Chapter six hundred and sixteen the luck of Spain
Update time: 2012-10-20
Sweeping Panasinacos 7-0, Mallorca's performance shocked the whole of Europe. You should know that although Europe has many games to play in a year, such a big score is rare, especially in European games. Maybe not a game a year, but Mallorca was beaten out - most importantly, they led by five goals in the first half and replaced three main scorers at halftime, but still scored two goals in the second half...
In this game, Mallorca's attack power was fully revealed. They were able to score goals in the past, but many people often scored such large scores, and this time it was basically concentrated in the frontcourt - this means that Mallorca's offense will be more effective and more concentrated. Think about it, a Klose who can effectively run and participate in ground attacks, a Torres with better foot skills and scoring skills, a Kaka with stronger small skills and assists... plus an Iniesta who can already drive all attacks in the frontcourt, how outstanding will such a combination be?
The only thing that can stop them may be injuries - Kloze Torres and Kaka are both players with a lot of injuries, and so are Iniesta, but Mallorca does not lack substitute players. Unless there are extreme situations like last season, it will generally not cause too much trouble to Jose's deployment.
After three consecutive home games and scoring 12 goals without losing a goal, Mallorca will usher in a away game - and then another FIFA match day, which is the day of the play-offs - Spain ushered in the play-offs very tragically, and the king of the qualifiers will no longer have a miracle this time...
They will play against Slovakia first and then home in the playoffs, which is not too difficult for Spain. After all, their strength is stronger than Slovakia. However, the stumbling of this qualifier also made many domestic fans dissatisfied with Aragones. They would not know that it was because Aragones injected a tough atmosphere into this Spain that they ushered in a prosperous era!
After this qualifier, Aragones really built a top team. Although they failed to enter the quarterfinals in the World Cup and were defeated by the more experienced French national team, it did not damage their confidence. In the following time, they became stronger, more outstanding, and more unbeatable...
On November 6, Mallorca challenged the newly promoted Madison Cadis away, and Jose completed the game with an unexpected move - he sent a pure Spanish local lineup. Except for the goalkeeper still Van der Sar, he sent ten Spanish players in other positions - left defender Romero, right defender Campano, center back Mattias and Campo, midfielder Alonso and Farinos partnered in the middle, left forward Iniesta, right forward Mundeta, and forward partner Torres and Guysa...
The entire local lineup made the media exclaim. They didn't know if this was a gimmick made by Jose, but the effect of this local gang was quite good. Mendeta and Iniesta controlled the two wings, while Alonso and Farinos controlled the midfield. They kept starting off the attack in the midfield, and then Torres ran back and forth, Guyza was preparing to grab the spot in the penalty area...
Three to one, Mallorca finally won three consecutive league wins with such a score. Torres, Guysa and Mendeta each scored a goal. After winning this game, Mallorca continued to rank fourth and gradually distanced itself from the team behind him.
Unfortunately, after this game, with the arrival of the play-offs, Mallorca will leave many important players - various play-offs and warm-up matches, and get a large number of Mallorca's main lineup away - but Jose is not worried this time. The tacit understanding between the players is not a problem. Before, it was mainly because of the lack of good condition, but now it is just a physical fitness problem at most. The next game against Espanyol is not too difficult, and even if some players are rotated, there will be no problems.
"Why should I send all Spanish players? The reason is very simple. Many players will go to the national team to participate in the national team competitions. I need to give them a good rest. At the same time, Spain now has many outstanding players. Even if the results are not very good, it is temporary. I have great confidence in the Spanish national team led by Mr. Aragones. They now have the level of winning some important championships and lack only experience. I mainly do it to show Mr. Aragones that Mallorca also has many outstanding local players, and they are all very useful players..."
When Aragones saw the transcript of Jose's interview, he couldn't help laughing. From the beginning, Jose has expressed his support for Aragones, which also made Aragones a little strange, because generally he doesn't trust Aragones very much, because his high-intensity training has made many players dissatisfied and the club dissatisfied...
Maybe it's because he is also a top head coach. Knowing that if the national team wants to achieve results, it has to make the players more tired - there is time to adjust before the competition comes.
And the average result in the qualifiers is also a price that needs to be paid. After all, if you are the king of the qualifiers and start to be hard as soon as you arrive at the competition, what's the use? Observe the players' status through the qualifiers and make the optimal combination. This is what a head coach should do...
I don’t know if it’s a reward or something else, in this qualifier, Aragones once again recruited five Mallorca players - in addition to Matias Torres Iniesta Alonso four, Mendeta was selected again, making Mallorca a big international player again.
Many media have raised objections to Mendeta's re-select, because since the beginning of this season, Mendeta has not received many opportunities. So far, he has only made two starts and four substitutes. Although his results are not bad, he has already had four direct assists and one goal, but such a small number of appearances can be selected for the national team, which really makes people feel quite suspicious...
"I have now canceled a lot of old players from the team. Although the team is young, it lacks experience. Mendeta's experience can help the team very well. Moreover, his characteristics are different from Iniesta and Joaquin, which can enrich our experience and play style." Aragones' answer was quite simple.
Spain first faces Slovakia at home, and this kind of schedule is not good for them. However, for the Spanish national team, there is only one thing they can do, that is, directly defeat the opponent at home, and then turn the second round into a formal game!
Even if the outside world seems to be less confident in them, Aragones is very confident. The top La Liga teams have achieved good results recently. Mallorca has won three consecutive games, Real Madrid has won two consecutive games, and Barcelona has won four consecutive games. The Spanish national team composed of these teams as the main body is not much worse.
Aragonese's greatest contribution to the Spanish national team was to start using important teams as the main force in forming the national team, rather than casting nets as before. This can be seen from his starting lineup for the next game...
Goalkeeper Casillas, defenders Salgado, Puyor, Matthias, Del Orno, midfielder Xavi and Alonso were in the midfield, both wings were Iniesta and Reyes, and the forward partner was Raul and Torres - four Mallorca players in the starting lineup, two Barcelona players, three Real Madrid players, and then Chelsea's Del Orno and Arsenal's Reyes - if it weren't for the left-back position, the three strong players were all foreign players - Mallorca's Ram, Barcelona's Van Buronjo
Ste, Robert Carlos of Real Madrid, otherwise Aragones would have to choose from these three teams in the left back position. As for the left forward, none of these three teams set this position. Among them, Mallorca is a false left forward, and more of Kaka is a cameo, Barcelona is a freeman on the left with Ronaldo. As for Real Madrid, Zidane is the nominal left forward, Aragones can only choose Reyes, who performed well in Arsenal, and of course Vicente will also be a choice.
It is obvious that four main players of Mallorca have gradually become the main players of the Spanish national team, and their performance is indeed excellent and young, worthy of Spain's main lineup - this is proven in the next qualifiers. Mallorca's players all performed quite well, Alonso seems to be more offensive and defensive, Mattias is the top in the backcourt, and Iniesta has become a bridge connecting the midfield. Compared with Raul, Torres seems to be more energetic, young and energetic...
At Calderon Stadium, in a rain, the players of Mallorca played a very exciting game, which made the entire stadium keep cheering!
Just ten minutes into the opening game, Xavi took a corner kick, and three Mallorca players appeared at the landing point at the same time - Mathias, Torres and Iniesta... In the end, Iniesta, the smallest, grabbed the first landing point, and his header flew into the near corner of the goal, helping the Spanish national team to score the first record!
"Ah hahahahahahahahaha, Andrez, I really didn't expect you to get this header, but it should be thankful that I covered you, otherwise you wouldn't be able to easily get the header..." Mathias said with a loud smile while chasing Iniesta.
Iniesta rolled his eyes when he heard this, Torres next to him snorted: "Tsk, if you are useless, you are useless. You can't snatch Andres even if you grow so tall... But Andres, you should pay attention to it in the future. The penalty area is very dangerous for you..."
"Damn, you two bitches!" Iniesta couldn't help but shout loudly, then turned around to both smiles and stretched out his middle fingers, and then the two rushed up and pressed on the lawn...
Aragones slapped hard on the court. He took the performance of these Mallorca players seriously. These people are very young and have a tacit cooperation. They will definitely become the pillar of the Spanish national team in the future. These people, together with Puyol, Xavi and goalkeeper Casillas, will all contribute to the Spanish national team for at least five years. They only need to make up for it in other positions and should be able to form a competitive team...
It has become inevitable that the old group of players will withdraw from the stage, but the new group of players will be even better. This is Spain's luck and Aragonese's luck!
Chapter completed!