It's funny, or rather ironic, that it seemed like Valverde got nervous. He got the stage fright big time. He was probably like "omg omg omg, semis in the CL - guys don't fuck this up! Defend, defend with all men behind the ball. Don't try to play and pass or even put you feet on their half!" And our players were like "coach, it's cool - we've done this before. We play, we attack, we shake them up and sometimes attack is the best defense" and Valverde was like "NO, we're so close - be afraid, be very afraid - don't pass the ball on the ground, just cross that fucker to the middle of the park" and the players like "but coach, they are all like 20 cm taller than us and THEY need to win - just kicking the ball mindlessly up the field and losing it all the time sounds like a really bad strategy!? Can we at least counter them a couple of times with 3-4 players since they will be exposed at the back? You know, we have the best player in the world and one of the best forwards and 100M sitting on the bench" and Valverde was like "NO, NO counters! Just treat the ball like a hot potato - as soon as you get it quickly get ride of it, doesn't matter where. GOT IT! And ohhh, be very nervous guys ok?!"
