Chapter 17 Eto'o's appearance

Chapter 17 Eto'o's appearance

"Mallorca took the lead away from home. This is Tristan's third goal in two games in a row, and he only scored five league goals in the first half of the season! Two games for Tetris. Tristan has scored more goals than half the season, which proves that Jose knows how to use Tristan better than his predecessor Gomes. Even better, for the Spanish national team, Tristan's rise seems to make them not worry about the lack of a center for the European Championships in the next summer."

The commentator commented that in Jose's second coaching game, the commentators began to affirm Jose's role, regardless of whether his father was the chairman of Mallorca, but he won as soon as he took office, and the game continued Leading is not something that can be achieved just by luck...

However, in terms of luck, Mallorca did have a bit of luck in beating Vallecano 3-0 in the first half. Although Jose's tactics made Vallecano's offense more likely to be contained, the whole game Not getting any good shooting opportunities also proved that Vallecano was indeed unlucky, and in this game, Numancia's luck seemed to be better.

In the last game, the young goalkeeper Franco did not seem to have been tested too much. Vallecano's limited shots within the range of the goal frame were not very threatening and were easily saved by him, but the most threatening shot was not. It also hit the door frame, and Franco's luck was quite good, at least when he was nervous, he was not tested too much...

In this game, Franco's performance opportunities began to increase.

After Tristan took the lead in scoring the goal, Numancia's offense began to become more violent. It was entangled with Mallorca in the midfield before, because it didn't matter much even if the game was tied, but Now that they are behind, the Numancia players don't need the coach to call, they know that they are starting to attack at this time.

Mallorca's defense is very stable, but being stable does not mean that there will be no loopholes. In fact, this is impossible. The opponent kicked a shot in the dangerous area.

In the last game, Mallorca basically didn't give the opponent such a chance, half of it was strength, half was luck, and in this game, they no longer had the luck of the previous game.

In the 21st minute, Numancia's striker received a pass from his teammate, stopped the ball smoothly in the penalty area, and then immediately took a shot before Nadal rushed to block it. Franco flew sideways and threw the ball After blocking it, the ball rolled towards the sideline was intercepted by the player who inserted Numancia's wing, and then continued to pass.

Franco, who had fallen to the ground, quickly got up from the lawn, and then jumped high, grabbing the ball from the air in front of the opponent's striker.

Franco, who landed on the ground, rolled quickly, then stood up, and threw the ball vigorously.

Jose nodded slightly. He used Franco instead of continuing to use Boggs, who has experience in the Argentine national team, because Franco is younger and has more potential for growth, while Boggs is already thirty years old. , and there is no outstanding performance, instead of this, he might as well cultivate a goalkeeper of his own, and use it with more confidence.

And Franco himself is not a player who can't support the wall. Jose remembers that he will also be Argentina's national goalkeeper in the future. Although Argentina's national team goalkeeper after Roa is a bit unreliable, he is also a qualified goalkeeper anyway. An assured goalkeeper.

Next, Franco made several good saves. With his saves, Mallorca stabilized the situation on the field and launched several attacks. Tristan's performance was still active, and Numancia also strengthened For his marking, Tristan, who played in the top league for the first time this season, has become the key target of the opponent's defender.

Jose is not very worried about this. Forwards like Tristan cannot be blocked by intensive defense alone. You must know that for forwards, even if they are unknown for 89 minutes in a game, However, one minute of wonderful performance is more than enough to make up for all his shortcomings!

What's more, Numancia's offense can't bring too many problems to Mallorca's defense. Although he created several opportunities, another young player promoted by Jose, the goalkeeper Franco, also showed in this game. In good form, his saves made Mallorca's defense more stable.

It's not bad to continue entanglement like this. Mallorca's attack times are not too small. As long as they can continue to seize one or two opportunities, it will not be a problem to expand the score.

However, as the game progressed, Jose began to frown even more—Mallorca's offensive tactics are very simple, splitting the ball in the middle, breaking through the two wings and letting Tristan go to grab points, but this tactic The threat created is not small. In addition to being able to directly score goals, Tristan's grabbing power can also attract most of the opposing defender's defense. In this case, another striker will get more opportunities However, the performance of Carlos, who started this game, left Jose speechless. Most of the time, he ran around like a headless chicken. He was only 1.6 meters tall, and his running ability It's average, and what's more terrible is that the speed is not fast...

Maybe he's an Inzaghi-style striker, but Jose has no patience for him to get back to form - Mallorca's biggest problem right now is relegation, not anything else...

What's more, Carlos, who is already 26 years old this year, really has no possibility of training in Jose's view.

After the start of the second half, Carlos' performance still did not improve. After shaking his head, Jose said to Eto'o on the bench: "Samuel, go warm up."

From the beginning of the game, Eto'o watched the game with his chin resting on his chin. To his disappointment, Mallorca's offense seemed to be more concentrated on the wing, center-side-middle, which was their last This attack method is of course very effective for a strong and typical center like Tristan, but it is not very good for an agile and technical striker like Eto'o—he More ground passes than air passes are needed.

It's just that after carefully observing Carlos' performance, Eto'o began to understand why Jose would tell him that Mallorca needed him-Carlos' performance as a striker was indeed a bit outrageous, even if Eto'o himself did not He is not good at running positions to grab points, and he will not miss those few chances that can be obviously followed up and have a chance to shoot...

"Although this tactic is not suitable for me, as long as I am on the field, I still have a chance to score goals." Eto'o thought in his heart.

Not long after, he heard the words of Jose asking himself to warm up - after hearing these words, Eto'o's heart beat violently a few times, then nodded slowly, took off his coat quickly, and ran away go out.

While warming up, Eto'o looked at the situation on the field. As he had observed before, although Numancia had been playing steadily, but a goal behind made them slowly push up the formation. It also has a lot to do with Mallorca's lack of fast forwards. As I said just now, Tristan's speed is average, and Carlos is short, but his speed is not fast...

"Mallorca has players warming up... In the last game, Mallorca's coach Jose didn't change midway, so I thought Mallorca only had those eleven players... warming up The most important is the 19-year-old young striker who has just been loaned from Real Madrid, Samuel Eto'o from Cameroon. The transfer period in La Liga has passed, so I can only choose to rent players. It seems that this is also a helpless move. Now let us see what outstanding performances the young forwards who have been replaced by young coaches can perform..."

After Eto'o warmed up, Jose pulled him past him and whispered in his ear: "When you get on the field, lie in wait behind Diego... tell Vicente that you don't need to split the ball in the backcourt, but try Directly make a long pass, find Diego, and tell Diego that when such a long pass comes, I will try my best to ferry it to you as soon as possible.

Eto'o nodded vigorously. He understood Jose's meaning. Although this tactic is very simple, it is in line with his characteristics - a long pass from the backcourt and a direct ferry from the center. With his speed, he may be able to win in an instant. A one-handed ball!

When his teammates were not familiar with him and couldn't send out beautiful through balls to make the most of his characteristics, this simple tactic allowed him to display his characteristics and abilities to a large extent!

This kind of targeted tactical arrangement just proves that Jose's previous words were not just casually. For Eto'o, there has never been a head coach who has made such a thoughtful arrangement according to his characteristics! If you don't really appreciate him and really think he is important to the team, how can you prepare for him when he first came?

The so-called scholar dies for his confidant - Eto'o didn't know this sentence, but at this moment, he felt a sense of gratitude towards Jose!

After the conversation, Jose pushed Eto'o hard behind his back: "Come on, Samuel... Maybe you won't score, but your presence will definitely enable us to play well in this game." Easier!"

Eto'o nodded vigorously, then walked to the middle circle, raised his feet in turn to let the fourth official see that his studs met the standards, and waited for his time to play.