Chapter 216： Celta Curse

On October 22, in the third round of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Valencia played away to Bruges, Belgium.

After ninety minutes of fierce battle, the Bats suffered their first defeat of the season.

After 31 kicks in the away madness, he was disappointed to lose one-to-one.

Bruges has built a very strong iron barrel formation in his home court, and he just didn't give Valencia the slightest chance.

Su Dong was very active in this game, and it was the biggest highlight of Valencia's frontcourt. Whether it was one-on-one or the impact on the defense, Su Dong's performance as a high center forward was remarkable.

But unfortunately, the opponents almost shrank all eleven players in the penalty area, leaving Su Dong also helpless.

Zero to one, Valencia lost away.

In another duel at the same time, Marseille defeated Inter Milan 1-0.

The Nerazzurri lost again this round after the last round of a zero-to-zero away draw with Bruges.

Coach Cooper was also fired on the night of the game by Inter Milan President Moratti, and his successor was Zaccheroni.

This also triggered a strong earthquake in European football.

Although coaching Inter Milan's performance is not very satisfactory, has the title of second in ten thousand years, but Cooper is a European coach in the end.

With the end of Cooper's get out of class, the future of Inter Milan's star black hole has become more and more unpredictable.

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Over the weekend, the eighth round of La Liga.

Valencia, who had won seven consecutive victories all the way, finally stopped at the Riazor Stadium.

In this strong dialogue, Deportivo de la Coruña, who played at home, took a one-to-zero lead with Belleron's goal in just 16 minutes.

This was a corner kick attack. After Canizares hit the ball and was pushed back in front of the goal by the opposing player, Belleron hit a shot with his left foot from the right side of the small penalty area.

Like David Silva, the Spanish midfielder from the Canary Islands has played a pivotal soul role in the Deportivo team this season and performed very well.

Valencia's most threatening attack was in the 28th minute.

At that time, the team launched an offensive from the right, Rufit failed to catch up in time, Aimar was forced to break through with the ball and cross to the penalty area.

Su Dong, who responded, was already in place, but Aimar's pass lacked quality and was directly picked off by the goalkeeper Molina, who missed an excellent scoring opportunity.

After changing sides in the second half, Deportivo played more cautiously.

Benitez also realized that after the team's continuous battles, the overall state of the players was not ideal, and immediately made a substitution.

Mista replaced Rufitt, the team switched to a four-four-two play, and Aimar appeared on the right.

Obviously, Benitez's intention was to liberate Soviet Union again.

Just five minutes later, Su Dong received Albelda's pass from the left and gave Vicente a beautiful wall-coupling. Using his speed, he forced a breakthrough to the right back Pablo, passing the ball in front of the baseline. To the door.

Mista caught up in the middle and made a calm push in front of the goal, one to one!

This is Su Dong's first assist in La Liga this season!

But unfortunately, just seven minutes after scoring, Tristan, who was on the bench for just one minute, scored with a direct free kick and scored again for Deportivo.

In the end, Valencia lost a regrettable one-two away game.

This is the Bats’ first defeat in La Liga this season.

At the same time, Su Dong's record of scoring seven consecutive rounds this season was terminated.

More importantly, after losing this round, Valencia and Deportivo have both won seven wins and one loss in eight games. The goal difference of both teams is the same, but Iruetta’s team relied on The superiority of the performance against each other, overwhelming Valencia, counterattacked to the top.

This also made Valencia, who occupied the top spot for a long time this season, as well as Su Dong, who scored consecutive goals, and even the midfielder Aimar, all fell into media controversy after the game.

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Ball time: 50.2:49.8, the same number of shots and the same number of fouls.

The final score was two to one.

As newspaper analyzed the La Liga first game after the game, it regretted Valencia's defeat.

They believe that the Riazor Stadium is one of the most terrifying home stadiums in La Liga, and in many cases it is even more terrifying than Bernabéu and Camp Nou, and when Deportivo played against Valencia in the game, they did not show up in the sports battle. Effective way.

The team's top scorer, Pandiani, misfired in the audience, which is the best proof.

"Iruetta's team wins in efficiency. Two set-pieces scored, so Valencia didn't even get a point in the away game."

The Aspen newspaper believes that the two-line battle still has an impact on Valencia. Benitez's team was already a little tired when playing away at Bruges, and now playing away, it really does not perform well.

"Aimar is indeed very talented, but in this midfield match between the Joker and the Magic, the Argentine players were not stable enough. Instead, it was Belleron. He played an important role at the critical moment."

"Su Dong is one of the few bright spots in the Valencia team."

"In the first half, due to the overall performance of the team and the defensive tactical level, Su Dong did not perform very well, but in the second half, as Valencia gradually opened up the situation, Su Dong also gained more Many performance opportunities and one assist to prove his strength."

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Valencia captain Albelda aimed directly at the referee after the game, believing that Deportivo’s first goal was a violation because Bellerón fouled Valencia goalkeeper Canizares. First.

"Obviously, he was affected by the fanatical fans at home. It was clearly Bellerón fouled our goalkeeper. But in the end, he awarded the penalty goal and gave us a yellow card to the goalkeeper who was protesting. I couldn't Understand this logic."

Albelda's anger is understandable, because if it hadn't conceded that time, the trend of the game would be completely different.

Coach Benitez was also dissatisfied with Belleron's goal, thinking it was a foul.

"Frankly speaking, both goals conceded were set kicks, which makes me regret, especially the second conceded. We played very well at the time, but the other side's free kick directly penetrated our goal."

"In addition, my players told me that Bellerón fouled Canizares before scoring, but the referee ignored it."

Valencia's protest was also recognized by the media after the game.

The Marca newspaper mentioned in the replay that Belleron had indeed fouled Canizares before he scored.

"But the referee obviously didn't notice this, so the penalty goal is valid."

But in any case, Marca still believes that Valencia has experienced a seven-game winning streak at the beginning of the season, ushered in a state of decline, and gave up the leading position of La Liga at the Riazor Stadium. This requires a bat. The legion sounded the alarm bell.

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Regarding the recent situation of the team, Valencia management and coaching staff temporarily convened a meeting with the players to discuss.

The team is currently no problem, mainly due to the ups and downs caused by multi-line combat.

In order to better stimulate the players' condition and enhance the team’s ambition to regain the league championship, the management gave a prize of 6 million euros. As long as the team can win the La Liga, this bonus will be cashed out to the first team. Players.

Not only that, because the team also participated in the Copa del Rey and the Champions League, the management also gave bonuses.

Among them, the goal of the Champions League is the knockout stage. As long as you can stand out from the group stage and enter the round of 16 knockout stage, you will be able to get a bonus of 2 million euros. If the results are better, the bonus can be increased.

The rewards from the management really stimulated the team, and the enthusiasm of the players has been improved.

But the player state is really hard to say.

Especially after three days of playing Deportivo, the team ushered in another La Liga powerhouse at home, Celta Vigo.

This team did not disappoint Valencia, because Benitez has never beaten Celta Vigo, with a total score of five draws and two losses, without a win.

Not only that, in the last season, Celta Vigo was also the source of Valencia’s penalty spell. In the game against them, Baraja missed two penalty kicks, which caused Valencia’s subsequent whole Penalties are not scored during the season.

After losing to Deportivo, Celta Vigo ushered in at home, which undoubtedly makes people worry about Valencia's prospects.

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On the evening of October 29th, Valencia Mestanha Stadium.

In the ninth round of La Liga, Valencia played against Celta Vigo at home.

This is not a lucky day for Valencia.

First, the captain Albelda accumulated a yellow card suspension, and then the left winger Vicente only played for 30 minutes and ended up with an ankle injury under the attack of the opposing defender.

Before the end of the first half, Caboni hit the wall with Canobio, who came on the bench, and Aimar hit a header from the center.

But the situation changed in the second half. First, Vigo Celta midfielder Jesuli made a cross from the wing. The rookie Navarro hurriedly stopped the ball to the opponent, and the opponent volleyed to equalize the score.

After that, Hesuli broke through Marchena forcibly and scored with a left foot volley, giving Celta Vigo a go-ahead score.

And two minutes later, Canobio's shot fortunately hit the post and bounced back into the goal.

Two to two!

The game was inextricably played Everyone can see that Valencia at home is not in the best condition, and it has long lost the spirit of the beginning of the league.

Mista, who replaced Su Dong’s starter, also failed to win the game for the team.

On the other hand, Celta Vigo played very aggressively. In the seventy minutes before the game, the referee showed six yellow cards, all of which were given to Celta Vigo.

It can be seen the intensity of this game.

Time was about to jump into seventy minutes, and there was not much time left for Valencia.

Could it be said that it is enough to lose to Deportivo de La Coruña away, return to home and be tied by Celta Vigo, continuing the Celta spell for many years?

Mestania's home team fans have cheered for the team, and even many Bats fans are calling for the head coach to change, especially Su Dong.

"Change Su Dong!"

"We need him!"