The Barcelona players were frustrated on the court, and Rexach, the Barcelona coach, felt frustrated watching them off the court.
Valencia's football is somewhat similar to theirs, but it is obviously better, sharper, and more offensive than Barcelona's. Even their defense feels like they are attacking.
The Catalan media also felt this way, feeling that Barcelona seemed completely powerless against Valencia.
Before the game, they promoted the friendly relationship between the two teams, just to reduce Valencia's wariness against Barcelona. Now it seems that Valencia did not seem to be fooled, but they look like self-centered clowns.
Before the end of the first half, Valencia scored another goal. Just like the first goal, it was still a frontcourt scramble and a direct attack after stealing the ball, catching Barcelona off guard.
Finally, Mendieta scored the second goal.
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"Mendieta!!! Barcelona seemed helpless at the Mestalla Stadium... Before the game everyone thought it would be a close match, but now it seems that is not the case... Cooper's
It’s not like Valencia has never defeated Real Madrid and Barcelona, but their wins are always a bit of a fluke, or difficult. How is it like the current Valencia? They easily scored two Barcelona goals at home!”
"Valencia plays a kind of advanced and powerful football, which is pleasing to the eye and can win at the same time. We have always said that the result and the process cannot have both, and those who play beautifully often cannot win, but the emergence of Valencia
, changed our understanding, not only do they play well, they can also win!!"
Under the huge cheers at the Mestalla Stadium, Barcelona's players looked frustrated.
They didn't expect the road trip to be so difficult.
Originally, the internal fighting drained the energy of many players and made them not focus on the game. Now they have been hit hard. Many players have not yet reacted. How did the game end like this?
When Real Madrid was reversed 2:1 by Valencia at home, Barcelona fans laughed happily in front of the TV. Now it is the turn of Real Madrid fans to watch Barcelona's jokes.
And Valencia fans just need to celebrate.
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Rudy Gonzalez turned to winning streak: "We can already start celebrating the championship early, right?"
Chang Sheng chuckled: "Low-key, low-key."
In fact, he felt very happy.
I won the league title in my first season at Getafe, and I was not as excited as I am now, because it was the second division after all, and it was not that difficult to win the championship. In other words, because the league was not well-known, even if I won the championship, I would not feel the sense of accomplishment.
Not high.
The Serie A league is different. He led Valencia and defeated teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Deportivo... What a great thing it would be to win the championship in the end!
The champion of the Spanish Football League! When I was a fan in the past, I could only watch a few powerful teams fight for it. I never thought that one day I would have the opportunity to personally participate in this game.
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What's even more unexpected is that if you come down to play by yourself, you can actually gain the upper hand!
From now on, this all-powerful European football world will have its own name written on it!
Leading the team to win the Serie B championship will at most give him a high reputation in Spain. But when he became the head coach of the Serie A champion, he also gained status in the entire European football world.
By then, whether in Valencia or elsewhere, I will not have to worry about finding a job. Just like more than two years ago, I traveled all over Spain for a job, begging my grandfather and grandma, and finally ran out of ammunition and food.
The days of not working will be gone forever!
The championship is his best resume.
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Chang Sheng praised the team's performance during the halftime break, but he didn't praise them all too much.
"A complete game is ninety minutes, consisting of two halves of forty-five minutes each. Just because we performed well in the first half does not mean that we performed well in the second half. I praise you because you performed well in the first half.
We can do well on the field, but don't think that you can indulge in the second half. In the second half, we will continue to maintain our style and perform pressing defense in the frontcourt. Barcelona is very uncomfortable with this kind of defense. We have to try to score one more goal before they adapt.
Even if they adapt, it will be too late!"
On the tactical board behind Chang Sheng, there are several names marked with a cross on them. This is what Chang Sheng marked for the team before the game. Barcelona's dangerous mission requires the whole team to focus on defense.
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In the most conspicuous position, the name "Harvey" is clearly listed.
Although Harvey is not as famous now as he will be later, he is already recognized as an excellent player.
He made his first appearance for the first team in the 1998 Super Cup and scored a goal. There is no better debut than this.
So after time travel, Chang Sheng never thought about poaching Xavi. He knew he couldn't poach him, not even on loan. Xavi has become Barcelona's main midfielder, which is why Guardiola will play in Barcelona
One reason for losing position.
Chang Sheng attaches great importance to Xavi.
The reason why Valencia was able to take the lead so easily in this game has a lot to do with the winning arrangement of Albelda and Baraja taking turns to defend and freeze Xavi.
Perhaps they haven't realized how capable Harvey is yet, and they just treat Harvey as an ordinary player.
But Chang Sheng knows that Xavi is as important to Barcelona as Alonso was to Real Madrid. When he is on the court, you don’t think he is anything great, but when he is not on the court, you
I will start to miss him crazily...
Xavi is the metronome of Barcelona. Although it is not obvious yet, there are already faint signs of this.
In the 1999-2000 seasons when Guardiola was absent due to injury, Xavi had already secured his position as the team's main midfielder. He used his actual performance to prove that he could completely replace Guardiola. This is why Barcelona is determined to let go of Guardiola.
One of the reasons why Diola left.
However, if Chang Sheng now says that Xavi can win the Ballon d'Or, I'm afraid it will still arouse a lot of doubts and ridicule, thinking that he is trying to flatter Barcelona and lick Barcelona's anus.
But Chang Sheng knew that Harvey had such ability, and his performance has been very stable.
So his defense against Harvey was particularly tight in this game.
At first, everyone thought the head coach was making a fuss out of a molehill, but now they don't see it that way.
After freezing Xavi, Barcelona's offensive threat has indeed been reduced a lot.
Just like they froze Belleron, Deportivo's offense was paralyzed.
Harvey always has at least two people guarding him.
At this time, Xavi was still a little green, and his ability to turn around and protect the ball was not as sharp and skillful as he would later be. Now that two people were surrounding him, "Barcelona's Lungs" was in a quagmire.
Through games with Real Madrid, Deportivo La Coruña and Barcelona, Changsheng has fully exploited the advantages of the Reborn Travelers.
Rebirthers can not only use their predictive advantage in the transfer market. When you know enough about the future development trajectory of a player and the future development trajectory of a team, you will know what real potential they have.
Advantages and disadvantages, rather than being troubled by current evaluations. To put it simply, Chang Sheng, as a time traveler, has the ability to see through the fog of history, and the conclusions he draws are naturally the most correct.
He knows Harvey's future achievements and also knows Harvey's current limitations. As long as he makes a fuss about this, it will be difficult for Harvey not to lose!
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The halftime break went quickly, and the two sides changed sides to fight again in the second half.
Neither team made substitution adjustments, and although Xavi was restricted by Albelda and Baraja in the first half, he was still on the court.
Perhaps for Rexach, this does not mean that he trusts Xavi enough, but that the current Barcelona midfielder really cannot find a suitable replacement. There was Guardiola before, but now Guardiola is running
When we arrived in Valencia, there was no one else but Xavi.
Rivaldo has outstanding personal strength, but he is not an offensive organizer, he is an attacker. Whether in Barcelona or in the Brazilian national team, he plays like this.
The last round of the league last season was a perfect reflection of his characteristics.
However, this kind of explosive performance sometimes really depends on luck. You can't explode at any time, nor can you explode when you want to.
For example, Waldo's performance in this game was far less amazing than last season.
His breakthroughs and long-range shots are still very threatening, but under Chang Sheng's targeted defense, he is just an ordinary threatening player. There are still many ways to contain him, and the probability is very high
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The most important thing is to cut off the connection between Xavi and other players, so Rivaldo can only work alone. The thing that is most afraid of winning is the lonely hero, because there is always a way to deal with them.
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Because Rexach didn't make any adjustments, Barcelona's offense didn't improve at all.
Chang Sheng simply practiced tactics with this strong team.
He plans to practice using tiki to defend.
Tiki is a ball control tactic. Many people think that this tactic represents beautiful offensive football. But in fact, tiki can also be used for defense. Even the ball control tactic has been used for defense since its birth.
In 1872, the England team went to Patrick to participate in the first international football match in football history. The opponent was the Scottish team. The players of the Scottish team were all playing for Queens Park Rangers (not the current Queens Park Rangers in England, but the Queens Park Rangers at that time).
A Scottish team, now in the third division of Scotland). The Scots knew that they were far inferior to England in terms of weight. They realized that they would be very disadvantaged if they adopted the long-passing and lobbing style that was common at the time, so
They decided to use an extreme kick.
There is no direct evidence to fully prove this, but according to the Scottish Football Museum, it is very likely that this is what happened - at that time, this group of Queens Park Rangers players had to pass the ball around their opponents.
Keep the Englishmen away from the football to stop these big guys from scoring.
The strategy worked. England, with a longer tradition and a much larger pool of players to choose from, were clear favorites, but the game ended in a scoreless draw.
One of the great advantages of the Scottish team playing locally is that their teamwork is extremely excellent - how is this different from today's passing and possession tactics?
Why the later "Cosmos Team" Barcelona's defense was very good, this has a lot to do with their insistence on passing and controlling the ball.
When the football is always being passed around at their feet, and the opponent can only run behind the ball, there will naturally be fewer opportunities for the opponent to threaten Barcelona's goal.
In the past, Team Universe used it to kill all other teams, but now Chang Sheng wants to try this trick on future Team Universe... To be continued.