Chapter 32: Gaizca Mendieto
In this game, the Barcalona team goes to Valencio's home stadium, the Mestallo Stadium, to challenge the La Ligo powerhouse Valencio.
The Valencio team can be considered as a traditional strong team in La Ligo, and has won the La Ligo championship many times but this year's Valencio club has encountered some troubles, and there have been a lot of injuries.
As a result, the team's current performance is very unfortunate for a traditionally strong team, and they are only ranks 11th in the league.
Although it is not possible to be relegated, there is basically no hope for hitting the top six and qualifying for the Conference league or other Championships.
Therefore, the current Valencio team has a very contradictory internal atmosphere. Some people want to fight, but some people think it is useless.
The team's head coach has also been replaced, and the current head coach Gracio is also helpless.
Facing Barcalona in this game, Valencio was filled with gloomy environment.
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At 20:00 local time, the match started after the referee's whistle.
The Barcalona team, wearing the away yellow jersey, began to lead the attack.
As usual, Aran sat on the bench and nervously observed the situation on the field. Mesci continued his good form in this game.
He saw Mesci carrying the ball and constantly hitting the Valencio's defense. The defense of the Valencio team was also faced a formidable enemy. They took back all of their players and set up an iron bucket formation to defend.
In the tenth minute of the opening half, Mesci made a through ball and tore through Valencio's defense. Dembolo rushed to the goalkeeper and kicked the football into the stands.
Seeing this kind of ball so close at hand and Dembolo couldn't grasp it. The head coach Kaeman off the field, furiously kicked a water bottle next to him.
With the sudden emergence of Aran, Dembolo's life is not easy now. Four years ago, Dembolo transferred to Barcalona for 130 million euros and everyone had high hopes for him but in recent years, Dembolo has not shown the performance worthy of his worth.
Dembolo's contract expires next June. Barcalona tried to extend Dembolo's contract, but that too was stopped due to disagreements between the two parties.
Now, Aran's rise has made Dembolo feel that he might be given up by Barcalona. Indeed, except for his physical strength, Aran is not inferior to Dembolo in other aspects. What's more, Aran's scoring efficiency is more than ten blocks behind Dembolo's.
With such good peaches, who cares about Dembolo's basket of rotten apricots.
Dembolo needs to prove himself as much as possible in these remaining matches where he can still start, otherwise, when the time comes, he will not be able to transfer at the same price, not to mention the depreciation of his worth and his annual salary will also drop.
Dembolo wants to express himself on the pitch, but haste makes waste. Mesci has a good relationship with Dembolo, so he hope to help him.
Mesci kept passing the ball to Dembolo, and Dembolo lived up to Mesci's 'expectations' and kept missing good opportunities.
In 20 minutes, Dembolo took four consecutive shots, three shots on target and one shot missed. The opponent's goalkeeper also acted like a god, facing Dembolo's shots, with high and low blocks, he rejected Dembolo's shots one by one.
On Barcalona's bench, Aran stood up again and again, wanting to celebrate for a goal, but each time he returned to his seat with his head in his hands in regret.
Kaeman's patience is also limited, and Dembolo's clumsy performance also made him slowly exhaust his patience but seeing that the first half was coming to an end, Kaeman also resisted the urge to replace Dembolo in the first half.
After all, this kind of substitution hurts self-esteem too much. A whistle sounded. The first half was over after Dembolo's shot brushed the post and went out.
[Barcalona:Valencio
Possession: 79%:21%
Shots: 12:0
Shots on target: 7:0
Goal: 0:0]
Valencio goalkeeper Cillesson can only be said to be a decent goalkeeper. He conceded 40 goals in 30 games, which is not too much, but not too little.
But today Cillesson is in excellent form, not only rejecting Dembolo's shot at the beginning of the game, but also, Griezman and Mesci's several shots were also defended by him beautifully.
Looking at Cillesson who was surrounded by the crowd, and then at the dejected Dembolo, Kaeman frowned and returned to the locker room.
[Away club locker room]
Kaeman walked into the locker room, and the atmosphere in the locker room was very dull.
In the first half, with so many offensive opportunities, they failed to score a goal, which dealt a serious blow to Barcalona's morale.
Mesci is not the kind of star who likes to use words to boost morale, he still likes to use practical actions to drive everyone.
Kaeman was silent for a while, and said, "In the second half, Aran will replace Dembolo!"
As soon as the voice fell, Dembolo stood up directly from his position, kicked away the 'obstructing' chair, and left the dressing room directly.
Kaeman's face was livid, and he didn't expect Dembele to not show his any face.
Kaeman said coldly, "The tactics in the second half remain the same, Mesci, Griesman, Aran, and De Jang, I need you to be more aggressive, and strive to quickly open the breakthrough, so as to disintegrate the opponent's defense!"
Aran shouted loudly, "Understood!" However, when he finished shouting, he found that he was the only one, so he couldn't help scratching his head shyly.
Everyone burst out laughing when they saw Aran's 'cute' look. The atmosphere in the locker room became lively again.
Kaeman also showed a gratified expression. Looking at Aran who is so disciplined, and thinking about Dembolo, Kaeman's expression became cloudy again.
[Congratulations to the host, successfully sign-in at the Mestallo Stadium, and obtained the iron will and long-range shooting ability of Valencio star Gaizca Mendieto.]
When Aran stepped onto the Mestallo Stadium, the system's voice came as expected.
||Offensive power: 86 (93) - 88 (93)
Shots: 87 (92) - 88 (92)
Possession: 82 (87) - 84 (88)
Dribble: 82 (93) - 83 (93)
Passes: 82 (87) - 84 (89)
Explosive power: 82 (87) - 84 (88)
Confrontation: 73 (82) - 78 (90)
Strength: 77 (83) - 80 (90)
Stamina: 75 (80) - 80 (90)
Defensive ability: 60 (80) - 75 (85)
Steals: 60 (75) - 70 (80)||
Aran's attributes have been comprehensively improved again. What made him most happy was his physical attributes, which finally surpassed the threshold of any first team player.
Gaizca Mendieto can be said to be one of the most important witnesses and creators of ZTE in Valencio in the 1990s.
At the peak of his career, both the club and the national team operated with him as the core.
But in 2001, his transfer to Lazia was considered to be a rare and important failed transfer in Spain for several years.
Mendieto unexpectedly became a spectator in the Italian arena. However, his steel-like will and the ability of an excellent midfield conductor also left a deep impression on everyone.
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