Chapter 243 You Can't Catch Me!
"I'm Back!"
After the game against Albacete, Su Dong spoke confidently when interviewed by the media.
He wants to declare war on Ronaldo with this simple sentence!
More importantly, he feels that he should shoulder the burden of the team's offense, which is also what head coach Benítez wants him to do.
With the continuous goals scored this season, Su Dong's self-confidence has also increased by leaps and bounds. He feels that he is on an unprecedented and rapid path of progress, and his self-confidence is also constantly rising with his strength and performance.
Whether it is himself, his teammates, or the team, he needs to take on more responsibilities.
If there was no such feeling before, then in the two weeks that Su Dong was absent, everyone in Valencia has clearly felt the importance of Su Dong, even Mista himself admitted it.
This simple sentence is also telling Valencia fans that he is back and Valencia's goals are back!
However, unfortunately, attacking midfielder Aimar was injured again.
He felt muscle discomfort after the game and was diagnosed with a tendon strain during examination, and will be out for at least two weeks.
There is no problem with the Argentine midfielder's ability, it's just that his body is too fragile.
And Vicente, he is also often injured.
But Su Dong's return still made Valencia full of fighting spirit.
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A week later, in the 22nd round of La Liga, Valencia will visit La Rosaleda to challenge Malaga.
Just four minutes into the game, Su Dong got the ball on the right, suddenly started, broke through to the end line and made a cross.
Mista in the middle headed the ball past Malaga defender Sanz to score the first goal for Valencia.
One to zero!
Ten minutes later, the attack was still launched from the right. The right-back Garrido rushed to the corner area with the ball and suddenly knocked it back. After Su Dong stopped the ball in the penalty area, he observed it and directly shot it.
The ball went into Malaga's goal again, two to zero!
Valencia then basically maintained control of the situation until the 40th minute of the game, when Argentine defender Pellegrino suddenly fainted in his own half.
This was an unexpected incident, there was no one around, and everyone was terrified.
The team doctor quickly carried Pellegrino out on a stretcher and sent him directly to the hospital for examination.
Benítez replaced Pellegrino with Marchena.
During the half-time break, news came from the hospital that Pellegrino was not in danger of life and was undergoing a more comprehensive physical examination, which made everyone in Valencia feel relieved.
After the second half, Marchena took advantage of a corner kick opportunity to score another goal for Valencia, making it 3-0.
In the 72nd minute, Albelda once again scored against Malaga from outside the penalty area, making it 4-0.
Then in the final stages, Salva scored a goal for Malaga to save face, but they still lost at home.
Valencia beat Malaga 4-1 away and took all three points.
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After the game, the entire Spanish football world was discussing Pellegrino's injury and Valencia's victory.
The Argentines quickly got the test results, and the doctors diagnosed that there was no problem either physically or psychologically, but they could not give an answer as to why they fainted. They just suggested that they should not participate in the competition for the time being.
Valencia's victory made the fans excited and also gave the media another hot spot for hype.
Although both Vicente and Aimar were absent, Valencia's offensive was not weakened at all. All media reporters focused on Su Dong, believing that it was Su Dong's appearance that helped Valencia achieve a big victory.
"Many people say that Valencia's offense this season depends on the iron triangle, but we have all seen that when Sudon is absent, the partnership of Vicente and Aimar can't solve the team's goal problem at all, and when Aimar fights alone, Valencia is in a difficult situation."
"But now, with Vicente and Aimar both absent, Su Dong led Valencia to a 4-0 away win over Malaga with one assist and one goal. This in itself is the best proof!"
However, the media's attention was soon attracted to Real Madrid and Barcelona.
The Galacticos challenged Valladolid away in this round. After falling behind by two goals in the first half, Ronaldo scored twice. Together with Figo's goal, Real Madrid finally reversed Valladolid 3-2 away.
The media and fans had two extreme opinions on this game.
On the one hand, some people think that Real Madrid's offense is indeed very strong, but on the other hand, some people think that Real Madrid's defense is indeed too weak.
On the other hand, Real Madrid's arch-rival, Barcelona, defeated Zaragoza 3-0 in the previous round, and in this round, they beat Albacete 5-0 at the Nou Camp.
Xavi, Saviola, Quaresma, new signing Davis and Luis Enrique scored goals successively. This was Davis' first game for Barcelona and his performance was quite eye-catching.
This makes people believe that Rijkaard's team is finally starting to get better.
Ronaldo, who scored twice in this round and helped the team reverse Valladolid, called Su Dong immediately after the game to tell him the "good news", and said proudly that he had found his scoring form.
"I have scored 18 goals now!" Ronaldo said with a proud smile on the other end of the phone.
"You'd better run faster, otherwise, by the time we get to the Bernabeu, we'll be tied!"
In the 24th round of La Liga, Valencia will challenge Real Madrid away and then face Barcelona at home.
It can be said that both games are crucial and very difficult.
Before challenging the two giants of La Liga, Valencia still has an obstacle, which is Atletico Madrid.
"Don't worry, you can't catch up with me!" Su Dong replied indifferently.
Tsk, isn't it just a brace? You're so proud of it! Who hasn't scored a brace?
Have you all forgotten who was the one who was so angry some time ago?
However, Valencia's upcoming schedule is indeed very stressful.
Atletico Madrid is currently ranked fourth in La Liga. There is no need to say much about its strength, but the most fatal problem is injuries.
Aimar is injured, Jorge Lopez is injured, Rufete is also injured, and with Pellegrino suddenly fainted, Valencia is now full of injuries, and midfield substitute Mohamed Sissoko has been called up to participate in the African Cup.
The only good news is that Vicente should be able to make it in time for the match against Atletico.
Valencia is full of injured players and short of manpower, and Atletico Madrid is not much better.
So far this season, which team doesn't have a few injured players? But Atletico Madrid is unlucky, as their top scorer Torres is injured.
Torres is as important to Atletico Madrid as Suarez is to Valencia. His absence has a great impact on Atletico Madrid.
After confirming that Torres would miss the match against Mestalla, Benítez temporarily adjusted the team's tactics and once again used the 4-4-2 double striker tactics.
The head coach of the Bats has a very clear attitude. Since there is no need to be wary of Torres, Valencia will take advantage of the home court to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop and take all three points! …………
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On the evening of February 7th, at the Mestalla Stadium.
In the 23rd round of La Liga, Valencia will host Atletico Madrid at home.
Benítez is a very pragmatic head coach. He knows very well how strong his team is and what kind of football to play in different situations.
Without Aimar, he adopted a double striker combination to free up Sudong; Rufete was injured, and Angulo became the team's emergency repairman on the right; as for the attack on the left, Vicente started directly after recovering from his injury.
In the absence of Aimar, Valencia gave up the previous short passes in the frontcourt and instead adopted more concise and longer passes, especially crosses from the flanks.
After all, there are two center forwards, Su Dong and Mista, in the middle.
Atletico Madrid coach Manzano is also aware of his team's problems. Without Torres, he adopted a 4-1-4-1 formation. The veteran Simeone is the defensive midfielder. In front of him, Jorge and Ibagaza partner in the middle, and Nikolaidis is on the front line.
But the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
At the Mestalla Stadium, Valencia launched waves of attacks from the start.
Vicente was quite active on the left. As a single defensive midfielder, Simeone had to take care of both the middle and the wing, which was difficult to do. Jorge and Ibagaza were both passers and did not provide much protection for the defense.
As a result, Sudon, Vicente and Baraja connected with each other, frequently planned offensives, and suppressed Atletico Madrid in the midfield, making it difficult for the Colchoneros to organize an effective offensive and forcing them to shrink their defense.
In the first half hour after the opening, Atletico Madrid didn't even have a shot on goal, which shows how embarrassing the situation was.
Valencia frequently created threats, attacking deep into the territory time and time again, and was just a little bit away from scoring.
The continuous attacks from the flanks, especially after Sudong tied up Simeone, gave Vicente frequent one-on-one opportunities, allowing Valencia to get three corner kicks.
Unfortunately, none of the three corner kicks resulted in a goal.
In the 31st minute, Su Dong retreated to receive the ball again and successfully attracted Simeone's attention, then passed the ball to the left again. After getting the ball on the wing, Vincent was in a one-on-one situation facing defender Gaspar Galvez. Vincent was skilled and bold, and once again relied on his speed advantage to force a breakthrough with the ball.
This time, Vicente almost broke through again, but center back Mathias Legui rushed over in the first time and blocked the ball out of the baseline.
Another corner kick! Vicente volunteered to run out of the baseline, picked up the football with one foot, quickly ran to the corner area, placed the ball directly, and immediately stepped back to start running.
Beep!
The referee blew the whistle to indicate that he could not take the penalty yet.
The tall players of both teams all gathered in the penalty area, and Valencia's two central defenders Marchena and Ayala both ran over.
Among all the people, Su Dong, who is 1.95 meters tall, stands out from the crowd and is naturally the focus of Atletico's defensive players.
The 1.9-meter-tall, 22-year-old Argentine central defender Matias Legui stood in front of Su Dong.
(End of this chapter)
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