The strongest winger

Chapter 1001 Misjudgment
When David Villa made a long-range shot, many commentators on the scene were still reporting on the lineups of both sides of the game, but it had no effect on them, because David Villa's long-range shot ended with shouting the crossbar.

"Valencia's desire to attack was very strong, and a shot was made within 20 seconds of the start."

The Barcelona TV commentator sarcastically said.

Taking advantage of the period when Valdez kicked the goal kick, the TV stations reported the historical records of the two sides in the final according to the usual practice.

巴塞罗那和巴伦西亚历史交战刚好150次，巴塞罗那以60胜38平52负的成绩稍占上风，此外巴塞罗那攻入281球丢了236球。

However, the battle record in the past five years has made Barcelona ashamed. The two sides have fought 16 times, with 4 wins, 1 draw and 11 losses. They are at an absolute disadvantage, and only scored 19 goals, but conceded 39 goals.

Of course, Barcelona TV will not talk about the battle records in this regard. He said: "Barcelona and Valencia fought twice in the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League in the 2005-2006 season, and achieved an unbeaten record of one win and one tie. This third match will not be unexpected! Barcelona will remain unbeaten against Valencia and win the Champions League without any suspense!!"

Five minutes into the game, Guardiola hoped that the team's offense would open a gap on Albelda's side before the game, but what he didn't expect was that this was not a loophole in Valencia, but the strongest line of defense hidden in the seemingly weak defense.

Albelda's increasing age has indeed affected his physical indicators, but his experience has not dropped, and Valencia's defense is a whole, and the replacements between each other are very timely. Once Albelda is passed, the central defender will immediately pull out to protect.

It's just that it's rare for Albelda to be passed by. He relies on his valuable experience to ensure that there are no problems with the back line, and he often fills up the two full-backs. He doesn't look like a 34-year-old veteran at all.

In the words of Canizares, the guest commentator of Valencia's first sports channel: "David let me see him at his peak, with excellent position selection and super interception ability. I think he can still play for at least two seasons!"

The Valencia fans in the stands therefore praised the veteran Albelda with a huge shout.

With a strong defense line, Valencia's offense began to flourish, and the threat became greater and greater...

Ai Luo's ability to disrupt the game is brought into full play at this time. Whether he is facing Alves on the left or the "anti-cancer fighter" Abidal on the right, he will turn the opponent around.

If it weren't for David Villa's poor state, Barcelona's goal would have been broken by Valencia long ago.

※※※

It wasn't until the No. 11 minute of the game that Barcelona created a chance to threaten Valencia's goal.

At that time, Harvey and Iniesta made a two-for-one cooperation in the middle to attract Albelda. Then Harvey changed his ankle and passed the ball to Messi who attacked the right rib.

Messi has a wide field of vision and directly hoists the ball with his left foot to the left side of his attack, that is, Valencia defends the right side.

A black whirlwind came up from the back, Azpilicueta couldn't turn fast enough, and Abidal took the lead and laid the ball into the penalty area, causing local panic.

Abidal hit the iron while the iron was hot and made an inverted triangle pass. Messi shot furiously from the penalty area line without being marked, and Albelda fell to the ground and blocked it half a beat later.

However, at this moment, Wang Xiaolei stood up, and he pulled the green onions out of the dry land like a conditioned reflex, and lifted the ball up with the palm of his left hand, so that the football was higher than the crossbar.

"——Ooooooh!!"

Then there was a tsunami-like exclamation from the stands, especially the Valencia fans, who were still in shock.

They all knew that if Valencia opened the scoring, it would be troublesome...

The commentator Huang Jianxiang let out a long breath: "Oh, fortunately, Wang Xiaolei is focused, otherwise Messi will help Barcelona open the scoring!"

Subsequently, Harvey's corner kick did not threaten Valencia's goal. Aiello, who was defended back by the penalty area, pushed his head out of the penalty area, and was caught by Iniesta who was defending outside the penalty area. Barcelona organized a second attack.

However, Valencia's forward pressure was very fast. Iniesta had to pass the ball to Alves in the middle circle in order to avoid Valencia stealing the ball and playing a quick counterattack. He waited until the formation was completely dispersed before organizing the attack again.

Two minutes later, Valencia returned the favor.

Mata suddenly passed the ball behind the central defender 40 meters away from the Barcelona goal, and Ai Luo understood it from the back line and passed the ball into the defense line.

The enthusiasm of the fans at the scene was also stimulated by Ai Luo's intervention this time, and huge cheers erupted.

However, seeing that Ai Luo was about to face the goalkeeper Valdez when he was waving the ball, the referee Kasai's whistle sounded inappropriately.

Ai Luo turned around and looked at the referee with a blank expression, only to see that he was holding the whistle in his mouth with his left hand and his right arm was raised high.

At the same time, the side flag of the first assistant referee was raised.

This is...offside.

Immediately afterwards, the on-site director gave a slow-motion playback, and the parallel line was locked at the moment when Mata passed the ball.

It was very clear that Aiello was still at least one position away from the full-back Abidal who was dragged at the back, so the fans supporting Valencia broke out huge boos and sent them to the referee.

※※※

In this regard, Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor had no choice but to say: "If you want to blame, you can only blame Ai for running so fast that the linesman subconsciously thinks that he is advancing in an offside position."

Of course, there is also a sunny statement like the BBC commentator Lineker: "I guess this lineman from Hungary rarely watches football games!"

The implication is that he doesn't know how fast Ai Luo is.

After a through ball from Mata pierced through Barcelona's defense, Guardiola couldn't sit comfortably on the coach's bench. He stood extremely nervously on the edge of his technical command area.

The biggest problem with the team's defense just now is that it is a little too big. It doesn't have enough restrictions on Mata who is holding the ball, and at the same time, it is too indulgent to Aiello.

But thinking of Aiello's free-kick hat-trick in the Champions League semi-finals, Barcelona's defenders have to choose where they commit fouls.

This also caused Barcelona's defensive area to shrink a lot.

Because it is impossible for the defender to completely complete the defense in a technical confrontation, in many cases it needs actions other than technology to help defend.

And many times this kind of action is judged or not judged, but because of the obvious misjudgment just now.

So no one can be sure that the referee will not find balance and give Valencia a direct free kick in a good position.

(End of this chapter)