252 Counterattack is King (Part II)

Benitez was so excited for this game. Not only was it a rare smile, but even after Mendieta's penalty was scored, Benitez actually shook his fist on the sidelines. It was a very rare look of excitement on Benitez's face.

Van Gaal, on the other hand, had a gloomy face. The biggest supporter of Van Gaal is Barcelona's former president Nunez, who is now leaving the presidency. With Van Gaal's most supportive chairman gone, Van Gaal knows he doesn't have much time at Barça. He wants to leave a most haode title at Barcelona before leaving.

Since coming to Barcelona in '97, he has not been very smooth at Barcelona, and it should be said that Van Gaal has failed in the past three years at Barcelona. First of all, Deportivo suddenly rose to power and began to dominate the league title in La Liga football. During this time, Barcelona did not even win a La Liga title. In the Champions Cup, there was the tragedy of being killed by four goals at the home of Dynamo Kyiv. That match made Shevchenko famous in European football.

Van Gaal finally had a good chance to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, but it didn't take long for the game to start before Valencia scored two goals in a row.

It was a very unsuccessful journey for him to win only one Copa del Rey in three years at a club like Barcelona. Such an achievement is really unjustifiable. Van Gaal is a little anxious, although Van Gaal is a famous coach, but he has not been a coach for a long time, at most nine years. He started out as an Ajax academy coach.

In '91, he became the manager of Ajax and purged those old players. Then there is a big push for young players. That is, the later golden generation. They came close to completing the Ajax dynasty from winning the UEFA Cup in 1992 to winning the Champions League in '95. His outstanding results at Ajax have made the whole Shijie sideways, and many people believe that if it were not for the Bosman Act, Van Gaal would have been able to complete a dynasty at Ajax. Therefore, it can be said that Van Gaal's managerial career has not had any setbacks at all.

But three years in Barcelona is hard to say. That's why he was in a hurry, and he stepped forward to get angry with his players. He was really angry, so he let the players go forward and attack.

"Coach Louis van Gaal is too stubborn."

Rist shook his head. Louis van Gaal will be 49 years old and has been the manager of Ajax since he was 40. It's been nine years now, maybe it's been smooth in the past few years, and I don't know how to change it. If Van Gaal was like Benitez, he wandered around in his youth. I've seen successes and failures, and maybe I won't be as stubborn as I am now.

Van Gaal if he is willing to change his coaching philosophy a little. Then his team will be much scarier than it is now.

"Isn't that pretty haode? Otherwise, where do we have a chance. ”

Ottie was very pleased. He was looking for Rafael Benitez to be the manager. But I never thought that there would be such a day. His biggest hope for Benitez is to lead Valencia to a Champions League spot. But Benitez delivered a much better result than expected.

"So, Jaime. In the future, you can't choose a coach because of a temporary success, and you can't rush to them. Some coaches are too successful for them to afford to fail. Coach Louis van Gaal needs a long time to adjust. to be able to succeed again. ”

"How. Rist. Seeing that Raphael succeeded. You want to take him out of Valencia and go to a big club? ”

Ottie listened to Rist's words and teased him to ask the question he wanted to ask. Winning the Champions League is no ordinary honour. Any manager will be worth a hundred times even if he wins the league title, and if he wins the Champions League, the value will rise sharply. Although Valencia is the traditional top five in La Liga, it is not comparable to the European giants after all.

Benitez is now only 40 years old and would be the youngest Champions League winner in the history of the Champions League if he wins the Champions League. There will definitely be a lot of giants who want Benitez at that time. Taking a step back, even if you can't win the Champions League, as long as you can enter the Champions League final, your value will also rise. It can even be said that Benitez is much more valuable now than a year ago.

Ottie was teasing, but Rist heard Ottie's meaning. So he smiled and said, "Jaime, I won't let Rafael leave Valencia in a short period of time." Just as young players shouldn't change their environment all the time, a coach shouldn't change clubs too often. And if Valencia has always been so strong, there is no reason for Rafael to leave. ”

Ottie smiled and didn't answer. Although Rist did not answer directly, he had all the words he should have. He will not leave Valencia in the short term, but no one can say whether he will go to a big club in the future.

Because it was 2 to 0, the two of them were talking and laughing. It's much better than the dignified atmosphere on Barcelona's side. Because Nunez on the Barcelona side is already hideous, and everyone else is in a bad mood.

Barça's possession was excellent. But the current Barcelona is not the kind of absolute possession play that came later, and Van Gaal's style of play has the deepest shadow of Ajax. Quick play on the wings. It is indeed inferior to the later Barcelona, because his style of play is fast and lethal, so there are also many mistakes.

"Litmanen, Litmanen has already broken through Angeloma...... Cross, Cocu gets in for a header! The ball was too positive, and Canizares got it. Canizares, hand the ball to Herard! ”

Benitez's style of play in this game is clear. Because of Barcelona's style of play, the vacancy of the back line is one after another, and Barcelona's current style of play also makes a lot of mistakes. Therefore, as long as there is an opportunity to counterattack, resolutely and quickly assault.

After Gerard got the ball, he didn't hesitate at all, it was just a long pass. Gerad's style is actually very similar to that of the later Harvey. Alonso is a player who can defend, attack and control the pace of the game. Twenty-two-year-old Gerard is a true genius. This time, the long pass was again given to the right side.

"Angullo, Angulo got the ball. Angullo, handed the ball to Mendieta in the middle, beautiful two-over-one! ”

Angulo received the ball and gave it to Mendieta, who immediately had a pick-and-roll. Playing the simplest one-two with Angullo, Puyol once again became the back between them. In this game, the young Puyol can be said to be completely blown up by Valencia. Who would have thought that such a Puyol would be a top defender in Shijie in the future. Any successful player will have moments like this, and Puyol needs that process if he wants to be a top defender for Shijie.

"Angulo, Angulo has burst in. Shot! ”

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Angulo kept breaking in, and when he got to the penalty area, many people were nervous. Jankole pressed again, Lopes also went straight into the box from the left, and Mendieta followed from behind. Because Angulo dominated the game with passes, even the Barcelona goalkeeper paid more attention to Jankole. At this time, Angulo was very decisive and directly kicked the near corner. Hit everyone off guard.

"Three to zero. This is the football game, in terms of game statistics, the possession rate and the number of shots on goal are much higher than Valencia. But that was the way it was, it turned out that Valencia was 3-0 up Barcelona in the game. In fact, judging from this season's games, Valencia has always been Barcelona's nemesis. This is the third time that Valencia have met Barcelona this season, and they have won three in a row. In this way, Benitez won against Barcelona when he was in charge of Estrimadura FC. ”

"It should be said that Benitez is Barcelona's nemesis, coach Louis van Gaal's. Benitez's style of play is exactly what he does for Barcelona. ”

Yes, Benitez's style of play is indeed Van Gaal's nemesis. In fact, Benitez is not alone, but also Cooper, who is currently at Celta. Teams like Benitez and Cooper who defend well and counter-attack sharply will find it difficult to win. Even Ranieri's style of play was able to restrain Barcelona.

It's rare to have a big score in the Champions League semi-finals, but this game is different. It's not because of how strong Valencia's attack is, it's entirely because Van Gaal's ignorance and Valencia's style of play just restrained Barcelona.

A passionate game. Not because of Valencia, but because of Barcelona. Barcelona came back from behind, leaving more room for Valencia. Valencia can play to their counter-attacking abilities to the fullest.

By this time, the Valencia players were no longer simply celebrating. Valencia's players are already crazy, the first half is about to end, and Valencia is already 3-0 ahead of Barcelona. The game was really hearty, and the counterattack was almost a hit accurately. Barcelona's defenders are more and more embarrassed.

"The Stade de France! Stade de France! Stade de France! ”

"We're going to Paris! We're going to Paris! ”

"Barcelona, we'll teach Real Madrid a lesson for you!"

Valencia fans chanted excitedly. Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in yesterday's game and are likely to reach the Champions League final. That's why Valencia fans are so happy.

The Valencia on-site commentator also shouted excitedly: "Three to zero, we are three to zero ahead of Barcelona." We're in the Champions League final, we're going to Paris. ”

Who can not be excited. After all, in Valencia's 100-year history, it should be said that since the Champions League came out, it has never reached the Champions League final. Therefore, all the Valencia fans cheered excitedly on the pitch. (To be continued......)