Chapter 280    Adjustment

When Valencia's entire team landed in Valencia with the UEFA Super Cup, Valencia's fans welcomed their heroes with the greatest enthusiasm.

After winning the European Cup last season, Valencia has become another team with three major European Cups - they have won two League Cups and one European Cup of Winners' Championship. This European Super Cup fills another gap in Valencia's history. With only one Toyota Cup, they will become one of the few Grand Slam teams in Europe. How can this not make Valencia fans feel extremely proud and proud?

At the celebration ceremony, Valencia's chairman Garcia also delivered a enthusiastic speech: "We are stronger than last season. In addition to striving to defend the title in the Champions League this season, we must also launch an attack on the league championship in the league! Of course, we cannot let go of the Toyota Cup and the World Club Cup. We will strive for all the honors we can win. This season, Valencia has the ability to complete the impact on all fronts!"

When Valencia heard such an exciting announcement, the fans of Valencia were naturally extremely excited, but Cooper could only smile bitterly when he heard it.

Has the impact been completed on all fronts? Garcia's words are really big. Although Valencia is now full of staff and can play the main players much more than last season, how to control the locker room and how to make players complete their tasks without being dissatisfied is enough to make Cooper work hard.

Of course, no matter how troublesome it is, this is the responsibility of the head coach. There are always fewer players available under his command than those without available. However, Valencia's defense and midfield have been strengthened this season, and the strength of the forward line has been weakened. Without a top striker and a scorer who can keep scoring goals, Valencia may be able to rely on the outstanding performance of Tigermendeita and others to overcome difficulties in the Cup. However, in the long league, it is obviously impossible to score a stable scoring point.

Karu, the tactical significance is greater than the goal ability; Sanchez, the harassment ability is better than the goal ability; Angulo, can you expect a striker who scores no more than ten goals in a single season to suddenly get enlightened? As for Villa... don't count on him for the time being.

Now it seems that the main scoring point that can be relied on is Tiger. Aimal may be able to bring vitality to the midfield, but even in the Argentine league, he is also assisting on the court, and the "rabbit" Saviola in front of him is responsible for the goal.

Just in time, Saviola is also a striker with a low figure and agile skill. If Tiger is in the front and Aimal is in the back, Aimal may play more familiar and easier to integrate into the team.

Since the four forwards are not very useful, better displaying Tiger's scoring ability will be the guarantee of Valencia's frontcourt firepower.

Of course, Tiger didn't know that when he was preparing to learn more about the retreat organization, the head coach wanted to make him a complete striker. He was a little depressed after returning to Valencia because when he entered the main god space to find Lin Danda for a reward, Lin Danda actually told him that the reward he gave him had been given long ago - that is, he used various means to make him an investor in "Stealing, Killing" and "Everything About My Mother"...

"What's this? It's obviously obtained through my own efforts." Tiger said angrily: "Besides, I only own 30% of Guy's movies. As for the movies in Almodovar, how much can a literary film make me earn? If you don't want to give me a reward, you can give me a training point of 10,000 or 20,000 yuan to strengthen it."

After all, I won the Champions League last season - I wanted to send me off with such a light sentence? Tiger really couldn't figure it out.

"If it were me, I would never say such things." Lin Danda laughed: "In fact, this reward has a follow-up... You will know in the future. Then I will tell you how to do it... and you have underestimated these two movies, because these two movies will bring you a lot of benefits."

Listening to Lin Danda's pretending mysterious voice, Tiger knew that he had no choice but to do anything to the other party. To put it bluntly, Lin Danda had already helped him a lot, and even if he didn't give him any reward, he had nothing to say. However, if Lin Danda's words were true, then he knew Gay Ricci through Jones, and then met Almodovar through Gay Ricci, and then invested in these three movies one after another. It was all controlled by Lin Danda? That was also a bit scary...

"Hey, man, you know, no one wants someone to manipulate life." Tiger finally said to Lin Danda.

"I didn't control you. Everything you get now is more through your own efforts." Lin Danda's words became serious: "Don't forget, if you don't have your own efforts to get rewards and make you the best person in the football circle, will you have the chance to meet Ricci and Almodovar?"

After saying this, Tiger was sent out of the main god space. Tiger, who returned to his apartment, fell into deep thought. That's right, if he hadn't performed well in Wimbledon's game, how could he know Jones? Without Jones in the middle, how could he know Rich who was still in the underdog at that time through Jones? If he was a mean person, he wouldn't use all his savings to invest in Rich's turnaround work, and there wouldn't be the opportunity to invest in two other movies later.

Perhaps Lin Danda used some means that he could not imagine in the middle, but in the final analysis, if it were not his personality and hard work, something would not happen later.

After thinking about this, Tiger's intentions immediately calmed down.

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After winning the Super Cup, Valencia's players got a day off. Tiger naturally would not give up his promise. Even if there was only one day off, he still flew to London and spent a fairy-like day with Kelly.

"Everything About My Mother" was released not long ago. Its release locations are mainly in Spain and France, the most popular local films in literature and art. However, Tiger did not pay attention to it. He had already watched the sample films, and now he and Kelly have reconciled, and do not want to give himself too many opportunities to contact Penelope.

The news from Ritchie is that "Theft and Killing" will premiere in major theaters in the UK on September 15, and then it will be released in countries in mainland Europe. The release date in the United States is not yet determined. Although Hollywood superstars like Brad Pitt join, it will take some time for movies that are not American to be screened in American theaters.

Tiger really wanted to join in the fun, but September 16th is the day of the second round of La Liga. As a professional player, of course it is impossible to run to the premiere of the movie the day before the game. What's more, the premiere time is always at night. Cooper would never allow his generals to fly from Spain to the UK the night before the game, and then return to Spain in the early morning to prepare for the competition - Tiger would not do such unprofessional things.

They called Ritchie and Jones respectively to express their apology. They also understood that Tiger was just one of the investors anyway, so it would be no problem not to appear on the scene. After all, he was not even a producer.

After returning to Spain, Valencia started training again. Now the training is basically tactical exercises. Cooper has tried many tactics in the team's tactical exercises. The most commonly used one is that Tiger simply tops up and plays the forward. Behind him is Aimal, and then four midfielders, which means returning to the main lineup of last season, it is only that Tiger replaced Lopez's position and Aimal replaced Tiger's position.

When this tactic began to be implemented, everyone thought that Tiger might not be too adaptable. After all, although he often played forward before, no matter what, at least one forward in front of him was always to help him attract the attention of the defenders. Now he is facing all the defensive players on the side, and the pressure is all on him alone. Even those who trust Tiger the most will think that he will be a little uncomfortable.

This is not a matter of ability, but a player's familiarity with the situation on the court.

However, Tiger's performance in training surprised ***. Not only did he not show any discomfort, he performed quite well, just like a real center forward, and even in the penalty area, he could even use a header to meet his teammate's cross and score after scoring. His judgment on the landing point of the ball was also very good.

"Don't forget, I often went to the penalty area to grab points last season." Tiger said to everyone proudly.

The others were relieved, but an idea came to my mind - this guy is indeed very outstanding...

But in private, Tiger told Cooper the truth.

"Mr. Coach, if I play center, I am confident that I will perform as well, but I am frankly frankly, if I do this, our offensive in the midfield may be reduced a lot. Aimal is a very good attacker, but he is only less than 21 years old, and has been playing in Argentina before, and his body is a little thinner. Even with the help of Gezka, I may not be able to get too many opportunities in the penalty area." Tiger told Cooper seriously.

Cooper nodded slightly. He knew that Tiger was telling the truth. Last season, Tiger not only scored a lot of goals, but also created many opportunities for the forwards. He is the source of Valencia's offense. Others can create more than half of the opportunities on the court. However, if Tiger's position is too high, his chances of getting the ball will inevitably be reduced a lot, so Valencia's offense will suffer much greater losses.

"Tiger, your words make sense, but the actual effect of a style of play still needs to be found on the court. After all, for us now, solving the problem of goals is more important than creating opportunities... The league has not started yet. In the early stages of the league, we may be able to experiment with this style of play. I even have an idea, that is, there is no real forward on the court, but the goals are all handed over to the midfield to complete. We are not lacking midfielders with excellent forward ability and scoring ability. You, Aimal, Mendeta, Kili, Zahovic and even Baraha, all have such ability. If you don't open it, you

It's a pity to say it." Cooper said to Tiger with a smile. Last season, he often discussed tactical issues with Tiger. At first, he just wanted to quickly make Tiger a major player his direct line. However, after a few times, he was surprised to find that Tiger often had some good insights in tactical arrangements and other aspects. Even if he was not careful in thinking, it could give him enough inspiration, which also made him start to talk more about tactical issues with Tiger. Tiger was a bachelor last season, and Cooper's family was in Argentina, and the two had enough time to talk.

"What do you mean is the next league game? We will play against Real Madrid in that game!" Tiger said in surprise.

"Don't you think this is a good opponent? Even if the test results are good, it cannot prove anything. Anyway, it is just the first round of the league, and even if it has any impact, we can afford to lose." Cooper smiled arrogantly. After winning the Champions League last season, he was no longer worried about his position. Instead, he had the confidence to perform poorly in the league at the beginning, and could do something that might be of great benefit to the future but would lose immediate benefits.

It’s not that the coaches don’t know how to think about the long-term, but in fact, except for a few coaches, other coaches are not qualified to consider the long-term - if they don’t have good grades, they will lose their jobs, of course they can only play one game. Now that Cooper has this opportunity, he will certainly grasp it well. This is also the reason why he is a little dissatisfied with Garcia’s rash shouting “We must launch an impact on all fronts.”

Tiger nodded. Since Cooper said that, he was not embarrassed. Last season, he was still interested in fighting with Real Madrid's Redondo again in the midfield. However, before the start of this season, Florentino, who became Real Madrid's chairman because of the introduction of Figo, immediately dealt with Redondo, the direct descendant of former chairman Sans, to AC Milan. Because during the campaign, Redondo openly announced that he supported Sans. With such a thorn in his side, Florentino naturally would not stay in the team. The one who replaced Redondo's position was Elgra who came from the midfield and Frenchman Marklele.

Although this move caused severe dissatisfaction among Real Madrid fans, Florentino knew that as long as his Real Madrid won honors next, nothing would be wrong.

With Redondo not here, Tiger lost interest in competing with the opponent's midfielder - Elgra has already played against him last season. If Redondo was not next to him, he felt that he could get rid of the opponent ten times in one game, and Marklele was not famous. Although this not-famous midfielder in the main god space has already ranked in the top ten, Tiger would not have the desire to fight with the opponent.

When playing for the forward, then play for the forward, at least you can see if you will be more versatile.

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September 9th.

After a long summer break, the Spanish League finally rekindled the war. The Spanish market in this summer was very lively. Real Madrid poached Barcelona and dug up their vice captain Figo. The news has been hyped up. Now it seems that Barcelona has not lost money. They used the more than 50 million US dollars they exchanged for Figo and bought Ovimas and Petit from Arsenal, and Gerard from Valencia.

In other words, they made a lot of money in this business - Ovemas was originally a European star whose fame and strength were not inferior to Figo. Although his main position was on the left wing, he could also play on the right wing - in the Dutch national team, he once changed to the right because of the excellent condition of Cenden, who is also a left wing, and his performance was not bad at all. In everyone's opinion, Ovemas alone was enough to make up for the losses caused by Figo's departure, not to mention the joining of Petit and Herad.

Last season's league champion La Coruña also made a lot of moves. They introduced two Spanish international center Tristan and front midfielder Belleron. Interestingly, these two players are Cooper's old subordinates in Mallorca. Tristan was gradually entering the first team when Cooper was in Mallorca, and Belleron was the one who dug out from Las Palmas in the Spanish Second Division after Cooper became Mallorca's head coach. In addition, they also introduced Uruguayan striker Pandiani, as well as Brazil's midfielder Cesar Sampayo, who performed well in the 1998 World Cup, and their strength has been greatly strengthened. There is no need to say that Valencia has invested nearly 60 million US dollars in the transfer market, second only to Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but they have also made profits.

In the first round of the league, Valencia will challenge Real Madrid away, while Barcelona and La Coruña will welcome Malaga and Athletic Bilbao at home respectively. The most eye-catching game in this round is of course the match between Valencia and Real Madrid last season's Champions League runner-up!

This game is enough to ignite the enthusiasm of Spanish fans that have been silent for a month!

In this game, Real Madrid sent all the main players, Figo, Marklele and other new players to play, while Valencia's lineup was a bit unexpected. Tiger was the striker alone, behind him were Amar, Kili, Mendeta, Baraja and Zahovic, and the defense line remained stable. In addition to Ayala replacing Jukic, Caboni also returned to the main position.

"Tiger plays center? Or is there no forward at all on the court? It's a surprising adjustment!"

The commentator of Spanish TV said in surprise: "Didn't Caru perform very well in the European Super Cup? Valencia now has four strikers, and Cooper doesn't use any of them, and it's in an important game against Real Madrid! Let's see if Cooper's change will have a good effect or will it backfire?"

Cooper sat quietly on the coach's seat, and in fact, he had the same questions.

This kind of question can only be answered on the court.

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