Chapter 44: A Slap

Real Madrid has been guarding against Valencia's crazy running tactics, but this time they will face Valencia's defensive counterattack!

They felt as if Valencia was practicing Tai Chi before, but now Valencia is a high-level assassin. The dagger he handed out was shining with cold light, seducing people's hearts and killing people!

In a flash before their eyes, the tip of the other party's knife had already reached the position of a hair in front of their necks...

Vicente then sent the ball to Ibrahimovic's feet.

Francisco Pavon also had a flash in front of his eyes, and Ibrahimovic had already broken through him!

Then he just sat down on the ground, without even turning around and chasing after...

In fact, Ibrahimovic did not have any physical contact with him at all. His physical breakdown was caused by a psychological breakdown... He can no longer stand on the court!

After Zlatan Ibrahimoqi broke through, he took a kick and the football was thrown by Cesar and bounced out.

The fans on the Mestalla Stadium had no time to let out a cry of disappointment when they saw their captain, a blond Mendieta, rushing to the goal and kicking the football that was bouncing towards him!

Cesar, who fell on the ground, stretched out his hand in despair, trying in vain to tie the football, but... he didn't grab anything, only the air!

"Mendieta-ta-ta-ta-ta-!!!L!!!"

Moen didn't continue to explain since Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but took a deep breath, waiting for this moment!

He roared out all the air in his chest!

Such a game is simply too rare! so rare!

Although Valencia is at home, the advantage should not be so great, but they are now four goals ahead of Real Madrid!

"The craziest opener I've ever seen! Valencia scored twice in four minutes! Four goals ahead of Real Madrid!"

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In Valencia's coaching bench, after seeing Mendieta score twice, everyone rushed out, cheering and celebrating.

Even Chang Sheng is not surprised.

He waved his fist,

The rushing court chanted: "Now you can declare yourself men!!"

Four goals ahead of Real Madrid!

Even when he was coaching Getafe, he didn't dare to think about it. In Valencia, the first game became a reality.

The defending champion, the best team of the 20th century, and the most successful football club in the world, just got blown away by him!

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Bosque looked back at the scene, dumbfounded, genuinely dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that in the short five minutes of letting Campo go to warm up, the madmen of Valencia could score a goal? !

What happened to them?

Did you do drugs in groups? !

At this moment, Bosque, who has always been calm and calm, couldn't help himself.

And Campo also ended his warm-up, ran back, and was standing in front of him, also turning his head to look at the court, a little dazed.

what is it today?

Real Madrid was kicked by Valencia in Mestalla and had no power to fight back.

We have so many good attackers... why can't we see them?

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In fact, Campo's question is also a question of many Real Madrid fans.

Figo, Raul, Morientes all seemed lost in this game.

In fact, their performance in the first half was not bad. After the adjustment of the intermission, they also thought about counterattacking in the second half. But just after the start of the second half, Valencia gave them a blow to the head... No, it was double blows!

Completely stunned them.

Now they are standing on the court, looking at the Valencians running wildly and celebrating, each and every one of them is like a wooden man.

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Florentino was sitting on the rostrum, and the Valencia chairman Otti beside him stood up and celebrated without giving him face.

He knows that Valencia and Real Madrid are not dealing with each other, and he is regarded as an anti-Real Madrid faction, and he also knows that the new chairman Otti is also a staunch anti-Real Madridist.

But he didn't expect that this game would give the opponent a great chance!

His complexion could no longer be described with words like "ugly" or "extremely ugly".

If it wasn't for a sliver of reason telling him that, as the chairman of Real Madrid, he should be graceful, he would really want to get up and leave now.

Since he took the position of chairman of the Real Madrid club, he has not been in such a mess as he is now.

For him, the game is simply a torment!

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Mendieta was pulled up from the ground by his teammates, and his head was still a little dizzy.

I actually scored twice in this game!

And Valencia actually leads Real Madrid by four goals?

This is too magical, right?

But looking at the smiles on the faces of his teammates around him, a warm current rose in his heart, so real.

Let him know that all this is not his dream.

But real!

The fans sang from above the Mestalla Stadium.

In this scene, it was as if they had already won the league championship.

He turned his head and looked off the court, and saw the Chinese who was hugging and celebrating with other coaches.

He has only been in the team for two months, and he has brought such earth-shaking changes to the team...

Regardless of his final coaching performance, just such a soul-stirring game is probably enough for him to leave a place in the history of the Valencia club, right?

Although the season has just started, Mendieta is already hesitating whether his determined decision to leave is correct.

This is only the first game. When the season is over, where can Valencia go and see under the leadership of that person?

He habitually doubted, but couldn't help but began to look forward to...

What a contradiction!

He shook his head, trying to wake himself up.

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He couldn't wait for a second. Seeing Pavon's distraught look, Bosque gave up his plan to continue to catch Campo and said directly to him: "Go up and replace Pavon and play central defender, you know what to do." How did you do it!" Then he slapped him and pushed him out.

While the Valencia players were celebrating their goal, Ivan Campo finally came on the stage and replaced Francisco Pavon, who had been complained about by the commentator Moen for more than 50 minutes.

The Valencia fans really had a natural grudge against Real Madrid. They seemed to think that Pavon was not hit hard enough. When Pavon was off the field, they collectively booed in the stands.

Sure enough, Pavon lowered his head even lower.

Chang Sheng laughed when he heard the boos.

He felt that he and the Valencia fans really had a tacit understanding...

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Bosque stepped forward, took the initiative to hug Pavon, who was in despair, and then whispered in his ear: "Don't worry, Francisco. This is your first La Liga game. You have done a good job. You know The opponent is last season's Champions League runner-up!"

Now he can only prove that Pavon's failure is not so complete by desperately raising Valencia.

As if he couldn't hear it, Pavon accepted Bosque's hug in a numb manner, then returned to the bench in a numb manner, sat down in a numb manner, and stared in front of him with blank eyes.

Bosque looked back at Pavon's distraught look, and could only sigh.

He really didn't expect that a game would bring such a big blow to Pavon... If he had known that this was the case, maybe he would rather offend Florentino than let Pavon play.

He is very guilty now.

He also felt guilty that he hadn't discovered the winning strategy earlier. If he had known that he would target Pavon since he provoked Florentino before the game, he would have come forward to help Pavon relieve the pressure. It is not enough for Pavin to face enormous pressure alone...

Unfortunately, it's too late now...

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Pavon went off, Campo came on, and Real Madrid's defense immediately returned to normal.

The effect of this change is immediate.

As a central defender, Campo has gradually become marginalized, but now his defensive ability is still outstanding.

In the second half of the 99-00 season, Hierro was injured, and Real Madrid's defense was very problematic. No combination was good. In the end, Bosque had to use Elguera to delay, Campo and Karanka to protect, and a formation of five defenders was arranged on the defense line to consolidate Real Madrid's defense line, which was miraculously effective.

In fact, Campo was gradually marginalized precisely because of Pavon.

The Pavon in history has not been beaten to reveal his true colors so quickly.

After going through a process, Pavon gained a firm foothold in the Real Madrid first team, and he showed his talent. Completely squeezed Campo to the bench. It was during the winter break of this season that Real Madrid seriously considered selling Campo back to Mallorca.

Now, this game may become a turning point in Campo's fate.

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I saw that Real Madrid made a substitution.

Chang Sheng also immediately made a substitution.

He replaced Zlatan Ibrahimovic with Villa.

Now that we have led by four goals, this game means that we have won. But Chang Sheng did not give up the idea of ​​continuing to score because of this. He must beat Real Madrid completely, so that when they think of this game in the future, they will feel pain in the rectum.

After Pavon left the field, Campo's defensive experience seemed to be lacking, and it may not be effective to let Ibrahimovic continue to attack.

For Villa, his flexible running position may help the team score.

After Ibrahimovic left the field, Chang Sheng gave him a hug, patted him on the back and praised him for his work.

Fully demonstrated his love and attention to Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Chang Sheng's biggest problem in Valencia is that he does not have his own direct line. Because he brought no one from Getafe.

In order to cultivate his power within the team, he can only focus on these new players who joined the team. As for those old players, Chang Sheng really has nothing to do. Valencia's players are not the same as Getafe's, they are all stars.

It's not so easy to fool people who are stars.

If you want to cultivate a pro-self force within the team as quickly as possible, you have to rely on the newly joined players.

Showing favor to Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one thing, letting Villa play is another.

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After Villa came on the field, Valencia's tactics remained unchanged, and it was still a "mad dog" style of play.

But the good times didn't last long.

Soon Baraja was injured and fell to the ground in a scramble. From the way he clutched his leg in pain, it can be seen that this time Baraja was seriously injured...

Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment before realizing that his main midfielder was injured.

He quickly called back Guardiola, who was warming up.

Guardiola is going to play, but he is not playing to defend.

Chang Sheng has no intention of defending until now.

He has to keep attacking and keep scoring goals.

So what he said to Guardiola was: "Go up and control the football and rhythm, keep attacking!"

Then Guardiola came in and replaced the injured Baraja.

When Real Madrid saw that Baraja was injured, they thought they had a chance, because Baraja's injury would reduce the hardness of Valencia's midfield defense. In this case, they could at least score a face-saving goal. ball.

But in fact, it is not what they imagined at all!

After Guardiola played, it is true that Valencia's defensive hardness in the midfield has decreased, but their control ability in the middle is stronger!

What is the best defense?

attack!

What is the best defense?

Possession!

After Guardiola came on the field, he took over the command of the team's offense and defense. He was responsible for controlling the rhythm of Valencia's "mad dog" tactics.

This is no problem for him at all.

Because the "mad dog" tactic was actually born out of the Barcelona-taka tactic. Guardiola has played this kind of football since he was in La Masia. For him, how to play this kind of football has long been integrated into his blood.

So after he played, Valencia's midfield control not only did not decline, but improved!

In addition, as Real Madrid's old opponent, he is naturally high-spirited when playing Real Madrid, and Chang Sheng does not need any mobilization. Even wearing a Valencia jersey, he still feels like a Barcelona player. Beating Real Madrid is like Barcelona beating Real Madrid.

After Valencia firmly controlled the midfield, Real Madrid's attack was once again blocked.

And Valencia's offensive continued unabated.

With Pavon off the field, Valencia's offense became more patient, and they kept falling. If you get the chance, pass it in front of the door.

No chance, pass back immediately, the football finally fell to Guardiola's feet, and let the Barcelona core wearing the Valencia jersey reorganize the attack.

Anyway, just not in a hurry, with an attitude of "I'm anxious to kill you".

Grinding slowly with Real Madrid.

How could Real Madrid allow them to grind slowly...

They are going to score!

As a result, the formation became more and more high, and it became more and more scattered.

In the end, it was completely on their own.

The personal abilities of Real Madrid's stars are indeed outstanding, but this also makes them sometimes too confident in their abilities...

They seem to think that they can be the heroes of the team. When the ball is at their feet, they rarely pass the ball.

What is the threat of such an attack?

Chang Sheng watched with open eyes and a smile on his face off the court.

Real Madrid is doing themselves a favor by playing like this...

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Even when Valencia fans were satisfied with the score of 4:0, Valencia once again showed their daggers at the end of the game.

This time it was a Pep Guardiola cross that sent the ball over the heads of the Real Madrid defenders and into the penalty area.

The erratic and nimble Villa appeared at the spot where the football fell like a ghost, and when Campo raised his arm to signal him to be offside, he fired a shot, and the football flew into the goal guarded by Cesar without any suspense... …

"5:0!! 5:0! 5:0! Five! Five goals! Unbelievable game! Unbelievable game! The opening game of the 2001-2002 season! It was so explosive and surprising! Who would have thought , the defending champion Real Madrid was completely blown away by Valencia in the away game!" Moen roared hoarsely.

This time even Valencia's own fans were stunned...

Just let Morn's hoarse voice linger over the Mestalla Stadium.

In the silence, the Chinese man in front of the coach suddenly made a move.

He raised his right hand high, spread five fingers, and gave a slap!