At the Municipal Stadium, Braga and Valencia's first leg of the UEFA Europa League semi-finals kicked off.

Valencia did not play very radically, but watched the changes away.

When Braga launched the first wave of offensive, Valencia's tight defense line in the midfield allowed them to pass the ball to Tang Hong's feet.

Tang Hong tried to tear Valencia's defense line.

When Tang Hong was controlling the ball on the left side of the center line, Feiguli came to defend and blocked his return route, while Jonas blocked his oblique return route, and Mathieu came from the side, and Tino Costa was in the middle line to limit Barbosa.

The faint encirclement formed extremely quickly, which showed that Valencia's technical and tactical literacy was very strong.

Perhaps due to the influence of Barcelona in La Liga and even Europe in the past few years at least three years, some teams may not imitate or try to replicate Barcelona's pass-and-control style, but they will inevitably learn from some of the advantages. High-level pressing and space squeeze during defense are extremely obvious.

Tang Hong had to push forward with the forward dribbling, but Mathieu came to fight cautiously to squeeze him towards the sideline!

If Tang Hong speeds up and breaks through Mathieu, Ricardo Costa in front will inevitably intercept him. At the same time, Ricardo Costa will also have the advantage of timing, which is the effect of joint defense.

Tang Hong spiked the ball at his feet to dodge Mathieu's pressing, and at the same time ran forward quickly to avoid falling into confrontation with Mathieu's body. That was definitely not his advantage.

Seeing that Ricardo Costa was about to intercept the ball, Tang Hong quickly knocked the ball to the middle of the frontcourt with his left foot.

When Lima tried to control the ball when she stepped forward, Rami stepped forward and grabbed the ball and intercepted it!

Valencia's defense was very exciting!

From the global formation to the local joint defense, it is closely linked.

Coach Emery stood on the sidelines and stared at the field calmly. Valencia's goal of defense today was to limit Tang Hong!

This Chinese striker who tops the scorer list in the Portuguese Super League and the Europa League must be a big concern. If you are not vigilant, you will definitely suffer a big loss!

When Valencia launched the offensive, they first advanced from the midfield to the right.

After receiving the ball on the wing, Feiguli dribbled forward and rushed to the dangerous area of ​​the offensive. Seeing that Amorin had a tendency to assist in the defense of the wing, he knocked the ball back diagonally back to the middle. Tino Costa scored a ball in front of the center circle and passed it diagonally to the left of the frontcourt.

Alba quickly inserted and rushed into the offensive dangerous area. Facing the full-back Bayano who intercepted him head-on, Alba immediately knocked the ball across the middle and cut in from the outside after getting the ball.

Jonas came over and shot the ball, and before Custodio could block it from close range, he had already passed the ball, so naturally it was in the hinterland of the left rib of the penalty area.

Bayano turned around and chased back, but obviously was not Alba's opponent. When Alba passed the ball back near the bottom line near the penalty area, Soldado's active running and kicked the ball and shot was barely blocked by Eveton and then bounced out of the bottom line!

Valencia's threatening offensive scares Braga fans.

After the opening, it is obvious that Valencia is even more threatening in the offense.

Yartim was frowning on the sidelines.

Valencia is very targeted in terms of formation and style of play today.

The 352 formation may not be Valencia's conventional style of play, but Emery's arrangement is strongly targeted. Tang Hong's threat on the left was first curbed by most of the time. At the same time, Valencia's release of Alba's offensive threat on the left could also suppress Braga's right offensive, so there is no need to arrange a full-back on the left.

The attack in the middle of the attack is more like a feint on the right, because the right is too crowded!

Alba is not something that Bayano can block Alba with a fast speed and good skill, and a wider sense of forward insertion.

Braga is not afraid of his opponents when playing against some teams that have opened and closed, such as Manchester United, which has no absolute strength, and Porto.

But Valencia's delicate skills and tactics made Braga very passive.

Their interspersed running passes combined with overall technical advantages can be reflected in the extreme.

In the 4th minute of the game, Braga once again attacked the left side. This time, Tang Hong chose to break through forcibly. In order to get rid of the tall and powerful Mathieu, Tang Hong suddenly accelerated and overtook the outside!

Although he passed Mathieu, the experienced Ricardo Costa made the first move to make Tang Hong unable to control the ball anymore. He would definitely be asking for trouble by himself when he hit the gun.

After Valencia restricted him again, Tang Hong gritted his teeth slightly.

It seems that Mathieu and Ricardo Costa partially double-teamed him. In fact, from the moment he successfully received the response, the line behind him and passing the ball to the middle was blocked by Valencia players!

This is equivalent to Valencia forcing Tang Hong to break forward without any other choice. When there is a lack of choice, the defensive players' prediction success rate will be higher.

In the 9th minute of the game, Valencia made a quick break in the frontcourt. Topal and Tino Costa collided with each other and passed the ball diagonally to the middle of the frontcourt. Jonas, who took the initiative to retreat, passed the ball across the right.

After leading the ball across the middle, Feiguli passed the ball to the hinterland without waiting for Amorin to get close to him and sent the ball to the hinterland of the left side.

It seemed that the ball should not be able to be met, but Alba, who was so fast, stopped the ball smoothly in front of the bottom line.

Bayano took advantage of the situation to grab the ball, but Alba leaped the ball towards the penalty area in a rhythmic manner, and then rushed over from the bottom line.

Bayano wanted to foul but had no chance. The opponent was short and fast and flexible, just like a little mouse. It was not easy to catch the opponent!

After Alba entered the penalty area, he saw Eveton coming back to defend and knocked the ball back diagonally back to the left side of the penalty area.

Jonas rushed forward and just stopped the ball and knocked the ball across the middle of the penalty area.

Soldado pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal before Coelho released the tackle and blocked it!

The old goalkeeper Quim saved hard but returned in vain. The football hit the inside of the post and bounced into the goal!

The Municipal Stadium suddenly heard cheers from Valencia fans!

"Soldado pushed the ball and scored! Valencia scored the first goal away game!

Valencia's cooperation is simply pleasing to the eye. They have played the characteristics and essence of the Spanish team!

Whether it is accurate in passing or skillful in cooperation, they are all better!

To be fair, Braga is definitely weaker than Valencia in overall strength, so it is even more threatening to see Valencia's offensive on the scene.

At the same time, Tang Hong was restricted very seriously today. He launched three offensives after the opening game but failed!

Valencia seems to have made sufficient preparations!

Braga 0:1 Valencia!”

Soldado went to celebrate with his teammates, Emery applauded on the sidelines, but Yartim could only frown and there was no good idea. At most, at this time, he would clap his hands to encourage the morale of the team and not be imbalanced in his mentality.

When Tang Hong was standing in the middle circle preparing to kick off, Barbosa shouted to him: "When attacking, we should move closer to you to help you, and observe the surrounding situation more."

Tang Hong nodded slightly.

Although Braga fans felt bad, the game was still long and they were disheartened at this time. After a brief silence, they started to feel deafening cheering.

Braga kicked off, Valencia's morale was greatly boosted, and she unswervingly implemented the tactics they formulated before the game, and the players' overall running became more active.

In the 12th minute of the game, when Eziyejile passed the ball to the left of the frontcourt, Tang Hong responded with his back. At this time, he saw Feiguli coming to the wing to block the route he passed back.

Valencia didn't seem afraid of him controlling the ball, and even consciously created a cage. When the ball was passed to Tang Hong's feet, he closed the cage door!

Just like Braga's offensive is a self-investigation!

Tang Hongla turned around after the ball was on the wing. At this time, Mathieu and Ricardo Costa maintained a 5-10 yard distance from him and gradually narrowed the defense range.

When Barbosa approached him, Tang Hong first drifted forward and started to seduce Mathieu to rush forward to intercept it. At the same time, Ricardo Costa also showed signs of robbing. Tang Hong decisively passed the ball across. After the ball was out, he kept passing by Mathieu and rushed straight to Ricardo Costa's empty belt behind him!

Barbosa took the initiative to receive the ball and was about to pass the ball, but found that Tino Costa was blocking his front!

Barbosa, who could only change his mind, controlled the ball and turned toward his backcourt. When he was about to pass the ball to Amorin, Feiguli came to his sight. Barbosa subconsciously dialed the ball and changed direction to dodge. Unexpectedly, Tino Costa came out from the back to seize his position and cut off his connection with football!

Valencia intercepted the ball and launched a fast break quickly. Jonas knocked the ball back diagonally in the middle of the penalty area to Alba who quickly inserted the response from the side. The latter looked at the situation in the penalty area and pretended to make a cross to deceive Bayano's defense center of gravity. He waded under his feet and then started to kill the ball to the side outside the penalty area before passing the ball to the front area.

Seeing that Soldado was about to head the ball, goalkeeper Quim decisively hit the ball and knocked it out.

The football flew outside the penalty area but was controlled by Feiguli, who ran from the side to the middle. He made a top pass when he grabbed Amorin.

The football flew to the area behind Coelho, and Jonas stepped into the position and rushed to the football landing point first, and shot with the ball!

Braga's defense line was already a little messy, and his mind was even more in chaos at this time!

Quim hurriedly made a save, and he felt relieved when he saw the football hit the goal online, but he was still scared.

Valencia fans sighed, it would be great if this ball was scored!

Braga fans couldn't help but have many questions.

What's going on?

Barbosa was a little confused. Tang Hong looked at Valencia's overall formation with a serious expression and recalled their position and adjustment methods when defending.

Mathieu is in his year of playing, and Ricardo Costa is also at the end of the defender's peak. He has more than ten years of professional experience in defense. These two are the main force in blocking Tang Hong.

If Tang Hong is Braga's biggest threat to the front line, then in Valencia's eyes today, Tang Hong is their biggest bait to build a defense line to limit Braga's offensive threat!
Chapter completed!