The strongest winger

Chapter 452
After the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals were decided, the mainstream media in Europe focused on the conflict between Valencia and Inter Milan in addition to predicting the teams that would advance to the semi-finals.

Because there are still more than half a month before the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, it is very uneconomical to only focus on the future Champions League matches. After all, readers are more interested in recent events.

At the same time, the incident is equivalent to a slap in the face for the newly appointed UEFA President Platini, because after he was elected, he said on many occasions that the UEFA Champions League is the best league on the planet and the cleanest league.

But after the game, there were physical conflicts between many players from both sides.

This made Platini feel very embarrassed, so many media began to speculate whether the result of this punishment would be too serious?
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Of course, what Valencia fans are most worried about is whether the result of the hearing on the 14th will allow Valencia to ban fans from entering the UEFA Champions League in the future.

However, they soon got the gossip, because only the players involved in the conflict, not the riots of the fans in the stands, so only the players involved in the brawl time will be punished.

So the reporter's attention was put on Burdisso and Marchena, who first had a quarrel, and then focused on Navarro, who punched Burdisso on the bridge of the nose, causing the away team's players to lose control of their emotions.

Therefore, both Marchena and Navarro were interviewed by reporters during the recovery training after the 1/8 finals of the Champions League.

Navarro did not make excuses for his behavior, but admitted his mood swings very directly, and apologized to Burdisso with the power of the media.

When it was Marchena's turn, the reporter asked him what he said to Burdisso after the game.

Regarding this, Marchena did not hide it, admitting that he satirized the Argentine gang who would only foul Aiello at the time, and by the way complained about the bad behavior of Inter Milan players during the game.

On the second day, the Inter Milan players involved in the conflict also responded positively, but their responses were all condemning Navarro's inappropriate behavior and Marchena's inappropriate remarks, and did not feel that there was anything wrong with them.

The two sides insist on their own opinions, so all the results can only be announced at the hearing at UEFA headquarters on the 14th.

Because unless the two clubs can provide conclusive evidence that can prove their innocence or should bear a small amount of responsibility at that time, in the subsequent punishment results announced, both clubs will become the implementers of UEFA's iron fist policy.

At that time, it will be the time to witness the three fires of the new official taking office.

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Before the hearing, Valencia still has a league game away to Osasuna.

In the case of many main players resting in rotation, relying on Aiello, who came off the bench in the second half, to assist David Villa's goal, the away game scored a difficult 1:1 draw.

But fortunately, in another national derby held at the same time, Barcelona was tied 3:3 by Real Madrid at home, so the leading advantage maintained remained unchanged.

However, it is worth mentioning that in this national derby, Messi staged his first hat-trick in La Liga, and it was also his hat-trick against Real Madrid. It can be said that it is his most shining moment since the Champions League 1/8 finals.

After the end of this round of the league, it means that before the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Valencia will return to the normal track of one game a week, and no longer need to be distracted by the Champions League, league, and Copa del Rey.

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On the 14th, after reading the materials provided by the two clubs, Valencia and Inter Milan, after more than two hours of discussion, UEFA quickly announced the punishment decision on the players involved in the brawl between Inter Milan and Valencia.

Both Valencia and Inter were fined CHF 25 (EUR 15)
In terms of players, Valencia defender Navarro was suspended for 7 months, Marchena was suspended for 4 games due to verbal provocations, while Inter Milan defenders Burdisso and Maicon were both suspended for 6 games, Cordoba and Cruz were suspended for 3 games and 2 games respectively.

When the fine was issued, all the media who paid attention to UEFA's punishment were in an uproar, not because of the seriousness of the fine, on the contrary, it was much lighter than they imagined.

Because many media have used previous examples for reference, Navarro, who broke Burdisso's nose during the conflict, may be punished with a 10-month global suspension, while Marchena, Burdisso and McCann will also be suspended for 4 months. Cordoba and Cruz are suspended for 2 months and 1 month respectively.

The punishment is simply too light, and except for Navarro's global suspension of 7 months, other players can still participate in domestic leagues except for being unable to participate in UEFA competitions.

As soon as the UEFA ticket was issued, the Valencia club also announced the penalties for the punishing players Marchena and Navarro. Navarro was fined 5 euros and sent to the reserve team for a month of self-reflection, while Marchena was fined 2 euros.

Both players had no objection to the club's punishment. After all, the club had talked to them before, and it was a punishment for UEFA. Naturally, they would not lose the chain at a critical moment.

Moreover, after accepting UEFA's punishment, the club also submitted the complaint materials immediately, because Marchena is too important to the current Valencia. Although he is competent as a defensive midfielder and central defender, although his role in the league is not outstanding, he will be very important in the next quarter-finals of the Champions League.

You must know that there are currently only five central defenders in Valencia. Now Navarro has been suspended for seven months globally, which means that only Ayala, Albiol, Moretti and Marchena are left as central defenders.

But Albiol was transformed from a defensive midfielder, and Moretti was placed in the right back position for a long time, so the suspension of the two central defenders immediately caused Valencia to encounter a shortage of central defenders.

In order for the team to go further in the next UEFA Champions League and avoid all emergencies, it is necessary to re-appeal with UEFA, otherwise the UEFA Champions League this season is really hard to say.

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The gang fight between Valencia and Inter Milan that was copied has also slowly disappeared from the eyes of the public because of the passage of time.

After all, after the UEFA hearings, after intense discussions, the mainstream media in Europe still need to return their attention to their own leagues.

Moreover, after the end of the next round of the league, there are still two international match days, and the 2008 European Cup qualifiers will be rekindled. They prefer to focus on these places full of positive energy.

After a week of rest, Valencia ushered in the 27th round of the league at home against Racing Santander. In the end, with all the main players in the game, they slaughtered Racing Santander 5-0 at home. Aiello scored one goal and assisted three goals.

After the league ended, the international players in the Valencia team disbanded in situ and reported to the hotel where the national football associations stayed.

Due to the outstanding performance this season, Aiello's friends David Silva and Albiol were favored by the national team coach Aragones and were called into the team.

So this time Ai Luo was quite helpless, and could only spend time with Wang Xiaolei and Jiang Zhipeng and Wu Xi who were struggling in the youth team in the club's youth team to maintain the state of the game.

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Whenever it comes to an international match day, especially when there is a friendly match with the Chinese team, Chinese fans are using various methods to vent their dissatisfaction, so the Chinese XX Football Association has been shot.

Before the fans joked that Xie Yalong's nickname "Dragon King" has become the current "Snot Dragon". From this small detail, it is not difficult to see how dissatisfied the fans are with the current chairman of the Football Association.

Because the last time many fans saw Ai Luo wearing the Chinese team jersey was two years ago in the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. At that time, the Chinese National Youth Team, which was known as the strongest in history, also won the first world championship in team history.

After Ai Luo was elected as the World Footballer of the Year in 2006, the voices calling for Ai Luo to join the national team became louder and louder. Even many leaders in the system who are quite interested in football hinted in various ways to the chairman of the Football Association Xie Yalong, suggesting that he should stop playing targeting, but Xie Yalong completely suppressed these voices as if he had fallen into madness.

And made great efforts to get good results in the Asian Cup held in Southeast Asia this summer, and also established a military order to keep eight games and four games in BJ next year.

In addition, on the 28th, in a friendly match between Macau and Uzbekistan, they defeated their opponents with a score of 3:1, which also made Xie Yalong full of confidence in the national team he was fancying.

This is also Xie Yalong's biggest reliance on recruiting Ai Luo and other foreign sample players into the team. However, he doesn't know that the danger is gradually approaching him. Maybe... this is the tragedy of laymen leading experts.

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The ten-day international match day passed in a flash, but there was no good news for the Valencia club, because Joaquin and Vicente, who represented the national team on the international match day, had injuries of varying degrees.

And on the day of resuming training, the substitute goalkeeper Butler was also injured. Therefore... Wang Xiaolei became the substitute goalkeeper of Canizares from the main goalkeeper of Valencia B team last year.

To be honest, Ai Luo should be happy for Wang Xiaolei's upward trend, but... he really can't be happy at this moment, because the injury of a teammate represents the decline of the team's strength.

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In the weekend league, Valencia continued to play at home, and their opponent was the Spaniard.

Due to the need to take into account the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals in midweek, Flores did not let the players who participated in the national team's starting game start. Coupled with the injuries of Joaquin and Vicente, it means that Valencia's strikers have no one available except for Aiello, Morientes and Angulo.

Therefore, this game was played very hard, and finally relied on Ai Luo's brace to draw twice with the Spaniard in a thrilling way.

After the end of this game, it also means that Valencia will re-enter the preparations for the Champions League.

(End of this chapter)