Chapter 22 This Feels Good
Chapter 22 This feeling is very good
Bilbao fans will not forget that when everyone was mocking Guerrero for giving up his high salary and signing a ten-year lifelong contract with Bilbao, Guerrero only said: "Bilbao has never introduced foreign players in history (not introduced non-Basque people), and is mainly trained by the second team. If everyone is famous and runs to other balls, then Bilbao will have no successor." Just because of such a sentence, it is enough to make Bilbao fans regard this captain who symbolizes loyalty and responsibility as the god in his heart!
Now, this new head coach of shit treats the eternal Golden Boy in their minds like this, the absolute captain, and the player's example... it is unbearable!
In this case, Guerrero once again showed his general demeanor. In an interview, the captain of Bilbao said: "The coach is the team's decision-maker, and we believe that everything he does is based on the overall situation. I must express my gratitude to the Bilbao people and thank them for their support and trust in me. I also believe that all Bilbao people will still support Athletic Bilbao for no reason!"
Sometimes, a person with enough prestige can calm all things in one sentence - now that's it.
So, when Mallorca came to Bilbao, Athletic Bilbao, which had already shown some signs of civil turmoil, had become calm and began to use the most united mentality to fight Mallorca, who performed well in the past three rounds.
"What a great player."
After learning all this, Jose murmured to himself. Of course, he also knew that in addition to Guerrero himself having enough prestige, the biggest reason for being able to calm all dissatisfaction is the tradition of Athletic Bilbao over the past century! Only players with Basque blood have suppressed Bilbao's possible development space, but this team has extraordinary unity! This unity is thicker than water, and there may be problems in the locker rooms of other clubs, but Bilbao will not - players who will have some dissatisfaction have probably already transferred and left. Those who are left are either loyal and strong, or those who do not have too many players who can make trouble. Therefore, it is not difficult for a coach to coach Bilbao. Just use these players well.
"But no matter what, we still have to take a victory from here." Jose said to himself - he knew that Athletic Bilbao was not easy to play, but their outstanding ones were only offensive players. Although they were bloody in defense, their strength was still a little worse than the offensive line with Urses, Echeberia and Guerrero.
Teams like Mallorca that are actually afraid of teams that are also defending against Valencia. On the contrary, those teams that are very open-minded in offense are not afraid - so when facing Valencia and Real Sociedad, they win relatively easily, but they play very hard against Numancia, who is less powerful. This is because Numancia is also a defensive counterattack team.
February 13th, San Mames Stadium!
The San Mames Stadium, which can accommodate 40,000 people, is full. Spain's stadium has a characteristic, that is, it often symbolizes that the stadiums in a large area are not small. Needless to say, the Camp Nou and Bernabeu, stadiums such as Mestalia have a capacity of around 50,000 people. Even Mallorca, a mid-range team that only represents the population of more than one million in the Balearic Islands, has a capacity of more than 20,000 people. Don't think that 20,000 people are very small. You should know that many stadiums in England only have 20,000 to 30,000 people. Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, and Liverpool are only about 40,000 people.
Although the stadiums in Italy are often very large, this has a lot to do with their previous Olympics. Rome, Milan, Turin and Naples have 70,000 to 80,000 people in the stadium. However, due to economic recession and other factors, their home occupancy rate is not high, at least not comparable to England, Spain, and Germany.
Among these 40,000 people, the fanatical Athletic Bilbao fans accounted for at least 39,000. The fans of Mallorca were not used to coming from afar to watch the game away. This time, there were only fans with less than a thousand people. Amid the shouts of Athletic Bilbao fans, they were squeezed into a small square formation, like a wave in the sea, and they could not be seen if they were not careful.
However, Mallorca's players have become accustomed to this point. At least there is a benefit of being a veteran, that is, they will not be easily shaken by the away atmosphere - and the young people in the frontcourt have long wanted to teach the guys on the other side a lesson because of this atmosphere, so that the shouts in the stands can be quieted down.
Jose's starting lineup has not changed. It's not that he doesn't want to rotate, but that he doesn't need to rotate. The most important thing in the league is stability, rather than using surprises. What's more, with the old guys Mallorca now bringing a group of two poles, Jose can't use any surprises.
But, anyway, Tristan is in good shape recently, and Mallorca's current tactics are very suitable for him. Even if he is smashed by himself, Jose is confident that he will break the door of any team!
"When we play away, few people often come to support us... But this is not bad, isn't it? It makes the home team stand silent and also very happy... Diego, remember the feeling of the whole B of the Mallorca team last season, when you broke through the Real Madrid team B's goal, the whole B's feeling... Do you remember?" Jose said in the locker room.
"Of course I remember, haha!" Tristan laughed. It was the most glorious moment he had been with Mallorca B team for a year and a half - breaking through Real Madrid's door! Even if it was just a B team.
"How did you feel at that time? I remember the whole Bernabeu was quiet at that time..." Jose added appropriately.
"It feels so good! It's even more fun than a little girl!" Tristan smiled a little - the other Mallorca players couldn't help laughing at the same time.
Happy laughter echoed in the locker room, and a group of Mallorca players seemed to have turned into jackals at this time, and they all laughed lewdly.
When the players were almost laughing, Jose waved his hand suddenly and shouted: "Okay, let the group of girls make ecstasy moans!"
The laughter in the locker room became even louder, and then Natal opened the door to the locker room and rushed out of the locker room with the laughter, including the players of Mallorca!
Seeing the players rush out of the locker room, Jose waved the smile on his face and slowly walked out of the locker room door.
Young coaches naturally have the benefits of young coaches - if you change to an older coach, you will definitely not be able to make such vulgar jokes with the players - but sometimes, these kinds of jokes can easily bring them closer together.
When the players of both sides entered the court, the players of Athletic Bilbao immediately launched an attack amid the shouts of nearly 40,000 fans on the scene, while the players of Mallorca were not afraid and intercepted from the midfield and fought fiercely with the opponent on the court!
Urses was entangled by Nino. Although Urses is a member of the Spanish national team, he is not young anymore. At the age of 29, he is no longer as powerful as before. Last season, he scored 16 league goals in more than 30 league games, and so far the number of goals this season has been only three - Nino, who is three years younger than him, has entangled him with the help of his strength.
Echeberia on the wing was followed by Mallorca's left-back Oleso. Although Olesola is already thirty years old, at least at this time, his physical strength is fine, and he can still do it for the time being.
As for Guerrero, he was under the control of the midfielder Soler.
After staring at Bilbao's three most threatening attackers with human-to-human gaze, Mallorca launched an attack. Ngongjia, who had no worries, began to be in a higher position, constantly creating opportunities for both wings through the ball. Stankovic and Ibagasa on both wings began to break through frequently, creating opportunities for Tristan in the middle!
Jose's judgment was not wrong. Although Mallorca's offensive tactics are very simple, without a fast full-back and an excellent central defender, this offense poses a great threat to the opponent's defense!
Bilbao's offense is not a big threat under Mallorca's effective defense, but Athletic Bilbao does not have enough effective means to stop Mallorca's offense - this is the difference between the two!
It is only a matter of time to have an advantage overall, and sometimes it is only a matter of time to gain a leading advantage.
In the 22nd minute, after a continuous attack, Mallorca finally took the lead!
It was Ibagasa's cross after forcibly breaking through on the right, and Tristan rushed to the ball in the penalty area like a god descending to earth!
Strength! Deterrence! Tristan's characteristics seem so fierce and unstoppable under such an offensive method!
The young goalkeeper of Bilbao, 24-year-old Inagi Lafuent, had only time to wave his hand, and the ball flew into the Athletic Bilbao quickly!
As Husse said, when Tristan pushed the ball into the Athletic Bilbao goal, the entire San Mames Stadium instantly changed from noisy to silent, leaving only a few hundred Mallorca fans cheering!
Tristan jumped up and let out a loud roar, then hugged his teammates who were swarming in!
That’s right, this feeling is really cool! The moment the goal was scored, the whole stadium was silent... This pleasure was no longer under the pleasure brought by the cheers of the fans like a tsunami after scoring at home!
Chapter completed!