In the second half of the game, Chang Sheng replaced Guardiola, and then he showed everyone how the team with Ibrahimovic can break through the dense defense.
Ibrahimovic's skills and body allow him to face Deportivo's intensive defense with ease.
As a center, he can score without scoring, create opportunities for his teammates, and use the dribble to disrupt the opponent's defense. Such an all-around center makes it very painful for defenders to defend.
In the 68th minute, Ibrahimovic scored the team's third goal, causing Deportivo to completely collapse.
Before the end of the game, Valencia scored another goal and finally defeated Deportivo La Coruna at home with a score of 4:0.
"Such a score can make the second round of the match completely lose suspense!" Commentator Moen shook his head.
When the fourth goal came, the Deportivo fans in the stands had completely lost their voices, and only the Valencia fans cheered excitedly in the entire Mestalla.
Such a score was something that no one expected before the game.
Maybe they guessed that Valencia would win, but they didn't expect to win so much.
A four-goal victory!
When did Super Depor lose so miserably?
The last time they lost by four goals was in the 32nd round of the 8 season, when they lost to Barcelona 0:4 away from home.
That was already three years ago.
Since then, Super Deportivo has entered the stage of history. They won the league championship in the 2000 season and quickly became a powerful team in La Liga.
They have always bullied others, and no one else has bullied them.
But now they seem to have hit a brick wall!
Valencia, led by Chang Sheng, had no fear of being called Super Depor and won heartily at home.
Although this was a Copa del Rey match, both sides played their best and received extraordinary attention.
Before the game, many people believed that Deportivo La Coruna could cause trouble for Valencia in the league. Now it seems that even in the league, Super Deportivo may not be able to take advantage of Valencia.
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When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Valencia's players cheered and celebrated, while Deportivo's players lowered their heads, disbelieving that they would lose so miserably.
This time Chang Sheng took the initiative to go and shake hands with Deportivo's head coach Irueta.
Irueta was also waiting for him.
The two people held hands together.
Irueta looked at Chang Sheng carefully, and then shook his head: "You are so young... Young people are scary, young people are scary... Your tactics are nothing new, they are defensive counterattacks. At most, the defense is stronger. But you use people in the details.
, it amazes me. I admit, I didn’t expect you to let Marchena defend Belleron so much.”
Chang Sheng chuckled: "I also had an idea." Of course, he couldn't say that he knew Beleron's weaknesses well before traveling through time.
"Are you not thirty yet?" Irueta asked.
Chang Sheng nodded: "I will be thirty this September."
Irueta shook his head in disbelief again, and then said: "There is still one round of competition, and we will not give up, even if the gap is a bit big."
Chang Sheng nodded: "Of course, we will do our best."
"I wish you good luck." Irueta shook Chang Sheng's hand vigorously and said goodbye.
Chang Sheng returned to the court to celebrate with his players.
4:0 at home, which means Valencia has basically entered the final.
He can now look forward to disrupting Real Madrid's centenary celebrations.
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The media paid full attention to this game.
The score also surprised everyone.
After the game, the media were surprised that the winning team could have such a big advantage over Deportivo La Coruna.
"Before the game, I thought it would be a close game, but I was wrong... Valencia swept Deportivo at home... What they showed made many people believe that they deserved to advance to the final!"
"This game is very meaningful for the coach, because Chang showed us how he defended Deportivo. As we all know, the core of Deportivo's offense is Belleron, and Marchena came on specifically to deal with it.
Belleron's weapon... Marchena's defense is usually not outstanding, because he is rough and rough. But in yesterday's game, these characteristics of his just restrained Belleron... Chang's
The arrangement is eye-catching!”
"Valencia defeated Deportivo La Coruña 4-0 at home, and the strong dialogue turned into one-sided. After the game, Irueta admitted that he did not expect to defend Belleron like Marchena... This game
He is convinced that he lost!"
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The most excited are the media in Valencia.
Because Deportivo La Coruna's strength in the past two years has been noticed by everyone, but such a strong team was beaten by a winning team in Mestalla and was unable to fight back.
The media in Valencia were pleasantly surprised.
After the game, the "Provincial Daily News" published such a picture on the front page. In the front were the Valencia players excitedly celebrating the goal, and behind him were the dejected figures of the Deportivo La Coruña players.
Deportivo's players provided a backdrop and foil to Valencia.
A caption on the photo read: "Their time has come."
This statement clearly means that Valencia's era has come.
But there is also a subtext, that is, the era of Super Depor is over...
Of course, it's hard to say whether Deportivo La Coruna's era is over, but at least the emergence of consistent wins has changed history.
Deportivo La Coruña will not appear again at the Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid.
The Copa del Rey in the Super Depor era has disappeared.
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The next night, another Copa del Rey semi-final was also decided.
Real Madrid lost to Athletic Bilbao 1:2 in an away game.
But this does not mean that Real Madrid cannot reach the Copa del Rey final.
Because they only lost one goal in the away game and scored an away goal, the situation is actually in Real Madrid's favour.
I believe that Real Madrid, back at home, will definitely defeat Athletic Bilbao and reach the final.
The media are already starting to wrap their heads around the third meeting of the season between Valencia and Real Madrid.
It’s not that enemies don’t get together. Originally, there wasn’t much hatred between Real Madrid and Valencia. Although they were not on the same page, it wasn’t like this. But since the victory came, the hatred between Valencia and Real Madrid
It escalated rapidly, and now it is almost close to the "dead enemy" status.
Obviously, his winning streak brought about his hatred of Real Madrid, which then affected Valencia.
But this is actually what the media likes to hear.
If Valencia and Real Madrid can meet in the Copa del Rey final, it will be very exciting!
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Three days later on the weekend, Valencia challenged Las Palmas away from home. There was no suspense in this game. Las Palmas had no ability to resist in front of Valencia.
Although the winning team chose to rotate in this game, allowing most of the main players to rest, Valencia still defeated Las Palmas 3:1 away from home.
In midweek, Valencia and Deportivo met again.
This game is the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals.
Valencia goes to an away match against Deportivo La Coruna.
Although Akechi had little hope, Irueta sent out all its main forces.
Chang Sheng did some rotations, replacing some main players and replacing them with substitutes. However, Valencia did not drop much in terms of combat effectiveness.
The fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the substitute players are greater than those of the main players.
In the end, the two sides shook hands and drew 2:2 at the Riazor Stadium.
Valencia eliminated Deportivo La Coruna with a total score of 6:2 and advanced to the Copa del Rey final!
After the game, Irueta held Chang Sheng's hand again, and then said to Chang Sheng: "All Spain knows that if Real Madrid wants to use a King's Cup championship to celebrate their birthday. You know how to do it, right?
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Chang Sheng smiled, thinking that it had been decided long ago that Deportivo La Coruna defeated the Bernabeu in the Copa del Rey final and disrupted Real Madrid's birthday party...
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One day later, Real Madrid lived up to expectations, beating Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at home and advancing to the final!
The two teams finally met again in the Copa del Rey final.
When Real Madrid qualified for the Copa del Rey final, they submitted an application to the Spanish Football Association for the Bernabeu Stadium to host the Copa del Rey final!
Since the King's Cup final in 2018, it has been ten years since the King's Cup final was held at the home court of one of the participating teams.
There was also a special reason for that game ten years ago - Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid reached an agreement, and the Copa del Rey final was played at the Bernabeu, and then when the two teams met in the Copa del Rey final next time
, Real Madrid asked Atletico Madrid's home stadium Calderon to bid for the final.
At that time, Real Madrid's idea was to take advantage of their home court to defeat their archrival Atletico Madrid in the final.
But unfortunately, the abacus was good, but the reality was cruel.
Real Madrid was eventually beaten 0:2 by Madrid in the final, and could only watch their rivals celebrate the championship at their home court. It was a real loss for both the team and the team.
Since then, the Copa del Rey final has been played at a neutral venue. The next year, Real Madrid once again reached the Copa del Rey final. Their opponent was Zaragoza, but this time they did not ask for the final to be held at the Bernabeu.
It was at Mestalla, Valencia's home stadium. In the end, Real Madrid defeated Zaragoza 2:0 at Mestalla and won the 17th Copa del Rey in the club's history.
This time Real Madrid took the initiative to apply, hoping to hold the Copa del Rey final at the Bernabeu Stadium, but it did not surprise everyone.
As Irueta said, it is common knowledge that Real Madrid want to decorate their centenary celebrations with a Copa del Rey title.
Real Madrid themselves did not want to hide it. They directly said that they hope to host the final at the Bernabeu because it is part of Real Madrid's centenary celebrations.
There was confidence and disdain in those words, as if they had already won the Copa del Rey and didn't take their opponent Valencia seriously.
This is also the reason why many teams think Real Madrid is arrogant. In fact, they are just extremely confident. They do not mean to offend or look down on anyone subjectively. This is just their pride and confidence as the best team in the 20th century.
, but this unintentional display of pride and confidence is a huge insult to other teams!
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