Chapter 100 Two Wings Fly Together

Chapter 100 Flying with Two Wings

Irueta never expected that the ever-victorious Valencia would suddenly change their tactics in this game, choosing their defensive counterattack that had been useless for half a season.

He thought that since Changsheng took over Valencia, Valencia would no longer play defensive counterattacks...

Although Valencia has the foundation to play defensive counterattacks, many of the main players in this Valencia team are no longer the Valencia of last season.

These people don't have the "gene for defensive counterattacks", but judging from the beginning of the game, their defensive counterattacks are still flourishing, and there is nothing wrong with them.

How is this going?

Irueta was puzzled.

Then he thought of one thing - last season's Getafe King's Cup final against Mallorca, it only took Chang Sheng a week for the Getafe players to learn a new set of tactics. And used that tactic to beat the mighty Mallorca in the Copa del Rey final.

At that time, the coaching circles were discussing, wondering how Chang Sheng did it, and couldn't figure it out.

No matter how they think about it, they can't figure out how Chang Sheng did it.

In the end, it became a mystery.

Irueta was also very interested in this matter at the beginning, but he also failed to study it, and I don't know how Chang Sheng did it.

He didn't expect to experience it himself now.

Valencia's defensive counterattack was not copied from Cooper's defensive counterattack.

Their defensive counterattacks are now more aggressive and proactive.

This can be seen from their frequent physical contact with Deportivo players.

And this made the Deportivo players very uncomfortable.

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After using this skill, Valencia used its physical advantage to defend, and the success rate increased by 5% or even more.

Because sometimes it is not directly using the body to break the ball, but it can interfere with the opponent's possession of the ball.

The same can be counted as a successful defense.

Deportivo had no idea that they would encounter such a game away from home. They were trapped in the muscle forest of Valencia and could not get out.

As the core of the team, Belleron was completely restricted by Albelda and Marchena.

Especially Marchena.

This new player, who has just joined for only two days, showed his characteristics to the fullest in the game.

Tough and fierce, unyielding defense, coupled with a violent temper, is simply a perfect match for a defensive midfielder.

As a central defender, the characteristics he does make him give the opponent too many set kicks due to fouls, especially penalties, which is a potential risk factor.

But as a defensive midfielder, this concern is much smaller.

Every time Real Madrid and Barcelona play, Mourinho will let Pepe commission the midfielder from the central defender, in order to let Pepe defend Messi. The effect is very good, the fierce Pepe is simply Messi's nemesis. But if Pepe is still a defensive midfielder, then his fierceness can only be played halfway, because it is easy to give Barcelona a penalty for a foul in the penalty area.

Out of this concern, Pepe will also be timid when defending.

Chang Sheng learned this from Mourinho, so he promoted Marchena, who was originally a central defender, to a midfielder.

Now it seems that the effect is very good. Under Marchena's defense like a maggot, Belleron can't play to his due level at all.

Belleron is the core of Deportivo's midfield and the command tower of the offense.

He played abnormally, and Deportivo's offense could not be organized.

Deportivo's attack can't threaten Valencia's goal, so Valencia can counterattack boldly...

And quick counterattacks are what they are very good at.

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In this game, there were two players in a position that they were not usually good at. One was Marchena, who was raised from the central defender to the midfielder and showed color.

The other one is Reyes who plays right winger as a left winger. Judging from the current more than 20 minutes of the game, Reyes' performance here is very average, and his performance against Sevilla is not outstanding at all. .

Chang Sheng's requirement for him is to cross, and if necessary, cut in and make a long shot.

In terms of crossing, Reyes' performance is very mediocre. After all, he is a left-footed player. He is not used to crossing from the right. Every time he is open, he has to use his right foot to buckle the football back and then turn around. Cross with left foot.

This opportunity is gone.

So in crossing, his performance is very average.

Because of his mediocre performance, Valencia automatically adjusted its strategy during the game. They took Vicente's wing as Valencia's main attack direction.

Vicente also lived up to expectations and performed very well.

His speed, explosiveness, skill and crossing all caused Deportivo a lot of trouble.

Deportivo therefore adjusted their defensive strategy, focusing on defending their right side, which is Valencia's left side.

As a result, Reyes on the right was somewhat left out.

Reyes was a little frustrated.

He felt that his performance was too bad and did not meet the expectations of the head coach. He didn't even dare to look down the field, for fear of seeing the disappointed expression on the head coach's face.

I must have let the head coach down...

But what can he do? He played on the right wing for the first time, was inexperienced, and didn't know how to handle the ball at all.

And it's not just a problem with his poor crossing, he can't even play the dribbling that he is most proud of.

As a left-footed player, when dribbling, the left foot will touch the ball many times. If it is on the left side, there will be no problem, because the football is on the outside, with a person in the middle, and it is not so easy for the defensive player to steal the ball.

But when dribbling the ball on the right and the left foot is in control of the ball, the football is on the inside, and the opponent's defensive player can break the football with a kick, without any obstacles in the middle.

Seeing Vicente's offensive flourishing, Reyes was a little envious.

Comparing it to his own side, he can only hang his head down.

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Vicente was very active on the left, and Mestalla cheered again and again with his forced breakthroughs, but because Deportivo also strengthened the defense here, Valencia has never been able to open the situation from the left.

Chang Sheng also noticed this.

He frowned.

The team's offense must change.

If it is concentrated on one wing, it will be much easier for the opponent to defend.

What about the other side?

The reason why he didn't let Mendieta play in this game, but let Reyes start is to make the two wings really fly.

But now, only the left side is struggling to flap its wings, and there is no movement at all on the right side. How can it fly?

He cast his eyes on Reyes, and found that the shy kid was lowering his head, looking annoyed.

He sighed helplessly.

Reyes' personality is really a deep-rooted problem. Although I used him to start the game against Sevilla, it stimulated him a little.

But now it seems that it is not enough, not far enough.

So Chang Sheng shouted loudly: "Reyes! Reyes!!"

Because he was close to the coach's bench, Reyes heard Chang Sheng's voice.

He thumped in his heart, but still turned his head to look over.

Chang Sheng made a gesture: "Don't just pass from the bottom! Remember what I told you before the game?"

Reyes understood the gesture—it meant cutting inside!

He suddenly remembered!

By the way, the head coach asked me to properly cut in and shoot long distances during the game...

But is this the right time?

In his eyes, Chang Sheng was constantly gesturing to him, reminding him to cut inside.

Now that the head coach has said so... then it should be the right time, right?

Reyes thought about it, a little unsure, but he planned to try it the next time the football fell to his feet.

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Reyes waited for seven or eight minutes.

Originally it was a defensive counterattack, so there were few offensive opportunities, and the few offensive opportunities were all given to Vicente. Reyes wants to get a chance, but it is not as easy as the game just started.

Seeing that the football was still not flying towards him, Reyes hesitated, and finally raised his arm.

That is to signal his teammates to pass the football to him.

Vicente took the ball on the left side, rushed left and right, trying to get out of the encirclement. However, Deportivo has strengthened his defense, and it is obviously not so easy to break through with the ball directly.

In desperation, he returned the football to Ibrahimovic who ran back to meet him.

Ibrahimovic passed to Angulo again.

Angulo was going to turn around and try his luck with a long shot, but he saw Reyes timidly raising his arm on the sidewalk.

Not very straight, a little curved, indicating that he is not very confident.

Want to pass the football to him?

The football was passed to him before, and he either lost possession of the ball or sent a cross that could not threaten the opponent's goal at all.

Such a performance really can't make him place high hopes...

Just when he was about to go it alone, he caught a glimpse of Reyes' arm still stubbornly raised.

He just remembered one thing—it seemed...he had been raising his arm since the attack started, even when the football reached Vicente in the end, he still held it up.

It seems that he couldn't bear to hurt the enthusiasm of a young player, or he just didn't want to ruin the offense in his own hands. Anyway, Angulo finally passed the football to Reyes.

Going to Reyes with football is Deportivo's left-back, Capdevila.

The 23-year-old Deportivo full-back will be the main left-back of the Spanish national team in the future. He has won the European Cup championship in 2008 and the World Cup championship in 2010 with the team, and he can be regarded as a meritorious player. .

But now he is just an ordinary player. He made his debut in the Espanyol B team, played for the Espanyol first team and Atletico Madrid, and moved to Deportivo after Atletico Madrid was relegated.

Last season, he was just a substitute, but this season he has secured his place as the main force.

For nearly half an hour before the game, he had the upper hand when facing Reyes, which made him full of confidence.

Reyes has been praised so much by the media, what a "genius boy", what "Spanish golden boy", now it seems that it is nothing more than that...

Capdevila pounced with a touch of contempt, intending to steal the ball from Reyes again and then attack.

But this time...he missed it!

Reyes didn't stop the ball. He pushed the football from Angulo to the outside with his right foot, and at the same time jumped up and jumped back slightly. He simply dodged Capdevila who was jumping harder!

Capdevila is still in a daze—what happened just now?

I heard the cheers of the Valencia fans from the sidelines.

He turned around quickly.

What I saw was the back of Reyes running wildly with the ball!

Valencia's right wing, which had been unable to flap all along, finally waved vigorously.

The team felt a surge of motivation, lifted them up, faintly... about to take off! (To be continued.