Chapter 57: Ibrahimovic Who Loves to Show

Chang Sheng didn't know that Ibrahimovic had changed his agent.

He was just happy that Ibrahimovic became famous, and then let it go.

In the middle of the week, Valencia ushered in their first Copa del Rey game of the season.

An away game against Lu Weida.

The opponent is a team in Group B of the second division, which cannot pose any threat to the ever-victorious Valencia.

So Chang Sheng intends to give the main players a full rest this time.

Some players, he didn't even let them go away.

For example, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he was left in Valencia.

The ever-victorious striker only brought Villa and Carew two people.

Villa will start this game, Carew is still a substitute.

Mendieta also got a chance to rest, replaced by Angulo.

Reyes replaced Vicente in the left midfield position.

Aimar was replaced by Romania midfielder Serban.

Perhaps the only ones who can't rest are the double midfielders Albelda and Guardiola.

The central defender Pellegrino is paired with the young Navarro, the right back is replaced by Curro Torres, and the left back is the veteran Carboni.

The goalkeeper also changed, with Canizares on the bench and Palop starting.

With such a lineup, Changsheng defeated Lu Weida 3:0 in the away game.

Into the second round of the Copa del Rey.

The next round of the Copa del Rey will start on November 28, and Valencia's opponent has also come out, Las Palmas.

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After returning from the away game, Chang Sheng began to prepare for the game against Barcelona.

Although Chang Sheng didn't want to do anything about this game, but the preparations that should be made still need to be done.

Maybe it's not easy to win,

Or not win at all. But on the court, the players also have to go all out.

There can be many objective factors for not winning. But there can be no subjective factors.

We can not win the game because of injuries, or we can lose because of lack of strength.

But as long as they are on the field, eleven people have to play seriously.

Chang Sheng's headache now is that Baraja can't play, and Guardiola can't play either. How to arrange this midfielder.

The double midfielder will definitely not be able to play.

If you don't play double midfielders, it will definitely have an impact on the team's tactics.

Because Chang Sheng has been practicing the tactics of double midfielders before.

This adjustment is not as simple as one less person. There is one person missing in this position, and the whole team needs to adapt again.

Can't find anyone passing the ball.

So Chang Sheng has a special headache.

If he still has a midfielder in his hand, he can go up there.

The problem is he didn't.

Before the game, the media had already started to hype the game.

Especially the media in Barcelona.

They all know how Guardiola went to Valencia. Because Valencia Club and Barcelona Club have an agreement. That was against Barcelona. Guardiola is not allowed to play.

They are hyping up this matter now, just to prevent Guardiola from playing.

Regardless of the fact that after Valencia won Real Madrid, the media in Barcelona were very polite to Chang Sheng and Valencia, but that was because there was no direct conflict of interest between the two parties. It's different when they actually come together.

Now Valencia is gaining momentum. Five consecutive victories, ranking first in the league, while Barcelona's own situation is not very good. They lost 1:2 away to Deportivo in the last round of the league and suffered their first defeat in the league.

The defeat knocked them from third place to fourth place.

Barcelona have realized that Valencia, led by Chang Sheng, will become a formidable enemy for them this season.

In order to win, any means can be used. Public opinion wars are simply commonplace.

They hyped up the agreement between Valencia and Barcelona about Guardiola so much, just to keep Guardiola from playing. And Guardiola's failure to play is a heavy blow to Valencia today.

Because they have no one available in the midfielder position.

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Guardiola has also seen reports from the Catalan media recently.

He also knew the purpose of those media to hype up this topic so intensively.

There were so many times. He was really impulsive to find Chang Sheng, saying that he could actually play in the game. Because what was written in the agreement was that as long as he didn't want to, Valencia couldn't force himself to play.

But on the other hand, what if you want to?

He hesitated and hesitated, but in the end he didn't go to Chang Sheng.

After all, letting him play against Barcelona is itself a very difficult proposition. He didn't know that he was on the stage. What will happen again.

Maybe his appearance may not be a good thing for Chang Sheng.

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Guardiola didn't take the initiative to mention it, and Chang Sheng didn't run to him for support. Since both parties had written it in the original contract, he would naturally not go to ask Guardiola for help.

In the end, Chang Sheng had to make adjustments, putting Mendieta in the midfielder position to partner with Albelda, and then put Angulo on the right.

In this way, he embarked on an away trip with such a strange team.

Before the game, the media was hyping one thing, that is, the reunion of Luis Garcia and his teacher Chang Sheng.

Because of his outstanding performance in Getafe last season, Luis Garcia was bought back by Barcelona with a buyback clause after answering Valladolid this season.

However, in the star-studded Barcelona, ​​Luis Garcia, who has only performed well in the second division, does not have many opportunities.

Substitute most of the time. The performance is not bad, but it is far from the performance in Getafe.

Let's just say Luis Garcia is radiant at Getafe, brimming with confidence inside and out.

But in Barcelona, ​​he was just an ordinary player, looking bleak.

Despite this, for many people, Luis Garcia has reached the sky in one step. You must know that the Barcelona first team didn't like him at all.

Now he has been able to play in the Barcelona first team. Although it is a substitute. Are you still not satisfied?

Therefore, the media believe that Chang Sheng is the biggest contributor to Luis Garcia's return to Barcelona.

Began to hype the concept of "Luis Garcia Mentor".

But Chang Sheng did not cater to such hype.

When the media was hyping up this topic, he chose to remain silent.

Because he found that history is still advancing in the direction he knows. Luis Garcia returned to Barcelona because of his outstanding performance in Tenerife, and then continued to sink.

And now everything is the same, only his team in the second division has changed. Luis Garcia's role at Getafe is so important, it seems to be not worth mentioning in the eyes of others...

Faced with such a stubborn history, he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

Therefore, I have no interest in the topic of "Chang Sheng helps Luis Garcia return to Barcelona" that the media are keen on.

In his opinion, returning to Barcelona is definitely not a good thing for Luis Garcia.

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In this game, Valencia's tactics did not make any adjustments, and it was still a "mad dog" tactic.

It's just a slight change in personnel.

The strength will definitely decline. But he didn't think it would drop too much.

But the actual situation is not as good as he imagined.

The game has just begun. Barcelona scored a goal, which is undoubtedly a blow to Valencia.

However, in the roar of Changsheng, Valencia quickly launched a counterattack after losing the ball.

With Valencia's offensive ability, it is no problem to score a goal in Barcelona.

Barcelona has been in all sorts of chaos for the past few years. If it wasn't for Valencia's disorganized lineup this time, Chang Sheng must have the ambition to beat Barcelona away.

But soon Chang Sheng found that the situation was different from what he thought.

Valencia's attack is not as smooth as before...

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In order to avoid suspicion, Guardiola, who did not go to the scene, came to Barcelona with the team, but he went home.

He was at his home in Barcelona with his family and watched the game by the way.

When Barcelona scored a goal, the family cheered.

Guardiola had a smile on his face too, but he didn't jump up from his seat to celebrate like everyone else.

Then he quickly fell silent, staring at the TV screen.

He has now begun to try to watch the game with the eyes of a coach.

After Barcelona's goal, Valencia will definitely launch a counterattack.

The same is true.

But he quickly frowned.

Because he found that Valencia's offense did not show the smoothness in training.

He is very clear about this.

Valencia training he participated in the whole process. He knew exactly what a Valencia attack should look like if it was functioning properly.

But what Valencia is showing now is different from what he knows.

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Chang Sheng quickly found the problem.

It's like a gear set that is working normally and snaps when it is in one place.

One click, two clicks, three clicks and four clicks will damage the normal work of the entire gear set in the long run.

What went wrong was Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Ibrahimovic's performance desire in today's game seems to be particularly high.

Although Ibrahimovic also had some impromptu performances in previous games, it was without affecting the overall offense of the team.

This game is different.

When the football reaches Ibrahimovic's feet, Ibrahimovic will start to show his skills and tell the audience. How delicate are the feet of his 1.9 meter tall man.

Obviously he could pass the ball directly, but he insisted on making a pass, then kicked the football back, and chose to pass the opponent.

Even if he really passed the opponent, the opportunity was lost. You can only pass the football horizontally or simply pass it back.

But such a pass is of no use to the team.

In Changsheng's tactics, each player has his own role and position, what they can do, what they can't do, and under what circumstances, these are clearly stipulated.

It is impossible for Ibrahimovic not to know.

But Ibrahimovic's performance now is a rhythm that has left tactical discipline behind.

Chang Sheng frowned watching from the sidelines.

He didn't quite understand why Zlatan Ibrahimovic would do this.

Ibrahimovic's performance in the previous few games has always been very obedient, even playing ball is within an acceptable range.

So what happened to him today?

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Valencia launched an attack, Vicente ran wildly on the side, the ball fell to Ibrahimovic's feet, he accelerated forward, then raised his arm, signaling to Zlatan Ibrahimovic Oddly pass it on to yourself.

In training and previous games, at this time, Ibrahimovic would pass the football in front of him, let him use his sprinting ability, tear apart Barcelona's defense, disrupt the opponent's defensive deployment, and then Then pass the football to Zlatan Ibrahimovic who runs into the space, and he completes the final shot.

This is Valencia's tactic.

But in this game, the situation has become a little different.

After Zlatan Ibrahimovic received the football outside the penalty area, he made a gesture to hit the goal. Barcelona defender Puyol flew to block the eye, and then he dunked the football and dunked Puyol.

Unexpectedly, the young Puyol is more flexible than he imagined. Although it was shaken over, it immediately rushed forward again.

Blocked in front of Zlatan Ibrahimovic again.

Ibrahimovic's legs are shaking like dancing.

Puyol was motionless, just staring at the football.

Ibrahimovic was not reconciled to being frozen by Puyol, and he slammed the football to the right.

Puyol followed suit.

He knocked the football back from behind with the heel of his right foot again, dodging to break through.

Puyol, like a hound biting its prey, swooped back again.

Although it looked a little embarrassed, he really kept Ibrahimovic from moving forward.

When Chang Sheng saw this scene off the court, he couldn't help shouting: "Pass the ball! Damn it!"

Of course Ibrahimovic didn't hear Chang Sheng's voice, because the Nou Camp stadium is very noisy now, and he couldn't hear Chang Sheng's voice far away from the sidelines.

But he finally passed the football out, because he saw that he still couldn't break through Puyol.

So he sent the football to the space, and he saw Vicente begging for the ball on the wing.

only……

The referee's whistle sounded.

"Offside! Vicente is offside... What a pity, if Ibrahimovic's ball could have been passed earlier, Vicente could have ripped the Barcelona defense this time! Pity, Valencia missed once A chance to tie the score!"

When Chang Sheng saw this scene off the court, he couldn't help but waved his fist vigorously.

"Damn! What is he thinking?"

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Because Ibrahimovic was about to start playing the ball for no reason, Valencia's offense in the first half never improved.

Unless Ibrahimovic is bypassed, that's better.

Otherwise, as long as the football reaches Ibrahimovic's feet, he will definitely play it for a while and show off his skills to his heart's content.

There are times when he can indeed pull off breathtaking feints, sway defenders, and then pass or shoot.

But most of the time he can't.

He could only pass the football after showing off his tricks, and did not promote the team's offense. So it looks like his previous hard-hitting was pretty much pointless.

But the Swede doesn't seem to know this, or doesn't care about it, and he still has a lot of fun.

Only Chang Sheng's face off the field is getting darker and darker... (Your support is welcome, it is my biggest motivation.)

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