Chapter 25 Preserving Strength

Chapter 25 Preserving Strength

"Bilbao defeated Bilbao 3-1 in the away game, and Mallorca won four consecutive victories! After winning the fourth consecutive game, Mallorca's points have already tied the points obtained in the entire first half... Then With Sevilla's two-to-two draw with the Spaniard in this round, Mallorca finally got rid of the embarrassing situation at the bottom. They ranked 19th in La Liga with 24 points ahead of Sevilla. The next ones are Numancia with 29 points, Atletico Madrid with 30 points, Real Betis with 31 points, Racing Santander with 33 points and Real Oviedo with 36 points... …Although there is still a certain distance from the relegation zone, with the momentum that Mallorca has shown recently, relegation does not seem to be a dream..."

"The final whistle! There was a huge cheer at the San Moise stadium! The Mallorca fans were wildly celebrating their fifth consecutive league victory thanks to Tristan's sixty-ninth-minute strike. With a golden header, Mallorca defeated the eighth-ranked Celta Vigo 1-0 at home, extending the winning streak to the ninth game in a row...Recently, Mallorca's state is really good. It is nothing for a coach to win one or two games, but to win five consecutive victories in one breath, it can only show one thing - the head coach of this team has excellent command art, not to mention that he is just a Only a twenty-five-year-old young man! This is really a miracle! If this young man is given more time, then maybe he can lead this island team to create more miracles..."

On February 20th, Mallorca defeated Celta Vigo 1-0 at home. Jose started the striker pair Eto'o and Tristan for the first time in the game. The final effect was quite good. From the beginning to the end, they were causing trouble for Celta's defense line, while Tristan scored the goal that established the victory, winning five consecutive victories. Such a long winning streak is also unprecedented in the history of Mallorca's top league. more common...

"Well, leading a team without much glorious history is also a good choice, at least the fans won't ask too much." Jose thought while rubbing his chin.

After being proud for a while, Jose began to prepare for the next game-Mallorca will challenge the league leader Deportivo in an away game on February 27th. What trouble did it cause? After all, the previous five consecutive victories were already brilliant enough, and then it was enough to fight as hard as possible. Even if you lose, it's okay, after all, he is the leader...

But what is a little distressing for Jose is that on the fourth day after playing against Deportivo, Mallorca will usher in the first round of the fourth round of the UEFA Cup at home-against Monaco at home!

Mallorca will have to give it their all in this game if they want to achieve a respectable result in Riazor (home of Deportivo Deportivo)! After all, the state of Deportivo this season is really horrible. Front midfielder Djaminha, midfielder Mauro Silva, forward Makay, wingers Forlan and Victor... These gangs will support the future. During the year, the famous players at the backbone of the "Super Deportivo" are all in their peak state...

Mallorca is not without a chance if he wants to fight with this group of perverts, but the result must be that Mallorca's old guys who can basically only support one game a week have been sluggish for several days after the fight. In the Monaco game, I couldn't play my best form...

League? Or the UEFA Cup? this is a problem...

But Jose only thought about it for a day, and realized that this was not a problem.

Relegation in the league is of course the top priority, but even if you lose to Deportivo, it will not have any impact on relegation-the reason is very simple, Deportivo is not Mallorca's relegation opponent... Besides, there are still many players in the league. It's a full thirteen rounds, and it's not a big deal to lose one game. Jose is not arrogant enough to think that Mallorca can win the remaining eighteen games in a row after he took office-if that's the case, eighteen rounds Fifty-four points for a complete victory in the game, plus the original twelve points, will definitely enter the European arena, and even have a chance to hit the Champions Cup...

In fact, in Jose's view, winning ten of the games and having a total of 42 points is more than enough for relegation. For a league, 40 points is often the league's relegation line— —Of course, there will be differences. There are not no teams that scored more than 40 points and were relegated...

In short, even if the league is abandoned, it will not have much impact on Mallorca. The players will clearly understand that the abandonment of this game is not because the team has no fighting spirit, but to move forward for a greater goal...

For Mallorca players, participating in European competitions is also exciting. You must know that Mallorca is also a standard poor team. Except for Nadal who won almost everything in Barcelona, ​​​​the other players are all A commoner among commoners, a dick among dicks...

"For the game against Deportivo, I will let most of the players rest... The reason is simple. Ten days later is the UEFA Cup game. The outside world says that my first goal after taking office is to avoid relegation. I have never I said what my goal is... But guys, now I want to tell you that in my opinion, relegation in La Liga is just the easiest task! Five consecutive victories are enough to prove my judgment is correct, because We have at least the strength of the middle reaches of La Liga, but we didn't show it for various reasons... Now that I am here, Mallorca can regain the rhythm of victory! Do you believe this?"

On the sunny training ground, Jose stood in front of all the players and spoke in a calm tone—even though he was calm, the Mallorca players could still hear the incomparable confidence and even arrogance in his voice!

However, the Mallorca players didn't feel any resentment—even though most of them were veterans, even veterans still had ambitions—old men with great ambitions, martyrs in their twilight years, full of ambitions! No player is willing to fight for a pitiful goal every season. Even if they have been worn away by reality, there is still a flame in their hearts!

A confident head coach is far better than a head coach who starts every game with a scowl and says, "Guys, our goal for this game is to get one point..."! What's more, this young head coach has shown his ability in the previous five consecutive victories!

So, the Mallorca players began to look forward to Jose's next words with even more enthusiastic eyes!

"I became the head coach of Mallorca, and I have two goals for this season!" Jose stretched out his right hand, raised two fingers—the middle finger and the index finger—then he retracted the middle finger, and raised the index finger and said: "First, relegation success! Try to see if you can hit the European competition next season!"

This goal immediately lifted the spirits of all the players!

Leading a bottom team has to strive to enter the European arena within half a season-sometimes it is not difficult to achieve this goal, because sometimes the distance between the bottom team and the top ten is not very big, the more intense or This is especially true in a league with only a few strong teams—however, the situation in Mallorca is different. You must know that after this five-round winning streak, they are still four points away from the relegation zone, which shows how many points they have pulled down before!

Leading such a team, what Jose announced is not only relegation, but to try his best to hit the European arena next season... This kind of ambition, even Nadal, Ngonga and others who are already very old After listening to it, I felt my heart was shocked, the long-lost feeling of blood boiling!

"second!"

Without waiting for them to digest Jose's words, Jose immediately extended his middle finger again and gestured a "V": "I hope we can realize our dream of last season and win the European championship...that is the UEFA Cup champion !Although we lost the Cup Winners Cup last season, the Cup Winners Cup and the UEFA Cup have been merged this season. If we can win the UEFA Cup, do you think it will make up for the regret of last season?"

"Calculate!"

Nino, Ngonga, Soler, Stankovic and Ibagaza who were in the team last season shouted loudly, while Nadal, Eto'o, Teo who joined this season Ristan and the others also nodded again and again-you know, although Nadal won almost everything in Barcelona, ​​there are two honors he has never touched-one of which is the UEFA Cup!

In Barcelona, ​​he won the league title, the Champions League title, the Copa del Rey title, the UEFA Super Cup title, the Cup Winners' Cup title, and the Copa del Rey title... but he did not win the UEFA Cup because he had no chance to play in the UEFA Cup. The one championship that he failed to win was the Toyota Cup champion - he won the Champions Cup with Barcelona in 1992, but lost 1-2 to Sao Paulo from Brazil in the Toyota Cup at the end of the year. This is also a regret for Nadal.

It is estimated that there is no chance to win the Toyota Cup, but the UEFA Cup, Nadal does not mind filling a large part of the vacancy in his honor room in the twilight of his career!

Looking at the fans whose emotions have been completely mobilized by him, Jose nodded in satisfaction, and then said loudly: "So, in the next away game against Deportivo, Miguel, Vicente, Francisco, Javier, Miguel, you don't need to go away, stay in Mallorca and rest."

He named the names of five players in a row, which happened to be the five veterans in the team who were over 30 years old-Nadal, Ngonga, two Soler, Olesola...

As for other players, Jose does not intend to let Eto'o play. He can be regarded as Mallorca's biggest secret weapon. In this era, the team's intelligence spying on the opponent is still at the point of checking the opponent's latest game. Jose didn't want Eto'o to expose his ability in this game. After all, although he scored one goal, his brilliance still couldn't compare with Tristan, who had already scored eleven league goals. .

In the next game, Eto'o will be a very important part of Jose's game.

Why spend time explaining the next personnel arrangement, that is because Jose can not care what the outside world thinks, but he has to let the players know what he thinks-if most of the substitutes are sent for no reason in the case of five consecutive victories To cope with the game against a strong team, it is inevitable that players will have the idea of ​​​​"Give up when you meet a strong team, the head coach agrees". For José, who is on par with Real Madrid and even better than Barcelona, ​​even if there is only a hint of this kind of thinking, it must be completely extinguished!

But now, the players think differently-temporarily giving up a game is for greater glory-this is completely different! Clever strategy and being cowardly when you see a strong team are two different things...