Football's Number One Madman

Chapter 261 Who Are You Saying Is Amateur?

Alaves should be thankful that they only encountered Valencia's rotation.

Just 3 days later, on September 9, the rested Bat Corps landed on Las Palmas Island, 25 kilometers away, after a long-distance flight of more than 4 hours.

This is the sixth round of the league, but their opponent is not the familiar Las Palmas, but Leganes in the same city.

Even for Spanish local players, this is an extremely unfamiliar name.

Alaves was the champion of the Second Division last season, and this Leganes is the runner-up, and the difference between the two sides is only 1 point, which can be said to be a tie.

Compared with Alaves, Leganes has a slightly better record in the first five rounds, with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, and scored 7 points, 1 point more than Alaves.

They tied Atletico Madrid, defeated Celta Vigo and Deportivo respectively, only lost 1:2 to Sporting Gijon, and then lost 1:5 to Barcelona...

After all, Barcelona can't accept the outcome of losing two consecutive rounds to the newly promoted, so after losing to Alaves, even if they are desperate, they have to save face!
In this game, apart from the fact that Vizzo's strength is open to question, Neville sent his 10 strongest players:
Li Polo, Figuli, Rodrigo, Parejo, DePaul, Van Dijk, Gaya, Cancelo, Alves...

Unsurprisingly, this lineup overwhelmed Leganes in the first half!

The Butarque Stadium, which can only accommodate 10954 people, was packed with supporters of the home team on this day, but these poor fans could only watch their beloved team being torn to pieces by a brutal vampire bat. shards!
Lee Polo, who had accumulated energy for a week, scored a hat-trick within 45 minutes.

In the 5th minute, he knocked on the opponent's goal with a header, and then kicked his head to expand the lead!
While he was showing off his might, Feguli and DePaul also made every effort to add to the icing on the cake. When the midfielders of both sides returned to the locker room, the score had already reached 5:0!

There was laughter in the locker room of the visiting team, and only captain Parejo was still angry:
"Those two direct free kicks, I shouldn't use too much force!"

Looking at the unwilling captain, Rodrigo's mentality is much more balanced:

"Don't think about it so much, look at me, isn't it just a little short of scoring?"

Parejo rolled his eyes:

"You've got three assists, of course you can see it!"

Rodrigo smiled, and pushed Li Polo, who was sitting next to him, with his shoulder:
"Brother, wait for my pass in the second half!"

"Don't worry about whether to use your head or your feet, as long as you can score a goal!"

Before Li Poluo agreed, he heard the voice of the head coach:
"Hey guys, great work!"

Ouchi's Spanish can only give such simple encouragement, and his eloquence cannot be fully utilized here.

Can only be done by his brother:
"You didn't take this week off to slaughter a newly promoted horse, right?"

The players certainly understood the intentions of the coaches, and nodded one by one:

"That's right!"

"Leganes is not worthy of our treatment like this!"

Neville Jr continued:

"We have already said in the tactical analysis class that Alaves and Leganes, the two newly promoted teams together, are not as important as the opponents three days later, so we have to properly retain a little desire to attack. Bring this desire to the Champions League match three days later!"
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The second half didn't take much time, DePaul and Gaya were removed from the field one after another. They were replaced by Perez, who was suspended because of a red card, and Bernat, who returned to his old club in the summer.

Now that the coaching staff has clearly requested that the second half focus on controlling the situation and saving energy, Valencia's full-court pressing tactics have been slightly put away.

Leganes, who was beaten sorely, did not attack boldly because the opponent relaxed. Instead, he played very friendly with Valencia for 45 minutes.

In these 45 minutes, the two sides practiced a pass and cut cooperation for a while, and then shot with their feet 30 meters away from the opponent's goal.

Even Li Poluo had rare two long-range shooting data, but unfortunately he didn't hit the target once.

Instead, it was a long-range shot from Leganes, drawing a strange arc in the air, and it was about to spin into the goal. Fortunately, Alves had quick eyesight and quick hands, and fished the ball out on the goal line...

Leganes, who almost scored a goal, not only showed no excitement, but trembled.

Lee Polo rolled up his sleeves:

"I didn't expect you to look thick and big-eyed, but actually hide evil intentions, and you dare to fight back!"

The Leganes coach almost fell to his knees at Neville's feet!

"That striker is an amateur. He usually can't score 100 out of 1 long-range shots. This must be a misunderstanding!"

Li Poluo only heard a few words intermittently, so he became even more annoyed:
"Who do you call an amateur striker? Have you ever seen an amateur striker score 47 goals in a single season?"

[Leganes head coach, +55! 】

Gary Neville didn't bully too much, and he removed Lee Polo after 70 minutes, so as to prevent the "amateur striker" from causing irreversible damage to the friendly feelings of the two teams.

The game ended happily in a warm and friendly atmosphere. It was only near the end that Mina, who came off the bench, finally used a long shot to draw a successful end to the 90-minute game.

6: 0!
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After playing this relaxing and pleasant away game, Valencia did not stay on this scenic island. They directly boarded the club's chartered plane and flew to mainland Spain.

When they landed again, it was less than 60 hours before the next Champions League match.

Fortunately... this match was at their own home court, otherwise they would have to fly into the sky the next day! -
"Monaco, you are no stranger to this opponent, right?"

After resting for half a day, in the training session that afternoon, assistant coach Worro began tactical analysis.

The "veteran players" including Li Poluo nodded their heads one after another.

Last season, Valencia eliminated Monaco in the UEFA Champions League qualifying play-offs, and then got the ticket to the Champions League.

Lee Polo also made his first European appearance in the second qualifying round and scored his first goal in the European competition.

Since the last two league games were against newly promoted teams, the difficulty was not too great, so the coaching staff was also able to distract themselves from deploying the European games. Since a week ago, Monaco has been analyzed and studied.The technical characteristics of the opponent's important players have also been specially edited and sent to each player. Now the meeting only needs to emphasize the key points.

Otherwise... a mere two days is simply not enough to complete these preparations!
I saw Worrow opened the video of the first round of the group match between Manchester City and Monaco:
"We just got the news that Monaco's main striker Falcao was injured in the sixth round of the league, so the defender can temporarily forget about his information."

Van Dyke and Wezzo shrugged, but neither had much reaction.

Falcao, the "Colombia Tiger" who was once a super striker in Europe, was once a super striker who could compete with Messi and Ronaldo in La Liga.But after many years of homelessness, Falcao, who has been plagued by injuries, is now just a "sick tiger". In the past three seasons, his goals have been 9 (Monaco) and 6 (Monaco + Manchester United) , 1 (Chelsea), completely lost the courage of the past.

But as he returned to Ligue 45, he opened the scoring for the team in the first game, as if he had regained his form.But after playing only [-] minutes in the second game, the old injury relapsed and he lay back on the hospital bed again...

"Then focus on taking care of their only main striker, Germain."

Volo pointed to a guy on the screen who was young but had a high hairline:
"His ability to protect the ball is good, and he is also used to counter-attacking on the spot, so when you complete the interception, you must not be too relaxed. In addition, he does not have many advantages, whether it is high-altitude balls, or shooting and passing. The technology is mediocre."

Lee Polo, who played as a defender last year, had never seen this striker before, so he was obviously a new aid.But after watching a few clips of him, I really can't see too many characteristics. Not to mention Van Dijk, even Jones and Wezzo are more than enough to deal with him.

Next, it was changed to Neville Jr.:

"The opponent's risk is not strong, but their midfield is full of talents, such as Bernardo Silva, Moutinho... some people must be very familiar with them."

Cancelo nodded, both of whom were teammates in the Portuguese national team:

"They are both good at their feet, and Silva is also very good at breaking through and shooting."

Along with his explanation, seat B on the screen was shaking away Manchester City defender Otamendi, and pierced through Bravo's ten fingers with a light shot!
The final result of this game is 2:1, with the home team ahead.

In the first round of the group stage, Monaco relied on their home advantage to repel Manchester City led by Guardiola, creating a big upset in this "group of death"!
Although they are a team in the fourth tier, they are not weak at all!

(End of this chapter)