Chapter 299: Things Don’t Matter 3

In this Valencia team, there are actually quite a few players who have participated in the Champions League final.

Goalkeeper Canizares, central defender Ayala, midfielder Albelda and Baraja, forward Angulo and Vicente.

However, Vicente was unable to participate in this Champions League game due to injury, and Angulo and Baraja also played as substitutes.

So in fact, there are not many players with experience in the Champions League final.

Most of them are young players. Young players have drive, but they just lack experience.

Therefore, many people are speculating that Chang Sheng's starting lineup for Valencia should emphasize balance, that is, there are experienced players and young and aggressive players.

So everyone guesses that Changsheng's starting lineup should be similar to what he usually uses in the league, goalkeeper Canizares, central defenders Ayala and Carvalho, left back Aurelio, right back Paulo Ferreira . The three midfielders in the midfield are Albelda, Baraja, and Deco. Villa is the center forward, Ronaldinho is the left winger and Reyes is the right winger.

On that forum in China, everyone has the same opinion.

Because this is the strongest lineup that Changsheng can send.

There is another piece of evidence that strongly supports this starting lineup.

In the last round of the league, in Valencia's home game against Albacete, Changsheng sent a different starting lineup. Obviously he rested most of the players in order to prepare for the Champions League final in the middle of the week. .

But in fact, these people guessed wrong.

Valencia's starting XI was not what they thought it would be.

The goalkeeper is indeed Sanizares, and the central defenders are indeed Ayala and Carvalho. The left back is indeed Aurelio. But the right back has changed from Paulo Ferreira to Curro Torres!

This caught many people off guard.

What people didn't expect also includes the arrangement in the midfield.

Victory in midfield took down Baraja's approach and replaced it with Cambiasso starting.

There is no change in the forward line. Still Villa, Ronaldinho and Reyes.

Although there are only changes in two positions, in fact this means that the tactics are also different from before.

With Albelda and Baraja starting, Valencia puts more emphasis on the hardness of the midfield.

Now that Chang Sheng has a Cambiasso, he hopes that his midfield can be more controlled. To deal with Mourinho, control of the ball is the first priority. It is useless to fight hard with the opponent, because Mourinho's team is very tough, and he is head-to-head with Porto. It's just a fool who uses his own weaknesses to attack the other's strengths.

In addition, the fact that Curro Torres replaced Paul Ferreira in the starting lineup also illustrates Changsheng's offensive requirements.

Paulo Ferreira is a very good right back, but his excellence is not reflected in the attack. He's impeccable defensively.

But on offense, he helped the team too little.

Both he and Tulalang are full-time defenders.

This has led Valencia to walk on one leg in offense for a long time. The offensive on the left is very sharp because of Ronaldinho and Aurelio.

There is only one Reyes on the right, and sometimes it is inevitable to be alone.

Champions League final. Chang Sheng hopes that his team can truly fly on both wings.

Although the game skills he chooses are all defensive skills, his tactical arrangements pay more attention to offense and control.

Curro Torres was excavated by him this season. He is not as good as Paul Ferreira in defense, but his offensive ability is worse than Ferreira's. He can be regarded as a full-back with a balanced offense and defense and can attack. I can also come back.

Chang Sheng's requirements for full-backs are as simple as that.

The reason for choosing Curro Torres in this final is to give Porto a little surprise on offense.

If Mourinho thinks that his attack on the right basically depends on Reyes alone, he doesn't mind letting Mourinho open his eyes.

Of course, Baraja and Paulo Ferreira didn't start the game, and Chang Sheng also had arrangements and explained it clearly to them.

Not allowing them to start is not because their strength is not worthy of the Champions League final. But because of tactical needs.

The tactics of a game cannot be static.

The initial emphasis on offense is to gain the lead in the game.

Once ahead. He needs to defend.

At that time, Baraja and Paulo Ferreira were obviously more useful.

Both players have no objection to Chang Sheng's arrangement.

Baraja is a person who has been determined to follow Changsheng in Changsheng's first season with the team.

Chang Sheng made it clear to him, and there was nothing he did not support.

With Chang Sheng winning so many championships, what else can he be picky and dissatisfied with? If it were another head coach, maybe Valencia would be destined to compete for the Champions League qualification every year.

Paolo Ferreira is the same as Baraja. For him, Chang Sheng has the grace of knowledge and encounter.

When he was still unknown in a small Portuguese team, it was the Valencia club that brought him out there. When I met Chang Sheng for the first time, I knew that the Valencia club asked them to buy because of Chang Sheng. For myself, I bought it for myself.

He only supports Chang Sheng.

Therefore, this arrangement is very surprising to outsiders. They are worried that the two main players will be dissatisfied with Chang Sheng's arrangement, which will lead to civil strife in the locker room and eventually affect Valencia's combat effectiveness.

Mourinho is one who thinks so.

When he found out that Chang Sheng's starting roster was different from what he had predicted, he was not surprised, but laughed.

Did that Chinese person think that he could win the game by blindly seeking new ideas and changing himself by catching himself off guard?

A final was not won by surprising the starting lineup.

Generally speaking, this arrangement did not deviate from my own prediction. It was nothing more than a change of people in two positions, and it did not change the entire main lineup to the point.

Mourinho has nothing to worry about.

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The live broadcast of the UEFA Champions League final is at 2:45 in the morning in China.

At this time, China Central Television has not yet broadcast live the UEFA Champions League. There are only two ways for Chinese fans to watch live broadcasts of UEFA Champions League matches. One is a sports channel of a local station, because these sports channels have signed a contract with espn. Champions League matches can be broadcast. But the disadvantage is that because it is not a satellite TV station, the signal coverage is limited. Except for provincial cities, it cannot be seen in many places.

The second method is through the Internet. At that time, live video broadcasting was not as developed as it was later, but it was also available. Of course, there is also live text.

Most of the Chinese fans and netizens are used to watching the game while chatting with their comrades who stayed up late watching the game on QQ online.

The same goes for forums.

There are also such people on the forum that Chang Sheng went to in the early morning.

Some people watch directly in front of the TV. While surfing the Internet, some people browse the Internet through the computer and browse the forum by the way.

When these people saw the starting list of both sides printed on the TV screen, they were collectively stunned.

They thought of the top post.

"Damn it! Isn't it? You really guessed right?!"

"I'll go! Isn't it really Changsheng?! Can you guess the arrangement of such an unpopular starting lineup?"

Immediately, countless netizens flocked to this post, quoting and replying under the floor where Changsheng released the starting lineup: "Thank you!" Yet?"

Some people shouted in the post: "Where's the hymn? Where's the hymn? Come out and live broadcast and cut jj!"

And received enthusiastic response from the masses.

Of course, someone posted the link to this post outside, and the title was as horrifying as Chang Sheng's: "Chang Sheng's real body is suspected to appear in the cm player forum!"

So countless netizens flocked to the site.

In order to be able to see the post, they also registered an account. Log in and watch.

Because too many people flooded in in a short period of time, it even caused the forum server to crash...

Of course, this is all an incident that happened on the domestic network, and it will not have any impact on the game...

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In the final preparations before the game, Mourinho is repeating the tactical points of this game again to his players.

"Valencia are technically good, but they're not strong enough. What should we do against a team that's good at possession and passing back and forth? It's not about sitting in the back and waiting for them to attack. It's about attacking with our physical advantage. They! Let them be afraid of our physical collision, let them be afraid! Then they will not dare to take the ball. Then it is our chance!"

Since selling Deco, Mourinho has started to take the route of muscle and speed.

His Porto style is tough, the defense is tenacious, and the counterattack is sharp and fast.

This already has the embryonic form of what he will do in the future.

Chang Sheng might not have thought about it. It was his original transfer move that contributed to the complete formation of Mourinho's tactical thinking.

Flow the team with this muscle speed. Porto eliminated Manchester United, Lyon, Chelsea and other teams all the way, reaching the Champions League final. Suppressed Benfica, Sporting Lisbon and other teams in the domestic league, and successfully defended the league championship.

This is the iron-blooded football that Mourinho emphasized.

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At the same time, in the Valencia locker room, Chang Sheng was also making the final mobilization.

"Three years ago, we reached the final. At that time, many people in this team were not here. And Valencia has reached the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons! It is not so easy for a wealthy team to reach the finals for two consecutive seasons. But why did Valencia choose to change coaches? Because we have no champions and have reached the Champions League finals for two consecutive seasons. In front of the runner-up for two consecutive seasons, it is simply a failure that is not worth mentioning!"

"In order to change the fate of this failure, Valencia replaced the club president and the head coach. My predecessor, Cooper, left. I came. But to be honest, when I came to this club I am afraid that no one was optimistic that I could lead you back to the stage of the Champions League final. At that time, I was a rookie coach with only one year of coaching experience in the second division. Like most of you, I had no experience. A rookie who has proven himself on the mainstream stage. For two consecutive seasons, Valencia was only able to fall in the quarter-finals. In the UEFA Cup, we were eliminated by Inter Milan. In the Champions League, we were eliminated by Milan. When we met Milan again this season at the time of eight to four, many people thought it was Valencia's fate. But I don't believe in fate. My appearance is to break those damn fates!"

"So everyone has seen that we reversed Milan 5-0, and we came to Schalke! We have won three league titles in the past three years, but why do we still have to face Milan in the Champions League? Think we are inferior to them? Quite simply, we are not European champions. We need a European champion to justify ourselves. We need a European champion to show everyone that we Valencia are a force to be reckoned with in European football !"

"Today, we have a great opportunity. After two years, we are finally back here, this is the stage that should belong to us. This is the third time Valencia has reached the final of the Champions League. We have a saying in China Well done, it's called "Three Things". It means that one thing can be changed once and twice, and it can't be repeated again and again. It won't happen again for the third time that you make it to the finals but become a foil for others. So this time, We didn't come to be the runner-up! We came to be the kings of Europe!"

"We've all grown from nobody to a big star, and now we're just one step away from becoming a superstar, winning the Champions Cup, and making it big!"

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