"Is this kid very powerful? I'll go and see if he can be taken over to the account." At this time, a middle-aged man said to the person next to him in the stands at Mestalia Stadium.

"Juan, are you talking about the No. 10 player of Atletico Madrid?" another person asked at this time.

"That's right, it's him," said the man named Juan.

This man named Juan is the club chairman of Valencia. Juan Soler is not famous in the football circle, but is very famous in the business world because his father is also a very famous businessman in Valencia.

Juan Soler was born in a family of businessmen in Valencia on February 9, 1956. With the rapid development of real estate in Spain in the second half of the 20th century, Soler gradually expanded his business as a small builder and eventually became one of the largest construction groups in the Valencia region. Today, the consortium named after him has more than 10 construction development companies, and they have almost monopolized half of the Valencia construction market.

Soler's growth history reminds people of a group of Spanish construction giants that rose to his contemporaries, including Perez. Spain's construction industry has flourished in the past 30 years and has a profound historical and social background. When a country rises rapidly, infrastructure and real estate construction must be the biggest revenue industry. Therefore, a large number of smart businessmen made a fortune in the real estate boom after the death of the great dictator Frango (in the 1970s).

Unlike many industries, the real estate market provides low differences in products, so in the process of some construction companies growing from small to large, many bosses have thought of the idea of ​​expanding their product reputation through football. Except for Perez and Soler, Barcelona's Nunes and Betis's Lopera all rose from the construction industry. There is no doubt that seizing the position of club chairman is very helpful for their business. At least before Perez became the chairman of Real Madrid, only people in the business world knew his name, and now whenever Real Madrid is mentioned, people will think of Perez and his acs.

Of course, Soler's wealth is not his personal one, his wealth is all family wealth, and the real head of Soler Group is his father, Bautista Soler.

For those rich people who have a lot of money in their hands and are passionate in their hearts - whether for clubs or football -, Soler is the best negative example.

Clubs are not companies, competitions are not business, money and love alone are not enough to make a good chairman, even if it is an extraordinary business acumen.

Juan Soler's influence on Valencia can be divided into two stages. Before June 2004, Soler was a contributor to Valencia. At that time, he owned 31% of the club and was the second largest shareholder after Roig, who owned 34% of the shares. It was with Soler's support that Orti successfully defeated Roig in the presidential election twice in a row, bringing Valencia four championship trophys.

At the end of May 2004, Roigge, who once again lost in the presidential election, took advantage of the opportunity of meritorious coach Benitez resigning due to internal conflicts in the club, and pressured Oti to resign. However, unexpectedly, with Soler and Oti's joint confrontation, Roigge only received less than 1% of the small shareholders. Extremely disappointed Roigge knew that he had completely lost the war with Soler. A few days later, he proposed to Juan Soler's father, Baotista Soler, to transfer his shares. As a staunch fan of Valencia, Bautista Soler happily accepted it. On June 6, Soler finally completed his complete control of Valencia, and no one could compete with the power in the club.

Soler, who had just come to power, was ambitious and highly regarded. He frequently intervened in club management despite Oti's nominal chairman. In October 2004, just four months after Soler took power, Oti, the loyal old minister of the Soler family, was deposed by the shareholders' meeting for false charges. Soler took power in person and vowed to make Valencia the third pole of the Spanish Football Association that competes with Barcelona and Real Madrid.

However, in the first season when Soler came to the stage, Valencia, the defending champion of La Liga, suffered a heavy blow. The Champions League failed to enter the knockout stage and La Liga temporarily ranked sixth.

Old minister Lopez took office as the firefighter captain, which seemed to be a big gap from Soler's third-team in the Western Premier League before the start of this season.

Soler gained the controlling advantage in the summer of 2004. Not long ago, the meritorious coach Benitez resigned for Liverpool due to the irreconcilable conflict with technical director Pitac. Soler, who witnessed the farce from beginning to end, was determined not to let such a thing happen for the second time. He immediately removed the position of technical director and handed over all the power to buy and sell players to the head coach.

Unfortunately, the head coach who gained Soler's full trust was not Benitez, nor Flores later, but Ranieri. The Italian coach spent tens of millions of euros to build the Italian gang, but Valencia lost on all fronts, and there were even more conflicts in the locker room. Half the 2004-2005 season, Ranieri was dismissed, and Soler began to reflect that the new technical director, Subiac, a former Valencia player just now, was the new technical director.

This is like Valencia's return to the past. The huge investment not only failed to improve Valencia's performance.

Instead, it was like a Rockets' decline, but fortunately, the two Italian players introduced by Valencia, Corradi and Fiore, did not spend any cash because they were both Lazio players.

Lazio didn't pay any money to introduce Madieta to 46 million US dollars, so they could only use players to pay off their debts, but Divoo's money was actually invested, and Juventus and Valencia had no debt relationship.

There is also left-back Moretti who also bought it for Valencia's cash. In fact, this money is not a big deal for the wealthy Soler.

Because even if the club loses money, the bank's loan will be paid, and the money earned has actually entered his pocket.

The mayor of Valencia approved the construction of the new Mestea Stadium on June 30, 2004. In December 2004, it happened that the commercial development plan for the old Mestea Stadium was officially launched. Soler fired Orti between these two important days and took office. It is inevitable that people would suspect that his real purpose in obtaining the position of chairman was to become the leader of this "land enclosure movement".

Obviously, in this project with an amount of 300 million to 400 million euros, the top leader of Valencia Club is the most capable of deciding. Does Soler, as the construction owner, have better time to take the stage?

Although Soler's family has been loyal fans of Valencia for generations, their heart that Valencia loves cannot be changed, but making money and loving the team seem to have no relationship.

Isn’t there a saying in China that does not flow into the fields of outsiders? This is probably the reason.

As for the team's performance decline, Soleil only has one way to change coaches, buy stars, and buy stars he likes. At this time, Soleil has great power. He controls more than 70% of the club's shares. He doesn't need to hold a board meeting if he wants to buy any player.

At this time, if Lopez, the head coach of Valencia team coaching on the sidelines, if his coaching ability this season is not good, Soler will definitely replace him ruthlessly.

As for Soler's thoughts, it is to enter the qualifying round of the Champions League, which means that at least Valencia will play in the top four. This is not a difficult thing for the Valencia team, who is panicking at this time.

You should know that Atletico Madrid was also strong and under the leadership of Ranieli. Then there was a problem with Atletico Madrid's board of directors. Ranieli was dismissed halfway due to poor results. The interim head coach and champion coach Antić could not show the magic. Atletico Madrid ranked 19th in the last league and was relegated.

Atletico Madrid is also the only team in La Liga that has won the league championship and is relegated, and has almost become a laughing stock in Spanish football.

Fortunately, after Valencia passed Soler's adjustment, at least the board of directors was stable. Atletico Madrid became Soler's one-man show. He could play whatever he wanted.

The game was still going on at this time, and Cooper was obviously very familiar with Valencia players, and Ayala and Macheda had relatively small movement ranges.

So he asked Torres to run a large range of interludes, and then hoped that Torres could get a better shot. At the same time, Mark had to insert into the penalty area in time when attacking, so that Atletico Madrid would become two centers.

Jorge replaced Mark as he appeared in the right forward position when Mark was inserted, which was also a tactic for Cooper when he was in Valencia.

When Cooper was in Valencia, he often asked Angulo to insert in the back row and then to the penalty area as a striker. Cooper naturally couldn't forget his tactics of becoming famous.

Valencia's head coach Lopez obviously has some understanding of Cooper, because the two of them worked together back then, and Lopez is also very clear about Cooper's tactics. He knows what Cooper's tactics are.

So Lopez also prepared both of his central defenders, and at the same time, Vicente paid special attention to Mark, while Macheda used a man-mark defense against Torres.

If Mark rushed to the penalty area, it would naturally be Ayala to keep a guard against Mark. At the same time, two midfielders also went to the penalty area to protect him. Lopez felt that there should be no problem with such a tactic.

Although Ayala is not tall, she has excellent bounce ability. If she defends Mark, it should not be a problem.

But he miscalculated a little. Mark's starting speed was very fast. Although Ayala was not tall, his ability to turn was not fast. This may also be related to Ayala's age. After all, Ayala was already thirty-one years old at this time. Although this was the golden age of a central defender, his physical functions gradually began to decline.

Moreover, Ayala is not a central defender who is good at speed. He shows his advantages in position selection and bounce.

Mark is known for his speed. After Mark moved to the middle, Atletico Madrid's two wings were Glencier and Jorge passing the ball on the wing. If it weren't for Canisales' outstanding performance, Valencia's goal would have been lost.

"Ayala seems to be unable to defend Mark at all. Is he really old?" The commentator said regretfully at this time.

Ayala was originally a steel defender in international football, but she didn't expect that she could not defend a young player like Mark. Mark's speed and impact were simply too strong.

Ayala's bounce ability to survive is simply vulnerable to Mark, because Mark's bounce ability is even better than Ayala.

Moreover, Mark is nearly ten centimeters higher than Ayala, and this gap also makes Ayala at a completely disadvantage in the header competition.

Although Valencia's defense is not very strong, the offense is even worse. Because Glencier and Jorge's attack on the wing are extremely sharp, they completely curbed Valencia's attack on the wing. Although Vicente's personal ability is much better than Jorge, he hasn't played the game for a long time after all, and he still needs to adapt to the game.

And it was such an adaptation process, and I don’t know how long it took. Maybe Mark’s stimulation to Vicente just now made him feel uneasy.

Many times, even if Vicente faces Jorge's defense, he does not choose to pass the ball, but just bows his head and breaks hard. For players who cannot pass the ball, it is naturally very easy to defend.

Cristiano Ronaldo was also ridiculed for being accused of only being able to cut his head and break through, not making a cross, so people who only dribble the ball will never make great achievements.

Only those who combine breakthroughs and passes can become successful players.

At this time, Valencia was also defended by Atletico Madrid, and Aimal in the middle was also under the focus of Mascherano's key defense. Forward Mista was defined as a supportive striker. Baboro's close press against him made him no chance to make the ball back, and Mista had no height advantage. He could only run constantly to help his teammates find opportunities.

In fact, this is similar to what Atletico Madrid's Torres did, but Mista is not Torres after all, and even if he dies at Mista's peak, it is impossible to be comparable to Torres.

Because the gap between them is too big, if Mista really has the ability to surpass Torres, then the Spanish golden boy would be either Raul, Mista and Raul.

You should know that Raul and Mista are players of the same era. Mista is twenty-six years old, while Raul is only twenty-seven years old, and Mista also comes from Real Madrid youth team.

However, Mista did not receive enough attention in Real Madrid youth team. Mista did not represent Real Madrid's first team even if they had one minute of playing time, but Mista found a formation suitable for him in Valencia.

But Mista is still a supportive player. He likes to assist his teammates and let his teammates score.

At this time, the players of Valencia were all stared at to death. Now it can be said that Valencia has completely fallen into a passive state.

In the 30th minute, Atletico Madrid's offense finally received a reward. Mascherano cut off Aimal's pass in the midfield and passed it to Glencier on the left. Glencier passed it with a long pass to Torres in front.

Torres jumped into the air and headed the ball, and the football fell directly to Mark's feet. At this time, Ayala came up to press Mark. If it were about foot skills, Mark probably was not Ayala's opponent. Although Ayala is a defender, his foot skills are probably better than Mark, but Mark had no intention of breaking through Ayala at this time, and Mark had no intention of competing with Ayala.

Mark passed the ball to Jorge who was inserted on the right. Jorge directly made a cross from the side. At this time, Torres and Marchena had already run into the penalty area at the same time.

The two people's bodies touched each other, and both wanted to squeeze each other away and occupy a favorable position. However, although Marchena's body was strong, Torres's strength was not weak.

At this time, it depends on who can win the football on both sides. At this time, Torres had already stared at Marchena with his body, and then turned his back to the goal to catch the ball.

But at this time, Marchena kept pushing Torres behind Torres. In fact, Marchena's body was a little stronger than Torres.

Marchener's interference with Torres also made Torres seem a little passive. At this time, the football had already flew over, and Torres obviously could not get the football under the interference of Marchener.

But at this time, Torres jumped up and then pushed the ball to Mark's side. At this time, Mark and Ayala were both ready. They both prepared to head the ball together, and Ayala's position seemed to be better than Mark's.

He had already chosen the position. If he jumped up this time, he would have saved the football directly, but would Mark make him so relaxed?

After Ayala jumped up at this time, Mark also jumped up, while Ayala jumped up directly on the spot, but Mark ran two steps and then jumped up.

This time I saw the two men's bearded kids' ability to jump. It was obvious that although Mark jumped later than Ayala, his height was about one end higher than Ayala.

Moreover, because Mark jumped up, Mark was still inertial. This time, Mark directly pushed his head to the football, and the football flew directly towards the goal. Canisales saw Mark's shot and he also flew over. Will Mark's header enter the net this time?


Chapter completed!