Chapter 767 The impact of the draw
"Gare from Bayern two to two away, the Bundesliga overlord shows his strength in adversity."
"The shot is 36-5, the goal is 2-2, and Mallorca is facing the most undeserved draw."
"Ignoring the opponent leads to vicious consequences, Mallorca swallowed the bitter fruit of the draw at home."
After this round of Champions League, various media reported on the away game with large titles that Bayern tied with Mallorca 2-2. While the main goalkeeper and the midfield core were unable to play, Bayern showed strong fighting spirit and tenacious style away. In an absolute disadvantage in a game, he won a valuable draw away. While this result surprised everyone, it also received unanimous praise from all over Europe.
"Heathfield is indeed the most suitable team for Bayern! When Magath made Bayern a mess, Heathfield's appearance stabilized the situation. You should know that before tied Mallorca away, they also defeated Schalke Zero 4, the number one in the Bundesliga, allowing Bayern to continue to maintain the gap between Schalke Zero 4 to six points... Only Heathfield can stabilize Bayern!"
"Mallorca performed too casually. They did not expect Bayern to be so tenacious. Before the game, Mallorca's players seemed to have no doubts about winning the game in the interview. They thought they could easily win a victory, but Bayern taught Mallorca a lesson with his outstanding performance. The strength of the old strong team is not easily shaken by emerging forces like Mallorca. Now they have achieved two valuable away goals and a draw on the road, and Bayern's next situation has become very favorable!"
"In the next round, Bayern's two main players will appear in the lineup, and Mallorca's Alonso and Ram will be suspended due to accumulated yellow cards. With one getting better and the other getting worse, Bayern has a considerable advantage at home. Mallorca accidentally entered the semi-finals of the Champions League, and may end in the fifth season!"
At the press conference after the game, Jose did not seem too frustrated: "Bayern played well in this game... They deserved the draw. We did not underestimate our opponents. In the game, the players also played their own abilities and failed to win the final victory. With Bayern's outstanding performance, they also had certain luck problems. The home game was 2-2, which had a certain impact on us in the away game, but it was not very big, because scoring two goals in the away game was not difficult for us. Mallorca did not perform badly in this game. If there was, it was also because I failed to do better in the tactical arrangement. If we could keenly observe the situation on the field, we should be able to win, because if we could be more secure when we were leading by one goal, Bayern would not have the chance to score those two goals."
Next he praised Rensing and Van Biden's performance: "Rensing's performance surprised me. His performance proves that after Kahn retired, Bayern doesn't need to worry about his goalkeeper position, and even the German national team doesn't need to worry about no one guarding their goal after Kahn and Lehman... Van Biden decided on the whole game. Two goals may have luck, but he also needs to be able to appear in that place to do it. Bayern scored two key goals with two set pieces. I admire Mr. Heathfield's tactical arrangement. However, after all, this is only the first game. We will not make such a mistake at the Allianz Stadium next."
"The suspension of Alonso and Ram? This is indeed a problem, but we have other players. Mallorca's current lineup is very strong and will not cause the combat effectiveness to decline because one or two players cannot play." Jose said in the end.
In any case, the two-to-two score is indeed a score that cannot be assured. A draw of two goals at home means that Mallorca has to get at least one draw or win away in the away game to advance to the semi-finals. Mallorca has not encountered such a bad situation before. For example, in the 20304 season, they lost to Monaco 1-3 away in the first leg, but in recent years, they have not encountered too many difficulties. You must know that the biggest reason for losing to Chelsea the previous year was that they were tied by Chelsea at home in the first leg...
Next, Mallorca will play Getafe at home in the league, and then on the next weekend, they will go to Allianz Stadium to challenge Bayern - the fans of Mallorca will not care too much about this league, but the next Champions League game seems to be quite unfavorable for Mallorca...
After the game, Jose did not make up for the team. Although he knew that this game would be tied, it was also related to the fact that Mallorca's players underestimate the opponent to a large extent. Although he created many offensive opportunities, he was not as calm as usual when shooting, and seemed a little lazy after leading... But when he unconsciously underestimated Bayern, can you expect the players to pay great attention to the game?
This draw is also a reminder for Jose, don’t think you have won so many championships and think you can walk sideways in the European arena - have you just criticized the players’ mentality and performance towards the league? As a result, you immediately made such a mistake...
Jose felt that he really had to be upright and treat all the next competitions well, so that he could be worthy of the people, the party, and the underworld's cultivation over the past decade.
So in the next home game against Getafe, Jose did not rotate too many players. Apart from Alonso who was suspended, he only used Puerta as the main left-back, and at the same time allowed Kaka and Torres to be on the bench. The others were basically Mallorca's main players.
Faced with this lineup, Getafe, who is only in tenth place now and is still far from the European region, is naturally not an opponent. Iniesta broke into the penalty area and scored first. Before the end of the game, Ronaldo locked in the victory. Mallorca defeated Getafe with two goals and walked out of the shadow of being tied before.
After this round of league ended, the Mallorca fans who were a little depressed because they were tied by Bayern at home all laughed and shook them all - because in another game, Barcelona lost to Zaragoza away 0-1...
Originally, after the last round, Barcelona had narrowed their disadvantage of falling behind to 14 points. As a result, as soon as they lost this game, the two points they had previously grabbed disappeared immediately and even posted one point. Now they are 17 points behind Mallorca...
"Haha, these guys are really not good. They can't win the championship without the Champions League. We even played the Champions League, and their results are better than them. It seems that it is certain that we will win the league championship this season!" Many Mallorca fans said this.
"Well, I suddenly realized that it was a shame that Barcelona snatched the league championship last season. It was actually a team snatched the league championship..." Some Mallorca fans also said gloatingly.
"This is not good, we have to keep a low profile. Besides, Barcelona was still very good last year, but their performance has not been very good this season. Even Samuel recovered from injury and could not save them. Ronaldo alone has no choice." Some Mallorca fans began to worry about Ronaldo and Etoo who had already gone to Barcelona...
Before going to Allianz Stadium to participate in the life-and-death battle, he was able to expand his lead in the league again, which made Mallorca's morale rebound. The two main players were suspended from the game 2-2 at home - this is indeed difficult, but is there any difficulty in the first round of Bayern in the difficulties? Why can't we, Mallorca, do it?
I have to say that in the first round, Bayern taught Mallorca a lesson - at least their performance made Mallorca players respectful. At least they proved that when there is absolutely reasonable reason to perform poorly, they still showed their greatest fighting spirit and even performed better than usual!
This situation shocked the players in Mallorca, while Kakamathias and other players who had experienced the first championship in the Mallorca Champions League began to recall how they won the Champions League championship as a challenger...
"There is no doubt that we are stronger and better than that time. However, after I recalled yesterday for a night, I had to admit that maybe we were less combat-free than that time... Long-term victory and a lot of honors made us lack the kind of fighting spirit. At that time, no matter what kind of strong team we met, we would dare to fight with them! But now? We always underestimate other teams unconsciously, feel that their strength is not as strong as ours, and watch other teams in a condescending manner on the court... In fact, those wealthy families looked down on us in this way, and then they were smashed by us with strong fighting spirit in the Champions League! If we continue to look down on other teams with this attitude, maybe we would be smashed by other teams! Because we did that back then!"
On the training ground, Matthias told other players quite seriously.
Normally, Matthias may seem hilarious and not serious at all, but once he becomes serious, he is still quite prestigious in the team. When he gathers the players to say such words, all the players are seriously thinking about his language.
"Guys, I don't know what you think, but I have a few words to say to everyone. In fact, this is also the common idea between Ronnie and I." Barack said to everyone, and Ronaldo nodded, saying that he knew what Barack wanted to say.
"I am thirty years old. This age is already an age when I started to decline. However, I have not won a Champions League once. I was very close to the Champions League, but I am still a little bit short of it... In fact, I envy you because you have won Champions League championships several times in a very strong team, such as captains, Kaka, Torres... You have won Champions League championships three times. Maybe you think it's no big deal to win one less, but for me, I'm willing to pay the price of getting one third of my salary every year to win a Champions League championship." Barack said to everyone very sincerely.
"Michal and I have the same idea. I am willing to give a lot of things for a Champions League." Ronaldo said lightly: "If it weren't for such honor, maybe I would consider returning to Brazil to retire. I have been in Europe for a long time and I'm a little tired..."
Chapter completed!