Chapter 389 Earth Defense War
In terms of Champions League goals, Xu Qi did not increase in this game, but he still has six goals
Amid the admiration of many media, Xu Qi and Valencia returned to the La Liga, but Valencia, who reached the Champions League quarter-finals, stopped winning consecutively. Not only did they not win this round, they suffered a major defeat.
This was beyond everyone's expectations. In this game, including Xu Qi, he also started, and Valencia's main players played away to Zaragoza.
Unexpectedly, Valencia's entire team was not in good condition, including Xu Qi.
In this game, Valencia lost directly to Zaragoza, who ranked last in the league with a score of 0 to 4!
The biggest upset in this round was born.
After losing this game, Xu Qi was also very frustrated. Losing this game made Valencia even less likely to touch the La Liga championship.
Now, the whole season has reached the final quarter stage, and everything has entered the sprint stage. This is the period when the team is the most powerful. Ordinary teams often lose their chains due to the bench and overall physical reserves, especially for teams like Valencia who do not have enough bench strength and need to fight on both sides or even third lines.
At this time, it is most likely to lose the chain.
In this La Liga game, Zaragoza scored a goal at the beginning, and then Valencia's Stankovius gave the opponent a red dot package, which not only caused Valencia to play one less player, but also gave Zaragoza a penalty.
After Zaragoza's Gabi scored a penalty, the whole team's mentality fluctuated greatly. Alberda then gave Zaragoza another penalty kick, and conceded two consecutive penalty kicks completely made Valencia lose the opportunity. In the end, Herrera scored a long shot, which completely ended the suspense of the game.
Losing this game naturally caused a lot of doubts, but many people were still protecting the players, and the media pushed the blame to Emery. The media believed that Emery overdrawed the team's physical fitness, which led to the team's lack of physical fitness in this game.
But in fact, Emery is still a coach who pays more attention to rotation. This loss can only be said to be due to poor condition and some surprises.
Emery took the initiative to take responsibility after the game and admitted that he had problems with the arrangement and the players performed well.
Xu Qi said that any team may lose the game, and of course Valencia may also be the case. They did not do well in this game as well as the other party, so it is natural to lose.
"After all, it's not a giant team, and the overall performance of the team is good so far, so the team has not been under particularly high pressure." Xu Qi felt a little relieved, but non-ticket teams have such benefits and disadvantages. Without particularly high pressure, it also means that such a team does not have a particularly big victory or a particularly big championship.
There are also many rumors in the team now, such as Mata and other more important players, have entered the Valencia team's sales plan.
They still intend to cash out more cash to deal with the financial crisis.
This is what makes Xu Qi most unhappy. If a team lives by selling players, then this team may miss the championship.
Xu Qi is actually considering his future. Although he has been here for less than a season, he has also grown a lot here and has become the trump card player in the frontcourt of Valencia.
However, some problems with the Valencia team were actually exposed after this game.
Football has always been a team sport. When a player transfers from a weaker team to a strong team, some people will mock the player for being a deserter, and for money, he is not loyal enough.
But if he stays, can he bring a championship to such a team?
Not possible.
If there is no player who does not yearn for a championship, that is the most important honor for being a professional player.
Xu Qi thought about it for a few days, but didn't think about it anymore. After all, this season is not over yet, and he still wants to fight for all possible championships.
For example, in the final of the Cup del Rey, the winning and losing system with Real Madrid will have a better advantage over Valencia.
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In the middle of the second week, the quarterfinals of the Champions League were completely released.
All three La Liga teams reached the Champions League quarterfinals, among which Barcelona eliminated Arsenal with a total score of four to three.
Valencia eliminated Schalke 04 in four to two.
Real Madrid eliminated Tottenham Hotspur with a total score of 5-0.
Both North London players were eliminated.
Lyon eliminated Bremen and entered the quarterfinals. This is not surprising. Lyon reached the semi-finals of the Champions League last season.
Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich team played AC Milan and advanced smoothly.
Two Premier League teams entered the quarterfinals, with Manchester United and Chelsea both eliminating their opponents to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Xu Qi's old club, Donetsk Miners, still performed at a very high level after losing Xu Qi. This season, William, Douglas Costa, Mkhitaryan and others grew rapidly. They eliminated Roma's team 6-2 in two rounds and entered the quarterfinals again.
Now, all the quarterfinals are Valencia, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Lyon, and Donetsk miners.
Xu Qi is expected to play against his old club Donetsk miners in the quarterfinals, and this duel is definitely what Valencia wants to meet the most.
Among the eight teams, the teams considered to be weaker are Valencia, Lyon and Donetsk Miners.
The remaining five wealthy families are one more than the other!
However, at present, the biggest favorite to win the championship is still the leader of La Liga Barcelona. They are called "Cosmic Team" by many fans and media, indicating that they are not from the team from the earth, but from the universe.
Some European fans even PSed a picture of the Earth defense battle, with seven Champions League quarterfinals led by Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea fighting against the powerful red and blue spacecraft together with the image of warriors holding laser swords in Star Wars.
Some portals have also posted special topics, saying that this Champions League quarter-finals match is like the Earth counterattack of the Seven Evils!
Many fans are very concerned about which team Barcelona will meet. In fact, some people are looking forward to Valencia meeting Barcelona. Because Valencia faces Barcelona twice in the league this season, achieving an impressive record of one win and one draw, so Valencia becomes a team that has great hope of eliminating Barcelona at this time.
Of course, it is still Barcelona's old opponent Chelsea, which is also a team that is considered to have the opportunity to eliminate Barcelona.
However, when the lottery starts, the situation becomes different.
Chapter completed!