The strongest winger

Chapter 87

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欧洲联盟杯的四场1/4决赛已经全部结束，西班牙另外一支球队比利亚雷亚尔客场0:2不敌阿尔克马尔，老希勒率领的纽卡斯尔在客场惨遭里斯本竞技4:1屠杀，而最后一场莫斯科中央陆军在客场0:0闷平欧塞尔。

The teams that successfully advanced to the semi-finals are: Alkmaar, Sporting Lisbon, CSKA Moscow, and Valencia.

The semi-finals will be on April 16th, NO.24, April [-]rd, and [-]th. The teams will be: Alkmaar VS Sporting Lisbon, CSKA Moscow VS Valencia.

German newspapers unreservedly praised the Spanish team. Valencia is a local team in Spain. How could the Spanish media not work hard to report it?

As the best-selling "Valencia Sports News" in the Valencia region, first of all, congratulations to Valencia for being able to advance to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the 04-05 season, and then described the current situation of the team as "tragic promotion".

Since Valencia defeated the leader Barcelona in the last round of the league, Real Madrid was only one point behind Barcelona. Therefore, the "Marca", which is more pro-Real Madrid, first commented on Valencia's game fairly pertinently after the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. A penalty plus a red card is a disaster for any team, and the head coach was sent to the stands because of protests. At this time, our former national goalkeeper, Canizares, known as the "Dragon", stood up and saved the Italian striker Gilardino.

The reports of "Aspen" and "Marca" are somewhat similar, and they can be regarded as a modest contribution to Spanish football.

What is more special is "Mundo Deportivo", that is, the local Catalan newspaper that recently had a grudge with Aiello. They used "Valencia who narrowly escaped" as the title. On the field, will cold Moscow be the end of Valencia, the 'death zone' of mainstream European teams?"

It seems that they are worried about Valencia, but they are actually looking down on Valencia. Only teams that are not in the league will worry about objective reasons. It also fully highlights that Valencia has paid a heavy price in order to advance!

Subsequently, "Daily Sports Daily" also reprinted this article from "World Sports Daily".

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After last night's game, the referee wrote Ranieri's insulting gestures and insults in the post-match report, so UEFA staff investigated through the video of the game that night.

The next day, UEFA sent the ticket to the Valencia club by fax.

Baraja's one-game suspension remains unchanged, but head coach Ranieri is rich in insulting gestures and insults to the referee. He was banned by UEFA for six games (intercontinental competitions organized by UEFA) and fined [-] euros, but he can appeal.

Since UEFA allows the appeal, the Valencia club will certainly not give up the appeal. The suspension of six games in European competitions is definitely a fatal blow, and the UEFA Cup has entered the semi-finals.The next game is about to face a super tough team CSKA Moscow. The head coach will miss two rounds of the game. This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to the team!

To take a step back, if the UEFA Cup does not enter the final, but next season's UEFA Champions League will be participated in, the head coach of the key group stage in the first four rounds will not be able to sit, this is not what the Valencia club executives want to see.

Therefore, on the day of receiving the ticket, Valencia sent the materials of the club's appeal by fax.

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With the return of Angulo and Aimar from injury, Andy and Pison, who were promoted from the youth team, were sent back to the youth team.

This made Aiello, David Silva and Albiol, who were also promoted to the youth team, quite unhappy!
However, this is something that can’t be helped. The youth team is supposed to supply fresh blood to the first team. When the main players come back from injury, they will naturally have to make room.

On the morning of March NO.12, Valencia started the day's training. Due to the return of two powerful players, Angulo and Aimar, the team's combat effectiveness rose sharply, but the head coach Ranieri and assistant coach Benetti fell into happiness troubles.

Now they can see Ai Luo's fiery state, aside from Angulo, and Aimar is a player bought by Valencia with a total of 500 million euros in real money a few years ago, with a top salary, which is something that the coach cannot ignore.

Aimar's return from injury is in excellent condition. In the team game, he directly assisted Ai Luo to score a goal with a through ball.

At this moment, Ranieri's eyes lit up!
Angulo, Vicente, and Aimar are not easy to move, but center Ferrer can!So he then adjusted the lineup, "Hey! Ai - go to Albert's position, Gillen plays the left winger, Miguel plays the right winger, Pablo's front midfielder, and the double midfielders are David and Ruben!"

After a while, Ranieri frowned into a ball!
Pulling Ai Luo to the center position can indeed make the most of his offensive ability, but Ranieri ignored one point, that is, Ai Luo needs space, space for movement!Nailed him to the center position, and restricted his potential to the greatest extent!
Ai Luo is the kind of player who needs space for him to start. If he is pressed in the opponent's penalty area, he will quickly lose himself!
Although at the beginning, he used his turning speed to quickly wipe out Navarro's defense and scored a single-handed goal, but in the following time, under Navarro's concentrated defense and constant small movements, he was like an eagle without wings.

Seeing this, Ranieri fell into deep thought again.

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What Ranieri didn't know was that while he was worrying about the team's main lineup, Valencia club president Soler was discussing the possibility of firing him with general manager Caponi.

"I think it's a wrong choice for us to re-hire Ranieri." After Caponi came to Soler's office, he got straight to the point.

"Huh? How do you say that?" Sorel didn't answer Caponi's words directly, but asked him instead.

Capponi was very helpless for the new chairman who took office last year, so he could only secretly curse the old fox, "The appeal to UEFA has been rejected, which means that at least the first three group matches of the UEFA Champions League next season, Ranieri will not be able to participate, so..."

"So you want to take this opportunity to change the head coach?" Soler crossed his legs and said with a smile.

"Yes!!"

When Caponi was about to speak, Soler hurriedly raised his right arm slightly, and the former immediately temporarily put what he was about to say in his stomach.

"Has anyone chosen??"

"Have!"

"Oh? Who??" Now Solal became interested and sat upright.

"Quick Flores"

Solal felt a little familiar when he heard the name, but he couldn't remember it for a while. He pressed his temple habitually, and suddenly remembered, and asked tentatively, "Quick Flores, who has played for Valencia for ten years?"

"Yeah!" Caponi nodded.

"Where are you coaching now? How's your experience?" Sorel asked, and then added, "What's the salary like??"

Caponi nearly rolled his eyes and passed out.

Sure enough, the boss is the boss, and what he cares about is always the salary for the employees.

"He is now coaching at Getafe and has a good record. He is now ranked No.12 in the league, so there is no need to worry about his experience. Like his predecessor Benitez, he is from the Real Madrid B team. The salary is not high, and it should be 150 million euros!" As a qualified professional manager, Caponi should answer the boss's questions carefully.

Afterwards, Sorel fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

"Well, how about we change the new coach until the end of the season? It's still early..." Soler sighed, waved his hand after a while, and said slowly.

Although Soler is the chairman of the club, he should consider the club's achievements, but first of all he is a businessman.Ranieri's liquidated damages are not low, and now he leads the team to play well, ranking third in the league. If there is no suitable excuse, Soler will not dismiss Ranieri easily.

"Well, that's okay... If it's okay, then I'll go first, you are busy..." Seeing that Soler was a little impatient, Caponi bid farewell to Chairman Soler.

After Capponi left, Soler came to the window of the office, looked towards the training ground of the first team, and murmured, "Should I change the head coach? Or should I keep Ranieri?"

Sorel fell into deep thought again.

In his eyes, the UEFA Champions League is undoubtedly a very big cake. Needless to say, the club’s income has increased. Every season, countless teams compete for the UEFA Champions League. One can imagine how crazy the UEFA Champions League bonus is.

If it was before the UEFA Cup 1/4 game, or Ranieri did not impulsively insult the referee, Soler would definitely stay with Ranieri 100%, after all, his results are there, but Valencia will participate in the UEFA Champions League next season.If Ranieri stays in office, there will be no head coach for at least the first three rounds, which will put the club in a passive position in the group stage. Whether they can qualify will be a big question mark!

This is what Sorel, who is a successful businessman, doesn't want to see!
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On the day of the game, the Mestalla stadium was packed, whether it was fans of the home team Valencia or the visiting team Atletico Madrid.They formed an orange-yellow and red-and-white phalanx in the stands, filling the entire Mestalla Stadium.

This is the focus of this round of the league. Whether it is the top two Barcelona and Real Madrid, or the fourth-ranked Villarreal, they are very concerned about this game.

Especially Villarreal, because they finished the first round of the league yesterday afternoon, and unexpectedly lost 1:2 away to the relegation team Levante, which made them pay special attention to this game!Therefore, in this game, a few Villarreal fans wearing yellow jerseys can be seen sitting in the stands to cheer for Valencia.

(End of this chapter)