Chapter 82 Personal Hero
After becoming a star, Avril was very busy. The next day she had to rush to New York to participate in the recording of a TV show, and then she had to return to Canada, where a business event was waiting for her.
Busy Avril no longer had time to go shopping and strolling with Changsheng freely and carefreely.
After Avril left, Changsheng also left Los Angeles.
He returned to Valencia.
Although the vacation was still going on, he had to prepare for the new year.
The Christmas vacation was very short.
There was no winter break in the Premier League, and in fact, the winter break in the La Liga was also very short.
On January 2, the whole team gathered.
Prepare for the league on January 5 and the King's Cup on January 8.
Both games are not easy to play.
In the 16th round of the league, Valencia challenged Real Madrid away.
In the third round of the King's Cup, Valencia played against Deportivo La Coruna at home.
Before the game, Real Madrid was full of energy to break Valencia's unbeaten record in this game.
Now Real Madrid hates Changsheng to the bone.
The reasons are naturally multifaceted.
First of all, Valencia led by Changsheng is the nemesis of Real Madrid. So far, Real Madrid has never beaten Changsheng once.
Second, Changsheng's big mouth has made Real Madrid embarrassed. Most of the hatred between him and Real Madrid is caused by Changsheng's mouth.
Third, Real Madrid will compete for the league championship this season, but now the gap between them and Valencia is as high as seven points.
Fourth, the most important and new hatred is Mendieta.
When it comes to Mendieta, Real Madrid is now full of anger.
Florentino doesn't know how many times he has scolded Valencia and Changsheng behind his back.
When Florentino dug Mendieta from Valencia,
he was full of joy, thinking that he had strengthened his own strength and weakened Valencia.
Who would have thought that Valencia was not weakened, and their performance was better. On the contrary, he was troubled by Mendieta.
First of all, the dispute over Mendieta's position has troubled the team for a long time.
Then there are the locker room issues caused by this position dispute.
The media are now hyping this matter all day long, and they have hyped up things that were originally nothing into something big, causing unrest in the Real Madrid locker room. What about the conflict between Mendieta and Figo, what about the conflict between Mendieta and Elguera...
Some of the revelations seem to be true, and some are true.
Real Madrid's unstable performance this season is related to these internal conflicts.
When the Lakers spent 30 million euros to buy Mendieta, Real Madrid's finances were tight and they almost had no money to buy Ronaldo - if Moratti had not finally agreed to Real Madrid's installment payment, they really had no money to buy Ronaldo.
After buying it, they found out that they were cheated...
They thought they bought a superstar, but they didn't expect to buy a huge pit!
Florentino was saying why Valencia agreed so readily at the beginning, bargaining for two young players, and didn't even ask for extra money...
It turns out that this was specifically to let Mendieta come to cheat us!
When Florentino understood this truth, he no longer required Bosque to let Mendieta start. Although this may make others guess that he was cheated by Valencia, it is only a matter of time. Mendieta's performance is so bad. Even a fool knows that Real Madrid spent 30 million plus Arbeloa and Cambiasso to buy Mendieta, who is a fake.
If Mendieta continues to stay in the starting lineup for the sake of face, it may cause the team's performance to collapse.
Last season, Real Madrid failed to win the league championship, and this season it cannot lose the league championship again.
For the league championship. Naturally, Mendieta can only sit on the bench.
He is now thinking about letting Mendieta go after the end of the season.
But he tried several times, and the situation was not good.
Mendieta's agent Toldra would never agree to leave. When signing the contract, the agent who nodded and bowed to him is now dragging him.
Of course, Toldra will not be willing to let Mendieta go, because Mendieta is now getting a lot of salary at Real Madrid.
This is a lot of money.
The only condition that Toldera agreed to Mendieta's departure was that Real Madrid gave Mendieta's remaining three years' salary in one go.
This gave Florentino a headache.
He dug up Mendieta, and it turned out like this.
Let's look at Cambiasso and Arbeloa, who were brought to Valencia by Changsheng. One is a player who has never been valued by Real Madrid. The other is a young man who is still in the Real Madrid echelon.
But under Changsheng, these two people can play in the Valencia first team, and Cambiasso even has a fixed chance to play, and his performance is not bad. One goal. Two assists.
Young players like Arbeloa can start in the King's Cup and contribute an assist.
Mendieta played 15 times in various competitions for Real Madrid, without a goal or an assist.
This is the gap...
When Florentino thought that the culprit of this gap was Changsheng, he was even less happy.
Therefore, in this game, Real Madrid must end Valencia's unbeaten record no matter how much it costs!
Changsheng was well prepared for this match.
Before the match, he used various match training skills that could improve the team's ability in a short time.
Then, for match skills, he chose all defensive skills.
When it came to the match, Valencia used his ball control tactics and began to firmly control the ball from the first minute of the match, so that Real Madrid could only follow the ball occasionally and be led by Valencia.
Tactically, Bosque really didn't have any good solutions. So he could only pin his hopes on the state of the superstars, hoping that the superstars would be in good shape in this match.
The state of the superstars in this match was indeed good.
In the 35th minute, Ronaldo opened the scoring for Real Madrid.
However, not long after the start of the second half, Ayala used a free kick in the frontcourt and headed the ball to equalize the score for Valencia.
In the 68th minute, Zidane regained the lead for Real Madrid.
Three minutes later, Guti helped the team expand the lead to two goals, and Real Madrid led Valencia 3:1.
Deafening cheers rang out at the Bernabeu Stadium.
The fans of Real Madrid seemed to want to vent all the anger they received from Valencia last season!
The entire Bernabeu was shaking like an earthquake.
The TV broadcast gave Changsheng a close-up shot.
Changsheng's face was not very good.
In the 71st minute, they were two goals behind. And at home...
Is Valencia's unbeaten record going to end here?
In fact, Changsheng didn't care much about how long the unbeaten record could last. At this point, it was already very remarkable.
But he didn't want to end his unbeaten record against Real Madrid.
Tactically, his team was actually fine, and it even had an advantage on the field. But in this game, the superstars of Real Madrid broke out collectively. The contest between individual heroism and collectivism was a victory for collectivism in the previous five times. Is this time to let individual heroism win?
Changsheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind - no. We also have individual heroes!
Ibrahimovic's amazing performance in the King's Cup final emerged.
So, taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Changsheng called Deco to his side and gave him instructions.
Changsheng's adjustment was very simple, which was to gather the strength of the whole team to supply Ibrahimovic with ammunition and give full play to his technical and physical abilities.
He wanted to take the initiative to create a personal hero!
When the game resumed, Ibrahimovic really got the support of the whole team, passing the ball to him and engaging him in running. Attract the opponent's defensive attention for him and create space for him...
Ibrahimovic has been in Valencia for more than a season, and this is the first time he has enjoyed such treatment.
In the past, he needed to keep running, pulling the side, retreating, and creating opportunities for his teammates.
Unexpectedly, it is now the other way around. He doesn't need to pull the side. He just needs to be at the front and keep receiving the ball.
Ibrahimovic likes this way of playing football very much. He can save a lot of effort and use all his energy on how to score.
He enjoyed the treatment of "offensive core" for the first time!
In this "new tactic", Ibrahimovic did not feel uncomfortable at all, he seemed to be in his element.
He felt that he could finally show himself to people in a comprehensive way.
He wanted to show Real Madrid that this was the real Gerardan Ibrahimovic!
In the 79th minute, when Ibrahimovic used his personal skills to break through Hierro and scored a goal, the entire Bernabeu Stadium fell silent.
After scoring, Ibrahimovic punched his chest with his fist. Tell everyone that Real Madrid has superstars, and so does Valencia!
While Villa was celebrating, he ran into the goal, picked up the football, and ran back to the center circle.
There is still one ball, and there are still more than ten minutes, so it's not too late!
Changsheng on the sidelines waved his fists twice, but he did not celebrate loudly, but shouted to the Valencia players on the field: "There is still one ball, and there is still one ball! We must not lose!"
After the game resumed, Valencia's tactics did not change, and the whole team served Ibrahimovic, allowing him to give full play to his comprehensive characteristics.
In front of the young Ibrahimovic, Hierro, who is almost 35 years old, truly felt his aging.
No matter whether the opponent uses technology or body, he has no way to deal with it...
Real Madrid, which was originally in a good situation, suddenly encountered danger at the last moment.
In the 89th minute, when Deco got the ball in the midfield, facing Elgra who came to press him, he used a turn on the spot to get rid of Elgra, blocked Elgra behind him, and then passed the ball to Albelda next to him.
He ran without the ball, appeared in a new position, and then received the pass from Albelda.
At the same time, all the offensive players of Valencia were running, interfering with the defense of Real Madrid.
Despite this, Real Madrid still focused its defense on Ibrahimovic.
This young Swedish player is the most threatening in the Valencia team.
Just when everyone thought Deco was going to pass the ball to Ibrahimovic, as he had done many times before.
Deco suddenly sent the ball to the empty space on the ribs!
There, because of the focus on Ibrahimovic, there is a blank area, there are no Real Madrid players, but there are Valencia players!
"David Villa!!"
The commentator Moen shouted, and the sudden shout startled many people in front of the TV.
He couldn't help but be so excited. Because David Villa got the ball without being marked!
Ibrahimovic was waiting to receive the ball in the front court, but he was a little surprised that the ball didn't pass to his feet.
Villa was not surprised, he seemed to be well prepared for this sudden ball.
After receiving the ball, he kicked the ball decisively!
The football flew into the goal from above Casillas' head!
3:3!
The lore!
Valencia equalized the score! (To be continued)