Chapter 219 The Second Round of the Super Cup

He had a great advantage away, but did not easily defeat the Israeli team, on the plane back to Spain, Valencia's players began to learn more about the value of Tiger - in the first Champions League game, he was one of the few players who performed normally - the other was goalkeeper Canisales, and even captain Mendeta's performance had some ups and downs. After winning this game, it will have a good promotion for Valencia's next performance in the Champions League. They will not be affected too much in the next game, all because they finally won the game.

With this victory, at least in the next Champions League matches, Valencia's players will no longer be unstable in their performance due to their unfamiliarity with the Champions League - the Champions League. This game, which is not particularly long-standing, has now become the goal pursued by all European clubs, and has also cast a layer of color on this game that is essentially no different from other matches - a color established by money and status!

The professionalization of football not only allows players to earn much higher income than before, but also allows them to bear more pressure from the game.

For Valencia's players, they don't have time to consider other issues. This season, which was extremely intensive from the beginning, left them with no other time to consider other things.

After returning to Valencia, the team only took a day off and then immediately set off for the Camp Nou to prepare for the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup.

The 1-0 lead in the first round gave Valencia a certain advantage before participating in this away game. However, in terms of physical fitness, they cannot compare with Barcelona, ​​which is waiting for Barcelona at Camp Nou. What's more, Barcelona's main attacker Rivaldo has been confirmed to play in this game. The media in the Catalan region are full of confidence in the next game.

It's just a ball! With Barcelona's attack, it's easy to catch up the gap in a ball!

"easy?"

Tiger lay on the bed and looked at a newspaper in front of him, and couldn't help but sneer: "The people in Catalans are quite confident."

Mendeta, who was lying on another bed and watching TV, was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Are you reading the newspapers in Catalonia? This is normal. Barcelona is indeed very good in Spain in the first two seasons, but we also won them four to two at Camp Nou. They said this to cheer themselves up."

"It's a waste to spend ten pesetas." Tiger threw the newspaper aside. He didn't have the habit of reading newspapers when he was in England. After coming to Spain, he developed this habit - mainly to learn Spanish.

"Is the Camp Nou game? The momentum of this home court is really strong, with nearly 100,000 people shouting..." Tiger murmured to himself. The atmosphere in Old Trafford is also very warm, but the capacity is much worse than that of Camp Nou. This is indeed impossible to compare. Even if a hundred thousand people just breathe together, they will be quite loud.

In fact, after playing two games at Camp Nou last season, Tiger was quite eager for the atmosphere of this stadium, but Barcelona did not want to introduce him so much, which made Tiger have a stronger idea of ​​conquering this stadium!

"Camp Nou, Bernabeu, Spain's two greatest stadiums...but our Mestalia is not bad either." Mendeta said with a smile.

"By the way, in the game after tomorrow, we might not be able to rely on defense alone." Tiger grabbed his head and said to Mendita: "In offense, captain, you have to help me more. If you pass too much, the offensive efficiency will be a bit low... In the last game, they were very strict with me in the middle. In this game, I will be more active on the side. The pass on the right side will depend on you. I will roll the ball to me with more passes."

"Is it a ground rolling ball? It's a bit difficult, but no problem." Mendeta said after thinking about it: "We are not very strong in our counterattack, and there are not many methods of attacking... It would be great if there was Vieri. Last season, this guy was simply unstoppable in La Liga. He charges in front and you support him in the back. Our counterattack is enough to kill all the teams!"

"Is Vieri? That's really a top center with almost no weaknesses. I also hope to cooperate with him on the court." Tiger touched his chin and said, "But this is not without Vieri, only Claudio... Of course, I'm not saying Claudio is bad, his speed and skills are excellent."

"Don't worry, I won't misunderstand this." Mendieta waved his hand and smiled: "There is no way to attack. Their defense at the front of the penalty area is not very good, and Claudio's speed alone is enough for them to drink a pot... Last season at Camp Nou, Claudio was the best performer."

"Then they will focus on Claudio's..." Tiger thought: "Maybe I need more breakthroughs."

Seeing Tiger start to ponder, Mendieta stopped talking. He was also thinking in his heart, how to create more opportunities for the two forwards? Tiger pulls more edges, avoids the opponent's defenders with more players in the middle, and concentrates on attacking the wing, maybe the offense is better - anyway, Cooper said before that the offense is dominated by Tiger in the game, and everyone has to cooperate with him...

"Barcelona's defense on the left will not be too bad either." Mendeta suddenly said.

"It's much less than the middle lane." Tiger shrugged: "On the side lane, the space may be smaller, but the smaller the place, maybe my advantage will be."

The scene of Tiger successfully rolling the ball around the ball on the training ground flashed in his mind, and Mendita nodded with clarity.

Just as the two were chatting, their door was suddenly knocked, and Juan Sanchez shouted outside the door: "Captain, come quickly, Jose screamed so miserably in the bathroom..."

Tiger and Mendeta were surprised at the same time. The Jose in Sanchez's mouth could only be Jose, Santiago, Canisarez, who lived with him in the same room...

The two of them quickly opened the door, and at this time the other players who lived in other rooms were also alarmed and followed Sanchez into his room.

The bathroom door was closed tightly, and Sanchez said anxiously: "Jose is taking a shower, I am watching TV, and then I hear a sound in the bathroom, and then Jose screams inside."

Mendita began to smash the door with a bang: "Jose! What's wrong with you? Open the door!"

"I fell down a fucking... I can't get up!" Canisales' embarrassing voice came from the bathroom.

Everyone looked at each other and fell down? Why did they scream so miserably...

At this time, Cooper, who rushed over after hearing the news, called the hotel waiter. The waiter found something and pried open the bathroom door - the door was locked from the inside and could only be opened with tools...

Kanisares, who was sitting naked on the ground, had a cool expression on his face, and when he saw a group of people rushing in, he couldn't help but shout: "Fake! Why are you all running in? I'm not a big beauty!"

Someone in the crowd laughed softly, and Jukic squeezed out of the crowd with a smile on his face - his relationship with Canisales has always been not very good. Seeing Canisales' embarrassing appearance, he was the happiest one.

"Okay, you all go out... Jose, I'll help you get dressed." Cooper shook his head helplessly and said. The Valencia players who were watching left the room one after another. Tiger and Mendita looked at each other. They did not laugh, but realized the seriousness of the situation at the first time.

Canisales is also a strong athlete after falling down, and he has no ability to put on clothes and stand up. It seems that Valencia's white-haired door god is very hurt now.

After Subizareta faded out, Canisarez became Valencia's most trusted goalkeeper, and almost no one can replace him. Palop is also an excellent goalkeeper. He is still Valencia's local youth training. However, because of Canisarez's existence, he can only be loaned out. If he is injured, he can only let Palop over. Can this goalkeeper who conceded 63 goals in Villarreal last season replace Canisarez's position?

Their worries became a reality. Cooper informed the whole team at night that Kanisares had to rest for at least one month.

When Cooper was notified of the team, he felt even more annoyed and incredible that because he was about to rush to watch the fun, the number one shooter Lopez was also injured - he ran out of his room to watch the fun, but fell on the smooth floor and sprained his ankle. The injury was not serious and he only needed two weeks to rest.

These two ridiculous injuries are rare in football. Even if this happens once, it is rare, but it also happens twice - Valencia is really bad luck.

In addition, Gerard, who had been on the game with injuries in the previous two games, Valencia lost three players in a row before she played in this game, and cast a shadow on Valencia's Super Cup trip.

The situation of these two injuries is indeed a bit incredible, so after the news spread the next day, the first reaction of the local Catalan media was that Cooper was firing smoke bombs, and when they confirmed the news, they immediately started to celebrating each other.

"God bless Barcelona! After losing the Super Cup last season, that guy who only knows how to defend should not try to steal the Super Cup from us!"

This is the words of the Catalan media. Last season, Mallorca, led by Cooper, tied Barcelona in two rounds with solid defense and fierce counterattack, and then won the Super Cup with the advantage of many away goals...

Faced with the injury of three generals, Cooper did not make a major change in tactics, but filled in three players - Palop replaced Canisales as the starting goalkeeper, young player Alberda replaced Herad's defensive midfielder, and Cooper chose Juan Sanchez as the forward forward. Last season, Ilier's performance was quite average. He was already quite old and had declined very quickly and had become the third forward.

Compared with the first round, Valencia lacks three important players, while Barcelona's number one star Rivaldo returns from injury. With one getting worse, no wonder Catalonia seems so confident...

"Don't care too much about these things... We are not a team that wins on one person. We won in the first round. This advantage is real! Do a good job of defense and then launch a counterattack! Let those Catalans who have already grown in confidence know how powerful we are!" Cooper yelled before playing.

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Barcelona's starting lineup in this game was not much changed. Ronald Debord replaced Luis Enrique as the front midfielder, while Rivaldo and Figo Cruivette formed the trident in the frontcourt. The other players were all players who started the first Super Cup. Obviously, this is close to Barcelona's main lineup this season.

Amid the shouts of more than 90,000 Barcelona fans, Barcelona launched an attack from the first minute!

With Rivaldo, Barcelona's offense is different. Although his position is the left winger, he circulated more in the middle, which put great pressure on Valencia's originally solid middle defense. Just three minutes into the game, Alberda, who was substituted Gerard, was forced to drop Rivaldo, who had already made a successful breakthrough, on the side, and was presented with a yellow card by the referee.

He is the main midfielder in charge of defense, and his yellow card also made Valencia's defense behind him become passive.

"Don't care too much, defend as you should." Menditta ran over to the young Alberda. While saying this, he thought that he might have to go to the middle to make up for the position next...

Rivaldo was responsible for taking the free kick, while Tiger observed Rivaldo's free kick not far behind him. Last season, in addition to learning how Beckham shot a free kick, he also had a great interest in Rivaldo's free kick. Compared with Beckham, Rivaldo's long-distance free kick seemed to be more threatening.

However, the free kick was saved by Palop, and Rivaldo's free kick angle was not particularly tricky. After all, no player would have absolutely certainty about the free kick.

After saving Rivaldo's free kick, Palop immediately threw the ball out - Canisarez's injury is also an opportunity for the goalkeeper who has been wandering outside, and he also hopes to get a stable main position in Valencia.

To do this, not only do you have to save the risk, but you also have to become the first initiator in the counterattack.

The ball was thrown to Mendeta at the front of the penalty area. Mendeta took the ball and turned around and handed the ball to Farinos, then turned around and rushed forward. Farinos immediately passed the ball back to Mendeta.

When Mendita received the ball, she began to observe Tiger's running. Sure enough, Tiger moved his position to the right. Mendita did not hesitate and immediately passed the ball straight to Tiger!

Tiger completed the overwhelming move while receiving the ball. Sergi, who was rushing from behind, was about to interfere with Tiger's possession, but Tiger took the ball back with his heel and then turned around and broke through!

Sergi's reaction was not slow either. He turned around and ran into Tiger, but he failed to hit Tiger. Tiger slowed down slightly, then accelerated again and got the ball in front of Sergi!

"Tiger! Beautiful turning and breakthrough!" The Spanish TV commentator shouted loudly - what they like to see is gorgeous personal performances and offenses!

After controlling the ball under his feet, Tiger was like a fish entering the water. He accelerated and rushed forward and instantly threw Sergi away for a distance, and then rushed forward directly!

"So fast! Is this Tiger?" The commentator of Camp Nou Stadium couldn't help but shout in surprise. Tiger scored three goals on this field last season, but he had never shown such a fast sprint!

"He will slow down after running thirty meters..." Lopez in the stands muttered to himself.

Sitting with him were Canisales and Hrad - three unlucky guys.

"Well, if you want to enter the range, you will have at least a distance of fifty meters. Although not many people can stop him, this attack may not have a good effect." Hrad nodded.

Although Camp Nou's halftime was only more than fifty meters away, he might be able to shoot after running thirty meters - but Tiger did not start from the middle, but from the wing - which means he would be farther from the goal.

Koku moved from the middle lane. His speed was not slow, but it was difficult to catch up with Tiger's sprinting speed at a short distance. However, as Lopez said, after thirty meters, Tiger's sprinting speed would drop significantly. Koku was also very experienced and did not rush to be close to Tiger, but stuck Tiger's incision route and ran with him. Soon, he approached Tiger.

At this time, Tiger had barely rushed to the place parallel to the penalty area line. He knew that his speed would slow down and immediately stopped, and then planned to cut across the penalty area. However, Koku had already defended this point, and he also stopped urgently and continued to get stuck on the route of Tiger's cut inside.

There were two central defenders from Barcelona who had already returned to defense in the penalty area. Tiger made a fake move to force the bottom again, but at the moment of spiking, he bounced his arch and passed the ball directly to the only Juan Sanchez who followed up!

Sanchez stopped the ball, then forced a step forward and shot. The ball was blocked by Frank Debor, and Hesp flew over and saved the ball from the baseline.

Sanchez shook his hand and expressed his dissatisfaction. Then he gave Tiger a thumbs up and signaled that the ball was passed well. Tiger also responded with one, praising him for keeping up in time...

At this time, the hearts of Barcelona fans were slightly relieved.
Chapter completed!