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Chapter 184 Look at Su Dong, are you embarrassed? [Fifth update of heartbreak, begging to subscribe to the monthly pass! 】

Su Dong's feeling is not wrong, and things have been developing in a good direction.

Valencia's captain election results were recognized by head coach Benitez and were soon announced to major newspapers.

Albelda and Baraja were elected as the captain and deputy captain of the team, which was unanimously recognized by the local fans of Valencia. Both players have proved their strength and value in the team.

The central defender Ayala, who was criticized by the fans because of the transfer scandal with Barcelona, ​​​​also quickly apologized.

First, AS reported that Real Madrid was interested in Ayala after sending away the veteran Hierro, but Valencia's Argentine central defender responded quickly this time and immediately clarified that he expressed his loyalty to Valencia and had no interest in joining Real Madrid.

Not only that, Ayala also took this opportunity to take the initiative to apologize to the Valencia fans, clarifying his previous "slip of the tongue", saying that he did not mean to leave Valencia, "If possible, I hope to be able to play in this team until I retire."

Ayala's statement has also been affirmed by Valencia fans and the media, especially the clear rejection of Real Madrid.

You know, as early as the mid-90s of last century, Valencia had a quarrel with Real Madrid because of the transfer of Mijatovic, and the chairman of Valencia at the time was Roig who had just won the election. Because of this, Roig immediately rejected the news that Real Madrid was interested in Ayala.

"As long as I am the chairman of Valencia, no Valencia player will transfer to Real Madrid!"

Like Ayala, Roeg's remarks won the hearts of Valencia fans.

It was in this turmoil that Valencia quietly started preparations for the new season.

Benitez led the team to Nyon, Switzerland for a secret training camp.

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As early as last season, Valencia was already the favorite to win the La Liga championship, but the team's final performance declined and almost missed the Champions League this season. One of the important reasons is that the offense is weak.

The lack of attacking players on the front line has caused Valencia to stage a bitter battle without scoring in many games.

For example, in the two rounds of the UEFA Champions League knockout round against Inter Milan, Valencia's ball possession rate was as high as 70.00%, which can be said to have taken full advantage. Both the scene and the opportunities created surpassed Inter Milan, but the final result was that Valencia was unfortunately eliminated.

Why?

Because there is no one on the front line!

After learning from the pain, Valencia made a comeback this season.

In order to reduce the team's debt burden, the management sold Salva and Carew, two big salary earners, but also spent 1000 million euros to sign Su Dong from Sporting Lisbon, which made Valencia feel the determination of the management.

Don't look at Su Dongcai, but in the Portuguese Super League and the UEFA Cup last season, he scored 23 and [-] goals respectively, and both were elected as the top scorer of the competition, which shows his scoring ability.

He is young but has achieved outstanding results, and is valued by the head coach Benitez. The whole team is also full of expectations for Su Dong.

With the joining of Su Dong, the striker has been supplemented, and the arrival of Mohamed Sissoko has further strengthened the thickness of the midfield. Both of these signings have made Valencia's overall strength stronger than last season.

As for how strong it is, it has to wait for the test of the new season, especially Su Dong's performance.

But after the start of the summer training camp, Su Dong clearly felt the breath suffocating from his teammates.

In this more and more mature team, which took Benitez two years of hard work to build, everyone is ready to do a big job.

Before going to Nyon, Switzerland, the club arranged for the players to be interviewed by the media according to the usual practice. Everyone expressed their hope that they could create another glories for the team in the new season and achieve a breakthrough in performance.

Aimar rarely accepts media interviews, but this time he stated: "We made a lot of mistakes last season and lacked some luck, but these have passed. This season we will seize all opportunities in front of us and win all games."

Argentine defender Pellegrino also said: "With the joining of Su Dong and other strong players, we already have a very complete lineup. Although there are still many areas that need to be improved, everything is moving in a good direction. Everyone in the locker room is working hard for this!"

The same is true of the players, and the same is true of the head coach.

Before the team went to Nyon, Switzerland, Benitez had made it clear that this would be the most demanding season since he coached, requiring every player in the team to be mentally prepared, and everyone must go all out and focus on pre-season training.

"Whether it's La Liga or the Champions League, I hope we can gain something in the new season!"

Benitez's words encouraged the whole team.

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In addition to the players, coaching staff and staff of Valencia's first team, Sudong's personal coaching team also went to Nyon, Switzerland, including Nuno Cruz, a total of three people. Nutrition expert Paul Lacasco will follow up in Switzerland every few days.

Su Dong is also the only player in the team who has hired a personal coach for a long time, which is fairly new in the Valencia team.

Hiring a personal trainer is actually not uncommon in the football field. For example, some injured people will hire a private physiotherapist to help them during the recovery process, but this is only for a short time.

Like Su Dong, it is quite rare to hire a personal coach for a long time, and it is the entire team, let alone Valencia, even in La Liga, and even the entire European football.

But the Valencia players did not have much objection to this, because all the expenses were paid by Su Dong himself, and even the team's expenses in Nyon, Switzerland, except for food and lodging with the team, other expenses were also borne by Su Dong himself.

In this case, the Valencia players will naturally not have any opinions. On the contrary, many ambitious players will be happy because they see Sudong's determination and dedication to improve.

And if Su Dong can really solve Valencia's striker crisis, this will greatly improve Valencia's overall strength.

Especially when the team came to Nyon, Switzerland and started pre-season training, the Valencia players felt Su Dong's hard work. In addition to training with the team every day, he also performed additional training tasks assigned by the personal coaching team.

Many players in the team originally resisted Benitez's devilish training camp and strict requirements, but after seeing Su Dong's training volume, they were speechless, and their original thoughts of bargaining with the coaching staff also died down.

Let me ask, if you really go to the coaching staff, they will directly reply: Look at Su Dong, and then look at yourself, are you embarrassed?

Naturally, no one wants to do such a boring thing.

Su Dong’s approach has also caused some controversy within the team. In private, some players think that he has “broken” the atmosphere in the team, but most players, especially players like Aimar, Ayala, Albelda and Vicente, are delighted and admired by Su Dong’s approach.

As a new aid, Su Dong initially got the affirmation of his teammates by virtue of his own efforts.

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While Valencia was secretly training in Nyon, Switzerland, the schedule for the new European season was also released one after another.

The UEFA Champions League qualifiers are the most important for Valencia.

Last season only got fourth in La Liga, Valencia must participate in the third round of the Champions League qualifying round, and the first round of La Liga is at the end of August, so the new season's Bat Corps will fight on two lines from the beginning.

It is worth mentioning that the Portuguese Super League occupied three positions in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup last season, and Sporting Lisbon won the UEFA Cup at the end.

This summer, after UEFA recalculated the European War points, the Portuguese Super League champion Sporting Lisbon was able to directly advance to the Champions League group stage, and as the runner-up, Porto will participate in the peripheral qualifiers.

This also made Su Dong regretful when he called his best friend Pepe, "I originally wanted to send you back to Portugal in the third round of qualifiers, but unfortunately I have no chance!"

Boloni stayed at Sporting Lisbon. If he really met his former club, whether it was as a professional player or out of revenge against Boloni, Su Dong would not mind sending Boloni home.

Of course, Pepe will not be polite, saying that he still has a chance in the Champions League group stage.

The Brazilian central defender's gratitude to Su Dong comes from the heart.

If it weren’t for Su Dong, he would not have been able to transfer from Maritimo to Sporting Lisbon, let alone be reused after the transfer. In the first season, he won the Portuguese Super League and the UEFA Cup double. This season, he can represent the team in the Champions League.

But also because of this, Pepe reminds himself to work harder all the time, so as not to be pulled further and further away by friends such as Su Dong and Ronnie. At the same time, he is also eager to improve the lives of himself and his family by kicking out achievements.

Since the first round of the UEFA Champions League qualifiers will be played in mid-August, Valencia's summer training camp started relatively early. Benitez led the team to a closed training camp in Nyon, Switzerland.

Su Dong also carefully watched the contents of the few USB flash drives that Benitez prepared for him, and he really benefited a lot from it. He discovered many details and mistakes that he hadn't noticed before.

There are even many places that faintly echo Romario's "Wolf of the Restricted Zone", which makes Su Dong feel very strongly. If he improves these deficiencies, not only will his own strength be further improved, but the threat on the court will also become greater.

Because of this, Su Dong not only fully cooperates with Benitez's daily training, but also actively participates in the exercise physiology research project led by him to improve his movements.

He hopes to show better performance in the new season and further prove his worth!
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