Chapter 334 The West-British Controversy
Lennon's attack ended, and Bell on the other side began to attack again.
When Xu Qi and Bale were fighting, Bale and Xu Qi were actually non-main players in their respective teams.
Then with the two's progress and outstanding performance, Xu Qi became the main force in the Donetsk Miners team after a few games.
Gareth Bale also experienced an unstable period after that season, but in the end, he still relied on his super athletic talent and eventually became an indispensable main player for Tottenham.
He can sometimes play the full-back position, but when ACTO is on the court, he can devote more energy to the offense.
Now, Xu Qi has arrived in Valencia, carrying a tall transfer fee of 26 million euros, and Bale is probably not as valuable as Xu Qi now.
Back to the game, although Valencia has the advantage in home games, the current situation is probably not optimistic.
Because Valencia's defense line is now very chaotic, it is a little scattered by Tottenham's wave after wave of impact.
In the 18th minute of the game, Van der Fate got rid of Domingos' press in the middle and directly passed the ball to Lennon on the right.
After Lennon came down, he made a decisive cross. In order to stop the tall Crouch, Ricardo Costa could only jump up and earn the header. However, although Costa had won the header, he accidentally made an own goal and pushed the ball into the door of his home with his head.
In the 18th minute, Valencia fell behind, zero to one.
This situation naturally makes many Premier League fans very happy.
There has always been a debate about which La Liga or the Premier League is stronger. Judging from the points in the European Games, La Liga seems to have some advantages, but the Premier League is obviously stronger in the Champions League. In recent years, only Barcelona can get benefits from Premier League teams. Teams like Real Madrid that have been eliminated from the Champions League quarterfinals for many years can only earn points for La Liga in the group stage.
The Premier League team has even had a feat of occupying three teams in the semi-finals for several consecutive seasons.
This is obviously a proof of strength, but in the list of odds for Champions League, Barcelona and Real Madrid are still in the top two.
Real Madrid continued to sign ups this summer, getting strong players such as Ozil and Di Maria. The most important thing is that Mourinho, who led Inter Milan to eliminate Barcelona and won the Champions League championship, also came to the Bernabeu. With this operation, Real Madrid has become one of the most popular teams again.
Although their record has not been very good in recent years, they always have reasons to be optimistic and they will always attract the attention of the whole world.
In addition to the competition between the giant teams in the two major leagues, the competition between other teams has also attracted much attention. For example, in this game, Valencia, who was third in La Liga last season, faced Tottenham Hotspur, who was fourth in the Premier League.
If Valencia loses, then La Liga will definitely not be very proud and are said to be a two-man league.
So this game is very important for Valencia, especially one of the major goals of Valencia this season is to change the two-man transfer pattern that is dominant in the league.
Especially Valencia, they have been in a financial crisis recently. Some non-hero teams led by them are very eager to get more part of the copyright fees for La Liga. After all, in terms of the sharing of copyrights for broadcasts, the Premier League relegation teams are higher than them.
This situation is on the one hand because the Premier League's business operations are relatively good. On the other hand, it is also the dominant position of La Liga Barcelona and Real Madrid that affect the fierce competition in La Liga.
Valencia not only has to challenge Real Madrid and Barcelona in the league, but also has to prove the strength of La Liga non-top giants in the Champions League.
The Tottenham Hotspur team in front of us is the best touchstone at present.
If they can't defeat Tottenham Hotspur, it would be embarrassing. There were only three teams in La Liga now to enter the top 32. If Valencia was eliminated in the group stage, then Real Madrid and Barcelona will be left in the knockout stage.
Tottenham can advance, and almost four other teams in the Premier League have entered the knockout stage.
The gap is huge. If they can eliminate Tottenham and qualify with Inter Milan, there will be only three Premier League teams and three La Liga left. This seems to be a bit better.
However, in this battle that carries the honors of La Liga and Premier League, Valencia actually conceded the goal first.
This is really not good news. If you can't beat Tottenham Hotspur at home, then Valencia will lose all face.
Emery on the sidelines did not look anxious. As a young coach, Emery has his football mark. He knew that Valencia would definitely have a chance in this game.
Tottenham's running is indeed very active, but their defense is not stable either.
Valencia is definitely not afraid of playing against each other.
Last season, Valencia even dared to play against Real Madrid and Barcelona, and there was no big disadvantage.
If you play against each other, you will never be afraid. This is the pride of La Liga and Valencia!
Emery was gesturing and cleaning up on the sidelines. It was very simple, just attack and resolutely attack!
Soon, the lagging Valencia began to siege against Tottenham Hotspur again. It seemed that it would be difficult for Tottenham to stop Valencia's offensive.
In the 29th minute, Xu Qi passed Aduris with a pick-up pass, but the ball was blocked by Ledligin with a relatively hidden hand-raising move. Xu Qi immediately signaled the referee to the opponent's handball, but the ball was not awarded a penalty by the referee.
Tottenham escaped.
In the 38th minute, Xu Qi broke through Jenas directly in the middle, and then was knocked down by Haddlestone's shoveling man behind him, which eventually made Haddlestone receive a yellow card.
This is also the first yellow card in this game.
Xu Qi is in very good condition. Gradually, he has begun to support Valencia's offense again.
Mata was not on the court, Banerga was injured, Joaquin was somewhat suppressed by Bale and Ector on the wing, so the biggest reliance on Valencia's club's offense is Xu Qi.
Before the end of the first half, Xu Qi once again got a chance to start in the middle and decisively chose the arc ball to shoot in the far corner, but the ball flew out of bounds after being disturbed by the opponent.
This is also the last chance for Valencia in the first half. After this shot, the first half ended.
The score of zero to one also became the score at the end of the first half.
Valencia conceded an own goal, which also left them behind with one goal and was not very powerful.
Chapter completed!