Chapter 57 The Second Team's Hope

Chapter 57 The Second Team's Hope

For Jose, it is very beneficial for the team to have even a short-term goal. There are more old players in the team, which will certainly bring benefits such as stability and rich experience, and it is inevitable that some old players will be contaminated. It's easy to not think about making progress and feel at ease for the elderly. In order to prevent this, the team must have a goal. The previous goal was to relegation. Now it is not enough to have a goal of the UEFA Cup final-maybe there are players who want to be able to play in the UEFA Cup. Played in the UEFA Cup final, but did not work hard in the next league - but this is something that Jose cannot tolerate. He has given up some games before, but on the field he did not ask the players to play Not doing your best on the court, giving up some games strategically and not doing your best in the game are two different things!

What's more, there are also tactical considerations for the players to have the motivation to concentrate on the game on the field-although long-term rest can make the players recover well, but it is not good for the players' state-through The game allows the body to adapt to the rhythm of the game, which is the basis for players to perform well on the court. No matter how good a player is, if he has not played a formal game for a long time, even if there is no problem in normal training, he will perform well on the court. Very average, better than Eto'o after he came to Mallorca on loan, it was also because Jose slowly increased his appearances that his condition became better and better.

So in any case, Jose also has to arrange a short-term goal, so that the players can maintain the same state and desire to win in the next game. The team's ranking in the upper half of the standings, that is, the top ten, is obviously a feasible goal that needs to be striven for.

At the same time, striving for the top ten will also greatly improve Mallorca's image. At least it will not make people think that Mallorca will give up the game without a goal. It seems that Mallorca is a very ambitious team. Team - Atletico Madrid golden boy Torres later why would he leave Atletico Madrid disheartened? Isn't it because Atletico Madrid almost deliberately lost Barcelona by 0-6 without much pressure in order to prevent Real Madrid from winning the championship? It was that game that made Torres discouraged and finally switched to the arms of Liverpool. For ambitious players, they can be loyal. They can endure the team's long-term lack of honor because of their strength, because they have love for this team. —but when they see this team has no ambitions and just plays passively in the game just to disgust the haters, they can't bear it anymore.

The image of an ambitious team cannot be established in a day, but such ambitious performances gradually increase, and it will naturally have its effect.

However, the next period of time is also a relatively easy time for Jose. There is one game a week, and the daily training content is basically conditioning and recovery. The tactical training will not require too much, so why? Sai seems very relaxed, so in addition to paying attention to the training of the first team, he will often go to the training ground of the second team to pay attention to the two people he has not paid attention to for a long time...

Since becoming the acting head coach of the first team, Jose has rarely been to the training ground of the second team. The main reason is that he has no time-although it seems that all he has to do is to direct the first team's games and observe training. However, in the face of a first-team that is already in ruins, Jose has to spend a lot of time, at least getting familiar with the players, arranging the lineup, Eto'o's loan matters, observing the opponent's characteristics, arranging tactics...even in training In the middle of the game, he often goes off the court to guide the players' training. How could he have extra time to observe the second-tier team's games?

Regarding this point, Joan Mesqueda, who started to take charge of the second team after Jose became the acting head coach of the first team, is very clear, and Mota and Luke are also very clear, although both Mota and Luke are a little disappointed, because why After taking office, Sai didn't seem to have thought about mobilizing people from the second team...

But even though they were disappointed, they could only wait for the opportunity silently in the second team, and Mota firmly believed that Jose would never give up on him, and the key training that Jose gave Mota before made Mota feel even more Jose takes himself seriously.

In Jose's heart, Mota would not be an ordinary second-team player—Mota believed in this very much.

But Luke is different. After all, his affection for Jose is not as deep as that of Mota - Mota was brought from Brazil to Mallorca by Jose at the most hesitant time, so it is naturally different. .

However, at this time, when they saw Jose appearing on the sidelines of the second team's training field, they felt the same joy in their hearts.

These two young players have also noticed Jose's recent coaching performance. They know very well that after this season, Jose's status must be unshakable. The means of Stan's two absolute direct descendants, as long as they perform well, they will definitely have a chance.

Luke may also face competition from Tristan and Eto'o as a strike partner, but Mota believes that he will have more opportunities than Luke - after seeing how Jose used Ngonga, Mota Ta understands roughly why Jose would let himself play in the middle of the midfield - a four-position midfielder similar to Guardiola is his future way out.

And after switching to the middle lane, Motta also felt that this position really suits him - no need for long-distance sprints, no need to connect several people, just need to dispatch during offense and block when defending - his foot skills and tall stature , is fully qualified for this position, or in other words, Thiago Motta is the young white version of Vicente Ngonga.

And Ngonga is thirty-five years old this year, how long can he play? Obviously, this position is for myself...

"Jose, why are you free to come here today?" Mesqueta walked up to him and asked with a smile.

"It's been a lot easier during this period, so I stopped by to have a look." Jose smiled and raised his chin at the training ground: "How is it? Those two guys haven't relaxed in training, have they?"

"No, just as hardworking as before, and Thiago will practice extra training almost every day according to the training plan you left behind. This young Brazilian is different from the usual lazy Brazilian players." Mesqui Da said with a smile.

La Liga has a lot of foreign aid from South America, but more Argentine players than Brazilian players, especially mid-range teams, prefer to use Argentine players. First, there is no language barrier, and second, from a professional attitude The professionalism of Argentine players is generally higher than that of Brazilian players, but Motta, a descendant of Italian, is different from most Brazilian players who came out of the slums. He is very hardworking.

"Diligent training is of course a good thing, but be careful not to make him too tired." Jose nodded, and then reminded that Motta is famous for his glass body physique in later generations, and he is only a key rotation in Barcelona The player was later given up by Barcelona because Motta was too prone to injuries, especially when he strained his thigh muscles at every turn, which is a typical strain of the emperor-Jose also had to guard against this.

After chatting with Mesqueta for a few words, seeing that the training of the second team had come to an end, Jose greeted Mesqueta and then walked into the training ground.

He is no stranger to this training ground. In the two years or so since he entered Mallorca, Jose has spent two years on this training ground. Naturally, he is not unfamiliar. The players on the team are also very familiar with it.

It's just that Jose is no longer the assistant coach of the youth team or the head coach of the second team. He is now the acting head coach of the first team, and he is the natural head coach for the next ten years in the minds of Mallorca fans!

So when the players of the second team saw Jose, they seemed to have lost the intimacy they had before, and began to look at him with admiration and admiration...

However, Jose did not put on airs. After walking into the training ground, he chatted casually with the players of the second team, and then participated in the command training at the beginning of the next stage of training—as before, Jose It's still that Jose who doesn't have any expression on his face during training, but pays close attention to the training effect of everyone on the field. Is it the end of the game to correct the lack of training in a certain aspect or the wrong movement...

After Jose corrected Mota's sloppy mistake of turning around and throwing the ball, the emotion in Mota's heart seemed to come back in those days...

The training time of the second team was not very long. After more than an hour, the training of the second team ended.

Jose slapped his hands and said to the players who still had a lot to say: "Guys, you have to know that Mallorca has always had a tradition of selecting players from the second team to the first team...I also admire your performance this season." In my eyes, I am ranked 11th in the Second Division, with good results, and I am also happy with many players. I believe that in the near future, many of you will wear Mallorca's jersey and play in San Mo His Stadium is fighting for Mallorca, for the fans of Mallorca."

Mesqueta stood next to Jose with a smile, but he was not angry at Jose's behavior that was a bit overwhelming - he was originally Jose's assistant, not to mention Jose's current status as the acting head coach of the first team. It's normal to lecture the second team, not to mention that Mesqueta is not young, and he doesn't have any thoughts of fighting for power...

Looking at the players who already had a lot of excited expressions on their faces, Jose smiled, and then waved to the two people in the crowd.

"Thiago, Albert, starting tomorrow, you go to the first team and train together."

Mota and Luke, whom he pointed to, glanced at each other, and then saw an irrepressible joy in each other's eyes.

Motta firmly believed that his idea was indeed correct, the head coach really trusted him, and Luke's previous slight dissatisfaction with Jose disappeared at this moment!

The other players of the second team looked at Mota and Luke enviously, but what Jose said next made them excited too.

"As for the others, as long as they perform well, I will still give them a chance." After Jose's words were spoken, the players of the second team immediately cheered.

Jose smiled and looked at the players of the second team. What he said just now was a wonderful lie. In fact, most of the players of the second team had no ability to gain a foothold in the first team. It's not a lie, as long as there are other people in the second team who show enough ability, it's impossible for him not to use it.

Even the current Mota and Luke, Jose does not intend to reuse them too much, and even this time, let Motta and Luke enter the first team, he has more reasons, just want to bring them in the UEFA Cup final, Just let them feel the atmosphere of the competition.