Update time: 2012-09-30

"I was just planning ahead before... I didn't expect it to be used now..." Jose said with a wry smile as he looked at the players on the training ground.

The players of Mallorca look at me one by one, and I look at you. Although they are in a very dull atmosphere, the players also have a funny feeling. Mallorca, who was invincible in the first two seasons, will also fall into this kind of field. Mallorca's players have come out of the shadow of being eliminated in the semi-finals of two consecutive cups. They didn't notice it when they gritted their teeth and played the game. Now they noticed it as they relaxed. Although the situation in Mallorca is frustrating, it is enough to make people feel amused and cry...

Jose thought about it and found it funny: "In fact, I had some vague thoughts about the use of this tactic. Last season, Valencia actually played quite well. They made excellent use of their midfield with so many outstanding players to avoid the lack of strikers. If we hadn't performed better last season, at least in the league, they would have a good chance of stealing our league championship... This is not a rare thing, they had such strength last season."

Most of the players who participated in the competition for the Triple Champions League last season nodded. Although it was thrilling all the way in the Champions League last season, the championship process in the league was also so heartwarming. Real Madrid was leading the way at the beginning, and followed by Mallorca and Valencia. In addition to chasing Real Madrid, Mallorca also had to compete with Valencia. In this Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he fell behind in the first place, but the seemingly strongest Real Madrid. Mallorca finally won a lot of danger in winning Valencia...

In the last season, Valencia's forward was as unsatisfactory as ever. Karu was loaned to Roma. Mista was in a bad state. Benitez simply sent a lineup without strikers. The only striker, Angulo, never scored a double digit goal in any season. Their goals were shared by midfielders such as Aimal, Vicente, Rufit, Baraja. With this tactic, they won the League Cup championship and the league runner-up, fully demonstrating how modern football should play.

Jose had considered this way of playing at that time, but because his subordinates did not lack excellent forwards, he just stopped in theory. When he injured three forwards, he had already begun to prepare this kind of forwardless tactic. He was thinking about at that time just to let Torres or Negredo run more, or to act as a guise in the front to create opportunities for the midfield in front of him - who knew that he really wanted a standard forward without a forward now - he now doesn't have an authentic forward!

However, such a bad situation also aroused Jose's unlimited fighting spirit - even without a striker, the guys can still win all the leagues with the strikeless lineup - and then wait for Barcelona to make a mistake by themselves. No matter what, under any circumstances, Jose does not want to give up, unless he is sure that he can no longer win the championship.

Jose will not let the team have no matches in this situation, as it will only damage Mallorca's own image.

"Because we don't have standard forwards now, we have to use another way to score... Kaka, I remember you played forward in Brazil." Jose said to Kaka with a smile.

Kaka had a bitter face: "Boss, but I hate playing forward."

"I know." Jose comforted him and said, "I know you wanted to leave Sao Paulo because the coach insisted that you replace the injured Fabiano and let Diego play the front midfielder. But the situation is different now. Although I will arrange for you to play the forward, your position is very flexible. What you have to do is still similar to usual, but you have to enter the penalty area more. What's more, it's a waste not to score a few headers at your height." Jose looked at Kaka, then laughed.

Kaka nodded with a bitter face. In fact, he had no objection to this. After all, Jose did not ask him to play a full-time forward, and at this time, there is no one in Mallorca who is more like a forward than him. He still has this awareness.

"Antonio, Andrez, you are two wingers. I believe you are competent for this. You two must remember that not only break through on the wing, but also appropriately go to the middle to leave room for assisted full-backs. We need to make full use of the width of the field, constantly adjust our offensive direction, control the ball under our feet, reduce the opponent's offensive opportunities, and increase our attacking number. The next four opponents are not particularly outstanding. Even without a forward, we have the ability to defeat them! Do you understand?" Jose finally said loudly to the players.

The players responded with a loud bang, and Jose nodded, then waved his hand to ask them to continue training - they have been practicing this tactic during this period, which is considered to have begun to take shape.

What Jose is using now is actually a combination of Valencia's forwardless tactics last season and the down-foot tactics adopted by Guardiola after he took over Barcelona - in that tactic, the center seems to have no need for any existence. Ibrahimovic played quite incompatible with Barcelona, ​​while a small player like Villa Pedro can be as good as a fish. Later, Messi became the center, and forwards like Villaria could only drag to play against the winger, exerting the characteristics of a small fast spirit to the extreme, creating opportunities through back-and-forth down-foot and large-scale transfer in the offense. If this cannot create opportunities, it is time for Messi to use breakthroughs to solve the problem - their tactics can even be said to be invincible to a certain extent, as long as their players are in good shape.

Mallorca has the possibility of playing this tactic. First of all, Mallorca's offensive points are relatively scattered. In addition to Torres scoring 32 goals and Klose scored 18 goals, other players also scored a lot of goals. Kaka's goals in various games have also reached double digits. Van Persie contributed eight goals in few opportunities to play, Guísa, Iniesta, Puerta, Alonso, Mendeta, Farinos, Macon, Ram, Campano, and Matthias.

, Mex... Mallorca has scored as many as fifteen players this season, and the multi-point blooming gives this tactic that is not limited to forward goals. Again, Mallorca's players have excellent foot skills and transmission abilities, which determines that they can save their physical strength while consuming the opponent's physical strength to a greater extent through continuous passing, achieving the goal of cutting flesh with a soft knife. With these two points, Jose's frontless tactic and grinding tactics can be implemented.

Of course, even if he trained this tactic during the training session before the season, and had been training this tactic for more than a week, it was not enough for Mallorca to fully master this tactic. Under the foundation laid by Rijcalde, Guardiola spent two or three years to gradually improve this style of play under the full support of La Macia. Although he won the triple crown in his first year of coaching Barcelona, ​​in Jose's view, the Barcelona team that won the league and the Champions League championship two years later is the most invincible, because at that time, their opponent in the league was Real Madrid in the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship after Mourinho took over!

However, when only supporting four games and the opponent is not a particularly strong opponent, Jose feels that he is quite sure to win the next game.

Of course, this is his opinion, but the media are not optimistic about Mallorca, especially when they are not able to reverse Real Betis - they only need one-to-zero one-to-zero, but they failed to do this. When Negrado was on the court, their offensive was a good threat, but after Negrado got out, the entire team lacked a scorer - without a striker, there would be no goals.

Jose is very clear about this, so he shared the task of scoring the goal to other players.

On May 15, the 36th round of La Liga officially kicked off - Mallorca played against Bilbao at home, while Barcelona played against Levante away, and Real Madrid challenged Sevilla away - Levante is three points away from the relegation zone, and Bilbao, ranked ninth, has basically lost hope of entering the European arena next season, and Sevilla is now fifty-eight points with Villarreal, and is qualifying for a Champions League...

The situation Mallorca faces is not particularly unfavorable. After all, facing an Athletic Bilbao who has no desires is better than facing a team that is fighting for relegation and striving for the Champions League.

When Mallorca announced the starting lineup for the next game, all Spanish media almost laughed out loud, while Mallorca's local media were a little worried. They were not optimistic about the end of Mallorca's game...

Mallorca's starting lineup, goalkeeper Kameni, defenders Macon, Ram, Matthias, Mex, midfielder Sena, Farinos, Mendeta, striker Puerta, Kaka, Iniesta!

"Did Jose think that the premise of letting the three attack midfielders be to let them play forward? Puerta is at best a wing assaulter. He only scored one official game this season, Iniesta scored a lot, but his position is a wing forward or a midfielder. Letting him be a winger will make it easier for him to get into the back row to reduce the threat of inserting into the back row. Although Kaka played forward in Brazil, he himself said that he was unwilling to play forward, attacking the midfield is his most accustomed to position - his performance in Mallorca and the Brazilian national team also proves this, and even when he was in Brazil, he was

After playing for the forward, he also had a second forward rather than a center. Now Jose asked Kaka to play the center, not a center who could play at 1.86 meters tall. Kaka's technical characteristics are simply out of place than the center! More importantly, Mallorca has always been a double forward since Cooper took over. Even after becoming the head coach, Jose insisted on implementing the double center style. Without a forward, Jose changed to play 433. Isn't he afraid that not only can he not strengthen the strength on the front line, but also makes their originally powerful midfield weaker?"

After Jose announced Mallorca's starting lineup in advance, the media was full of ridicule. Jose turned a deaf ear to this ridicule, but he was just angry in his heart - bastards, I will use a large number of goals to tell you that even without a striker, I can use the strikeless lineup to let everyone know that under what circumstances Mallorca will not lack goals!

Athletic Bilbao, whose offensive ability is not bad but whose defense seems rough, is the best opponent!


Chapter completed!