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Chapter 183: Upstarts and Traditional Forces

Drogba was extremely excited after scoring the goal - although he scored the first official game in Mallorca, he almost didn't get any chance to play in the next half season. Although Drogba knew in his heart that Jose was for his own good, a professional player was about to rust if he didn't play games for a long time...

Now that the substitute came out and scored, Drogba was naturally extremely excited, especially in the process of fighting for the top, he almost did not deliberately observe the goal position, but accurately topped the ball within the goal range - which made him deeply feel that the hard training over the past six months has indeed been quite effective!

This feeling can even bring greater pleasure to Drogba than scoring a goal.

I am not a center who can only work as coolies in the frontcourt, but also a center who can score goals!

There is a big difference between a coolie center and a goal center. Although many teams of Cooley centers are indispensable, their importance is definitely not as great as a center who can score goals, and their personal treatment is far from the same.

Originally, Drogba was a coolie-type center, which can be seen from his game data at Le Mans - he only scored seven goals in more than 50 games, and this efficiency is comparable to Husky, who was complained about by English fans in later generations. However, if he was enlightened and could continue to score goals, his value would be great - Drogba in later generations was like this at Chelsea, and he could serve as a tactical fulcrum and score goals. One person could do two jobs, which was awesome.

Jose just wants Drogba to become better than in the future. At that time, Drogba and Etoo's forward partner, Ronaldo's elf dance steps behind him, and this kind of trident... Tsk tsk, it makes people drool when they think of it.

The final result of this game was four to zero. Mallorca achieved the most brilliant away victory of the season away game, scoring seven goals and one goal in two games without losing. After two poor forms in the early stages, Mallorca began a strong return!

Alaves is Mallorca's biggest miser in the past few seasons. He was double-killed by Mallorca last season and lost four in each game. This season he was double-killed by Mallorca and lost four goals again at home - so much so that the team later saw Mallorca, which is a psychological shadow. Of course, this is a story later.

In this round of game, Real Madrid's performance began to fluctuate. After being tied in the last round, they encountered a draw again in this game. Betis tied 1-1 at home. Mallorca took the opportunity to win back the first place in the standings with a two-point advantage, and at the same time put the gap in the third and fourth place by five points!

"Mallorca always performs well when facing important games, which is also a kind of temperament of this team. They have won a complete victory against two third-ranked teams in two consecutive games! This result proves that Mallorca has lost its dark horse quality and has begun to become a well-deserved strong team! Although they are still a little unstable, this proves that they still have great potential to explore!"

"Before meeting Mallorca, Bilbao was third, and now their ranking dropped to seventh. Before meeting Mallorca, Alaves was third, and now their ranking dropped to sixth. Mallorca has defeated two teams that were previously ranked third in a row, and their next league opponent is Celta. Interestingly, Celta's current points are the same as La Coruna, with 37 points, but because of the advantage of goal difference, they are also ranked third! Will Mallorca still beat them happily at home? If they can continue to win, maybe we will call this team the 'third killer'..."

Perhaps it was a coincidence that Mallorca encountered the third-ranked teams in succession. It was because of the bodies of Athletic Bilbao and Alaves that Mallorca once again ranked first in the standings. In this case, they met Celta, who is now ranked third.

Celta's performance in the early stage was not good last season. After winning in the first few rounds, they began to quickly slide down the abyss. They ranked 16th in the mid-range league for five consecutive rounds, and once failed to win ten rounds, only one step away from the relegation zone. The 22nd round began a strong rebound. Five consecutive victories and ten unbeaten games allowed them to return to the European arena. In the second half of the game, they defeated Real Madrid, La Coruña and Valencia respectively, and tied Barcelona. This series of brilliant victories made them finally ranked sixth in the league and entered the league cup. However, in the second half of the game, although they only lost two games, one of them lost to Mallorca. They were double-killed by Mallorca throughout the season, which also made Celta quite unconvinced.

Since the beginning of this season, Celta has lost its decline last season and has been stable in the top six. Hesouri and Catania's forward partner, Calp, Mostovoi and the newly introduced French young player Lusin have made their offensive firepower no less than any strong team. In fact, they have also introduced a heavyweight player this summer, that is, the legendary AC Milan midfielder Croatian Boban, but now Boban is on the verge of retirement. He has only played four times after joining Celta, and basically cannot get the main position.

"It's really a famous player since ancient times, and he's not allowed to see white hair in the world." Jose was also a little moved. After all, Boban was one of the stars who left him with beautiful memories.

However, according to the fact that Eastern European players' status has dropped significantly as soon as they are over thirty years old, Boban is indeed on the verge of retirement. He is almost thirty-four years old. Perhaps for some players, this is not an age to run, but Boban's status has indeed declined very significantly.

"It seems that there is no need to pay attention to him in this game." Jose thought to himself: "It's Celta's offensive line, Hesouri, Catania, Gustavolopez, Calpin, Mostovoi... I need to pay attention."

Celta's outstanding performance this season. In addition to their own good offensive players, there is another person that is also very important, that is, their French midfielder Lusin. This black midfielder shined in the World Youth Championship last summer. However, his position in the French youth team was as an attacking midfielder. After transferring to Celta, he began to play as a midfielder. His abundant physical strength, strong body and foot skills trained in the attacking midfield position make Celta's midfield stronger.

"Well, theoretically speaking, the six of them in the frontcourt are offensive players, and Velasco and Juan Fran are both full-backs with strong offensive capabilities. This may be an opportunity to take advantage of."

Jose thought to himself that Celta is definitely not as easy to deal with as Bilbao and Alaves. Jose can see the shortcomings of Bilbao and Alaves at a glance. As long as the right medicine is prescribed and the outstanding performance of Mallorca players, winning is not too difficult.

However, Celta's offensive and running ability is better than Alaves, and its overall collaboration is better than Bilbao. Celta has been a force that cannot be ignored in the La Liga since the 1990s. Unlike ordinary La Liga mid- and lower-level teams who meet teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​Celta is not afraid of Real Madrid and Barcelona at all. You should know that in the 1990s, those who competed with Real Madrid and Barcelona were not the current Valencia and La Coruña, but Celta and Atletico Madrid. Now Atletico Madrid is struggling in the Spanish Second Division, Celta's performance is also overshadowed by teams like Valencia and La Coruña. However, they will not be stage frightened when facing any team psychologically.

Compared with Celta, Mallorca can only be regarded as a newcomer in La Liga.

"The world belongs to you and ours, but it is ours in the final analysis, because we are the sun at ** o'clock in the morning..."

Although we know that Celta is not easy to deal with, Jose still has great confidence in winning this game. Mallorca is an emerging force, but Celta has also begun to decline. Vigo, where Celta is located, is one of the seven cities in the Galician region. Although Galicians are the second largest ethnic minority in Spain, with a population second only to Catalans and more than the Basques, the economy of the Galician Autonomous Region is not very good. The main sources of economic resources are fishing and traditional agriculture. In modern society, this economic composition means a decrease in average income. This is also why the two representative teams in the Galician region have become worse and worse after entering the 21st century. Without the economic strength of the region as the basis, the team's glory can only be temporary.

Just as why the Serie A gradually fell from the World Cup in the No. 1 World Cup in the world to the No. 4 European League within ten years, and was even about to be surpassed by the Ligue 1 and the Portuguese League, it is because of the overall downturn in Italy's economy and the xenophobia of local forces in the past ten years. The local wealthy Italians are not interested in spending too much money on football and cannot enter foreign capital. Naturally, they cannot defeat the Premier League with foreign capital, Spain, which relies on local members to support and the Bundesliga, which operates healthy finance. In the final analysis, modern football is also a money-burning sport. It is feasible for a club to rely entirely on football to make profits, but it is almost impossible for the entire league or the entire football circle.

It is not a club without profits, but these profitable clubs are profitable by relying on a large amount of deficits from other clubs. Overall, football is still a sport that only rich people can play.

Regarding development prospects, Jose is confident that Mallorca will surpass most La Liga teams. After all, the large-scale development of Mallorca and the vigorous development of tourism have allowed Mallorca and even the Balearic Autonomous Region to rank among the top in Spain. This is the general trend.

However, the centipede worm died without being stiff. Celta still has excellent strength now. If you want to defeat them, Jose needs to make more efforts.

"Celta's three forwards are all agile and fast forwards, so we can't pull out and play with them in this game, otherwise we will let them play the best part... Play safely in this game, pay attention to protection in the back line, don't be beaten behind them, two full-backs can only go up one assist at a time, hit their two wings, grab the gap after their fullbacks come forward and assist, pay attention to counter-attack as soon as possible after losing the ball in the frontcourt... Do you understand?"

"I understand!" Mallorca's players answered in unison.
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