On January 8, Mallorca ushered in the 18th round of the league, playing against Betis at home. Compared with last season, Betis's performance this season is much worse. They have now fallen into the relegation zone. Although they are only two or three points away from the top few, for Betis, who entered the European arena and won the Cup of Kings last year, such a result is really bad. They only won three games in the 17 rounds of the league before the winter break, which is simply surprising to their outstanding performance last season...

They did not lose anything in the transfer market this summer. They just terminated their contract with De Nielsen and threw this expensive waste back to Brazil. The midfielders Rivera and Angel introduced were both powerful players in the La Liga. Their strength could not be worse than last season, but they performed much worse than last season...

This gave Betis' head coach Fellayer a headache. The big reason for Betis' poor performance is that Joaquin is absent due to injury. Now facing the powerful Mallorca, Joaquin finally returned from injury before the winter break, which finally brought Betis enough confidence.**--*

However, what annoyed Jose was that in this game, he was in poor form and had already lost nine games before the winter break. Betis, who defeated Alaves before the winter break, only shattered the hope of Mallorca's three-pointer at home!

Joaquin is indeed Betis' most important player - this can be seen from his performance after he returned from injury. After Joaquin was injured, they once failed to win nine rounds in the league. After Joaquin came back, he helped them defeat Alves with one pass and one shot. In this game, Joaquin also showed a very outstanding state, constantly threatening Mallorca's defense with his own speed and skills, and other Betis players also started.

They showed an excellent state than before. Their defense was quite tight. Although Mallorca was attacked by a fierce attack, he relied on Kaka's first world wave to open the game before the end of the first half. However, in the second half, Betis equalized the score with a beautiful counterattack. With Joaquin's assist, Ricardo Oliveira, who had not scored in eight consecutive league games, scored a goal from a close range to tie the score. In the end, Mallorca could only usher in the fourth draw of the season...

At the same time, Barcelona continued their crazy winning streak. When facing their city rival Espanyol away, they lost one goal first, and defeated their opponents with two-to-one goals with Deco and Etoo, expanding their league winning streak to eleven games, and expanding their advantage of leading Mallorca to six points!

In the last 11 rounds, Mallorca won eight wins, two draws and one loss is already a very terrifying number, but Barcelona has won eleven consecutive victories, directly from falling behind one point to leading by six points. All Barcelona fans are cheering because they have seen an invincible Barcelona team, a Barcelona team that is even more crazy than last season!

And their luck seems to be much better than Mallorca, because in the knockout round, they met a relatively weak team, the opponent was Glasgow Rangers from Scotland. Compared with Mallorca who had to waste too much energy on Chelsea, they obviously could focus more on the league. For Barcelona, ​​the league is more important to them, because they have not won the league championship for five seasons - for Barcelona, ​​such a long league gap period is rare, so they are now paying more attention to the league and want to win the league championship from Mallorca, who has won three consecutive championships.

"We didn't play well in this game," Jose said bluntly after the game: "Although Betis' performance is quite outstanding, we shouldn't just get a draw. The players' condition has not been adjusted yet. Six points is a big gap, but Barcelona cannot continue to win. The confrontation on January 30 will be an important confrontation that concerns the final result of this season, but before that we need to win consecutively."

On January 30th, the 21st round of the league, Mallorca will face Barcelona at home...

The players of Mallorca seemed a little ashamed of this draw because they failed Jose's expectations and also put them at a disadvantage in the league. Although Jose did not blame them in person, for the players of Mallorca, they really felt sorry for the people and the party, and the salary they gave them monthly, and the most important thing was to be sorry for themselves. They just shouted the slogan "It is the best draw for Chelsea" and were immediately tied in the league. Barcelona expanded so many advantages, which was a bit difficult to deal with...

Fortunately, in the following week, Mallorca's substitutes were quite successful. Relying on Gu Isa's double score and Farinos' penalty kick, Mallorca defeated Zaragoza 3-1 at home and entered the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey. However, soon, the Spanish Football Association also began to join in the fun. In the draw ceremony of the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, the favorite Mallorca and Barcelona drew together. They will play against Barcelona in two consecutive games on January 27 and February 2 - the first to the away.

This means that on January 27, January 30, and February 2, Mallorca will face Barcelona three consecutive games in just one week...

"My uncle, are you tired? Anyway, I will only be a substitute in the Copa del Rey... No, I still have to play the main player in the first game, otherwise if Barcelona breaks my home unbeaten record, it will be a loss." Jose thought to himself.

This schedule really makes Jose very troubled. If he is on the main team in the first game, it will definitely have an impact on the next league. If he is on the bench on the first game, Jose is really worried that the substitute will be defeated by Barcelona and even the scumbags are not even left. It’s not that he is so concerned about the record of unbeaten at home. After all, the record is just a record, and there will always be a day of breaking. However, now Mallorca is six points behind Barcelona. If Barcelona kills the record of unbeaten at home again, it will be a very heavy blow to Mallorca. So no matter what, even if it will affect the next home league, Jose will still fight to the death to keep the record of unbeaten at home. It can be broken by others, but it must not be broken by Barcelona!

Before this, Mallorca still needs to play against Zaragoza and La Coruna in a row away game. Before meeting Barcelona, ​​Mallorca will never lose and must win two consecutive victories. Even if the gap between them cannot be narrowed, the gap must continue to be kept above six points. If it expands, Jose may only consider giving up the league temporarily and not waste too much energy and physical fitness in the league...

On January 15, Mallorca challenged Zaragoza away. A week and a half ago, they were tied by Zaragoza on this field. Argentine scorer Diego Milito scored twice, but in that game, Mallorca sent all substitutes, so for Mallorca's main players, this game also needs to be proved with a victory to prove that they are worthy of the main players...

Their physical fitness was not too big. They only played one game after the winter break. The outstanding performance of the substitutes allowed Mallorca's main players to maintain enough physical fitness to deal with the next battle.

Jose is still very concerned about Diego Milito, because he knows that this late-achieving shooter has performed amazingly in the next season, but Jose does not lack strikers now, and Milito's simple and unpretentious play is not very suitable for La Liga teams, especially the La Liga giants, Barcelona also gave up introducing him. He is very capable of scoring goals, but he is only able to score goals. For Mallorca now, the striker needs to do more in addition to being able to score goals.

Milito is a very ambitious player. He performed very well in this game. He used the turtle speed after receiving the ball to dodge Mathias' defense in the first 17 minutes. Then he pushed the ball accurately and shot Zaragoza's first record. He saw Jose shook his head off the court. Milito, who was good in physical fitness and condition, was simply unsolvable after receiving the ball with a turtle speed. Although he seemed to be very slow, the defenders just couldn't defend him...

However, Mallorca is better overall. After being scored by Milito, they quickly began a crazy counterattack. Torres and Klose scored both goals, scoring their eleventh goal of the season, once again proving that they are Mallorca's trusted forward combination. Vidic headed the ball after receiving a corner kick from Kaka and scored his first goal after joining Mallorca. Mallorca reversed Zaragoza 3-1 away and stopped two rounds of defeat. Although Barcelona defeated Bilbao by Ronaldo and Messi at home, it is obvious that Barcelona's recent goal momentum has gradually eased. They only won one goal in two consecutive games. After consecutive victories, their condition began to gradually slide to a low.

After a week of rest, on January 23, the 20th round of La Liga.

Jose and Rijcard both hid some players in this round of league. Rijcard let Ronaldo and Etoo rest, Messi and Larson Gulli form a trident, Xavi in ​​the midfield did not play, replaced him with Mota who had just returned from injury, while Jose allowed Torres and Kaka to be on the bench, and Ram and Iniesta did not play, Van Persie, Silva, Mendeta and Romero appeared in the main lineup, but even this was

Likewise, Barcelona and Mallorca both won both. Barcelona defeated Alaves with the goal of Larson and Messi 2-0, expanding their league winning streak to an astonishing thirteen games. If they can pass Mallorca next level, they will only be one step away from the longest 15-game winning streak in La Liga - breaking Mallorca's home unbeaten record and approaching Real Madrid's unbeaten record in the league. This is what Barcelona wants to see most now!

Mallorca is not to be outdone. Van Persie and Silva each scored one goal in the game, and Klose scored his own twelve league goals. Mallorca scored 3-2 away from home, and also won two consecutive victories and twelve unbeaten in the league. Before the battle came, we welcome Barcelona, ​​the strongest opponent in the domestic game in the best state - whether in the league or in the Copa del Rey...


Chapter completed!