Chapter 551 Don't become a supporting role
Updated: 2012-09-21
Mallorca fans shouted excitedly in the stands. Although they had won two Champions League championships before, the team's victory in each Champions League is a huge improvement - no one will dislike victory, not to mention that Mallorca fans have been around for more than 70 years before this - if a man can live for more than 200 years, he will be over 70 years old - even if an individual has to become a hungry ghost...
Nowadays, Mallorca fans are like a hungry ghost in the sex scene, and they are always there for every **... Oh, no, every victory has infinite passion, just like their first love...
And this first love once again brought them an extremely huge surprise before the end of the first half!
After receiving Iniesta's pass, Ram quickly inserted into the penalty area with a diagonal line. The rear tackle on the southern side of Finland was rushing. Ram fell to the ground in a mess, and the referee's whistle sounded - a penalty kick!
Kaka came to take the penalty kick, and then he vigorously scored the penalty kick into the dead corner of the goal. Three to zero, Mallorca scored a score that was depressing enough at home - of course for the opponent!
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the Mallorca players ran off the stadium with a smile on their faces. They were greeted by the crazy cheers and shouts of Mallorca fans. Whether it was Kaka who scored twice or Torres who scored the first record, they received huge support and cheers from the stands. Liverpool players walked into the player channel in a daze - they didn't know what was wrong, they had never thought of this situation that they were behind by zero to three...
What no one noticed was that when Jose entered the locker room, his face was not particularly good-looking, but with a hint of hesitation, shock and... unknown...
The Mallorca players did not notice this, they were just extremely happy. After all, it was indeed unexpected to be able to achieve such a huge lead in such a game - this also proves from the side how excellent their performance in the first half was!
This emotion also kept them high after entering the locker room. They were talking loudly and discussing some other things with each other...
Jose was the last to enter the locker room. He closed the door with his backhand, and then did not speak. He just leaned quietly against the door, looked at one player after another with a calm look, looked at their expressions, and observed their current emotions...
It is rare for him to watch players during the break with this kind of eyes - maybe sometimes the team plays badly, Jose will use this kind of eyes to make the players feel ashamed and then inspire the fighting spirit in the second half to achieve a satisfactory result, but now... it is already 3 to zero, how can we feel satisfied?
The players of Mallorca gradually began to feel something was wrong. Their chatting and laughing began to calm down, and their eyes began to focus on Jose...
"Uh, boss, what's wrong? We played very well in the first half?" Matthias asked a little strangely. At this time, as the captain and the locker room leader, it was his time to speak.
Jose nodded slowly: "Yes, you performed very well in the first half, and everyone performed extremely well. No matter how picky the commentator is, they can't find any fault with you. Whether it is the score or the process, they are all perfect. This is something you have obtained through your own efforts, and no one can erase it."
Hearing Jose's words, the Mallorca players' faces began to relax, but Jose added another sentence...
He touched his chest and said in a somewhat ethereal voice: "But... I don't know why, since the beginning, I always felt a little strange... I should be very happy, but I can't be happy. I don't know why, I even suspect that I have begun to lose my passion for the game. But no, absolutely not, because when I think about us entering the next round, I still feel extremely excited! Then I finally realized that this feeling comes from my uneasiness about this game..."
"Boss, what's the worry?" Torres asked in surprise: "We have already made three to zero. We can easily advance in forty-five minutes... With such a big advantage, we can advance even with defense!"
"Theoretically, this is true, but don't forget that our away game was 2-2... Think about it, if Liverpool suddenly scored a goal in the second half, we wouldn't be in a hurry, because we still have two goals advantages. However, if they suddenly get lucky at this time, a world wave suddenly comes and score a point again... What would your feeling be like?"
The faces of the Mallorca players have changed a little - away from home, if the score becomes three to two at home, it will be enough to make any team nervous, because if the opponent scores another goal, they will be eliminated!
"Don't forget, they created no fewer opportunities in the first half than us, and we also seized many opportunities in the first half... It's not that I like to worry, but because I know one thing, never think that you will win before the end of the game!" Jose waved his fist: "A three-to-zero lead... It's indeed a big advantage, but they scored a goal and ignited hope. Scoring two goals will make us feel nervous. Scoring three goals will push us into hell! After the game is finally over, you can celebrate whatever you want, and despise your opponents as much as you want. I don't care, but as long as you are still playing, you can't despise any opponent! Don't forget this It is the knockout match of the Champions League. If one more goal is lost, one less goal may affect the final result! None of the opponents who can enter the knockout stage are easy to deal with, let alone the Red Army Liverpool that once swept across Europe! Such teams often have a foundation that can make them turn the tables in an instant! Although the chance of this situation may not be high, we cannot slack off - as long as it appears once, it will be fatal! I can tolerate losing, but I will definitely not tolerate losing with such a big advantage to become the laughing stock of others... Think about how Real Madrid was reversed by Monaco last season, how we reversed Monaco, and how AC Milan was reversed by La Coruna... "
If Jose's previous words made Mallorca's players feel that it was a bit of a big deal, then the last examples he gave made Mallorca's players serious. These three games were all happened last year, and Mallorca's players naturally still remember them - Monaco, La Coruna, and what they did themselves, why did Liverpool definitely not do it?
"The second half continues to be as big as the first half. Don't worry if you lose the ball. Continuous concealment is often caused by psychological panic. No matter what happens, don't worry, do you understand? Our strength is stronger than Liverpool. As long as you don't make mistakes, you will be able to win in the end!" Seeing the players start to get serious, Jose said while the iron is hot, and then waved: "Go to rest and prepare for the second half. After winning, we will go to the carnival together tonight!"
After saying this, Jose found a place to sit down, then closed his eyes and rested with his hands wrapped around him.
Jose suddenly said this in the locker room for a reason. He was as excited as the players when he was leading two goals. However, when the score became three to zero, he suddenly realized that the current situation was so similar to the final in history - both the opponents had an absolute advantage in the first half and had an absolute lead, and then in the second half, Liverpool scored three goals in seven minutes like a chicken blood. In fact, AC Milan also had the advantage at that time. They still created much more opportunities than Liverpool in the following time, but they missed one by one because of the imbalance of the players' mentality. Even top strikers like Shepchenko shot a close opportunity in front of the goal. When the game was in the penalty shootout, the players in AC Milan had completely imbalanced mentality, and eventually created the Istanbul miracle of Liverpool!
Jose is just worried that such a thing will happen - after rebirth, Jose has a characteristic that his intuition has begun to become extremely sharp, which has helped him a lot. After Mallorca scored the third goal, he began to feel vaguely worried. However, he could not explicitly say that he thought Liverpool was likely to score three goals in the second half, so he could only use this method to increase the players' vigilance, and at the same time tell them not to worry about anything happening, even if Liverpool can really complete the three-goal reversal like in history, don't worry about scoring another goal...
History has been that AC Milan can still play extra time and penalty kicks after three to three, but if Mallorca is tied to three to three by the opponent and cannot score another goal before the end of the game, then they will not even have a chance to score a penalty!
Just as Jose said, he cannot tolerate failure. Even if he cannot win the Triple Champions League, it will not have much impact on Mallorca. After all, as long as they maintain their current state and win a heavyweight championship in one or two years, their fame will rise with the rise. However, if they are turned over when they have such an advantage, then this game will certainly become a classic reversal, but Mallorca will become the supporting role and set on the opposite side, which will be a huge harm to Mallorca's image!
AC Milan has been reversed several times, but their hundreds of years of background are there and will not have much impact. However, this reversal will hit the image of the new Mallorca, which will be devastating!
So the more this happens, Jose becomes more intolerant of being turned around.
"I'm sorry, Benitez, if you didn't meet us, or if we were killed by other teams, maybe you could still repeat the miracle of reversal, but you just met us at this time! This miracle...I refuse to appear on me!"
Although he was closing his eyes to rest, Jose kept thinking about this, so when he opened his eyes, at that moment, Jose's eyes became extremely sharp.
All this was not discovered by others, and Jose quickly returned to his calmness. Then he looked at his watch and saw that the time was almost over, so he waved and asked the players to get up.
"Let's go, do it well for the next forty-five minutes."
The players of Mallorca nodded one after another, and then walked out of the locker room under the leadership of Matthias.
"Guys."
While taking the lead in walking out, Mattias said to the players: "The boss seems to be very anxious... Then let's tell him not to worry, can it be done?"
"No problem!" Mallorca's players answered in unison.
Chapter completed!