The Mestalia Stadium is full, and Valencia fans are extremely eager for the team to win again in front of this powerful opponent after two rounds of defeat. The previous winning rate against the strong team gave them full of confidence, and Tiger's return made them extremely confident and firmly believe that the team can defeat this powerful opponent.

"Send Barcelona a defeated hat trick!" The slogans played over Mestalia's stadium clearly expressed the voices of Valencia's fans. At this time when the second stage of the Champions League group stage was about to begin, Valencia urgently needed a victory to strengthen the second stage of the Champions League group stage.

In the last game of the first stage of the group stage, when Tiger did not play, Valencia still defeated Eindhoven and qualified in the group, while Bayern defeated the Wanderers to qualify as the second place. Valencia, who qualified in the first place, did not get a good sign. They were in the same group with Manchester United, Fiorentina and Bordeaux. The average strength of this group is not bad at all.

"In this game, Barcelona sent three defenders... It seems that Van Gaal has not learned his lesson yet, and he doesn't know that fighting with us is asking for death... Tiger, Claudio, today's mission is to attack and break through their defense from both sides! Gezka, Tiger's position will be a little further today, and you will be given the mastery of the midfield."

Tiger smiled and patted Mendeta on the shoulder: "Captain, do you have confidence?"

Mendita's eyes rolled: "Just kidding, you can do it, can't I?"

There was a burst of laughter in the locker room, and Cooper also smiled slightly. Although his performance in the league this season was not good, the atmosphere in Valencia was quite good - this is the basis for a team that pursues honor and championship!

What about Barcelona? They have many stars. However, after winning the league championship twice, the Dutch Gang and the local gang have already shown a vague trend of division. Van Gaal trusts Dutch players more and ignores local players. He is so stubborn that he refuses to make any changes. This itself can affect Barcelona's combat effectiveness!

"After defeating Barcelona, ​​no team can stop us from moving forward! Unfortunately, the team still needs to be running-in, otherwise this season will be the best chance for us to win the league championship!" Cooper thought silently in his heart.

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When the players on both sides appeared on the court, Valencia fans cheered enthusiastically. In Mestalia, Valencia can be regarded as the nemesis of Barcelona. In the previous four home games, in three league games and one Super Cup, Valencia beat Barcelona cleanly at home, which is also the origin of their confidence.

Van Gaal looked at the court with a serious expression. Before this season, he had never encountered such a dilemma in the league. Although the team he led in the Champions League performed quite well, Barcelona encountered a lot of trouble in the league. What's more serious is that he began to gradually lose control of the team...

The Catalan media criticized him for using only the Dutch, but turned a blind eye to the local outstanding players Dani, Enrique and others, and used high salaries to introduce the Debor brothers and Litmanin, but made the deputy captain Figo only get three million yuan. Dani, who came on the bench and scored goals continuously, hoped to get the main position, but Cruivet played a greater role in his tactical system... In coaching in a giants, the pressure the coach faces often does not only come from the court.

It was nothing when they performed well in the Champions League and the league. Now that the league has lost two consecutive games, all kinds of criticism have begun to come overwhelmingly, but at this time, they met the nemesis Valencia. Although Valencia's league results this season are far from comparable to Barcelona, ​​Valencia's head coach Cooper is much less pressure than Van Gaal...

Perhaps it was precisely because of the pressure that Van Gaal sent a three-back formation in the game, which also caused him to suffer bitter fruit.

Strengthening the number of midfielders is the hope of Van Gaal to curb Valencia's offensive core Tiger, but Cooper put Tiger in a higher position and instead handed over the task of organizing the midfield to Mendeta. This move immediately made Barcelona lose all the opportunity.

Before playing, Mendeta secretly made up his mind. During the period when Tiger was away, he was supposed to be the time when he led the team forward, but his performance was just average, which made the team only score one point in two games. In this game, Cooper allowed him to take on the heavy responsibility of organizing the offense in the midfield, which was a good time for him to prove himself!

When a player has goals and desires, he can often create miracles.

Mendeta's foot skills are not particularly outstanding. He is also an alien among Spanish players. Among European players, the skills that are gorgeous and outstanding can be compared with South American players are just players from France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries. Even if they do not have the wild imagination of Brazilian and Argentina players, their foot skills have always been very influenced by South American playing football. Mendeta is different. He is more like a German player, with an excellent physique, strong will, and solid basic skills. This is Mendeta. He rarely has a few people on the court, and passing and running are his offensive methods.

However, in this game, Mendieta showed his other ability, and he had no exception, only passing and running. However, he firmly controlled the midfield through passing and running!

Run, pass, run, receive, run, pass.

The most basic football skills and the best results.

Even Tiger, who was in front, was a little surprised. It was obvious that the control that Mendeta brought to the midfield was almost a replica of Tiger's previous version - after being with Tiger, Mendeta was also learning about Tiger's way of playing football!

"I can get everything together with this guy!" Such a thought flashed through Tiger's mind.

Before, it was perhaps because of Tiger's existence that Mendeta's edge was covered by him. However, while Tiger brought more things to Valencia, Mendeta also learned a path suitable for him in Tiger. He can't go beyond it? It doesn't matter! Using passing and running can also drive the entire team's offense!

After thinking about this, Tiger did not retreat to the midfield to help organize the offense, but instead defended the frontcourt and started running, ready to receive Mundeta's pass at any time. At the same time, he also wanted to see how Mundeta could do it!

If Mendeta can really replace his organizational status to a large extent, then his next game will be more flexible - this does not mean that Tiger's status has declined. He can take turns to organize with Mendeta, and the opponent will be more unpredictable when defending!

Although Tiger likes to be the boss and the core of offense in a team, at least, he will not be willing to be the boss in a bad team - the stronger his teammates are, the happier he is. After all, not every strong team is like Manchester United, with only Ferguson as the core.

Mendeta's performance in this game is indeed top-notch. With the support of Kilifarinos and Gerard, Mendeta completely controlled the midfield and suppressed Barcelona, ​​which seemed a little confused. Although Barcelona's midfielders were all top players, their performance was not very good in this game. Rivaldo is a top attacking midfielder, but he is not good at organization. Ronald Debord's organizational ability is very outstanding, but it was completely suppressed by Gerard and Ferinos. On the contrary, Koku and Guardiola could not suppress Mendeta, who had some signs of atrocity...

The thirty minutes of the first half passed quickly. Barcelona only had three shots, and the ball could not be passed to the forward. Valencia's attack had eight times. Mendeta continued to instigate attacks in the midfield, and every breakthrough between Tiger and Lopez made Barcelona's three defenders frightened!

Three defenders mean that there will be loopholes on both ribs, not to mention that both Rezig and Sergi are both full-backs with a side position, rather than full-backs who rely on the center. Barcelona's three defenders are actually only Frank Debor, a central defender, and it would be a hell of a ghost if they are not stormed by Valencia.

In this case, Barcelona's two midfielders Guardiola and Cocu had to retreat frequently to the penalty area to help defend to stabilize the defense, which made Barcelona's midfielder even more disrespectful.

In the 31st minute, Valencia, who had an absolute advantage, finally gained a leading advantage.

After working with Kili, Mundeta took the ball in the middle, then raised his foot and made a straight pass, thrusting the ball to Tiger on the left side of the penalty area!

Tiger stretched out his foot to remove the ball. Facing Rezig's defense, he first made a move to dribble the ball and cut across the middle, and then quickly dunked the ball into the penalty area and broke through!

It was a very simple action, but combined with Tiger's current explosive power and instant sprint speed, he got rid of Raizig in an instant!

While getting rid of Rezig, Tiger was also observing the situation on the other side of the penalty area. While Tiger broke through, Lopez instantly accelerated to get rid of Sergi's defense and rushed into the penalty area directly. His start was slower than Tiger, so he was behind Tiger.

At this moment, Tiger caught up with the ball with two big steps, then without stopping the ball, swept the ball hard with his left foot, swept the ball to the back point of the penalty area, Lopez, who was inserted, caught up with it, easily shot the ball towards the rolling ball, and shot the ball into the goal guarded by Hesp!

In this goal, the speed of the two forwards of Valencia formed a sharp contrast with the cooperation and the slowness and dullness of Barcelona's defense line. Almost in an instant, Valencia's forward partnered to break through Barcelona's three-back defense system!

Lopez ran towards Tiger with a smile on his face. Tiger reached out to put his arm around Lopez's neck, and then his other hand kept striking at Mendeta. Mendeta also ran over, and the three of them hugged each other. At this moment, a reporter on the sidelines captured the shot in time.

This photo was later used on the cover of this round of La Liga highlights, with the title very simple - Valencia Trident forming.

The number one shooter Lopez, the core of the attack, Tiger Lee, is the strong captain Mendieta.

Cooper slapped off the court and waved his arms.

Keep attacking!

Valencia's players gave warm responses to Cooper's request. It is obviously not enough to lead by one ball. Since the players in Barcelona are now a little confused, it is a good opportunity to expand the score!

After the re-telection, Barcelona launched a counterattack. They did have many good offensive players. However, in front of Valencia's solid defense line, their offense seemed inefficient. They formed an attack more through personal breakthroughs. Valencia's defense line was not afraid of the opponent's personal breakthroughs. Ranieri laid the foundation for chain defense for them, while Cooper strengthened it - this is a guy who made Italian coaches think he was dismissing the ugly...

After resisting a Barcelona attack, Valencia once again took the initiative on the court. Mendeta's performance was indeed not accidental. In the next game, he continued to control the midfield and constantly created opportunities for the two forwards. Whether it was Tiger or Lopez's goal, he could bring huge lethality to Barcelona's defense line, because they had the speed that Barcelona feared the most on the defense line!

Barcelona, ​​whose offense and defense were in chaos, finally suffered before the end of the first half. Mendita once again made a wonderful pass in the midfield, and Tiger received the ball 30 meters away from the goal. At this time, only two Barcelona players were left in front of him!

After a series of fake moves back and forth, Tiger beautifully broke through Rezig who was rushing to grab, and then drove straight in. Lopez involved the opponent's attention on the other side. After making a fake move to pass the ball to Lopez, Frank Debor, who had to be fooled, was easily broken by Tiger's spike, forming a single shot!

Haysp saved, and Tiger had countless ways to score goals when facing the goalkeeper. This time he chose the one that made the fans in the stands cheer the most - facing Haysp who was attacking, he swung past the Dutch goalkeeper with a fake shot, and then brought the ball into the small penalty area before raising his foot and easily pushing the ball into the empty goal!

2-0! Valencia's frontcourt Trident cooperation expanded Valencia's leading edge before the end of the first half!

As Tiger rushed to the stands and then came a dive celebration five meters away from the stands, the cheers of Valencia fans in the stands reached their peak!

"We are the nemesis of the giants!" Valencia's fans cheered loudly, and their hearts were filled with infinite pride!
Chapter completed!