Now in this Valenciari team, there are actually quite a few players who have participated in the Champions League final.

Goalkeeper Canizares, central defender Ayala, midfielders Albelda and Baraja, forwards Angulo and Vicente.

However, Vicente was unable to play in this Champions League game due to injury, with Angulo and Baraja also playing on the bench.

So in fact, there are not many players with experience in the Champions League final.

Most of them are young players, young players have momentum, but they just lack experience.

Therefore, many people are speculating that Valencia's starting line-up should emphasize balance, that is, there are experienced players and young and motivated players.

So everyone guesses that the starting lineup of the winning team should be similar to what he usually uses in the league, goalkeeper Canizares, central defenders Ayala and Carvalho, left-back Aurelio, right-back Paulo. Ferreira. The midfield three are Albelda and Baraja, as well as Deco. Villa in the center, Ronaldinho on the left and Reyes on the right.

On that forum in China, everyone also agrees with this view.

Because this is the strongest lineup that Chang Sheng can field.

There is also strong evidence in favour of this starting line-up.

Valencia hosted Albacete in the final round of the league and the winner did not have such a starting line-up, apparently resting most of his players in preparation for the Champions League final in midweek.

But in reality, these people guessed wrong.

Valencia's starting line-up wasn't what they thought it would be.

The goalkeeper is indeed Sanizares, the central defenders are indeed Ayala and Carvalho, and the left-back is indeed Aurelio. But the right-back was from Paul. Ferreira becomes Couro. Torres! "This is something that a lot of people didn't expect.

What people didn't expect was also the arrangement in the midfield.

In midfield, he won the Baraja approach and replaced him with Cambiaso's start.

In the forward line, there are no changes, it is still Villa, Ronaldinho and Reyes.

Although there are only two changes in the positions, it actually means that the tactics are also different from before.

In the case of Albelda and Baraja starters. Valencia put more emphasis on the hardness of the midfield.

Now that Chang Win has a Cambiasso, he wants his midfield to be more in control. Against Mourinho, control of the ball comes first, and it is useless to fight with the opponent, because Mourinho's team is very hard, and he and Porto are hard. It's just that it's a fool who attacks his own strengths with his own shortcomings.

In addition, Kuro. Torres replaces Paulo. The fact that Ferreira started also illustrates the requirements of Chang Sheng's offense.

Paul. Pacos Ferreira is a very good right-back, but his excellence is not reflected in attack. Defensively he was impeccable.

But offensively, he helped the team too little.

Both he and Tulalang are full-time defenders.

This has led to Valencia walking on one leg in attack for a long time. The attack on the left side was sharp because of Ronaldinho and Aurelio.

There is only one Reyes on the right side, and sometimes it is inevitable that he will not be able to stand alone.

In the Champions League final, Chang Win hopes that his team can really fly with both wings.

While his game skills are all defensive skills, his tactical set-up is more focused on offense and control.

Kuro. Torres is what he dug up this season. Not as good as Paul defensively. Ferreira, but his offensive ability is more outstanding than Ferreira, he can be regarded as a balanced full-back, able to attack, and can also come back.

The requirements for a winning full-back are as simple as that.

This final is often won by Curro. Torres is here to surprise Porto in attack.

If Mourinho thinks his attack on the right is basically relying on Reyes alone, he doesn't mind opening Mourinho's eyes.

Of course, Baraja and Paul. Pacos Ferreira did not start and was able to win regularly. And explained it to them clearly.

They were not allowed to start not because they were not worthy of the Champions League final, but because of tactical needs.

The tactics of a game cannot be set in stone.

In the early days, emphasis was placed on offense. It's about getting ahead of the game.

Once he is ahead, he needs to defend.

At that time Baraja and Paul. Ferreira is clearly more useful.

Both players have no opinion on the arrangement of winning constantly.

Baraja is a man who has always won in his first season with the team.

Chang Sheng made it clear to him, and there was nothing he didn't support.

With Chang Sheng winning so many championships, what else is he to be picky about and dissatisfied? With another manager, maybe Valencia will be fighting for Champions League qualification every year.

Paul. Ferreira and Baraja are the same. Winning is a blessing for him.

When he was still in obscurity with a small team in Portugal. It was the Valencia Club that brought him out of there, and when he met Chang Sheng for the first time, he knew that the Valencia Club bought himself because Chang Sheng asked them to buy "The Winner is King Chapter 299 is no more than three (the first change of the guarantee)" himself.

He has only one support for Chang Sheng.

So this arrangement seems very surprising to outsiders, who are worried that the two people who were originally the main force will be dissatisfied with the Chang Sheng arrangement. This led to civil unrest in the locker room, which ultimately affected Valencia's combat effectiveness.

Mourinho is one of those who thinks so.

When he found out that the winning starting lineup was different from what he had predicted, he was not surprised, but laughed.

Did the Chinese think that by blindly seeking innovation and change, he could win the game by catching himself off guard?

A final, and it doesn't rely on a surprise in the starting lineup to win.

In general, this arrangement did not deviate from his own prediction, it was nothing more than a change of people in two positions, and it did not reach the point where the entire main lineup has changed greatly.

Mourinho has nothing to worry about.

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The live broadcast of the Champions League final in China is 2:45 in the morning.

At this time, Chinese mainland CCTV has not yet broadcast the Champions League game live, and there are only two ways for Chinese fans to watch the live broadcast of the Champions League game. One is a local sports channel that can broadcast Champions League matches because they have a contract with ESPN. However, the disadvantage is that because it is not a satellite TV station, the signal coverage is limited. Except for provincial cities, there are many places where you can't see it.

The second way is through the Internet, at that time, live video was not as developed as it was later, but it was also available. And, of course, text livestreaming.

Most Chinese fans and netizens are accustomed to watching the game while opening QQ on the Internet to chat with comrades who stay up late to watch the game.

The same is true on the forum. "The winner is king" Chang Sheng went to the forum in the early morning, and there was no shortage of such people.

Some people are watching directly in front of the TV. While surfing the Internet, some people read the Internet through the computer, and browse the forum by the way.

When these people saw the starting list of both sides played on the TV screen, they were collectively stunned.

They thought of the pinned post.

"Holy! No way? Did you really guess it?! ”

"I'll go! Isn't it really always winning?! Can you guess the starting lineup arrangement correctly with such an unpopular starting lineup? ”

Suddenly, countless netizens flocked to this post, and they replied under the floor where Changsheng released the starting lineup: "Worship God!" "The great god asks for the winning numbers of the next two-color ball!" "God, please advise me if I can throw away the PetroChina I bought?"

Others chanted in their posts: "What about hymns? What about hymns? Come out and cut the live broadcast! ”

And it has received an enthusiastic response from the masses.

Of course, there are also people who posted the link to this post outside, and the title is as terrifying as Chang Sheng: "Chang Sheng's real suspicion appeared in the CM player forum!" ”

As a result, countless netizens from other stations flocked to it.

In order to be able to see the post, they also registered an account and logged in to watch.

Because there are so many people pouring in in a short period of time, it even causes the forum server to crash......

Of course, this is all a thing that happened on the domestic network. It doesn't have any impact on the game......

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In the final preparations before the start of the game, Mourinho was repeating the tactical points of the game to his players.

"Valencia have good technique, but they are not hard enough. What should we do with a team like "Entertainment Show" that is good at ball control and passing back and forth? It's not about shrinking in the backfield and waiting for them to attack, but using our physical advantage to impact them! Let them be afraid of our physical rush, let them be afraid! So that they don't dare to keep the ball. That's our chance! ”

Since selling Deco, Mourinho has taken the route of muscle and speed flow.

His Porto style is tough and tenacious defensively. The counterattack is sharp and fast.

This is already the prototype of his future set.

Chang Sheng may not have thought that it was a transfer move by him at the beginning. It led to the complete formation of Mourinho's tactical thinking.

Relying on this muscular speed flow team, Porto eliminated Manchester United, Lyon, Chelsea and other teams all the way to the Champions League final. In the domestic league, he suppressed Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and other teams and successfully defended the league title.

This is the iron-blooded football that Mourinho emphasized.

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Meanwhile, in Valencia's dressing room, Chang Sheng is making the final move.

"Three years ago. We were in the final and a lot of people in this team weren't here at the time. And Valencia has reached the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons! This is a remarkable achievement, and it is not so easy for even a big team to reach the final for two consecutive seasons. But why did Valencia choose to change their manager? Because we don't have a champion. Reaching the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons, such a brilliant result is not worth mentioning in front of the runner-up in two consecutive seasons! ”

"In order to change the fate of this failure, Valencia replaced the president of the club and also replaced the head coach, my predecessor, Cooper. I'm coming. But to be honest, when I first came to this team, I was afraid that no one expected me to be able to lead you back to the Champions League final. At that time, I was a rookie coach with only one year of experience in the second division, and like most of you, I was a rookie who hadn't proven himself on the mainstream stage. For two consecutive seasons, Valencia could only be planted in the quarter-finals, and in the League Cup, we were swept up by Inter Milan. In the Champions League, we were eliminated by AC Milan. When we met AC Milan again in the eight-and-four this season, many thought it was Valencia's fate. But I don't believe in fate. I'm here to break those damn fates! ”

"So as you can see, we beat AC Milan 5-0 and we came to Schalke! We have won three league titles in the last three years, but why do we still think that we are inferior to them when we meet the likes of AC Milan in the Champions League? Quite simply, we are not European champions. We need to make a name for ourselves with a European champion. We need to use a European champion to show that we are a force to be reckoned with in European football! ”

"Today, we have a great opportunity. Two years later, we're finally back here, and it's supposed to be our stage. This is Valencia's third Champions League final, and we in China have a good saying, called 'nothing more than three'. It means that one thing can be one or two, and it can't be repeated over and over again, and this kind of thing that makes it to the final but becomes a foil for others will not happen for the third time. So this time, we're not here to get a runner-up! We are here to be the king of Europe! ”

"We've all gone from nobodies to big stars, and now it's just one last step to become superstars, win the championship and make a name for yourself!"

(To be continued)