The strongest winger

Chapter 989 Finding 'Confidence'

Compared with Barcelona's elimination of Bayern Munich to advance to this season's Champions League final, the suspense of Valencia defeating Real Madrid at home to advance to the final is much smaller. Before the game, most of the media judged that Valencia would advance to the final, because the away game scored three away goals and two goal difference. This is an unbridgeable gap.

Coupled with the fact that Aiello, the team captain, top star, and top scorer, is in good shape, it can only be said to be a dream come true if he wants to achieve a super reversal in Mestalla.

It is worth mentioning that after the game, Aiello and Cristiano Ronaldo were heroes and exchanged jerseys.

In the regular press conference after the game, Cristiano Ronaldo emphasized that although they lost the Champions League this season, it does not mean that they will still be the same next year, because many players in Real Madrid this season were transferred after the World Cup.

He believes that by next season, Real Madrid will become stronger and their competitiveness will increase.

The local media in Valencia just laughed at Cristiano Ronaldo’s words and sneered, because in their minds, as long as Aiello is still in Valencia, it means that no team can threaten Valencia’s status in European football!

Moreover, Valencia's financial situation is very ideal. The team's Chinese owner is very generous. After winning the Copa del Rey, he claimed that he will continue to increase investment and will not sell the stars and stars of hope in his prime. This is undoubtedly a reassurance for Valencia fans.

The glory of the past 2006-2007 is entirely based on the team's relatively complete lineup, coupled with Ai Luo's super performance, the championship is naturally within reach...

On the second day, mainstream European media praised Valencia for reaching the Champions League final after three seasons and expressed their congratulations, and many media boldly predicted that Valencia would win the team's second Triple Crown under Aiello's leadership!
Especially the pro-Valencian "Times", "Torino Sport" and "Telegraph".

However, their predictions are in the final analysis based on data. Valencia's record against Barcelona this season is completely crushed...

The league double-killed Barcelona at home and away, and the Copa del Rey final killed it again. Now it is the turn of the neutral stadium to play at the new Wembley Stadium, which is not a big surprise.

Valencia's largest local sports newspaper "Valencia Sport" believes that Valencia will definitely win the Champions League this season and reproduce the glorious moments of the 2006-2007 season.

"From the moment Ai returned to Valencia, I thought that Valencia would return to the ranks of the top European teams. Sure enough! From the beginning of the season, Valencia has shown super combat effectiveness under his leadership. The league directly won nine consecutive victories and established the league leader. Afterwards, it also maintained a strong combat effectiveness in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey. Except for the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, the other games were smooth sailing..."

"...All of this was brought to us by Ai, and in our hearts, he is as important as God, so we believe that next month's Champions League final at the New Wembley Stadium will defeat Barcelona to win the championship! Why? Because we have Ai! So far, he still has a record that makes countless professional players envy—as long as his team enters the final, they will eventually win the championship!"

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As the news reports of "Valencia Sport" became popular in mainstream European markets, many fans and the media realized that since Ai Luo's personal resume, it is true that all the finals he has entered have won the championship...

Spanish King's Cup, UEFA Cup, Champions League, English League Cup, English FA Cup, Asian Cup...

I don't know this, but I was shocked when I saw it. Ai Luo has already won three European Champions Cups at the age of 24, which is really enviable and hateful.

Especially when these news reached the Catalonia region, Messi, Aiello's chaser, was quite depressed...

Although Messi won the Champions League with Barcelona in the 2005-2006 season, he was only a substitute player at that time, and he was not in Rijkaard's main frame at all. At that time, he believed more in the trident of Ronaldinho, Eto'o and Giuly.

So the Champions League that belonged to Barcelona in the past has nothing to do with him.

Now Messi is 23 years old, Aiello has won three European Champions Cups, and Cristiano Ronaldo also has one, but I...have nothing.

Despite this, the local media in Catalonia are still optimistic about Barcelona.

Since Guardiola took over Barcelona in the 2008-2009 season, his tactical concepts have been perfectly integrated into this team, and Barcelona's main team also followed the Spanish national team to win the World Cup in South Africa last year.

Barcelona's official mouthpiece "Daily Sport" believes that Messi is impeccable this season: "It is unfair for everyone to focus entirely on the captain of Valencia. Look at our Messi. He has made great progress step by step every year. This season, he has refreshed the single-season scoring record in Spain's top league created by Ai in the 2006-2007 season. Looking at the current Champions League scorer list, Messi is only ranked second by one goal. If the final at the new Wembley Stadium at the end of the month performs well, it is entirely possible. Lead Barcelona to European Champions!"

The news coverage of the "Daily Sport" played a big role, at least Barcelona fans are full of confidence in the future Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium.

At the same time, "Mundo Deportivo" also gave Barcelona confidence: "... Do you still remember the UEFA Champions League final at the old Wembley Stadium 19 years ago? At that time, Barcelona defeated Sampdoria in overtime and won the UEFA Champions League for the first time in history. It can be said that Wembley is Barcelona's blessed place! We have super Messi and are still playing in the blessed place. Does it mean that Barcelona has great hopes of winning the third Champions League in history?"

Just when the media in Catalonia was looking for confidence in Barcelona, ​​Valencia was already preparing for the weekend league.

Now that they have entered the UEFA Champions League final, it means that they can return their attention to the league and strive to win the league championship in advance, thus leaving more time for preparations for the UEFA Champions League final at the new Wembley Stadium at the end of the month!

(End of this chapter)