Chapter 305: Remember forever

The home score was 3-0 and the total score was 3-0 in two rounds. Valencia defeated Leeds United and advanced to the Champions League final. In the final, their opponent was Bayern Munich, who eliminated Real Madrid's Bundesliga giants 3-1 in two rounds.

In this victory, the role of the superstar was fully played by Valencia. Tiger headed the ball and assisted it with a long shot, and Mundeta scored a long shot and assisted it with a long shot, which directly showed his style as a top superstar. However, it is precisely because of this that after knowing that Tiger had a cumulative yellow card suspension, the direction of public opinion began to turn one side towards Bayern. Without Tiger, can Valencia still resist the attack of the powerful Bayern?

Bayern's performance this season is terrifying. Since entering the knockout stage, two three-to-one, two double-winning two miserables and two giants, their momentum has reached its peak, not to mention that the Bundesliga is about to end, and they have enough rest time, while Valencia is still distracted to play in La Liga. Before the start of the Champions League, there is only one league game in the Bundesliga, and La Liga has three league games to play...

"Even if I suspended the game, Valencia has other players. It is definitely not up to me alone to be able to get to this day. No matter how outstanding I am, I cannot win the game alone. Without me, Valencia has the best defense line in Europe and the best overall cooperative tactics in Europe. Of course, in order to make my teammates more relaxed in participating in the Champions League finals, in the league, I will put in more energy and strive to make my teammates have no worries when participating in the finals! None of the two championships this season can be left behind!"

After the game, Tiger said this at the press conference with great force, and then Valencia's performance proved that he was not talking nonsense.

On May 12th, the third day after defeating Leeds United, Valencia challenged Malaga away. Malaga can be regarded as one of Valencia's miserables in the past two years. This mid-range team can always bring a lot of trouble to Valencia in La Liga. They can either defeat Valencia or tie Valencia. In the first round of this season, they also tied Valencia in Mestalia...

In this game, the main lineup sent by Valencia also makes people wonder if they want to give up this game. In addition to all the main defenses, there was a big change in the midfield and frontcourt - Alberda and veteran Deschamps partnered with two midfielders, Kili, who returned from injury on the left, Zahovic, who was on the right, and Tiger and Karu partnered with the forwards - almost half of the offensive lineup was replaced.

Malaga's psychological advantage against Valencia is indeed not casual. Before this game, Malaga ranked seventh in the league and had the opportunity to qualify for the League Cup, so they also played at an extremely high level at home!

In the game, Malaga took the lead twice, but Tiger led a broken Valencia to tie the game twice. Karu and Zahovic's goals were all derived from his assists. In the second half, Tiger even scored Valencia with a signature long shot to lead the game for the first time, and this score was also the last score of the game!

The league was won by the remnants of the team and continued to lead Real Madrid by four points, which was undoubtedly a huge encouragement for Valencia.

In the next 35th round of the league, Valencia's main players who had been resting for a week returned to the main lineup. They beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at home, and still led Real Madrid with only three rounds left, almost touching the brink of the league championship trophy.

On May 19, in the 36th round of La Liga, Valencia challenged Athletic Santander away.

Five days later, Valencia's day to participate in the Champions League final at the Meazza San Siro Stadium in Milan. For this reason, Cooper once again let most of the main lineup sit on the bench.

Even on the defense line, except goalkeeper Canisalez, central defender Pellegrino and right-back Anguema, Caboni and Ayala were resting on the bench, and all the midfielders were substitutes except Tiger. Juan Sanchez broke out on the forward line.

In another game, Real Madrid swept Alaves five to zero. They are no longer tied to the Champions League. However, Valencia finally disappointed Real Madrid fans. Relying on Tiger's supplementary shot in the second half, they took away three-pointers away and continued to suppress Real Madrid as many as four points!

"I was originally going to send most of the main players in this game, but Tiger found me and told me that he would try his best to lead the substitutes to win this game to make up for the regret of not being able to participate in the Champions League final. I respect his choice, and Tiger also proved with his performance that he is the best player in the world, and in my mind, there is no such thing as!"

Cooper's words after the game pushed Tiger's reputation to the top, while also making the Valencia players who went to fight were full of high fighting spirit.

May 24, Milan.

Tiger went out with the team, but his position was not on the court, but in the stands.

Before the game started, the camera was always aimed at Tiger. Although he could not play, he was still the focus of the whole game.

When Tiger was unable to play, Cooper replaced the starting lineup with 442. Karu and Villa partnered with the forward line, Aimal replaced Tiger's attacking midfield position, while Bayern had no personnel losses. The three-four-three strong attack formation was full of desire to win.

This final is a final that fully demonstrates its fighting, will and fighting spirit. Facing Bayern, Valencia showed their willpower that is not inferior to the Germans, and played comparable to the opponent with intensive defense and sharp counterattack.

Less than two minutes into the game, Mendeta scored the first record for Valencia. He made a penalty kick with two consecutive shots. After the first shot was blocked, he shot in the penalty area again. The ball hit Anderson's arm. The referee decisively awarded the penalty kick. Mendeta calmly took the penalty kick and scored the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.

Six minutes later, Bayern also got a penalty kick, but the penalty kick taken by Sauer was saved by Canisalez. The Valencia fans in the stands were thunderous. In their opinion, the victory of this game must belong to Valencia!

Next, Valencia withstood Bayern's fierce attack and continued to use counterattack to create opportunities. At the end of the first half, Valencia led 1-0 and entered the halftime break.

However, just three minutes into the second half, Caboni fouled the handball while defending Yankeel. The referee awarded the third penalty in the game. This time it was Effenberg's turn to take the penalty. Facing Canisales, who had already saved a penalty kick from Bayern, the "Tiger" withstood the pressure and calmly took the penalty and equalized the score.

The game was inevitably brought into a penalty shootout, and this game was a performance by two goalkeepers. In the first five rounds of penalty kicks, Kahn and Canisales saved two penalty kicks, and in the sixth round, Lizarazu and Kili Gonzalez also scored both left-footed players. After Link scored the seventh penalty kick, Pellegrino, who was the seventh appearance, finally made a mistake. The angle of the penalty kick he shot was too straight and was saved by Kahn. Bayern defeated Valencia 5-4, a total score of 6-5, winning the fourth Champions League championship in club history!

Beside the Bayern players cheering wildly, Valencia's players were sad, and Mendeta burst into tears on the court. Although he performed well in the game, he still felt sorry for Tiger in the stands!

The camera also gave Tiger in the stands. Tiger had no expression on his face. Both Bayern and Valencia had a tiger. However, Bayern's tiger Effenberg was on the court, and Valencia's tiger Tiger was unable to play.

After the camera was given to Tiger for a while, Tiger disappeared into the stands.

When Valencia's players returned to the locker room, they were shocked to find that Tiger was already waiting for them in the locker room.

"Sorry, Tiger, we were unable to bring you the Champions League champion." Mendieta said to Tiger with red eyes.

Tiger didn't say anything, and he walked up and gave Mendetta a tight hug.

Next, it was Baraja, Kili, Villa, Karu, Canisales, Caboni, Ayala... All the Valencian players were hugged by him, and then Tiger let go of his hand and laughed.

"Guys, don't be discouraged... This game is over, this season is not over yet! We still have two important games to play next! One Champions League, Bayern took it away, so let them take it away. Anyway, we have already won it last year... This is my second season in Valencia. I have won many championships, but the La Liga championship has not yet been won... Do you think we should try our best to play the last two games and get this honor that we have not yet won? La Coruña, Barcelona, ​​we have two strong opponents to deal with next. This feeling of discouragement is not what we should have appeared now!"

Seeing that his teammates were both alone and still didn't say anything, Tiger shook his head: "Okay, guys... let's do it, didn't you lose to me on a bet last time? I'll tell you if the bet is good?"

This sentence finally mobilized the curiosity of Valencia players - people are curious, even at this moment of depression...

So Tiger explained everything in detail. Valencia's players were not uncomfortable with playing football under the camera, but they just became part of the movie to play football. This matter really made them interested...

"I have half of this movie invested in! It's up to you guys to attract fans to the cinema to watch it! It's fine if you don't win the Champions League, but if you lose even the La Liga championship, your influence will be even more reduced! Just for my investment, you must play well, win a La Liga championship and build momentum for my club!" Tiger said shamelessly.

"It's so shameless, we need to pay!" Villa shouted.

"Yes, dividends! We must pay dividends!" Valencia's players were depressed and began to shout, with Tiger's voice mixed in between: "No, I have a big investment, and it's easy to lose money..."

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Although they lost the final of the Champions League, they were still welcomed by Valencia fans when they returned to Valencia. Although they failed to win the Champions League for two consecutive years, Valencia's performance in the Champions League in the past two seasons is enough to be remembered by everyone for the rest of their lives. What's more, they also lost their offensive core Tiger Lee in this final...

"For us, the Champions League is over, but the league is not over yet. In the next two games, we will win another game to win the La Liga championship, so in the next game, we will do our best to win!"

Cooper's declaration made Valencia's fans cheered a huge cheer. They won the Champions League last season, which is not particularly sad about their defeat in the final of the season. However, Valencia's fans also have the same desire for the league championship. After all, they have not been able to win this honor in 30 years, and their outstanding performance in the league this year gives them the opportunity to make up for the vacancia in 30 years!

"We have lost the Champions League championship, so we will never lose the La Liga championship!" A Valencia fan said confidently in an interview.

May 29, Mestalia Stadium.

In the 37th round of the league that was held in advance, Real Madrid defeated Ovito 2-1 away, temporarily narrowing the gap in points behind Valencia to one point, because Valencia won and lost in two rounds against Real Madrid. However, the result of three-to-two home wins and two away games gave Real Madrid an advantage in the relationship of win-loss. La Liga ranking is determined by the relationship of victory and loss when the points are the same, so Valencia must get three points in the remaining two rounds of the league to win the championship, and it is not enough to get two points!

"We want to win the championship at home!" This is the slogan that Valencia fans shouted when they set out for Mestalia.

In fact, although Valencia is four points ahead of Real Madrid, the situation is not particularly favorable to Valencia. After all, Valencia's opponents in the last two rounds are La Coruña and Barcelona, ​​and in the last round they will challenge Barcelona away. Barcelona has not yet been able to secure a place in the Champions League. In the last round, they will definitely fight desperately to defeat Valencia to get a place in the Champions League next season. In this case, the home game against La Coruña has become Valencia's most reliable championship battle!

In terms of fighting spirit, La Coruna does not have much fighting spirit. They have now secured the third place and have no chance to win the championship. The top three are all directly participating in the group stage of the Champions League, and they do not have much motivation for this game.

Of course, as a strong team, they are still happy to make trouble in Valencia's game that is related to the championship...

Although the players are very tired, Cooper still sent all the main players in the game. This game is the last time to fight. There is no need to leave your hope in the last round of away games to win Barcelona. Valencia must win a victory. No matter where it looks, it is easier to win at home than to win Barcelona away.

However, no victory is easily obtained, and La Coruna also has the self-esteem of their strong team.

Valencia suppressed La Coruña in the first half. Tiger and Mendeta teamed up to score the first record for the team. Mendeta broke through and created a free kick. Tiger took the free kick and bypassed the wall but hit the crossbar and bounced back to the penalty area. Mendeta shot into the net immediately!

This goal made Valencia fans think that the first champion in thirty years is right in front of you!

However, in the 65th minute of the second half, after the physical fitness of Valencia players began to decline, Makai's lightning strike made Valencia fans silent!

One to one draw! If the score remains until the end, it means that Valencia needs to win a home game at Camp Nou, the devil, to win the league championship!

"When Ma Kai scored, my eyes were dark at that time, because our team had been in excellent form for a long time, but lost the game in the Champions League final... I thought at the time that the team was likely to have continuous problems in their state and could not achieve even a victory... I thought the moment when we won the league championship was delayed again!"

A Valencia fan said in an interview after the game.

When the team is in trouble, if there are always players who can stand up, then this team is a happy team.

Valencia is obviously a happy team now, because they have a Tiger who can always stand up!

In the 85th minute, all Valencia fans were moved to tears. After besieging La Coruna's goal for more than 20 minutes, Valencia played an extremely exquisite cooperation. Tiger completed three two-by-one cooperation with Mendeta, Kili and Villa in succession, and directly captured La Coruna's defense!

Facing Molina who was attacking, Tiger calmly picked the ball over Molina's head. The moment the ball flew into the goal, Valencia fans burst into tears.

"Tiger!Tiger!Tiger!"

Uniform cheers sounded in the stands. At this moment, all Valencia fans knew that they would never forget this figure running in the court in their life!

"Whatever happens in the future, we will remember, Tiger Lee, one of the greatest players in Valencia's history!"

This is the first line of Valencia's local media's winning column on the second day. The newspaper will quickly drift with the wind, and the name Tiger Li is accompanied by the battle and will always be engraved in the minds of Valencia fans. Even if the time passes, it will not fade.
Chapter completed!