Beast King Costa

Chapter 282 Mestalla Stadium

Valencia's home court is in the south of the city of Valencia.There is an irrigation channel originating from the Turia River, which irrigates the entire Valencia plain and nurtures the people of Valencia with sweet water.This irrigation river is called Mestalla (Mestalla), so the new stadium is also called Mestalla Stadium.

On May 1923, 5, the Mestalla Stadium was completed. In 20, the first Spanish national team game was held.

The last refurbishment of the Mestalla Stadium was completed in February 2001, and it was put into use in the UEFA Champions League match between Valencia and Manchester United on the 2th of the same month of the same year.

The Mestalla Stadium is a noble place that bears witness to the history of Valencia!It contains the hearts of 55 fans, and more importantly, it will always be the "shrine" in the hearts of Valencians!
The game between Benfica and Villarreal attracted more than 2 fans to the audience.

Not only that, but the entire Valencia team also came to the scene to watch the game and examine how their next two warm-up opponents are doing.

When the Benfica players are warming up on the pitch, they can see all Valencia players in the stands wearing "bat jerseys".

To Diego's surprise, the current Valencia coach of the "Bat Legion" is also an old acquaintance in the Chinese Super League...

He is the "Hua Shuai", Enrique Flores who once coached Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.

"Hua Shuai" Enrique Flores started his career in Valencia. He played for the "Bat Corps" for 10 seasons and played 232 times. He is the absolute main force of the team.

Later, he attracted the attention of Real Madrid and went to Real Madrid for two seasons.

Enrique Flores spent the last years of his career at Real Zaragoza. In 2001, Enrique Flores took up the coaching position for the first time. His first stop was Real Madrid's U19 Echelon, in 2004 for the first time took the position of head coach of the first team - the head coach of "Hua Shuai" made his debut in Getafe.

Last season, Valencia used a four-year contract to bring the "Bat Corps" star from Getafe back to the Mestalla Stadium.

Enrique Flores' honeymoon period in Valencia's coaching position is still enough to satisfy the fans-Valencia won the third place in La Liga last season!Successfully got a ticket to the UEFA Champions League.

The fans are full of confidence in the performance of the "Bat Corps" in the UEFA Champions League in the new season!

After all, there are many Spanish national players in the Valencia lineup: David Villa, David Silva, Vicente, Joaquin, Albelda, Albiol, Carlos Marchena!
Such a strong lineup, even against Barcelona and Real Madrid is worth it!

As for how high the "Bat Corps" can achieve in the new season, it depends on whether "Flower Handsome" Enrique Flores can lead the team and successfully complete the third-line battle!
At least as far as the preparation period is concerned, "Flower Handsome" Enrique Flores still wants to take it quite seriously.

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It was not until 15 minutes before the game that "Chilean Engineer" Pellegrini's starting lineup arrived late.

To the surprise of everyone in Benfica, Pellegrini actually played a 4-5-1 formation in this game?This seems to be different from his usual style.

Goalkeeper: Mariano Barbosa.

Defenders: Pique Valre, Aruabarena, Manuel Peña, Xavi Vantaa.

Midfielders: Guillermo Franco, Bruno Soriano, Martiano Fernandez, Musk Senna, Leandro Somersa.

Forward: Diego Forlan.

Pellegrini fully arranged for two defensive midfielders, including Bruno Soriano, who was produced by the team's youth training, and Musk Senna, an active Spanish international.

Of course, Riquelme did not enter the starting lineup, which was within Pellegrini's expectation for the lineup arrangement for this game.

This made Fernando Santos smile.

I saw Fernando Santos explaining to his players: "It seems that Pace is still very concerned about our offense in the middle! Bruno Soriano and Musk Senna, it seems that they came up together to block Nuno The offensive line. Therefore, our wing midfielders need to make more use of the space on the wing to help Diego create opportunities."

Simao said with a smile: "No problem! The opponent's wing defense has never been good."

After all, Simao patted the shoulder of Manu beside him with a smile and said: "Villarreal's defense on the right is not too strong. If there is a chance to hold the ball, boldly attack the opponent's defense on the right. Be bold. You don’t have to worry too much about other issues—of course, you also have to pay attention to the movement of your teammates. If you don’t grab a player in the middle, then hold the ball and talk about it. Pilled."

Manu, a young general, was still a little nervous before facing a strong enemy. He nodded tremblingly and said, "Understood!"

"Okay! Don't be nervous, come on!"

While Simão was communicating with Manu, Nuno Gomez was also communicating with Diego about Villarreal's starting lineup.

I saw Nuno Gomez emphasize to Diego: "Diego, the 'Yellow Submarine' defense in the middle is quite strong in terms of hardness and speed. You have to be mentally prepared! It is very likely that you Defensive players who can’t handle the opponent in the middle, if you can’t handle it, don’t force it! I will follow you and just pass the ball to me.”

"Manuel, Peña, Musk Senna..."

Diego also nodded seriously and said: "Both of them are Spanish international players! It is true that the defense in the middle is very strong."

"So! If you are double-teamed by your opponent, don't force it, pass it back to me, and I will sort it out."

"understand!"

Villarreal's lineup flaws are very obvious-the two wing defenses are not good, but the central defense is indeed quite strong.

Not only the midfielder has Musk Senna, the first naturalized international player in Spanish history, but also the backcourt Manuel Peña, an international central defender.

You know, Musk Senna and Manuel Peñaco are all players who followed the national team to the World Cup semi-finals this summer.

Their strength, their game experience, are the top of La Liga.

But for Diego, this is indeed a very good touchstone.

If Diego can still use his tough style of play in the warm-up match against Villarreal to survive the interception of the two major Spanish internationals, then in the new season of the Portuguese Super League, the teams in the middle Defense can be described as Diego's "offensive way"!

(End of this chapter)