football's most handsome

Chapter 160 March 8 Update

Aimar is indeed a very good midfielder, especially in terms of control of football. It can be said that his playing skills make him easy to get injured. However, it is precisely because of his way of playing that he brings Here comes a special skill that is different from others.

Hard to defend against, the most difficult, smooth flow.

The most difficult clown in the circus.

Juan deliberately did not let Aimar start in this game, not because Aimar is not good, nor because he thinks what will happen to him, but because of Aimar's own schedule.

Although the Argentine coach at the time was scolded for not bringing Riquelme, at least he still remembered to bring Aimar and Juan Sorin, so he was not beaten to death by the excited Argentine crowd .

Sorin has good physical fitness, and he is not the main target of the opponent during the game, so there is no problem in the market, but Aimar, he is too easy to get injured, and it is too easy to become a bright target on the court, so no matter what No matter what, Juan still has some concerns about him.

Although it is said that the national team has no money, the glory it can get is more exciting than that of the club - winning glory for the country.

Juan understands his feelings, and when it comes to using it, Aimar is not his first choice, so there will not be too much difficulty in the arrangement.

However, there is still a problem on the court. After all, Sissoko is very good. He is a relatively dexterous midfielder and cannot replace Aimar to a large extent-he does not have the passing ability of Aimar-but at least in In terms of connection, he still did a good job.

But it's a pity that Valencia doesn't have a really good midfielder core to plan to tear up Deportivo's defense, otherwise Deportivo would not be able to act like this right now.

"Raieri's substitution is indeed not bad, and it is precisely because he is young enough, so even if he is lacking in technology, his physical fitness can still make up for it. Maybe Deportivo Is it more dangerous now?"

When Frank said that, he subconsciously looked at the people around him, and Dean frowned.

"Replacing Marchena, replacing Sissoko... Such a substitution is the right medicine for the case, but in terms of pressing and controlling the midfielder, Valencia's midfielder has no advantage at all. Now go down to a horse who can fight Chenna, can you still compare with Deportivo's top midfielders? You must know that Deportivo is not inferior to clubs with top midfielders like Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Arsenal in midfield confrontations team!"

"I think so too, so Ranieri is trying to put Valencia on Baraja?"

Baraja is very strong and trustworthy. This is something that the Bat Legion swarms all know. Ranieri does not seem to be afraid of Baraja being overwhelmed by this?

It would be great if Baraja could carry it down. If he couldn't, under the successive attacks of the Deportivo midfielder, maybe Valencia's midfielder would collapse immediately!In this case, Valencia's game is really over...

Juan turned his head and looked in the direction of Valencia's coaching bench. Ranieri was standing near the sideline with a anxious expression on his face, and he didn't notice his gaze at all.

Juan withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the field.

Valencia's biggest reliance now is indeed Baraja. His performance is very good, otherwise Deportivo would not have scored a goal in the entire first half. Baraja's outstanding performance helped Valencia in Deportivo. Runia survived the attack.

tricky.

To be honest, most head coaches, including Juan, are a little afraid of the kind of crazy players. Under normal circumstances, it seems that they may not be much better than ordinary players, and they even have various weaknesses that can be targeted. , However, once he starts to go crazy, just a flash of inspiration at that moment can dominate the direction of the entire game.

——Of course, it would be even more fatal if those superstars really launched a surge. It was already difficult to stop them, and now they are in a state of no solution. Everything is going to be beneficial, but Juan will remind him carefully.

Don't mess with those big-name players!

Especially those who are good at bursting seeds!

Although Baraja is not a big star, he is still a first-class player. Juan doesn't want to see him go crazy.

But he wasn't really that worried. After all, there was a Baraja on the opposite side, but La Coruña had Riquel Mericulme Portillo Gago...Who was crazy enough not to be able to catch up with his own people?

What's more, there is still a Messi on the field.

None of Deportivo's players are vegetarians, and at worst, both sides will work hard to score goals. Anyway, this is what Deportivo is most afraid of!

The reason Juan is so reckless is because Deportivo has had a lot of explosive attacks this season. Compared with explosive attacks, the opponent may not be able to beat them, and if it is compared to scoring goals, Valencia is even worse. La Coruña...

What's more, Deportivo has not yet reached the point where they can score more goals by relying on their own players to explode. Instead, they step by step are enough to make Valencia's explosion meaningless.

So Juan still stood below the old god, and didn't feel nervous at all.

Juan Sorin passed the ball to Riquelme and ran forward himself. He knew his job, which was to fight the opponent's defenders in the opponent's box and then create more space for his teammates to come out. , this kind of work is important - it has to be said that Juan Sorin did a good job.

And he also knew that there was only so much he could do.

"Sorin did a good job in this game!" Allen was a little excited, and he could be regarded as watching Juan Sorin's growth with his own eyes.

From the very beginning, Juan Sorin's sense of position was particularly weak. He had difficulty retreating in time after pressing the attack, and often lost his position, so on the court, he was always running , to make up for it with speed and fouls.

So Juan simply told him not to retreat this time - he couldn't go back anyway - just stay in the opponent's area.

Juan Sorin is extremely tenacious in defense, even stalking to block the opponent's attack, and when defending, his ability to predict the ball is very good, which enhances the success rate of interception to a certain extent , and in the entire Deportivo, he is also a player with a particularly strong fighting spirit. He can run tirelessly on the court, and his ball control range is particularly large. Opponent's chance.

Valencia also knew what would happen if Deportivo put this weapon in their half, so they all adopted a very active offensive approach at the beginning, but they finally started to try to break through more. up.

No matter what, you have to pass the midfield first!

In any case, as long as Deportivo passes the midfield, it will be blank!

...However, the terrible thing is that Baraja, whom they have high hopes for in this game, does not like players who dribble and break through. He is more suitable for splitting the football quickly in the midfield, and then directly hit the football through the wing attack. Inside, if he can, he will go forward and finish the attack himself.

This kind of attack is very simple, but it is very effective, especially the timing of Baraja's advance is very accurate, coupled with his physical fitness, few of the midfielders of Deportivo can stop the collision. liveable.

Of course, after the chaotic attack in the first half, the Valencia players stayed by Baraja's side for almost the entire second half, allowing him to maximize his abilities.Such an approach may suppress the performance of other players, but when Baraja's strength is higher than others, such a tactic can show more power.

There was a fierce fight between the two sides near the middle circle. Valencia finally launched a fierce attack, but Deportivo pulled his net to the front, blocked the attacks from multiple sides meticulously, and stabilized his defense. , By the way, avoid the opponent's limelight.

However, after all, there was still a fish that slipped through the net. After a subconscious leak by Juan Sorin, Valencia finally hit out his attack!

And almost in an instant, they directly entered the restricted area of ​​Deportivo!

Caberni received a pass from Aurelio on the wing, parked the ball for a moment at his feet, and looked up to observe the situation in the penalty area - it was like gold in Deportivo's box.

Although it is no different from having gold now, Deportivo's entire penalty area is empty, and all the players returning to defense are running wildly behind him. He raised his foot and sent a beautiful kick before Capdevila forced him up. The curve ball passed the ball into the penalty area!

David Navarro is desperately entangled with Juan Sorin. Although he is far inferior to Juan Sorin in terms of physical confrontation, he is about to lose his balance when he is forced by the Argentine defender. hindered his movement to a great extent.

Albelda and Baraja rushed towards Deportivo's penalty area like lions. Deportivo's speed here is not slow. It can be said that when the ball was transferred, they followed those few The two Valencia players returned to their penalty area together.

In order to prevent Baraja from not shooting and choosing to pass, Gago directly blocked in front of Deros Santos, while Mista and Diwayo were pulled by Maniche and Andrade respectively. It's really a bit immobile.

Did Valencia's attack fail this time?

Not necessarily.

Baraja was still advancing firmly, as if he didn't feel that his teammates were restrained and would interfere with him, he received a pass from Carbone, and then kicked the football hard out!

Capdevila could only try to interfere from the side, but his interference was not useless. When Baraja shot the goal, he was not so precise. The football hit the top of the crossbar directly and flew high. , directly bounced and hit the billboard!

"It's a pity! Valencia had a beautiful attack but didn't get the goal they deserved. They played very fiercely. If this goes on, it's just a matter of time to score... Ah, Riquelme made a big move on the pitch. Gestures, what else did you say, this time we don’t need a lip language expert, let’s just do it ourselves—"

"Counterattack, fight back!"

Riquelme's expression was very calm, his hair was already soaked in sweat, exposing his forehead.

Deportivo has a ridiculous name in La Liga, called the thick eyebrows and big eyes team. Basically more than half of the people in their team are thick eyebrows and big eyes, such as Romario and Juan Riquelmer , Juan Belleron, Juan Sorinla... They all have thick and long eyebrows, and they look like they have a simple and honest atmosphere. Although they are handsome, they have an idyllic feeling inexplicably ...

Hmm... like Lee Pace, who became famous a few years later... the same handsome guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a style of old Texas farmer...

However, even so, when Juan Belleron raised his arm on the court and pointed in the direction of Valencia's goal, he still had a calm aura.

Although the silent Spanish matador was restrained, the blood in his body was still boiling.

And, Juan Belleron is a man of his word.

The ball boy threw the ball in, Belleron easily controlled the ball under his feet, raised his head to look at the situation on the field, and then quickly passed the ball to Capdevila on the left, Deportivo Launched a counterattack.

Capdevila took the ball forward, and when Aurelio entangled him, he lifted the ball and passed the ball to Riquelme who was responding in the middle, and Riquelme quickly passed the ball to Gago.

Now he doesn't worry about the opponent's midfield pressing, because no matter how powerful Baraja is, it is impossible for Baraja to come to the front so quickly from the back. In the attack, he can be used as two people alone, but in defense, one Baraja Raja is not enough.

"With Deportivo having a technical advantage at their feet, Valencia's defense will become especially difficult..."

Gago passed the ball back to Riquelme, and Valeron began to dribble the ball forward in the middle. Baraja quickly rushed forward to try to stick to Riquelme, preventing him from organizing the attack, but Valeron quickly The ball was passed, and the football fell to the feet of Riquelme who plugged in from the left.

Riquelme took the ball and took a step across, and quickly passed the ball to Diego Forlan at the front of the penalty area. Forlan passed the ball back. The goal post flew out of the baseline.

"An attack that made Valencia break out in a cold sweat... But I have to say that Deportivo and Valencia have fallen into a scoring drought for 52 and 53 minutes respectively..."

Frank's words were just a joke, how could it be possible to score goals from beginning to end in a game?It's just that Deportivo's first goal came too fast, and he really couldn't help but tease him.

Even after being warned by Deportivo with such a counterattack that made people sweat coldly, Valencia's attack still had no intention of stopping.

They are now behind and have no other choice but to attack, especially in the face of a team like Deportivo, if they cannot control the rhythm of the offense in their own hands, then Deportivo will completely Can rely on his excellent skills to continuously control the ball, constantly wear down Valencia's physical fitness, and finally win the game without bloodshed——

This is what La Coruña has always done in the past!

The head coaches of the entire La Liga know that Deportivo will use this method, and they all know that no matter how their formation changes, in short, the main method is to wear down the opponent's physical strength, but in every game, facing La Coruña With Coruña's tide-like offense, even a head coach would begin to doubt his life.

Did he make a mistake?

In fact, Deportivo wants to take the lead in winning the score regardless of the physical cost?

Is that so? ! !

Valencia can also be regarded as competitive. In this attack, Caponi directly passed a long pass to the frontcourt. David Navarro took off in the frontcourt but was suppressed by Juan Sorin, and Maniche shook his head. , the football was pushed back to Valencia's half, Albelda grabbed the ball in front of Riquelme again, Baraja turned around with the ball, and bumped into Portillo next to him. Then he passed the ball to Deros Santos on the left.

——I have to say, this is the disadvantage of being too crowded in the restricted area. A turn around may bump into someone. A little more aggrieved.

Deros Santos started with the ball from wide, with Fernando Gago barely following him.

In this game, Gago was under a lot of pressure. Just wrestling with Deros Santos was enough for him to deal with. In addition, Carbone and others kept changing positions to this side to attack, so that his side It can only defend, and cannot advance to support the offense, but it is precisely because of the relatively high pressure brought by Valencia's offense that the Deportivo players feel very embarrassed to defend.

However, Valencia is Valencia after all. Even though Deportivo's defense is so tight, Albelda still dribbled the ball into Deportivo's 30-meter penalty area, then made an emergency stop, raised his foot and passed the ball Baraja, Baraja passed the ball straight to Diwayo in front of him without stopping, and then advanced himself. Diwayo returned the pass immediately. Baraja swung his right foot while running and blasted the goal vigorously!

Just when everyone was waiting with bated breath, two people, Andrade and Maniche, had appeared on his way out of the ball. One stretched out his leg, and the other rushed over directly!

Just when the audience couldn't help but want to exclaim, Andrade's legs had already blocked the football first!

Suddenly there was a sound of relief on the court.

Everyone can see how powerful Baraja's shot is. If it really hits Maniche, no one can tell the consequences.

Especially when Maniche turned sideways, defenseless all over his body, if he was hit, he would be injured no matter what...

Thanks to Andrade for the kick!

"Deportivo is also too tenacious in defense! It is very difficult to break through their defense from the center... But think about it, Juan Diaz's emphasis on the center is well known, Deportivo Runia's excellent central axis is the main reason why they have performed extremely well in the past two years!"

Resisting Valencia's attack, the morale of the Deportivo players was high. The football that Andrade swept down was controlled by Gago, and the Argentine midfielder quickly passed the ball to the forward Li. Kerme, Deportivo launched a counterattack!

Baraja turned around and prepared to return to the defense, but Riquelme was no longer prepared to give him this opportunity this time. He turned around and passed a beautiful ball behind him, flying straight to the left side of Valencia's half!

Portillo charged at high speed on the wing, but Albelda quickly returned to the defense but still couldn't catch up with him—in fact, he was a little injured when he first came out, and he was still a bit weak. up.

While running, Albelda suddenly fell to the ground in embarrassment. For this fall on the flat ground, the camera on the scene was still slightly turned there, but the players of Deportivo did not stop their attacking pace because of this. Portillo broke through to the bottom line in one breath along the left, and then raised his foot and passed the ball into the penalty area before Moretti made up for it!

David Navarro in defense jumped up to meet the ball, and Lionel Messi, who was standing beside him, also gritted his teeth and jumped up vigorously. In the confrontation, Messi's chances of winning are not very high, and he is far behind David Navarro as a defender in terms of height and physical fitness.

The two collided in the air, but David Navarro did not touch the football. Before him, Valencia goalkeeper Canizares had already stretched out his hand directly, and a monkey caught the moon and took the football Protected in my arms!

"Wow, a timely attack, if Canizares is still in front of the goal at the moment, there may be many variables. After all, although Messi is not tall, he will still be threatening... Wait Suddenly, Albelda fell to the ground, what happened? Let's watch the replay!"

At this time, everyone recovered from this attack and directly noticed Albelda's painful expression.

The replay shows that while chasing Portillo, Albelda suddenly fell on the flat ground, as if he was tripped by his own leg, so defenseless, his expression struggled, but in the end The main thing is that he can't seem to get up.

"In the last league game against Sevilla, Albelda suffered a slight injury. It seems that this time the old injury has recurred... He suddenly fell to the ground while chasing Portillo. Bad news for Valencia, they don't seem to have a reliable defensive midfielder if Albelda gets injured..."

In the live broadcast, Ranieri chatted with the team doctor with a serious expression, and then made a substitution that surprised everyone-he did not replace the substitute midfielder, but waved his hand and used striker Angulo Replaced the midfielder Albelda!

In other words, Valencia's current formation has changed from the four-four-two at the beginning of the game to the current four-three-three!

One substitution reduces one midfielder and adds one striker, and then the striker becomes three - Ranieri's idea of ​​attacking to the end, equalizing or even overtaking the score is already obvious!

"You really can go all out..." Juan frowned.

It is impossible for Ranieri to switch to defense now. It seems that Valencia really wants to use offense to play until the end of the game. Is this the rhythm of really fighting against Deportivo?

"I admire him a little bit now." Juan laughed and shook his head, then looked back at his bench.

Deportivo have yet to make a substitution.

It's not that Juan doesn't know how to change, but he feels that there is really no need to change now. If he is replaced by an offensive player, the defense will be affected. If he is replaced by a defensive player, he can't stop attacking—except for any changes. , he will not rush to choose substitutions, after all, they have a huge advantage in both the score and the situation.

Juan looked at the time, there were still more than 20 minutes left, and the game was over.

"—there are still 10 minutes left in the game." Ranieri thought silently in his heart. "There are still 10 minutes left, in time!"

After becoming a three-forward, Valencia's offense became simpler and crazier.

Sissoko's position retreated a bit, forming a three-center back with Deros Santos and Carboni. Among the three forwards in the frontcourt, Mista wandered in the frontcourt, and Diwayo ran in the penalty area. Angulo, who had just entered the field, was doing the dirty work.

In such a formation, Valencia kept distinguishing and using the two wings to get forward. This kind of play is simple and crazy, which puts great pressure on Deportivo's defense.

After resisting an attack from the opponent, La Coruña quickly launched a counterattack-they also knew in their hearts that it was not a problem to be suppressed like this. There are always negligence, so it is better to use the attack to expand again The leading advantage, so that the defense will be more confident!

Deportivo La Coruña's counterattack was extremely sharp this time, and it directly killed the opponent's area with a huge threat.

Riquelme passed the ball to Portillo, and Portillo started to dribble forward. After attracting Baraja's attention, he passed the ball to Belleron. Long and the cross-cut Fernando Gago made a two-for-one cooperation, got rid of Carboni's defense, and then made a posture at the front of the penalty area to take a long shot.

David Navarro greeted him with a desperate expression, and when he was about to block the ball with his body, Riquelme passed the ball directly to Diego Forlan in the penalty area. Get the ball in goal, then quickly cross the ball!

Lionel Messi from the left rushed up, facing the football crossed, raised his right foot high and shot!

Messi's two feet hardly seem to be born on the same person, his right foot is unique, and even Romario can't help but exclaim "not bad" with the tricks that this foot can make. Relatively speaking, his left foot even seems to function as a support for the body and running——

"Valencia is dangerous!" Frank yelled.

Just when the football flew towards the goal, Canizares showed an extremely wonderful save!

He fell to the ground without hesitation, then raised his arm, and quickly lay across the flight path of the football. The colorful elf hit his hand heavily and flew out of the net.

Not far behind!

Still in the restricted area! !

Portillo and Diego Forlan have rushed over quickly, both of them are very close to the goal, and there is also Messi, who is also running here desperately!

The referee has his whistle in his mouth, his eyes are fixed on the football, and he is ready to blow the whistle for a goal at any time.

At this time, Canizares rushed over quickly, and a not sloppy tackle directly hooked the ball over the crossbar and flew out of the bottom line of the court!

"Canizares! Hero of Valencia!! The football almost went in! It would have been terrible if the goal had been conceded, and if it turned out to be three goals behind, Valencia's exit would have been very bad Dangerous! This siege is very important, keeping Valencia's last hope!"

The sighs of the Deportivo fans and the crazy shouts of the Valencia fans sounded from the stands. As soon as Canizares got up from the ground, he was embraced by the roaring Valencia players. For this wonderful rescue!

There is no doubt that this will greatly improve their morale!

Juan bit his lip off the court and shook his head.

Obviously this game made Valencia very concerned, otherwise they would not have played to this level.

Such a save will lower the morale of Deportivo's side, and there is no way to do it, so he hates this kind of behavior of the opponent's sudden explosion...

If this wave cannot survive, Deportivo may be in big trouble afterwards.

Valencia did not give Deportivo any chance to adjust. They immediately launched a crazy press in their own half, which directly put Deportivo in a difficult situation.

With passing back and forth becoming difficult, Deportivo could only manage to complete a cross from the wing before it was cleared by Di Vaio.

Then Valencia immediately launched an attack like a tide——

Compared with the previous attack, Valencia's attack this time is more resolute and has an indomitable momentum!

They are breaking the boat, like this game has come to an end, and after this attack, they will not have any chance to score!

David Navarro puts the ball into the box, Thuram makes a clearance, Baraja intercepts the ball from outside the box and passes it to Ze Roberto, who dribbles the ball into the box Breakthrough, after breaking through Hector, the replacement Andrade cleared the ball, but was intercepted by Ramilau, and passed the ball to David Navarro again to start the attack...

Valencia's offense was constantly cleared by Deportivo, but they launched more fierce attacks again and again, hardly giving Deportivo any chance to counterattack. It seems that they will never give up if they don't score a goal. Same!

After hitting the other side's cross far out of the sideline, Molina got up from the ground, then slapped his hands hard and shouted loudly: "Be careful, don't give them a chance to enter the penalty area, hold on!"

David Navarro is on the sideline preparing to throw a throw-in, Baraja and Deros Santos are on the side preparing to respond, while in the penalty area, Mista and Sissoko are constantly running back and forth in the penalty area looking for Chance.

Andrade and Capdevila are watching them, but they also need to be distracted to prevent Baraja and others from taking the opportunity to attack——

The situation on the field is a bit complicated.

David Navarro threw a throw-in, Deros Santos dribbled forward for the ball and kept it under his feet, while Baraja began to move laterally.

Deros Santos didn't stick to the ball, he quickly raised his foot and passed the ball to David Navarro, and then broke towards the baseline by himself. His running attracted part of the attention of the Deportivo players. However, David Navarro did not pass the ball to Deros Santos, but directly raised his foot and transferred the ball to the left in a wide range!

Diwayo catches the ball! !

He took the ball one step forward, and then quickly raised his foot to pass!

He didn't pass a high-altitude ball, but shifted the ball laterally to the penalty spot, where Baraja rushed up like lightning! !

Diego Forlan tried to interfere with Baraja's advance in the middle, but he was at a disadvantage in physical confrontation. Baraja almost knocked him away abruptly, and then appeared in front of the football's landing point , then raised his right foot, and shot the ball vigorously!

The ball flew towards the goal of Deportivo at an astonishing high speed. Although Diego Lopez made the first reaction, he failed to prevent the football from entering the goal-the ball hit his hand heavily and then went up. Jump.

La Coruna is not as lucky as Valencia, the football bounced into the gate of Deportivo!

"goooooooooooooooal! Ruben Baraja! Beautiful goal! Baraja puts a wonderful volley from inside the box to bring Valencia back a point! It's two to one! It was a fantastic game The game! The semi-final of the Copa del Rey is so eye-catching and exciting, it is really rare!"

"In the coming time, the game should be more interactive and more eye-catching!"

When the melon-eaters were expecting the game to be more exciting and intense, countless crowds of Deportivo sighed in disappointment.

They don't want exciting and intense competitions, what they want is victory! !