Chapter 263 The Young People of Stuttgart (77/136)
For any other team, playing Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona in three consecutive weeks would be considered a devilish schedule.
It's rare for a team to emerge unscathed.
But Valencia, which has always been victorious, not only escaped from this, but also achieved very brilliant results.
Three wins in three games, nine points and eight goals, without conceding a goal.
Valencia's strength in La Liga is evident.
After the game, some media said it was no wonder that Chang Sheng had the confidence to focus on the Champions League, because today's La Liga is really not difficult for them.
Even Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona can't threaten them. What else can threaten them in the domestic league?
In midweek's Champions League match, Valencia's opponent is Stuttgart.
The team ranked second in the Bundesliga last season, with a gap of 16 points between them and league champion Bayern Munich.
This does not mean that Stuttgart is too weak.
It's just because Bayern Munich is too strong.
This Stuttgart team has many names that will become familiar in the future.
For example, their main goalkeeper Hildebrand set a new Bundesliga record for consecutive clean sheets this season. With 884 minutes, he surpassed the original record of 803 minutes without conceding by Kahn.
record. He has long been the main goalkeeper of Stuttgart, and this season he even drove Wiese to Kaiserslautern.
Their main center Kuranyi scored 15 goals last season and was the local player with the most goals in the Bundesliga. He has been called up to the German national team by Voller and is another rising star.
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Hleb, who will be famous in the future as the "driving king", is now the main force in Stuttgart's midfield.
Philipp Lahm, the double captain of the German national team and Bayern Munich, is now on loan in Stuttgart.
Their main defender is also Andres Hinkel, who was promoted from the Stuttgart youth training camp. He is good at offense and defense. He switched from midfielder to right back last season. Now he has also been selected for Voller's German national team.
He became a German international at the age of one.
The young Stuttgart youth team led by Magath set off a youth storm in the Bundesliga and Europe. Nicknamed the "Little Tigers", they finished second in the league last season and performed very well in the Champions League group stages this season.
outstanding.
In the group stage, they defeated the powerful Manchester United 2:1 at home.
Moreover, Magath's Stuttgart did not perform as well in the Champions League as other teams, and their performance in the league was ups and downs.
Stuttgart's performance in the league is also very solid. Currently, the Bundesliga has played 21 rounds. Stuttgart has 11 wins, six draws and four losses, ranking third with 39 points, only three points behind the second place Bayern Munich.
Such a team does seem to deserve more attention than Barcelona...
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Playing first home and then away is not a good schedule in a two-leg home and away knockout competition like the Champions League.
Because they had no chance to make up for their mistakes in the second leg at home.
If they want to advance, they have only one way, and that is to win as many games as possible in the first round.
So this game can be regarded as a victory in one battle.
Chang Sheng is fully prepared for this game.
All the main players came out and made targeted arrangements according to Stuttgart's tactics.
Magath's Stuttgart team is the Young Guards. Their players are young, physically fit, and their tactics are very impactful.
So they are also called the "Little Tigers".
They set off a youth storm in the Bundesliga.
At present, it seems that this is the team that Chang Sheng is most afraid of encountering, because they are very hardworking and full of fighting spirit, and they are fast and have good physical fitness.
In the eyes of the outside world, today's Valencia should be in poor physical condition.
Even if they beat Real Madrid and Barcelona with sufficient physical strength, this does not prevent others from thinking that their physical strength is almost exhausted.
Their reason is very good, that is, the Champions League is faster than the domestic league and requires higher physical fitness. Valencia was full of physical fitness in the games with Real Madrid and Barcelona, but it was because they focused on physical fitness.
It’s all put into the domestic league.
"...Because obviously, Real Madrid and Barcelona are more important than Stuttgart. It is not a good thing for Valencia to encounter such two opponents in a row before the Champions League game. But it is a good thing for Stuttgart. Valencia
West Asia's physical fitness will inevitably encounter problems in the Champions League, and when it encounters our youthful storm, that's when Valencia collapses!"
The German media sounded particularly confident and seemed to have a guaranteed victory for Valencia.
Even Magath thinks so. With so many injuries in Valencia this season, he doesn't believe that Valencia has not been affected.
But it is obvious that this is a mistake caused by a lack of understanding of the enemy.
If they know enough about La Liga, Valencia and Changsheng, they will understand that consecutive encounters with Real Madrid and Barcelona in the league are nothing at all!
It is quite easy for Valencia to beat these two teams.
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The German media believes that their Stuttgart "little tiger team" can defeat Valencia with their youth and drive.
And Valencia naturally has a way to deal with their youth without limits.
Four days before the start of the game, that is, after the league match with Barcelona, Chang Sheng told everyone at the beginning of training what countermeasures they would take for this game.
"Faced with those opponents who are very aggressive, we use ball control tactics. We firmly control the football under our feet so that they cannot rush and run. In this way, their physical advantage is almost negligible to us.
Nothing more." Chang Sheng said to his players.
"So this game is no big deal, just play according to our tactics, just like any previous game. Remember, as long as we can control the football at our feet, no matter who the opponent is, we can win!"
Valencia versus Stuttgart, Chang Sheng's tactic was to control the ball.
The constant passing of the ball back and forth makes it impossible for Stuttgart to rush out. No matter how much strength Stuttgart has, it will be useless, you will not be able to get the ball at all!
Of course, this game will not be very exciting. It is estimated that both sides will not take too many shots. Because of the slow pace, the scene will not be exciting and intense.
But Chang Sheng doesn’t care about that much. He is never responsible for the appetite and vision of the audience.
He is only responsible for victory.
Although his team plays the best tactics in Europe, at his core, he is a very utilitarian person.
In order to win, he will do whatever it takes, but what does it mean if the scene is ugly?
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When Stuttgart came to Valencia, they were full of confidence.
Magath's tactics are very simple, which is to strive for goals in the away game. The result is not important, as long as another goal is scored. Use Stuttgart's impact to wear down Valencia and make them physically collapse. In this way, when waiting for the next round,
Valencia is basically the last straw.
At that time, what can’t be done at Stuttgart’s home stadium?
Magath has such confidence in his team. Because his team is the hardest training team in the Bundesliga, any player who can persevere will have good physical fitness.
I heard that Valencia, which has always won, is also a team that trains very intensively in the middle of the night. But currently, Spain’s overall training level is not as good as Germany’s.
It is said that Valencia, who trains the hardest, is just like this.
Magath's confidence lasted until the game.
Then the game started and he realized something was wrong.
After the game started, Valencia kicked off, and then they took advantage of the kick-off opportunity to firmly control the football at their feet.
Just passing it back and forth, passing it back and forth...
Stuttgart is truly youthful and invincible. From the very beginning, they were like a dog chasing its prey, running wildly after the ever-moving football.
No matter where the football was passed, they chased it.
It's like I don't know how tired I am.
Even if Valencia passes the football back to goalkeeper Canizares, they still have to chase it.
They thought this would put enough pressure on Valencia's players, causing them to make mistakes, such as passing the ball back to the goalkeeper, but the goalkeeper didn't receive it...
But unfortunately, they thought too beautifully.
They chased like this for fifteen minutes and only completed two shots. Most of the other time, they were led by Valencia.
Chang Sheng watched the Stuttgart players running so tirelessly from the sidelines with a sneer on his face.
From the day he came to the team, Valencia's training focused on two things, one was physical fitness, and the other was catching passes.
This kind of training content still accounts for the main part until now.
Plus his training skills.
Nowadays, the passing ability of this group of Valencia players has been qualitatively improved compared to more than two seasons ago. Even goalkeeper Canizares' [Passing] value is 75.
Valencia's official training program "Monkey" is different from those of ordinary teams. It is rich, diverse and full of tricks. Chang Sheng and the coaching staff have spent a lot of thought on it, from three people to five people to ten people.
One person. From a small area to a large area, from one person to three people...
There are all kinds of them, just to simulate various situations that may occur in the game.
Their training intensity standards are more stringent than those in competitions.
So Chang Sheng doesn't worry about Stuttgart's pressing at all.
This kind of pressing will only make Stuttgart's players tired quickly, but it will never be possible to steal the ball from Valencia.
It's a good thing to be young and energetic, but it's not a good thing if you just rush around like a headless fly.
As long as he continues to pass the ball like this, Stuttgart's physical fitness will reach a bottleneck before long. No matter how full their physical fitness was before.
The harder Stuttgart runs now, the more miserable his death will be. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)