Chapter 809 Details determine luck
Update time: 2013-01-10
Jose's words played a big role. Most of Mallorca's players were impacted. Although many of them had never experienced that game, and even at the beginning of that game, they were not fans of Mallorca. However, after joining Mallorca, when they heard so many seniors in the team talk about the "Mallorca Rise Battle" to them, they also had a deep memory of that game.
Although Mallorca has come and gone in the past seven or eight years, there are no one left in Mallorca at that time, and there is only one third goalkeeper, Mickey, who is the third goalkeeper at that time, and now he is still the third goalkeeper. Although he is ignored by everyone, he knows that he is unlikely to play. He is only to keep him in the first team to ensure a youth training spot, but he is still a witness of that game.
So in the next time, he and Vicente Ngonga, who has become an assistant coach, talked to everyone about what happened before the game started. Jose made a careful arrangement - how detailed is it? Even Mickey, the third goalkeeper, has memorized the direction of the opponent's habit of shooting the penalty kick, which is to prevent any problems in the first and second goalkeepers in the game...
It sounds incredible, but Jose did attach great importance to that game at that time, and the tactical arrangements were so important that they had to personally inquire about everything in detail. Of course, Jose no longer needed to do this now, because Mallorca's increasingly powerful strength allowed them to ignore some details and win, but occasionally there would be such detailed arrangements in some very important games.
The other players in Mallorca were just shocked, but the other person was shocked even more than them.
This person is naturally a former Arsenal player, and this year he transferred to Mallorca's biggest striker Thierry Henry.
In fact, in the locker room of Mallorca, there is one other player in addition to the third goalkeeper Mickey, that is Henry.
The 99-00 season was Henry's first season after transferring to Arsenal. After a failed season at Juventus, Henry came to Highbury as an alternative to Anelka. However, his performance was awesome. He scored 26 goals in the Premier League in his first season, second only to Phillips, who scored 30 goals in the draw. Arsenal was only a few points less than Manchester United and ranked second in the league. At the same time, they reached the final of the League Cup. When they knew that their opponent was Mallorca, Arsenal thought it was undoubtedly a matter of winning this championship, because although Mallorca entered the final, they were a little lucky to have a winning game all the way. They entered the final with a record of unbeatable away games, which was also fully utilized.
But the finals were played in a neutral position. Will Mallorca still have home court advantages?
So even Wenger did not make too detailed arrangements, so they suffered a tragic defeat in the finals.
You should know that when the penalty shootout was in that game, Arsenal sent all excellent penalty kickers. The first was the Golden Boot Davao Suk who took the penalty twice in the World Cup, the second was the Dutchman Ovemas, the third was the captain Vieira, the fourth was Henry, and the fifth was the best skilled Borgkamp... But what was the result? Suk and Vieira both hit the ball on the post, only Ovemas scored the goal, and Mallorca, who took the penalty kick first, made four free throws. Henry and Borgkamp lost the ball without even having the chance to shoot a penalty kick, and Mallorca won four to one.
After the game, Suke and Vieira said that they hit the penalty kick on the goal post and the crossbar, but they saw the opponent's goalkeeper make a judgment in advance and prepare to pounce on the place where he was about to shoot. He temporarily changed his footwork, which led to the goal post. Arsenal was still a little incomprehensible. At this time, Henry realized that Jose's preparations had been done so carefully before that game!
Now Henry really feels that this young head coach can lead a team that is not famous at all before to achieve so many outstanding achievements, which is indeed not achieved by luck. You can say that Mallorca is too strong now, but Jose, the person who has made Mallorca become a top-level team from scratch, is Jose. They can say to any head coach, "Some team is very strong, and even if I go, I can win the championship." However, they cannot say such things to Jose and Ferguson because their team was formed by himself, and no one has made more contributions than them.
After Jose said this, Mallorca's players began to wave their fists to give each other a good look. They have completely forgotten about luck and other things - professional players are arrogant, and they win me by luck? Then we will win you even more, so that you can't win us even if you have luck!
They were a little depressed before, but it was just because of a series of things that made them feel bad. But now? Another one... no, it's a group of heroes!
The change in momentum of Mallorca players has also attracted the attention of the commentators.
The commentators who have long-term commentary games have always been very good at eye-catching. They can not only see what might happen next from the situation on the court, but also judge their current mood and state based on the expressions of the players when they appear - this is something that many head coaches may not be able to do, because they are not able to see the players' expressions clearly and intuitively on the court like they are in front of the TV. You should know that although many commentators are on the scene, they also have broadcasting shots on the scene to make them see more clearly.
"The morale of the Mallorca players seems to have recovered. What magic did Jose use during the halftime break? At least from now on, the Mallorca players are completely different from the first half, and they seem to have regained their confidence..." said the commentator of Spanish National Television.
"From the expression, Mallorca is preparing to do a big game in the second half. In the past two years, Mallorca has shown more stability and confidence on the court. This is also the style that a mature strong team should have. Now they seem so eager for a victory. It seems that when faced with the fact that Sevilla had snatched two championships before, Jose did not look so ordinary. In fact, we can see from some information before the game that Jose rarely announced that he would definitely win this game before the game, and he should have felt the huge pressure brought to them by Sevilla." The commentator of Sevilla Local TV said.
"Sevilla should be careful in the second half! The serious Mallorca is not something they can deal with easily!" The commentator of Mallorca TV shouted loudly.
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Three angles, three different views, this is what is called position determines view...
However, there is one thing that the three commentators are right. Mallorca is indeed completely different from the first half in the second half!
Their attack was also fierce in the first half, but it did not seem fatal. It was the kind of penalty area that could always hit the opponent, but it made people feel uncomfortable that they could score goals. Although those opportunities were fatal, Sevilla's defenders seemed to be confident that they could successfully clear the ball at a critical moment.
Now, Mallorca creates no fewer opportunities than the first half, but it is more fierce, sharper, and more threatening!
They began to control the ball back and forth in the midfield, completing the attack through transfer and passing. The two full-backs inserted greatly, gradually suppressing Sevilla's activity space, and then they tried their best to create better opportunities.
This is Mallorca's most accustomed to attack. It takes every step, gradually compresses, and then finds opportunities through back and forth transmission. Even if the number of shots is not many, it is more likely to have a situation of killing with one blow!
In the 52nd minute, Senna completed a long-distance pass in the backcourt. Henry pulled the ball and then passed the ball across the front point. Torres had to complete the shot when he stepped forward. Paulson made a key clearance at a key position.
Two minutes later, Riser, who had assisted, received the ball from the left and then passed it across the middle. Barack shot hard 27 meters away from the goal. The ball was touched by Keita and went out of the far post and corner kicked.
In the previous few minutes, Mallorca was suppressing silently, and when they started attacking, they would definitely attack fiercely without stopping until they scored and pressed their opponents to collapse!
Although Sevilla's players are still confident that they can defend Mallorca's offense, their defense is much stronger than before, and they are no longer teams with strong offense and weak defense, but at this time they have begun to smell extremely dangerous aura.
Mallorca, who is serious, can indeed bring people extremely tremendous pressure!
Alonso did not directly drive the corner kick into the penalty area, but passed the ball to Maicon who came up to meet him, and then ran over quickly and received the ball from Maicon's feet.
Esquard and Adriano, who returned to defense, forced forward at the same time. Alonso showed his excellent footwork at this time. Under the attack of the opponent, he still protected the ball with ease. At this time, the players of both sides in the penalty area had already begun to run and create opportunities. Barack ran out of the penalty area directly, and then ran towards Alonso as if he wanted to respond, but suddenly turned around and inserted the diagonal line along the penalty area line!
At this time, Alonso, who was double-smacked by two people, shook his ankle and passed the ball in a pretty way!
The ball flew straight and the bottom line connected to the right penalty area line, Barak, who was inserted at high speed, caught up with the ball before it flew out of the base line, then swung his right foot, and raised his foot when the ball was about to fly out and passed the ball directly into the penalty area!
Torres' running in the middle led the opponent's defender and ran to the middle, but Barack's cross flew straight to the back point!
Henry, who seemed to be in no danger at all at the back point, suddenly stepped forward, and Alves, who was still observing the movement of Barack and Alonso outside the penalty area, reacted a step slower. When he came to his senses, Henry had already gotten rid of him, and then jumped up in the penalty area and headed the ball directly towards the flying ball!
Palop had just turned around and the ball flew into the goal without any suspense!
In the face of such an absolute opportunity, luck can no longer stop Mallorca from scoring, nor can he stop Henry from scoring!
Chapter completed!