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Chapter six hundred and forty fifth slow start

When Chelsea came to Mallorca, they came with a feeling of burning their boats.

They still have a great advantage in the league. In the twenty-eight rounds of the Premier League, they have already left Manchester United, the second-ranked one, by as many as 12 points - although they have lost two games in the league, they have won twenty-three league games, and the terrifying winning rate has left them far ahead. Although there are still ten rounds in the league, Chelsea has basically secured the league championship and reached the quarterfinals in the FA Cup. If they can pass this level, they will be very likely to win the glory of the triple-champion - last year's double crown and this year's triple-champion - Mallorca also reached its peak in the first two years. He won the double crown in the league and the Champions League in the first year, and won the triple-champion in the second year. Chelsea fans also firmly believe that they will achieve better results than Mallorca, as long as they can pass this level, it's fine!

Take a step back and say, didn’t Mallorca win the triple-championship through difficult games? Why is Chelsea not good? We are not worse than Mallorca at all!

Both Chelsea fans and Chelsea players believe in this. Although they lost to Mallorca at home, in their opinion, if they were not sent off, Chelsea would definitely be able to win at home. Even if this game was on the away game, they would have the ability to defeat Mallorca and enter the next Champions League knockout round!

The fans of Mallorca are even more confident - not because of anything else, just because Mallorca's official unbeaten record of nearly 150 home games led by Jose! There have never been so many games, will they still lose in this game? What a joke! A draw is enough to revenge last season's revenge!

"You have to know that now fans think that we only need a draw to qualify... There is no error in this statement, because from any perspective, we only need a draw to enter the quarterfinals of the Champions League. However, when we play the game, we cannot hold this idea. In the football field, we can fight for a victory, but we cannot fight for a draw. If we play the game with the intention of a draw, we will only face a failure. We must be clear about this. As players, we cannot sometimes think the same as the fans think. We need to win in this game, and win against the eleven people, so that there will be no English media saying that we can only win with the advantage of numbers.

Even though we had won a home game last season... the tactics we had before were only used by chance. At home, we could rely on offense, but we had to be careful of their counterattack. In offense, use their weaknesses on both sides to break through on both sides and create opportunities for the middle lane, pull their attention, and then launch an attack from the middle lane! Just like what we did in the last game, launch an attack from the middle lane, create opportunities, and then kill them! In the last game, we created ten scoring opportunities from the frontal attack within ten minutes, and we can do this game! Chelsea is our biggest opponent in the Champions League. If we can pass their level, then the next game will not be difficult for us!"

Jose said this to the players on the training ground. The players who had been resting for two days were in good spirits, and when facing an opponent like Chelsea, they would not let them slack off because they knew what kind of opponent they were facing. Facing such an opponent, any slack off was not the case, and they had not yet reached the point where the Champions League could not inspire their fighting spirit...

Seeing the players' state, Jose felt relieved. He was worried about one thing now, that is, although these players are young, they have basically won the honors of the Champions League and League championships. Will they seem to be insufficient because of too many honors? It seems that these players have not lost motivation because of too many honors, but still have an extremely longing for victory and honor!

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Jose gradually increasing the players' salaries...

Time flies very quickly, and March 8th arrived as scheduled. This day, Mallorca is sunny and the weather is very good, which is good news for Mallorca.

This time, Jose did not play any tricks in the starting lineup. All the main players still appeared. Silva and Van Persie continued to be on the bench - they could also appear as surprises.

Chelsea did not change much. It was just that Gala replaced Orno, who was suspended from red card. At the same time, Duff returned from injury and formed a double winger with Robben. This pair of winger combinations has great lethality. Although Joe Cole is excellent in skills, he lacks Duff's speed and impact. For Mallorca's full-back, Duff's threat is greater than Joe Cole.

The Conch Stadium was full, and the shouts of 57,000 Mallorca fans completely suppressed the shouts of nearly 1,000 Chelsea fans from afar. When the players on both sides appeared, the cheers in the stands reached a peak!

The commentator on the scene shouted the names of the players who appeared in the most passionate voice. Every time a Mallorca player was called, there would be cheers in the stands. When Kaka, Torres, Alonso and other core players were shouted, the cheers were the loudest. Of course, the cheers received by Captain Mattias were not bad either.

When the commentator reads the name of the Chelsea player, he deliberately uses a slow tone to death to report the name of the Chelsea player, making it like he was pronounced the name of the deceased at a funeral - and whenever he pronounces a name, Mallorca fans collectively booed, rolling over the stands like thunder...

"Damn, who did this? It's too much..." Jose said with some amusement. He really didn't know about this, but after doing this, Mallorca's home aura really completely suppressed the opponent!

"It was discussed by several fan groups, and then told our on-site commentator about this idea. The commentator thought it was pretty good, so he used it... Many people in the club know about this, don't you know?" Natal said to Jose strangely.

"Uh..." Jose sweated for a while. He was too busy to pay attention to the team and observe the information of his opponents. Moreover, he was not a workaholic. In addition to work, he also paid more attention to enjoying life. He has never been a person who manages everything in an orderly manner. He is basically the assistants of his father and father. After the stadium was built, he was immediately transferred to the club to become vice chairman. Remo Muen, a German who was transferred to the club to become vice chairman. He was basically a hand-off manager in the club. It is normal to not know about this kind of thing.

However, when Jose saw this situation, he was still very happy - what did the fans do this spontaneously, prove that in addition to watching the game on the spot, fans usually take everything about the club to heart! With such fans, the team will receive more support and their influence will increase!

Therefore, just to repay the fans' wishes, Jose also felt that this game can only be won, not lost, and even draws! Using a victory to prove Mallorca's strength, make the fans feel that all the efforts are worth it!

The Mallorca players on the court couldn't help laughing in their hearts when they saw this scene, and the Chelsea players' faces were not very good-looking - but when the game was about to begin, they had adjusted their mood and started preparing for this game.

Mallorca attacks, Chelsea defends.

This tone seemed to be determined from the beginning. Mallorca, who was the first to kick off, immediately launched an offense, while Chelsea launched a defense. It is obvious that although he was ahead, Jose did not give up his team's offensive skills, and despite falling behind, Mourinho did not nullify his defensive ability.

However, Mallorca is more careful when attacking than usual. At most, only one of the two full-backs can assist in the halftime. At the same time, they are very careful when passing in the midfield, and they almost never pass the pass that may be interrupted in the middle. Obviously, they are quite afraid of Chelsea's counterattack ability after intercepting the ball...

While defending, Chelsea also expanded its defense area to the midfield. They kept pressing in the midfield, hoping to quickly launch a counterattack after intercepting the ball, even if Mallorca takes Chelsea's counterattack seriously.

Mallorca's offensive rhythm was slow, so slow that it was more than willing to give up some opportunities than to ensure success rate and ball control, which made it difficult for Chelsea to get something for pressing.

The game seemed very dull at the beginning, but the Mallorca fans in the stands were not impatient because they knew that in a ninety minutes of a game, Mallorca would always set off an offense at a certain time - watch Mallorca's game on site, in short, the fans would never be disappointed!

This game attracted a lot of people to watch, including England national team head coach Eriksen also came to the stands to watch the game. Chelsea has many English players, including Terry and Lampard in the main lineup, and Bridge, Johnson, Joe Cole and others on the bench who are also capable of entering the England national team. The World Cup is about to begin, so it is normal for Eriksen to come to watch.

It was not until the eighth minute that the first shot was made in the whole game. Maicon, who had assisted, shot from a long shot from the right side of the penalty area, slightly above the crossbar. Three minutes later, Kaka broke through and passed back. Alonso's low shot from the front of the penalty area was confiscated by Cech. The game lasted for more than ten minutes, and Chelsea did not get even one shot. This made Mourinho shook his head and sigh on the sidelines. When Mallorca was about to slow down the pace, even Chelsea could not make the speed immediately. Such a slow rhythm was obviously unfavorable to Chelsea, because they could not get the right to qualify even if they beat Mallorca one-to-zero. If they wanted to qualify, they had to score at least two goals...
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