Valencia won three of the four games after the start of the second half of the season and drew one, fully demonstrating the style and strength of the half-time champions.
Since Barcelona lost to Valencia in the fourth round, it has achieved 12 consecutive victories so far.
Counting the Champions League and two Copa del Rey finals, it has achieved an astonishing 16 consecutive victories.
A seven-point deficit puts them second in the league behind Valencia.
Therefore, the second round clash between Barcelona and Valencia this season is particularly important, because the outcome of this game will most likely determine the championship this season, although the league is only two-thirds of the way through at this time.
The match between the two sides happens to be after three rounds, that is, half a month later on February 12th.
Valencia will encounter Barcelona at home, which is currently in terrible form.
Once Valencia loses at home, If given to Barcelona, the gap between the two sides will be shortened to four points.
Although there is still one third of the long season, it is still unknown whether Valencia can maintain its four-point advantage.
After all, Barcelona's current form is really outstanding.
Not only are the main midfielders and frontcourt players in excellent form, but even Messi, who occasionally comes off the bench this season, has shown amazing talent.
In addition, Valencia lost this game at home, which is definitely a serious blow to the team's morale, and will also make the players no longer confident and worry about gains and losses.
But if Valencia wins Barcelona at home in this game, the gap between the two sides will widen to ten points.
This means that Valencia will double-kill the defending champion Barcelona this season, which will lay a solid foundation for them in the championship competition this season. a good foundation So at this time, World Sports News took the lead in hyping this focus battle after three rounds.
Because this game is very likely to be related to Barcelona's honor throughout the season, and Mundo Deportivo has always been on the same page with Barcelona.
The heated topic at this time is also to create public opinion and put Valencia in a continuous In this tense state, it will be Barcelona who will profit when the time comes.
"After the winter break, Valencia still maintained an amazing state.
In the past thirteen days, it achieved three wins and one draw, and continued to maintain its advantage in the standings.
In the second half of the game, which became increasingly intensive, They have made a good start to the season, but can they continue like this?
Because after three rounds, they will face Barcelona at home, which has won sixteen consecutive victories in all competitions.
This is a team in great shape.
A particularly good team, they also beat Real Madrid with three goals at the Bernabeu this season.”
"Why should such an outstanding Barcelona not win at Mestalla?
We have Ronaldinho and Eto'o who are in excellent form, and we also have stable Xavi and Deco in the midfield, and on the bench There are talented players like Messi in the world, who are much better than Valencia in every aspect, so this season’s championship is still in Barcelona’s possession.”
Flores put the World Sports newspaper in his hand back on his desk.
He could already smell the smoke of this focus battle after three rounds.
As mentioned in the World Sports News I just read, Barcelona has achieved an astonishing sixteen consecutive victories in various competitions.
Can Valencia win now?
Even if it is a home game, it is probably very uncertain. of.
You must know that they have played a 3-0 score at the Bernabeu this season.
Excellent condition Suddenly, Flores felt a pain in his head.
"Forget it, this game is still nearly half a month away, let's talk about it later," Flores rubbed his temples as if muttering to himself.
Barcelona first team office building.
After Rijkaard put down the World Sports newspaper in his hand, he circled the word Valencia with a signature pen, and then rubbed his temples with his left hand, seemingly closing his eyes to rest and recuperate.
Not really.
His mind kept replaying the possibility of defeating Valencia.
If it weren't for the unfavorable start to the season, we wouldn't be seven points behind Valencia now.
What's even more unacceptable to him is the loss to Valencia at Camp Nou.
Then, Rijkaard wrote Aiello's name on the blank paper.
After the start of the second half of the season, Airoko scored four goals in two league games.
He was in terrible form and also won the King's Cup.
If it weren't for the second round of the King's Cup 18 at the Mestalla Stadium the day before yesterday, The finals are already halfway into the quarterfinals, so he probably still has a chance to start.
It is natural to score more goals.
Um "Why is it so logical?"
Thinking of this, Rijkaard subconsciously slapped his forehead, "If you want to defeat Valencia in Mestalla, this person must be tightly restrained."
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In this away challenge to Valencia, in order to win the game, Rijkaard believes that he should do the following two things.
One is to restrict Aiello, and the other is to invest more troops in the midfield than Balenciaga.
Lencia has more, because Aiello and David Villa can score goals one after another, and the midfielder's support for them is essential.
Because he is a professional football coach, much more professional than those so-called bricklayers.
He only believes in his own judgment.
Valencia's offense can create so many opportunities this season.
A strong midfield configuration is an important factor.
These two problems are what Rijkaard currently needs to solve.
Then he looked at the 0506 La Liga schedule placed in front of the left side of his desk.
Barcelona's opponents in the next three rounds are Alaves, Mallorca and Atletico Madrid.
Except for Atletico Madrid, which was a little difficult to play before challenging Valencia, the first two opponents were no threat.
This is not because Rijkaard looks down on these two opponents, but because of his confidence in the team Compared with Barcelona who have to face opponents like Atletico Madrid before the 23rd round of La Liga this season, Valencia's opponents are not important enough.
They are Real Betis, fifth place last season, and then David.
Villa’s former club Zaragoza and Super Deportivo who were so powerful in Europe in the past two years Subsequently, two well-known newspapers from Madrid, Marca and AS, also joined in the coverage of this game.
Among them, Marca used a headline on the front page that was biased towards Valencia, "Double Beat Barcelona", and the main text read: "In the fourth round of La Liga this season, Valencia once defeated Barcelona at Camp Nou.
Passed Barcelona, and Ai, who scored a hat-trick in that game, is still in excellent form.
In the two rounds after the winter break, he also showed the continuity of his amazing competitive state, scoring twice in two consecutive games. " "Barcelona's visit to Mestalla this time will probably be a disaster.
Although Ronaldinho and Eto'o are in excellent form at this time, their defense is still relatively difficult to defend against the European Young Footballer of the Year.
It’s difficult because he also has a very good assistant in the new international player David Villa, and in the midfield he also has players like Aimar, Vicente and Albelda to support him.”
Similarly, Aspen is also on Valencia's side.
As the saying goes, there is no enemy of your enemy.
Real Madrid's century-old rival Barcelona's enemy Valencia is a friend of these mouthpieces, even though Valencia also defeated Real Madrid this season.
Aspen mentioned in a prominent position in Real Madrid World that day: "Although Barcelona has won twelve consecutive rounds of La Liga so far, Valencia is not weak either and has also won ten consecutive matches in the league.
Winning streak, so Barcelona does not have an absolute advantage in this game.
Compared to Valencia, the latter has an advantage because this game is played at the Mestalla Stadium.
They have reason to beat all visiting teams, including Barcelona” "Valencia's top scorer Ai and No. 2 scorer David Villa both maintain a very high competitive state, and at this time can Barcelona perfectly limit these two people?
Moreover, Valencia's strongest point is not in the forward line.
It’s about their midfielder.
Aimar, Alberda and Baraja are all super midfielders in La Liga.
Aimar and David Villa can score so many goals, and these three of them are indispensable.”
In this way, under the leadership of Spain's three most influential sports newspapers, Spanish fans and fans who follow Spanish football began to look forward to the match between Valencia and Barcelona in half a month. focus war Two days later, Valencia and Barcelona started the twentieth round of the league at the same time.
Barcelona, playing at home, defeated Alaves with two goals.
Valencia was not far behind, beating the home team Real Betis with two goals in the away game.
Aiello scored twice in this game, directly helping the team win.
A week later, Valencia welcomed its opponent Zaragoza in the 21st round of the league at home.
There was no suspense in this game.
David Villa and Aiello each scored a goal and successfully won the game. this game.
And Barcelona seemed to be fighting.
Also in this round of games, they defeated Mallorca with three goals in an away game, winning their 14th consecutive league victory.
After this round of games, the two teams will start a new round of intensive schedule.
The 14th final of the King's Cup will resume in the middle of next week.
Valencia's opponent in the 14th final is still the Spanish second division team, Valladolid As long as they don't make two mistakes in this game, they are basically guaranteed to advance to the semi-finals.
Barcelona drew Zaragoza.
Looking at their opponents alone, Valencia clearly has the advantage.
But after seeing the schedule, Valencia’s advantage became even more obvious.
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Because Barcelona still has to worry about the next home game against Atletico Madrid, and they also have to take into account the focus of the 23rd round of the next round.
It can be said that this is the time to test them.
Of course, the game is a test for both teams However, who can have the last laugh still has to wait for time to verify s: Three updates later.
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