Chapter 32 The big victory and the troubles brought about by victory

Chapter 32 The big victory and the troubles brought about by victory

Puel shook his head helplessly, the current situation of the game is beyond the coach's ability to recover - two goals behind, one less player on the field... The offense may be scored more goals by the opponent, and the defense has already lost. Two goals behind, no matter what choice you make, you will encounter great difficulties.

However, Mallorca didn't want to end the game like this-a two-goal lead, that's not enough, far from enough!

After congratulating Stankovic, Mallorca continued to launch a fierce attack - although Stankovic is very popular in the team, but others do not want to see him alone on the field - —Since Stankovic has completed his hat-trick, he now has to seize the opportunity to score a goal. The opponent has one less player, and it is time to hit the dog...

So the Mallorca players began to beat up Monaco's defense line with the content of chasing after them and beating the dogs in the water. Puel had no other ideas at this time, and he directed loudly from the sidelines. The team retreats, even losing two goals is better than losing more...

Jose changed two defenders in a row, replaced two full-backs who were already exhausted to prevent the opponent's counterattack, and then loudly directed the players on the sidelines to strengthen the attack - one more, so that they can completely Set up the victory of the two rounds!

Monaco, who retreated and defended, withstood Mallorca's indiscriminate bombing for more than ten minutes, but they still failed to guarantee that they would not lose the ball as they wished...

Eto'o, who was pulled to the side, received a pass from Ibagaza, and then forced a pass through the bottom. Tristan jumped high in the penalty area, overwhelmed the opponent's defender and smashed the ball into the guard of Barthez Four to one!

Tristan scored a goal as he wished, and this goal in stoppage time also gave Mallorca a four-to-one lead, almost one foot into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup—— A perfect victory.

Jose waved his fist vigorously off the court. Mallorca's offensive line performed almost perfectly in this game. Tristan scored a goal and Stankovic had a hat-trick. Although Eto'o didn't score a goal, his speed He played his skills to the fullest, created two penalties, directly assisted Tristan to score, and completed a hat-trick of assists. Although his explosive scoring ability has not yet been shown, it is enough to prove his own value and status!

Mallorca already has a strong shooter like Tristan, and Eto'o is not a forward who can only score - he can still play as a support!

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the St. Moise Stadium immediately became a sea of ​​joy, and Mallorca fans seemed to begin to relive the wonderful period of last season's all the way to the Winners' Cup day!

"Nice job, man."

Although the game was lost, Puel still came over to shake hands with Jose in a gentlemanly manner: "But after a week, we will not give up the home court easily."

"European games, every game will be very difficult." Jose smiled and shook hands with Puel. After Puel turned and left, he also turned to face the stands and waved his arms vigorously.

"Let's celebrate, now is the time to be happy and crazy!"

The cheers in the stands became more enthusiastic. For the Mallorca fans, after spending a difficult first half of the season, they seem to be in paradise in the past month or so!

They don't care how long they can cheer, the only thing they care about is that tonight, they can spend an exciting and happy night - what they are after is just this...

"Diego, Samuel, Youwan... well done!" Jose walked onto the court, patted the shoulders of the players one by one, and said to them with a smile.

Giving up a game and immediately brought such a brilliant victory, Jose knew that his position in the hearts of the players would become more stable-in the next period of time, the Mallorca players Will be more convinced and continue to move forward under his command!

"After giving up the away game against Deportivo almost on purpose, Jose's Mallorca made a beautiful turnaround in the UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg, opening Under the unfavorable situation of being scored by the opponent in one minute, Mallorca calmly launched a counterattack. Relying on a free kick and two penalty kicks, veteran midfielder Juvan Stankovic staged a hat-trick. Before the end, Tristan's header allowed Mallorca to sweep Monaco 4-1 at home. With this brilliant victory, Mallorca has almost stepped into the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup...Jose's overall situation is clear Praise! This young manager is very calm, he knows which games are easier to win..."

"La Liga leaders Deportivo were a disaster compared to Mallorca's brilliant form, with goals from Dixon, Bergkamp, ​​Kanu and Thierry Henry giving Arsenal a 5-1 home win Although Dejaminha scored a goal through a penalty kick in the game, Deportivo has almost certainly failed to enter the UEFA Cup quarter-finals. The other two La Liga teams participating in the UEFA Cup also performed poorly. Good, Celta lost 0-1 away to Juventus, while Atletico Madrid was tied 2-2 at home by Lens. Among the four La Liga teams participating in the UEFA Cup, Mallorca is actually the only one. A winning team, and the only team with a good chance of continuing in the UEFA Cup... If the glory of the La Liga team in the UEFA Cup requires Mallorca, which is still fighting for relegation It must be said that it is an irony if the teams fighting against each other fight for it. You must know that they are still a long way from relegation. They even gave up a league game for the UEFA Cup. To win...the island team showed their tenacity and a sense of pride, if the La Liga team can work as hard in the UEFA Cup as they did in the Champions League, we would not have surpassed by now Serie A has become the number one league in Europe..."

After the first round of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, Mallorca unexpectedly became the most competitive La Liga team in the UEFA Cup, which formed a strong contrast with their ranking in the league. Let this island team become the focus of the Spanish media...

Almost all the Spanish media are praising Mallorca's outstanding performance for the honor of La Liga and even retaining its strength in the league. It is almost impossible to say that Mallorca is a model for La Liga teams. Mallorca fans saw these comments Naturally, they are all very happy. In their view, with the momentum of Jose leading the team in the league, relegation will not be a problem. I am afraid that it will be difficult to enter the European arena next year. Only by achieving good results in the UEFA Cup is the next step. A necessary condition for the season to continue into the European arena.

"Fuck, these guys are really messing up."

After reading these reports, Jose lost his temper-the so-called shooting out of the head, you Mallorca performed so well in the European arena, and you were praised by the media as "the conscience of La Liga". They will think that it is easy to put water in the game, but they will work harder to play with you-if you perform well in the European arena and successfully avoid relegation in the league, where will they put their face...

And an island team like Mallorca, which was promoted from the Second Division two seasons ago, is not very popular in La Liga. Now, it is estimated that all mid-range teams hope to stop Marlowe in the league. Card has gained hot attention-this is not sensational, you must know that the mid-range team that beat Mallorca at this time may also become a hot spot in the media...

Of course, Jose can't say such things to the players, and it's easy to damage the morale of the team. He can only be more careful about the next game...

Fortunately, with the outstanding performance in the last UEFA Cup game, Eto'o has been recognized by all players, and it has become a matter of course to put him in the main lineup. The relationship between him and Tristan The cooperation of his partners is also becoming more and more proficient. With this pair of striker partners who can both rank in the top five in La Liga, Jose will have the confidence to lead the team forward.

Jose's guess was not wrong.

In the twenty-seventh round of the league three days later, Mallorca faced tough resistance from the top six Zaragoza in the away game, although Eto'o received a header from Tristan in the 18th minute Ferry took the lead for Mallorca, but then Zaragoza launched an almost crazy counterattack. Nino's foul in the penalty area gave the opponent a penalty kick. Garitano took the penalty kick to equalize the score, and the second half began. Finally, Mallorca's crazy attack and press forced Zaragoza's goalkeeper Juanmi and defender Aguado to receive consecutive red cards and were sent off, but Mallorca still had nothing to do with the defending Zaragoza. Tristan was firmly watched by the opponent's defender in the penalty area, and Eto'o's breakthrough was useless in the face of the opponent's dense defense. The balls on the two wings were constantly destroyed by the opponent's defender...

In desperation, Mallorca could only accept the result of being tied 1-1 by the opponent in the away game. Considering the ranking of the opponent, this should be an acceptable result. It's hard to let go, Jose didn't make any statement after the game. He kept a cold face and said nothing at the press conference, letting the reporters know that this young man also has a difficult side...

"This is not a normal Zaragoza." Natal sighed in private and said to Jose: "Although Zaragoza performed well this season, they are not a team that can play against the wind. It's not their style to fight so fiercely behind two goals."

"Didn't you see that the media began to praise Zaragoza these two days? They praised how tenacious they are, and they played with the dignity that a La Liga team should have... These idiots, a few words of praise will make them go to heaven , What a bunch of idiots!" Jose cursed a few words, which made Natal smile bitterly.

After venting for a while, Jose shook his head: "Forget it, our offensive ability is still a bit weak. After all, the assist ability of the defenders is average, and the offensive players in the frontcourt are not enough... This problem is not enough now. It's difficult to solve, after all, it's not very good to let a bunch of guys with old arms and legs rush up and down."

Natal nodded understandingly. It is hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. No matter how good a coach is, he still needs the strength of his players. With mediocre players, no matter how good the coach is, he can only make them perform better, instead of bursting out with unparalleled performance. strength.

"Then, the game in Monaco the day after tomorrow... is it a counterattack?" Natal asked a question, and now they are on the plane to France...

"Hmm..." Jose threw a piece of gum into his mouth, shook his head after chewing twice, and said, "No...we're going to play against each other in the away game!"

"Counterattack?" Natal was a little confused. The advantage of three goal difference and the current situation of the team happened to be an excellent opportunity to play a defensive counterattack. Now Jose said that he would play a counterattack...

"That's right, counter attack!" Jose grinned, and Natal began to discover that this gentle young man also had a bloodthirsty side: "Puel already knows what kind of team we are, The gap of three goal difference will definitely make them attack at home, so we will head-to-head and score a few goals in the away game first! At that time, we will play how we want!"

"But... what if they score first?" Natal asked a question cautiously.

"Three goal difference! What are we afraid of? If they score one, they will have to score four to equalize, and if they score two, they will have to score six to win! This deal is worth it!" Jose haha ​​said loudly. laughed.

"Uh..." Natal was speechless, but after careful consideration, he felt that Jose's words were really fucking reasonable...