After the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage, the entire Spanish football world was full of grief - four Spanish teams were wiped out - Mallorca lost 1-3 away to Manchester United, Real Madrid lost 1-2 away to Bayern, Barcelona lost 0-1 home to Leverkusen, and Coruña lost 2-3 home to Liverpool...

After La Liga's strength in the Champions League in the previous few years, although they performed extremely well in the group stage this season, they lost all home and away games in the knockout stage, which seems to mean that La Liga is about to enter a period of weakness...[]

However, in fact, all the four teams still have a chance. Although Barcelona and La Coruña both lost at home, they only lost one goal, and they also had the opportunity to make a try away game. Mallorca has to return to home, and Real Madrid even lost one goal away and scored one away goal. They are the team with the best situation among the four teams.

Mallorca returned to Mallorca on the night of the game and then stayed in the hotel for two days. The team doctors kept paying attention to the players' physical condition at any time to avoid causing them to have cold symptoms. The final result also made Jose feel very satisfied. After the players took a day off, they gradually recovered their physical fitness, and no one caught a cold.

There is good news, and the bad news is that Mota's diagnosis has come out. He has a thigh muscle strain and needs to rest for two weeks - although it is not serious, Mota cannot play in the next life-and-death battle against Manchester United and the important league games against La Coruña and Valencia. Without this midfielder's core attack, it is undoubtedly a huge loss for Mallorca!

Originally, Mallorca still has a good backcourt organization player like Ngongjia, but over the past six months Mota has been in good shape, both attending and in excellent condition, so Ngongjia basically has no chance to play. Now Mota was suddenly injured. If Jose is confident in Ngongjia, he believes that he can replace Mota, he may not even believe it himself.

"Vicent, how are you in now?"

Faced with Jose's question, Ngongjia smiled bitterly: "Boss, if I were allowed to play, I would do my best even if I ran to death in the game, but I would like to ask me to fill Thiago's performance... Sorry, Thiago has put me far aside in this regard, and in the past six months, I have rarely cooperated with other teammates. I think even if I go on the court, I can only be an engineer."

Jose nodded silently. He knew that Engongjia was not an excuse, but honestly told the current situation, which was a kind of respect for him.

"I think we're going to start changing tactics now." Jose said to himself.

Engong nodded and said, "Boss, Ronaldo... is trustworthy."

Jose nodded slightly, indicating that he knew.

In the next round of league games, Jose replaced Mota with Ngonga against La Coruña, but did not hide any players. It is obvious that Jose hopes to use this game to preview the next Champions League, and what tactics are more appropriate to train Mota if he is not there.

However, this game was obviously a failed test. Mallorca was beaten by La Coruna, who also failed in the Champions League away. Although Ngongga seemed to work hard on the court, he still could not bring much help to the team. La Coruna vented all the depression of losing in the Champions League on Mallorca. Make, Tristan and Pandiani scored one goal each, and La Coruna beat Mallorca at home!

Mallorca suffered his sixth loss of the season away game, while Valencia and Real Madrid both beat their opponents at home, with a score of 62 points, only one point behind Mallorca!

In almost a week, Mallorca seemed to be losing from the Champions League and the league!

"This loss is a price that must be paid, because we hope to defeat Manchester United at home to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League. I am not worried about the league, after all, we are still one point ahead, right? There are only five rounds left in the league, and one point advantage is also an advantage. Our performance this season is much better than last season. Ngongga Vicente has performed very well. He hasn't played for a long time, but he still maintains an excellent physical condition. He is the best player to replace Mota. We, Mallorca, also have strong players. Mota's inability to play does not mean that we have to surrender. If Manchester United wants to advance to the semi-finals, yes, please step into the semi-finals with our corpse!"

Jose almost gritted his teeth at the post-match press conference, saying, like a gambler.

"Do you think Ferguson will be fooled?"

Jose, who left the press conference, became extremely calm.

Natal shook his head: "This is hard to say... Ferguson is not an easy coach to deal with."

"Yes, but it is also a good idea to try to distract his mind. Their situation is not good in the league now. Arsenal is likely to win the Premier League championship this season, and he is under great pressure now." Jose nodded: "No matter what, this Champions League game will be fought for."

"Three days after playing Manchester United, we will face Valencia. We can't afford to lose in this game." Natal reminded Jose.

"The Champions League is also very important." Jose shook his head: "It's a two-line battle now, we need to hold on... The game against Valencia is our home court, and even if we draw them, we still have an advantage."

"Real Madrid is only one point away from us..." Natal continued to remind Jose.

"Real Madrid will lose the chain." Jose gritted his teeth and said: "I believe Real Madrid can pass Bayern's level, and their attention will be distracted by the Champions League... Compared with Real Madrid, Valencia is our biggest opponent in the league."

He did not explain why he was so sure. The only thing that supported his confidence was because he remembered that it was not Real Madrid who won the La Liga this season in history but Valencia. Although he couldn't remember the specific situation, he still regarded Valencia as his biggest opponent in his mind.

In the Champions League, he is even more unlikely to give up. Not to mention that he values ​​the invisible benefits and tangible economic benefits brought by playing the Champions League. Even if he values ​​the league more - no coach or team will let go of money at will in the Champions League, this kind of thing is absolutely impossible. Even if he knows that he wants to fail, he has to grit his teeth and hold on. What kind of ambitions can a team that doesn't even value the Champions League?

If Mallorca wants to leave the impression of a wealthy family, then there must be no sign of relaxation in such a game. Even if it fails in the end, there will be no complaints, let alone the failure may not be possible.

On April 10, the entire Manchester United team arrived on Mallorca. The same choice Jose made at the time. Considering the temperatures that were quite different between the two cities, Manchester United chose to come to Mallorca a few days later and leave after the game, which minimized the impact.

After coming to Mallorca, the whole Manchester United team seemed very low-key and did not accept interviews. The situation in the league is not good now, and the two-line battles have also caused them great trouble.

"Maybe Manchester United will use a defensive counterattack, after all, they don't want to consume too much physical fitness in the Champions League," Natal said in the pre-match discussion.

Jose shook his head: "No, they will choose to attack."

Jose stood up: "We scored a goal away from home and could advance 2-0 at home. If we were to suppress them, it would be very dangerous for Manchester United. After Parister and Stam left one after another, their defense line was unstable, and Batterz was not enough to make people feel at ease. Manchester United's counterattack ability is not particularly outstanding. Ferguson will not take this risk. On the contrary, they will make their offense better. If they scored one goal, they will not have a disadvantage. If they scored two goals, they will be able to score three goals. Do you think Ferguson will not see this? So in this game, Manchester United will definitely attack, especially at the beginning of the game, they need to drag the game into garbage time as soon as possible!"

Speaking of this, Jose took a breath and said, "So, the first thing we do in this game is defense."

Until now, Jose has not said who will be the candidate to replace Mota. In fact, this person has been confirmed in Mallorca.

Garcia will replace Mota as a midfielder, and the focus of the entire team's offense will fall on Ronaldo alone!

On April 10, the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals played two games first. Two La Liga teams that were against the side were wiped out. Barcelona was tied by Leverkusen on the away game, and was eliminated due to a zero-to-one home defeat. La Coruña lost 0-2 away cleanly and neatly, and Liverpool reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with his first high.

All Spain has the only hope left behind Mallorca and Real Madrid. Of course, people have more confidence in Real Madrid because their situation is the best...

In this case, Mallorca ushered in a home game against Manchester United.

Mallorca kept the starting line secret until the last minute before reporting it. When Ferguson got Mallorca's starting line, his pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.

"Is Ngongjia not the main force?"

This discovery surprised Ferguson. He was indeed deceived by Jose's previous performance - although considering that Jose might be dropping smoke bombs, Ferguson did not think that Mallorca would change this core-level tactic - before Mallorca played the tactics of the back midfielder organization, and the sudden change of tactics is likely to cause problems. Looking at the entire Mallorca team, only the old captain Engong added one. Now who knows that Jose is a stupid and bold person really uses different tactics in this kind of game!

"Courtesy." Ferguson sighed in his heart, and then said to Keane: "Roy, this game... reduce the number of attacks, keep a blind eye on the Brazilian midfielder who is staring at them. That bucktoothed boy will be the core of Mallorca's offense in this game."

In Mallorca's locker room, Jose watched Manchester United's starting lineup grab the head. In this game, Manchester United's starting lineup was still in April and May 1st. However, the three players in the middle of the midfield were Keane, Peron and Scholes. With such three excellent midfield players, it was difficult for Ronaldo to complete the task of organizing the offense...
Chapter completed!