Valencia faced the Copa del Rey final with the attitude of unity!
At the beginning of the season, they were ready to make a big splash. However, due to the injection of too many new players in the locker room, it led to internal strife. The young commander, Flores, was dismissed in less than half of the season. After Comain took over, he spent more energy dealing with the conflicts in the locker room, including himself.
Valencia's ambition for the championship title was accompanied by their own chaos and the despair of Real Madrid leaving all their opponents in the dust.
At the end of the season, Valencia's only pursuit was to pick up the championship trophy in the Copa del Rey final!
In order to prepare for this game, they even sacrificed their home game in the previous round.
Villarreal, Morientes, Silva, Joaquin, Balaje, and other generals had sharp eyes. They were not confident, but they had the determination and fighting spirit to cut off all means of retreat from the start!
Valencia's enthusiasm to run, aggressiveness in defense, and teamwork were very good from the start of the game.
And when they had the opportunity to attack, they would not hesitate to do so.
In the sixth minute of the game, Joaquin dribbled the ball on the right flank to advance the offense. He shook off Snede's defense on Guti from behind. He spiked the ball on the spot and then walked inside. When he noticed Diarra moving to the middle to act as a screen, Joaquin decisively sent out a diagonal pass.
Although Silva was arranged to play as a side midfielder, he had honed the comprehensive quality of an attacking midfielder. Comain used Silva as a reference to the way he trained Snede at Ajax. He thought Silva was a player with great potential.
Silva cut into the middle and received Joaquin's pass from behind Diarra. He did not hesitate to kick the ball out. The football rolled to Morientes, who had the ball with his back facing Pepe on the penalty area line.
Morientes had Pepe behind him. Morientes used his experience and his ability to protect the ball to move the ball sideways. Then, he turned halfway and sent out a short pass diagonally.
The football rolled behind Metzelder. Just as Metzelder turned around, he found that Villarreal had rushed out from behind him faster and took the ball diagonally away.
Going into the battle alone!
Villarreal's expression showed a decisive ruthlessness at this time.
Facing Casillas, he did not think at all and directly shot with his leg!
Casillas stood in front of the goal line like a helpless child. He did not have time to make any saves. Villarreal's shot was powerful and flew into the top right corner of the goal in the blink of an eye!
This goal showcased Valencia's imposing manner and contained their drive to stake everything on this one goal!
When Villa saw the ball fly into the goal, he opened his arms wide and let out a wild roar as he ran to the side of the field. Valencia's generals ran over and surrounded Villa. They hugged each other as if they were a single entity. In the battle against the current giant of the European football world, they had obtained the lead!
This was too rare.
"Villarreal's goal! Valencia was the first to break through Real Madrid's goal at the Vicente Calderón Stadium!
This situation is really unexpected. Real Madrid's rear defensive line was easily penetrated. Their defense is simply in name!
Joaquin, Silva, Morientes, Villarreal, Valencia's exciting attacking group played a dazzling attack. After the continuous passing, they created a chance for Villarreal to score a one-on-one goal. Now Real Madrid is behind 0: 1! "
Real Madrid's front and center players looked at the two center backs on the defensive line with a strange look.
Pepe and Metzelder!
They did not complain, but they felt that the defensive line was a little too unreliable.
Bosque sat in the technical area with a trace of worry in his heart.
Cannavaro's inability to play due to his injury was a huge hidden danger.
In any case, he was the defensive leader of the World Cup champions. As Cannavaro grew older in the past two years, there was a phenomenon of fluctuations in his condition.
But when his condition was good, Cannavaro was still trustworthy.
Especially when he and Pepe partnered as center backs, it was to reduce pressure for Pepe and also to drive Pepe's improvement.
But Metzelder's situation was a little special.
Metzelder had also experienced the test of a big game, but he was plagued by injuries after coming to Real Madrid.
He did not practice for three days and his condition was not sustainable at all. Coupled with the fact that he could not keep up with the training, his physical condition would naturally decline.
He replaced Cannavaro to play because he had no choice but to do so. If Pepe, a time bomb, was added.
Real Madrid's defensive line was actually not reassuring.
This was the embodiment of the team's chemistry.
Just by swapping out Cannavaro for Metzelder, the overall defensive strength of the team had undergone an earth-shaking change.
Bosque was not optimistic, but there was no good way.
Real Madrid had come to this point, and it was already impossible to change any tactical play.
This was especially true for extreme changes.
Perhaps the team did not know what to do with Real Madrid's entire army retreating to defend.
The offensive factor in their bones had long been boiling. How could it be easy to suddenly cool it down now?
Bosque sighed deeply in his heart. Fate was left to the offense.
This was the only way.
After the restart, Real Madrid immediately launched an attack.
They would not panic.
It was nothing more than a goal.
What they did not lack this season was goals, and what they were least afraid of was also goals!
In the ninth minute of the game, Qin Xiong came to the left side of the front field and changed positions with Snede. After receiving Guti's diagonal pass, he cut horizontally and dribbled to the front of the penalty area.
Baraja came to block, and Qin Xiong's dribbling rhythm paused. He pretended to go around Baraja from the outside.
Baraja already knew that Qin Xiong was good at cutting horizontally and dribbling in front of the penalty area. He decisively headed forward to block Qin Xiong's route to the outside.
But after his body's center of gravity shifted, Qin Xiong turned the ball back in front of him. Baraja watched in disbelief as Qin Xiong pushed the ball out and turned it back. Then, he continued to dribble horizontally in place and brushed past him!
Baraja was annoyed as if he had been humiliated, because it seemed that he had given up his position to Qin Xiong.
When Qin Xiong was about to reach the middle in front of the penalty area, Albiol rushed over fiercely to snatch. Qin Xiong decisively passed the ball short to Raúl in the penalty area at this time.
Then he changed to plug forward into the penalty area.
Raúl kicked the ball under Alexis's marking. He gently passed the ball diagonally behind Canella. When Canella turned to chase the ball, he found that Qin Xiong had charged in from the side. He took the lead to block his chasing position, and then he took the ball and formed a one-handed knife momentum after taking the ball!
It was almost the same as Villa's goal. Qin Xiong shot from the same position in the penalty area!
The goalkeeper, Hildebrand, abandoned the goal again. Qin Xiong did not choose to shoot. Instead, he pushed the ball to the lower left corner of the goal and hit a reverse cut line.
Hildebrand stopped in place before he made a save. He turned his head to look at the lower left corner of the goal and closed his eyes in despair.
The football rolled into the goal from the inside of the goal!
Real Madrid quickly equalized the score!
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