Chapter 109 The prelude to the goal battle (the third update ends!)

The second round of the Spanish Cup del Rey was just a warm-up. What Mallorca mainly prepared for this week is the next home league against Alaves.

Now Mallorca has 25 points and Alaves has 24 points. This game is undoubtedly a game between competitors, so Jose will naturally pay more attention to this game.

Speaking of this team, Jose thought of the League Cup final of this season. In this season, Liverpool achieved the triple-championship, won the League Cup, FA Cup and League Cup of this season, and became the "five champions" in succession of the European Super Cup and the British Charity Shield in the following season. Although some people considered that there was no most important league championship and Champions League championship, it was considered to be of insufficient value, but no matter what, this is also a very impressive achievement.

However, Jose did not think of Liverpool in the final of this season, but his opponent in the final, namely Alaves. This team tied the miracle created by Mallorca and entered the final in the first European game of his club. Although he lost in the end, he deserves everyone's admiration.

And that thrilling final also made Jose remember it fresh - it was difficult for him to remember the League Cup game, but that game was a very rare big score - both sides played 4-4 in ninety minutes, and in overtime, Liverpool defeated his opponent five-4 with an own goal from the opponent's defender. This final score, which was almost rare in decades, made Jose unforgettable.

He could not forget the outstanding performances of several Alaves players in that game - Moreno, who was injured, completed a hat-trick, Cruyff Jr. tied the score four to four before the end of the game, and Romanian defender Contra on the right was both good at both offense and defense...

Especially their Romanian full-back Contra. Although Contra was not able to score in that final, his fierce impact on the wing completely suppressed the opponent's left-back Carragher. In fact, that was not Contra's accidental performance. He has been one of the best full-backs in offense in the past more than a season. Even at this time, there was such a saying in the La Liga - Carlos on the left and Contra on the right - Carlos and Contra are the two most outstanding full-backs in La Liga offense!

In fact, Jose had thought about buying Contra for his team this winter. However, on the one hand, there was not enough non-European places, and on the other hand, Alaves directly rejected Jose's offer of $3 million and said that the player was their non-sale product...

The meaning is obvious. Contra will not be a non-selling product, but when faced with this price, he can only be a non-selling product.

What's more, Alaves is participating in a European competition for the first time this season, and he wants to make a big splash in the League Cup and not let Mallorca be beautiful. How can he sell important players to Mallorca, who is equivalent to his competitors?

Jose had to give up on this. Anyway, George was fine. At least his condition has not declined yet. It should not be a problem to use it for a year or two. If it really doesn't work, there is still a young Campano who can stand it for a while.

However, the failure to buy someone this time made Jose feel very unhappy, which made him secretly want to make up his mind to give Alaves a good look in this game!

Do you think we are competitors and refuse to sell people to us? Then I will win for you and tell you that even if you refuse to sell people to us, we can still beat you!

In some ways, Jose is very stingy, but this stingy or vengeful revenge is often a necessary condition for a successful person. If successful people are paranoid, they may be a little biased, but this kind of personality often allows them to do something that was originally difficult to do.

So the idea that Jose emitted in the next few days of training that he must win the next game greatly stimulated the players and made their training more serious - although they might be wrong, thinking that Jose thought that the opponent in this game was a competitor, so he was so serious...

Jose naturally would not explain this wonderful misunderstanding, and he also attached great importance to this game.

"Today our opponent is Alaves, a team with strong offensive ability... They scored 30 league goals in the previous game, second only to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Vallecano, who attacked wildly this season, have scored more goals than us. However, their defense is also very bad. They have conceded twenty-three goals so far. They have conceded the second most goals among the top seven in the league, only less than Vallecano... It is precisely because of their characteristics that I decided to use offensive tactics in this game! It doesn't matter if you concede more goals, as long as you can score more goals than them! I believe our offense is not worse than them at all, although they have one

Moreno, who has scored thirteen goals, ranked first in the scorer list, but in my opinion, he is not a very outstanding shooter at all! Compared with Samuel and Luke, he is far inferior to our little Cruyff! And that little Cruyff is far from being compared with our little Ronaldo! What's more, our defense is much better than them. Even if we pull out the attack, we can easily kill them! Let everyone know with our performance that only we can launch a strong impact on the top four! As for Alaves, they are just a mid-range team, defeat them and kill our so-called competitor now!"

Speaking of this, Jose waved his hand and let the already screaming players rush out of the locker room together!

Jose's determination to attack in this game can be seen from his starting lineup.

Goalkeeper Franco, four defenders are George, Nadal, Gamara and Capdvilla, midfielder Mota dragged behind alone, Ngonga sat on the bench, left forward Karaze, right forward Novo, attacking midfielder Ronaldo, and he also placed on the bench, and the forward partner is still Luke and Etoo.

This is a typical offensive lineup. The key is the appearance of Novo and Capdvilla. In the games where Capdvilla transferred to Mallorca, he did not play as much as Carlazedo, but it does not mean that Jose does not value him. He and Carlaze are both wide players with excellent offensive skills. However, Carlaze is more fierce in fighting and better defense. He assists better and his footwork is more delicate. Jose knows the use of players with some overlap in these two positions.

Although the positions overlap, their characteristics do not overlap. If Jose uses Karaze to play the left back, the full-back assists will be George on the right, and Ronaldo's range of activities will be more concentrated on the left. If Capdvilla starts, the midfield will be at least two midfielders, because the full-backs on both wings like assists, and someone must fill the position. In that case, Mota is often left back midfielder, Ngong plus right back midfielder. In this case, Karaze and Capdvilla play at the same time, and take turns to attack based on the situation on the field. Karaze's ability to go straight up and down is better, while Capdvilla's footwork and crossing are sharper, and the two are just complementary.

As for Novo, Jose has a fancy to his organizational ability and forwarding ability. He can assist Mota on the court and forwarding to help Ronaldo attract attention. When George is forwarding and assisting, he can also undertake certain defensive tasks. In this situation of strengthening offense, he is more useful than Ibagasa.

It is this arrangement that kicked off a goal battle.

When the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, Etoo passed the ball to Luke and ran forward himself.

After receiving the ball, Luke immediately turned around and passed the ball to Ronaldo. He also ran forward. Ronaldo did not control the ball after receiving the ball, and then passed the ball back to Mota, the metronome in the midfield.

Mota stopped the ball, and at this time he had enough room for his room, so he did not choose to pass the ball, but led the ball forward. When Moreno pounced on it, he first made a false move of turning and passing it horizontally to Novo, and then quickly dunked the ball to the left, and then killed more than moreno!

"Beautiful! This guy, Thiago, is becoming more and more handsome!"

Ngongjia off the court couldn't help but applaud. His experience is naturally much richer than Mota, but his delicate skills are far inferior to those of Mota. After all, he is a defensive player. Although he has excellent organizational offensive ability due to his experience, his skills are far inferior to those of Mota, a pure Brazilian player like Mota.

Jose turned his head and looked at Engongga, who was sitting on the bench attentively, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Ngongjia has not played for a long time in Mallorca, and this year it has only been four years. However, no one will be dissatisfied with him as the captain of Mallorca, because he has a very good personality and is gentle and upright, but he is not a football-dominated person. Although he lacks ambition this season, he still does not damage his prestige.

Vazquez had made people angry before, and in addition to using tactics that made the veterans unacceptable, the quarrel with Engongga was a considerable reason.

The players of Mallorca actually show no sign of a group. Although most veterans were dissatisfied with Vazquez's tactics before, they actually did not do anything passively in the game and wanted to do Vazquez's work. The team's poor performance is due to many factors, not just the players' poor performance.

However, after arguing with Engonga on the training ground, Vazquez's control over the locker room immediately fell to the bottom. He could have conflicts with such an old captain with outstanding merits and harmless humans. What would others think? Except for a few loyalists who became the main force after he took office, the attitude of other Mallorca players towards Vazquez immediately became a respectful to Xie Bumin...

Jose naturally would not make such a stupid mistake.

Although Ngongga is old and lacks enterprising spirit, he still has his value. With him, there is a buffer zone between Jose, the head coach and the players. Sole Olesora and others have become substitutes, and there may be dissatisfaction. However, Ngongga did not say anything when he was a substitute, so they naturally had nothing to say. As long as the team's performance is good in the future, all crises will not happen - they always talk about professional games based on results.

Even if Engonga could not play, Jose was ready to give him a coaching contract. Although he had not studied coaching courses, he climbed step by step from the amateur league to becoming the first black player in the history of the Spanish national team. Engonga's experience is unparalleled. Just this kind of teaching by words can benefit young players a lot. Mota is a good example. In addition to the factors of his own outstanding ability, it also has a lot to do with having a good teacher like Engonga around him. Even if Engonga does not have direct guidance, Mota can learn a lot when playing football beside him.

Jose knew that after retirement in the future, Engongjia would become his good helper, whether in the locker room or in the training ground.
Chapter completed!