Chapter 235 My starting point is the peak of your life!
Su Dong stayed in Munich for two days.
In addition to visiting the headquarters, museum and factory as arranged by BMW, and attending the signing ceremony held specifically for him by BMW, Su Dong also toured the Munich Olympic Park accompanied by Wang Chuqing.
This park is located just south of the BMW headquarters and is surrounded by the Munich Olympic Village. The University of Munich where Wang Chuqing studies is also in the surrounding area, and the home stadium of the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich is in this park.
Su Dong went to visit Bayern's home stadium with long-cherished admiration, which was indeed very unique.
Most of the stands in this stadium are underground, making the entire stadium look like it is sunk. The ceiling that only covers the western half of the stands is also very unique in shape, which made Su Dong admire it again and again.
The only pity is that as the main venue of the Olympic Games, this stadium has an athletics track, which makes the stadium seem a bit distant from the audience stands and affects the atmosphere of the stadium.
But overall, it's a very nice stadium.
"I heard that they are building a new stadium in the north of the city for the World Cup in Germany. After it is completed, Bayern Munich will move their home stadium there, and this place will become a venue dedicated to hosting sports events." Wang Chuqing also felt quite regretful.
Su Dong also has a very good impression of Bayern Munich. After all, the legendary Beckenbauer, whom he likes very much, once emerged here.
After finishing the trip to Germany, Su Dong and Mendes returned to Valencia first, leaving the lawyers and negotiators to continue some follow-up matters.
But on the day after Su Dong returned, the German media suddenly broke a piece of news.
It is not known whether it was accidental or by chance, but some media took photos of Su Dong visiting the Olympic Stadium in Munich.
This immediately caused a strong reaction in the European football world, and many people even speculated whether this meant that Su Dong would transfer to Bayern Munich?
What’s even worse is that Bayern Munich actually has an ambiguous attitude towards this.
The top management remained silent, but head coach Hitzfeld said in an interview with the media, "If we can sign Su Dong, Bayern Munich's strength will be further enhanced, especially the team's offensive power."
The meritorious coach said, "Su Dong and Ma Kai can coexist, there is no problem at all!"
The media immediately exploded.
Even many mainstream European media followed suit, believing that Su Dong would transfer to Bayern Munich.
Either the winter break or next summer.
Only the people in the Valencia club knew exactly what was going on.
Su Dong was just going to sign a commercial sponsorship contract. What does it have to do with Bayern Munich? After returning to Valencia, on the first day of the team training camp, Su Dong invited the whole team to dinner. As a result, his teammates blackmailed him for another meal, saying that he was going to "transfer" to Bayern Munich, so of course he had to treat them to another meal.
This made Su Dong hate those media that made groundless accusations.
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Valencia played very steadily and well in the first half, which allowed the team to take the lead in La Liga with a five-point advantage, but this is not safe at all.
Especially in the future, Valencia will continue to fight on three fronts, and the pressure of the game is very high.
On the first day of the team's winter training camp, Benítez posted the team's schedule for the second half of the season at the Paterna base and held a player meeting to discuss the games in the second half.
At the meeting, the Valencia coach highlighted the challenges of La Liga.
"From the schedule, we have a lot of games in January. The match against Villarreal is a city derby, so I don't need to explain its significance. The key lies in February."
Assistant coach Jesterdan followed the schedule and explained to all the players the difficulties of the second half.
"Starting from February 8, we will challenge Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Espanyol, Deportivo La Coruna and Celta Vigo in succession. In between, there will be two Champions League round of 16 knockout matches. If we qualify for the Copa del Rey, there will also be the Copa del Rey matches. The schedule is very stressful."
Not only Jesterdam, but Benítez is also quite troubled by this schedule.
The schedule in February is even more difficult than the devilish schedule in the first half.
Judging from the first half, the outstanding performance in that devilish schedule greatly boosted Valencia's morale, which allowed the team to rush to the top of the standings in one go.
Judging from the current situation, if Valencia can play well in this hellish schedule in February and March, not to mention expanding its lead, as long as it can maintain its current five-point lead, half of the La Liga championship will fall into its hands.
If we can get three points against teams like Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna, the championship will basically be a sure thing.
But it is very difficult to do this.
Putting aside other things, the only relatively weak team in this schedule is Espanyol, but the game against Espanyol happens to be away.
Although Celta Vigo is now deep in the relegation zone, everyone knows that this team cannot focus on La Liga because it is fighting on two fronts. But when it comes to strong dialogues, who in La Liga dares to say that they can definitely beat Celta Vigo?
And, it's on the road.
But Yestdan's analysis was correct. If we win this game, the league will have completed 28 rounds.
In the remaining ten rounds, the opponents are strong, but Valencia has a certain chance of winning. As long as there is a points advantage, the championship is basically in the bag.
But the premise is, how to play this part of the schedule? "It is especially important to note that in this wave of schedule, we will also have to go through two rounds of the Champions League round of 16, and the opponent is the Bundesliga giants, Bayern Munich!"
This is also the result of the draw that just came out. The Valencia players even "blamed" Su Dong for visiting the Munich Olympic Stadium and provoking Bayern Munich, so they asked him to treat them to a meal.
But when you think about it, there’s nothing you can do.
Among the eight second-place teams in the Champions League group stage, there are two La Liga teams, Real Sociedad and Deportivo La Coruna. Together with Marseille in the same group, Valencia may only draw five opponents.
The stronger ones are Bayern Munich and Porto, or the weaker but equally tough Stuttgart.
If you are luckier, you might draw Sparta Prague and Lokomotiv Moscow.
But judging from this season, Valencia's luck has not been very good, so they were drawn against Bayern Munich.
Benítez and the coaching staff have also discussed this, and they all agree that the team's overall condition must be adjusted in January, while also ensuring that the players can cope with the challenges in February in the best condition and with the most abundant physical strength.
"So during this period of time, you may be rotated or even not play, but this does not mean that you can let your guard down, because February is our real showdown!"
As soon as the schedule for each season comes out, the head coach will formulate some game strategies based on the schedules of several competitors, and appropriately adopt the tactics of focusing on the big and letting go of the small to ensure that he can win some key battles.
For example, Real Madrid and Barcelona, they put the national derby first every year.
To some extent, as long as these two top teams win two national derby games, it is highly likely that they will win the championship.
Of course, the situation this season is special, and both teams have encountered many problems.
What Benítez meant was that the most important thing in January's games is to grab points. After all, if the team can maintain its points lead in January, it will have more room for tactical maneuvers in February's strong matches against teams like Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna, and may even have the advantage of a draw being considered a win.
It is foreseeable that in competitions like the King's Cup, the players will basically be rotated and used as substitutes.
This is also a necessary trade-off.
If Valencia goes all out in all games, it will be like Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad, where it will be difficult to play well on both fronts, or even get nothing.
The players are quite supportive of Benítez's arrangement.
Valencia's lineup is not as deep as that of giants like Real Madrid and Barcelona. At best, they can put together a starting lineup that can compete with the giant teams. When it comes to fighting on multiple fronts, Valencia is still under great pressure.
For example, Mohamed Sissoko is a young player with great potential, but he can't replace either Albelda or Baraha.
There's also David Navarro, whose performance wasn't even reassuring, and Ayala and Marchena had a lot of pressure in their games.
There were even rumors in Valencia that they would buy a strong central defender to serve as the third central defender during the winter break, and young player Albiol was also valued by Benítez.
This is the tragedy of small and medium-sized teams!
Giants can develop on multiple fronts, but it is difficult for small and medium-sized teams to do so.
They don't have enough financial resources to support a large and competitive lineup.
Compared with Celta Vigo and Real Sociedad, Valencia's situation is relatively good. At least there are two good players in many positions and they are competitive.
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After Christmas, Valencia began training at the Paterna base.
In order to better reserve physical strength, the coaching staff's training intensity was very high, which made the players complain bitterly.
However, thinking of the current results and the upcoming crucial battle, everyone endured it tenaciously.
For a team like Valencia, it is not every year that they get such a ranking and record. Once they see such an opportunity, the players can burst out with incredible desire.
La Liga champions, this may be the peak of life for most of the players in the team! How can they not work hard? Not fight hard?
Su Dong, while feeling emotional, also cherished it even more.
His career has just begun, but it is already the pinnacle of life for countless professional players.
Why shouldn't he work harder?
Benítez and the coaching staff are also very aware of this. They don't even need to mobilize too much. As long as the interests are analyzed clearly, everyone will fight hard.
It was in this atmosphere that all the Valencia players gritted their teeth and persevered for a week.
Everyone was trained to a point of exhaustion by the coaching staff, but no one complained.
After a week of training, every Valencia player's eyes were filled with determination and hunger.
Like a wolf!
There will still be three updates today, scheduled at 12:00 and 18:00.
(End of this chapter)
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