Chapter 174: Strong Team Mallorca
When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, Bayern fans at the entire Munich Olympic Stadium could hardly believe their eyes, and even most of the commentators were stunned...
Although everyone had already vaguely felt that a record would be broken before the final whistle sounded, when this record was really broken in front of everyone, it still brought a huge impact to everyone!
The three-year record of unbeaten at home in the Champions League symbolizes Bayern's nearly invincible existence in the European arena in recent years. The glory of unbeaten 25 consecutive games collapsed completely at this moment!
It was not Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid that ended Bayern's unbeaten record at home, not Manchester United, not Barcelona, not Real Madrid, not all the top teams and giants they have encountered at home in the past three years, but Mallorca, who participated in the Champions League for the first time this season!
A small club from a remote island overturned the arrogant Bundesliga overlord!
In the past three seasons, Bayern entered the final once, lost to the most incredible big comeback in the history of the Champions League, entered the semi-finals, and was unexpectedly eliminated by Real Madrid from the Champions League finals in two rounds of the group stage and scored four goals at home and away games by Real Madrid, winning the Champions League once... The achievements in these three years, from the entire 1990s to now, are only Juventus from 95 to 98, and Real Madrid from 98 to 00 in the three years can be compared with Bayern. Although the performance this season is slightly worse, the record of unbeaten at home in the Champions League has been maintained. However, in this game, Mallorca broke the record that has lasted for three years!
Bayern fans looked at the Mallorca players celebrating on the court with incredible eyes. For them, this game was simply a nightmare, and for Mallorca, this game was an extremely beautiful dream!
"It's really awesome."
Heathfield looked at Jose who was hugging and cheering with the Mallorca players and shook his head. Although the passiveness in the second half was due to his own tactical adjustment mistakes, he was able to accurately grasp the flaws exposed in the tactical changes and then win through targeted tactics. This vision and adjustment ability are enough to prove Jose's excellence.
"If he can form a strong enough team within a few years... maybe this Mallorca will bring a big shock to the whole of Europe!"
At this moment, Heathfield felt that he was really old - maybe Beckenbauer and the others were right, and he was no longer suitable to lead Bayern forward...
Jose, immersed in joy, naturally didn't know that his performance made a famous coach want to withdraw from his coaching career in a front-line wealthy family. All he knew was that although it was only the first game, after winning this game, Mallorca's path forward was bright!
Bayern has lost at their feet. Can Nantes and Boavesta still block their way forward? No!
What made Jose even more happy was that Mallorca finally played a beautiful away game, both in the process and the result were extremely satisfactory. Taking this game as an opportunity, Mallorca might be able to directly change the negative impact of the home dragon and away game bugs!
We even beat Bayern away - why can't we play better in other games?
This is the idea that Jose has been infusing with Mallorca’s players since this game.
There is no doubt that in addition to bringing a boost to Mallorca's reputation, this victory also brought a great improvement in temperament to Mallorca himself.
Although this is not the first time they have defeated strong teams and giants, beating strong teams in La Liga is different from beating the giants in European courts. No matter how outstanding the giants in La Liga is, they have to play 38 games in a season. Losing to mid- and lower-level teams is not a rare thing at all. In the European court, the strong teams that Mallorca has defeated before are nothing more than Arsenal. Although Arsenal has achieved great results in the Premier League in recent years,
However, they still lack some competitiveness in the European arena. After the Champions League reorganization, they have not been able to enter even a knockout stage game, but Bayern is different. Four Champions League winners, last season's Champions League champion, and the top Bundesliga giants... All of this is enough to prove how outstanding Bayern is. To defeat such a team, the dark horse quality on Mallorca began to fade away, and replaced by a strong team temperament!
Although this temperament is not obvious, it is enough to transform Mallorca and plant a seed to become a wealthy family.
What Jose needs to do now is to let the seed germinate and grow slowly, and eventually become a towering tree!
Obviously, the tree Mallorca grew a little too fast.
After returning to Mallorca, Mallorca immediately ushered in the 14th round of the league. Those who arranged this round of league probably wouldn't have thought that this game should be a very ordinary league game, and it actually became the focus of this round...
Thirteen rounds of the league have passed, Mallorca has won eight wins, two draws and three losses, and 26 points, and La Coruña has won eight wins, two draws and three losses, occupying the top two seats. Among the other three giants, Barcelona and Valencia have both ranked fourth and fifth in 23 points, and Real Madrid has only 19 points in eighth in eighth. Alaves ranked third, and Betis and Athletic Bilbao are ranked sixth and seventh...
What is even more unexpected is that Mallorca completed a refreshing victory in the face of La Coruna!
Luke scored twice in the eighth minute and the 29th minute of the first half. Ronaldo scored another goal in the second half. Campano, who came on the bench, also scored a goal in the 80th minute!
La Coruna only scored a goal by Uruguayan scorer Pandiani in the 29th minute. Makai and Tristan, two top strikers, had no chance under Mallorca's excellent defense...
In the words of Spanish media, it is "all played a fierce Champions League match in the middle of the week, and they all defeated a strong team (Mallorca won Bayern away, and La Coruna defeated Arsenal two goals at home), but Mallorca's performance is still amazing, and La Coruna's performance seems to be asleep on the court..."
The surprising side of this top-ranking battle made everyone feel a little numb, so that the Spanish media never said that Mallorca had another surprising victory, but naturally thought that Mallorca's victory in this game was completely expected because they are really strong now...
"Since they say we are a strong team, then we should also show a bit of the style of a strong team."
Jose smiled and told all the players on the training ground that because of the next second round of the Spanish Cup of Rey, he will send a lineup composed of all substitutes to deal with his opponents in the Cup of Rey...
Because he is the defending champion of the Cup of del Rey, Mallorca does not need to play the first round of the game. The Cup of del Rey this season has been reformed. In fact, time has been moved a little. Because of the World Cup, the Cup of del Rey will be held in the middle of the season, that is, it will be completed within this period of time without the Champions League, including the finals, and the Champions League knockout stage will be completed before the start of the Champions League knockout stage...
Mallorca's opponent in the second round was Lida, the Spanish Second Division team. He originally planned to use a substitute to deal with the King's Cup. This is just a joke and a cheerful look...
Goalkeeper Mickey, defenders Campano, Nino, Gamara, Olesola, midfielder Marcos, Pablo Garcia, Ngonga, Novo, forward Krasnic and Drogba, this is the starting lineup of Mallorca in this game.
Although they are all substitutes, Campano, Gamara, Pablo Garcia, Krasnic and Novo are all players who often appear in the league and the Champions League. This strength is naturally not comparable to that of a team like Lida.
Novo performed well in the game, assisting Krasnic and Pablo Garcia twice to score, and he scored a goal in the second half to secure the victory. However, Drogba's performance was a bit bad. Although he played for 90 minutes on the court and got a lot of shooting opportunities, he basically failed to score the ball. After so long away from the court, Drogba's game felt a little unfamiliar.
Jose didn't care much about this. Drogba is now like he is learning how to play again. Of course, there will be a process of adaptation. As long as he continues to persevere, there will be no less chances of shining on the court.
However, the long-term lack of competition training is also a problem. After thinking about it, Jose decided to give Drogba more opportunities.
"Didir, I have to say that you need a game now, but Mallorca will not have too many games for you to play now... I thought of a way, but you need to get your consent." After the game, Jose found Drogba and said to him.
Drogba, who was depressed because of his bad expression, was overjoyed and asked what was the solution.
Then he heard Jose say, "From today, you go to the second team to participate in the competition."
"Team 2?" Drogba was stunned.
"That's right, the second team also has the Spanish Second Division to play. The opponents faced there are worse than those in La Liga and the Champions League, which just gives you an adaptable environment. In addition to you, Roa will also play in the second team for a while. Now the second team's performance is not very good. You can help them after you go, and at the same time you can quickly adapt to the atmosphere of the game. I still signed up for you in the Champions League game and can come back at any time... There is still one month before the start of the second half of the season. I hope to see a better Drogba in a month... Didier, tell me, can you do it?" Jose said in his eyes.
At first, when he heard Jose say he wanted to play the second team, Drogba was quite unhappy, but then he thought about it - the second team is also the Spanish Second Division, which is about the same level as the French Second Division he played before. Now the team's game task is very heavy, so it is naturally impossible to use formal games to regain the rhythm of the game. It is okay to play the Spanish Second Division with a lower level. You can also test how much progress your training has made during this period. What's more, Jose said it very clearly that going to the second team is only temporary. As long as he performs well in the second half of the season, he can still enter the first team and play his own role in the Champions League and the league.
Since you don't have the chance to prove your ability in the first team now, it's good to go to the second team. At least Drogba believes that this young coach who specializes in bringing himself to Spain from France will not let himself fend for himself like this. It's just that Mallorca's performance this season is too good to give him enough training opportunities. Even so, Jose did not give up on him, but created more training opportunities for him...
"No problem, boss, I promise you that in a month, you will see another different Drogba!" Drogba looked at Jose and said seriously.
Chapter completed!