The strongest winger

Chapter 1053 NO.1 since the restructuring of the Champions League
Dortmund made the last substitution adjustment and replaced full-back Schmelzer with Gross Kreutz, but Valencia did not rush to use up the remaining two substitutions, but continued to use players on the field.

In this regard, Sky TV commentator Andy Gray, who is experienced in explaining the game, gave his own opinion: "Because Dortmund fell behind by two goals, Klopp has already used three substitutions and adjustments, while Valencia only used one for the forward line. In other words, they still have room for two adjustments, but the game counts injury time at most 7 minutes without making substitution adjustments. I think...it is very likely that Ancelotti wants to make another substitution during injury time, thus consuming more game time."

Guest commentator Martin Taylor nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, this possibility is very high, because the three lines in Valencia are running very smoothly, there is no need to make adjustments again, and the current set of configurations is perfect, making adjustments will have a bad effect."

With the passage of time, that is to say, the remaining game time is getting less and less. The Dortmund team had no choice but to increase their offensive efforts regardless of defense. Even Feng Xiaoting once overwhelmed the center line and participated in the attack.

Valencia's defense seemed to be approaching the city, so Valencia's defense began to be tight. However, the players on the field were experienced and their defensive positions were very tight. During the period when Dortmund strengthened its offense, they decisively shrunk their defense. Dortmund, who was trying to quickly narrow the gap, did not find a chance at all.

At this time, Valencia under Ancelotti's coaching gradually saw the shadow of the Italian team. The defense was chaotic and did not panic, and the echoes between them were very good.

So in order to quickly narrow the gap, Dortmund's offensive players began to try simple methods, either the two wingers frequently kicked the ball to find Lewandowski, or Royce, Gotze and Gundogan tried to prepare for long shots.

Even Feng Xiaoting tried two long-range shots, but the results he received were completely negligible.

"There is not much time left in the game, the regular time is about to run out, and the stoppage time is about to start. Now the leader on the field is still Valencia. They lead Dortmund 3:1..."

Accompanied by the commentary of the BBC commentator Lineker, the fourth official stood on the sideline of the center line and held up the electronic card for 3 minutes of stoppage time.

This is a fairly standard stoppage time, but if the stoppage time is seriously calculated, the 3-minute stoppage time must be too much. After all, the two teams did not significantly delay the game time in the second half, and at most it was goal celebrations and substitutions.

At this time, Ancelotti is finally ready to use the last two substitutions. Cazorla and Albiol are standing on the sidelines, but there may be some tricks when the substitutions are adjusted.

Sure enough, Gotze's long-range shot after breaking through Pirlo was saved by Wang Xiaolei, and the referee signaled for a substitution on the sidelines.

However, it was Cazorla who came on the field alone, and assistant coach Gao Hongbo suddenly grabbed Albiol and had something to say.

Immediately, Dortmund fans booed loudly. They thought that Valencia, who had a two-goal lead, was delaying the game, so they responded to Valencia with boos.

But...their boos didn't last long and were quickly outmatched by even louder cheers from the Valencia supporters.

Cazorla replaced James Rodriguez, an obvious change in a shrinking formation.

James Rodriguez's offensive ability is obviously much stronger than that of Cazorla, but Cazorla is better than James Rodriguez in terms of rhythm control, defense and ball control.

Ancelotti's substitution strategy is very obvious, which is to use Cazorla's ability to control the rhythm to help Valencia consume the remaining game time.

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Cazorla's playing effect is still relatively obvious. His ball-handling ability can form a good echo with Modric and Pirlo, so that he can guide the ball in the midfield and consume more game time.

Seeing that the time is running out, Dortmund's young players show the enthusiasm that young people should have. Even if they feel that their physical fitness has reached the limit, they still insist on running and run tacitly towards the ball holder who is pouring the ball in the midfield.

However, Valencia's current trio are all players with strong ball control ability and strong ability to escape from the spot. Facing the aggressive Royce, Modric broke through with a simple lateral acceleration of the ball, and then passed the ball to Pirlo who ran to the open space, and so on, consuming game time.

After several consecutive anaerobic runs, they finally stopped and began to accept the reality due to severe physical exhaustion.

There is still one and a half minutes left in the game, and the possibility of scoring two goals in a row is almost zero.

Taking ten thousand steps back to the clubhouse, even if they can get one goal back in the shortest time, it will be difficult to complete the remaining goal. After all, Valencia still has room for a substitution adjustment, and it is not a problem to spend 30 seconds.

Therefore, the football in the last minute and a half was firmly controlled at the feet of the Valencia players, and they went through the 3 minutes of stoppage time safely.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Albiol was still standing next to the fourth official.

But he didn't care that he didn't get a chance to play, because the stoppage time was meant to delay the game, and the game was the beloved Valencia of his life beating Dortmund in the 2012-2013 Champions League final.

Completed the feat of tying Ajax and Bayern Munich to win the Champions League for three consecutive seasons, second only to Real Madrid who won five consecutive Champions League titles at the beginning of the UEFA Champions League, but Albiol knows how difficult it is to win three consecutive Champions League titles after the restructuring of the Champions League.
In addition, after Valencia won the championship, it means that Valencia has won the fourth Champions League championship in the history of the club, becoming the team that has won the fourth most Champions League championships in the history of the UEFA Champions League. In front of them are Real Madrid, which has won nine championships, AC Milan, which has won six championships, and Liverpool, which has won five championships.

所以说如果计算欧冠改制以来夺冠最多的球队，那无疑就是这支巴伦西亚，他们分别在2006-2007赛季、2010-2011赛季、2011-2012赛季和2012-2013赛季获得欧冠冠军，超越五年三夺欧冠的皇家马德里，成为名副其实的NO·1。

(End of this chapter)