amazing coach

The day before the semi-finals, Valencia came to the small town of Alkmaar. Valencia, nicknamed the Bat Legion, did not cause as much sensation as Barcelona did when they arrived, because like Alkmaar, they were participating in the Champions League for the second time.

Contest.

In 1997, Italian Ranieri, who coached Valencia, combined Italian defensive counterattacks with traditional Spanish technical football, laying the foundation for Valencia's future technical and tactical style. In the 1998-99 La Liga season that just passed, Valencia

He used a defensive counterattack to defeat Real Madrid 3:1 and swept Barcelona 4:2. After eliminating Barcelona in the Copa del Rey, he even beat Real Madrid 4:0 at halftime in the first leg of the semifinals and ended up with a score of 6:0.

Real Madrid was very embarrassed. In the end, Valencia won the Copa del Rey that year and ranked third in the league, thus participating in the European Champions Cup for the second time in history.

In the summer of 1999, because Ranieri accepted Atletico Madrid's invitation to coach, Valencia, in order to maintain the team's style, hired the Argentinian coach who led Mallorca to third place in the league and second place in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Cooper became the head coach, and in terms of transfers, Kily Gonzalez, Albelda, Herard, etc. were introduced. Among the main players, only forward Lopez and Swedish midfielder Schwartz left the team. The thickness of the lineup was not weakened, but instead

has been strengthened.

During the 1999-00 season, Valencia, as the new champions of the Champions League, was originally not optimistic. At that time, the Champions League group stage was divided into two stages. There were many games and there were many conversations between strong teams. If they did not have enough strength, they would not be able to win.

However, Wallen, who was placed in a group with Bayern, Rangers and PSV in the first stage of the group stage, qualified first in the group with an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 3 draws and entered the second stage of the group stage.

However, they also paid a certain price - after the first 8 rounds of the league, Valencia was only ranked 18th.

Entering the brutal second stage of the group stage, Valencia defeated the weaker Bordeaux 3:0 in the first leg. However, two consecutive away games in November and March, 0:3 Manchester United and 0:1 Fiorentina, made them feel the Champions League.

It was difficult. However, the good situation of advancing to the top 6 in the league during the same period greatly increased Valen's confidence. He responded to the Viola Viola 2:0 at home and then beat Bordeaux 4:1. In the last game, only a draw was needed to basically determine the qualifying situation.

In the next game, they drew 0:0 with Manchester United and advanced to the quarterfinals as second in the group.

When facing the luxurious Lazio in the quarter-finals, Valencia was not expected. At that time, Parma, AC Milan, and Fiorentina had already been eliminated, and the Blue Eagles became the only Italian team in the top eight. In the league, they and Juventus

Sri Lanka's championship battle has also entered a critical moment of life and death. However, Valencia, playing at home, played the most classic defensive counterattack. They launched a lightning attack at the beginning, and their accurate delivery made Lazio lose sight of one thing. In the 2nd minute, Angu

Low took advantage of Almeida's mistake to launch a counterattack. After Cobra Illie's shot was saved, Angulo scored with a supplementary kick, 1:0; 1 minute later, midfielder Herard from Barcelona's youth training scored from Nedved.

He stole the ball at his feet and counterattacked, breaking through the Lazio defender's defense and scoring. Valencia instantly took a 2:0 lead. Although Lazio was almost stunned, Inzaghi pulled back a goal, but later became Herrard.

In the performance time, he scored two consecutive 4:1 wins in the 39th and 81st minutes respectively to seal the victory. During this period, Valencia's solid defense made it difficult for Lazio to find good opportunities. Before the end, Salas and Illie each scored 1 goal, 5

With a score of :2, Lazio was almost eliminated directly. In addition, this game was the first time in the history of the Champions League that a Spanish team scored 5 goals against an Italian opponent.

Although Valencia is called the Bat Army not because they use a defensive counterattack style, this nickname fits their style of play very well. Valencia is also as mysterious as a bat that moves in the night. Cooper came

After Alkmaar, the team began to implement a fully closed training. No matter fans or reporters were allowed to visit, they were fully prepared for the semi-finals.

Although the duel between Valencia and AZ is not as influential as the duel between Real Madrid and Bayern, with Jiang Mu here, there is always no shortage of topics.

Although Jiang Mu and Cooper had a war of words before Valencia came to Alkmaar, and Cooper was very alert and shut up, Jiang Mu did not let Cooper go. After Cooper came to Alkmaar

, Jiang Mu once again provoked the silent Argentine about training.

"Valencia's approach is to challenge the press and fans. Reporters are there to interview. Every team does not want reporters to interview and fans are not allowed to watch. Why do they need stadiums? Why do they need reporters? Valencia is doing its own thing

They are playing defense at home, why are they so secretive? I just think with my toes. I know how they are going to play in this game. Valencia does this without taking the fans into their eyes and hearts. I think

UEFA should introduce a system in this regard and prohibit teams from closing training at will."

Although the press and fans were dissatisfied with Argentinian Cooper's approach, the team's closed training often happened, and they were used to it. Jiang Mu's nonsensical attack gave the media an excuse, and they immediately ridiculed Cooper for being closed.

Training behavior, and by extension Valencia's playing style was ugly and conservative. Later, reporters began to expose some of the mistakes Cooper made before coming to Europe and during his time in Europe. At the same time, he praised Jiang Mu vigorously, seemingly overnight.

, Jiang Mu has become like a God of the media.

Although some of Cooper's wrongdoings have long since become a thing of the past, and there are still some scandals that are spread by rumors. It is difficult for a character like Cooper to have scandals, but bringing it up now can disgust Cooper. He has cut off reporters' financial opportunities.

, the reporter definitely didn’t want him to feel comfortable either.

Instigated by Jiang Mu, some impulsive AZ Alkmaar fans and neutral fans also booed the Valencia players in front of the hotel where Valencia was staying, and planned to throw rotten tomatoes and rotten eggs at Cooper.

Their plan was stopped by the hotel security, but Cooper was too scared to go out.

On the afternoon of May 3rd, the Champions League semi-final match between Valencia and AZ Alkmaar is about to begin!

The Dehout Stadium, which can accommodate 8,328 fans, was packed with seats and seats. Many people came by plane from all over the world. Among them, about 100 Spanish fans came with the visiting team Valencia to watch and cheer.

More than a thousand people!

Although Spanish fans are not as notorious as English football hooligans, Spanish fans and Dutch fans are too passionate, and the Dehout Stadium is obviously overcrowded, so the club has pulled up a temporary barbed wire fence in the stands to separate the fans from both sides.

Later, 300 police officers were added to serve as security guards and were on standby at the stadium at all times.

The game will be broadcast live via satellite. Fans in more than 100 countries around the world will be able to watch the live broadcast of the game for the first time. Although the ticket revenue is limited because the stadium is too small, the broadcast share has made Dilke earn a lot of money.

Open your mouth.

The referee of this game is 39-year-old Batista, a Portuguese bank clerk who is good at Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. He started his refereeing career in 1983 and became an international referee in 1996. This made Al

Kemar's supporters are a little worried, because Batista is Portuguese, Portugal and Spain are both in the Iberian Peninsula, and Batista, who is familiar with Spanish, will definitely have a much easier time communicating with Valencia players. This is invisible.

Alkmaar suffered a loss.

However, this did not have a big impact on the players of Alkmaar. After they eliminated Barcelona, ​​their confidence was high, and they did not take Valencia seriously. They had the advantage of home court, and they did not think that the referee's slight tendency would be a problem.

Can determine the trend of the game.

force!

With the referee Batista's whistle, the exciting Champions League semi-finals began!

The visiting team Valencia kicked off first!

Cooper deployed the 442 formation he is accustomed to in the away game, with a diamond position in the midfield and the strong goalkeeper Canizares. The back line is the strongest lineup that Valencia can field. From right to left are Andrés.

Gloma, Djukic, Pellegrino, Gerardo!

The midfielder is led by Mendieta, who is in excellent form this season. The other three generals are Farinos, Herard, and Killy Gonzalez!

The ones at the front were Angulo and Cobra Illie, who gave the defenders of the Iberian Peninsula headaches and chills.

This formation exceeded the expectations of experts and reporters before the game. Valencia's lineup has basically not changed much in the Champions League. Valencia's tactical ideas are still based on defensive counterattacks and wing breakthroughs. Killy González

Reis, Angulo and Illie all like to play on the wings, and there is no pure center on the field!

However, Jiang Mu's starting lineup surprised fans and reporters, because Jiang Mu's starting lineup was very different from the last Champions League game against Barcelona. This is understandable. After all, Valencia does not have the best of Barcelona, ​​but Alke

Mar's starting lineup is also very different from the previous starters. This is an almost new starting lineup.

Goalkeeper Cesar and the four defenders Riise, Lucio, Ismail, and Kronkamp remain unchanged. Five players are sent out in the midfield, two midfielders Van Bommel and Gattuso, and Ping in front.

Three midfielders in a glyph shape, left midfielder Robben, right midfielder Kuyt, midfielder Ronaldinho, and lone forward Thomasson.

Didier Drogba and Miroslav Klose, who have been in great form recently, were both placed on the bench. In addition, Robben's starting start also surprised fans and reporters. These are not the most important reasons for fans' surprise, mainly because of Alke

Marr sent out a 451 formation. No one knew what Jiang Mu wanted to do, defense or offense? It was said to be offensive, but there was only one forward and two defensive midfielders. It was said to be defensive, but it was Robben and Ronaldinho.

In the position of the front waist.

Cooper was sitting on the visiting team's command bench with a depressed look on his face. He had a water bottle cap in his mouth and looked confused. He didn't know what to think about, but he was definitely thinking about Jiang Mu's intention. There was no such thing.

doubt!

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