In fact, Jose's hints were also in the heart-to-heart talks between Roa and Franco. First of all, Roa took the initiative to find Jose and said that he wanted to talk to Franco. Although he performed well now, he himself knew that there was still a little difference compared to Franco now, so Jose agreed to his approach. Now it seems that the effect is good. After Roa and Franco talked with him, Franco seemed much more serious on the training ground. He no longer had the lazy or carelessness of training, but took every shot of his teammates seriously. After he did this, Jose's expression obviously improved when facing him.

However, in the next round of the league, Jose did not let Franco return to the main lineup immediately and continued to use Roa as the starting lineup. However, in the next round of the league, Mallorca watched Drogba's first goal score in the home game against La Coruña, but was headed by Tristan in front of Campo to equalize the score, and encountered two consecutive draws. Fortunately, the other teams were not in good condition. Mallorca continued to rank first in the group with fifteen points, but Celta and Valencia behind them had fourteen points, and Mallorca was far from at ease. []

Three days later, in the away game against Bruges, Jose only brought eighteen players to Belgium, including the young central defender Matthias who temporarily transferred from the second team to the first team. Although Matthias was not on the Mallorca Champions League roster, young players under the age of 21 can be transferred to participate in the Champions League at any time. This is also a measure taken by UEFA to encourage the team to train more young players.

He won the first place in the group two rounds ahead of schedule. The next two games have no meaning for Mallorca. However, Jose will not give up any of the next games at will for the winning prize. So in this game, Jose let Franco return to the main lineup, and at the same time let the young Matthias appear and partner with Campo as the central defender. The first time he appeared for Mallorca was to play in the Champions League. Mallorca also set a record for Mallorca...

"Don't be nervous, do you know?" Although I felt that this was a slightest bit of a 2b-like young player, because this 2b-like young player never seemed to be afraid of anyone, Jose still explained, and then he assigned a task to Mathias: "Bruges' number one shooter is Peruvian striker Andres Mendoza. This is a striker with good skills and impact. His speed is not slow. Maybe it's more difficult for you to keep a guard against him, but I hope you can make it impossible for him to perform to the greatest extent..."

Just after Jose finished speaking, Matthias shook his head: "Boss, don't worry, you have already shown me a lot of Mendoza's videos... I can definitely keep an eye on him so that he can't do anything. Although his speed is OK, he is more active in the penalty area. I don't need to pull out of the penalty area to defend him. Moreover, this player is a little afraid of physical confrontation. As soon as I go up and give him a ruthlessness, he dare not move... Such a striker is the best to deal with."

Jose was stunned for a moment, then looked at Matthias - the young man made a point, and Mendoza was such a striker, otherwise his skills would at least have a place in leagues like Portugal or Scotland, and would not have been in Europe for three or four years.

"This kid is a little brainy," Jose thought in his heart, and nodded: "Yes, you're right... But as long as Bruges wins this game, he may qualify in the group one round in advance, so their players will work hard in this game, and most of our main players will not play, and you can't take it lightly in the game, otherwise you will easily be scored by others... If you make a mistake in defense, you will stay in the youth team for the rest of the game this season."

"Then if I didn't make any mistakes, would there be any reward? Boss?" Matthias said with a smile. Jose found that this young man had a very smart mind under his nonsense appearance...

"If you don't make any mistakes, I will give you at least five starting opportunities in various games this season." Jose said generously, not stingy.

If Mattias performed well, Jose would not be stingy with this playing time. Anyway, the last game of the Champions League group stage can be used to train him, and the King's Cup game can also be used to train him. Even if the league is important and cannot train new players, these two games will give him five starting opportunities.

"Okay! Humph, I want to give that Mendoza no chance in this game!" After hearing this, Matthias's eyes shone and replied confidently: "The goal of the great Matthias is to block all the excellent strikers in the world! Mendoza is just an insignificant stone on my way forward... Hahahaha, Matthias's legendary road will start in this game!"

Jose looked helplessly at the mixed-race version of Sakuragi Hanado and shook his head.

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Mallorca's game is indeed not important, so Jose left all the main players such as Nadal and Ronaldo Albertini in Mallorca and did not bring them. He sent out a lineup that was mostly substitute - the goalkeeper replaced Roa. Although Franco had begun to perform seriously in training, Jose still chose to use this unimportant game to make him come back, and it was also a way to show his attitude - if you want to be the main player, give you the same opportunity as Roa before, and use your performance to prove that you are qualified to play the main player.

Campano and veteran Olesola serve as two full-backs, with Campo and Mattias partnering with midfielder Garcia partnering with Alonso, the two attacking midfielders are Kaka and Rufit, and the forwards partner are Torres and Guysa.

The offensive ability of this lineup is obviously much weaker. At least Gu Isa is now unable to compare with the three main strikers Torres Drogba Etoo from any angle. He is not too tall, his running speed is not very fast, and his scoring ability is not particularly strong. In terms of talent, he is far from being compared with the other three. In Jose's mind, he can only become a substitute on the front line.

In this game, Bruges showed strong fighting spirit because he had to win this game. He pressed wildly in the midfield and shot very decisively when he had the chance. He hoped to be able to play mostly as a substitute at home, Mallorca, who was caught off guard.

In theory, there is only one defensive player in the midfield. Although Alonso has good defensive ability, Pablo Garcia is actually the only one who defends for full-time defense. This also makes Bruges' offense easy to hit directly at the forward's feet through the midfield - Campo took on the heavy responsibility of scavengers, and Matthias's battle began now...

Bruges also knew that Matthias was a newcomer, so he naturally placed the breakthrough on this side of Matthias. They began to hit Mendoza directly at the feet of Mendoza and asked him to organize the attack.

When Mendoza first received a pass from his teammate, he was quite confident. Although the opponent was tall, he looked like a rash rookie rookie. Mendoza was confident that with his own speed and skills, he would definitely be able to deal with this newcomer well.

So after receiving the ball, he immediately launched a quick attack on Mallorca's penalty area, facing the defense line directly, breaking through the past was a one-on-one strike.

Mattias came up, Mendoza first lowered his left shoulder, then quickly pushed the ball to the right with his feet, and then broke through!

Matthias did take his moves for the first time. When Mendoza rushed past him, he turned halfway, which made Mendoza happy. This guy was indeed a rookie. He took his own fake moves so easily. As long as he saw this, he might be able to score a few more goals...

Just as he thought of this, he suddenly felt his body being hit hard, and then the whole world in front of him began to rotate. When he came to his senses, he was already lying on the ground...

In the eyes of others, when Mendoza was about to rush past Matthias, Matthias, who had only turned halfway, immediately turned sideways, then his shoulders tilted hard, hit Mendoza directly, and immediately knocked Mendoza down...

A huge boo sounded in the stands, and all the Bruges fans were shouting loudly, thinking that Matthias was a serious foul, but Matthias was unmoved and took two steps back. The referee's whistle sounded at this time. He punished Matthias for a foul, but did not show him a yellow card, but warned him - perhaps because the game started, the referee was unwilling to show the yellow card so early.

"I made money." Matthias thought to himself.

"Hey, Damian, don't move too much next time. Your defense will be affected after taking the yellow card." Campo reminded him, and Mattias nodded to Campo, indicating that he knew.

Mendoza climbed up from the lawn with difficulty. Matthias used his power just now, which made Mendoza's shoulders, who were not very physically tiring, still hurt a little - this made the Peruvian striker feel dissatisfied. This young boy is so active, so he should pay attention to it next time...

The free kick ended up creating no chance. The shot hit the wall and bounced back. Garcia cleared the ball with her big foot. The ball flew to the frontcourt and was rushed over by the opponent's defender.

Bruges launched an attack again. Mendoza took the initiative to retreat and asked for the ball, then dribbled the ball and continued to rush into the penalty area. Jose made a gesture on the field. Other defensive players in Mallorca began to pay attention to marking other Bruges offensive players, leaving Mendoza to Mathias.

Only in such a game can Jose seem so relaxed - even if Mendoza breaks through Matthias this time, Campo will make up for the position in time. He just wants to see how much Matthias can do.

Seeing Matthias approaching, Mendoza made another false move, but this time the breakthrough direction changed from the right to the left. After shaking Matthias' center of gravity, Mendoza began to accelerate the breakthrough!

This time he broke through more resolutely, but lost even worse - when Mathias broke through, he decisively turned around and accurately fell to the ground tackle and shoveled the ball directly!

Mendoza, who couldn't hold back, tripped on Mathias's feet, then flew out a meter away, and was dizzy when he fell. But Mathias quickly got up, chased the ball, and kicked the ball out with big feet!

"Beautiful defense, Damian!" Campano, who served as right back in this game, gave Matthias a thumbs up. Matthias smiled, and he was quite satisfied with his defense this time.

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