Chapter 286 The tranquility before the storm
"Uh, Karin? Why did you come back on Wednesday night?" Ferming looked at his daughter who was smiling sweetly in front of him and asked in surprise.
The writer's father was really surprised because his daughter lives in school and only goes home once a week, so basically there will be no situation when she goes home halfway through.
Karin stuck out her tongue and smiled and said, "It's nothing... I want to go home to watch it because the TV in the dormitory is broken."
Ferming looked at the watch, and then his heart skipped a beat. There was still half an hour left for Mallorca's first round of the semi-finals of Real Madrid. If his daughter wanted to use TV at this time... wouldn't he have to go outside to find a bar to watch the game? But Ferming is a person who likes quietness very much. He just likes to watch the game alone. If he wants him to go to such an extremely noisy bar to watch the game, it would be better to kill him.
However, he would not refuse his daughter's use of TV, so despite his regret, Ferming still smiled and said, "Okay, what do you want to watch?"
"Watch it with Dad... Isn't there a Champions League match soon?" Karin said with a smile.
Ferming was really stunned now - his daughter didn't watch football before...
But he quickly realized that this was better? His daughter wanted to use TV and could watch it with him. Although he liked to watch the game quietly, his daughter was not a very noisy person. It was good for two people to watch the football.
Ferming smiled and turned on the TV: "Okay, let's watch it together... Just call your mother to watch it together, and the whole family will watch the football. That's what's interesting!"
Karin's mother looked at the enthusiastic father and daughter helplessly. Now she became a vulnerable group at home...
Looking at the live footage displayed on the broadcast screen, Ferming turned his head and asked his daughter who was staring at the TV with bright eyes open, "Myra, why did he suddenly remember to watch the game?"
Karin smiled: "I heard Jose say his experience is quite interesting, and I also want to see what it would be like to have a billionaire as a dream game."
Ferming was speechless. He had been watching football for more than ten years. Why had his daughter never become interested in football because he liked football before...
Just when Fermin had the idea of "a girl who is too big to stay", this game was about to begin.
"Now is the time for a decisive battle!" Boske said in the home team's locker room.
"The next one is the most important week of the whole season!" Jose said in the locker room.
The two head coaches have different opinions, but the meaning is the same. Everyone knows that it is not easy for a team that can still win the league and the Champions League to reach this point. At this time, two teams that are not easy will fight three games in a week and fight continuously. Everyone knows the cruelty of these three games.
In comparison, there are more things to do in the semi-finals of the two Champions League games, and that league is related to the final result of this season's championship. The grasp of this middle should also be a degree.
"We can play patiently in this game. The game is two rounds. Even if we play home first, don't worry. We need to learn from Juventus. We must know that they had a good chance to eliminate Mallorca in the second round. We had a chance to eliminate Mallorca in the second round before this season. We lost to them in the offense... Although this does not mean that our offense is not as good as them, it is not a sensible thing to do if we let off the offense with them. After all, this game is our home court. If we lose too many home goals, it will not be beneficial to us. Be patient, isn't Mallorca claiming to attack under all circumstances? Then we should focus on some defense and surprise them with a quick counterattack." Boske said to the players: "Of course, we also have to attack at the beginning. If we can score goals, it will be more beneficial."
"No. 7, No. 11, No. 15, the next three games will determine our achievements in a season. Three games, 270 minutes. In my eyes, this is not a three-game split game, but will condense the essence of a season. Now I want to ask a question, that is, what are the advantages we have compared to Real Madrid?"
Jose asked the question, but did not let the players say the answer, but said it directly: "We only have one advantage, that is our physical fitness and state. Since the winter break, Real Madrid has maintained its peak for three months. During this period, they rarely lose and are in good shape in every game. From the peak and valley of their state, they have now begun to be in a gradual downward process, and our previous state ups and downs to the current improvement is in an upward process. What we need to do now is to speed up this process."
"Our main lineup is only 25 years old, while Real Madrid's main lineup this season has an average age of more than 28 years old! There are five players around 30 years old, including Carlos, Jero, Marklele, Zidane and Figo. The other players are basically over 27 years old, and only Ronaldo, Guti and Casillas are younger than 27 years old. Among them, Casillas is a goalkeeper, Ronaldo's running ability is not as good as before, and Guti is not running either.
Players with excellent motility have an absolute advantage in terms of physical fitness and running ability, so in this game, we only have one goal, speed up the pace of the game as much as possible, dragging them to run with us! The outcome of this game is not important, but how much physical energy can be consumed will determine how big our advantage will be in the next two games! The schedule is the same for both sides, but we can afford it, but their nursing home cannot afford it!”
Jose said confidently that Mallorca's average age is the lowest among the strong teams in La Liga. Although the average age of the main lineup has reached 25 years old, most of their players are under 25 years old. If Nadal, who was 36, had it been at least one year older than Nadal, the average age of Mallorca might be only 24 years old. Young means sufficient physical fitness, which means that their recovery is faster than old players, which means that in this tug-of-war, they will have more advantages...
Jose is going to fight attrition with Real Madrid. Anyway, this game is away, anyway, this game is the semi-finals of the Champions League, and there are two rounds of games to play, and their players are younger...
This is not a conspiracy, it is an open conspiracy. It uses impact to drive the rhythm of the two teams, and consumes a lot of physical energy from both sides. Then the endgame determines the outcome - Jose does not want to have three dignified matches with Boske. He just wants to use the first game as bait and abandon his son to build an advantage in the next two games through this game!
I want both the league and the Champions League!
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"Now we are broadcasting this crucial first leg of the Champions League semi-finals at the Bernabeu! Real Madrid plays Real Mallorca at home! The entire Bernabeu stadium is full in this game, with more than 10,000 Mallorca fans flying from the island to Madrid to watch the game. They occupy a corner of the southeast of the stands! Now the starting lineup of both sides has come out, Bosque has made a fine adjustment to Real Madrid's starting lineup, Guti and Morientes start... The goalkeeper is Casillas
The two full-backs are Salgado and Robert Carlos, while the central defender is Elgra and captain Jero. In the midfield, Guti replaced Flavio and partnered with Marklele as the midfielder. It seems that Boske also wants to use the Golden Wolves to organize the back. The two attacking midfielders are Zidane and Figo. Raul was unexpectedly placed on the bench on the forward line. Morientes started and partnered with Ronaldo on the front line. It seems that because of the bad weather, Boske plans to use Morientes's rushing.
Strike. There is nothing strange about Mallorca's starting lineup. Goalkeeper Franco, defenders Beletti, Capdvilla, Nadal and Van Biden, after refrigerating for two games in the Champions League, Van Biden returned to the main lineup, with former Real Madrid player Campo sitting on the bench. Midfielder Dacott partnered with Alonso, Mallorca is in a difficult position in the midfield this season. With Senna missing the entire season, Albertini also suffered three stars in the game against Juventus.
In the period, if Mallorca can enter the final, he may be able to catch up with the final... Ronaldo and Kaka play two attacking midfielders. With Mallorca's success this season, the 4222 tactics seem to have become popular... The forward partner is Drogba and Etoo! Etoo faces the old master! In the first match between the two sides this season, Drogba and Etoo completely destroyed Real Madrid's defense line. Jose sent Drogba, who had recovered from injury, to serve as a striker, to be considered in this regard!"
Jose walked out of the players' passage and looked around the towering Bernabeu Stadium. He had been full of envy for the two iconic Spanish stadiums of Bernabeu and Camp Nou. Compared with these two stadiums, the San Mois Stadium can only be regarded as a pediatric stadium, but he is no longer envious at all, because soon, he and Mallorca will have an equally excellent stadium...
Perhaps not as big as the Bernabeu and Camp Nou, but there will be more ancillary facilities than these two stadiums.
"Before the hardware catches up with you, let's first be able to catch up with you in software - that is, strength and performance." Jose finally glanced at the stands deeply, then turned around and walked towards the visiting team coach's seat.
Mallorca players lined up and walked into the stadium, with Nadal taking the lead and Ronaldo at the end - this proved the two players' status in Mallorca, one is the captain and the other is the number one star.
The entire Bernabeu cheered, with more than 70,000 Real Madrid fans cheering, and more than 10,000 Mallorca fans cheering.
The cheers continued until the players on both sides shook hands, the captain finished picking the sides and scattered around the court, and gradually became quiet.
This is the tranquility before the storm.
It was light rain in the sky, but most fans did not wear any rain gear. They stood in the stands, regardless of the rain, quickly making their hair wet, and still looked on the court, waiting for the start of the game.
The temperature today is very low, less than 10 degrees Celsius, which is slightly uncomfortable for the Mallorca players. However, their warm-up is done well, making the whole body move, so they don't feel cold either.
The referee on duty, Norwegian Hauge, observed it and saw that the players were already in place. He looked down at the watch on his wrist, then put the whistle in his mouth, and blew the whistle at the beginning of the game with force!
Chapter completed!