On November 29, Mallorca won another victory on the road. Although Benfica performed very tenaciously at their home court, and even players like Rui Costa struggled with cramps, they still could not stop Mallorca. Lorca scored three points at home, but Mallorca did not get a brilliant victory. Ballack and Silva each scored one goal in the game, helping Mallorca defeat Benfica 2-1 away from home. However, This victory was still enough for Mallorca to qualify from this group one round ahead of schedule.
In another game, the away team suffered three consecutive defeats. Mallorca now leads the group with four wins and one loss and 12 points. Celtic ranks second with three wins, two losses and nine points. Shakhtar has two wins. They ranked third with three losses, while Benfica ranked fourth with one win and four losses.
It is not that the Miners have no chance of qualifying. Although their game against the Celtics was one win and one loss, they defeated the Celtics 2-0 at home and lost to the Celtics away from home with a score of 1-2. If Mallorca beats Celtic in the last round and beats Benfica at home, they will be able to qualify based on the relationship between them. Mallorca will definitely not let go of Celtic at home. They are not No chance.
However, Benfica still has something to fight for. They still have a chance to compete for the third place to qualify for the UEFA Cup. If they can beat Shakhtar away from home, then there is no chance of playing in the UEFA Cup. After all, they only lost to Shakhtar at home by a scoreless score. Just one
Now Mallorca has qualified from the group one round ahead of schedule. Unless they lose to Celtic at home in the last round, they will lose the first place in the group. In other words, they can focus entirely on the league next and cup competition.
No, not only the league and cup competitions, they will also participate in the World Club Cup in December. The semi-finals and finals will be held on December 13th and December 16th. Due to the tight schedule, Therefore, Mallorca will not miss two rounds of the league like last season. They will leave for Japan after playing the 15th round of the league on December 9th, and will only miss the 16th round on the 16th. league.
This situation will definitely be a huge burden for Mallorca. In addition to playing three games in a week, they also have to cross the entire Mediterranean and the entire Asia and then fly to Japan, but Jose I don¡¯t really care. Anyway, we already won the Club World Cup last year. If we can win it this year, it doesn¡¯t matter. If we can¡¯t win it, it doesn¡¯t matter ¨C we can¡¯t just rely on us to win the European honor
After returning to Mallorca, Mallorca welcomed Mejia at home. Although Jose continued to rotate most of the main players, Mallorca still defeated Mejia 3-1 at home, with Klose scoring twice. Torres also scored a goal. Mallorca won the eighth victory in the last ten league rounds and continued to rank first in the standings. Real Madrid also defeated its opponent and tied for first place with Mallorca. However, Barcelona and Villarreal encountered Waterloo respectively. Barcelona was tied by their opponents, and Villarreal lost to their opponents. Now both teams have only 28 points, behind Mallorca and Real Madrid four points.
"Barcelona has slowly begun to decline after a glorious season. On the contrary, Real Madrid has begun a strong recovery this season under the command of Schuster. They and Mallorca are fighting to the death for the first position in the standings After one round, Mallorca will go to participate in the Club World Cup. Will Mallorca, which plays more games, be dragged down by Real Madrid? After all, Real Madrid is no longer the team that used to be dominated by veterans. Their average age is very young, enough to support long-term operations, and they will not have inexplicable losing streaks in the late stages of the league like in previous seasons"
The media in La Liga expressed their joy at this situation. After all, this situation is definitely good for La Liga. Mallorca is strong, but it cannot even compete with Mallorca without a team. Before Mallorca still worked hard in the second half of the season to win the championship, but last season's situation of leaving all competitors far behind after the middle period and winning the league championship five or six rounds in advance could easily frustrate other players. The team's enthusiasm.
When Barcelona's performance this season was unstable, Real Madrid was able to stand up and compete with Mallorca for the league championship, which also gave many people joy. At the same time, they also gave Schuster a high evaluation, while the Barcelona people were a little sour. Yes, because in terms of origin, Schuster is more like a Barcelona native than a Real Madrid native. After all, he played for Barcelona for eight years, but only played for two years at Real Madrid. Now he is coaching Real Madrid instead of Barcelona. , the key is that the results are so good!
Putting aside the resentment of Barcelona people, Jose is also a little surprised by Real Madrid's performance this season, but now it is time for Real Madrid to start to revive. After all, their replacement has almost been completed. A young and stable lineup means results. When, this season??Lorca's competition in the league will be much more difficult than last season.
However, this is not the reason for Jose to be afraid. If he wants to create a perfect season this season, he must have a great opponent! There was no such opponent in La Liga last season, because at that time Barcelona began to decline and Real Madrid had not yet risen, which allowed Mallorca to easily win the league championship. In fact, in the end, except for Mallorca, Neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona were able to get close to 80 league points, which was the biggest reason why Mallorca easily won the championship.
Real Madrid may not be stable now, but they already have top-level strength and the ability to defeat Mallorca in a head-to-head match. With such an opponent, although the league will be more difficult, it is also a very big deal. Interesting things!
After this season, a more powerful Real Madrid and another more dominant Barcelona will appear in La Liga. At that time, it will be the time for Mallorca to bloom its abilities and show its strong team style!
Even if La Liga becomes the Spanish Super League at that time, Mallorca will still have to become the third-level force in the Spanish Super League so that La Liga will not become a two-person team - the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is much more exciting than the struggle between Chu and Han
On December 6, Mallorca ushered in the last game of the Champions League group stage, playing against Celtic at home. Facing the Celtics who had defeated them before, Mallorca had no intention of holding back. None. Although Jose also rotated half of the main team and half of the substitutes, at their home court, Mallorca performed completely differently from the away game. They immediately vowed to get at least a draw in the away game to complete the group qualifying. The Celtics were stunned. Henry scored his fifth goal in this Champions League. Torres and Alonso each scored a goal. Mallorca defeated the Celtics 3-0 at home. With fifteen points, they advanced to the top 16, and the Celtics, who lost, also got good news - the Miners were not able to live up to their expectations of winning Benfica at home. After losing three consecutive games, they were not confident. Their morale has dropped a lot. In the end, they were beaten 2-0 by Benfica. Not only did they fail to qualify for the group, but they didn't even qualify for the UEFA Cup
Mallorca is first in the group with 15 points, Celtic is second in the group with 9 points, Shakhtar and Benfica both have 6 points. However, Benfica has an advantage in the relationship between them and beat Shakhtar to third place. After failing to qualify for the UEFA Cup, the Miners could only go home depressed, saying that we have accumulated enough experience to continue our efforts in next year's Champions League.
From a two-game winning streak to a four-game losing streak, it has to be said that the Miners' good luck has completely ended after losing to Mallorca in a row. The most important thing is that they were previously confident that defeating Mallorca was not too big. It was a difficult matter, but in the end, they conceded seven goals in the two games against Mallorca, with a net loss of three. This blow was really deceiving
But who cares about the loser¡¯s mood? People were just bragging about Mallorca's outstanding ability and stable performance in the Champions League. Although they unexpectedly lost a game, they quickly put things right and completely eliminated any suspense that might arise in this group that was originally considered to have the least suspense. , killing the suspense and dark horse at the budding stage
On December 9, Jose continued to rotate. He now rotates more Benitez than Benitez. Not only does the starting lineup not repeat the previous game in every game, but at least half of the players are replaced. , However, Mallorca's strong overall strength and thickness of the bench made this rotation possible. They once again achieved a three-to-one victory in the away game, defeating Racing Santander three-to-one in the away game. This time the show of force was replaced by Henry, who scored twice in the game, and Silva added the icing on the cake, continue to lead the standings with Real Madrid.
After winning this game, Mallorca set off for Japan to prepare for the Club World Cup. They had to fly for a day in the air, and then only had one day of rest before they ushered in the semi-finals, but this was not enough for them. It is also fair to other teams. After all, it would be too unfair if they were to face a powerful Mallorca team.
And the current situation has given other clubs, especially South American champion Boca Juniors, more opportunities and hopes.
When Mallorca left, everyone in Real Madrid breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling of being neck and neck with Mallorca in the standings is actually not pleasant, because you don't know when they will lose or whether they will breathe a sigh of relief. As the winning streak continues, Real Madrid must devote themselves wholeheartedly to winning every game - this is a kind of "power", a kind of domineering power generated after winning consecutive championships, which makes other competitors even if they are competing with Mallorca. When they are neck and neck, they seem to feel that the other party cannot make mistakes, and if they make a little mistake, Mallorca will catch them, and they will be at a disadvantage in the final competition - so that they will always be at a disadvantage.It's a very tiring situation.
Real Madrid used to have such momentum, but after not winning the league championship for six consecutive years, this "momentum" has disappeared. The clouds follow the dragon, the wind follows the tiger, the dragon without clouds and the tiger without wind are just. Dragons can swim in shallow seas, and tigers can sleep on hills.
So after Mallorca left to participate in the Club World Cup, everyone at Real Madrid, including their fans, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, as long as they win, they will be able to occupy the first place in the standings. The pressure will be on them next. It will also be easier. Even if Mallorca plays one less game, it will give them a buffer and relieve their pressure.
While he breathed a sigh of relief, another feeling emerged in the Royal Horse - it shouldn't be, we are clearly not lagging behind now, why should we worry? After the whole season, Mallorca will play at least five more games than us. This season is another season with a dense schedule. Mallorca should be under greater pressure [(m) No pop-up window reading]
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