Chapter 291 Who is the King of La Liga
When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, the Bernabeu became a place for more than 10,000 Mallorca fans to celebrate. More than 70,000 Real Madrid fans looked at the stadium in disbelief and could not believe their eyes at all.
They were confident that Real Madrid could beat Mallorca at home and would win both the league and the Champions League in one go, but this confidence was shattered in the first game!
Losing one-to-two at home - everyone knows what this means in two rounds of games. Mallorca has never lost at home since Jose took office. Even if they lost zero-to-one at home in the second round, they can eliminate Real Madrid and enter the finals of the Champions League!
Mallorca players celebrated excitedly, especially Etoo, who celebrated even more crazily. When he left Real Madrid, he might not have thought that he would one day score twice in an important game like the Champions League semi-finals to help Mallorca defeat Real Madrid!
What Jose values is not just this victory.
When he finished the game, he saw deep fatigue on the faces of Real Madrid players. He knew that in the next game, Mallorca's strategic advantages were unshakable!
"Let's go, let's celebrate after we go back... Only one-third of this game has passed." After the players vented their inner ecstasy, Jose clapped his hands and said loudly.
Unlike Jose's calm performance, Karin, who watched a game carefully from beginning to end for the first time, was extremely happy. She shouted twice to win excitedly, and then praised Jose loudly: "Wow, he is really amazing. I heard that Real Madrid is the best team in the world, and he can win. It's so amazing!"
Ferming wanted to say, "Real Madrid may not be the best team in the world", but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words back because for a person who watched the game for the first time, you can't explain that the best team in the world will also lose.
However, Ferming was still very happy about Mallorca's away defeat to Real Madrid. He naturally knew how important the victory in this game was for Mallorca. Not only did he really gain an advantage in the two rounds of the game, but he also established a huge psychological advantage. So far, Mallorca has won both games this season. When Real Madrid faces Mallorca again, they will definitely have a huge psychological burden!
After the game, the entire Mallorca team did not return to Mallorca, but stayed directly in a local hotel in Madrid, waiting for the league four days later. Alemane felt a little distressed about this. After all, such a large group of people stayed in the best hotel in Madrid, and the expenses were quite large. However, Jose knew clearly that this kind of money could not be saved, so that the players could rest well and play better results would mean huge gains in the Champions League.
A season of investment will determine whether the reward will be good this week. Saving money at this time is really a big deal.
Alemani is not unaware of this, but now the stadium has started formal construction, and the cash is spent like flowing water. The money spent every day is a considerable number, which makes Alemani, who has been accustomed to calculating in a frugal manner, feels a little distressed.
Alemani feels that since his son started to take charge of Mallorca, the whole style of Mallorca has begun to change. In the past, Mallorca saved every little money that could be saved, so that every season could be guaranteed to make a profit, but at most tens of millions of dollars a year, but now, Mallorca has started to make a big splash. However, through transfers and other things, the annual expenditure has increased a lot, but the income has increased more than before...
Spend a lot of money to make a lot of money? My son is really promising. Alemani thought to himself.
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Because he defeated Real Madrid away, even though he continued to stay in Madrid for four days, the players of Mallorca were not bored at all. They were looking forward to the next game and even more looking forward to the final home game!
In their eyes, after these two games, they can also establish a brilliant situation for this season!
"I think the same as you, we have now gained a great advantage, especially in the overall strategy. However, the strategic advantage does not mean that we will definitely win. Tactical we still have to play the remaining games carefully! The next game is not a game we can win after walking on the court for 90 minutes, and we still have to fight hard on the court... Our tactics in this game still have not changed. In the first half, we competed with them in the midfield and beat the pace faster and dragged them down directly. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" the players answered in unison.
If Mallorca's players had some doubts about Jose's tactics before, then their doubts have been dispelled now. The last game proved the correctness of Jose's tactics. Mallorca was indeed at a disadvantage in the first half, but consumed a lot of physical fitness of Real Madrid players, which led to a two-goal reversal in the second half. Now Real Madrid's momentum and state have begun to decline, and they have no way to deal with this tactic!
On May 12, Bernabeu Stadium.
Real Madrid fans did not give up their support for Real Madrid because of their defeat in the first game. More than 70,000 Real Madrid fans also flocked to the stadium in this game. They hope that Real Madrid can come to good luck, win, lay the foundation for winning the league, and also bring confidence to the Champions League competition.
Boske also has no way out. The Champions League hope is small, and the league hope is very large. He can't play any game of preserving strength in such a game. He must keep one of the two honors.
Like the last game, Real Madrid and Mallorca did not make any personnel adjustments, and they were still the starting lineup of the last game - this is also the best lineup for both sides to play so far, and they performed very well in the last game, and there was no need to adjust - except for Raul replacing Morientes and continuing to return to the starting lineup.
Real Madrid players also know that they have no way to retreat, there is only one way, that is, attack, keep attacking, win this game, laying the advantage of the league lead, and then take the victory to the away game to make a desperate attempt with Mallorca.
"Real Madrid, I'm still too proud..." Jose thought to himself.
If they are not proud, they can play more rationally, that is, they should ensure a draw while trying to retain their physical strength in this game - they are two points ahead of Mallorca in the league, and the draw is basically enough. Mallorca will face Valencia's challenge next, and Real Madrid's advantage in the league is still quite good.
You should know that Mallorca must win this game. They can take the initiative in their own hands in this way, but they chose to win this game. Regardless of their physical reserves, they must move forward proudly.
In fact, does Mallorca also have this kind of pride? Jose still fought against Inter Milan for the sake of record when the overall situation of the Champions League group stage is determined because they want to proudly create a brand new record!
La Liga teams actually have more or less pride, regarding offense as life and beautiful football as their soul, which has created the glory of La Liga in recent years.
This kind of momentum that even though it is a flame, you can say that they are stupid, but they need to ensure sufficient respect. This is the culture of La Liga and a unique culture.
Real Madrid, who fought back, launched a crazy attack in the first half, hitting a very high level, and once again suppressed Mallorca in the midfield. Mallorca, who was prepared, made a certain degree of retreat, constantly blocking in the midfield, consuming the physical fitness of Real Madrid players.
However, Real Madrid's attack power was indeed surprising. Although Mallorca's players pressed hard and did not make any mistakes, they were still scored a goal by Real Madrid in the tenth minute.
This time, Ronaldo scored again. Zidane got rid of the middle and passed it cleverly to Figo. Figo kept passing the ball to Ronaldo near the penalty point. Ronaldo relied on his explosive power to throw away Nadal, and then directly pushed the ball near the penalty point. Franco failed to save it, one-to-zero!
This goal caused a huge cheer from Real Madrid fans in the game, and also gave Real Madrid players greater motivation to attack and shoot!
Tear Mallorca's defense and completely defeat their confidence, and then have a decisive battle with Mallorca on the away game!
This idea filled the brains of Real Madrid players, causing them to launch a fierce attack regardless of everything, wanting to defeat Mallorca once and for all!
Boske gritted his teeth and agreed to what Real Madrid players do on the court.
Because he has begun to feel that Real Madrid's passiveness in strategic position is physical passiveness. However, at this time, he is in a difficult situation. Only by relying on this kind of offense to win the league first and then strive to defeat Mallorca's confidence, can he have the chance to succeed on both lines.
In a strategically passive situation, Boske hopes to use tactics to resolve this contradiction, which is also the only way he can use now.
Jose also gritted his teeth. Although he mastered the move strategically, he could not afford to lose in this game. If he lost, he would be five points behind Real Madrid. With five rounds left in the league, he basically couldn't catch up.
Both sides are fighting, it depends on who can win in the end.
Faced with Real Madrid's raging offensive, Mallorca's players kept fighting in the midfield, struggling to withstand Real Madrid's attack, and occasionally using counterattacks to delay Real Madrid's attack, allowing them to run back and forth a few steps and consume more physical fitness.
"Support, Real Madrid players are more uncomfortable than you. You must support me, guys..." Jose muttered silently in his heart. It was within his tolerance for conceding a ball, but if he concedes too many balls, it would still be very difficult to win back in the second half.
His players did not disappoint him. Although they were beaten badly by Real Madrid, they persevered. Franco made two wonderful saves, saving Ronaldo's shot and Zidane's free kick respectively, helping Mallorca successfully keep the situation of falling behind only one goal until the halftime moment.
Real Madrid players looked a little disappointed when they left the court, but what they didn't know was that at the end of the second half, they would be even more disappointed, even... sad!
"We did a good job in the first half! Their physical fitness is even more serious than the last game! The second half will be our counterattack moment. Pay attention to the suppression and attack of the two wings. Real Madrid, who cannot run, is no more difficult to deal with than an ordinary La Liga team. In the second half, we use offense to tear their defense and use goals to tell everyone who is the La Liga king this season!"
Chapter completed!