Grass roots glory

Chapter 379 "Wonderful" One-sided

In the midfield locker room, Emery kept applauding the players: "Guys, everyone did a good job. In the second half we can talk about how to win. This is Mestalla, our temple. Let them know that even the defending champion cannot make mistakes here!"

The Valencia players received such a signal, and they went straight up from the beginning of the second half. They all had a strong desire to perform. They were actually more tired of the way they played in the first half. As players, they were eager to win, and they hoped to win with passion. .

The atmosphere at home began to warm up. After the overall pressure of the formation, Valencia did create several threats.Successive shots from Soldado and Mata both forced two flying saves from Neuer.

However, after a burst of onslaught had no substantial effect, Schalke launched a counterattack in turn, and the bean curd attributes of Valencia's defense were instantly revealed.Hao Junmin made a cross after consecutive breakthroughs from the right. David Navarro and Mathieu were attracted by Huntelaar at the same time, but the most important thing is that Zhou Tiancheng, who rushed up from behind, was unguarded!It just so happened that under Huntelaar's interference, the opponent made a clearance not far away. Faced with such a big gift, Zhou Tiancheng naturally accepted it with a smile.Taking advantage of the situation, he kicked the ball very fast to the ground. Although Moya reacted very quickly, Zhou Tiancheng shot from a more tricky angle, and he was a step slower in making a save.Rubbed his fingertips and flew into the goal.

Moya kicked the ball out of the goal with a look of frustration, but at this time the Spanish commentator was not the first to criticize him.It was the defensive midfielder Banega: "Evo Banega made a serious dereliction of duty. He defended Zhou Tiancheng, and he failed if he was more than one meter away from him."

Of course, Banega also blamed himself, but at this time he felt the powerlessness of two fists and four hands. At Albelda's current age, it is difficult to balance both offense and defense, and the heavy responsibility of defense basically falls on the On his head, facing Zhou Tiancheng and Jurado at the same time, it is inevitable that he will lose sight of the other. Just now, he was attracted by the forward Jurado.

Magath was on the sidelines, his expression instantly relaxed, and he slowly walked back to the coach's bench to sit and watch the game.With this away goal guarantee, he has full confidence in the team.

But the Spanish reporters suddenly showed a lot of worry. This momentum is not good, and it depends on Emery now.After the UEFA Champions League last season, journalists all over Europe realized the horror of letting Schalke score first. If this goes on, the game rhythm will soon fall under Schalke's control. At that time, if they want to come back, they will have to wait and see. luck.So now the reporters supporting Valencia are pinning their hopes on Emery, and now it depends on whether this head coach known for his tactical arrangements can handle it properly.

Emery replaced Vicente with the Algerian international Feguli on the left, and called the captain Albelda to the sidelines alone. It was a substitution and a face-to-face instruction. It was like a wave of holding back a big move. operate.The media in Valencia are looking forward to it.

As a result, they saw that Albelda took the initiative to retreat, standing almost parallel to Banega, a player who played the role of a midfielder, and seemed to be switching to a midfielder.

I really didn't know what to ask the commentator to say, moved his lips twice, and finally only choked out a sentence: "I hope everything goes as Emery wishes."

Emery's idea is very simple. He still doesn't want to change his best 4-2-3-1 formation. He replaced it with Feguli just to enhance the vitality of the wing. He believes that the biggest problem of the team now is the lack of left wing. Offensive firepower, in other words, he is satisfied with Joaquin's performance.Since it is unrealistic to pass and control penetration in the middle, it is simply handed over to the wide players to force the breakthrough.

Valencia is not like a traditional La Liga team. Without pass control, they can't find the rhythm at all. They can also play fast counterattacks based on the wing. In terms of offensive style, they are quite a bit like a Serie A team.

But based on this style of play, it also depends on who the opponent is.Emery obviously believed too much in his wing, and at the same time had blind confidence in Albelda's on-the-spot response.He knew that shrinking back at this time might withstand Schalke's more intense high pressure, but he just wanted to gamble, if the team resisted, Albelda could pass the ball out, and he could directly hit Schalke's Defensive line, this is much better than taking the initiative to press on.

In fact, to put it bluntly, Emery was scared by the ball pit just now, and he really didn't have much confidence in the team's defense.

However, he obviously overestimated himself and underestimated Zhou Tiancheng's oppressive force in Schalke's high-pressure tactics.Albelda wanted to control the rhythm with experience, but Zhou Tiancheng hung directly behind Albelda by virtue of his body advantage. Every time he played the ball, he had to consume a lot of physical energy. The rhythm of the ball gradually began to be slow and sluggish. This kind of intensity of defense is too difficult for a player of his age.

Albelda also wanted to take the initiative to seek confrontation, and fell to the ground to create a foul for Zhou Tiancheng to relieve the pressure, but the frequency of his feet could not keep up with his consciousness. In front of Zhou Tiancheng, this was self-defeating. It was given to Hao Junmin on the incision route.The left back Alba was alert enough, but when he made a move, Hao Junmin had already dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Alba quickly withdrew his hand, but suddenly he was stuck in his mind and didn't know what to do.

Hao Junmin took the opportunity to pass back the penalty kick in an inverted triangle. Jurado, who happened to be on this route, shot the ball into the goal before Banega's kick.

The moment the ball was delivered to the goal, the media seats were full of ice and fire. The expressions of the Spanish reporters and the German reporters were in stark contrast.The expression of the Spanish commentator can really be described as loveless.

"Hao Junmin's state is really nothing to say, it seems that he was not so vigorous before the Asian Cup, ha!" He Wei joked.

But Schalke didn't intend to stop there. Hao Junmin scored a penalty kick for the team before the end of the game. With a goal, his performance this time can be regarded as the most satisfactory end.Of course, after he scored a goal, he first went over to give Zhou Tiancheng a high-five. It was originally Zhou Tiancheng's chance to score, but Zhou Tiancheng took the initiative to help him and didn't take it seriously: "I won't let it in the league. In the Champions League, I will do it." You once."

"I understand, Lao Zhou, you want to get the golden boot, right?"

"That's for sure. A shooter who doesn't want to win the Golden Boot is not a qualified shooter."

When the referee blew the final whistle, the Spanish commentator said in a finally relieved tone: "Schalke turned Valencia into a third-rate team..."

In fact, this is not the only 3:0 on this match day. Shakhtar Donetsk also beat Roma 3:0, still in the away game, which looks even more terrifying.However, in terms of the hard power of the two teams, Rome is not without a chance to make a comeback in the second round.

And Valencia...

At this time, many reporters couldn't help but feel a pain in the face: The most exciting matchup in the top sixteen?

With a one-sided score and no suspense in the second round, can this be called exciting?

Well, if scoring more goals is a kind of excitement, it is not an exaggeration.

(End of this chapter)