"Mallorca's condition seems not very good lately."

There were videos of several recent games from Mallorca on TV. Wenger watched quietly and suddenly said something.

"Not necessarily." Assistant coach Pat Rice next to him grabbed his head: "Mallorca had rotated a lot of players in the first two league games, obviously being accumulating strength for this game... The young boy Jose has always been very cunning and valued the Champions League game. Who knows if he is putting smoke bombs again?"

"You're over-thinking, Pat." Wenger laughed: "I admit that this young man is a very outstanding opponent, but we can't be too mythical about the opponent. The player's condition is a very complex system. No one can say that he can fully control the player's condition. If he makes him outstanding, he will be outstanding, and if he makes him depressed, he will be sluggish... No one can do it, maybe only gods can do this. But our opponent is just one person. Yes, this is a young man with deep scheming and excellent wrists. He can even make arrangements for a game a week, half a month or even several months! However, some objective factors are beyond his control. In the first two months, three young players who can be said to be important substitutes participated in the World Youth Championship, and then three absolute main players participated in the African Cup, and there was a winter break in the middle... What did you think of?"

"Their team was incomplete for more than two months?" Rice's eyes lit up.

"That's right." Wenger said confidently: "Whether it's the three young players of Matias Torres Iniesta or Eto Audro Baccarmeni, they are very important players to Mallorca. Such players are often not in the team, and Mallorca's focus can only be exchanged for it. From the three midfielders at the beginning of the season to the old path of last season to play offense in the middle, and even the single striker tactics used by Mallorca in previous games, Jose has been back and forth this season this season.

Although the change of formation is effective, it minimizes the impact of the main force being away, the disadvantage of doing so is that the players cannot play a greater ability under a complete and familiar tactic, and their state is like this. And what about us? We have insisted on adopting the same tactics this season. As long as the players perform at their own level, there will be no team we cannot defeat! Mallorca is no exception. It is a good time to avenge the previous revenge! "

Les nodded thoughtfully: "That is to say, their condition is really not very good now."

"That's it." Wenger nodded and said: "Jose used various methods to offset the impact of the departure of the three main players. He fully tapped all the potential of all players. However, the final battle has not yet arrived, and their state has begun to slowly fall from the peak. Now this time is a good opportunity for us. Thierry is in good shape now, and his speed will make Mallorca's slow central defenders suffer. At the same time, Mallorca's wing attack depends on them.

Two full-backs with strong offensive capabilities, and what are we outstanding? Apart from Thierry's offense, our wing attack this season is the best in the Premier League, and even in Europe, there are few teams that can be better than us! What does this mean? It means that we can completely suppress them on the wing and then use constant attacks to make Mallorca bow down! Jose's unbeaten record at home...I can already see the day when this record was broken by the great Arsenal!"

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"Actually... our situation is not very good now. I still have insufficient impact on Samuel and his friends going to Africa. Although they did not leave for a long time and we successfully spent that time, this impact will not be eliminated with Samuel and his friends' return. After all, we played completely two types of football during that time... This damn African Cup." Jose said a little annoyed.

"Indeed, the players are now trying to adapt to the previous state, but it will take some time." Engongjia, who is in charge of training, said with a frown.

"Arsenal will definitely make a fuss on the wing. Pire, Lyonberg, Lauren, Ashley Cole, the four people are very good on the wing, both offense and defense... Our wing offense is also excellent this season, but it is thanks to the personal ability of Ram and Beletti and the appropriate formation to be able to play. Two fists are hard to beat four hands..." Jose said an inappropriate Chinese proverb in Spanish. Although others were awkward to hear it, they could understand what he meant.

"Are you going to strengthen the strength of the wing?" Natal made a proposal.

Jose shook his head slightly: "Are you being led by someone else? I don't want to. Besides, our tactical system is now a bit confusing. The previous transition has achieved good results, which has also made us lack continuity this season. Although we performed very tenaciously and excellently, we did not always win consecutively this season like last season. The longest winning streak was just the period before the winter break. This is also the inevitable consequence of how much rotation was used."

Although he rejected Natal's proposal, Jose couldn't think of too many ways to deal with Arsenal's wide attack. He had a good way to deal with Henry. He was nothing more than to strengthen the defense of the midfield and limit Henry's activity space. When he retreated to get the ball, he could not accelerate the start. This would limit Henry's performance and role to a large extent. However, there is really no good way for Arsenal's four top wing players. If you talk about defense, you can't shrink the two full-backs. However, if you want to ensure the attack on the wing, you have to think of other methods...

"Since you can't get the best of both worlds, there is only one thing you can do!"

Jose showed his decisiveness at this time: "When we can't suppress their offense, then we will explode with them! Let's see who can beat whoever! Don't Arsenal think their offense is very powerful? Let's see who's attack is more powerful now!"

"Breaking each other? Who scored more goals? This is our home court! If they get more away goals, it will be difficult for us to play in the second round!" Natal said in confusion.

"So what?" Jose gritted his teeth and said, "At worst, we can have a blowout with them on the road! Compare the offense? Mallorca has never been afraid of any team!"

When Jose announced in the team that he would fight Arsenal and compete with who would have better off the offense, the players cheered. Most of the players in Mallorca are very young, and they are naturally not afraid of any team. The decision announced by Jose is undoubtedly quite in line with their appetite!

In this high atmosphere, Mallorca ushered in this game against Arsenal, and when Jose got Arsenal's starting lineup, he also proved his guess.

Wenger indeed replaced Gilbert with Edu and Reyes with Borgkamp. Bentley, Canu, Fabregas, Krish and others were all sitting on the bench, while Jose's starting lineup did not change much in this game. Goalkeepers Cameni, defenders Beletti, Ram, Nadal, Mex, midfielders Senna, Dacott, Alonso, Kaka, forwards Etoo and Drogba are the main lineup they have used since the beginning of this season.

Mallorca and Arsenal are both standard multinational forces. Mallorca's main lineup only has two Spaniards, Nadal and Alonso, but the substitutes are mainly Espanyol. Although Arsenal also has two English locals in the main lineup, most of them are foreign players. Even there are few English players on the bench. Two multinational forces, two head coaches who are known for using young players, and two teams that like to play gorgeous offenses will surely create brilliant sparks in this game!

This game is also one of the highlights of this round. The only thing that can be compared with this game is the battle between Real Madrid and Bayern. However, that game was not on the same day as Mallorca vs. Arsenal. UEFA has taken great pains to arrange the schedule.

Hundreds of Arsenal players traveled across the ocean to Mallorca to watch the game - it was indeed far enough. Mallorca and Britain were both islands, but the area occupied by the British islands was not much larger than Mallorca. There was a completely European space between the two. For players on both sides, how to adapt to the local temperature is also a must-be considered.

It is the end of February, and London is still at the end of winter, with the temperature relatively cold, while Mallorca is already growing in grass and birds flying. It is the time of spring, and the temperature difference between the two cities is at least ten degrees. Jose took advantage of this when he led the team to play in the League Cup for the first time and caught Leeds United off guard.

However, after that, England teams learned to be smart. When the temperature difference is large, they must only arrive one day in advance. This will minimize the impact of the temperature. After all, Mallorca, with a pleasant climate, is also a very suitable place for competition.

"Arsenal, who is unbeaten in the season... Let me see how powerful Arsenal is this season, and see if our offense can complete mutual explosions with you!"

Jose thought in his heart, then waved his hand: "Go away, remember, we are the defending champions, no matter what team, you can't stop us from moving towards the defending road!"

"We are the defending champions!"

Mallorca's players waved their fists and shouted loudly, then rushed out of the locker room under Nadal's leadership.

Looking at their backs, Jose also felt a little relieved. After all, it was a team he brought out by himself. After all, he has accumulated infinite confidence in the past few years. Even though his current condition is not very good and his recent results are not very good. However, they still do not have any fear in the Champions League against Arsenal, who performed well this season!

Because of confidence, he is fearless.

Jose knew that Arsenal this season was the most powerful Arsenal in Wenger's coaching for more than a decade. It has reached a peak in terms of offense, defense, stability and condition. Arsenal has never been such a peak since then. If it weren't for a slight bad luck, they might be able to win a triple-champion, but so what if that is? To reach the peak, you need to defeat an extremely powerful team. Last season was the only season in the history of Serie A team that won the semi-finals of the Champions League. However, Mallorca broke out from the middle and grabbed the Champions League championship, relying on this unyielding spirit!
Chapter completed!