Valencia drew with the visiting Espanyol with a difficult score of 2:2 at home, which also gave Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two teams that were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League, the hope of reversing and winning the league championship.
They also defeated Deportivo La Coruña and Celta Vigo in the league games the next day.
Therefore, second-ranked Barcelona is only 16 points away from the top of the list, Valencia, while third-ranked Real Madrid is 17 points away from the top.
With 11 rounds left in the league, they all believe that everything is possible. .
Because Valencia will be distracted by the Champions League 14 finals and the Copa del Rey semi-finals, while Barcelona and Real Madrid have no worries about this aspect of the game.
They only need to focus single-mindedly on the league.
Compared to Valencia, they are much more relaxed In order to make Valencia devote more efforts to the UEFA Champions League, Mundo Deportivo put a hat on Valencia for the first time, and the title of fighting for the honor of La Liga became the headline of the newspaper that day.
"Unfortunately, in this season's UEFA Champions League finals, both Barcelona and Real Madrid were eliminated by Liverpool and Bayern Munich.
Therefore, the only La Liga team that advanced to the Champions League quarter-finals was Valencia, so they It is at this time that they should shoulder the responsibility of maintaining the dignity of the La Liga team.
They must use their own strength to tell everyone that Barcelona Rencia is a strong contender for the UEFA Champions League this season because they have the main players from various national teams.
David Villa and David Silva are all in form, and Ballack, Albelda, and Baraja have experience.
They are rich and can control the game very well, and the most important thing is that they have Ai who scores goals frequently, which also greatly increases their hope of advancing to the Champions League semi-finals."
At the same time, Marca also has relevant reports.
"Before the first leg of the 14th final of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League, which will resume in the middle of this week, Valencia is working hard in the league.
It does not send its main players at home, but leads with a small number of main players.
Substitute players came on, so this game to Stamford Bridge is very beneficial to them.
With a 16-point lead over second-place Barcelona in the league, they can completely shift their focus to the Champions League."
Valencia's die-hard fans were in a good mood when they saw these rewards.
But Flores was not lost at this point.
While the mainstream media in Spain are hating Valencia, Flores is studying the tactics of the first leg of the Champions League 14th final at Stamford Bridge with his assistant Paul in midweek.
Similarly, Chelsea head coach Mourinho, who has just finished the 31st round of the Premier League with Watford, is also studying the first leg of the Champions League 14th final at Stamford Bridge with his assistant Villas-Boas in midweek.
Mourinho habitually frowned, pursed his mouth, supported his head with his left hand, and kept drawing circles around the name written on the notebook with a water-based pen in his right hand.
Villas-Boas did not disturb Mourinho's contemplation, but continued the work he was responsible for, analyzing the opponent's technical and tactical play.
His partnership in the past few years has made him familiar with Mourinho's habits, because this The second opponent is not an ordinary team, it is the leader of La Liga, and it is also the team with the strongest offensive power among the five major European leagues.
As Mourinho's number one assistant, his work is very busy, but this time it is not busy for him, because the opponent data for this game has long been prepared, but what makes him feel busy is that it should How to limit Valencia’s strongest attack point.
Before him was a very detailed data sheet.
The detailed statistics of Valencia No. 9 this season include 43 goals in 27 league rounds, 15 goals in 8 games in the Champions League, and 5 goals in 4 games in the Copa del Rey.
Below are the number of ball possessions, number of breakthroughs, number of shots and shooting percentage, etc.
Looking at this detailed data sheet, Villas-Boas felt shocked.
This is not the data of a winger.
He is simply a super forward.
At this moment, Mourinho came back from his thoughts, quickly browsed all Valencia's goals this season, and then looked back and forth again.
Mourinho's actions naturally alarmed Villas, so he turned to look at Mourinho.
Mourinho's expression was no longer as serious as before.
On the contrary, he still had a strategizing smile.
Seeing this, Boas's eyes lit up and he asked, "Have you thought of a way to deal with Ai?"
"Well, come and take a look."
Mourinho nodded.
Villas-Boas has long been accustomed to Mourinho's character, so he didn't find it strange.
Instead, he stood up from his chair, sat next to Mourinho, and reviewed Valencia's progress this season together.
Ball collection.
However, it is better to use it to describe Valencia’s goal collection than to describe it as Aiello’s goal collection, because 70 of the video highlights include Aiello’s shots.
After reading it again, Mourinho turned to Boas and asked, "Did you find anything?"
Villas-Boas shook his head, because he had watched this video countless times and found nothing.
If he had to say something, it would be that Valencia's goals relied too much on Aiello.
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But these are obviously not what Mourinho wants to ask, because anyone with a discerning eye can see it.
"Then watch it twice more" After two times, Mourinho asked Boas, but Boas still shook his head.
"Try to see the way he scores" Mourinho reminded.
When Villas-Boas saw it for the fourth time, his eyes lit up and he looked at Mourinho excitedly, "Jose, you are saying that his left and right foot scores are unbalanced and he only knows his right foot."
Mourinho nodded with satisfaction and showed an expression that showed a fool could be taught.
"I know, give me a day, oh no, give me half a day, I will give you a detailed tactical report."
Boas is indeed a workaholic.
After understanding the opponent's weaknesses, he immediately Just started a new job.
On the afternoon of the 3rd, the entire Valencia team took a flight to London.
As usual, whenever arriving at the opponent's city, they will always be interviewed by reporters, and this time is no exception.
The first time they arrived at London Heathrow International Airport, the players appeared at the exit dragging their suitcases.
When they arrived at the airport, they were surrounded by groups of reporters.
As the team's top scorer, Aiello has naturally become the most popular presence in the eyes of reporters.
In response to the enthusiasm of media reporters, Aiello did not refuse, but accepted the interview naturally.
At the same time, he also expressed his ambition when answering, "We came to London to take away a victory."
Journalists in England have always been arrogant.
Although the national team's performance is not very good, the Premier League is running well.
Under the crazy narcissism of the developed British media, the Premier League is currently the best league in Europe.
The fact that three teams in the top eight of the Champions League this season are from the Premier League is the best proof.
La Liga, which threatens the Premier League as Europe's first league, has only one team that has entered the top eight of the Champions League this season.
This also makes their Vanity has been satisfied to the greatest extent.
So in the face of Aiello's ambition, a reporter from the Guardian raised his own question, "Chelsea is the team that has conceded the fewest goals in the Champions League this season.
Do you think you can break through Chelsea's defense?"
"why not" Iroh smiled, spread his hands and shrugged.
Ai Luo's answer made the English reporter suddenly feel that it made sense, and I was speechless.
The Spanish reporters were very satisfied with Aiello's answer, because his understatement just hit the arrogant English media.
With the rise of the Premier League, the vanity of the English media has been greatly satisfied, so they always act like they are the best in the world, and Aiello's answer is undoubtedly a loud slap in the face to them.
It feels so good So, a reporter from Aspen stepped forward and asked, "Can you tell us your goals in the Champions League?"
Regarding Aiello's goal, the Spanish media who are familiar with him know the answer without guessing.
He asked this just to make the English media feel uncomfortable.
"The target" Ai Luo looked at the AS reporter with an idiot's eyes, "Of course it is the champion of the Champions League."
Immediately, the English media present felt very unhappy with Aiello's answer.
There are three teams from the Premier League that have reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season.
How dare you declare the championship on English soil?
Isn’t this looking for death?
So these English media have labeled Ai Luo as arrogant.
But Ailuo's understatement set a good example for Wang Xiaolei, who was not far behind him.
He clenched his fists.
As long as there was a chance, he would seize the opportunity he deserved and become as famous as Ai Ge.
The big stars make a splash wherever they go, just like they are now.
The next day, Aiello appeared on the front pages of England's major newspapers.
"Since Jose Mourinho moved to Chelsea, the Blue Lions have become a new force that can compete with traditional giants such as Manchester United, Arsenal, and Liverpool, and the team's style of play has become more and more mature.
The stability of the defense made them the team that conceded the fewest goals in the 2006-2007 seasons, whether in the Premier League or the Champions League.
This is the case in China, but such a reassuring team was humiliated by Chinese players from the football desert.
He not only said that he wanted to win a victory at Stamford Bridge, but also threatened to win this game.
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Champions League champion this season, guys, let these players from Spain try the rhythm of our first league in the world."
Headlines from The Guardian.
What’s interesting is that a lot of detailed data on Valencia’s goals and mistakes this season were analyzed later to remind Chelsea and let the arrogant Aiello try out the power of the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.
But while the Guardian was selling on the streets of London, England, Aiello was still working out with the team in the hotel gym where he was staying.
For him, winning the Champions League is more important than anything else.
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