Chapter 387: Cunning Matthias
Good luck? Jose doesn't think that Torres and Guysa have shown good form recently because of good luck. People will only see Torres and Guysa scored goals in the last few games. They were in good shape, but they won't see that as early as the first half of the season, Torres played a lot more times than last season. After Torres participated in the World Youth Championship, Guysa began to become Mallorca's number one striker substitute. Jose often lets him partner with Etoo or Drogba in the game, let alone letting Torres and Guysa play together in training to maintain their form. One minute on the stage and ten years of hard work off the stage, as he said.
Luck is also a manifestation of strength. The more detailed the preparation, the easier it is to come to you.[]
"I went to the African Cup to perform well." After the game, Jose saw off three African internationals. Next, Mallorca could only rely on other players to welcome the intensive game.
After sending away three African internationals, Mallorca did not perform in the game because of the departure of the three main players. Three days later, they went to Barcelona to participate in the second round of the third round of the Copa del Rey. In the first round, Mallorca defeated Barcelona 1-0. After losing to Mallorca, Barcelona seemed to have good luck in the league. They relied on Saviola, Ronaldo and Xavi's three goals to beat Zaragoza, and finally returned to the top ten.
In this game, Jose and Rijcalde continued to send most of the substitutes. Barcelona now has no energy to take care of the Copa del Rey, while Jose took this opportunity to help Roa and Torres Guysa get back in shape.
In the end, Mallorca lost to Barcelona 1-2 away. Iniesta scored the only goal for Mallorca in the game. Roa's performance was average. Although the two goals he lost did not make any mistakes, there was no wonderful save. However, Mallorca still relied on his advantage of having many away goals to eliminate Barcelona and entered the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey!
Next, Mallorca's schedule is basically one league, one Cup of del Rey, one League, one Cup of del Rey, Jose remains unchanged. Except for Roa, Torres and Guísa are the main players who are unstoppable, in other games, the main players in the league and the substitutes in the Cup of del Rey - he firmly believes that Mallorca's lineup and state are now very complete. As long as he can not make any mistakes in the game, he will definitely be able to win continuously.
The Spanish media do not think so. The next intensive competition will give Mallorca a huge test, especially Roa's continuity, which makes them worried, thinking that Mallorca may be dragged down before the start of the Champions League...
Jose just laughed at these comments. They only saw that Mallorca's next schedule was very strict, but ignored that Mallorca did not have any strong opponents during this period. In fact, this schedule is quite beneficial to Mallorca. After all, their biggest opponent will not appear after the start of the Champions League knockout round.
This kind of schedule may be unfavorable in normal times, but when Mallorca loses three absolute main players, it will prevent them from being pulled too far before the final battle begins.
January 18th, the 20th round of the league.
After defeating Celta in the last round, Mallorca consolidated his third place position and left La Coruña two points away. At the same time, with the opportunity of Real Madrid losing to Valencia to win, the gap between their points and the first place narrowed to four points. They still have to play one game less. However, in this round of the league, Roa's last-minute mistake made Atlético Santander score an equalizer goal. Mallorca lost the three-pointer that was about to be won and finally got only one point. The points were tied by La Coruña again, and did not seize the opportunity of Valencia and Real Madrid being tied by their opponents, and were still four points behind the top.
"Mallorca seems to have become a draw master this season. It is still difficult for them to lose. So far, they have only lost one game in the 19 league rounds, and they are the team with the least losses in the entire La Liga. However, the draw of as many as seven games has made them the team with the most draws in the top six. Among the top four, they have the least victory in eleven games. Mallorca this season has a little less momentum than last season. They lost a lot last season, but won more, but this season is completely different, which inevitably makes people feel a little sigh." Some media commented after the end of this round.
"People always have to grow up, and the same is true for the team. A young team cannot be glorious for too long. A team that knows how to play stably can be more long-term. This is a maturity process. We were enterprising last season and we won steadily this season, which was just different choices under different circumstances. No matter how many doubts are, it cannot erase the reality that Mallorca is only a few points away from the top, not to mention that we still play one less game."
Jose soon wrote an article in the personal column of Mallorca Daily to fight back against this statement. Now he also likes to publish several articles every now and then to express his opinions. Anyway, it is supported by fame. Even if he farts, the newspaper will be published intact...
While playing verbal battles, Jose is preparing for the next game. The opponent of the King's Cup quarterfinals against Mallorca is Zaragoza. The team has average results this season and has now fallen into the relegation zone. However, there is a player in the team that Jose pays attention to, David Villa nicknamed Calabash.
Jose did not think about buying Villa in advance, but now Mallorca has many forwards, and he is also a substitute when he buys them. Moreover, players like Villa rely entirely on the abilities accumulated by various games. If Mallorca cannot play as the main player, it will easily delay him. If he waits for leveling in Sporting Gijon and Zaragoza, if he wants to dig him, his net worth will be high. His net worth is 12 million euros when he goes to Valencia. This is still the case with no competitors. If Mallorca wants to compete with Valencia, he will not be able to buy it without 150 and 6 million euros.
If he spent so much money to buy a striker, Jose felt that he had a better choice.
Zaragoza cannot be said to be disregarded from paying attention to this game. After all, they have reached the semi-finals. However, the reality of falling into the relegation zone in the league makes them unable to focus more on the King's Cup. After all, the league is the foundation, and the cup is just a situation of icing on the cake...
Villa himself is ambitious to show his abilities in front of Mallorca. He is not young now, but he is not old. If he can show his strength in front of Mallorca, he may have a chance to show his abilities in a better team!
Every young player fantasizes about impressing the wealthy families through his performance. Although not many successful people, they cannot stop them from pursuing like moths to fire.
In this game at San Mois Stadium, Villa was very active. He used his speed and agility to create opportunities. Whether it was the experienced Campo or the brave Matthias, they were a little annoyed by his characteristics. Matthias began to notice his shortcomings in front of Villa, that is, when he suddenly hit the target, there were still not many good ways to face such players with excellent speed and agility - unless it was constantly fouls.
In the first half, Mattias received a yellow card. Villa's breakthrough made him look embarrassed. However, he did not let Villa score a goal after all, and Torres and Guysa in the frontcourt had scored one goal each, helping Mallorca establish the victory.
In the second half, Campano extended Mallorca's lead to three-to-zero with a long shot in an assist, and Mallorca laid the victory.
In this case, Villa was not discouraged. He continued to create opportunities through breakthroughs. Finally, in the 80th minute, he was knocked down by Matthias after breaking through in the penalty area. Matthias received the second yellow card and was sent off and gave the opponent a penalty kick. Villa took the penalty and scored a point for Zaragoza.
"How do you feel?" Josete asked Matthias after the game.
"It's so fucking unhappy." Matthias only answered this sentence with a depressed look on his face.
Jose's lips curled up: "Do you remember the article I wrote in Mallorca Daily two days ago? This is a maturity process. A good central defender can not only make up for the position, but also needs to be able to keep an eye on people. You can't be so lucky every time you meet a tall center who moves slowly. There are many fast forwards on the Spanish schedule, but they cannot deal with those experienced slow defenders. You should feel very lucky in this game. Although you were beaten by the opponent, we won the game. You should be happy."
"Boss, I'm miserable." Matthias said to Jose depressedly.
"The off-court is not bad enough, so it will be so bad on the court." Jose waved his hand: "If you have time, go find Fernando to fight him, don't bully others with your body. Although Fernando is not very fast, he is also a sensitive and technical striker. If you can defend him to a large extent without using your body, then you don't have to worry about most strikers."
"Can this be done?" Matthias looked at Jose suspiciously, because he looked at Jose, and no matter how he looked, he seemed to be perfunctory...
"When did what I said fail to become a reality?" Jose raised his eyebrows and said.
Mattias nodded hurriedly: "The boss is mighty and wise. I'll be looking for the freckle boy to train."
"But it's still a question whether he is willing to train with you. Although I am the head coach, I can't force him in this regard." Jose added.
"No problem, what's the relationship between Fernando now! We are as good as one person..." Matthias nodded and walked into the training ground, then shouted in a sweet voice: "Hi~ My dear Fernando, brother, I want to ask you for some help..."
The other players on the training ground made a chill at the same time. This bastard is so disgusting...
Torres looked at Matthias alertly: "What do you want to do?"
"Hey, of course there is something good about me looking for you... The boss said that the one-on-one offensive and defensive confrontation between us can make you and me abilities improve by leaps and bounds. You will definitely not refuse such a good thing, right?" said Matthias.
"I refuse, who is willing to fight you?" Torres refused.
"Oh, it seems that my words are more correct. I just told the boss that Fernando is timid. Even if I don't have physical confrontation to defend, he is afraid of confronting me. It seems that I can only find someone else..." Matthias sighed.
"I'm afraid of you? What a joke!" Torres said with a red face. He was still really vain in a fight. After all, there was a shadow, but he had to talk about football...
"If you don't agree, then let's compare." Matthias said disdainfully.
"This kid is so fucking cunning." Jose couldn't help but curse in his heart with his ears pricked up not far away.
Chapter completed!