The second match day of the Champions League 14 finals is a day that Chinese fans are paying great attention to, because there are Chinese players in both 14 finals, and they are all core players in their respective teams.
Not to mention Valencia's Aiello and Wang Xiaolei, they have always been the focus of Chinese fans' attention.
Hao Junmin, who has played for Schalke 04 for five seasons, has become the absolute core of this team and is also the team's vice-captain.
He is the biggest contributor to Schalke 04's entry into the quarterfinals this season.
However, compared with the attention of Chinese fans, the focus of European mainstream media is still on King of the Rings Raul and Real Madrid.
Long before Real Madrid paid a whopping 80 million pounds to introduce Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid chairman Florentino forced Raul, the team's meritorious captain, to leave the team in order to show his sincerity.
Cristiano Ronaldo's favorite The number seven makes room.
You know, last summer Raul also said that he would rather play at Real Madrid until he retires, even if he is on the bench.
But Florentino's attitude was very tough and he insisted that Raul leave the team.
As a result, he transferred directly to Schalke 04.
So Raul is a bit unhappy with Cristiano Ronaldo.
Therefore, the origin of this aspect is the focus of European media, whether it is before the game, during the game, or after the game, it is like working hard for the newspaper's sales.
The English media, a large number of Spanish media, and Chinese media are still focusing on the upcoming Champions League 14 finals between Valencia and Tottenham at home.
Two days before the game, the entire Tottenham team arrived in Valencia.
Gareth Bale, the most watched Welsh star in the Tottenham team, was interviewed by reporters at Valencia International Airport.
He was full of confidence when talking about the Champions League 14th final against Valencia away from home: "I knew Alec a few seasons ago.
Very good, but my form this season is equally good, and I believe that through my efforts I will help Tottenham beat Valencia on the field.”
In this regard, the Valencian media has not yet responded, and the Chinese media reporters are a little bit disappointed.
Because Gareth Bale's appearance resembles the Monkey King in Chinese mythology, he was jokingly called the Monkey King by Chinese fans when he scored a hat-trick in an away game against Inter Milan in the Champions League group stage this season.
Gareth Bale first heard that Chinese fans were called the Monkey King, and his favorable impression of Chinese media reporters skyrocketed.
But the Chinese reporter changed his tone and mentioned another allusion from Chinese mythology.
That is how awesome the Monkey King is, but he cannot find the Five Fingers Mountain of Tathagata Buddha.
And Ai Luo is the Tathagata Buddha that Chinese media reporters call him.
The implication is that no matter how good Gareth Bale is, he still can't beat Valencia with Aiello.
However, the media who support Tottenham still support the visiting team Tottenham.
They believe that Valencia currently has personnel problems.
Mata and David Silva are both injured and absent, which will inevitably lead to a plummeting decline in Valencia's combat effectiveness.
There are even doubts about whether Valencia, which lacks two main offensive players, can break through Tottenham's main defense.
Regarding the remarks made by the media supporting Tottenham, the Spanish media and the Chinese media just laughed and did not care about what they said.
Various cases in the past tell them that only Valencia lacking Aiello will affect its combat effectiveness.
In addition, Aiello is very familiar with Tottenham and has all kinds of good memories.
Therefore, most people still believe that it is not difficult for Valencia to win Tottenham at home.
Since this is the second time in the history of the Champions League and the first time since the restructuring of the Champions League, Tottenham have entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League, more than 5,000 Tottenham fans followed the team to Valencia.
But because the home team has only reserved 3,000 tickets for the visiting team, the remaining fans will be destined to enter the stadium without tickets to watch the game.
They can only watch the game in bars in downtown Valencia or on the LCD screens outside the Mestalla Stadium.
Watch the game on the screen.
At 8:45 pm on April 6, the first legs of the Champions League 14 finals between Valencia and Tottenham and Real Madrid and Schalke 04 kicked off at the same time.
Tottenham, who visited the Mestalla Stadium, fielded their strongest lineup.
The formation is the 4-2-31 that is relatively popular in international football.
The goalkeeper is Gomez, and the four defenders are Hutton, Dawson, Gallas and Joel Luca, the double midfielders are Palacios and Huddlestone, the three forwards are Lennon, Van der Vaart and Gareth Bale, and the lone forward is England international Defoe.
Tottenham's lineup also represents their attitude towards Mestalla in this campaign, which is to take advantage of Valencia's lack of two main players to form a lineup with strong counterattack capabilities.
The home team Valencia had to make corresponding lineup adjustments due to the absence of both Mata and David Silva.
From the usual 433 formation to Ancelotti's favorite 4322 formation, which is also commonly known as the Christmas tree formation.
The goalkeeper is still Wang Xiaolei, and the back line has not changed much.
The two full-backs are Jordi Alba and Azpilicueta at the back, the center back partners are Benatia and Godin, and the three central midfielders are Javi Martinez, Cazorla and Argentina international Banega, who rarely plays.
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The two attacking midfielders are Aiello and James Rodriguez, and the lone forward is veteran David Villa.
Although the official position given by Valencia is Aiello in the attacking midfielder position, Ancelotti has no restrictions on him, which means that he has a very high degree of freedom and the entire frontcourt is his range of activities.
The team is all about him.
The experienced coaching veteran Redgnap will naturally not believe the official position.
From his past research on Valencia's offensive system, he can see that Aiello is the core complement of Valencia's offense.
His strategy in this away game is to defend and counterattack.
Among them, winger Gareth Bale is very active, and he will switch to whichever wing Aiello appears on.
As a left back, he is no stranger to defensive work.
On the defensive end of the team, he cooperates with the midfielder or full back to defend Aiello.
As long as they wait for the opportunity, the other speed demons Lennon and Defoe will give Valencia a fatal blow.
In fact, the old Redgnap's strategy was very good.
At the beginning of the game, Tottenham performed very well, especially Gareth Bale, who was transformed into a winger last season.
He completed the defensive tasks assigned by the old Redgnap and was also able to provide the team with offense.
Bring help.
Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor said: "Gareth Bale's performance so far is really world-class.
I didn't expect that he, who was not very impressive in the first two seasons, would change so much after changing positions.
I have to say that Gareth Bale's performance has been world-class.
Spurs head coach Redknapp has two tricks up his sleeve."
Even the commentator of Valencia's First Sports Channel had to say: "Gareth Bale, wearing Tottenham's No. 3, is really amazing.
In the first ten minutes of the game, he can be said to be the most dazzling star in this game."
Ten minutes later, the situation on the field suddenly changed.
After getting used to Gareth Bale assisting the defense of the full-back or midfielder, Aiello wisely chose to cooperate with his teammates and use the strength of the team to counter Tottenham's joint defense.
As Aiello became active, Valencia's offensive threat became greater and greater, and Tottenham's defense began to panic.
In just two minutes, Old Redknapp could no longer sit comfortably on the coaching bench.
Instead, he frequently stood on the sidelines to remind defensive players of their defensive positions.
However, the attention of the Tottenham players on the field was completely focused on the field, and there was no extra thought outside the game.
This made the old Redgnap, who had previously looked like a strategist and a superior person, in vain.
Standing on the sidelines roaring hysterically.
However, he was so excited that he didn't play much role on the sidelines.
Valencia's offense was still so threatening.
Gareth Bale had an amazing performance in the first ten minutes, and then returned to mediocrity.
He had to frequently drop back to the back line to help defend when Aiello moved forward, making it difficult for the team to switch from defense to attack. pose a threat.
He is getting further and further away from repeating his hat-trick at San Siro.
Valencia's offense became more and more powerful, and the cheers from the home team fans became louder and louder.
Commentator Huang Jianxiang said excitedly: "Valencia's offense becomes more threatening as Aiello becomes more active.
If Tottenham's defense cannot maintain a high level of concentration, and they will most likely concede a goal in the near future."
As soon as the words fell, the time on the big screen reached the fifteenth minute, and Valencia created an excellent opportunity.
Aiello was very calm in the face of Huddlestone and Hutton's defense.
The moment Gareth Bale was defending, he used the outside instep of his right foot to pass the ball to James Rodriguez, who came to meet him, and then accelerated laterally.
Into the defensive space of Huddlestone and Palacios.
There was such a sudden change of pace that none of the three defenders thought about it.
It wasn't until James Rodriguez kept passing the ball back to Aiello that Huddlestone and Palacios reacted and stepped forward.
Make up defense.
But it was too late.
Aiello slightly adjusted the ball passed by James Rodriguez with his right foot, and suddenly shot angrily about 30 meters away from the goal.
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Due to the previous forward movement of David Villa, which took away central defender Dawson, Gala did not block it in advance.
A muffled sound erupted the moment Aiello's right foot hit the football on the instep, and then flew towards the goal.
Ai Luo's shot is so powerful that it can only be described as electric as it flies from his right foot to the mid-air area near the penalty spot.
So by the time Gomez saw the football and reacted, it was already too late.
In addition, the angle of Aiello's shot was very tricky, and the football almost flew towards the goal along the inside edge of the right goal: