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Alaves should be lucky because they only faced Valencia's rotation.

Just three days later, on September 25, the Bat Legion, which had finished its rest, landed on Las Palmas Island, 3,000 kilometers away, after a long 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, which is located in the same city.

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

Alaves was the La Liga champion last season, while Leganes was the runner-up. There was only one point difference between the two sides, which can be said to be a close tie.

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

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

After all, Barcelona couldn't accept losing to the newly promoted team in two consecutive rounds, so after losing to Alaves, they had to save face even if they risked their lives!

In this game, apart from the questionable strength of Vizzo, Neville sent out his 10 strongest players:

Lipolo, Figugli, Rodrigo, Parejo, De Paul, Van Dijk, Gaya, Cancelo, Alves...

As expected, this lineup defeated Leganes in the first half!

The Butarque Stadium, which can only accommodate 10,954 people, was packed with supporters of the home team on this day. However, these poor fans could only watch their beloved team being torn apart by a brutal vampire bat.

Got pieces!

Lee Polo, who had been saving his 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 with his head and kicked to expand the lead!

While he was showing off his power, Feguli and DePaul also found every opportunity to add icing on the cake. When the midfielders of both sides returned to the locker room, the score was already 5:0!

There was a burst of laughter in the visiting team's locker room, but only captain Parejo was still angry:

"Those two direct free kicks, I shouldn't have used too much force!"

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

"Don't think so much. Look at me. I'm just a little short of scoring a goal, right?"

Parejo rolled his eyes:

"You've already got three assists, of course you can take it easy!"

Rodrigo chuckled and bumped Li Polo, who was sitting next to him, with his shoulder:

"Brother, you are still waiting 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 goals!"

Before Li Polo agreed, he heard the head coach's voice:

"Hey guys, good job!"

Ouchi's Spanish can only provide such simple encouragement, and his eloquence cannot be used here at all.

It can only be done by his brother:

"You guys took this week off not to massacre a newly promoted team, right?"

Of course the players understood what the coaches meant, and they nodded one after another:

"That's right!"

"It's just Leganes that doesn't deserve to be treated like this!"

Young Neville continued:

"We have already talked about it in the tactical analysis class. Alaves and Leganes, the two newly promoted teams together, are not as important as the opponents three days later. Therefore, we must retain a little desire to attack and

This desire carries over to the Champions League match three days later!”

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The second half did not take much time. DePaul and Gaya were taken off the field one after another. Their replacements were Perez, who had been suspended due to a red card, and Bernat, who had only returned to his old club in the summer.

Since the coaching staff has made it clear that in the second half, the focus is on controlling the situation and saving energy, Valencia's full-court pressing tactics have been slightly reduced.

Leganes, who was beaten sorely, did not boldly attack because their opponent relaxed, but cooperated very friendly with Valencia and played for 45 minutes.

During these 45 minutes, both sides practiced passing and cutting for a while, and then took a shot from 30 meters away from the opponent's goal.

Even Lee Polo had a rare shot at two long-range shots, but unfortunately none of them hit the target.

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

Gu An

Leganes, who almost scored a goal, not only did not feel excited at all, but instead started to tremble.

Li Polo rolled up his sleeves:

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

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

"That forward is just an amateur. He usually can't score even one of his 100 long-range shots. This must be a misunderstanding!"

Li Polo only heard a few words intermittently, and became even more angry:

"Who are you calling an amateur forward? Have you ever seen any amateur forward score 47 goals in a single season?"

【Leganés head coach, 55!】

Gary Neville still didn't bully people too much. He removed Lee Poirot after 70 minutes to prevent this "amateur striker" from causing irreversible damage to the friendly feelings between the two teams.

The game ended happily in a warm and friendly atmosphere, but near the end, Mina, who came on as a substitute, finally hit a long shot to bring the 90-minute game to a successful end.

6:0!

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After playing this relaxing and enjoyable away game, Valencia did not stay on this beautiful island. They directly boarded the club's chartered flight and flew to mainland Spain.

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

Fortunately... this game is on their home court, otherwise they would have to fly into the sky again the next day!

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"Monaco is no stranger to this opponent, right?"

After a half-day rest, assistant coach Volo began tactical analysis during the training session that afternoon.

The "veteran players", including Li Polo, nodded one after another.

Last season, Valencia defeated Monaco in the Champions League qualifying play-offs, and only then did they get a ticket to the Champions League main draw.

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

Since the last two league games were against newly promoted teams, the difficulty was not too high, so the coaching staff was able to concentrate on planning for the European war. They had already analyzed and studied Monaco from a week ago. The technical characteristics of the opponent's important players had also been analyzed and studied.

A special edit was made and sent to each player. Now the meeting only needs to emphasize the key points again.

Otherwise... just two days will not be enough to complete these preparations!

I saw Volo open the video of the match between Manchester City and Monaco in the first round of the group stage:

"We have just received news that Monaco's main forward Falcao was injured in the sixth round of the league, so the defender can temporarily forget about his information."

Van Dyke and Vizzo shrugged their shoulders, but neither had much reaction.

The once-powerful super striker in Europe, the "Colombian Tiger" Falcao, was once a super striker in La Liga who could compete with Messi and Ronaldo. However, after many years of wandering, Falcao, who was plagued by injuries,

Now he is just a "sick tiger". In the past three seasons, his goals have been 9 (Monaco), 6 (Monaco and Manchester United), and 1 (Chelsea). He is no longer as brave as he used to be.

But as he returned to Ligue 1, he opened the scoring for the team in the first game, and seemed to have found his form again. However, he only played 45 minutes in the second game, and his old injury recurred and he fell back on the hospital bed again...

"Then let's focus on taking care of their only main forward Germain."

Volo pointed to a young guy on the screen, but with an already high hairline:

"He has a good ball-protecting ability and is used to counter-attacking on the spot, so when you complete the interception, you must not be too relaxed. Apart from that, he does not have many advantages, whether it is high-altitude balls, shooting or passing.

The technology is mediocre.”

Lee Polo, who also played as a defender last year, has never seen this forward. He is obviously a new signing. But after watching a few clips of him, we really can’t see many characteristics. Not to mention Van Dijk, even Jones and Victoria

Zuo, it's more than enough to deal with him.

Next we switched to little Neville:

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

Cancelo nodded, these two are his teammates in the Portuguese national team:

"They all have great skills with 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 shot through Bravo's fingers with a light shot!

The final result of this game is 2:1, with the home team in front.

In the first round of the group stage, Monaco relied on their home advantage to defeat Manchester City led by Guardiola, creating a major upset for this "Group of Death"!

Although they are a fourth-tier team, they are not weak at all!