Chapter 100: Wings Fly Together

Irueta had no idea that Valencia, who had been winning perennially, would suddenly change tactics in this game and opt for a defensive counter-attack that they had been useless for half a season.

He also thought that since Chang Sheng took over Valencia, Valencia would not play defensive counter-attacks anymore......

Although Valencia has the foundation to play defensive counterattacks, many of the main players in this Valencia team are no longer the Valencia of last season.

These people don't have the "genes of defensive counterattacks", but from the beginning of the game, their defensive counterattacks are still playing vigorously and well.

What's going on?

Irueta was puzzled.

Then he thought about the fact that it took only a week for Getafe's players to learn a new tactic in last season's Copa del Rey final against Mallorca. And used that tactic to beat the mighty Mallorca in the Copa del Rey final.

At that time, the coaching community was discussing how Chang Sheng was doing it, and he couldn't figure it out.

They can't figure out how to do it.

In the end, it became a mystery.

Iruetta was also interested in this at first, but he also studied it without success, and he didn't know how Tsuneki did it.

Unexpectedly, now he has experienced it himself.

Valencia's counter-attack was not a copy of Cooper's.

They are now more attacking and proactive on the counter-attack.

This is evident in the frequent physical contact they have with Deportivo La Coruna's players.

And this made Deportivo players very uncomfortable.

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With this skill, Valencia used their physical advantage to defend, increasing their success rate by five percent or more.

Because sometimes it is not directly used to break the ball, but it can interfere with the opponent's possession, it can also be regarded as a successful defense.

Deportivo La Coruna had no idea that they would encounter such a game away from home, they were stuck in Valencia's muscular forest and couldn't get out.

As the heart of the team, Bellerón was completely restrained by Albelda and Marchena.

Especially Marchena.

The new player, who has only been in the club for two days, showed his characteristics vividly in the game.

Tough and ferocious, unyielding defense, coupled with a short temper, is simply a perfect match for a back midfielder.

As a centre-back, he does things that make him give too many set-pieces, especially penalties, for fouls, which is a potential danger.

But as a midfielder, this concern is much less.

Every time Real Madrid and Barcelona played, Mourinho would let Pepe be promoted from central back to midfielder, in order to let Pepe defend Messi. The effect is very good, and the fierce Pepe is simply Messi's nemesis. But if Pepe is still a midfielder, then his ferocity will only be able to play half the game, because it is easy to give Barcelona a penalty for a foul in the box.

Because of this concern, Pepe will also hold back when defending.

Chang Sheng learned this from Jose Mourinho, so he promoted Marchena, who was originally a central defender, to a central midfielder.

Now it seems that the effect is very good, and Belleron is completely unable to play at the level he should have under the defense of Marchena like a maggot.

Bellerón is the heart of Deportivo La Coruna's midfield and the tower of command for organising attacks.

He didn't play well, and Deportivo couldn't organize.

Deportivo La Coruna's attack could not threaten Valencia's goal, so Valencia could fight back with confidence......

And a quick counterattack is what they are good at.

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There were two players in this game in positions that they are not usually good at, one was Marchena, who moved from the centre-back to the midfield, showing sè.

The other is Reyes who plays as a left winger and plays as a right winger, judging from the current more than 20 minutes of play, Reyes's performance here is very average, and his performance against Sevilla is not outstanding at all.

Chang Sheng's request for him is to cross and cut in if necessary.

In terms of crossing, Reyes was very mediocre, after all, he is a left-footed player, he is not used to going to the right to cross, every time he shakes off the gap, he has to use his right foot to dunk the football back, and then turn around and cross with his left foot.

That's all the chance.

So in terms of crosses, his performance was average.

Because of his mediocre performance, Valencia automatically adjusted their strategy in the game, using Vicente's wing as Valencia's main attack.

Vicente also lived up to expectations and performed very well.

His speed, explosiveness, skill and crosses all caused Deportivo a lot of problems.

Deportivo has therefore adapted their defensive strategy to focus on defending their right flank, which is Valencia's left.

As a result, Reyes on the right was somewhat left out in the cold.

Reyes was a little frustrated.

He felt that his performance was simply too bad and did not live up to the manager's expectations. He didn't even dare to look off the pitch for fear of seeing the manager's disappointed expression.

I must have let the manager down......

But what can he do? His first time playing on the right wing, he had no experience and didn't know what to do with the ball.

And it's not just a matter of him having a bad cross, he can't even play the dribbling he's most proud of.

As a left-footed player, your left foot touches the ball multiple times when you dribble. If you're playing on the left flank, you won't have any problems because the ball is on the outside, there's a guy in the middle, and it's not that easy for the defender to break the ball.

But when you dribble on the right side and control the ball with your left foot, the ball is on the inside, and the opposing defender can break the ball with one kick without any obstacle of his own.

Watching Vicente's side play vigorously, Reyes was a little envious.

Compared to his own side, he can only hang his head.

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Vicente was active on the left flank, forcing breakthroughs again and again to make Mestalla cheer, but because Deportivo also strengthened their defense here, Valencia was never able to open up the situation from the left.

Chang Sheng also noticed this.

He frowned.

The team's attack has to change.

If you concentrate on one wing, it will be much easier for the opponent to defend.

And what about the other side?

The reason why he didn't let Mendieta play in this game and started Reyes was to make the two wings really fly.

But now, only the left side is struggling to wave its wings, and the right side is not moving at all, how can this fly?

He turned his gaze to Reyes and saw that the introverted and shy little child was looking annoyed with his head bowed.

He sighed helplessly.

Reyes's xìng grid is really a deep-seated problem. Although he used to start him against Sevilla, which stipulated him a little.

But now it seems that it is not enough, it is far from enough.

So Chang Sheng shouted: "Reyes! Reyes!! ”

As he was close to the dugout, Reyes heard the sound of Chang Sheng.

He chuckled inwardly, but turned his head to look at it.

Chang Sheng made a gesture: "Don't just cross the bottom!" Remember what I told you before the game? ”

Reyes understood the gesture - that was what it meant to cut in!

That's when he suddenly remembered!

By the way, the head coach made it possible for me to cut in appropriately during the game......

But is this the right time?

In his eyes, Chang Sheng was constantly gesturing to him, reminding him to cut the shè door.

Since the manager has said so...... That should be the right time, right?

Reyes was a little unsure, but he was going to try it the next time the ball fell to his feet.

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Reyes waited seven or eight minutes.

It was originally a defensive counterattack, and there were few offensive opportunities, and the few offensive opportunities were handed over to Vicente. Reyes wants to get a chance, but it's not as easy as it is when the game just starts.

Seeing that the football was not flying to his side, Reyes hesitated and finally raised his arm.

That's what it means to signal his teammates to pass the football to him.

Vicente won the ball on the left flank and sprinted left and right to get out of the pack. However, Deportivo has strengthened his defense, and it is obviously not so easy to break through with the ball directly.

In desperation, he returned the football to Ibrahimovic, who ran back to pick him up.

Ibrahimovic passed to Angulo in turn.

Angulo was going to turn around and kick himself away, but he saw Reyes' timidly raised arm on the flank.

Not very straight, a little curved, indicating that he is not very confident.

Do you want to pass the football to him?

When he had passed the ball to him, he had either lost possession or sent a cross that didn't threaten the opposition goal at all.

There is really no way for him to have high hopes for such a performance......

Just as he was about to go it alone, he caught a glimpse of Reyes' arms still stubbornly raised.

He remembered something -- it seems...... He had been raising his arms since the attack, even when the ball finally reached Vicente's side.

It seems that he can't bear to hurt the positive xìng of a young player, or just doesn't want to cut off this attack in his own hands, and Angulo ended up passing the football to Reyes anyway.

Along with the football to find Reyes, there is also Deportivo left-back, Capdevilla.

The 23-year-old Deportivo full-back will be the main left wing-back of the Spanish national team in the future, and he has won the 2008 European Championship and the 2010 World Cup with the team.

But now he is just an ordinary player, who made his debut in Espanyol B, played for Espanyol first team and Atletico Madrid, and moved to Deportivo La Coruna after Atletico Madrid's relegation.

Last season, he was only a substitute, but this season he has been the main player.

In the nearly half-hour match, he had the upper hand against Reyes, which gave him confidence.

Reyes was so badly praised by the media, what a "genius boy", what a "Spanish golden boy", now it seems that it is nothing more than that......

Capdevilla pounced with a hint of contempt, intending to cut off Reyes' ball again and then attack.

But this time...... He pounced!

Reyes didn't stop the ball, his right foot took the ball from Angulo outward, and at the same time jumped up and jumped back gently, so simply dodging Capdevilla, who pounced fiercely!

Capdevilla was still stunned - what had just happened?

I heard the cheers of Valencia fans on the sidelines.

He hurriedly turned around.

What you see is the back of Reyes running wildly with the ball!

Valencia's right wing, which had been flapping all along, finally swung vigorously.

The team felt a surging momentum and held them up, faintly ...... It's time to take off! (To be continued.)