Chapter 73 The New Mallorca

Chapter 73 The New Mallorca

The warm wind blowing from the Mediterranean Sea crosses the sky over Mallorca Island. With the arrival of summer, the weather in Mallorca has gradually become hotter.

The hot summer lasts until mid-October before it gradually cools down, and it only cools down slightly. The Mediterranean paradise is not just a matter of talk. The weather like spring all year round is the best wealth of Mallorcans.

In order to maintain this wealth, although tourism is the mainstay of Mallorca's economy, the district council will charge each tourist a certain amount of environmental protection fees to maintain the local ecological balance. It is not developed, just to maintain the original ecology of the local area.

The weather is still good, but the mood of the Mallorcan people is starting to turn bad.

After the new head coach Vazquez took office, the rookie Diego Tristan, who performed well last season, was sold by the club. The worth of nearly 20 million US dollars is good enough. Tristan went to the league last season Champion Deportivo, he is also the only player Mallorca has sold this season.

However, Vazquez only got five million dollars to fill his strength. This amount of money is definitely not enough to introduce any superstars. The strength of the striker is damaged. Carlos and Quinteros are useless. Although the Argentine striker Biagini from the previous season has returned from injury, how much form can he have after recovering from his injury for more than half a year? doubt.

The big change that Vazquez wanted naturally had no basis to be realized, so Vazquez spent all the transfer fee of 5 million US dollars on offensive players, and 2 million US dollars was introduced from the relegated Betis. Di George, anyway, the 29-year-old George is not old enough, his height and wing impact are still quite good, he was bought for two million dollars, and he was relegated to Betis blessing.

And when Vazquez wants to get some other benefits from several relegated teams, there is no way. Real Betis' Alfonso moved to Barcelona, ​​​​and Atletico Madrid's Solari went to Real Madrid, Bailey. Long went to Deportivo, Hasselbaink went to Chelsea, Jose? Mari went to AC Milan... It didn't leave any sweetness for Vazquez.

You know, Vazquez has no foundation in La Liga, and he is unfamiliar, so why should he sell players to you? More importantly, you have no transfer fee yet...

In desperation, Vazquez turned his sights overseas. In the end, the 26-year-old Ecuadorian national team forward played for Necasa in Mexico City. He played 33 times in the Mexican League last season and scored 25 goals. Augustin Delgado moved to Mallorca with a value of three million dollars. This deal is not bad. After all, Delgado is in his prime, and his technical characteristics are similar to Tristan. The card's front line is a great addition.

With one out and two in, it seems that Mallorca's strength has not dropped much, but in fact?

When the team started intensive training, Vazquez gave some lectures, saying that Mallorca should play more actively and actively, and use offense to win more victories...

Then, in the pre-season training, Vazquez began to emphasize physical training, and at the same time made great changes in tactics-as Jose's direct descendants, Motta and Luke returned to the second team, The position of the main goalkeeper was also recaptured by Boggs, and Franco became the substitute goalkeeper.

In terms of the main lineup, Vazquez basically retained the main lineup from last season, except that Finidi George and Delgado became the main force. Among them, Delgado was the center forward, and Finidi George was the right winger. Ibagaza has returned to the position of the front midfielder, Stankovic is still the left midfielder, and the main players in other positions are not much different from last season.

When Jose knew Vazquez's main lineup, he almost burst out laughing just after leaving the hospital bed.

"You idiot, it seems that class will be over sooner or later." Jose said to his father with a big smile.

"Oh, why do you say that? Although Tristan and Eto'o are gone, George and Delgado are not bad, at least they have more experience." Alemani asked a little strangely.

"In terms of personnel allocation, it is indeed not much worse than last season. As long as you play hard, you can still keep the top ten position in the league." Jose explained to his father with a smile: "But the current team's lineup has a lot of flaws-Ibagaza's attacking midfielder will inhibit his performance. Although George has good ability, his state has actually declined very badly. He is a threat on the wing. It is not as good as Ibagaza. It is a big failure to let Ibagaza return to the midfielder position in order to use him, but Delgado is good. It should be no problem to be a bridgehead. In short, there is no problem in terms of personnel. Too big of a problem, but tactically... that Vazquez guy, just wait until after class."

"Eh? How to say?" Alemani asked.

"Judging from the emphasis on physical fitness and running in his training during this period, he really wants Mallorca to play more actively and enhance running. Veteran, you can't kill them after running the whole game? At the beginning of the league, you may be able to play a dozen with the help of your accumulated physical strength, but as the league progresses, the performance command is getting worse and worse... What's more, those Will the old guys be willing to play this kind of tactics? Maybe Vazquez doesn't know how Gomez got out of class last season, this guy really has no brains at all." Jose pouted.

Alemani thought about it and found that this is really the case. The reason why Mallorca played so poorly in the first half of last season was not because Gomez forced the tactics of crazy running and pressing, which made the old players Is it caused by collective dissatisfaction? With Mallorca's strength, it is impossible to lose 13 games in the first round of the game...

What does this prove? It proved that the coach made the players collectively dissatisfied, and that's why he was obedient in the game! In this situation, although no one would think that these players did the right thing, a coach who makes most of the players feel dissatisfied proves that his approach has a big problem.

Why was Jose able to win people's hearts quickly as soon as he took office? It's not that he is much better than Gomez in command tactics, but that he tailor-made tactics suitable for the players of the team, so that the players are willing to work hard for him and can achieve better results!

Right or wrong, if you can make most of the players in a team willing to work for you, then your position will be stable!

Obviously, Gomez ignored this point, and Vazquez... also ignored it.

Vazquez is still dealing with Mallorca in the same way he treated Vallecano. What he doesn't know is that Vallecano itself is a newly promoted team. There are no stars. The players are mainly young people. He said He is what he is, and no one dares to confront him—and although Mallorca is only a mid-range team, the main force of the team is basically veterans, and there are not many players who can shake their positions. If you don't feel comfortable playing, even if you have superb skills, you won't be able to get good results.

Do you want to ask Jose whether he is satisfied with this situation in the team? Nonsense, of course he is not satisfied! It is definitely not a good thing for the players to group together at any time to dismiss the head coach! But who caused this situation? Not yet Mallorca's management? The stars in their playing years were constantly sold, and the introductions were basically old people. How could it be possible for the veterans not to stick together? To solve this problem, as long as the investment is increased and the authority of the head coach is confirmed, the situation can be reversed slowly - after all, the time for the veterans to jump will not be too long...

But now, Jose is very interested to see how Vazquez will be forced in Mallorca...

In the first game of the new season, Mallorca lost the UEFA Super Cup. Although Finidi George scored Mallorca's first goal since joining, Mallorca still played in Louis II The World Stadium lost 1-2 to last season's Champions League champions Real Madrid and failed.

It's just that in this game, Mallorca's performance has aroused everyone's praise. They used a lot of running and aggressive pressing to make Real Madrid's defense at a loss. The tactics also made people's eyes shine, not to mention that they took the lead in the game, and even fought with the opponent until overtime before being scored the golden goal by the opponent...

Many commentators praised Mallorca's performance, thinking that they have completely abandoned the boring style of play of last season, which makes people feel refreshed. If it is not bad luck, they may be able to win. European Super Cup.

Vazquez criticized the referee on duty, thinking that the goal that Real Madrid equalized within 90 minutes did not exist. In short, although Mallorca lost the game, they did not seem to lose their momentum. Less Mallorca fans are starting to look forward to this season...

Before the start of La Liga, the league champion Deportivo defeated the cup champion Espanyol and won the Spanish Super Cup. Tristan performed well in this game, almost destroying the Espanyol's defense by one person, and performed extremely well !

Mallorca fans can only sigh after hearing this news. If Tristan hadn't left, maybe they could have won the UEFA Super Cup. After all, Mallorca just lacked a kick in front of the goal in that game...

It's too late to say anything now, Mallorca fans only hope that the next league can make them feel happy! And of course, the UEFA Cup...

The first round of the league.

Mallorca host Real Valladolid, who were ninth last season.

Valladolid has lost a lot of main players this season, and this team does not have outstanding players. For Mallorca, it is a good opportunity to get off to a good start.

Mallorca, who sit at home, launched a tidal impact on their opponents, and in the opening five minutes, Ibagaza volleyed from the front of the penalty area after receiving Delgado's header and opened the scoring for the team!

In the face of Mallorca's fierce impact, Valladolid can only be beaten passively. Unfortunately, Delgado has excellent impact, but he has not done his best in scoring and adapting to La Liga. He has missed several games in a row. The second chance, during the intermission, Vazquez replaced Delgado with Biagini, hoping to create opportunities-after Biagini came on the field, he created many opportunities through his own impact, and started in the second half. Twenty minutes later, a penalty was awarded with a breakthrough!

In the cheers from the sidelines, Vazquez waved his arms to signal for Biagini to take the penalty. He was also eager to find his own lineage in the team. Obviously, he didn't play under Jose last season. Biagini who has passed the ball is a good target...