excitedly said, "This is Valencia, they are also the top team in La Liga!" Even if the opponent is Atletico Madrid led by Wan Sheng, Valencia is not weak at all! ”
"Wansheng looked down on Valencia, and even played Valencia with a semi-substitute lineup at the Mestalla Stadium, but now, this Chinese should regret it, Valencia is not easy to deal with!"
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Valencia is not easy to deal with?
Wan Sheng doesn't think so.
Now the field is only the 'second-line' lineup of Atletico Madrid, and if Morris is replaced, the team's attack and defense will immediately go up a notch, which is the importance of the core players.
Of course, he wouldn't.
This win is intended to give J Rodriguez a chance, after all, Morris is old, he can't always stick to the whole game, Atletico Madrid needs J Rodriguez to grow up quickly.
Now that J Rodriguez's performance is not up to par, Wan Sheng knows what to do at half-time.
Later in the first half, the two sides fought for each other, and there was a fierce battle, but in the end neither side scored and at the end of the game, the score was still 1-1, and the players of both teams returned to the dressing room.
Wan Sheng had been waiting in the locker room for a long time.
After all the players came to the dressing room, Wan Sheng talked about the problems of the first half of the game, and then talked about the second half, he did not talk about the performance of individual players, but only about what to do as a whole.
After talking about the whole, Wan Sheng let the players rest freely and found J Rodriguez alone.
J. Rodriguez was a little nervous.
He kind of knows what the coach is looking for him, and he is really a lot worse than Morris's performance.
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