Four consecutive away games is of course a very arduous journey. In the world of football games, the difference between home and away games is often that the home team has a big advantage and can wait for the visiting team to challenge during the game. At the same time, the home team also has to face challenges. Familiarity with the home court Although these factors cannot be regarded as decisive factors, they are still very important factors. It is for these reasons that some mid-range teams play home games wholeheartedly and eventually build their home court into a The devil's home field allows your team to obtain the attributes of the home dragon
All this proves that if you play four consecutive away games, it is indeed not easy to achieve good results, but Mallorca did it, although three of the four games were just one-goal wins. Being able to achieve good results at a small cost itself proves how strong Mallorca's control ability is now.
Winning is not too difficult, but being able to win the game in an easy way is not something that can be done casually. In addition to having the ability to suppress the opponent, They also have to have excellent on-court control ability, so that after taking the lead, the opponent has no chance to overtake the game. Mallorca's ability to do this also puts great pressure on Real Madrid in front of them.
¡°We don¡¯t care what¡¯s going on in Mallorca, we just need to play our own game.¡±
Schuster is also decompressing his players: "Don't forget that we are six points ahead. Theoretically, we only need to win one game after another to win, and Mallorca Then we need to count on us making mistakes. They want us to make mistakes and lose, so we can't let them get what they want. Mallorca has more games than us, and they will be more tired than us. Ignore them for the time being. When we win all the way to the point where we are almost When the time comes, we will find that we are already far ahead of them! This season Mallorca¡¯s control in the league is far less than before. We still have a lot of opportunities to win the league championship. We believe in our own abilities!¡±
For Schuster, it is a helpless move to reduce the pressure on the players. Mallorca's current momentum is too brutal, especially after defeating Real Madrid in two cup games, which not only brought a lot of trouble to themselves, but also to the media. It has a big impact. Now the media is one-sided and boasts about whoever wins. However, the second round of the contest between the two sides will be held in early April. Before that, no one dares to slack off. If they fall behind at this time, maybe it will be time for the two sides to meet again. When , there is no such thing as a decisive battle
On January 27th, Mallorca ushered in the 21st round of the league, playing against Atletico Madrid at home. During this period, the schedule between Mallorca and Real Madrid was very interesting. Real Madrid often played an opponent first, and then Atletico Madrid. Lorca will play the same opponents next. Real Madrid will face Osasuna in the 16th round, Barcelona in the 17th round, Zaragoza in the 18th round, Levante in the 19th round, and Atletico Madrid in the 20th round. , and what about Mallorca? Play against Osasuna in the seventeenth round, Barcelona in the eighteenth round, Zaragoza in the nineteenth round, Levante in the twentieth round, Atletico Madrid in the twenty-first round
What's interesting is that this situation will continue until the day when Mallorca plays Real Madrid at home in early April. Real Madrid will play one team first, and then Mallorca will play the same team - two. It¡¯s really surprising that the team competes to this extent
The La Liga committee was also surprised by this. They arranged the schedule not by computer random drawing, but based on rankings. Although there were some changes in the middle, the schedule was roughly arranged based on the snake-like ranking. The result was Real Madrid. The schedule with Mallorca is quite consistent. In fact, if Mallorca had not missed the 16th round to participate in the Club World Cup, their opponent in the 16th round would have been Real Madrid's 15th-place opponent Athletic Bilbao. Round opponent
This kind of schedule is nothing to worry about, but now Mallorca and Real Madrid are fighting to the death in the league. Other teams that encounter these two teams are very unlucky. They encounter two teams at the top of their game. A team with a winning streak, first losing one game to Real Madrid and then one game to Mallorca, is a huge nightmare for any team.
Take Barcelona, ??for example. Before they met Real Madrid and Mallorca in succession, they were only four points behind Real Madrid. As a result, they lost to Real Madrid and Mallorca in succession and were immediately opened up by ten points; Zaragoza was originally ranked in the middle. , with one loss in two games, it started to fall into the bottom half; Levante was already at the bottom, but with one loss in two games, it was completely at the bottom
Atletico Madrid has now fallen from fourth to fifth place. If they lose to Mallorca again, the gap with fourth-place Villarreal seems to be widening again. However, they don't have to worry too much, because Villarreal has also faced Real Madrid and Mallorca consecutively starting from this round. As long as Atletico Madrid plays well in the next two games, there is still a chance to return to fourth place.
The current thinking of Mallorca is very simple - since we are competing with Real Madrid, of course we cannot lose to the team that Real Madrid wins. First, we will be far behind Real Madrid, and second, we will lose face - Real Madrid If we can't win against a team that can win, then why should we compete with Real Madrid?
In fact, facing Mallorca and Real Madrid consecutively is also a litmus test. Teams that lose to them will naturally fall from their current position. However, if they can achieve good results against them, they can get great results. The big advantage - Osasuna, for example, first drew with Real Madrid and then won against Mallorca. They were already in the relegation zone. After playing well in those two games, they are now out of the relegation zone. , approaching the top ten.
Therefore, Atletico Madrid's fighting spirit in this game is also quite strong. Even if they do not expect to defeat Mallorca in the away game, they must strive to get a draw in the away game. In this game, they adopted the tactic of not leaving the hole, and they were tenacious. Withstood the indiscriminate bombardment of Mallorca at the Conch Stadium.
However, Mallorca still won the victory. Henry, who was in excellent form recently, received Klose's header and scored from a small angle in the penalty area at the first time. In these league games, Henry and Klose's striker pair The partnership performed extremely well. Henry has scored three goals in the three league rounds after the year. Klose also scored in the first two rounds. Their performance allowed Mallorca to eliminate the impact of Torres' injury, at least in the first place. When the striker is absent, they have no shortage of players who can score goals!
Perhaps stimulated by Mallorca, Real Madrid also won the next league game. Although Villarreal scored two goals at the Bernabeu, they relied on Robinho's brace. Due to Sneijder's decisive victory, they still defeated Villarreal 3-2 at home and continued to lead the standings with a six-point advantage!
"Now the competition between the two sides has entered a fever pitch! Real Madrid has been winning continuously, and Mallorca is chasing after them! Strong teams like Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have both become the victims of both sides. Villa Will Real also experience two consecutive losses? Maybe Real Madrid hopes that Villarreal will be a better team in the next game than this game. It is not that Villarreal is not without Opportunity, they played very well in this game at the Bernabeu. The next game is at their home court. They have a great chance to stop Mallorca's winning streak, especially since Mallorca still has to win this game in the middle of the week. Playing in the Copa del Rey"
"Villarreal is indeed a strong team, one of the outstanding teams in La Liga this season. However, for us, no matter what kind of opponent we face, what we have to do is There is only one thing, that is to defeat them and continue to put pressure on Real Madrid with victory! Now is the harsh time. Anyone who breathes a sigh of relief may be at a disadvantage in the next game! Kill Getafe at home first, and then Let¡¯s go to the away game and kill the yellow submarine!¡±
Mallorca, which sent all substitutes, defeated Getafe again at home. The score of 2 to 1 allowed them to enter the semi-finals. Balotelli performed well in this game, scoring a goal and assisting Martine with an assist. Sri Lanka scored a beautiful long shot. As his performance gets better and better, Balotelli is about to be fixed in the Mallorca first team. After all, although Henry and Klose are in good form recently, after all You can't just rely on the two of them. Ronaldo can play a role as a substitute, and so can Balotelli. Even if Silva and Iniesta are also used as forwards, for a team that often uses three forwards, For our team, the five forwards are still a little short.
There is no doubt in the team about this. After all, Balotelli's performance in the King's Cup has proved that he does have outstanding abilities, and this guy who never knows what shyness is is still very good on the training ground. Popular, although he sometimes does some pranks, which is not too much, and Matias can control him, Jose feels that there is no harm in Balotelli staying in the first team - even if he can in the second team Accumulate experience, but Balotelli is not an ordinary young player. In fact, experience is not of much use to him. Getting along with these experienced professional players can actually affect his progress.
He can learn from Henry's dribbling skills and skills against defenders. His physical characteristics are similar to Henry's. They are both tall but thin players with high agility. However, Henry is fast and Balotelli has better physical confrontation ability. Just a little. He can also learn from Klose's spirit of sacrifice and how Ronaldo avoids serious injuries
As long as he is willing to learn, Mallorca's first team is an endless treasure. This is much more important than accumulating experience in the second team. Moreover, in the second half of the season, Mallorca will not have no opportunities for Balotelli to play. , if used well, it can also appear as a surprise weapon.
Of course JoseHe would not just tell Balotelli his true thoughts. The combination of kindness and power is an essential factor for a head coach, so he just told Balotelli because he had performed well before and was focused on putting his mind first every time. in the game, so it was decided to extend his time in the first team until the end of the season - of course, if he does not perform well when he plays in the next game, he will still return to the second team. ¡ª¡ªHave you not seen that we have so many good forwards now, and each of them is in good condition?
Of course, Balotelli didn't know what Jose was really thinking. He just thought that Jose was giving him an extra reward for his good performance. This made Balotelli feel that the head coach was indeed good to him. As long as he did it, even if Even if he doesn¡¯t promise, he will agree to do it
Things seem to be starting to move in a better direction.
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