Chapter 263 This is our characteristic!
When Mallorca's players walked off the stadium, Valencia's fans laughed at them with a hint of regret. In the whole first half, Valencia had an absolute advantage on the court, and used a pressing attack to make Mallorca have no power to fight back. Mallorca's shots were only three times in the first half, and only once in the goal frame. What about Valencia? Sixteen shots and eight times in the goal frame. Mallorca has not been so embarrassed on the scene this season, even when facing Real Madrid, it has not been so embarrassed!
But the only thing that made them regret is that although they have a great advantage on the field, there is still only one goal scored. Mallorca was beaten miserably, but their defense is still very stable, and Karu's impact is not as perverted as Kovacevic. Van Biten can basically support it. Valencia's general attack ability has allowed them to gain an advantage but cannot expand their advantage. This is a disadvantage.
"Sorry, guys, the passiveness in the first half was because of my tactical mistakes."
Jose began to examine his slackness and shortcomings during this period - during the winter break, perhaps other head coaches were collecting information, but he was close to Karin, which made his preparations far less than Benitez's. He was facing people, and he was smart head coaches, not computers that could be defeated by arrangement of tactics step by step...
What's more, the opponent in this game is Benitez. Although this half-bald man with a stiff expression failed quite after leaving Liverpool, he was an absolute tactical master before going to Inter Milan. The winning of the league championship last season had proved his strength. If he didn't value this game, Jose would not be able to complete his redemption against Benitez - last season, Benitez snatched the league championship from him!
Using defensive counterattack against Valencia is not a wrong decision, but it abandons the offensive tradition that Mallorca has gradually begun to establish, and puts the cart before the horse, so that such a passiveness will be achieved.
"I know what Benitez is thinking now..." Jose gritted his teeth and said, his expression was a bit ferocious, but in the eyes of the Mallorca players, it was an extremely encouraging performance - Jose had not lost confidence, but instead ignited his fighting spirit!
"He was just thinking about turning to defense in the second half, using defensive counterattacks to deal with us, and seizing our backcourt space to expand the lead... Then we will fulfill their wishes!"
Jose waved his fist violently: "Offset in the second half! It depends on whether we tear open their defense or they use counterattack to kill us! Our defense has not been good this season, but our offensive ability is the best in Europe! If we can tear Real Madrid apart in the offense, we can tear Valencia even more! Kill them in the way we usually attack!"
"Kill them!"
The Mallorca players, who were also full of anger, waved their fists and shouted loudly. They are used to being domineering this season, and this is the first time they have been beaten so badly by the opponent...
"Royce, Kaka, takes turns to attack Baraha! He dares to send only one midfielder, and he really thinks that our midfield offense no longer exists!" Jose said viciously, he was quite unhappy about this. If Mallorca had not given up control of the midfield in the first half, whether it was Ronaldo's breakthrough or Kaka's impact, it would have been enough for Baraha to drink a lot - he is indeed an excellent defensive midfielder, but even the best defensive midfielder is attacked by a front midfielder like Kaka, Ronaldo, and he would have collapsed.
And Baraja was Jose decided to open the situation in the second half - after all, Valencia's defense was still quite excellent.
Ronaldo and Kaka looked at each other, then nodded at the same time.
"That's it. In the second half, we either killed them or they killed us with counterattack... Isn't it just an unbeaten record? I don't fucking care about such irrelevant records. So what if I lose? We have at least three points."
Jose showed a bachelor spirit, and he was indeed a bachelor - but this statement could further inspire the players' fighting spirit...
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After the start of the second half, Valencia fans who were excited to continue to suppress their opponents and finally won the victory were soon disappointed, because after the beginning of the second half, a completely different situation was immediately presented from the first half!
At the beginning of the second half, Mallorca's players launched an attack like a tiger going down the mountain. They ignored Valencia's home court and shocked Europe despite Valencia's defensive counterattack. All they thought about was attacking. No matter how many times the opponent stabbed, they had to try to leave more scars on the opponent's body...
This is the momentum Mallorca should have this season. This is the style Mallorca should have, who scored 39 goals in the previous 16 league games, scoring more than two goals per game on average, and only one game did not score a goal!
Looking at Mallorca, who was attacking like a tiger going down the mountain, many Valencia fans changed their faces, but there were still a large number of Valencia fans sneered in their hearts - Ranieri lay the foundation, Cooper sublimated, and the Valencia team that Benitez completely inspired was never afraid of being suppressed by the opponent. No matter how fierce the attack was, it would not create too many opportunities in front of their defense, and their counterattack could tear open the opponent's defense again and again!
In their opinion, Mallorca's desperate attack could only lead to self-destruction!
Benitez looked at Mallorca who was attacking on the court with his expression unchanged, but his heart was rippled.
His tactical setting in the first half was completely overwhelming Jose, and the strategy of retreating in the second half of the defense using defensive counterattack to expand his lead was also in progress. However, at this time, Benitez was a little confused - would Jose really be fooled like this?
At least after the fight last season, Benitez knew that this young coach who looked gentle and kind had crazy factors in his bones. He dared to slap the table and scold provocative reporters at the press conference. This season, Mallorca's offensive method of taking care of his head and not caring about his butts also made many people secretly laugh at him, but he relied on the offense to defeat his own sky...
Could it be that he was really stimulated that he used this offensive method that was obviously at a disadvantage to save face? Or was he confident enough in his offensive ability?
Benitez was thinking while Jose was sitting in the coach's seat with a blank expression.
The silence of the two head coaches cannot make the atmosphere on the court quiet. Mallorca has almost used offense to sweep everything since the beginning of this season. Their attack is sharp and the scoring points make Valencia dare not underestimate it - now the two forwards, Etoo and Drogba, have scored twice, while other scoring players are everywhere. Among the players on the court, Kaka, Ronaldo, Albertini, Capdvilla, Beletti, Van Biden, and Nadal have all scored goals. Even Torres, Guísa, Rufit, Alonso and Campano on the bench have scored goals in the league. If there are so many scoring points, no one in the whole La Liga will dare to say that they are the first.
What's more, before the start of the second half, Jose replaced Garcia with Dakot. In the first half, Garcia struggled to mark Aimal. In the second half, Dakot, who had stronger defensive ability, came on the field in order to curb Aimal's offense.
Relieving his worries, Mallorca's attack became even more crazy.
Ronaldo used a series of psychedelic dance moves to make Baraha feel dizzy. Just when Baraha was about to take a risk of stealing, Ronaldo had already passed the ball out with a seemingly impossible move. Kaka, who was inserted in the situation, just caught the ball, and drove the ball forward slightly, then swung his right foot, and shot the ball out with a large amplitude!
Valencia's defense line was well maintained, but no one could come up to stop Kaka's long shot - Baraja was attracted by Ronaldo, while the two central defenders were curbed by Mallorca's two forwards, Kaka's long shot was very refreshing.
However, this high-quality shot was saved by Canisarez. This strange goalkeeper is an important existence in Valencia's steel defense line. He is now Spain's first goalkeeper. In the past World Cup, Real Madrid's talented teenager Casillas could only serve as his substitute.
He tried hard to save Kaka's powerful long shot, but Canisares was unable to lift the ball out of the baseline or press it under him. Etoo started to accelerate and kicked the ball into the goal, but Ayala used his body to block his way forward. It was this delay that Canisares had already bounced from the ground and then flew to press the ball tightly under him.
"Continue to attack." Jose spitted out two phrases.
He was just pretending to be cool, and the players on the court couldn't hear him, but they didn't need to hear him, they knew what to do next.
Canisales cleared the ball with his big foot, and the ball flew towards Mallorca's half. Van Biden entangled Karu, Nadal jumped high and grabbed the first point and then pushed the ball to Albertini's feet. After Albertini received the ball, he organized an attack again.
Two minutes later, Mallorca made a second shot. Capdvilla, who had assisted, passed the ball into the penalty area with a big foot. Drogba still grabbed the first landing point under the interference of Marchena. Etoo followed up and hit the ball. Ayala, who was filled up, blocked it with his body. Ronaldo, who broke into the penalty area, took the lead and shot from the far corner, and was pushed out by Canisales.
Then Mallorca's corner kick also created an opportunity. If it weren't for the interference of Karu who returned to the defense, Van Biden's header would have almost topped the ball into Valencia's goal.
Valencia didn't want to be beaten passively like this. They began to find opportunities to launch a counterattack - the effect was also good. Two minutes after this corner kick, Beletti's pass was destroyed by Ayala in the middle. After Barahan got the ball, he quickly launched a counterattack. Ibagasa took the ball from the right and began to quickly drive the ball. Before Capdevila returned to defense, he passed the ball to Mista at the front of the penalty area. Mista raised his foot and shot a long shot with high quality, and Franco tried hard to resolve it.
Seeing that the counterattack was successfully fought, Benitez breathed a sigh of relief - Valencia's counterattack was obviously still effective. If Mallorca continues to attack like this, the loopholes in the defense line will only become bigger and bigger. As long as the lead is expanded, it will be difficult for Mallorca to regain it.
Thinking of this, Benitez turned his head and looked at Jose, but found that Jose was still calm, as if he didn't care about Valencia's attack - Benitez's heart twitched - was this guy fighting for the idea of who would have a harder life?
Chapter completed!