Arthur Wenger looked at the game video in front of him and was extremely quiet.

This season is not very good for Arsenal. They are now ranked fourth in the league and can only guarantee that they will enter the Champions League next season. The gap with Chelsea has been greatly expanded. It can be said that there is no hope of winning the championship at all. They have no hope of winning the League Cup and the FA Cup. The only honor they can win is the Champions League.

After defeating Real Madrid and Juventus in succession, Wenger knew that his changes were effective. In games like the Champions League, defense is always the most important thing - if you don't have the crazy offensive ability like Mallorca.

With Henry, Wenger is not afraid that his team will lack goals, but Mallorca has more good offensive players. What's more terrifying is that Mallorca's offense has always been a whole, not an individual. Their overall offense has no flaws, and they can cooperate with tacit understanding to launch a full-scale attack. There are almost no teams better than their offense, and teams with good defense cannot completely resist their offense. So Jose can lead a team to attack the entire Europe with offense, which is a capability that no team has.

There is nothing wrong with Arsenal's path, but what they have to face now is the unique Mallorca.

Wenger knew that Arsenal could not defeat Mallorca by just offense, but the current defensive strengthening gave him confidence.

The first choice of many teams to counterattack with defensive defense at home is Mallorca's first choice, but they rarely can defend it. Wenger believes in his team and his team's counterattack strength.

When Mallorca was in an open attack, their shortcomings on the defense line were very obvious. The central defenders lacked speed, while Arsenal's offense never lacked speed. All he had to do was to recycle the defense and then rely on Henry's inspiration to solve the game.

Even if Mallorca scores first, he is not afraid of being scored first, because with Mallorca's characteristics, they will not satisfy a small home win. For them, winning three to two at home is much better than winning one to zero. Their habit is to try to score more goals to reduce the impact of their own conceding goals - this is a very awesome behavior, but they can do this.

Arsenal did not concede any goals in the first four Champions League knockout matches, and Wenger was not sure that he would not concede the goal, but what he cared about was not the record of not conceding the goal, but the overall victory of the team.

Try to concede as few goals as possible away games, try to score away games, and then return to home court to compete with Mallorca who has stronger midfield control ability and who can create more scoring opportunities!

Watch Henry away and Bregas at home. This is what Wenger thinks about these two games.

While consolidating the defense away, try to use counterattack sneak attacks and thoroughly implement the defensive counterattack style. If you can accumulate advantages in the first round, it would be fine if you use ugly defensive tactics in the second round. Even if Arsenal fans have been fond of Arsenal's previous gorgeous offense, they will not care about Wenger's occasional ugly performance, because Arsenal fans have been eager for a European champion for quite a long time! For a European champion, they can even give up everything!

What's more, before Wenger took over, Arsenal fans even adapted to the extremely ugly and rough football like Graham, let alone the occasional ugly now...

In any case, the first match was the top priority. This is how Wenger saw it and Jose saw it.

If there is no result of the first game, there is no way to talk about what to do in the second game.

Mallorca, for Wenger, this name is equivalent to a microcosm of all their losses in the European arena. When Mallorca rose, Wenger had already made outstanding results in Arsenal, but when he was close to the European championship, he was defeated by the unknown Mallorca. Then in the Champions League, Arsenal encountered Mallorca twice in a row. When he met for the first time, Mallorca's strength and fame were still not as good as Arsenal, but in the group stage, he first defeated Arsenal at home, and then tied Arsenal away. Then in the 2003-04 season, Mallorca and Arsenal met in the quarterfinals, but Mallorca defeated Arsenal one by one, eliminated Arsenal and entered the quarterfinals, and then won the honor of the triple-champion!

Although Wenger's three league titles won at Arsenal are no less than Jose's league titles, compared with two Champions League champions, one League Cup champion, two European Super Cup champions and two Toyota Cup champions, Wenger's European honor is as pitiful as a blank.

Sometimes Wenger looks at this guy and feels infinitely old... Whether he is forming a team or winning honors, he seems not as good as Jose, who is twenty-six years younger than him.

Even Wenger often feels regretful about all this, and now, this young man has become a barrier for Wenger to win the Champions League final, defeating this young man and winning the honor of being the first European champion in his coaching career!

***************************************

Before playing against Arsenal, Mallorca still has one league game to play - that is the 33rd round of the league, Mallorca plays Alaves at home, and Barcelona also plays Villarreal at home.

Because both teams have to play in the Champions League, these two games were played one day in advance. Mallorca and Barcelona both sent a large number of substitutes in the game, because for them, the next Champions League is also quite important - if it weren't for the seven-point gap between the two sides, Barcelona might not have been so careless...

Barcelona put most of the main players on the bench to rest, and Mallorca only sent two main players, Klose and goalkeeper Van der Sar, but the results were completely different - Barcelona was eventually tied by Villarreal at home, while Mallorca's substitutes performed quite well. Silva assisted two assists to help Klose and Van Persie score a goal each, defeating Alaves, who was fighting for relegation 2-1 at home, narrowing the gap with Barcelona to five points!

After this round of league, Jose expressed his ambitions even more during an interview.

"This season cannot be a failure for us, because we have won one championship and will strode towards the other two championships. The league has lost its suspense? It is impossible, look at the results after this game. There are five rounds left in the league, but we are only five points behind Barcelona. If Barcelona lose two more games or draw three games in the next game, we will be able to surpass them. Don't forget how we did in the past three seasons. We have never been ahead in the standings for a long time, but we can always laugh to the end. If Barcelona feels that their league championship has been won, then I will be very happy because this idea can make Mallorca's triple-champion closer and easier!"

Jose's interview after the game aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Barcelona media, because the Barcelona media, who had put the league championship trophy in his arms before, could not accept Jose's words at all. In their opinion, Barcelona must win an important championship this season. The difference is whether they can only win the league championship or win the double championship in the league and the Champions League...

You should know that last season, Barcelona entered the knockout round in the Champions League, and was overtaken and won the runner-up in the league. Mallorca also achieved such results in the 2001-02 season. Then they won the double and triple crowns one after another. In the opinion of Barcelona media, Barcelona also has a great opportunity to achieve such honors. And before winning the double crown, Mallorca won two league runners-ups in a row, and Barcelona is almost the same, one third and the other league runner-up. Now it is time to win the championship...

"History is history, and it cannot be copied casually. After Mallorca won two league runners-ups, he won the double and triple crowns. This does not mean that Barcelona can also replicate such achievements after winning one league third and one league runner-up... Otherwise, if the team wins two league runner-ups, can they win such honors again? It would be great if the football match is really that simple. Barcelona media thinks this way, I can only say that they are too naive. If the championship is not won, it cannot be considered yours. There are many examples of losing the championship at the last moment in history, and even we have lost the league championship at the last moment."

Jose continued to stimulate the nerves of the Barcelona media, but the Barcelona media chose to remain silent - because they could not refute Jose's words. Although their current situation was very good, they did not win any championship...

As for what Rijkaard thought, no one knows. I wonder if he regretted that he failed to send out the main players in this league so that Mallorca, who was almost killed before, got a chance to breathe again - six rounds of five points, is indeed nothing special. What's more, Mallorca has enough experience in winning the championship after the last few rounds of sprints. Among the players in Barcelona, ​​except for Ronaldo and Etoo who have experience in winning the La Liga championship, no one else has this experience...

But at this moment, Rijkaard can only focus on the Champions League matches. After playing the Champions League, he can only consider dealing with Mallorca and the league...

"Have he started to put pressure on Barcelona now? Is it to restrain Barcelona's attention in the league or to consume more in the Champions League? It's really hell, does he think he will definitely be able to meet Barcelona in the final? But if he really looks down on us Arsenal so much, we have more opportunities."

Wenger thought about it like this. Judging from the current situation, Jose's attention seems to be more focused on the league than the Champions League. Maybe he has absolute confidence in his team's performance in the Champions League. But no wonder Mallorca is obviously better at playing cup games this season. Whether it is the King's Cup or the Champions League, they encountered strong opponents all the way in the knockout round - Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Inter Milan... They defeated one strong player after another, and their performance in the league is ups and downs. In this case, it is normal for Jose to have enough confidence in the Champions League.

"Look at us, the more you look down on us, the better..." Wenger muttered in his heart.

{Piaotian Literature www.piaotian.com Thank you for your support, your support is our greatest motivation}
Chapter completed!