Chapter Seventy-Nine: Warming Up (3/136)
Prior to this, Chang Sheng had never announced that he would lead the team to the league championship.
Actually, even the players don't know.
Winning has only revealed his ambitions to the club's president, Otti and general manager Pitacci – and that was before he signed for Valencia manager.
If at the time Otti and Pitage had only used the words of the ever-winning word as a job strategy – saying something confident to get the examiner's attention and hope to win, then they might really need to start thinking seriously about winning the title now.
Chang won not even said anything about the team, mainly because he didn't want to put too much pressure on the team at the beginning of the league, and he didn't know how he could do in Valencia, after all, the league hadn't started at that time, and he didn't know how well his training would be.
At this time, if you make a big statement, it is easy for the players to feel nervous, too much pressure, and feel that this manager is too unreliable.
So at that time, Chang Sheng chose to keep his head open and accumulate strength.
Until now, they are unbeaten in 16 league games and are in first place, leaving Barcelona in second place by as many as eight points.
The time is ripe for Changsheng.
In fact, the declaration of winning the championship has always been in the heart of Chang Sheng, and has never been forgotten, and with the passage of time, with each victory in the race, the year has become stronger and stronger. It's like there's a fire, it started out as a small spark, but now it's ignited the whole grassland!
It has become a prairie fire!
Chang Sheng felt that if he didn't say it again, this breath might be about to be vented.
The only regret is that they only drew with Deportivo La Coruna away from home, and if they had captured the Stadio riaço, it would have been even more shocking.
He also believes that he should not surprise or shock his players by saying this now, and it will not put too much pressure on them.
The team's current performance and ranking, if there are still players who think they can't win the league title, then such players should go directly to the B team.
That's what Chang Sheng thinks.
He has a champion heart himself. He wants to...... No, it's he who asks his players to have a championship heart as well.
La Liga titles are much more difficult to win than La Liga titles, and they can't rely on his ability alone. The whole team has to work together for a goal.
So he finally threw out the championship declaration at this time.
If it had been before, perhaps he would have provoked a lot of laughter when he said so. Just like when he announced at the press conference that he was going to lead Getafe, who had not been paid a salary for two months, to the second division title.
But this time. No one can laugh anymore.
Everyone is thinking seriously about whether such a Valencia team can actually win the league - and it looks like they have a lot of hope.
Although the league has only been played for 16 rounds and is still 22 rounds away from deciding the league title, at least Valencia will be a strong contender for the league title this season.
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The next day, all the media were reporting on the winning "Championship Declaration".
“…… Chang once again made his 'Championship Covenant'. But unlike last season, when he was with Getafe, this time he threw out the declaration early......"
"Sixteen rounds of unbeaten unbeaten to Chang Confidence. But this confidence has a lot of merit. His team is the best performer in the First Division this season ......"
"Champion! It is often said after the game against Deportivo La Coruna. Really bold. But it makes a lot of sense. If such a performance doesn't dare to dream of a championship, then what team is qualified to pursue it? ”
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Naturally, the Valencian media cheered and rejoiced for the future of Valencia.
Valencia's new mouthpiece, Le Provincial, is the most aggressive, praising the winning level of coaching and looking forward to Valencia's future.
The media in the Madrid region were upset by Chang Sheng's remarks.
Because Chang Sheng said this, he obviously didn't take the defending champion Real Madrid seriously.
Real Madrid said before the season that their goal for this season is to win the league title, and that posture is completely like the league title is in the bag. Didn't take the rest of La Liga into account at all.
Real Madrid naturally has such momentum. They are the defending champions. They also have the most expensive player in the world. With their background, their history, why can't they say such things?
But after the start of the new season, a Valencia and a constant win were born.
And Real Madrid itself did not perform well, and let Valencia give a 0:5 in the first round of the league, which was too demoralizing.
It's only now that Real Madrid is slowly relieving.
It has also risen to fourth place in the league. Only behind Valencia, Barcelona and A Coruña.
This ranking is still in the Champions League area.
After a depressed half a season, Madrid's media can finally start dreaming of the league title.
Next year marks the centenary of Real Madrid. Real Madrid people like to commemorate a league title.
But now that Chang Win is about to snatch the championship of Real Madrid, how can Real Madrid endure it?
Not to mention. They still have grievances in the first half of the season.
The "Mestalla tragedy" is still fresh in my mind, and the scars on Real Madrid's body are not yet fully healed - Pavon was sent back to the B team shortly after that game, and stayed for two months before returning to the first team. Now I play as a substitute in the team and slowly gain experience.
Zidanega Pavon has such a policy, Florentino no longer mentions it.
The media also spoke of this policy with a sarcastic tone.
I finally came up with a genius idea in my head, and I actually let Chang Sheng break it in one game.
Can Florentino run out of gas?
Now that Valencia have announced that they are going to win the championship, it is really a new hatred and an old hatred coming together......
Even though the second half of the season is still more than a month away, the media in Madrid are already shouting "See you in the twentieth round!" "That's it.
They're already warming up for that game.
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Chang Sheng ignored the opinions of the Madrid side.
He won the championship and never looked at other people's opinions and faces.
He just needs to do his thing.
Next up is the Copa del Rey match.
Valencia have drawn a good draw against a team from Group B in the second division, a team they have never heard of before, Hesbitulle.
Chang Sheng was planning to train for this match, but he heard the latest news - Hesbitulle was disqualified, so Valencia automatically qualified!
Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment before he realized that the news was true.
Then he had to sigh at the wonders of the King's Cup.
In fact, at the turn of the century, the Copa del Rey was indeed despised many times.
But this time it was clearly not to be taken lightly.
Because it is impossible for a team in Group B of the second division to take the Copa del Rey lightly.
On the contrary, they attach special importance to it.
So why was it still disqualified?
Because the third round of the Copa del Rey is a home-and-away system. The first leg is at home to Hesbitule and the match should be played at their home stadium.
However, Hesbitule's home stadium is too small, and safety is also a concern. In this game, they are against a strong team like Valencia. A lot of fans are expected to come to watch the game. This further deepens the Spanish Football Federation's concerns about the safety of Hesbitule's home stadium.
So they asked Hesbitulle to change the home stadium to a neutral venue.
But Hesbitulle refused the request for reasons such as the revenue from his home tickets.
The Spanish Football Federation is still able to kill disobedient clubs. I think Barcelona refused to participate in the Copa del Rey because of the uneven lineup. was also banned by the Spanish Football Association for a while.
Barcelona is still like this, not to mention the little Hesbitule?
Seeing that such a small team was so disobedient, the Spanish Football Federation simply announced that Hesbitule had lost his qualification for the Copa del Rey, and Valencia automatically advanced to the next round.
As a result, the winning team has inexplicably become the biggest beneficiary and lucky winner of this round of the Copa del Rey competition.
Playing two fewer Copa del Rey games is still important for a regular win. He could put more of his mind on the league and the Valencia players will not have to waste energy on two less important Copa del Rey games and increase the risk of injury.
Next, play Espanyol away, because they have such a chance to rest, Chang Sheng can naturally send the strongest team to play away.
In the end, Valencia beat Espanyol 3-1 away to continue their unbeaten run.
Ibrahimovic was still unavailable for this game, despite his good coming off the bench in his last league game.
Only this time he played a little bit more.
Because Villa was injured just five minutes into the second half...... So Ibrahimovic rushed into battle.
But he was brilliant and scored the final goal for his side that sealed the game. Helped the team to defeat Espanyol 3-1 in the end.
Competitors are injured. I scored again in the game. It seems that Ibrahimovic is about to be restored......
With just two games left, Valencia will take on Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
Real Madrid will have their moment of revenge.
And for Chang Sheng, all the media want to see if he can prove his determination to win the championship with real actions......
The outcome of a game may not tell the story. But this game is extraordinary.
It's similar to when his Getafe played Sevilla.
If Valencia can get out of the Bernabeu in a way that doesn't cut corners. The confidence in the whole Valencia squad is definitely a qualitative boost.
In this way, no matter what kind of opponent you face behind. Faced with no matter how difficult the situation is, Valencia can be helped.
In addition, if you take 10,000 steps back, even if you end up with Real Madrid, when you need to compete for the relationship between the two sides, Valencia will have more advantages.
So this game, to put it more seriously, may really be a key battle to determine the ownership of a season's championship! ……)
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