Phi-Fic Chapter 402 The Weather in Ukraine
Chapter 402 The Weather in Ukraine
Chapter 402 The Weather in Ukraine
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The voice that questioned the decline of Ai Luo's state disappeared overnight after the big four against Osasuna, as if it had never appeared.
In addition to ridiculing Juan Carlos, a large number of Spanish newspapers on the second day of the game mentioned Barcelona, which lost two key games in a row this week.
In the third round of the Champions League group stage in the middle of last week, Barcelona lost to Chelsea coached by Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge.
Originally they thought they could go to the Bernabeu to regain their confidence, but what they didn't expect was that they lost a ruthless 2:0, so the mainstream media in Europe were surprised by this Barcelona team. They were the European champions last season!
The drop in grades is too obvious, isn't it?
Although they were overwhelmed by Valencia in the league last season, there is still Real Madrid who can bully them. But after the start of this season, not only are they still unable to raise their heads against Valencia, but they can't even find confidence in the face of Real Madrid, who was subdued last season.
How will you play this season?
The league has only started seven rounds, and it is 8 league points behind the leader Valencia.
Now Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard is under a lot of pressure. The team chairman Laporta has given him an ultimatum. If the team's state continues to decline like this, then he can pack up and go back to the Netherlands.
It is worth mentioning that Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona who had been very supportive of him before, also lost his voice at this time, obviously dissatisfied with his failure to train Barcelona into a team full of combat effectiveness in the new season.
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The league has won seven consecutive victories, and good news from Valencia has come one after another. Ballack, who has stretched his thighs in the European Championship qualifiers, can also be put into training, which means that he can enter the team's preparations at any time. This has a good psychological advantage for the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the cold Ukraine at the beginning of next month.
At the same time, it is also a good boost to the morale of the team.
Although the team has achieved twelve consecutive victories in all competitions since the start of the new season.
Twelve consecutive victories in all competitions?
The Spanish Super Cup double beat Barcelona, seven consecutive victories in the league, three consecutive victories in the Champions League group stage, exactly [-] consecutive victories.
So... the problem is coming!
The sensitive "National Sport" immediately realized that Valencia will create a new record this season. "Since the first round of the league, Valencia has won seven consecutive victories in the league. Not only is it far ahead in the league standings, but it is also the best start for Real Madrid in the 68-69 season - 9 consecutive victories and only two games left. Their next opponents are Racing Santander, Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao. Best start to the league…”
I really don’t know if I don’t mention it. I’m startled when I mention it. The 68-69 season of La Liga has been dusty for 37 years, and it was once again dug out by the Spanish media.
With the increasing commercialization of professional football, the records created in the last century have been labeled as unsurpassable, but it is surprising that they will be taken out of the table again.
Therefore, it is expected to pay attention to whether Valencia can refresh the record of the best start in the next league.
At the same time, it also brought a lot of trouble to Valencia.
Because no team is willing to be someone else's green leaf!
Therefore, when the news that Valencia was close to the best start of the league was flying all over Spain, the three teams, Racing Santander, Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao, had already released harsh words. They were determined not to let Valencia set a new record on them.
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On the 29th, Valencia went to the Sardines Stadium to challenge Racing Santander.
Before the game, Racing Santander's head coach Miguel Angel and team captain Mnidis said harshly, "This is the Sardine Stadium! It's not the Mestalla Stadium!!"
"It's impossible to win here!!"
But after the game started, it turned out that they were nothing but bluffing.
In the No.203 minute, Albelda took a corner kick, Ai Luo made a touch forward, and central defender Ayala scored a goal from the small penalty area line. This goal was the first goal scored by the aging Argentine central defender this season.
With this goal, the deadlock on the court was broken.
The double kick became more and more open. In the No.309 minute, Aiello used his personal skills to break into the penalty area. Garreira, who was loaned to Racing Santander by Real Madrid, was on the ground. The referee sentenced him to the death penalty.
The score became 2:0
After the end of this round of the league, all Valencia players will fly non-stop to Donetsk in Ukraine to participate in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League. Therefore, with a two-goal lead, the rhythm of the attack was slowed down.
Compared with a league that is no longer relevant, the Champions League is more important.
So at the beginning of the second half, Flores substituted David Villa, Aiello and Ballack for Morientes, Joaquin and Viana.
In the end, in this game at the Sardine Stadium, Valencia beat the home team Racing Santander with two goals in the away game. While giving the home team a three-game losing streak, it also created the best eight-game winning streak in team history.
And they are only one game away from the best nine-game winning streak created by Real Madrid in the 68-69 season.
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There is no direct flight to Donetsk in Santander, so all Valencia players need to transfer from Madrid to Donetsk, but this will consume a lot of energy for them.
Because I just finished playing a league game, and now I have to take a half-day flight to Donetsk. This is no different from playing two consecutive games, which naturally has a great impact on the team.
In addition, the temperature in Ukraine has dropped significantly on the last day of October. Compared with the warm weather in Valencia, the weather in Donetsk appears to be many grades worse.
Acclimatization is also a serious problem.
Vicente and Albelda, who had just returned from injury, contracted the flu the next day in Donetsk, casting a haze before the team's preparations for the fourth round of the Champions League group stage.
At the same time, Flores also felt lucky, fortunately, Ai Luo did not contract the flu, otherwise, the game would really be suspended...
"Valencia's journey to Donetsk was difficult. Two of the team's generals, Vicente and Albelda, were both infected with the flu, which left them with non-combat casualties. After the third round of the Champions League group stage, everyone thought that Valencia would be bloodless in the fourth round, but it turned out that the weather in Ukraine did not allow..."
Report from Ukrainian state television.
Next, there is the daily routine weather forecast, "Cold air suddenly appeared in the north of Russia. Starting tomorrow, the entire Ukraine will drop in temperature by more than ten degrees, and some areas may also experience rain and snow..."
Flores turned off the TV, his face was very ugly, and he cursed secretly, "This dog-damn weather!"
The next morning.
Ai Luo habitually opened the hotel window, a gust of cold wind blew in, and he subconsciously sneezed continuously.
Ah~~Cut!
Ahh~~cut! !
Ah ah ah ~ ~ cut! ! !
The staff in Valencia did not expect that the weather in Ukraine can change as they say. They did some research on the local weather before they came, but they did not expect that the weather would be unpredictable.
Therefore, the team's recovery training in the morning was forced to be cancelled, and strength training was carried out at the hotel where they stayed.
The staff in Valencia could only curl up and brave the cold wind to buy down jackets in Ukraine's second largest city. Otherwise, it would be strange if they didn't catch a collective cold during adaptive training in this weather.
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When the Valencia staff finally bought down jackets and came to the field provided by the Shakhtar Donetsk team and started to adapt to the field training, the damn rain and snow began...
Less than 10 minutes into the training, the sleet felt colder than the direct snow, so Flores changed the plan again, changing the training adapted to the venue to the training adapted to the weather.
However, this training to adapt to the weather lasted less than 10 minutes, and was forced to stop under the continuous sneezing of the players. Flores was afraid that if it continued, the team would catch a collective cold, so tomorrow night's game would not be played.
After returning to the hotel where they stayed, they enjoyed the heating of the hotel before feeling a little warmth.
Back in the room, Ai Luo didn't know what was going on. He only felt very cold, gasped a few times, and had a runny nose, so he instinctively wrapped his down jacket tighter, but it didn't make him feel a little warm, but a little tired.
Soon, something wrong with him was discovered by his friend David Silva.
"Huh? Ai, what's the matter?" David Silva saw that Ai Luo's behavior was completely different from his own, as if he was cold, so he subconsciously stretched his hand to Ai Luo's forehead, which was very hot.
Aiello didn't have time to stop David Silva, who left the room.
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Five minutes later, team doctor Hernandez said two words in Flores' ear.
After listening to it, Flores subconsciously cursed, "Damn it!"
It's not very loud, but enough for everyone present to hear.
Although everyone is a professional player, they are all very careful, and they soon thought that something was wrong with Ai Luo. They all knew that a large part of the reason for the team's good results was because of Ai Luo's outstanding performance.
If Ai Luo is absent from this game due to illness, then this game that will not have suspense will create suspense.
"Will Ai's situation improve when tomorrow night's game approaches?" Just after scolding, Flores realized his gaffe and asked Hernandez quickly.
"A little difficult."
After hearing this answer, Flores' heart seemed to have fallen into an ice kiln.
But at this moment, Ai Luo suddenly said weakly: "I don't want to miss tomorrow's game!"
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