Chapter 178 We Want to Defend the Title!

Chapter 178 We want to defend the title! (Guaranteed first update)

The second round of the Spanish Super Cup will be played at Mestalla, Valencia's home stadium. ..////

Before this game, there was a 180-degree change in everyone's views from the previous game.

Before the last game, many believed that Real Madrid would beat Valencia at home.

Now, many people think that it is impossible for Real Madrid to win the Spanish Super Cup.

For a team that has won nine championship cups, such an evaluation is... sad.

And indeed it is.

In this game, Valencia continued to use the tactical thinking of the previous game at their home court, that is, defense.

When you attack, you defend, and when you defend, you defend.

Defense is everywhere.

It was not a very good scene, because Valencia seemed to be slow and drowsy when they attacked.

But they can guarantee possession of the ball, and the ball will not be broken due to frequent through balls.

In the last game, Valencia had a lot of through balls, some were offside, and some were stopped by Real Madrid to fight back. If they hadn't implemented Changsheng's "mad dog" defensive tactics, it's really hard to say what the game would be like.

Now, sitting at home and holding a two-goal lead, Valencia has no need to take risks.

So he asked the players to control the ball more, pass the ball more, and move more, but just don't rush through or shoot.

It doesn't matter if you pass the ball back and forth for ninety minutes.

Faced with such shameless victories, Real Madrid has nothing to do. Although they have many superstars, they can't do without the ball at their feet. It's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice.

Mendieta did not start this game, he still sat on the bench. Real Madrid's starting lineup is exactly the same as in the previous game.

It can be seen that after the game with Florentino, Bosque still resisted the pressure.

Chang Sheng sat on the coach's bench,

Crossing Erlang's legs, he sneered.

How long can Bosque survive?

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In the end, neither side scored a goal. After a dreary 0:0, Valencia won their first championship of the new season.

At the press conference after the game, Chang Sheng once again made a surprising statement.

"Super Cup? That's it, I won't be happy for a Super Cup for long. My goal is the league championship! This season, we in Valencia want to defend the championship! I'm not kidding, I'm not making a stunt, I Not to mention bluffing, you'll see us in action."

After the game, many media reported Chang Sheng's remarks.

Although Chang Sheng said that he would defend the title last season, that was only what he said during the celebration inside Valencia. Many people thought that maybe Chang Sheng was over-excited at the time, or he was just trying to please the Valencia fans, saying A scene remark, he won't take it seriously when he wakes up from sleep.

So the media didn't take it too seriously.

I didn't expect Chang Sheng to say it so blatantly now, so it's obviously not a joke!

He really wants to compete for the league title!

The first reaction of the media when they heard this was inexplicable, and then "this is impossible".

Because of the Champions League curse of La Liga teams, they are very clear.

Valencia participated in the UEFA Champions League last time, but only ranked fifth in the league. This season they participated in the Champions League again, and Chang Sheng, who leads the team, has never played in the Champions League before. He has no experience in the Champions League. How can such a team take care of both?

Unless you have to give up the Champions League if you win...

But will the club let him give up the Champions League?

From the perspective of the club management, the greatest significance of the Champions League is not at the competitive level, but at the economic level. Participating in the Champions League group stage is all money, and every extra game is also money.

Valencia is in need of money now, will they allow Chang Sheng to give up the Champions League?

But if you don't give up the Champions League, what will Changsheng get to defend the league championship?

Do you just rely on making rhetoric in front of the media?

The media has been talking about this, and many people don't believe that Chang Sheng can defend the title. Although he led Valencia to win the league championship last season beautifully, the difficulty of winning the championship for the first time is completely different from defending the championship.

Many teams can win the championship for the first time, but it is difficult to defend the championship.

First of all, they won the championship before because their opponents didn't know them enough and didn't pay enough attention to them, which allowed them to take advantage of the loopholes. There is no such problem in defending the title. All opponents will seriously study and deal with them, because every team is playing against the league champion when they play against them. The prospect of beating the league champion is very tempting. They will definitely do their best, which will cause a lot of trouble for Valencia's title defense.

Secondly, after winning the league championship, there will definitely be a decline in the desire for honor in the Valencia team. At this time, the players will put more energy into the Champions League. For them, that is a bigger and more dazzling stage. And the league is to lose its attractiveness. The players will definitely be in good shape when they play in the Champions League, but they will not be able to cheer up when they play in the league.

There are many factors that will make it difficult for a team to defend the title successfully.

Real Madrid were the league champions last season, and they had the ambition to defend their title last season. Everyone felt that no team could threaten them, and maybe only Deportivo had a chance. Who would have thought that there would be a Valencia out of nowhere?

In the same way, no one knows that when Chang Sheng made a high-profile call to defend the title, the unconvinced dark horse would come out again.

The last team to successfully defend their title was Barcelona, ​​which won the league title in both the 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 seasons.

However, in Spanish football, Real Madrid and Barcelona are two special teams, and their statistics and results cannot be used as a reference.

At least it cannot be used as a reference for Valencia.

Apart from Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​the last team that successfully defended their title was Athletic Bilbao. They won two league titles in the 1982-1983 and 1983-1984 seasons.

This was already twenty years ago.

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In the first training after the Super Bowl, Chang Sheng called the players to stand together before training, and he had something to say.

"You don't think I'm joking when I announce I'm defending the league title after winning the Super Bowl?" he said to his players, smiling.

The players didn't say a word, they already knew Chang Sheng's temper. It looks like when he is smiling, he may not be happy with you. Even if they thought their head coach was joking at first, they can't say it at this time-there are no such honest people.

"I know some of you can't wait to play in the Champions League, and I'm the same. But I still want to remind you - the league is what matters. Before we can dominate Europe, we should dominate the domestic league. So this In the season, if I see a player who is active in the Champions League and boring in the league, I am sorry, even if you are the original absolute main force, you have to report to the b team for me at that time! I never Just kidding, I always do what I say. I think you should all know my temper very well."

After the coercion was over, Chang Sheng began to lure.

"Now the general view from the outside world is that it is impossible for us to successfully defend the title. They have listed many reasons, and I have read them all. I have to admit that the reasons they said seem reasonable, and we are facing various difficulties. In the next league, we will encounter much greater obstacles than last season, I hope you are mentally prepared. But because defending the league champion has one or another difficulty, it is more worthwhile for us to defend the title!"

"Some media say that it has been 20 years. Except for Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​no team has been able to successfully defend the title. The defending league title has become a plaything monopolized by the giants. Therefore, it is impossible for Valencia to successfully defend the title. This is The words reminded me of what the media said when we decided to end last season with an unbeaten season. They dug out historical data and records from the pile of old papers to prove that it was impossible for us to create an unbeaten season. At that time they said It's been seventy years and no team has gone undefeated. What happened?"

Chang Sheng put his hands on his hips, leaned forward, and asked.

"As a result, we remained unbeaten in 38 rounds of the league throughout the season! We were able to break the 70-year-old record. What's so great about just 20 years?"

"So guys, the defending league champions are not as scary as they say. We have to show them that Valencia can make the impossible possible! Because we are such a team that is good at making miracles!"

"Now, in order to defend the league title, train!"

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In fact, before Chang Sheng publicly called out to defend the league championship, there was a quest in his quest log.

That is the task of the defending league champions.

It's also the main mission.

The task rewards are rich, but the difficulty is also great.

Mission Name: Defending!

Mission objective: defend the league champion.

Task description: Since you have already won the league championship, why not try to defend it?

Mission rewards: 3 million experience points, 10,000 reputation points, 500 energy points.

Training skills: [Secondary Training], [Secondary Tactical Training], [Match Training Defensive Set-Kick Elementary], [Elementary Free Kick Special Training], [Elementary Header Special Training], [Elementary Penalty Special Training].

Competition skills: [Steel Warrior].

Even for these rewards, I have to work hard to defend the title.

In order to allow himself to achieve it, he directly shouted out this goal, even in front of so many reporters. It is to make oneself nowhere to retreat.

If he didn't lead the team to a successful title defense, he would be ridiculed, he would be attacked, and he would be drowned in the spit of reporters.

Only in this way can he break the boat and create miracles.

Just like he was going to lead Getafe to avoid relegation.

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After the Spanish Super Cup, followed by the league.

On August 31st, the first round of the league kicked off, and the game between Racing Santander and Valladolid became the opening match.

In this game, Valladolid defeated Racing Santander with a score of 1:0 and made a good start to the league.

The next day, the La Liga was in full swing.

Valencia's first game is away to Mallorca.

This game is Valencia's first league game of the season, and it also has a very important meaning.

If Valencia can beat Mallorca away, then they will create a new La Liga unbeaten record.

Prior to this, the unbeaten record of La Liga was no more, no less, that is, 38 games, jointly maintained by Valencia and Real Sociedad.

Real Sociedad started in the twenty-ninth round of the 1978-1979 season, and remained unbeaten in thirty-eight games by the thirty-second round of the 1979-1980 season. At that time, Real Sociedad was super powerful and was one of the best teams in Spain. After creating this unbeaten record of 38 league games, they won the league championship in the second season, and then they successfully defended the title.

Now Valencia is in the same situation as Real Sociedad.

They also maintain an unbeaten record of 38 league games. If they can set a new record, will this become a good sign that they can successfully defend the league title?

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