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Chapter 8

: Leave no way out (")

For Mallorca fans, they don’t care whether the head coach who takes over the team is a young man or the son of the chairman. They only expect one thing, that is, under the leadership of the new head coach, Mallorca can reverse the decline - for a team that has lost three consecutive times and has not won for eight rounds, nothing can inspire morale more than a real victory.

The whole team of Vallecano came to Majorca with high fighting spirit. For this La Liga team, this season is simply fantastic. Under the leadership of head coach Vazquez, this team has always ranked first in the standings in the first ten rounds of the season, which also made the morale of this only team in Spain that has made women commanding the team high. Theresa Ribero, the chairman of Vallecano Club, is the only woman among the presidents of La Liga and the top five leagues.

Theresa is also an extremely legendary figure. The Vallecano club was originally the asset of her husband Matteos. However, in 1992, a financial crisis broke out in Spain. Matteos was forced to resign due to poor management. Teresa, who had no idea about football, stepped onto the front desk. When she took office in 1994, Teresa was already fifty-nine years old and the club was poor and deserted, but the female chairman turned the tide with her tough skills, allowing this team that once faced bankruptcy and custody to be reborn and return to the first league.

At the beginning, this "squad dominated by women" was ridiculed by everyone, but Theresa survived and returned to the First Division last season. She performed so well this season, which made Vallecano proud while also making women in Spain feel proud - this also made Vallecano almost become the most popular club among women in Spain, which was something Teresa had unexpected.

At least Alemani still admired this fellow traveler of the opposite sex who was a teenager older than him, so when Madame Theresa came to the private room at St. Mois Stadium, Alemani greeted her with a graceful look.

"Madame Teresa, I hope today's game will be very pleasant!" Alemane smiled and bowed slightly to Teresa - indeed, it is indeed not easy for this small club in Madrid to survive in the gap between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

"I hope so, Mr. Alemani." Teresa said with a smile: "We have better luck this season... By the way, Mallorca's new head coach is your son, right? He is such a young talent."

"Well, that's right, I've always been proud of my son. In fact, at the end of last season, Antonio planned to let him take over Mr. Cooper's position, but he felt that he still needed to exercise, so he refused this invitation! And now Mallorca is in trouble. As a Mallorca man, it's up to to turn the tide. And he said that he is just a firefighter. If he can successfully relegate this season, he will return to the youth team, and that's his position!" Alemani said with a smile.

Theresa's eyes flashed with surprise. Alemani's answer was a needle hidden in the cotton. First of all, it showed that Jose would not have taken office because his father was the chairman. Then he vaguely pointed out that he just wanted to do something for Mallorca.

"Then let me take a good look and see if your little Jose can surprise us!"

Alemani smiled twice in a rich mood, as kind as a Buddha.

Vallecano has achieved such outstanding results this year as a newly promoted team. In addition to their head coach Vazquez is well-directed and has created a team that plays the whole team, their midfield core. Luis Senbranos, who was just selected for the Spanish national team for the first time a few days ago, was also surprising. This former Spanish national Olympic team member who was born in Barcelona youth training camp but never got the main position in Barcelona was a freshman after transferring to Vallecano. This player born in Switzerland but grew up in Spain is the same group of Barcelona youth training members as Guardiola. His organization in the midfield is the soul of Vallecano's offense. Although Vallecano's scoring points are very scattered, most of the offenses are initiated by him.

Jose's transformation to the main lineup is specifically targeted at this point.

Mallorca's starting lineup includes five players over 30 years old, including Nadal, Miguel Soler and Ngongga, the three important players, are about 35 years old. It is certainly not wise to hedge against Vallecano, who mainly uses young players on the other side. The experience of these veterans is also something Jose needs to rely on now.

Retract the defense and bypass the opponent's excellent defense in the middle, allowing Stankovic and Ibagasa two players with both technical and speed to attack from the wing, and then use Tristan's strength in the penalty area - a very simple tactic, but relatively targeted.

What makes Vallecano outstanding is their running. Although they are the team with the most headers this season so far, their height advantage on the defense is relatively average. At the same time, the team's relatively young status also makes them easily forget that Jose's tactics are completely based on the opponent's characteristics.

Of course, whether it can be effective depends on how the players perform on the field.

"This game is the first game I commanded. I don't want to say how important this game is. After all, no matter how important it is, no matter how first time it is, it is for me personally... However, I still have to say that this game is very important for the entire Mallorca club!"

Jose turned around and pulled it on the wall of the locker room. A roll of paper that had been tied up immediately floated down, presenting his true face to all the players. When he walked into the locker room, the sharp-eyed Mallorca players discovered that there was such a thing, but they didn't know what it was.

In fact, it is not a secret weapon or something. It is nothing more than a league ranking table created by Jose for the club staff.

"Mallorca, the 20th place in La Liga, with 12 points."

Jose took out a pen and drew a circle on the name of the Mallorca Club at the bottom.

Seeing his move, several Mallorca players already felt their faces burning. Mallorca's changes this summer are not small, but not big. Most of the players are players who participated in Mallorca's matches last season, and they felt the excitement and excitement of finally winning the third place in the league... Compared with the successive losses this season, it is a world of difference!

"Sevilla, the 19th place in La Liga, with 18 points."

"Numancia, the 18th place in La Liga, with 24 points."

"Real Betis, 17th in La Liga, with 26 points."

"Atl Madrid, 16th in La Liga, with 27 points."

"These teams are the targets we need to catch up next... There are eighteen rounds left in the league, and these teams are the targets we want to play. Only by defeating them and trampling them under our feet can we get our most basic goal - success in relegation and gain space for us to survive!"

Jose roared with his fists: "We are an island team, a mid-range team. Our most practical goal now is to obtain the right to survive and obtain the right to survive in La Liga! What kind of team is our opponent today? Vallecano! Their goal is to relegate! However, they have basically achieved this goal. For them, what European arena is just an additional condition, and what we strive for is a space for survival! What can make people more exciting than this? No! Our strength is absolutely

It's no worse than this newly promoted team, and now, our fighting spirit and desire are more than them, and we are at our home court... I don't think there is anything that can give us more confidence to win than this... Here, I dare to say this. Although this is my first time leading the team to play, if I don't win this game, I will immediately leave the position of Mallorca head coach and go back to my youth team to coach! Because if I can't win under such a favorable situation, I will not be qualified to lead any team to win the game in the future!"

Jose's words... are crazy!

Although it was just said in the locker room, there were so many people present, and there was no room for maneuver. If they didn't win this game, Jose might have really gone back to the youth team, because if he did not fulfill his promise, no one in the football circle would believe him again!

However, Jose said this! He said it firmly and left no room for anything!

These words fell into the ears of Mallorca players, and they immediately had their own different ideas.

"This is a crazy guy...but, I'm very brave!" Nadal and Ngongga, the two oldest players, thought so.

"The boss is really... I must score a goal in this game and let the boss stay!" Tristan thought a little more simply. There was goalkeeper Franco who was similar to his ideas. Both of them were Jose's direct descendants and were inherited from the youth team.

Others have different ideas, but the only thing they are close to is that this young head coach does not seem as kind as his appearance. People who are cruel to themselves and do not leave any way out are often not too kind to others!

"That's it... Now, let's go, I only have one requirement, do it according to the tactics I arranged, do my best on the court, if I can't do this, then I will replace you. I am the new head coach. In my mind, there is no distinction between main force and substitute... That's it. Now, let's go!" Jose waved his hand and said.

The players of Mallorca slapped one by one, then walked out one by one. Tristan stayed at the end and nodded hard to Jose after everyone walked out: "Boss, I will definitely score a goal in this game! I will definitely not let you go back to the youth team!"

Jose laughed happily, then patted Tristan on the back: "Go, Diego... Do you remember the fight between you and me in the youth team at that time?"

Now Tristan is a little embarrassed, he scratched his head: "Boss, why do you still remember... But you actually beat me at that time, and I am still not convinced!"

"Is that right? You made me feel bad at that time... Use that energy to play, you will definitely score a goal... Go, Diego!" Jose patted Tristan on the back and pushed Tristan out of the locker room.
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