Chapter 58 Goodbye, Mr. Hiddink
Jose firmly believes that there will be no problem with the strength of Mota and Luke. Although they are still young, Luke is almost 22 years old. Although Mota is not yet 18 years old, his ability is already quite If it weren't for the absolute main force of Ngonga and Tristan in their accustomed positions, Jose would have transferred them to the first team, but Mota can also serve as an attacking midfielder and Luke. Jose naturally has his own ideas about not using these two players when he can play as a left midfielder.
Now La Liga is not the same as a few years later. A few years later, La Liga can only have 25 players in the first team. Players can be temporarily transferred from the second team, and players can only be supplemented during summer transfers and winter transfers, so when a player is deprived of the number of the first team, it means that he will not be able to get a chance to play for at least half of the next season Now, players can be promoted from the second team to the first team to play.
The reason for not using these two players for the time being is very simple. Jose's plan is to only coach this half of the season, and then proceed to gain control of the club. If the two of them perform too well during this half of the season, the consequences will probably be They will be sold by the board of directors. Jose doesn't want the two direct descendants to be sold like this. Before he can control the transfer power, it's better to keep these two masters.
Jose himself admitted that he had selfish motives when dealing with Motta and Luke, but so what? As long as they are human, they will be selfish. Jose doesn't think there is anything wrong with him in this matter. Instead of letting them go to the first team as a substitute, it is better to hone them in the West Second Division. Especially for Motta, if he wants to get familiar with the Spanish game style, a short time is not enough.
And now taking them to the first team is just to let them get acquainted with the rhythm of the first team. At the same time, the season is almost over, and it doesn't matter if they play a few games less. Not to mention feeling the atmosphere in the final of the UEFA Cup...
When Jose brought the two young players Mota and Luke to the training ground of the first team, captain Ngonga welcomed the two young players on behalf of the team, Tristan and Franco, who had been teammates with them He greeted them happily—no one has any objection to Jose's move, and Jose's timing is very good—if he had just transferred people from the second team when he first entered the first team, it would inevitably make the first team The players of the team felt that the newly appointed head coach valued his direct descendants instead of the veterans of the team. You must know that most of the veterans in Mallorca have formed a force that cannot be ignored, and they are hostile to this force. Even if there is nothing terrible about Jose, it will have a huge impact on the team's results.
And when the relegation has been successful, allowing two young players to enter the first team to follow training will not cause the veterans to rebound. On this point, Jose has grasped it well.
After a few days of relatively easy training, Mallorca ushered in the thirty-fifth round of the league, playing against Real Betis at home.
For Real Betis, this season is really a nightmare season.
In addition to Sevilla, which has been relegated in advance, Real Betis and Atletico Madrid now have 36 points, and ahead of them are Oviedo with 38 points and Effort with 40 points. Mancia and Racing Santander with 41 points, the other teams have basically landed, and the relegated team will choose two of these five teams, but the situation of Real Betis is the worst of.
Facing Mallorca, which has successfully relegated, if they can't get three points, Real Betis' relegation can be said to be basically a foregone conclusion. However, facing the momentum, Jose has not played a game at home since he took office. Can Real Betis get three points after winning Mallorca?
You must know that before this game, Real Betis hadn't won any game for ten rounds! In these ten rounds of the league, Real Betis only scored six points with six draws and four losses. What's more terrible is that in these ten rounds of the league, except for the 2-2 draw with Racing Santander at home, they scored two goals. Except for one goal, they have not scored more than one goal in other games, and conceding goals is not too many. But how can this weak attack power be able to compete in St. Moise Stadium, which already has a faint home posture of the devil Get out of the way?
With former La Liga top scorer Alfonso, former world's most valuable wide player Denilson, and Nigeria's top winger Finidi George from Ajax, they are led by Eindhoven's achievements Triple crown hegemony, the magical coach Huss Hiddink who has achieved outstanding results in the Dutch national team, such a lineup can be called a dream, but he has achieved such a speechless result...
But thinking about it, it seems normal.
Alfonso was the top scorer in La Liga in the 96-97 season. However, after that season, he began to gradually decline. In the second season, he only scored ten goals in the league. Last season, he was absent due to injury. For the vast majority of games, there are many examples of players whose form plummets after serious injuries. Alfonso is such an example. Although he has recovered some of his previous form this season, he has only scored seven goals in the league so far. This kind of achievement can't explain anything.
Although Denilson came here with the honor of the world's highest net worth, the cycling king of the Brazilian national team was suspected of flamboyance from the very beginning—the first time he participated in the training of Betis, he showed his feet in the free kick training —— Facing an ordinary wooden human wall, Denilson hit all the free kicks on the human wall, almost discounting the wood. In the end, the staff lowered the height of the human wall. hit the net...
Although there is not much connection between excellent skills and free kick skills, people with good feet can often take free kicks. This kind of performance of Denilson can only prove that he is indeed a good player...
In Betis, Denilson started almost every game. However, in the two seasons, he only scored two or three goals and assisted less than a few times. Not to mention compared with wingers like Figo McManaman, even Ma Lorca only spent less than two million dollars to find Ibagaza from Argentina, and his performance was enough to kill Denilson in a second. The performance of $34.6 million is not as good as the performance of $2 million. Everyone knows that Betty This is really a big loss.
As for Infinity George, although he performed extremely well at Ajax and is one of the top wings in the world along with Overmars, he is almost twenty-nine years old after all, and he Tall, sprint speed has begun to slow at this age, and the most threatening characteristics are no longer there.
Such three stars who are no longer worthy of their names have to play every game in the frontcourt. They don't play, Betis fans don't do it, and the board of directors doesn't do it. No wonder the amazing coach Huss also has nothing to do with Betis' mess...
Before this game, Hiddink received an ultimatum from the club - if you don't win this game, please leave class...
Regarding this point, Hiddink is also helpless. He took over such a mess halfway, and Hiddink now regrets it very much-if he knew it, he would not have taken over...
He took over halfway, he wanted no one, and he had no power. Although the board of directors promised not to interfere with his formation, the Betis players also formed a great force, and the three stars did not play. , No one can do anything, in the face of this situation, even if Hiddink has the ability to reach the sky, he can only watch Betis step by step towards the abyss.
Now Betis, people are distracted, Hiddink has completely lost control of the team, and the players in the team are also beginning to think about the way out for next season-if they can play well in this situation, then that is call the hell...
Originally, Jose was very interested in competing with Hiddink, but when he saw the expressions on the faces of the Betis players, he lost interest in this game.
The team is on the verge of relegation. There are only a few players who still have fighting spirit on their faces. Most of the players are either bored or indifferent. For such a team, beating them will not be a problem. One thing to get excited about.
And the result of the game was not beyond Jose's expectations.
The high-spirited Mallorca swept the unmotivated Real Betis with four goals at home. Betis also put up a relatively tenacious resistance at the beginning of the game. However, in the 13th minute, when Ibagaza received Ngong After Jia's pass went down first, Betis began to collapse!
In the 19th and 20th minutes, Mallorca's striker partners Eto'o and Tristan each scored a goal, a single shot, and a header after receiving a cross from the wing. They used their best goals The method completely defeated the opponent.
In the second half, Eto'o scored twice and locked the score at 4-0. In fact, at the beginning of the second half, Betis had already given up the game, and Hiddink stood helplessly on the sidelines. Any adjustments can be made.
What can he do? What can he adjust? In the face of players who have no fighting spirit, even if Hiddink has a belly to adjust his tactics, he will not be able to perform.
When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, there was a huge cheer from the Mallorca fans over the San Moise Stadium. They were celebrating the team's hearty victory. After Jose took office, their ball The team started a soaring performance!
The fans of Betis are extremely sad. They know that after this game, it may be difficult for Betis to relegation successfully...
After Hiddink put out the fire midway, despite the feat of beating Barcelona at home, they still only won two games in the second half of the game. Facing relegation opponents, it was either a draw or a loss. There is no reason to downgrade.
But Hiddink, who came over to shake hands with Jose, felt a little relaxed.
I was about to leave class, and Hiddink also let go of the burden of half a season-coming to Betis was a mistake in itself, and now that the mistake is over, Hiddink is much more relaxed, even if this coaching will give him the coaching experience. It doesn't matter if the career has brought huge stains, what Hiddink is thinking about now is to quickly escape from this place that makes him feel unhappy.
"It's a pity, if you coach a good team, maybe it will be more interesting." Jose said first.
Hiddink smiled and didn't answer. He didn't pay attention to Jose's performance in the second half at first, but then he felt more and more that this young head coach is really amazing.
"I hope we can meet again next time. At that time, I will definitely not disappoint anyone." Hiddink said with a smile.
Then he let go of Jose's hand and strode back.
Looking at Hiddink's back, Jose smiled slightly: "Goodbye, Mr. Hiddink, shall we meet next time? I don't know when it will be..."