After the match against Mallorca, Valencia began to prepare for the second leg of the UEFA Cup against Kyle.

This game is away from home, so the winning side is particularly important. Because the atmosphere at home of the English team is very strong, far more than La Liga.

He was concerned that his players lacked experience to play in that environment.

In fact, his fears were quite reasonable.

When the Valencia players arrived at the away stadium, they were greeted by the Celtic players from the airport - about 500 Celtic fans rushed to the airport to "greet" the Valencia players, but in a somewhat ...... way Not very friendly.

They sang songs cheering on Celtic fans, raised their middle fingers at Valencia and cursed foul words. Banners and banners were held with all sorts of mockery and mockery of Valencia.

As soon as they stepped off the plane and on Glasgow soil, Valencia fans felt the hostility of their opponents.

When it came to the game, it was even worse.

Spanish teams are not good at playing away from home, they have always been home dragons and away bugs. If there is a team that can perform well on the road, then the title must not be far away.

Even if the team comes to win often, there is no way to completely change this in just three months.

At Celtic Park, there is a lot of noise and hustle and bustle. Valencia's players are looking very uncomfortable.

The performance is also slightly aberration.

Conceded a goal in the opening 20 minutes.

Another goal was conceded in the second half.

As a result, the aggregate score between the two sides became 2:2.

Chang Sheng saw this situation and immediately made adjustments. Strengthen the defense.

Stubbornly defended until the end of the game, and then until the end of extra time, and the two sides entered the penalty shoot-out stage.

At this time, Chang Sheng's cautious habit of practicing penalties the day before the knockout round showed a little.

Valencia, who was more prepared for penalty kicks, finally eliminated the menacing Celtic with a penalty score of 5:3, and passed the danger and advanced in a thrilling way.

After this game, Chang Sheng also secretly wiped his sweat.

If you are 2:0 up in the first leg. Died in Glasgow...... That's a real wrong.

This European arena is indeed much more difficult to play than La Liga, and there can be a very fierce team in a small league like the Soviet Super League, if you are not careful. It could be toppled to the ground.

At the same time, Chang Sheng gradually felt powerless. It's only the 16-quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup, with quarter-finals, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals to come.

Do you really want to make it all the way to the finals?

Chang Sheng frowned and thought.

Let's not talk about whether you can make it to the finals, even if you reach the finals. How much effort does it take?

As a rookie head coach, he lacks the ability to fight on two fronts in the domestic European competition, and it is obviously a fool's dream to hope for a bumper harvest on both fronts.

Although Chang Sheng's heart is very high and he is crazy, he is still sensible.

can say that he won the league championship in the first season, because he knows that Valencia did win the championship in this season in history, he has a golden finger, and he has the advantage of crossing, so he will not be worse than the master Benitez, right?

But in the League Cup, the constant victory is really bottomless.

In case of putting too much effort into the League Cup. caused the league to be a mess, didn't you put the cart before the horse?

The UEFA Cup is a passing moment for Valencia and they should be aiming for the league title and Champions League qualification next season.

I just finished playing against Mallorca, and the lessons of Mallorca are still vivid. Mallorca misjudged the situation, or rather, they were tempted by the Champions League cake. As a result, the Champions League did not qualify, and the league was almost relegated.

Changsheng doesn't do this kind of thing.

He thought about it, and it was absolutely better to give up the League Cup.

In the quarterfinals, he played half the main team and half substitutes, and what it was like to play.

Let's specialize in the domestic league.

If you don't even win the league championship in the end, wouldn't it prove that you have no crossing advantage and golden finger. But isn't it even as good as Benitez?

That's not scientific!

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After playing the League Cup, the time has entered December.

Baraja, who had been out of action for three months due to injury, also returned to the team and began a simple recovery session.

At first, the doctors thought that it would only take him seven weeks to recover, but when the time came, he could not recover.

And no one knows why, and the doctors, after testing it with instruments, do not know what is going on.

So I can only continue to cultivate.

It wasn't until three months later, after a recent check-up, that doctors agreed to return him to the training ground.

Because he has just returned from injury, his condition and body have not been adjusted to the best condition, so he is currently mainly focusing on recovering his body, and his game state is temporarily looking for by playing in team B.

For Baraha, this day has been too long waited.

Although Chang Sheng has personally promised him his place in the team.

But as he lay in his hospital bed, he was conflicted as he watched his team advance on all fronts. I applaud the team's performance, but I am worried about returning to the position of the team.

Originally, he was the absolute workhorse of Valencia.

But looking at the tactics that Valencia is playing now, it is clear that Pep Guardiola is more suitable to be the main player than himself.

And in terms of fame and experience, he is not as good as Guardiola.

In terms of the degree of lineage, he is not as good as Albelda, who was cultivated by Valencia himself.

What do you have to compete for the main capital?

So after resuming training, he practiced very hard, even risking another injury.

Chang Sheng had to come forward to dissuade him.

But Baraha apparently didn't listen.

In the face of such a hard-working Balaha, Chang Sheng had no choice but to sigh, looking forward to Balaha's good luck, and he would not have just recovered from his injury and injured himself again.

But...... On second thought, Barahar was a notoriously tough guy. For a long time he hadn't heard about Baraha being injured. There is a very high attendance rate in Valencia.

So...... Maybe he's not so unlucky this time.

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In the sixteenth round, Valencia faced Deportivo La Coruna away.

It's also a strong conversation.

In Spanish football at the turn of the century, many very strong teams were born, such as Celta, Mallorca, Deportivo La Coruna, Valencia......

But in it, Deportivo La Coruna is the most consistent team of them all.

Under the leadership of Iruetta, the team from the autonomous community of Galicia became the "Super Laco".

From the 19992000 season when they won the league title until the 200304 season. This team has never fallen out of the top three of the league.

They won a league title, twice second, twice third.

History is in this season. Valencia eventually won the league title, while Deportivo La Coruna was second, holding Real Madrid, Barcelona and other teams under him.

Valencia is still playing away this time. Not to mention the level of danger.

Before the game, the media were saying that Valencia had not tasted defeat so far, and neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona had been able to pull Valencia off the unbeaten throne.

Now the most promising and probable is A Coruña.

Because they are playing at home, they are on par with Valencia in terms of strength.

They occupy the right time, place and people, how can they be invincible?

Chang Sheng is also well aware of this.

In fact, even if his team loses to Deportivo La Coruna, it will not affect the current ranking, because they are still more ahead of second place.

If you just lose one game, you don't pose a threat at all.

But Chang Sheng didn't want to do that.

Even if the hope of victory in this game is low, there is hope.

In the training half week before the game, he constantly instilled in his players the idea that this game must not be lost.

All the way to the pre-game. Fifteen minutes left, the game started, and he was still talking about it.

'I know we're in a difficult situation in this game. It's a bit tiring from back to bottom, we have a strong opponent and we're playing away from home...... But are these objective reasons why we subjectively give up this game? No! I've always believed in it. In the face of a strong team, no matter how disadvantaged the situation is, we must dare to fight against it! So even if you grit your teeth and persevere, you must not lose to your opponent! ”

The situation in this game was so grim, but even so, Ibrahimovic did not get a chance to play.

4231。 Even Aimar is gone.

Against the wild horse of Ibrahimovic, Chang Sheng had to be more cautious and a little more harsh. Because if Ibrahimovic can't be completely cleaned up this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to stop until this season.

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The competition was very intense, one could even say brutal.

The two teams battled it out for possession in midfield, as both teams were possession-oriented.

Valencia's midfield brain is Pep Guardiola, while Deportivo is Belleron.

A contest between these two top midfielders.

Deportivo La Coruna took advantage of home advantage to score the first goal.

But just at the start of the second half, Valencia stubbornly pulled a point back.

In the 68th minute, Deportivo took the lead again, this time by De Jaminha.

Deportivo La Coruna takes the lead again!

When De Jamingha slammed the ball into the back of the net, there was a huge cheer at the Riazor Stadium, as if they had won the game.

Even the commentator Morn was cheering for A Coruña: "Mighty Super Laco! Super Laco! It seems that only they will be able to defeat Valencia and end their unbeaten streak! ”

"Super Laco! Super Lacco!! As if to cooperate with him, deafening cheers rang out from the stands at the Riazor Stadium.

Amid their shouts, the Deportivo players were celebrating to the fullest, while the Valencia players were a little distracted.

A huge wave of sound hit each of their eardrums and hearts, suffocating them.

Chang Sheng bit his lower lip and stared at the court.

In the past few years, Deportivo La Coruna has been at its peak, their team has achieved excellent results, and the fans are naturally full of confidence, and in their home stadium, there is a domineering spirit of "I dare to overlook the world and look down on the heroes of the world".

Later, with the departure of Iruetta, Deportivo declined and even relegated.

The atmosphere at the Riazor Stadium was not as good as it is now, and the fans' morale was much lower.

But that was after that, and Tsuneki was now unlucky to meet the most powerful of Deportivo La Coruna.

Do you want to throw in the towel?

Of course not!

Chang Sheng withdrew his gaze and turned his gaze to the bench.

Ibrahimovic sat on the bench with a blank face ......)

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