With Azpilicueta's cross, everyone's eyes were focused on the football in mid-air.
Only a few fans focused on Aiello, who was fighting for position.
At this time, he was being caught in the middle by Gareth Bale and captain Gallagher, and did not find the right time to take off.
But when he saw that football was getting closer and closer to him, he knew that the opportunity must not come again if it is too late, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet, stand on tiptoes with both feet, and jump high.
Gareth Bale and Gala were stunned for a moment, then took off close to Aiello.
Their intention is very obvious, which is to interfere with Ai Luo, who is taking off at the front of the small penalty area.
But Aiello's jump was not for a header, but for an assist.
"Shoot" Huang Jianxiang looked at Ai Luo jumping high in the camera, but following the movement of the football, his voice changed and he exclaimed: "Pass the ball" The football was pushed directly in front of where Ai Luo took off, which is where Dawson was originally standing.
This time, Dawson was stunned and ran forward.
Out of the defensive instinct of the central defender, he raised his right arm high while making an emergency stop, indicating that David Villa was suspected of being offside.
Of course, if you look at the current positions of the players on both sides, David Villa will indeed be suspected of being offside, but the problem is that Dawson was running laterally and was closer to the baseline than David Villa.
David Villa came from behind and took a step forward, which made him appear to be a little bit more prominent.
In fact, he was not offside.
The assistant referee saw it most clearly, so he ignored Dawson who raised his right arm.
By the time his colleague made an emergency stop, the football had already flown into David Villa's control.
What happened next was very simple for the forward who scored the most goals in the history of the Spanish national team.
He stood with his feet in place, exerted force on his waist and abdomen, stepped forward and leaned forward slightly, and pushed the football forward from Aiello.
A handful of force.
"Heading relay," Hyde, the commentator of Valencia's No. 1 sports channel, suddenly shouted.
At the same time, fans of the home team stood up from their seats and raised their arms.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch" The next moment, they burst into a huge cheer, sweeping the entire stadium in a flash of lightning.
Because David Villa's header relay headed the ball into the goal guarded by Gomez.
David Villa, who scored the goal, was very excited because his last goal in the Champions League 14th finals dates back to the 2006-2007 season when Valencia won the Champions League.
For being able to score this goal, David Villa is most grateful to Ai Luo who provided him with an assist.
At this time, naturally, the commentator on the scene started a new wave of praise for Valencia's goal.
Among them, CCTV commentator Huang Jianxiang and Valencia No. 1 sports commentator Hyde and guest Barry were the most excited.
To use a fashionable word, they were commentating with their lives.
But when everyone's attention was on Valencia, who scored, Tottenham players surrounded the assistant referee on the sidelines, and they unanimously believed that David Villa was suspected of being offside.
However, both the assistant referee and the referee insisted that the goal was valid.
The on-site director also called up the slow motion of Aiello heading the ball to David Villa with his forehead.
Fans sitting in front of the TV could clearly see that the moment Aiello headed the ball, David Villa Abby Dawson is farther from the baseline Even the outstretched arm is not considered offside in calculations, so there is no problem with Valencia's goal to expand the score.
After about ten seconds of tug-of-war, Tottenham players had no choice but to walk to the court dejectedly.
After all, it was unwise to continue arguing with the referee, and the game would continue.
The game restarted, and Tottenham players could no longer contain their inner restlessness.
If one goal behind can still see the hope of advancing to this season's Champions League semi-finals, then two goals behind basically means that Tottenham can only maintain its hope of advancing to this season's Champions League semi-finals by scoring away goals.
So they started attacking without the arrangement of head coach Redknapp.
However, it is difficult for the offensive combination of Defoe, Gareth Bale, Lennon and Van der Vaart to pose a threat to Valencia's defense.
Because Tottenham's two wing players are pure wing attackers, capable of counterattacks, and lack variety.
In addition, Defoe in the middle is not the kind of player with particularly outstanding strong points.
It is difficult to take advantage of the central defender combination of Benatia and Godin.
Moreover, Wang Xiaolei is always very decisive when attacking.
Basically, any pass in the small penalty area will be successfully picked off by him.
Old Redknapp stood on the sidelines and had nothing to do about it.
Now two goals behind, it can be said that he is completely passive.
He must take away at least one away goal at Mestalla, otherwise he will return to White Hart.
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The lane pitch also had the advantage of getting two goals back.
Thinking of Valencia's super offensive group headed by Aiello, it is unrealistic to keep Valencia clean at home.
With no other choice, the old Redknapp had no choice but to acquiesce in self-adjustment on the court.
It's just that Valencia's defensive position is very good, and the three central midfielders can effectively protect the back line, leaving Gareth Bale and Lennon with no room to use their speed.
In this regard, Sky TV commentator Martin Taylor shook his head and said: "Obviously, Tottenham's problems are entirely due to their serious lack of experience in the Champions League knockout rounds, coupled with the obvious mistakes in the tactical choices of old Redgnap.
There is no problem with Siya choosing to defend the counterattack, but the problem is that he puts all of Tottenham's strength on defense, which makes them lose their due counterattack ability."
His partner commentator Andy Gray nodded and said: "Indeed, there is a problem with old Redknapp's tactical choices.
There must be a certain counterattack against Valencia in the away game, otherwise a full-team defense will be too passive, such as so" Immediately, Andy Gray changed his voice and smiled: "Actually, Ai's personal ability is too strong.
Valencia's first goal was scored by his super personal ability, and the second goal was also scored.
It came from his header assist” Time passed quickly, half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Tottenham relied on their counterattack to suppress Valencia in the half.
It is a pity that they did not pose an actual threat to Valencia, but were instead hit by a beautiful quick counterattack by Valencia.
Valencia would have led by three goals in the first half had it not been for the rejection of the Mestalla goalpost.
Despite this, Aiello took advantage of a corner kick before the end of the first half and smashed the ball into the goal.
Valencia led Tottenham by three goals in the first half.
Just one minute into stoppage time in the first half, the referee on duty decisively blew the whistle to end the first half.
The two sides entered the locker room with a score of 3:0.
The home team goes first and the away team goes last.
The fifteen-minute intermission time passed quickly amid the talk of the commentator in the on-site commentary box.
Before the start of the second half, Tottenham took the lead in making personnel adjustments, replacing Lennon with Pavlyuchenko, who has been in good form recently, and moving Van der Vaart to the wing.
Increase offensive intensity while maintaining defensive hardness.
However, Valencia seemed to be well prepared.
At the beginning of the second half, they adopted a defensive attitude and focused on defense.
Commentator Huang Jianxiang agreed with Ancelotti's tactical changes: "In the second half, Valencia chose to retreat to the half-court, which was a very smart choice.
This created opportunities for Aiello, who has a strong counterattack ability.
As long as they seize the opportunity, Then it is very possible for Valencia to score the fourth goal of this game.”
The progress of the game was not much different from Huang Jianxiang's expectations.
In the 69th minute, Valencia launched a quick counterattack.
Defender Gala had to kick Aiello to the ground while fighting and retreating, and received a yellow card in exchange for a successful defense.
But he soon regretted it Because this distance and angle are completely consistent with Ai Luo's free kick characteristics.
It is worth mentioning that before Aiello took the free kick, all the Valencia fans stood up from their seats, as if Aiello's kick was not a free kick but a penalty kick.
Ai Luo sent the ball into the goal under the watchful eyes of the fans, players and coaches.
"The ball has gone in," Huang Jianxiang shouted as the football hit the upper right corner of the goal: "Aiello scored the third goal in this game.
His hat trick helped Valencia lead the visiting team 4:0 at home.
If nothing else happens, Valencia will advance to the Champions League semi-finals again after four years."
"Ai ai ai" Meanwhile, fans at the venue erupted with energy as broadcaster Mario Coker chanted, chanting Aiello's name.
When Aiello scored his third goal of the game, it also meant that the game had lost its meaning.
Tottenham players who made a historic run into the Champions League quarter-finals also realized that their hope of advancing to the Champions League semi-finals was infinitely close to zero.
In this negative psychological situation, it is impossible to create enough threats for Valencia.
Fortunately, Valencia's offense was not as aggressive as before.
They played steadily and used their excellent foot skills to steadily control the ball at their feet and consume the game time.
In the end, Valencia swept last season's Premier League fourth place Tottenham 4:0 at home, laying the foundation for advancing to the Champions League semifinals this season.
Another 14-final match that was held at the same time ended at the Bernabeu and ended with Real Madrid defeating Schalke 04 3:2.
Contributing goals for Schalke 04 were Hao Junmin and former Real Madrid captain Raul Needless to say, the result of this game will cause a huge sensation the next day.
Florentino ruthlessly drove away Real Madrid flag Raul, but now he has been counterattacked, unexpectedly conceding two away goals at home, which means that Schalke 04 has a very good chance of entering the Champions League semi-finals with an upset. big.
Because they only need a 1:0 or 2:1 to advance: