The strongest winger

Chapter 930 Messi's Change

The mentality of Ancelotti and Guardiola is not much different from that of Aiello and Messi. They are all studying each other's loopholes and shortcomings without sleep and food, and start a game for the upcoming national derby.

Barcelona's strengths and weaknesses are very obvious, but the average team really can't attack its weaknesses and prescribe the right medicine.

And Valencia is one of the few weak teams that can attack Barcelona. Their playing style is basically the same, they are all based on ball possession, but Valencia's forward ability is stronger than Barcelona.

Coupled with Aiello's super personal ability, it is enough to attract the attention of Barcelona's entire defense line, so Barcelona has to face the Valencia game to adjust their usual style of play, adding a defensive midfielder to help defend the defense line to limit Aiello.

But the problem is that for a player of Ai Luo's level, no matter how many players defend him, it is difficult to completely restrict him. At most, he can only temporarily control Ai Luo to reduce the number of his outbreaks.

This is a strategy that many teams have to choose when facing Valencia, because Ai Luo's ability is too strong, and it is impossible to attack with confidence in the case of sufficient defensive personnel...

However, this situation also limits their offensive ability, so the result is that they lose sight of the other and cannot control the game, even Barcelona, ​​which claims to be the number one in the world.

This is the first leg of the national derby this season...

If Valencia does not have Aiello, then Barcelona is such a team.

But now that the two teams meet, Valencia with Aiello is more terrifying than Barcelona with Messi, so this aspect is what Guardiola is worried about.

With the clock ticking, Barcelona took a flight to Valencia two days before the match.

When the Barcelona players appeared from the exit gate, the Valencia fans who had been waiting for a long time erupted into boos, and gave it to all Barcelona players who challenged Valencia.

Especially Busquets, his injury to David Villa in the first half of the league was too serious, reaching an unforgivable level...

Because Busquets had no personal apology after the game, except for the club's official apology. His apology was just to reduce the suspension to participate in the national derby against Real Madrid.

And up to now, there is no meaning of apology. Although David Villa didn't say anything, as a fan, he has to do nothing, especially David Villa, who has made outstanding contributions to Valencia...

Valencia airport was overcrowded, and thousands of Valencia fans held up various signs and banners, all about insulting Busquets and other Barcelona players.

The extreme Valencia fans headed by Joe Winnie, the leader of the 'Bat Guard', are the most powerful and loudest, and they will give these to the hated Busquets.

Busquets, who followed his teammates in line, looked increasingly ugly, from white to red, and then from red to black. Obviously, the insults from the Valencia fans played a role.

However, the Valencia fans did not intend to let him go easily, and these voices continued until the bus provided by the Valencia club arrived.

What is interesting is that the bus provided by the Valencia Club arrived half an hour later than originally scheduled, which means that Busquets endured half an hour of insults while waiting for the bus.

Seeing Busquets whose face changed drastically, the joy in the hearts of Valencia fans is so strong!

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As time goes by, the National Derby, which has attracted much attention, is getting closer and closer to the passionate begging, and the most concerned thing before the game is naturally the pre-match routine press conference attended by the coaches of both sides.

The first to participate in the routine press conference before the game was the visiting Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who was not accompanied by captain Puyol, but Messi, who is currently in good shape.

Guardiola has the experience of the first half of this season's first-leg contest. This time he didn't say too much. He answered the reporters' questions with tepid answers, and there were not many bright spots.

Instead, Messi answered some points in an interview with reporters. When referring to the game itself, he said: "I know that the league in Mestalla is difficult, but it must be our Barcelona that won the game in the end."

Of course, Messi's self-confidence naturally provoked ridicule from the local media in Valencia.

But Messi didn't take it seriously, and said to himself: "The past wins and losses can only be used as a reference. Now we are in a good state. Naturally, we have the strength to fight. Even if the chance is only one percent, we should try our best to fight for it. After all, the result of the game is unpredictable..."

Messi's remarks were immediately supported by the Catalan media. They felt that today's Messi is different from the past, and he looks very powerful!

Faced with Messi's justification, the Valencia media had no choice but to give up.

On the contrary, the media in Madrid ridiculed Guardiola and Messi.

After the regular press conference of the visiting team is the regular press conference of the home team.

In this regard, the head coaches Ancelotti and Aiello who attended the press conference were quite calm and calm, as if the following is not the Spanish national derby that is attracting worldwide attention, but an ordinary league.

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The time of the game is getting closer, more and more media reporters are capturing wonderful shots outside the Mestalla Stadium, and many fans are interviewed by reporters.

As the game time approached, the Barcelona fans waiting outside the stadium seemed to feel a lot of pressure, and they had conflicts with the home fans while walking.

Fortunately, the security personnel on standby at the stadium responded quickly, otherwise there would be a real fight before the national derby.

The national derby between Valencia and Barcelona kicks off at the Mestalla Stadium on March 3 at 2:8 pm Spanish time.

Two hours before the start of the game, the stadium entry manager only allowed fans to enter the stadium to set up the scene atmosphere.

But not all fans can enter the arena. Only hardcore home fans are allowed to enter the stadium two hours in advance to set up the atmosphere in the stands and put enough pressure on the visiting team.

The atmosphere of the Mestalla Stadium is naturally arranged by the Valencia extreme fan organization 'Bat Guards'. They occupy the sacred north stand, and the huge Aiello poster looks lifelike in the stands, as if the emperor reigns over the world.

One hour before the start of the game, fans of the away team are allowed to enter the stadium.

At this time, players from both sides of the game also entered the court to warm up.

Aiello and Messi are the key players in this game, and they naturally attracted the most attention.

But this stadium belongs to Valencia's Mestalla Stadium, and all the stands heard were cheers for Aiello, while Messi heard only boos...

Of course, it was Busquets who booed the most.

Now Busquets is almost equal to the existence of a sworn enemy in the minds of Valencia fans!

In this context, the 2010th round of La Liga in the 2011-26 season is coming at the Mestalla Stadium with a high profile.

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There are still 10 minutes before the start of the game. The warm-up players of both sides enter the locker room to follow the final arrangement of the head coach, while the substitute players decide whether to stay on the court to warm up or return to the bench according to their own requirements.

Of course, it is also possible to follow to the locker room.

The players of the visiting team who entered the locker room obviously felt the pressure from the game and were very depressed.

Prepared Guardiola glanced at the eleven starters present, among which Valdes, Mascherano and Busquets had the worst self-confidence.

Guardiola shook his head secretly.

Fortunately, Messi's eyes were full of fighting spirit, so he nodded in satisfaction, and said immediately: "I know what everyone is thinking now, but I hope everyone put aside the battle with each other, just remember that we and Valencia only have four points in the league. If we win the league, the gap between us is only one point. Then there is still hope for this season's league championship. Otherwise... we can only accept the bitter fruit of the league runner-up!"

Many players look at me and I look at you, obviously they are not very confident about the future results of the game.

In this regard, neither the head coach Guardiola nor the assistant coach Vilanova has a good way.

At this moment, Messi stood up and said: "I want to say a few words to everyone."

Everyone's attention was naturally attracted by Messi, and they all looked over.

In the past, Messi gave them the impression that he rarely spoke, and he responded more with actions.

"I know what everyone is thinking. To be honest, I am also worried. I am worried that my lack of performance in the game will cause the team to lose. This time is the same, but we can't do nothing. The fans hope that we can score three points to narrow the gap with Valencia.

Guardiola stood next to the players and listened to Messi talking, the satisfaction on his face became more and more obvious.

He knows that the current Messi is different from the previous Messi. Now Messi has a sense of responsibility. As the team's number one star, he should behave like this.

Too much depression is counterproductive, as Messi did in the past.

Guardiola began to have confidence in this national derby, because such Messi can give him a sense of security-the enemy is strong, and I am stronger!
About 7 minutes into the game, players from both sides came to the player channel one after another under the reminder of the assistant referee.

From this time on, the live broadcast of the game began to switch in, and the commentators in the on-site commentary booth began to comment on the live broadcast, explaining and analyzing the current situation, state, and mutual winning percentage of the two sides of the game.

But many commentators focus on the relationship between the players on both sides of the game, especially Busquets...

(End of this chapter)