September 20th

Valencia arrives in Milan City, Italy, and the next day they will have a Champions League group matchup with defending champion Inter Milan.

The group where Valencia is located is called the Death Group. In fact, many people think that as the defending champion Inter Milan qualifies in the group, it should not be a problem. Valencia and Tottenham Hotspurs have problems qualifying in the group.

In the first round of the group stage, Valencia defeated Tottenham 2-1 at home with a goal and a planning by Xu Qi.

Inter Milan tied a 2-2 draw with Twente away.

Therefore, Valencia is now ranked first in the three-point group, Inter Milan and Twente tied for second with one point, and Tottenham are at the bottom of zero points.

But this is just the result of a game. There are six games in the group stage, and it is hard to say who advances and who goes home in the end.

After Mourinho left, Inter Milan's head coach who took over the team became the famous Spanish coach Benitez.

In fact, Benitez is definitely a very important head coach for Valencia.

In 2001, he unexpectedly replaced Cooper and became the head coach of Valencia. At first, some people doubted Benitez's ability, but he allowed Valencia to win the La Liga championship again after 31 years in just one season.

He then led Valencia to another La Liga title in 2004, and in the same year he also led Valencia to another UEFA Cup championship.

At that time, the Bat Legion led by Benitez was very prosperous in Europe and could be called a super strong team!

Later, Benitez also took over Anfield with his glory in Valencia and led Liverpool to stage the classic Istanbul Night in 2005.

Now, he naturally feels a lot of emotion when facing his old boss Valencia, who once made him successful.

At the same time, Emery is also the best helmman of the Bat Legion since Benitez. Now, he is going to lead the Bat Legion to challenge his predecessors.

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Meacha Stadium.

Blue and Black have rendered the stadium, Emery and Benitez stand in the command area with almost the same movements, watching the stadium.

The two teams are very active in fighting.

Valencia takes a little bit of initiative with its better running ability in the midfield.

Inter Milan's midfielder is a little "old". Although they won the triple crown last season, their fighting spirit has also declined a lot this season compared to last season.

Inter Milan's goalkeeper is still Brazil's national goalkeeper Cesar, and on the defense line are Mecon, Lucio, Zivo and Cordoba.

The midfielder is Cambiaso, Stankovic, two young players, Biabiani and Coutinho, and Sneider is naturally the core of the middle.

Among the five midfielders, two new faces appeared compared to last season. Moutinho and Viabiani are both very optimistic. In the eyes of many Italian media, their future prospects are limitless.

Especially Coutinho, who is younger than Xu Qi, but now he has become the main player of Inter Milan. Although he cannot be said to be the absolute main player, he has many opportunities to play.

Inter Milan has a single arrow lineup in this game, and Etoo is at the forefront.

For Valencia, the goalkeeper is Spain's Cesar Sanchez, and the defense is Mathieu, Maduro, Miguel and Navarro.

Midfielder Alberda, Hernandez, Mata, and Xu Qi.

Soldado was set in front, and Emery also allowed Domingos to reach the front.

Domingos can serve as a midfielder and also play forward. Emery arranged Domingos' position in this game and hopes that there will be one more player on the team's forward line to respond.

At the same time, when Xu Qi pressed on it, Domingos could also return to make up for Xu Qi.

This is a very panacea arrangement.

On the scene now, Inter Milan seems a little passive at home.

Benitez's face was not very good. In last weekend's league, Inter Milan just lost to Roma 0-1 away, which caused Inter Milan to suffer its first defeat in the league.

At the same time, after the game, Benitez's team had the so-called "dressing room problem".

Milito was injured, and the only striker he could use was Etoo, who was one of the protagonists in the so-called "dressing room problem" before. He was accused by his teammates of being a "selfish ghost".

Now Benitez hopes that the team will boost morale through goals, but the ball rights are now in the hands of Valencia.

However, this rhythm seems to be the rhythm that Inter Milan players like. Although Benitez is feeling uncomfortable on the sidelines, his players seem very calm on the court. They are not in a hurry to grab the ball back, but are waiting for the moment when Valencia "gets out of the hole".

In the 18th minute of the game, Inter Milan finally found a chance. Cambiaso successfully intercepted Alberda and made a direct pass to find Etoo!

After Etoo received the ball, he took advantage of this counterattack opportunity to show his strong personal ability.

Etoo has played in Spain for more than ten years and is too familiar with Valencia.

He used his speed to shake off Maduro and break into the penalty area, facing Cesar Sanchez, shot low with his right foot.

Although Cesar Sanchez tried his best to expand his defense area, the ball still rushed over from his left hand and entered the net!

One to zero, Inter Milan led at home!

As soon as Etoo scored the goal, Benitez's nervous mood became a little relieved.

As expected, Inter Milan is still more experienced in the Champions League.

After the first record, Etoo seemed very excited, after all, he was under a lot of pressure these days.

Benitez's control over this team is obviously not very successful, but Inter Milan still has super strength as the defending champion.

Now that they are leading with one goal, they will naturally continue to stick to their defensive counterattack strategy. They will always wait for the empty space behind Valencia. Inter Milan, which has the African Panthers, will have extremely sharp counterattacks.

Soon Valencia began to organize a counterattack. Although it faced the strong Inter Milan away game, Valencia definitely did not want to lose the away game. They have not lost since the beginning of this season.

Especially Xu Qi, he was also worried about being eliminated by Inter Milan in the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season. Now he really wants to pull the defending champion off the horse, and it’s best to make it impossible for them to appear in the group stage!
Chapter completed!