Chapter 51: Death for a Confidant
If it was before the match with Real Madrid, Chang Sheng said and did this, I am afraid that many Valencia players would not think so.
But now it's different, it's all the credit of that 5:0, and many players don't dare to question him.
Gradually, ignoring the young manager's age, he began to accept the managerial authority that he showed to be victorious.
Pep Guardiola continues to be his part-time coach, stopping and correcting his team-mates' movements again and again during training.
Wearing two jobs should have made him tired, but in the case of the 30-year-old Pep Guardiola, there is no such thing at all.
He is full of energy, he is dedicated to his work, and the energy he exudes from all over his body has even infected the team.
The team is training more seriously than before.
He seemed to be enjoying the days.
Sometimes, when he stops, he thinks back to his decision. He was apprehensive at the beginning of his move to Valencia, but now...... He has been left without thinking about whether his transfer was the right one, and he only knows that he has found the purpose and the joy of fighting again in Valencia.
It was a completely different time than his last years in Barcelona.
In Barcelona, his role became less and less, and he lost the value of continuing to exist.
It was only in Valencia that he rediscovered his own value.
There is a saying in China that "a man dies for his confidant", and Guardiola must not have heard of it, but that doesn't mean he won't feel the same way.
Winning gives him enough trust, not on the pitch, but in training, to involve him in the development of the team's tactics and training plans, giving him maximum freedom. Let him defend and train the team according to his own ideas, when it comes to difficulties. Chang Sheng will stand up for him as soon as possible and let him let go of all his baggage and concerns.
Now that the coaching staff is in a meeting, Pep Guardiola can attend the meeting and put forward his own opinions. Gonzalez and other coaches pay attention.
This makes Guardiola particularly fulfilling.
Truth be told, when he decided to leave Barcelona, he was already planning to negotiate with Brescia before Valencia appeared. At that time, he knew that he would no longer want to have any glory in his playing career, so his pursuit on the pitch became very small.
But what was on the training ground made him excited and excited, full of anticipation for the future.
Changsheng does what he says. Let him work part-time as a coach.
In order to repay Chang Sheng's trust in himself. Pep Guardiola has decided to work harder in training and will not let his wins down.
If Chang Sheng knew what Guardiola was thinking, he was afraid that he would wake up laughing at night when he dreamed - this is even better than he imagined!
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It was in this intense and intense training that the team welcomed its third opponent in the league. On 16 September, Valencia host Las Palmas.
This game came like a lot of fans.
They all remember the last home game. How Valencia beat Real Madrid.
The match completely ignited the enthusiasm of Valencia fans to watch the game.
The 55,000-seat Mestalla Stadium has an 85 percent attendance rate.
For a match that wasn't in focus, that was already a pretty good attendance.
After all, not every game is a strong conversation between Valencia and Real Madrid.
Before the start of the game, Chang Sheng was in the dressing room, looking at the players who were ready, and then he opened the door of the dressing room.
The noise outside poured in instantly, hitting everyone's eardrums like a tsunami.
In the midst of this noise, Chang Sheng shouted hoarsely: "Listen to this voice, guys! They're here to support you! If you only end up winning 2-0, are you fucking embarrassed?! ”
Then the players came out.
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Most Spanish teams stick to an attacking style of football.
It's the same even for the relegated teams. This has to do with the traditions of the country of Spain.
Defensive counter-attacking teams like Getafe, Mallorca and Valencia are in the minority after all.
So even if it is an away game, although the strength is not as good as Valencia, Las Palmas insists on attacking Valencia.
In terms of attack, this is Valencia's current favorite opponent of the "mad dog" tactic.
Because the scene will be very open, there will be a lot of opportunities.
They don't even have to run to create opportunities.
So the game was played beautifully.
The Valencia fans who watched the game were hooked – starting with Perez and then tugging at Hiddink, Ranieri and Cooper. Valencia fans are used to Valencia on the counter-attack, and they can win games but score few goals and the spectacle is not very good.
But now this Valencia team is different.
In the first round against Real Madrid, you can see that they can not only win, but also win beautifully!
This game is no exception.
Their team's running and passing and matching football have dazzled many Valencia fans.
And Valencia, who has been trained by Guardiola for two weeks, is more fluid and precise in passing.
In the thirteen minutes of the game, Valencia played a dazzling combination.
After the ball is attacked from the backfield, it goes through a continuous pass. Pep Guardiola was at the heart of the attack, running constantly, receiving the ball and passing the ball out.
With more than a dozen passes in a row, the Las Palmas players didn't even touch the skin, and the football hit their goal. Then Ibrahimovic, who received the ball, had no difficulty in scoring at this time, and with a light knock, the ball rolled into the goal of Las Palmas......
"Beautiful! Pretty! Very beautiful! Valencia takes the lead! But the lead is not the point! The focus is on this goal! It's very beautiful! Starting with the goalkeeper, almost everyone was involved in the attack! Bang bang bang! The continuous passing is dazzling and pleasing to the eye. And Las Palmas was like a swarm of headless flies in front of them. I can only run blindly, but I can't touch the football at all! At last. They almost put the ball into the goal! I dare say that Ibrahimovic's goal, if I were on the pitch, I could have scored it! It's so easy! A series of complex cross-cutting runs were made to make the final shot easy...... It's amazing! This Valencia, which we have never seen before, is a brand new Valencia that the Chinese brought us...... Valencia fans are blessed to not only be able to see the victory, but also to see such a wonderful goal! "The narrator Morn is long and non-stop, and that's what characterizes Spanish commentators. They are always very talkative......
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Chang Sheng on the sidelines hugged the coaches. Cheer and celebrate.
The goal was a testament to the results of their work over the last two weeks.
Scoring goals in this way is what Chang Sheng wanted to see when he first designed the "mad dog" tactic.
The stands at the Mestalla Stadium once again resounded with the huge cheers of the Valencia fans.
Hearing this cheer, Chang Sheng knew that he had made the right choice!
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On the pitch, Pep Guardiola is calling everyone to celebrate the goal.
"It's a team win!" He put his arm around everyone and said. "Let's celebrate, together!"
Although the captain's armband is not worn. But being the captain of a giant club like Barcelona for a long time makes him naturally have a leadership temperament, and he can be convincing when he makes a gesture and shows it naturally.
The teammates rushed up and huddled together, with Ibrahimovic in the middle.
This Swedish kid has been very happy lately. Joining Valencia's big team, he scored goals and assists in his first league game and performed well. He also performed well in the national team's competitions.
Now in the third round of the league, the number of league goals has become two.
His career is simply sunny and bright!
He now feels that he abandoned Ajax and chose to come to Valencia was really the most important and correct decision in his life!
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After the celebration, the players returned to their own half, and many of them saw Chang Sheng dancing and chanting from the sidelines: "Keep scoring!" Keep scoring goals! Make a clean sweep of!! ”
So Valencia did not stop, but set off an offensive frenzy.
At the thirty-seventh and forty-fifth minutes, respectively. One goal each.
In the first half, they took a 3-0 lead.
Let the commentator Morn have to lament that the suspense of this game no longer exists.
Valencia completely destroyed Las Palmas with a devastating onslaught.
This made Las Palmas, who had played against Changsheng in the second division, very incomprehensible.
Why is there so much difference in the coaching style of a coach? At Getafe he insisted on defensive counter-attacks and 1:0 doctrine, and in Valencia, how did he become the epitome of attacking football?
This is not scientific!
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Returning to the half-time break, we were very happy with the performance of the players.
Tell them that they will play like this in the future, and never show mercy.
Because to be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself.
If you can't completely shatter the suspense in the first half, then the opponent will have the ability and desire to counterattack at any time in the second half.
"If there is hope for the opponent, then kill their hope with our goal and bring them despair! The second half continues! ”
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After the start of the second half, Valencia's offensive continued unabated, still their dazzling and inscrutable passing and cutting coordination.
Las Palmas had no way to deal with this tactic.
In the second half, Chang Win began to make continuous substitutions, allowing more Valencia players to experience the "mad dog" tactic in actual combat.
It can also be regarded as allowing more people to brush up on experience.
Villa came on for Ibrahimovic, Pellegrino for Carvalho and Reyes for Vicente.
Because of the frequent substitutions, the team's implementation of the "mad dog" tactic was a little unsmooth, which affected the final offensive quality.
But there was still a goal.
In the end, Valencia won 4-0 against Las Palmas in this game and won by a big score again.