Chapter 133 Undefeated Season? (Twenty-Seven/One Hundred and Thirty-Six)

Not long after the Copa del Rey match with Real Madrid, Valencia's official club announced that they had renewed their contract with Changsheng.

The official news did not disclose the specific contract renewal conditions, but Torla, a reporter from the "Provincial Newspaper", still revealed some details of the contract.

For example, Chang Sheng's annual salary has increased to three million euros, which is considered a high salary among La Liga coaches.

If the news is announced in normal times, some people will definitely question that Chang Sheng has not accomplished an inch.

But now that the news is announced after the team has just won the Copa del Rey, everyone's doubts will be much smaller.

A Copa del Rey champion can appease many people, and besides, there will be a league championship in the not-too-distant future, which is already in Valencia's pocket.

So there is nothing to say about Chang Sheng's high salary.

Besides, everyone knows Chang Sheng's ability in the transfer market. Club chairman Jaime Otti gave Changsheng 25 million euros in signings, and Changsheng made a lot of money before spending it all.

He can also be regarded as creating value for the club, and it is reasonable to take so much money.

As for the contract period that everyone is most concerned about, the "Provincial Daily" said that it is a three-year contract.

Is it because the "Provincial Newspaper" doesn't know the real situation?

Obviously not, but "2+1" is obviously not as good as "three years".

Fans will ask at that time, since the contract is to be renewed, why not just renew the three-year contract instead of doing "2+1"? It is hard to explain this, although this choice is reasonable and acceptable to both parties. But the fans don't care that much. They will only think that "2+1" is a distrust of Chang Sheng, and even the renewal of this contract has become meaningless.

Therefore, the "Provincial Daily" was very considerate for the club, and did not tell the truth.

Valencia fans thought that the contract between Changsheng and Valencia expired in the 2004-05 season.

This is what meets Changsheng's requirements... A really good mouthpiece!

There was no special press conference for the contract renewal, it was just an official press release announcing the matter, and it was over.

Chang Sheng had already signed with the club.

And then naturally got another advance payment.

Eighty percent of the money was brought to the United States by Kate Gracie. He has already negotiated with utube, and with this money, he can inject capital.

Chang Sheng doesn't need to worry about the next thing.

He should worry about the team.

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Won the Copa del Rey in the middle of the week, followed by the game against Sevilla on the weekend.

This is a very dangerous time.

For winning the championship. It will make the players feel slack. I feel that the task is completed, and it is okay to be lazy occasionally.

But Chang Sheng didn't want them to think so.

So in the daily training, he is still strict with his eyeballs, and he made it clear on the first day of training. In the weekend league, what he sees is the attitude and state of the players' training in the past few days. If the training attitude is not correct, they are not allowed to appear on the weekend. in the game.

Even so, when it came to the weekend's game, Chang Sheng still replaced a lot of people.

Part of it is because of the unsatisfactory performance in training. Part of it is due to lack of energy.

Reyes started the game, replacing Mendieta. This has nothing to do with Mendieta's performance in training. As the captain, Mendieta's training attitude has always been nothing to say.

His public explanation was that Mendieta needed a break.

But the reality is that he needs to continue to treat Reyes' "character."

In fact, after that game, Reyes' performance has been much better than before, but in Chang Sheng's view, it is not enough. If Reyes wants to get rid of the fate in the future, he must become stronger and more proactive .

So let him play against his old club. It's a great opportunity.

He could continue to hone his will, and Chang Sheng found out that Reyes is a toothpaste guy, and he has to keep squeezing in order to rush forward.

In this game, Reyes started and performed well. There was a direct assist to help the rotated Valencia beat Sevilla 1-0 at home.

Continued unbeaten in the league.

There was an episode before this game, that is, Valencia, the new champion of the Copa del Rey, was welcomed by the Sevilla players at home.

This is a very morale-boosting thing. The high-decibel cheers from the Valencia fans at the scene made every Valencia player play. They all held their heads high, like generals returning in triumph.

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After this game a new problem arose.

Valencia's league title now seems to be no problem.

But what if the league is undefeated and won the championship?

Many media have begun to hype such a concept-they think that Valencia has a chance to win the league championship with an undefeated season!

Because they haven't lost yet!

There have been 29 rounds in the league, Valencia has 23 wins, 6 draws and zero losses!

There are still nine rounds left in the league, and this undefeated record can also be used to talk about it. Valencia now looks very hopeful to complete it.

"If you can win the championship with an undefeated record, it must be a very remarkable achievement! As a supporter of Valencia, I will feel excited just thinking about it!"

"Undefeated this season! If Valencia can really complete this record, it will be the most valuable big deal in the history of the Valencia club!"

"I know it's a bit whimsical to do this, but since we are unbeaten for twenty-nine rounds, why don't we work hard and strive for thirty-eight rounds?"

Valencia's media are keen to discuss the possibility of undefeated this season.

Even the fans of Valencia began to pay attention to the possibility of an unbeaten season. For a few days, the entire city of Valencia was discussing the possibility of winning the championship unbeaten this season.

Such discussions are indispensable even within the Valencia club.

"Unbeaten this season? I don't want to put too much pressure on Chang, but if it can be achieved. It must be the most wonderful moment for me as the chairman." Valencia club chairman Jaime Otti said in an interview Time also said so.

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However, the excited vision of the Valencians fell into the eyes of the media in other places, which made people laugh.

"In the history of La Liga, only two teams have ever won the championship with an unbeaten record, but they all happened in the 'ancient age of football' in the 1920s and 1930s. He won the championship with an unbeaten record. But there were only 18 rounds of La Liga at that time, and Athletic Bilbao had 12 wins and 6 draws. In the 1931-1932 season, Real Madrid won the championship unbeaten with 10 wins and 8 draws. It has been seventy years since Real Madrid won the championship undefeated! For seventy years, what does it mean that there has not been an unbeaten season? It means that today's football. This itself has become an impossible task Valencia actually dreamed of being undefeated and winning the championship? They are really crazy! They really think that they can win the league championship, and they start to think more... What is an upstart? This is called an upstart!"

"Although Athletic Bilbao and Real Madrid have both created unbeaten records to win the championship, the record of 18 rounds of the league is really not difficult...In today's increasingly fierce competition, there is no team Can win the championship with an unbeaten record. The closest to this result is the 1979-1980 season of the Royal Society. Lost away to Sevilla, broke his unbeaten season, and finally won the runner-up by four points...It was the most glorious time of Real Sociedad at that time, and they were not able to complete this achievement, let alone now Valencia."

"Nowadays it is very difficult to go unbeaten in a season. In the mainstream European leagues. There are only two teams that have ever won the championship with an unbeaten record. Among the five major leagues, only Milan has ever done it. They were in 1991-1992. Undefeated and won the championship. In Portugal, Benfica won the championship undefeated in the 1972-1973 season. This shows how difficult it is to win the championship undefeated in the season... I think the undefeated title mentioned by the Valencia media is very stupid Yes, because it will bring huge psychological pressure to the players. Maybe there will be a losing streak and a collapse in the end, and even the league championship will not be kept?"

"It's possible to win the championship undefeated because they will win it early. But it is difficult to go unbeaten in the season. After Valencia won the championship early, it will definitely relax. The players will lose their motivation and fighting spirit, and they will not be able to concentrate on the game. .So it's hard to be undefeated..."

"The Valencia media are obviously overjoyed. They can't find North... This is a very dangerous signal. You must know that they will play Inter Milan in the middle of the week. It is an important game, but they It's ridiculous to think about an unbeaten season!"

"The funniest joke of the season, Valencia is delusional about being undefeated this season! Hahahaha!"

Various media. The media in Madrid, in particular, ridiculed and criticized Valencia's whimsy by citing classics.

What these media said seems to make sense, because the UEFA Cup game is in the middle of the week, and the Valencia media are keen to discuss the topic of winning the unbeaten season. Instead of considering the UEFA Cup with Inter Milan.

But in fact, most of the discussion is in the media. Although the players also have discussions, the person who controls the whole team is the head coach Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng did not participate in this big discussion, he was preparing for Inter Milan with peace of mind. He can't control the media, let them say what they can't say, and he can't control the club chairman, let him not get involved in this matter.

The only thing he can do is to manage the team well and let the players not focus on the undefeated season.

To be honest, he is really not in the mood to think about undefeated season or anything.

It's better to deal with the opponent in front of you first.

On March 14th, Valencia played against Inter Milan at home, which was a UEFA Cup quarter-final match.

This is also a direct dialogue between the two Valencia coaches.

Chang Sheng is the current head coach of Valencia, and Cooper is the former coach of Valencia.

Valencia is far ahead in the league and hopes to win the championship early.

The Inter Milan led by Cooper is also competing for the league championship, and it seems that there is great hope.

The encounter between these two teams was not as vengeful as some people thought.

Cooper's departure from Valencia has been decided long ago. He led Valencia to the Champions League final twice, which is still Valencia's best result.

This performance has made Valencia fans have feelings for Cooper.

So this game is completely out of the question of gunpowder.

Chang Sheng did not challenge Cooper before the game. As a successor, actively provoking his predecessor can only show that he is not open-minded enough.

After Benitez coached Inter Milan, what he did to erase all traces of Mourinho can only make people laugh at him, but cannot help him control the team.

With the lessons learned from the past, Chang Sheng doesn't want to be an idiot.

After all, I haven't led the team to prove myself in the Champions League. It is really unwise to provoke a coach who has led the team to the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons.