Chapter 139 Defending (29/136)

Valencia did not choose to rush back overnight, after all, the players needed to rest.

And you should also relax a bit. Going back to participate in the celebration is just rushing to the field. Chang Sheng doesn't want to make his players too tired.

On the bus back to the hotel, Chang Sheng told everyone that you can have fun tonight, but after training resumes the day after tomorrow, you have to take your mind back.

"Don't forget, guys, we still have another undefeated season! So now is not the time to discuss where to go on vacation!"

After resting in the hotel for one night, the Valencia team took a plane to return to Valencia early the next morning. It was another celebration like after winning the Copa del Rey, but no matter the scale or the excitement of the fans, Far beyond the celebration after the Copa del Rey winner.

As the captain of the team, Mendieta has held the championship trophy many times to receive cheers from the fans on the top floor of the double-decker bus.

Fans chanted his name. As the captain of the team, Mendieta's performance this season is actually very good.

This season he has nine goals and ten assists in the league, two goals in the Copa del Rey and three assists in the UEFA Cup. Counting all games, he has scored eleven goals and ten assists. Three assists.

This performance is already his best season in Valencia.

In the 1999-2000 season, Mendieta scored 13 goals, which is more than now, but the number of assists is far less than that.

This season, whether it is a personal goal or an assist for his teammates, he has had a bumper harvest.

When he was twenty-nine years old. It seems that his career has ushered in a new peak.

Mendieta held the trophy and enjoyed the cheers of the fans, but his heart began to be deeply confused.

go, or stay?

This question appeared in my mind again, and this time I couldn't delay it any longer, and I couldn't ignore it.

Because the end of the season is just around the corner.

He has to make a decision.

At the beginning of the season, he was determined to leave. On the one hand, he doesn't think there is much future in Valencia. On the other hand, he has conflicts with the head coach, although everyone is an adult, for work. Decided not to make a fuss,

But after all, there is a grudge in my heart, and it is not that simple to get rid of it.

So he wants to leave.

Even if Chang Sheng told him to think about it after a season, he never thought about it.

a season?

After one season, I will leave by myself, so what else are you thinking about?

But as the season progressed, when Valencia's performance got better and better, he began to be confused and hesitant.

Now Valencia has won both the Copa del Rey and the league title in one season.

But the championship is not the most important.

The most important thing is what the Valencia team has shown under the new coach. It was something Mendieta had never felt before.

The whole team seemed to be rejuvenated and upgraded.

Originally, Barcelona was defeated in the last round of the league last season...ah no, it was Rivaldo who made the lore. It made Valencia's morale sluggish. Unexpectedly, after the new coach came, he reversed this decline in one fell swoop.

Next, Valencia dominated the league and hasn't lost yet!

Which coach has done it before? Anyway, Mendieta didn't see it.

Valencia's performance this season has brought hope to Mendieta.

There was some expectation in his heart, and he felt that he should have a future if he continued to stay in Valencia.

He thought that if he stayed in Valencia, he would have no hope in his life.

But now, he doesn't think so.

This is the source of his hesitation.

Leave for a bigger stage. Or stay and fight with the team.

Staying has the benefits of staying, and leaving also has the meaning of leaving.

This left him in a dilemma.

In fact, he has been very difficult all this time.

He kept asking himself, is he leaving Valencia? Do you want to leave Valencia, where you have played for ten years, and then find another job?

He wanted to leave at the beginning because he felt that staying in Valencia had no future.

But look at the two now, whether he admits it or not. Valencia seems to be full of hope under the leadership of Chang Sheng.

If he stays, Chang Sheng guarantees his main position, at least this is stable.

Looking at the fans cheering for him, Mendieta is more and more inclined to stay. After all, there are all his memories here. There are so many fans who support him.

He decided to talk to his agent after the celebration was over.

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The highlight of the festivities was at the Mestalla Stadium, where 50,000 Valencia fans witnessed the team's first league title in thirty years.

When Mendieta was not as good as the stadium holding the league championship trophy, the cheers on the scene had made it impossible to hear each other talking face to face.

The names of the players were called one by one on the radio, and the players whose names were called ran out of the field, waiting for them with overwhelming cheers.

In the end, Chang Sheng also got the same treatment.

Because everyone knows that Chang Sheng is the creator of all these changes.

The players who performed well this season were bought by him, and the tactics were reformulated by him overthrowing the defensive counterattack.

Valencia can have what it is today, and they can't talk about their new head coach no matter how they go around.

Juan Jose Delgado Martin was also among the cheering crowd today. When he saw Chang Sheng coming out of the passage last, he thought of what he heard at Getafe's home court. Proud words from a Getafe fan.

"He brought us new life!"

He finally understood what the fan said now.

The Chinese coach has indeed brought new life to Valencia...

If this is not a new student, then there is no new student at all.

Although the cheers sounded smaller than those of the Getafe fans, Delgado believed it. Soon, Valencia fans will fall in love with this Chinese.

As long as he can continue to bring everyone victory.

Just thinking about it, Chang Sheng took the microphone.

"There is absolutely no need to wait another 30 years for the next league champion! Next year, let us defend it!"

He issued a new championship declaration.

This time even the fans in the stands were stunned.

They are already very happy with a league championship. They agree with the first half of what Chang Sheng said, and they will definitely not have to wait another 30 years for the next championship.

But who would have thought that Chang Sheng's next sentence would surprise everyone.

What?

Come back next year?

To be able to win a league championship is already very good, to win the championship for two consecutive years... Isn't this too whimsical?

The Mestalla Stadium, which can accommodate 55,000 people, suddenly fell into silence.

As if they were really frightened by Chang Sheng.

In this silence, Chang Sheng's laughter is particularly prominent.

"It's just a defending champion. Since we can win the championship, then we can defend the championship!"

After Chang Sheng finished speaking, he handed over the microphone to others, and then retreated.

Rudy Gonzalez came up to him and touched him: "Look at you, you scared them again."

"Tell them ahead of time and get everyone ready. Isn't that my style?"

"But do you really have the confidence to defend the title? You have to know that defending the title is often more difficult than winning the title."

"It has nothing to do with confidence. Whether I do it or not has nothing to do with whether I have confidence, Rudy. The most important thing is the idea. As long as you have this idea, it means possibility."

Chang Sheng thought that Benitez coached Valencia and won two league titles in three seasons, but not consecutively. I have the advantage of going through rebirth. With the help of system plug-ins, if they are still messed up, it is not as good as Benitez. Isn't that too much of a failure?

So the defending champion, no matter whether he has no confidence or not, must do it.

Rudy Gonzalez sighed: "The defending champions, apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the only teams that can defend the league title are Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. Apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the last time there was a team The successful defending of the title was in the 1982-1983 season and the 1983-1984 season of Athletic Bilbao. This was nineteen years ago. It is very difficult..."

"It's better if it's more difficult. I know that if the media heard what I said today, they would definitely laugh at Valencia for overreaching. Then I don't mind slapping them again." Chang Sheng laughed.

Rudy Gonzalez also thought of the way those reporters were annoyed by Chang Sheng's stimulation, so he laughed along with him.

"That's awesome!"

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The celebration was over, and the Valencia fans left contented, or unfulfilled.

The team members also went home to rest one after another.

But Chang Sheng did not leave, he was invited to the chairman's office by the chairman of the Valencia club, Otti.

There, in addition to Otti, he met the club's general manager Pittaqi. And Llorente, who has handled many transfers for him this season.

This is basically the main member of the Otti faction within the Valencia club.

Chang Sheng didn't know why Otti called him here at this time.

Seeing Chang Sheng coming in, Otti stood up to greet him.

Chang Sheng had never received such treatment before.

Whether it's Otti, or Flores. The presidents of the club are all high-ranking, and their attitude towards themselves is at most expressed from their expressions. With a smile on your face, it means that the relationship is good. If it is as cold as ice, then the relationship between the two must be bad.

Now Otti, as the chairman of the club, took the initiative to stand up to greet him, which at least shows that Chang Sheng's status in the club is very important.

He walked up to Chang Sheng, shook hands with Chang Sheng, and hugged, fully expressing his importance to Chang Sheng.

"Thirty years, the club's first league title! I should thank you very much! Chang!"

Chang Sheng smiled: "You gave me money and invited me here, isn't it just to do this?"

Ottie laughed when he heard his answer: "Yes, yes. I heard your ambition. Are you really planning to defend the championship next season?"

Chang Sheng nodded: "Yes."

Ottie clapped his hands: "This is why I called you here, I think we can start preparing for next season!"