football killer

Chapter 373 Visiting Mestalla

With the victory over Manchester City, Liverpool seems to have started a new round of rise. In the Champions League group stage, at home, with Heskey's header at the end of the first half, Liverpool defeated the blue eagle Lazio who came from Italy with a score of 1:0.

In the league, George is brilliant. With four goals in two games, he slapped everyone who thinks George is a violent madman, which is a popular message.With four goals, George is telling everyone that I am still a super killer. The suspension and punishment have no effect on my competitive state.

As for the cup competition, after discussions between Liverpool's top management and coaches Lao Bei and George, it was finally decided to abandon the cup competition and focus all their attention on the league and Champions League competitions.George is already the captain of the Liverpool team at this time. For this kind of decision, George is naturally qualified to participate. After all, whether it is the head coach or the club's senior management, the players' thoughts must be considered to some extent.

Fortunately, Liverpool decided to give up the FA Cup. In the FA Cup match against Newcastle United, except for the goalkeeper, the Liverpool faction hid all the main players, as if their buddies did not play in the FA Cup.

But fortunately, this saved Liverpool from an embarrassing situation.Because Liverpool was bloodbathed by the Magpies in the FA Cup match, bloody 4:0, even George and others sitting on the bench couldn't help feeling their scalps tingling.

The reason why this happened is very simple. It was all because of the outbreak of one person, that is Alan Shearer, the soul of the Magpie Legion.I don't know what kind of stimulation this buddy has received. This game suddenly broke out, as if he was ten years younger all of a sudden. The fierce fight made George, who was sitting on the bench, feel sad for his substitute teammates on the field.

Kicking to the head, Shearer stunned to perform a hat-trick. Even Hypia and Carragher, who were off the field, saw Shearer's madness, and admitted that they could not stop the rampant Shearer.

Seeing this situation, Lao Bei couldn't help but feel a little lucky for deciding to give up the FA Cup. If he really hadn't given up the FA Cup and sent all the main players to play, and when he met the crazy Shearer at this time, Lao Bei would not dare to say frankly that he could beat his opponent.

Although the score of 4:0 is very embarrassing, at least Lao Bei still has some fig leafs. He can confidently say that he did not send all the main players. Otherwise, Newcastle United would never have scored such a score.

But in any case, as the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Liverpool can be regarded as liberated in the FA Cup, and can concentrate on putting goals and all experiences in the league and Champions League games.

In this atmosphere, the whole Liverpool team boarded the flight to Spain, because Liverpool is going to Spain at this time to challenge their Champions League group opponent, which is Valencia.

As the UEFA Champions League group stage continues, the qualifying situation of each group has gradually become clear.In Liverpool's group, Valencia ranks first at this time, while Liverpool are close behind.

Although Lazio and Chelsea in the same group are not weak, in general, according to the results of the four teams in the group at this time, the chances of Chelsea and Lazio qualifying are almost negligible.Of course, if the two teams want to cause some trouble for Valencia and Liverpool, it is certainly not impossible, but generally speaking, the chances are not great. After all, there is no hope of qualifying for the Champions League.

It can be said that there are only two teams left, Liverpool and Valencia, fighting each other. Why, of course, is to be able to appear first in the group, so as to avoid encountering strong opponents in the knockout stage.

Liverpool vs. Valencia. Both teams are one of the most likely teams in Group G. In addition, both teams want to enter the knockout round as the number one in the group. All this has paid attention to the match between Liverpool and Valencia.

No way, in the other groups, there is a clear distinction between strength and weakness. Only after the group draw ceremony ended, except for Group G, which is equally strong, almost all four teams may have accidents. The outside world doesn't even bother to care about the other groups, because the teams in those groups are too strong and weak. In almost other groups, there is no suspense about the appearance of those teams.

When it comes to Group G where Liverpool is, the four teams are evenly matched in strength. If they don't try their best, anyone may lose the game.Compared with other groups where a strong team ravages a weak team, both fans and the media naturally like to watch a collision of equal strength like Liverpool and Valencia.

At the press conference before the game, George came to the scene with Lao Bei and started the routine before the game.Of course, it's not just Laobei and George. For Valencia, coach Emery and captain Albelda are also sitting on the scene at this time.

"Coach Emery, how do you view the upcoming game." After all, this is Valencia's territory, and Emery, the so-called himself of the Spanish media, was naturally the first question from the reporters.

"Liverpool is a team with a long history. At the same time, Liverpool's strength is very strong. This can be seen from Liverpool's ranking in the English Premier League at this time. However, our Valencia's strength is beyond doubt. As for the result of the game, I can't guarantee it, but at least one thing I can assure you is that this game is definitely a wonderful game."

Facing the Spanish reporter's question, Emery answered with a smile, with an official tone, a perfunctory or non-level answer.

"Coach Benitez, you have coached the Valencia team before. What do you think is the difference between Valencia at this time and the Valencia you coached back then. I don't know how you feel when you return to Valencia again."

"Valencia is a very beautiful city, and Valencia is also a great team. I am very honored that I have been able to coach such a great team. At this time, I can still clearly remember the moment when Valencia won the league championship. It was really wonderful."

Old Bei seemed to be lost in memory at this time, and said in a reminiscence manner, and most of the Valencia media at the scene couldn't help but sigh after hearing Lao Bei's words.Indeed, Valencia was able to win the La Liga championship at that time. Although this was related to the deadly clash between Barcelona and Real Madrid, both sides suffered a lot, but anyway, Valencia did win the league championship from two traditional La Liga giants that season.Thinking of this, all the Valencia media couldn't help thanking Lao Bei.

But no one would have thought that he was still a memory of the old shell, suddenly shifted his guns, and bombarded Emery without giving Emery any face.

"Valencia is very strong at this time, much stronger than the Valencia I coached at the time, and the players are also very familiar and understanding, and this tacit understanding is naturally no problem. As for the so-called tactics, Valencia has not always continued the short-passing tactics of my coaching period. I wonder why Valencia's strength has risen so much now, and it still can't win the league championship. Is it Emery's coaching problem?

Quiet, quiet, no one could have imagined that Lao Bei would say this suddenly.The reason why Valencia did not win the La Liga championship is of course impossible because the level of La Liga has improved rapidly, so high that the strength of all teams in La Liga has increased significantly. Although the strength of all teams in La Liga has indeed increased, Valencia is definitely a strong team in La Liga. Apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Valencia can be regarded as the third in terms of overall strength.

Since the overall strength can be regarded as the third in La Liga, but they did not win the La Liga championship, this is of course an internal problem in Valencia.But I haven't heard of the discord in Valencia's locker room recently, so there is only one reason, that is, Emery's coaching level is not enough to coach Valencia, at least not to lead Valencia to the coaching level of the league championship.

Emery is not a fool, and the sarcasm and attacks in Old Bei's words can be heard naturally. Emery never thought that Old Bei would be so rude, and openly satirized himself in front of so many media. How could this make Emery bear it.

At this time, Emery really wanted to stand up and have a fight with Old Bei to let Lao Bei know how good he is, but this kind of thinking is only Emery's inner thoughts. Emery is not a fool, so naturally he would not really have a fight with Old Bei in front of so many reporters.

Don't mention the anger in Emery's heart at this time. Emery is really very confident and said that it's not that I can't do it, it's just that the time is not enough.What are you Benitez, I still don't like it.However, considering that Lao Bei led Valencia to win the La Liga championship, and also won the Premier League championship in the first season after taking office as Liverpool, Benitez's complete master-level achievements definitely made Emery feel ashamed.

After much deliberation, Emery can't think of how to respond to Lao Bei's words. In the round of coaching, Lao Bei has won two championships, but he has nothing. In terms of the strength of the team, last time at Anfield, Valencia was bloodbathed by Liverpool with a score of 4:1.

Realizing that he didn't have the qualifications to show off in front of Lao Bei, Emery suddenly felt that the press conference was like hell, making people uncomfortable, and wanted to leave here earlier.

Just when the reporters at the scene were about to ask Emery what opinion he had on Old Bei's words, Emery really couldn't stand the atmosphere at the scene, the most important thing was that he didn't want to see Old Bei's arrogant face.With a blue face, he stood up without saying a word and left the scene of the press conference.The stunned reporter and the embarrassed Albelda were left behind.

Look~ look at the gap between the two, this is the gap, this is the distance.In the eyes of the media, Emery had no demeanor and left in a fit of embarrassment.Leaving the reporters on the scene here and walking away without saying a word is obviously not giving the reporters on the scene face.Originally, it was because Emery was the head coach of Valencia and his own Spanish media, so he couldn't help but feel contempt for Emery.

Seeing the embarrassment of the scene, after the maintenance of the staff, Lao Bei, Albelda and George answered several questions raised by the reporters on the scene, and left the press conference after the staff announced the end.

"Coach, what's the matter with you today?" George and Lao Bei walked towards the locker room. George looked at Lao Bei, thought about it, and asked cautiously.After all, in George's usual impression, although Old Bei was sometimes nice and rude, he was indeed a gentleman overall.Such a huge change in Lao Bei today immediately made George wonder whether Lao Bei was affected by something from the outside world, or whether his private life had been severely hit.

"Hehe, I know what you want to ask, but it's really nothing, I did it on purpose." Old Bei looked at George and said with a smile.

Damn, even if you have a conscience, you know how to care about me.Of course, when Lao Bei was thinking to himself, George's words almost made Lao Bei vomit blood, and even wanted to kill George.

"So that's the case. Let me just say that you haven't encountered any major disasters. You are like a sissy fake woman. You have always worked hard and stubbornly maintained your so-called gentlemanly demeanor. I thought you finally became a man today. You just did it on purpose. Hey~" After finishing speaking, George sighed helplessly and shook his head.

"Damn, you know what a fart, I'm no longer a man. Back then, when I came out to mess around, many people called me a tiger!" A man, as long as he is a normal man, often values ​​face very much.Seeing that George actually said that he was like a woman and not a bit manly, Lao Bei couldn't help roaring angrily.

Not to mention, Lao Bei's roar like this is really a bit of the tiger title that Lao Bei said. At least the people who passed by George and Lao Bei were also shocked by Lao Bei's sudden roar.

"OK~OK~ You're a man, so it's okay." George didn't expect Lao Bei's reaction to be so big, he was stunned for a while, and nodded immediately.However, the expression on George's face was not quite in place. It was an expression that I can't afford to mess with you, so I'll follow your lead.

"It's okay, it's always like this." Seeing George's perfunctory look, Old Bei yelled.

"Forget it, you won't understand if I tell you." Seeing that George was still in disbelief, Lao Bei looked very sorry, shook his head, sighed and walked towards the locker room.Old Bei's reaction made George confused.

"Damn Benitez, isn't it the one or two champions, what's so great, there are many reporters there, laughing at me, damn Benitez, damn Liverpool."

Emery angrily walked back to the locker room, roaring angrily, which made the Valencia locker room, which was very lively, suddenly quiet. Everyone looked at the angry coach in surprise, not knowing what happened.

One or two championships is nothing special. You must know that whether it is a player or a head coach, the main purpose is to go for that championship.After hearing Emery's words, Albelda, who was following Emery, shook his head helplessly and thought to himself.At the same time, he glanced at his teammates and told them that the head coach was very angry at this time, everyone, stop talking nonsense and hit the gun.

The Valencia player who originally wanted to ask the head coach what was going on, but after getting the look in the eyes of captain Albelda, suddenly wisely chose to remain silent.

Finally, Emery continued to roar a few times in the locker room, only to realize that the game is about to start. Thinking of this, Emery just calmed down, called Valencia's teammates over and began to give orders.

"4:1 Guys, think about the disparity in the score. I never imagined that we would be beaten like this by Liverpool at Liverpool's home court. But at this moment, this matter has passed, and I don't want to say more, but I want to say that this time it is at our own home court, tens of thousands of fans are watching. This time we must work hard, and we can't let Liverpool continue to be arrogant. There are plenty of replacement seats left, and I wouldn't mind finding an owner for those chairs."

Emery's opening words immediately shocked the Valencia players. Looking at Emery with a serious face, they knew that Emery was not joking, and they clamored that they must teach Liverpool a lesson.

Seeing the players' reactions, Emery couldn't help but nodded, and the resentment he got from Old Bei also dissipated a little.But when Emery saw that Aimar was still sitting in his chair, his eyes closed as if he was asleep, seeing this, Emery shook his head helplessly and sighed.

For Aimar, Emery has absolutely no choice. Although Emery would like to teach Aimar a good lesson, or yell at him once, but Emery is not a fool, and naturally he would not do such a thing.

Benitez used to win the farewell and league championships for Valencia before, but he had no choice but to leave Valencia as his own counterattack. As a coach who has never won any honor for Valencia, he is naturally not qualified to say anything about Aimar.

While Emery was still clamoring in the locker room about how to teach Liverpool a lesson and asked the players to attack with all their strength, the Liverpool players also surrounded Lao Bei, listening quietly to Lao Bei's tactical arrangements.

"Hi~George!" George and his team members stood quietly in the player tunnel, waiting for the official start of the game. Suddenly, someone shouted from the side. He turned his head and saw that it was Valencia's players who also came to the player tunnel at this time, and the person who called him was Valencia's captain Albelda.

"Hehe~ Hello David!" Although the relationship between the two sides is hostile, it is not a feud. At least before the start of the game, the relationship between the players of both sides is still very harmonious.George is no stranger to Valencia's soul captain, he smiled and held Albelda and stretched out his hand in response.

"Hehe, Coach Rafael was really amazing just now. You don't know how our head coach Emery lost his temper in the locker room after leaving the press conference." Albelda looked at his teammates behind him, and then said softly to George.

"Uh~David, why did you suddenly mention your own coach? Shouldn't you be on the side of your coach?" George was stunned. George never thought that Albelda didn't speak for his coach, but instead praised Lao Bei.

"Hehe~ It's nothing. I don't have a good opinion of Emery, who is not of high level but desperate for face. If I have the right to choose the team's head coach, I will definitely not choose him." Regarding George's doubts, Albelda smiled and said it as a matter of course.

Uh~ It seems that the Valencia locker room is really messed up just like what Old Bei said, not to mention cliques, the relationship between captain Albelda and head coach Emery is probably not very friendly.

"Hehe~ I hope to see your wonderful performance later, but I will not be polite in this game. The victory will eventually belong to us in Valencia."

After Albelda said this, what else George could say, it was obvious that Albelda had no intention of continuing the conversation with him at this time. Since this was the case, George still couldn't help but refute.

"Hehe, it's not certain. Maybe our Liverpool will take three points back in your territory." Chatting is chatting, but when it comes to the win or loss of the two teams, George naturally doesn't want to let it go.

Regarding George's answer, Albelda just smiled and didn't say anything, or maybe Albelda knew that George would answer like this.

"Dear fans and friends at the scene, the highlight of the UEFA Champions League Group G is about to be staged, and that is Valencia, which is at home, will welcome Liverpool, a strong team from England. This game will definitely be a wonderful game. Let us wait and see what the result of the game will be. Well, now that the fighters of both sides have entered the field, let us welcome the fighters of both sides with the warmest applause."

Although Chelsea and Lazio, who are also in Group G, are not weak, but who told these two teams to be unsatisfactory, it is almost discernible now, and it can be seen that the places in Group G will only be Liverpool and Valencia.At this time, as the Champions League group is almost coming to the end, Lazio and Chelsea have been ignored at this time. In the eyes of fans and media from all walks of life, the game between Group G is the contest between Liverpool and Valencia.

Under the passionate commentary of the commentator and the huge cheers of tens of thousands of fans at the Mestalla Stadium, both George and Albelda led their players with serious faces and walked into the stadium with their heads held high.

Shake hands, exchange flags, pick sides, take positions, whistle blows.Huge cheers erupted from tens of thousands of fans at the same time. George flicked the ball to Hesky, who was on the side, and rushed towards Valencia's penalty area quickly, and the game officially started.

(End of this chapter)