Chinese champion

Chapter 191

When the most serious turmoil occurred within the Chinese Football Association, Pei Wei, who was far away in Spain, knew nothing about it. His injury has healed, and the speed of recovery surprised even the doctors.

On March 3, 18 days after his injury, Pei Wei appeared on the training ground in Mallorca!
Five days ago, Mallorca played a beautiful game without Pei Wei. They defeated the visiting Deportivo 4:2 at home. Bagasa and Delgado each scored a goal. After the game, Mallorca consolidated its third position in the standings with 53 points. The top two are Real Madrid with 61 points and Varen with 60 points. West Asia, while Deportivo fell to fifth after losing this game, and Barcelona, ​​​​who won an astonishing eight consecutive victories in the second half of the season, jumped to fourth.

With 10 rounds to go until the end of the season, Mallorca are still eight points behind Real Madrid at the top of the table, but to their advantage, both Real Madrid and Valencia are ahead of Mallorca, as well as European teams. The task of the game (Real Madrid is the Champions League, while Valencia is playing the UEFA Cup), compared with them who have other distractions, Mallorca, who only has the goal of the league, can better focus on League up.

Although the doctor has thoroughly checked Pei Wei's right foot and confirmed that the injury has fully recovered, Manzano still dare not neglect. During the training for the past few days, he only gave Pei Wei a slight amount of training. In order to prevent Pei Wei from having physical problems soon after recovering from his injury.

During the period when Pei Wei rested due to injury, the organization of Mallorca's frontcourt became the most troublesome thing for Manzano. Garcia's strengths lie in sidewalk raids and offenses in the penalty area. It is really not satisfactory for him to organize. , Manzano simply dispatched a lineup of Ismail and Panovic as double defensive midfielders, and let Ismail and Garcia take turns to organize the attack. The effect was not bad. The last game The victory over Deportivo is a good example.

Therefore, in Mallorca's away game against Valencia on the 21st, Manzano put Pei Wei on the bench very cautiously, and continued to use the same starting lineup as the previous game.

After a failed season, this season Valencia has risen again under the leadership of coach Benitez. After Norwegian striker Carew moved to Serie A Roma, they introduced Romanian striker, nicknamed "Serie A". "Cobra" Illie, well made up for the lack of speed on the forward line, and in the midfield, "Joker" Aimar is still active, and Vicente makes up for the transfer of Keely Gonzalez to the international team. The vacancy after Milan, they have gone hand in hand on both lines this year, biting Real Madrid in the league, and reached the quarter-finals in the UEFA Cup.

In Benitez's heart, this league game must be won, because in the previous game, Real Madrid had an upset, and they lost 2:4 to Bilbao in the away game , as long as Valencia can win the No.3 Mallorca, they will have a win-win situation-both reaching the top of the list and leaving the second chaser at a distance.

But how could Manzano make him so happy!The failure of Real Madrid is not only an opportunity for Valencia, but also an opportunity for Mallorca. If Mallorca wins this game, it will narrow the gap with the top two teams to 5 points and 4 points. How could Mallorca surrender so easily?
Both sides think that this game is an opportunity, and both think that they can win the game in the end. It is foreseeable that this must be a very tragic competition.

The absence of Pei Wei made Mallorca lose a central midfielder, but Valencia also has disadvantages, because they have an away game against Marseilles in the UEFA Cup three days later, in order for the main players to have After a full rest, Benitez hid the two main players of Aimar and Iliyer in the game, and they were replaced by veterans Santos and Angulo.

The battle of shooters and the battle of wisdom and handsomeness.This is the tone of the Spanish media for this game.

Before this game, Valencia's top scorer Mista and Eto'o ranked second in La Liga scorer list this season with [-] goals, behind Ronaldo who scored [-] goals, two new shooters The competition made the fans excited, and Manzano and Benitez belong to the kind of coaches with delicate thoughts and excellent on-the-spot command among La Liga coaches. Their fighting skills in this game are also a focus of attention of the audience.

Although the absence of Pei Wei's Aimar made this game one less interesting, but this game is still very attractive, which can be seen from the live broadcast of this game on Spanish national television, but no one thought that being The two teams that the audience and the media had high hopes for played a lethargic first half.

In the first half, there were not many chances for both sides. This season, Valencia's top scorer Mista was under Potenza's strict marking and did not perform well. Mallorca's striker Eto'o He was also closely watched by Ayala and didn't get any chances.

It was not until the 10th minute that the two sides had their first shot. Baraja received the ball from Mista and took a long shot in front of the penalty area, but Bolano firmly pressed the ball under him.

No.17 minutes, Eto'o staged a wonderful personal raid, he dribbled the ball from the midfield, broke through the defense of Carboni and Albelda in a row, but was disturbed by Ayala when he broke into the penalty area, The shot was weak and was easily obtained by Canizares.

Valencia's double defensive midfielder was very successful in defense. Ismail's forward penetration and Garcia's retreat were both contained by them. Eto'o just made unnecessary empty runs over and over again in the frontcourt, but the same Yes, Valencia has no good way to attack. The right forward Vicente rarely breaks through under the close defense of Wang Xiaomin, and the only striker, Angulo, is indeed relatively poor in shooting. I failed to grasp the opportunity several times.

The first half passed in such a dull way, and the Mestaga stadium kept booing. Perhaps the fans of both sides did not expect such a situation to appear in such a strong dialogue between the second and third places.

In the live broadcast room, the commentator Palo jokingly said: "Maybe neither side has the courage to fight against the opponent. Real Madrid's failure gave them a chance, but it affected them instead. I don't know if this is Real Madrid. What about a strategy?"

Another commentator Modova smiled: "Both sides lack an organizer in the midfield. Although the deployment of double midfielders strengthens the defense, it is much weaker in offense. I hope they will change in the second half. Roca's Pei has now become one of La Liga's "double-ten players" (double-ten players refer to those who have achieved double-digit goals and assists in the league at the same time. Only three players in the Spanish League this season have reached this level. Standard, apart from Pei Wei, only Barcelona’s Ronaldo Jr. and Villarreal’s Riquelme are left), and Aimar alone organized more than 50.00% of Valencia’s offense. If the two of them in the second half If there are people on the table, this game really makes people feel a little bit of anticipation."

Maybe the coaches of the two sides heard what the commentator said, maybe it was because they didn't want to lose face in this match that was live broadcast across Spain. At the beginning of the second half, Manzano really replaced Pei Wei, who had just returned from injury, and Bei Nites did even better. He probably didn't want to retain his strength. The two main players Aimar and Iliyer played together, replacing Santos and Angulo, who were mediocre in the first half.

Valencia, who had resumed the main lineup, had a completely new look. Just at the beginning of the second half, Mallorca was underwhelmed. Baraja and Albelda jointly intercepted Pei Wei's ball in the midfield, and then passed the ball. Aimar in the front, Aimar quickly broke through Ismail and then made a straight pass. Mista who inserted in the penalty area caught the ball and hit the goal directly. Fortunately, Bolano reacted quickly and saved the ball.

Pei Wei squatted down and tightened his shoelaces. It seems that after resting for nearly a month, the feeling of the ball is still a bit poor. If the breakthrough just now was changed before he was injured, it should not be broken so easily. I have to cheer for the next game.

"Pei! Work harder, don't let them steal the ball so easily!" Ismail called out from behind, Pei Wei nodded and said with a smile: "It was just a carelessness just now, don't worry give me the ball Bar!"

"Okay! Next!"

Pei Wei turned around after receiving the ball, and Baraja immediately came up to meet him. Pei Wei pretended to take the ball and knocked the ball to the left while Baraja was rushing forward. Ibagaza stopped the ball and saw Pei Wei Already plugged in, quickly passed the ball diagonally to Pei Wei's feet, two to one!

Pei Wei didn't do much. When the ball flew in front of him, he simply moved the ball forward, and then accelerated himself up.

Albelda came up from the side, and Pei Wei suddenly raised his legs while running, as if about to shoot from a long distance.

Albelda immediately made a sliding tackle. Pei Wei's long-range shots were always very powerful. He didn't dare to let Pei Wei shoot so easily.

Seeing that Albelda's foot was about to shovel over, Pei Wei showed a smile on the corner of his mouth. His left foot, which was approaching the ball, suddenly changed the way it touched the ball. An imposing tackle, and then a straight kick before anyone else can react!
The ball went straight to the penalty area, and Eto'o started to chase the ball at high speed. Ayala couldn't run him without the ball, but he didn't dare to foul in the penalty area, so he had to follow closely behind Eto'o, watching Eto'o takes a shot.

The sound of "clang" may be due to the pursuit of angles too much. Although Eto'o's shot escaped the range of Canizares' save, it was turned away by the goal post!

"Oops!" Eto'o yelled and covered his head. In the situation of evenly matched opponents, such an opportunity was wasted by himself!

"It doesn't matter, there is still a chance." Pei Wei's voice came from behind, and Eto'o turned around, just in time to see Pei Wei smiling at him.

"You..." Eto'o felt relieved, "You guy, what do you think of Valencia's defense line? I really don't know where you come from so confident."

"Have you ever heard of a saying?" Pei Wei winked at him: "Confidence comes from strength."

"...You egomaniac!"

Eto'o said that Pei Wei's arrogance is well-founded. In terms of defense this season, Valencia is definitely the first in La Liga. In the 28 rounds that have been completed, they only conceded 20 goals, an average of one game. Less than one goal was conceded, which is an anomaly in La Liga, which advocates offense, but Pei Wei's tone is as normal as eating cabbage. How can Eto'o not be surprised?
"If you are not confident, how can others believe in you? No matter what La Liga defense is, they still concede goals, don't they? If you say I am crazy, I will be crazy! You stay on the front line for me, Score him two or three goals!"

"You are amazing!" Eto'o said convincingly, "Okay, I'll just wait for your pass!"

In the second half, Valencia changed its tactics. Vicente, who was frequently beaten by Wang Xiaomin, moved to the left, while Mista moved forward, and formed a double forward with Illie, which was more powerful in attack. At the same time, it also made Mallorca's defense tight.

In the 7th minute, Valencia, who played at home, took the lead to break the deadlock. Aimar instigated an attack in the frontcourt. After attracting Potenza's attention, he cleverly passed the ball to Vicente. The young Spanish international broke into the penalty area After the cross, Illie's movement in the penalty area attracted the attention of Nino and Nadal. Mista just happened to appear in the gap. With a beautiful push, Bolano couldn't make a save. Fighting Valencia leads 1:0.

After the goal, Mista was very excited. This goal made him surpass Eto'o and occupy the second place in the scorer list. However, Ronaldo did not score in this round. If he works harder, he may be able to shrink The gap even exceeds Ronaldo's addiction to being a top scorer, how can this make him not excited?
Seeing Eto'o's dejected expression, Pei Wei knew what he was thinking. After all, he wasted an opportunity and allowed Mista to overtake temporarily. Of course he couldn't stand this because he has always had a strong self-esteem.

"Don't worry!" Pei Wei patted Eto'o's shoulder, "I will pass the ball to you, you will pass that guy, but this time, you can't waste my pass again!"

"Just because of your words, I want to score him too!" Eto'o regained his confidence: "Just don't talk empty words, if you don't pass the ball to me more, I won't punish you after the game! "

"Hey, I really have no ambition, I just want to enter one... But if you still waste the opportunity like that, then I will take care of you!"

"A word is settled!"

(End of this chapter)