Chapter 653 Inter Milan's Weaknesses
.In a difficult battle, Mallorca defeated Sevilla 2-1 away. For Mallorca, this victory is very important. When Barcelona expanded its lead to four points, they were able to reduce this loss with a Jedi counterattack when they were almost expanded to seven points, making Mallorca full of fighting spirit.
Four days after winning the game, Mallorca, who was at home, defeated the visiting newly promoted Madison Cadis 2-0 again. Torres and Alonso two local stars scored a goal, pushing the team one step into the abyss of relegation. However, Barcelona still won. They defeated Getafe three-to-one at home and continued to lead Mallorca's four-point advantage.
When the time came March 26, Mallorca ushered in the 30th round of the league. After this round of league, Mallorca will usher in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Jose has a headache. Inter Milan is not an easy opponent. This season, their bench lineup and main lineup have gradually taken shape. They had performed very well in the league before, catching up with Juventus, who ranked first, and Mancini is also a comparison.
The head coach who is good at playing cups, although Inter Milan, who he led in the Champions League for two consecutive years after the phone door, is still not an opponent that can be underestimated. The forward combination of Adriano and Martins is the most troublesome forward combination of Mallorca, especially the fastest Martins, who has a huge lethality against Mallorca's defense, not to mention that in this game, Mallorca will lose their captain Matias!
Taking this into consideration, Jose has hidden most of the substitutes in the next round of the league. Except for the two forwards, Alonso in the midfield, goalkeeper Van der Sar and Mattias who were suspended, the other main players are not on the court. In Jose, although his next opponent Celta has performed very well this season and is still ranked in a position qualified to enter the European arena next season, their strength is not particularly outstanding after all. With Mallorca's strength, even if he hides most of the main players, he should be able to defeat his opponent.
Jose paid the price for his underestimation.
He underestimated Celta and Vasquez. Although Vasquez lost convincingly in the first round of the game, it also made Vasquez pay more attention to the details of the game. Overall, he knew that he could not compare to Jose. However, for the coach, he could not surpass you overall, but he could defeat you in some games...
In this game, Vazquez caught Jose being distracted by the Champions League. He did not blindly speed up the pace of the game to drag down Mallorca - because Mallorca sent most of the substitutes, these players were not worried about consuming too much energy, but instead performed better - so in this game, Celta performed very patiently, and they kept luring some impatient Mallorca players into the attack through the organization, and then used counterattacks to deal with Mallorca - when Ram and Macon were not on the court, Mallorca's average defense speed dropped by a level. Vazquez and his Celta caught this, scoring two goals in the first and second half, defeating Mallorca 2-0, allowing Mallorca to suffer the fourth loss of the season!
You should know that after losing to Villarreal in the eighth round away, Mallorca has not lost in the league for a full twenty-one round, but has suffered a fourth defeat in front of Celta led by Vasquez!
Vasquez was proud after winning this game. He finally won a victory from this shadow that had been shrouded in him!
Jose could only smile bitterly. When Celta scored the first goal in the first half, he had already realized something was wrong. However, too many substitutes on the court still made him unable to organize the team's counterattack smoothly. After Celta scored another goal in the second half, nothing could be saved. Jose replaced two main strikers and Alonso after seventy minutes of the game, and announced that he would give up the game.
Jose doesn't think much about losing to Vazquez. No matter how top-notch coach is, he may suffer a loss under an unknown person. Isn't Mourinho's record of unbeaten at home in the league also broken by an ordinary coach...
Sometimes an eagle may fly lower than a chicken, but a chicken will never fly higher than an eagle.
The only thing that is thankful is that Barcelona also seemed to be keeping their strength for the Champions League at this time. They did not win, but were bitten by Malaga, who was fighting for relegation away, and were eventually forced to a draw. Although they still expanded their advantage in leading Mallorca, being led by Barcelona by five points is better than being led by seven points...
In the next three weeks, Mallorca will usher in two Champions League games and one Cup final, while in the league, it will usher in the Cup finals of Espanyol, Bilbao and Alaves. These three opponents are not particularly strong teams, but they are not easy to deal with. Especially when Mallorca is distracted from the Cup, Jose is still preparing to focus on the Champions League, and the league can only take one step at a time now.
On March 27, the day after the 30th round of the league, Mallorca flew to Milan to prepare for the first round of the game - Inter Milan has the advantage in physical fitness because they did not encounter a one-week double match. At the same time, in the last round of the league, they sent most of the substitutes, which led to a 0-1 loss to Parma away. With little hope in the league, Mancini put the breakthrough in the Champions League - after all, they have entered the quarterfinals, and there is still hope of winning the championship if they play better in the next few games, and in the league, due to a series of mistakes
After the judgment led to a continuous loss to Fiorentina and Inter Milan, the gap between them and Juventus, which had narrowed, was once again widened to about ten points, and there was almost no hope of winning the championship. The most rational approach was naturally to play well in the Champions League and the Italian Cup. After all, they still had hope of winning the championship in these two cup matches - Mancini knew that in the long-term lack of championships, what Inter Milan now needs is a real championship, not a runner-up or third place - in these seventeen years, Inter Milan has not lacked runner-up and third place.
This is the second time that Mallorca has encountered Inter Milan in the Champions League, and it is also the first time that he has encountered Inter Milan in the Champions League knockout round. He met with Inter Milan in the group before. Mallorca won the record of 13 consecutive wins in the Champions League and doubled the attack on Inter Milan. However, that time was in the group stage after all, and Inter Milan finally qualified.
Three years have passed since that meeting, and Inter Milan's head coach has also changed from Jose's predecessor Cooper to Robert Mancini. The head coach has formed a team with excellent overall strength. No matter which line it is, it can be considered strong. For Inter Milan, this situation has not happened for a long time.
However, Jose knew what was wrong with this Inter Milan.
Since Robert Carlos transferred to Real Madrid, Inter Milan has never been better at the left-back position. Grasco is the culprit for Inter Milan's 2001-02 season. Italian internationals like Koko have also lost their way after they arrived in Inter Milan. This season, Inter Milan bought two left-backs. Veteran Favalli performed quite steadily, while Cameroonian Worm's performance is quite average, mainly because he is on the defense line, which is equivalent to a big bomb...
In this game, Favalli was unable to play due to injury. If Inter Milan sent Worm, then this side would be the target of Mallorca's key attack!
Another point is their midfield. Figo and Stankovic's wings have nothing to say. Both of them are top midfielders. Stankovic runs actively and has comprehensive skills. Although Figo is old, he is also a top wing player. However, in their midfield, the midfield combination of Peron and Cambiaso looks good and powerful, but in fact there are big problems. Peron's slow motion and holding the ball too long can easily make people die. What's more, Peron now has a big conflict with Adriano. As a core midfielder, he often does not pass the ball to Adriano. Such a Peron is much easier to deal with.
In fact, Inter Milan is not without good midfielders. Whether it is the organizational Pizarro or the defensive Zanetti, they can make Inter Milan's midfield better when they play. However, Mancini is more superstitious about Peron. Inter Milan cannot be said to have played poorly in the past two seasons, but they are always a little bit worse.
Many people say that Mancini is a soft boy as a coach, which is correct in some ways. He can make most of his players use their abilities and get opportunities, but he cannot bring a team to the top. So later, Inter Milan fans joked that if Inter Milan wants to succeed, they have to let Mancini lead the team first, and then Mourinho takes office to lead the team to the top. Next, Benitez will smash everything, Ranieri comes to make up for the pot, and even made such a plan for Manchester City later...
This is also the farthest difference between Mancini and Mourinho. He has no way to be strong, let alone make all players listen to his own words. He always believes in some players, but sometimes he always believes in the wrong people. It is not that he doesn't want to be firm, but he lacks firm skills. Whether in terms of fans or players, it is always difficult for him to like him. This result can only make him lose his prestige.
Now he still has prestige in Inter Milan, but he has no choice but to fight the two major groups in the team. The conflict between Peron and Adriano is now beginning to affect the team's performance on the court. It is normal for players to have conflicts, but if one side does not pass the ball to one person, it is already very serious. The most appropriate way is to firmly support one side instead of being in the middle. But now Mancini is just trying to make Peron play the core of the midfield and reuse Adriano as the top player in the front line. This approach will definitely have serious situations. It was not obvious when the winning streak was before. Once the results are not good or there is no hope of winning the championship, there will be quite serious consequences on the court.
As long as you grasp these two points, Jose is confident that he will defeat Inter Milan - Mallorca does not have an Adriano who is now against the sky, but he has the same top-notch lineup and a united entire team. With these two points, it is not difficult for Mallorca to defeat Inter Milan!
Chapter completed!