Updated: 2012-11-25

The friendly match with Dortmund ended with a four-to-one victory in Mallorca, but the final result of this game was a disagreement. The unlucky Van Persie suffered a shin injury before the season started and had to rest for at least two months. This also means that Mallorca will only have two forwards to cope with the next game at the beginning of the season...

Jose has a headache about this. Although there may not be too many forwards in his tactics, the double forwards will still be Mallorca's main feature to a large extent. After all, Mallorca has been insisting on double forwards in the past five years. If the sudden change of tactics is likely to have a great impact. Now the two main forwards are still there, but none of them are left. In any case, this situation is definitely not good. No team can conquer the world with just two forwards. Moreover, the two main forwards have just played in the World Cup and performed well, one scored five goals and the other scored three goals. What if there is World Cup syndrome?

So no matter what, Jose seems to be looking for a substitute striker now. Now Jose has a little regret to loan both Gu Isa and Negredo. You can't let these two strikers play for the whole season, right? The main reason is that Van Persie is getting more and more fragile now. She was injured in the first two seasons. This season is so good, she was injured at the beginning...

However, it is not that easy to find a substitute forward. Mallorca's average substitute forward is not as fond of, and a too outstanding substitute forward is also easy to grab a position. So Jose is not in a hurry to find a forward in the transfer market. He would rather use two main forwards to take the lead for a while than buy an inappropriate forward casually...

The days ahead pass quickly. Mallorca's combination of tactical training and physical training is waiting for the arrival of the Super Cup. Before the start of the Super Cup, the Spanish national team had a friendly match against the Icelandic national team. Mallorca's three internationals were selected again, which also means that neither Mathias, Alonso nor Torres will be able to participate in the first leg of the Super Cup, and Jose will not play these main players who just played a friendly match two days ago. This will risk being injured for them.

So this will also be a good opportunity for the opponents of Espanyol in the Super Cup.

In this game, Jose sent a single forward lineup - Klose broke forward with one man, Puerta, Silva, Senna, Barack and Kaka as midfielder on both wings, and Pepe and Mex were the central defender on the back line. The captain wore an armband on Kaka's arm. After all, among these players, his qualification is the oldest...

The strength of this lineup is not bad at all, but it is not tacit enough in cooperation. Espanyol has also gained a lot in the transfer market this season. Rufit, who once played for Mallorca, joined Espanyol after termination of the contract with Valencia. His existence has increased Espanyol's midfield strength a lot.

In this game, Mallorca's midfield and backcourt cooperation was not particularly tacit, which also caused a lot of trouble in their offense. However, Mallorca still mastered the game's move. After Klozela in the first half, he passed the ball to Kaka. Kaka passed the ball diagonally on the other side. After Silva caught the ball, he broke into the penalty area and pushed the shot from the far corner to score the only goal in the game. Mallorca defeated Espanyol 1-0 away and took the lead in two rounds. However, shortly after the start of the second half, Pepe took two yellow cards in a row because of his excessive movements, which also made Mallorca passive in the second half. However, at this time Jose transferred Barack to the position of the defense and successfully maintained the lead to the end.

After the game, Jose praised Barack for his comprehensiveness and believed that Barack's introduction was the most good addition Mallorca has made this season. When reporters asked that Mallorca now has only one forward and Torres has only two forwards after he returns. Jose is preparing to solve this problem, Jose replied that Van Persie will come back soon, and Mallorca has proved in this game that even if he plays a single forward, he can achieve excellent results. Mallorca has many powerful players, and occasional injuries will not be the reason to hinder Mallorca's progress...

After Jose said this, naturally no one dared to question it. After all, his status is now there. The most important thing is that Jose once won the La Liga championship with no striker when no striker was injured. With Mallorca's midfielder now, Jose can really do this. Now Iniesta has not fully recovered from injury. When Iniesta recovers from injury, Silva on the left and Iniesta on the right, even if there is only one center in the middle, this offensive lineup is also top-notch. After all, Iniesta has shown his ability before, and Silva has proved himself to be a top player last season...

After playing this game, Mallorca's three Spanish internationals finally returned. In the second Spanish Super Cup three days later, Jose made a certain adjustment to the lineup again. Pinto started, Mathias returned to the main lineup and Mex to form the central defender, but both fullbacks were rotated. Neither Macon nor Ram appeared, and Puerta and Campano replaced them...

It would be fine if Campano replaced Macon, after all, Campano has always been Macon's substitute and can get more than ten games every season. However, Puerta... he is a winger...

However, when thinking about where Ram used to play, everyone felt relieved. When Romero announced his retirement, many people were thinking that Ram was injured or suspended, and who should be the left back of Mallorca be in the position of the left back. Now Jose has given the answer.

In the midfield, Senna, Alonso, Barack, Kaka, and the forwards are the partners of Torres and Klose. This frontcourt combination is generally considered to be Mallorca's main frontcourt combination this season, focusing to a greater extent on the attack in the middle, and the wings are left to two full-backs with strong assist capabilities. Mallorca's midfield advantage will be more obvious.

The final result of this game also proves the strength of this lineup.

The first leg was just a small loss at home, which gave Espanyol hope of winning away. However, at the beginning of the game, they suffered a huge blow...

From the beginning of the game, Mallorca began to attack fiercely based on the midfield. With strong control in the midfield, Mallorca's attack suppressed Espanyol from the beginning!

After continuous passes, Torres, who was pulled to the side, received Kaka's pass and shook beautifully. He deceived the opponent's defender Sanchez and made a cross. Barack, who was inserted in the back, jumped high in the penalty area, and defeated the opponent's central defender and headed the ball. The opponent's goalkeeper could not save it, and the ball entered the net as soon as possible!

Barack scored his first official goal after joining Mallorca!

The entire Conch Stadium burst into loud cheers at the same time. Barack opened his arms and ran down the stands, accepting the cheers of the fans. Perhaps the Conch Stadium is still a little worse than the Allianz Stadium, but it is not much inferior. The fans here are also very enthusiastic, and there are many teammates of the national team here...

Looking at Klose running towards him on the court and Ram who rushed out to celebrate from the court, Barack laughed. He now began to think that joining Mallorca is a very good thing. At least if he joins Chelsea, there will be no teammates of the German national team in the team, and he will face more strangers...

Jose also slapped off the court. The most obvious change in such a lineup is that it has been greatly enhanced in the midfield's forward ability. Alonso himself has good forward ability, but his range of activity is only in the midfield. Barack's range of activity is much larger than Alonso. He is a player who can play from the opponent's penalty area to the penalty area. When Mallorca's forwards receive more attention, his forward can make people more unbearable.

What's more, with Barack, Mallorca's chances of scoring in set pieces are even greater - Jose has seen more than once see Barack heading the ball in the opponent's penalty area when he got a set piece in the frontcourt. He is tall, has excellent bounce ability, and is not bad at point grabbing. With him on the court, he has another scoring weapon.

After the first record, Mallorca's offense began to play even more fiercely. In the 12th minute, Mallorca expanded the score - Klose received the ball in the frontcourt and passed it straight, Campano, who was forward, forced to break through the bottom, then he dribbled the ball to the bottom line and then rolled the ball into the penalty area. Torres's running involved. Kaka, who was inserted into the penalty area, received the ball and pushed the ball into the far corner and scored, 2-0!

It took only twelve minutes to score two goals, and the cheers in the stands were like the sky and the earth were broken. In their opinion, Mallorca is indeed too powerful now, especially after Barack joined, this midfielder is gorgeous and comparable to Barcelona, ​​and is tough and tough as Chelsea. It is simply amazing...

However, Mallorca is indeed quite good now, especially when facing opponents of Espanyol. After gaining the advantage of two goals, they firmly controlled the situation on the court. The game was as smooth as the pace, giving Espanyol not much chance of getting the ball. When the first half ended, in terms of statistics, Mallorca's ball possession ratio reached 81%, and Espanyol's ball possession rate was only a pitiful 19%...

Leading the score and leading the scene, this game can only show that both sides are not of the same level. If Mallorca had not relaxed the rhythm of the offensive after taking a two-goal lead, then the first half might have been able to make Espanyol a sieve.

The pass success rate of up to 90% also made Mallorca's midfield run so well. After the start of the second half, Jose continued to deploy troops and replaced Kaka with Silva, making the midfield more flexible.

Silva scored a wonderful goal as soon as he came on the court. When the 61st minute of the game, Campano stepped forward and assisted again. This time, Barack passed the ball beautifully in front of him. After Campano received the ball, he immediately made a cross. The involvement of the two forwards in the middle attracted the attention of Espanyol players. Silva flew up at the back point and flew sideways to the air barbs against the falling ball, hitting the ball beautifully into the far corner!

This wonderful goal completely ignited the enthusiasm of the fans. Their shouts continued until the end of the game. Mallorca defeated Espanyol three-to-zero at home and won the first championship of the season with a total score of four-to-zero in two rounds!

"Did you see that the runner-up professionals came to our team and started to win the championship..." Many Mallorca fans said proudly after the game.
Chapter completed!