Chapter 240 Traitor

The decline of Valencia's status is actually not the main one.

At Christmas time, there was a big event in Spanish football. Atlético de Madrid led a meeting of the chairman to discuss the issue of TV broadcasting rights. This kind of meeting would have invited the chairman of Valencia, but Llorente did not receive the invitation. , and even when the Spanish media broke the news, he knew that there was such a thing.

This is also the source of Valencia's isolation.

At present, the other 18 teams in La Liga are led by Atlético de Madrid. Valencia did not participate in the meeting of the TV broadcast share, nor did it join the contract for the TV broadcast share, which is naturally equal to being excluded.

In the eyes of others, Valencia is in the same camp as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

This makes Llorente very upset!

If there is a choice, Valencia also hopes to be in the same camp with Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but this is not the case. Valencia is the 'third pole' team in La Liga, and their TV broadcast contract, and What Atlético de Madrid signed before is the same. Atlético de Madrid organized other teams to sign contracts with British Sky TV, leading other teams to share the benefits of the new TV rights. Real Madrid and Barcelona will suffer losses, but in fact the two giants Can fully withstand this loss, the impact is not as big as imagined, and since other teams do not participate in PRO TV's contract, the two giants may also share some benefits, such as advertising revenue, no one is with them. to compete.

Valencia is different!

Their contract with PRO TV is incomparable to Real Madrid and Barcelona. After the other teams leave, they will suffer heavy losses.

To make up for this heavy loss, Valencia will have to sell star players to cover the deficit, and their debt will continue to rise.

Valencia not only suffered financial losses, but also became an isolated team in La Liga.

Llorente's resentment can be imagined.

His chance for revenge is coming soon. In the 22nd round of the league, Valencia will play Atletico Madrid. Although the game is played at the Calderon Stadium, Llorente still has only one request from the head coach Emery. , "Beat Atletico Madrid, end their unbeaten run, and let them fall to second place in the league!"

Even if the sworn enemy Real Madrid is cheap, Llorente must have this bad breath!

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In fact, in the eyes of Atlético de Madrid, Llorente is completely self-inflicted.

In recent years, Atletico Madrid and Valencia have been standing on the same front. They both belong to the "third pole" team of La Liga. In many cases, Atletico Madrid will also be led by Valencia.

But things will change.

After the acquisition of Atlético de Madrid by Taiwan Investment Group, Wansheng entered the Calderon Stadium and led Atlético de Madrid to the league championship. Athletic is stronger than Valencia. The naturally dominant club should be Atletico Madrid, and Valencia has no ability to dominate Atletico Madrid.

Perhaps Llorente has not yet adapted to the transition.

When Atlético de Madrid president Cerezo and CEO Jr. Hill invited him to discuss the election of the Spanish Football League, Llorente actually asked Atlético de Madrid to support Valencia's candidate Licero.

Llorente said at the time, "As long as Licero is president of the Spanish Football League, he will do the best for both our clubs."

Cerezo and Hill will naturally not agree. No matter when, they will always be the most reliable talents. Hill is the most beneficial to Atlético Madrid as the president of the Spanish Football League. Moreover, Atletico Madrid does not need to rely on it. Valencia breathes life and naturally will not support Valencia's candidates.

The two sides directly broke down.

Llorente even threatened that Licero becoming the president of the Spanish Football League will make Atlético Madrid decline from now on.

That arrogant face makes people feel very disgusted.

Llorente... isn't it self-inflicted?

Atlético de Madrid led the signing of the TV broadcast agreement, and the ultimate purpose is to let Little Hill run for the president of the Spanish Football League. Since the two sides have broken down and Valencia is unwilling to support Little Hill, naturally there is nothing to say.

Llorente will definitely not find a reason in himself. He is very angry with Atletico Madrid and has only one order for coach Emery - to win!

So Emery could only smile bitterly.

Lead Valencia to victory at the Calderon Stadium?

How can it be so easy!

Even Barcelona and Real Madrid didn't do it. They even lost to Atletico Madrid at home. What's so special about Valencia?

Llorente seemed to feel that it was not enough to tell Emery alone. Two days before the game, he appeared in front of the media and said to the game, "We are going to beat Atletico in Calderon! We have absolute confidence to win. Victory will definitely belong to Valencia! As for Atletico... they should be prepared for defeat!" Then he said something that left reporters scratching their heads, "We will do our best! This is the price! "

cost? at what cost?

After the media reporters reported on Llorente's interview, manager Unai Emery had even more headaches.

In Emery's view, what Valencia needs to rely on to win away from home is not its own strength, but the carelessness of Atletico Madrid.

Atletico Madrid have been smooth sailing in all competitions. They have defeated Real Madrid and Barcelona in the league, and created a 59-round unbeaten record. They are likely to be careless when they face Valencia at home.

As long as Atletico Madrid is careless, they are likely to lose, and on the other hand, if Atletico Madrid is serious about the game, it will be too difficult for Valencia to win at the Calderon Stadium.

What is Llorente doing?

When he appeared in front of reporters, he spoke so arrogantly of 'must win', didn't he specifically remind Atletico Madrid to be careful?

How to play this game!

If it wasn't for knowing that Llorente was the president of the club, Emery would even suspect that this guy was a traitor to Valencia!

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Wansheng didn’t know about Valencia. Coach Emery was dissatisfied with President Llorente’s public speech, but Llorente’s arrogant speech in the media reminded the team that they must pay attention to Valencia.

This reduced his work a lot.

Since Christmas, Atletico Madrid has been smooth in the league and the Copa del Rey. The smooth game will make the whole team full of confidence, and it will also bring the team's impetuous atmosphere. Some players will misestimate the strength of the team and lead to play against opponents. Concerning issues such as carelessness, the whole team did not take Valencia seriously before. Many players thought, "Since we can beat Real Madrid by a big score, what does Valencia do?" Even with Valencia West Asia's game is about to start, and they still don't care.

Llorente's arrogant speech was very timely, almost equivalent to a direct provocation, which made all Atletico Madrid players cheer up and must show Valencia a good look in the game.

Wan Sheng found himself useless.

Even though many players still believe that Valencia cannot pose a threat to Atletico Madrid, they will go all out in the game, just to teach the arrogant Valencia a lesson and let them know who is the boss in La Liga now.

Wan Sheng was very happy, so he didn't respond before the game.

This made some media think too much.

Generally speaking, Wansheng will definitely be the one with the upper hand in the war of words, but he won't say anything when his opponent is provocative, so what's going on now? Is there something wrong with Atletico Madrid? Or is it that Wansheng has no confidence at all?

Many Valencia local media kept guessing, and the more they guessed, the more they felt that Valencia had a high winning rate.

"No wonder Llorente is so confident. As the president of Valencia, he must know some inside information, so he is so confident!"

Some media thought.

In their constant reporting, the day of the game came, and at 7:30 in the evening, the Calderon Stadium was full.

Both sides got each other's roster.

When Valencia coach Emery saw the squad of Atlético de Madrid, his face turned black. It was reported in the media that Raul Garcia has not fully recovered, and Maurice may not start the game. , he thought it was true, these two players did not play, Valencia's hope of victory was higher, but whether Maurice or Raul Garcia were in the squad, it means that they can both Appeared in the game.

When the game was about to start and the players of the two teams came out, Emery's face darkened even more.

The situation was worse than he imagined.

Maurice and Raul Garcia started, as he expected, but the starting lineup of Atlético de Madrid was a bit incomprehensible.

5131?

Or 4231?

There are five defenders in Atlético Madrid's starting players, three of which are central defenders, namely Rafael Varane, Godin, and Thiago Silva. All three of Atletico Madrid's outstanding central defenders appeared. And in the position of the back waist, it seems that Morris is alone.

Is there a central defender who plays the defensive midfielder?

Emery thought about it this way and observed it carefully. Unfortunately, he found that the opponent did use the three central defenders, and Morris was alone at the front of the back line, taking into account both offensive and defensive tasks.

What kind of play is this?

Emery scratched his head very much. He would not think that Wansheng would be dizzy. He used a new formation to play against Valencia. The opponent must have made adjustments for Valencia.

Then...the other party must have done it on purpose!

The opponent is strengthening the defense in the middle to limit the offensive of Valencia in the middle! (To be continued ~^~)