Chapter 281: Shut up!

Obviously, Cooper's experiment was, to some extent, quite a failure.

All Valencia fans thought they could continue to beat Real Madrid, but the process of the game disappointed them. After 0-0 in the first half, Tiger, who served as the striker in the second half, created a penalty kick through a breakthrough, and Mündeta took the penalty. However, within the remaining twenty minutes, Real Madrid controlled the situation on the field. First, Raul grabbed a mistake on Valencia's defense line and the penalty area equalized the score. Two minutes before the end of the game, Figo showed his value. Savio made a cross from the side, and Canisales, who had been very stable, made a mistake. He attacked but failed to receive the ball. Figo pushed the empty goal at the back post and overtook the score.

Tiger did not get much chance in the opponent's intensive defense, and he did not become active until he retreated in the second half. If it weren't for two consecutive mistakes on the defense line, perhaps the penalty he created would have allowed Real Madrid to swallow the bitter fruit of the defeat.

"It seems that if your position is too high, it will have a great impact on our offense." Cooper did not show any disappointment after the game, but just told Tiger privately: "At least for now, if you always stand in front, we will have to reduce the chances we create a lot."

"I think the second half of the game is more valuable... That Marklele, his defensive method may give others some kind of hint." Tiger grabbed his head and replied.

Cooper nodded deeply. In the second half of this game, Karu was replaced and Tiger retreated. However, Real Madrid's midfielder Mark Lele used another defensive method to minimize Tiger's performance - this inconspicuous midfielder was not fast, and he was only over 1.7 meters tall, he didn't seem to be very strong, but he did many things that the midfielder could not do, that is, to suppress Tiger's offense to the greatest extent on the court!

Instead of pressing Tiger close to him, he used incredible insight to kill his teammates' passes to Tiger one by one in the middle - this approach may have been caused by the French national team in the European Championship. However, without anyone watching Tiger closely behind, Marklele almost cut off other players' passes to Tiger alone.

In the end, Tiger relied on retracement to get the ball and broke through Marklele's defense and created some opportunities, and also created that penalty kick. However, Marklele made him create almost half of the opportunities in the second half than usual. It was with no worries that Real Madrid overtook the last twenty minutes and won the game.

"Maybe I have to apologize. If you played in a familiar position from the beginning, Marklele could not achieve this." Cooper said to Tiger apologetically.

"Don't say that, coach, Marklele's defense is very fatal, and his man-tapping ability is also excellent, I can feel it." Tiger clenched his fists: "There will definitely be other opponents in the future to deal with me in this way, and I also need to come up with a way to deal with this defense."

"Well, but there are only a few teams that are capable of doing this." Cooper nodded: "Even if ordinary teams see the benefits of this defensive method, they cannot withstand our offense. However, in important games, you should note this point... It is not in vain to be able to gain such vigilance in advance."

"Coach, it may not be impossible for me to play centers... Whoever stipulates that the center can only be at the forefront? My range of activities is very large. As long as the team cooperates tacitly, I don't think this is a hindrance." Tiger smiled cunningly.

Cooper nodded slightly. He understood what Tiger meant. In fact, what Tiger said was a vague idea in his mind - there is no standard striker in the frontcourt, and the goal is completely completed by the midfield. Valencia's midfielders are midfielders with scoring ability, and they are flexible and changeable back and forth, making the opponent unable to defend.

However, this tactic can be completed in theory, but there are still many problems to be solved in practice. At least the frontcourt players must form enough tacit understanding to achieve it. Before this, it is still necessary to put a standard forward on the court.

Cooper can be used to test the league, but the Champions League is not possible - after playing this league, Valencia will usher in the first game of the Champions League group stage, in which Valencia cannot lose.

Last season's Champions League championship made Cooper truly join the ranks of first-class coaches, and it was also a symbol of Tiger and Mendita's entry into the ranks of top players. In addition, the high returns in the Champions League, it is reasonable that Cooper will not use the Champions League for experiments, even if Valencia was assigned to a more favorable group this time.

Compared with last season, Valencia's grouping this season is quite good. As the first-class team, the teams in the same group as them are Ligue 1 third-place Lyon, Dutch Legion runner-up Helenfin and Greek League champion Olympiacos. There are no teams from the four major leagues, and there are even no champion teams in the top six leagues. Such a group is already considered to be the top signing.

However, in the Champions League, any team will use all their abilities to play the game, which is beyond doubt - in addition to honors, there is also a high bonus stimulus, which is the benefit of the Champions League expansion.

After knowing that his next opponent was Olympiacos, Zahovic seemed very excited on the training ground - he and Olympiacos were definitely not a friendly breakup. Although he played 14 times in Olympiacos, which was a very good goal rate for a midfielder. However, he only played 14 games in a season, which shows how unpleasant he lived in Olympiacos - of course, this seems that Olympiacos cannot be blamed entirely. After all, a player who refuses to train and play because he thinks his teammates are of poor quality is really unwilling to indulge him.

Zahovic started in the last game, but was replaced after halftime. He did not get angry at the time. Perhaps he was looking forward to this game. The strange-tempered Slovenian did not get angry, but he was still not the main player in this game.

Karu returned to the main lineup, and Kili continued to serve as the main force. After Mendeta went to the middle to give up the right position to Aimal, Zahovic became the only person in the main lineup who could win - but Zahovic himself did not think so. The day before the home game against Olympiacos, Cooper announced the starting lineup for the next day, and Zahovic, who had no name, immediately turned dark.

"Why am I not the main player? Am I worse than anyone else? Can I blame me if I don't have enough chances to play?" Zahovic shouted at Cooper, and Cooper was stunned for a moment - this was something he had not expected. After all, he had never met a player who dared to yell at the coach in front of so many people on the training ground...

Tiger also got angry when he was at Manchester United, but in public, he only acted on his face to make people know that he was unhappy. Even with McLaren, he had never had a direct conflict. Now he is an eye-opener...

"Zratko, you are not the only one who can play as a substitute, there are only eleven players." Mendieta stood up and he wanted to fulfill the captain's responsibilities: "A team has twenty or thirty people, so naturally there are substitutes if there are main players."

Zahovic glanced at Mendeta with disdain: "Okay, my captain... If you have always been a substitute, will you still stay in this team? What qualifications do you have to point fingers at me? No one is born to be a substitute, why should I be a substitute?"

Menditta was also stunned. He had never seen such a young man. In a club, there may be many players who are dissatisfied with the coach, but there are really not many people who dare to express their dissatisfaction with the local captain. At least in the locker room, the captain's right to speak has always been very authoritative. It would be fine if he was not valued by the coach. If he was still isolated in the locker room...

But Zahovic did this, looking like he didn't care at all.

Mendeta is not a player who is good at speaking. Although he is usually a little bit silly, a broken mouth does not mean he is good at eloquence. He was choked by Zahovic in an instant.

"Shut up, Zlatko." A lazy voice came from the crowd. The crowd separated, revealing the Tiger in the middle. He was pulling a ball under his feet: "Yes, no one will be born as a substitute, but no one will be born as a main force, who has the ability to play as a main force, and who has no ability to play as a substitute, that's it."

"In this way, do you think you have the ability, but I don't have it?" Zahovic sneered. He had been disgusted with this main core for a long time, not to mention that Tiger took the initiative to provoke him this time.

"At least, before you win the top scorer in the Champions League and the European Cup, you don't seem to be qualified to say such things to me." Tiger stepped on the ball under his feet without caring, then looked up at Zahovic: "Do you want to continue making a bet? If I lose, you can do whatever you want. If I win, no matter how the coach arranges your position, you will accept it well and don't do anything in the team."

"It seems that I'm at a disadvantage in the bet." Zahovic said with a sneer.

"At least you can announce to the outside world that your ability is better than me, Tiger, but because the unfair coach asked you to play as a substitute, I will testify that you are better than me, so there is no problem, right?" Tiger said lightly.

Zahovic lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, how to compare?"

"That depends on what you are best at, of course it's offensive." Tiger decided to convince this guy who was four years older than him to lose. He could see that Cooper actually valued Zahovic very much. At least if his technical characteristics and ability to insert the back, it might play a greater role than Farinos last season, but if Zahovic keeps making trouble with the main players like this, it will still have a great impact on the team.

"This bastard boy is so arrogant." Zahovic became more and more angry, but he knew that this proposal must be beneficial to him, after all, he knew Tiger's strength.

"Long shot, one-on-one pass, pass the ball." Zahovic replied after thinking about it.

"Forget it, after all, it requires cooperation. I have been in this team for a year, and my teammates are very familiar with me. If I don't take advantage of you, just try to get a long shot and one-on-one pass... In terms of long shots, each has ten long shots, distributed at the front of the penalty area. Please Canisares and Palop come to guard the goal. Each saves five times and substitutions, and the more goals you score. You can watch from the side when I shoot. I think you can see whether they have let go of water in your eyes. As for one-on-one passes, then I will both trouble Deschamps and Baraja. Both of them are new players. My familiarity with them is the same as you. Each person passes four times, and the more successful passes are considered to win. What do you think?" Tiger looked up at the sky and proposed the way of the game.

"It's a fair approach." Zahovic listened to Tiger's words carefully, and then nodded. The way Tiger proposed was indeed very fair. One-on-one, they dealt with two new players. Although Tiger is more familiar with Canisarez and Palop in terms of long-range shooting, as long as the two goalkeepers are not let go, the impact is not great. As for the replacement of the opponent, it also makes the two sides achieve infinite fairness - because the characteristics of goalkeepers are different, and the characteristics of long-range shooting are also different. There may be a factor of style restraint. However, if you join this defensive system, you don't have to be afraid of this situation.

The two had a lot of discussion, but Cooper remained silent - firstly, the two bets were not the main position and had no impact on his authority, and secondly, he could also hope to solve the problem of Zahovic, a rebellious star, as soon as possible. The earlier the bomb in the locker room, the better. If the explosion explodes at a critical moment, the loss will be great.

No one doesn't like watching the fun. Seeing the two of them competing for such an interesting contest, all the Valencia players' interest came. They immediately rushed to the training ground and quickly cleared the venue.

The first thing to compete was the shot.

The locations for ten shots were quickly determined. All the professional players were present, so they naturally knew that the most suitable place for long shots in the penalty area, the two places at the top of the penalty area, and the four places on both sides, did not cross the front of the penalty area. Of course, the angle of the shooting location closest to the two sides was already very small.

"Who cums first?" Tiger asked Zahovic.

"I'll do it first." Tiger acted so generously, and Zahovic was not good at acting too stingy - in fact, he is also a very proud player, otherwise he would not have done so many things that make people confused.

"Okay, if you shoot first, I will come first later." Tiger said with a smile, clearly not taking advantage of Zahovic.

Zahovic started running and shooting. His long-range shooting ability was indeed good. In fact, as a midfielder who scored many goals, his long-range shots accounted for a large proportion of his goals. Facing Canisales who guarded the goal, he scored seven of his ten shots. One of the three who failed to score missed the goal. The other two were saved by two goalkeepers. Two of the unsuccessful shots were shots near two corners of the penalty area. The smaller the angle, the less unable the goal.

"It's my turn." Tiger asked the other players to set the ball - this was not his trick, but to let others play the ball, and there was no suspicion of cheating.

The first thing he shot was the shot closest to the corner of the penalty area on the left.

This move demonstrates Tiger's strong self-confidence - you should know that when Zahovic shot just now, he started with a shot close to the middle. This long shot is similar to a free kick, but there is no blocking of a wall. Of course, the closer you get to the middle, the easier it is to score. When you score the goal at the beginning, your confidence will be greater in the future.

However, Tiger gave up the easy and made it difficult, and started shooting from the most difficult place!

Canisales looked at Tiger tightly. He didn't want to let go. It was related to the dignity of a goalkeeper, not to mention that he also had confidence in Tiger.

Tiger started running up. When he ran closer to the ball, he began to swing his right foot, and then pulled hard to the lower part of the middle of the ball!

The ball flew out with a "whizz" sound. Several of Valencia's players began to sigh because they could see that according to the trajectory of the ball's flight, it was very likely to fly out of the bottom line directly - but what happened in the next second made everyone's eyes wide open. The ball suddenly began to fall violently when it reached the highest point - that was because the ball kicked by Tiger was very rotating!

Over the hand that Canisales stretched out, the ball flew into the goal from the junction of the crossbar and the post - a theoretical blind spot!

Tiger whistled frivolously: "The shooting is pretty good!" However, at this time, everyone had not recovered. After a long time, they gave a burst of applause and a strange cry.

Canisales shook his head helplessly. He suffered a loss because he didn't know where Tiger would shoot. At this angle, it was possible at the far corner of the near corner, so he stood in the middle. However, facing Tiger's shot with a tricky and large angle, he still couldn't react.

All the hardest ones have been scored, will the easy ones still not be scored?

Canisales failed to save the ball with the next four-foot shot outside the penalty area. Tiger almost always aimed at the dead corner. Although it was farther than the penalty spot, Canisales, who saved after Tiger shot, obviously could not be faster than the ball.

After being Palop, Tiger played much easier. This time he started shooting from the middle point, and then scored four consecutively. It was not until the point on the right that Tiger made a mistake. The ball hit the post and bounced out - after all, he was a right-footed player, and shooting from this point seemed a bit awkward.

But even so, Tiger beat Zahovic two goals - and Zahovic was almost lost by a shot like Tiger who pointed and shot wherever he pointed!

Although there is still one-on-one exception, everyone knows that this bet, Zahovic is already in danger!
Chapter completed!