The strongest winger

Chapter 1041 Hat-trick's Champions League Chance

In the 2012-2013 season of La Liga, with the internal and external problems of Real Madrid, the only teams that can compete with Valencia for the league championship are Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which have emerged this season.

But as the league enters the mid-to-late stage, these giants have begun to fight on multiple fronts. Valencia, Barcelona and Real Madrid all need to take into account the Copa del Rey and the most important UEFA Champions League. Distraction is an inevitable result, so it is normal for the league's performance to decline.

However, Valencia led by Aiello did not have such a situation. They ranked first in the league from the first round of the league to the second round of No.30 in the league. By this time, Valencia's lead has lost its meaning...

Because Valencia won the league championship six rounds ahead of schedule, after winning the La Liga championship in the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons, they won the La Liga championship again and successfully staged a hat-trick league championship.

Therefore, in the second round of the No.30 away game against the younger brother of the same city, Villarreal, the focus of the mainstream European media is once again on Valencia. Valencia's performance this season can be said to be more amazing than the previous two seasons.

The most surprising thing is that under the leadership of captain Aiello, Valencia double-killed Real Madrid and Barcelona at home and away respectively. Coupled with the strong outbreak of Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona had to focus more on European competitions in the middle half of the league.

Valencia has always maintained a stable state, ranking first with 32 games, 31 wins and one loss with 93 points.

It is worth mentioning that Valencia's only loss was in the seventh round of the league No.20 when they challenged Athletic Bilbao in an away game. The referee made a misjudgment. Cavani's effective goal was called offside first, and then Athletic Bilbao's offside goal in stoppage time in the whole game was called valid.

This entry and exit also led to the breaking of Valencia's amazing 26-round winning streak...

Speaking of which, Valencia's terrifying offensive ability has been infinitely magnified. After the second round of No.30 in the league, captain Aiello has scored an astonishing 53 goals, leading the second-ranked Messi by six goals and eight goals higher than Cristiano Ronaldo.

In addition, Valencia's No. 38 scorer Cavani also scored 32 goals, ranking fourth in the La Liga scorer list. That is to say, when Valencia entered the 91nd round of the league, Aiello and Cavani scored 120 goals.

In other words, the goals of Aiello and Cavani accounted for more than half of the team...

Of course, if Valencia relies on Aiello and Cavani, it will not be able to help the team score so many goals. The silent efforts of other players are a major guarantee for their goals.

According to the report of "The Times": "Valencia has won the La Liga championship for three consecutive seasons, which is equivalent to the Valencia dynasty. Every one of their players is very good! When everyone thought that Pirlo was about to go downhill, he had a second spring in Valencia... The midfield composed of Modric, James Rodriguez and Pirlo is full of control, and the offensive organization is not lacking in imagination. In the case of Ai and Cavani, they scored so many goals. It's a matter of course..."

If you only rely on offense, you will not easily win the game, because the development history of modern football tells everyone that only on the premise of a solid defense can you attack with peace of mind.

Valencia, coached by Ancelotti, is drawing on the tactics that Bosque led Spain to win the World Series for three consecutive times, and then added Italian-style defensive routines to this tactical system to form a new offensive and defensive system.

Valencia's performance this season is even more obvious. While the midfield is full of aggression and creativity, it is natural that the interception ability is not strong, but Ancelotti's innovative offensive and defensive system perfectly solves this problem.

Therefore, when Javi Martinez was on the bench, Valencia's midfield defensive ability did not decline significantly.

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Valencia won the league championship six rounds ahead of schedule, so they can focus more on the Copa del Rey final and the semi-finals of the Champions League, and leave more opportunities for the young players that the club needs to focus on training. After all, professional football is cruel, and the replacement of old and new is normal.

It's like David Villa who accompanied Valencia through the difficult period. At the age of 32, his physical function declined rapidly and he was obviously not suitable for the position of center forward. Therefore, this season Ancelotti used the young and strong Cavani more, and David Villa, who was the absolute main player, became a substitute.

And in the center position, Ancelotti can also choose the young center forward Paco, a 19-year-old forward trained by Valencia himself, which means that David Villa's playing space will be further compressed as he ages.

However, David Villa was not dissatisfied with this. He knew that it would be difficult for a striker to get a starting position in a giant at this age.

Of course, he also had the idea of ​​leaving Valencia, but... not now.

The teams that entered the final of the Copa del Rey in the 2012-2013 season were Valencia and Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid and Barcelona were eliminated by Valencia and Atletico Madrid in the semifinals.

The Copa del Rey final at Camp Nou, the final venue of the Copa del Rey, did not have any accidents. Aiello defended his title of "King of the Finals" since the beginning of his career.

Although Atletico Madrid led by Simeone has sprung up strongly this season, there is a certain gap with Valencia as a whole and individually. Captain Aiello scored a direct free kick into the goal guarded by Courtois in No. 708 minutes, and the final decision was made.

In addition, the two rounds against Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League semi-final also continued the amazing state of defeating Barcelona in the Copa del Rey and the league, and entered the UEFA Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium.

At this time, everyone thought that Real Madrid would meet Dortmund in the semi-finals with Valencia in the final...

But the other team that ended up in the final was a surprise...

Dortmund center Lewandowski scored four goals in the first round against Real Madrid, helping the team beat Real Madrid 4:1!
In the second round at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid did not achieve a major reversal. They only relied on Cristiano Ronaldo's goal to win 1:0 and were out with a total score of 2:4.

(End of this chapter)