Legendary Broker

"Jaime, is Baraja's transfer settled?"

The matter of Belleron and Rist are well-connected, but because the semi-finals of the Champions League are coming soon.So Rist came to Valencia without waiting for Belleron's reply.Anyway, the season is not over yet, and there is still time for Belleron's affairs.

One of the most important games is about to be held here, Valencia will face Barcelona in the Champions League semi-final at home.For such an important game, Valencia's top management came to the scene.The members of the board of directors headed by Roig and Soler, and the senior management of the Valencia club headed by Cortes, Llorente, and Otti were all present.

Of course the same goes for Barcelona.Although Nunes has resigned, he also came to the scene.Behind him, including Gaspart, these club executives also followed.Both sides attach great importance to this semi-final, because after this semi-final is to enter the Champions League final.

But Rist didn't go over to make do with it, and Rist sat next to Ottie.To be honest, if it weren't for Rist's disdain for Soler, and he has a good personal relationship with Roig.Rist will definitely support Otti, because Otti is really good.And Rist believes that Otti will be better than Roig and Soler when he is the chairman of Valencia.

"Well, Rist, do you know? After talking about Baraja's transfer, I realized that you are really a vampire."

"Oh?"

Seeing Rist's puzzled look, Ottie laughed out loud. "Do you know? Although Atletico Madrid was relegated, the player's value has shrunk a bit. But Baraja I negotiated it with 200 million euros. But look at you, Baraja is much more famous than Vicente It's been a year. But how much do you charge me for?"

Rist also smiled.Indeed, compared to Baraja's 200 million euros.Vicente was almost sold for around 700 million euros, which is just the transfer fee.And Baraja is at his peak at the age of 25, and Vicente is just a new talent.But the value is completely different.

But of course Rist would not admit it, so he said: "Jaime, you are wrong in this calculation. Although Baraja performed well, he is only a defensive midfielder after all, and his value is naturally not as good as an offensive player. And Vicente is A supernova, whoever grabs it will be prosperous."

Ottie shook his head and said nothing.Anyway, Rist can be said to be alive even if he is dead, and there are excuses anyway.The two chatted relaxedly before the game, but the other side of the court was extremely nervous.

"The first game of the Champions League semi-final begins. Valencia hosts Barcelona. This season's La Liga has three teams that have entered the Champions League semi-finals. Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. Valencia's goalkeeper is Carney Sares. There are Caboni, Pellegrino, Ayala, Angloma on the back line, Makelele, Gerard, Mendieta, Lopez, Angulo in the midfield, and the striker It's high center Jan Kohler."

"Barcelona's goalkeeper is Hesper, the back line is Puyol, De Boer, Reziger. The midfield is Guardiola, Gabriel, Cocu, Zenden. The striker is Litmanen, Kluivert , Dani Garcia."

Van Gaal is a coach from Ajax.He once worked as a youth training coach at Ajax and trained the golden generation of Ajax. The Ajax golden generation that shocked European football in 95 is Van Gaal's masterpiece.He is a coach who admires offense very much, Zeman is an offensive maniac, and Van Gaal is not much less.Van Gaal's offense was even crazier.Usually when Barcelona plays games, there are only two people left behind, and at most three people.

If it were any other coach, he would choose to be pragmatic in such an important game as the Champions League semi-finals.But Van Gaal was different. Even though it was the semi-finals of the Champions League, he still played a passionate game.

Rist shook his head.If it is an ordinary game, Van Gaal's style of play will definitely attract many fans.But in such an important game, such a game is completely ignorant of flexibility.Van Gaal's style of play may be fine against La Liga teams, but once he faces a team with strong midfield defensive ability and excellent counterattack ability, he will be directly penetrated.

The most classic case is when Shevchenko's Dynamo Kiev defeated Barcelona.Although it has something to do with Shevchenko's strong personal ability, it is also because Van Gaal's Barcelona only knows how to attack, and it has something to do with being hit in pieces by several counterattacks.But Van Gaal didn't reflect on it, and he still played the same way in the Barcelona game.Once Barcelona encounters this kind of team at this time, it is not uncommon to lose three or four goals.

Valencia and Barcelona also met this season, but Van Gaal still stubbornly adopted an offensive style of play.And Benitez adopted a targeted arrangement for Barcelona.

Albelda was removed, and then Mendieta returned to the position of the midfielder.Two fast horses, Lopez and Angulo, were on the two sides, and Jan Koller was on top of the striker.Angulo has gradually entered the bench this season, and failed to start in many games.But this important game was arranged by Benitez.A very simple meaning is to fight back.

The defensive counterattack chosen by Benitez is an active defensive counterattack, not a passive defensive counterattack.The combination of Makelele and Gerard in the midfield is to stop Barcelona's attack.What Van Gaal attaches the most importance to and is most willing to play is actually the assault on the two wings.This is a direct inheritance of Dutch football style.

"Zenden, pass to Litmanen. Litmanen crosses and Pellegrino hits it."

"Guardiola, long pass to Litmanen... Litmanen passed the ball to Kluivert, Kluivert passed it back to Cocu. Cocu, long shot!"

"Dani Garcia, the cross... Kluivert chested the ball, turned and shot! The ball was high."

After the game started, Van Gaal didn't care that it was an away game, and still let Barcelona come out to directly oppress Valencia.In the 10 minutes of the first half, Barcelona shot five times.

"Barcelona should treat this game as their own shooting training. After the game started, the Barcelona players were very active, especially Zenden and Litmaning. Guardiola got the ball again. Direct pass, Kluivert … Makelele, Makelele steals the ball. Makelele gives the ball to Mendieta in front!"

The biggest advantage of Makelele is that he is not greedy for merit in the midfielder position.After stealing the ball, he will pass the ball immediately, and will not let the ball stay on him for a long time.This time Makelele cut off Guardiola's direct pass, and then gave the ball directly to Mendieta.

"Mendieta, smash, pass Gabriel."

Mendieta returned to the position of the attacking midfielder this time, and did not forget the attacking midfielder's style of play.Although he was suppressed by Barcelona in his own half, when he got the ball, he still had a clear view of the situation on the field.He can sense where his players are.Sensing the movement of one's own players.

Therefore, the moment he takes the ball, he simply smashes the ball with his right foot.It swayed past Gabriel who was defending himself.Then immediately it was a beautiful direct pass.

"Mendieta, pass! Angulo, Angulo has the ball. Puyol, the young Puyol is out of position."

Puyol is a young central defender whom Van Gaal valued very much.In this game, he appeared as a left center back in the game.Mendieta passed the ball right between De Boer and Puyol.Puyol moved slightly forward.Before he could react, Angulo had already passed by quickly.

Angulo is a very fast player.Already started running when Mendieta passed the ball.Then fly past Puyol immediately with speed.When Puyol wanted to catch up again, he couldn't catch up.Because Barcelona's attack was very fierce, only three defenders were left behind.There are only three defenders in such a wide place.For a player like Angulo, his speed is just right.

"Angulo, Angulo's speed is very fast. Angulo, pass the ball...Yan Kohler, fall to the ground and shoot!"

After Angulo passed Puyol, he ran to the baseline and passed the ball directly into the penalty area.The ball is right in the middle of the running Jan Kohler and Hesper, and it depends on whose reaction is quicker.Of course, other players might not be able to, but Jan Kohler is tall and has long legs.A tackle after a down, touched the ball before Hesper.

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Jan Kohler, Jan Kohler. Jan Kohler has always been a tactical center forward in Valencia, and he has scored no more than twelve goals this season. As a main center player, the goals are not many. But he is in Valencia No one can replace his role, scoring the opening goal in such an important game."

"One to zero. At home, Valencia leads Barcelona [-] to [-]. Once this goal is scored, Barcelona's previous offense has become useless. No matter how sharp the offense is, it is useless, and the goal is the most important thing."

"goooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!"

"Viva! Valencia! Viva! Valencia!"

"We are Valencia! We are Valencia! We are Valencia!"

Valencia fans couldn't contain their excitement.Because for them to be able to enter the Champions League quarter-finals is very good, but then eliminated the Serie A leader Lazio, and now lead Barcelona again in the Champions League semi-finals.Even Benitez, who rarely smiled, smiled briefly.

Offense, it is impossible to get good results by attacking regardless of the head and the tail.Especially in a cup game like the Champions League, if you don't know how to defend, then everything is fake.In the Champions League in the past ten years, it is impossible for a team that only knows how to attack to win the Champions League.If you don't know how to defend in a cup game, you won't go far at all.

"The game restarted, Kluivert gave the ball back to Cocu, Cocu gave it to Zenden... Zenden passed the ball to Kluivert, Kluivert got the ball. Kluivert accelerated past Makele Lai, Gerard tackles! Gerard steals the ball, Gerard passes the ball to Mendieta!"

The game had just kicked off, and Kluivert wanted a personal skill in the frontcourt.It's a pity that Facing the pincer attack of Makelele and Gerard, Gerard intercepted the ball.

Mendieta has the ball again, and Mendieta likes it now.Although Benitez is a Spanish coach, he prefers the feeling of opening and closing.Therefore, Benitez pays more attention to Herald, and pays more attention to Gerard, who has excellent long passing ability.Herald's rise this season has directly squeezed Mendieta to the right.But Mendieta prefers the feeling of the center, because he thinks that the field of vision is wider in the center, and he can better take advantage of his passing.

This time too.After Mendieta took the ball, there was a feeling that the whole court was in my hands.Because Barcelona players always press forward after the kick-off, when Mendieta got the ball this time, there were empty spaces everywhere.Mendieta chose Puyol's side this time.

"Mendieta, it's an overhead ball... Angulo, Angulo again. Puyol is out of position again, these two times it's not so much Puyol's out of position, it should be Mendieta's pass Just right."

"Angulo, Angulo, who hasn't appeared in the main lineup for a long time, seems to be extremely excited. Angulo has already gone straight into the penalty area, and Angulo made an emergency stop to smash the ball...Puyol, he failed to stop his attack Body, Angulo tripped. It's a foul, it's definitely a foul."

When Angulo dribbled the ball into the penalty area, Puyol behind him continued to follow.Angulo made a sudden stop, and then dunked the ball lightly.Puyol, who had been following, was unable to change in time, so he habitually kicked out, and then tripped Angulo.

"beep--"

The referee stepped forward decisively and pointed to the inside of the penalty area. This was an unmistakable penalty.

"One minute and 32 seconds, only one minute and 32 seconds from the last goal. Barcelona just kicked off and another penalty kick. Puyol, a young defender with a heavy responsibility, faced Mendieta's pass and Angulo's breakthrough in this game. Both breakthroughs started from here."

As the first penalty shooter, Mendieta put the ball on the penalty spot.

"Mendieta, Mendieta starts the approach...shoot!"

"goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Two to zero, two to zero. Two goals within 3 minutes, Valencia has been beaten by Barcelona since the start of the game. But Valencia only took 3 minutes to turn the score. Two to zero. Two goals, two goals in just three minutes."

"Only 6 and [-] minutes into the game, Valencia has already led Barcelona [-]-[-]. Both times Angulo made a breakthrough on the right. The young Puyol has performed the worst so far." (To be continued.) ..)