Although most people knew that Mallorca's goal was definitely to win the sixth crown, after Jose admitted it himself, it also caused quite a stir. Among the previous triple crowns, Celtic won When the Triple Crown was won, the European Super Cup had not yet been established. When Ajax won the Triple Crown, they did not participate in the Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor of the Toyota Cup. In addition, the Dutch Super Cup was suspended for 40 years until 1991. It was re-hosted afterwards, so neither Ajax nor PSV, who later won the Triple Crown, had a chance to win the Sixth Crown. After Manchester United won the Treble in 1999, they lost the Community Shield the following year and then lost to Lazio in the European Super Cup. The most recent one was after Mallorca won the Triple Crown in the 2004 season. They were also the team closest to winning the Sixth Crown. However, they unfortunately lost to Valencia in the European Super Cup. In the end, it was just an achievement. Five crowns - if you add last season, they have already won two five crowns - that time they were missing the Copa del Rey.
After defeating Valencia in the Spanish Super Cup, Mallorca is already a four-time champion. If they can beat Zenit St. Petersburg in the next European Super Cup, they will win the fifth crown for the third time. King's honor
After fans of other clubs saw this conclusion published in the media, they all said in unison: "Abnormal"
At least for Mallorca's opponent Zenit in the European Super Cup, Mallorca is indeed quite abnormal. They won the UEFA Cup last season and entered the Champions League this season. They are The second Russian club to win the European championship is also one of the strongest cities in Russia against the Moscow team. However, for them, Mallorca is still an extremely powerful opponent.
During the draw ceremony before the start of the European Super Cup, Zenit¡¯s head coach Dutchman Advocaat discovered to his dismay that they had been tricked by UEFA again
Mallorca was placed in Group H. The second-tier team in this group is Juventus from Serie A, and the third-tier team is Zenit
Mallorca, Juventus, Zenit, plus Borisol of Belarus, these are all four teams in this group. (Just read the novel.)
This is certainly not a good grouping for Mallorca. Although Juventus missed the Champions League last season and almost changed the main lineup, their background as a giant still exists. Yes, being able to be ranked in the second tier after missing the Champions League for a year proves their strength.
Zenit still retained their captain Arshavin after winning the UEFA Cup and the wonderful performance in the European Cup. This in itself means that they absolutely do not intend to stop their progress in the new season, and Borisol Although it is not a strong team, the weather in Belarus is their biggest backing. The second round match against Borisol will be in Belarus at the end of November. Such weather will also be a huge problem for Mallorca.
After Mallorca won three consecutive championships, UEFA's patience has reached its limit. Three consecutive championships can be a good story. However, if Mallorca really continues to win, four consecutive championships and five consecutive championships, the Champions League will still be lost. has no meaning? Then we might as well just call it the Mallorca Cup!
In the past, Real Madrid's five consecutive championships had historical factors. In fact, during the period when Real Madrid won five consecutive championships, the Champions League was not valued at all. It was not until a hundred flowers bloomed that people gradually paid attention to the Champions League. In addition, the current championship The Cup is no longer a simple honor. The economic benefits involved are frightening. UEFA will never allow one team to monopolize this honor for a long time.
Such a seemingly average but actually difficult group is a sign that UEFA has begun to desperately prevent Mallorca from continuing to defend its title.
Jose is naturally aware of this, but he is not so urgent to win all the championships now. Anyway, he just needs to continue playing this season. It will be great if he can win the championship, and he will not win if he cannot win the championship. He felt so disappointed.
On August 29th, Mallorca welcomed Zenit at the Louis II Stadium.
Advocaat sent out his entire main lineup. Arshavin, Domingos and last season's UEFA Cup top scorer Bergrebjak all played. Bergrebjak advanced and Arshavin attacked from the wing. , Dominguez is centrally organized. This offensive lineup and their overall defensive counterattack tactics are quite effective. Last season, it was they who swept Bayern 4-0 at home in the semifinals, completely preventing Bayern from trying to get a goal. The UEFA Cup championship completes the good intentions of the revival.
Jose will naturally not relax his vigilance against such an opponent. After all, it is a game that determines the outcome. The chance is relatively high, unlike Spain.There are still two games to play in the Super Cup. It¡¯s okay to test the performance of the substitutes in away games
So in this game, he also sent out all the main lineup. Except for De Jong who replaced Senna and Alonso Kaka as a partner in the middle, he sent out the main lineup in his mind.
Pepe is responsible for marking the opponent's top forward Bergrebjak, while Ivanovic is responsible for dealing with Arshavin - he is better at defending, and has played in the Russian league for a year and a half, and is familiar with Arshavin. , after Maicon left, the reason why Jose did not introduce a full-back with the same assist ability is because Jose wanted to gradually transform Mallorca's tactics into three forwards in the new season, so as not to waste the current situation. There are so many wing players in the team, and after adopting three forwards, the defensive ability of the midfielder will naturally decrease. Ballack's departure has left Mallorca's midfielder without a good player who can attack and defend well, so the defensive strength will be strengthened. Generally speaking, when a normal team is assisted by a full-back, it is responsible for defense and offense. In the past, Mallorca flew on both wings because they had two assists, Lahm and Maicon. Extremely strong defenders, so Jose simply gave up on the full midfielders and wingers, hoarding a large number of defensive midfielders in the midfield to fully utilize their abilities. In this case, Silva and Inie Star has sacrificed a lot, and now Jose wants to completely liberate them. It is naturally much better to put a stable Ivanovic than to introduce a full-back with excellent assist ability.
As for the full-back assists, it is enough to have a good full-back assist on the left. Puerta and Riise's assist abilities are quite outstanding.
Bergrebjak has Pepe to defend him, and Arshavin has Ivanovic to deal with him. As for the opponent's midfielder Domingos, leave it to De Jong - Dominguez is actually a young star. , his performance in the 2001 World Youth Championship was also quite outstanding, but after experiencing a broken leg, his development began to have some twists and turns. Although he is performing well now, he broke his leg after all, and in De Jong Under the defense of such a fierce defensive midfielder, it is more difficult for Domingos, who has certain psychological shadows, to display his true level than usual.
With the opponent's three important counterattack players being specially marked, Mallorca can organize the offense with peace of mind - Jose wants to see how strong the defensive ability of the best defensive team in the UEFA Cup last season is. In the semi-finals, they first used defensive counterattacks to draw one to one with Bayern in the away game. In order to win in the away game, Bayern went all out to launch a fierce attack in the away game. However, Bayern has offensive players such as Ribery, Toni Lahm, etc. He just couldn't break open Zenit's defense, but Zenit's backcourt was blown away time and time again by Zenit's counterattacks. In the end, he suffered a disastrous defeat of 0 to 4
But in fact, Zenit's defense is indeed quite good. Facing Mallorca's all-round attack, their defense is well-organized. They deploy defenses layer by layer from the midfield to slow down Mallorca's attack as much as possible.
This kind of defense is very effective, but Mallorca has also become accustomed to this kind of defense. Facing Zenit's layers of defense, they began to constantly use back and forth passes and large-scale transfers to look for opportunities. Once the opponent's If there is a flaw in the defense, you will immediately find an opportunity to attack.
No matter how outstanding Zenit is, it is still just a Russian team - although the Russian league has made rapid progress in recent years and has also introduced many outstanding players due to its good financial situation, overall, It is said that they still do not stand out from the traditional five major leagues, and they have not been tested by more top teams. In terms of experience, they really cannot compare with the experienced Mallorca players.
Mallorca relied on this to take the lead - in the 27th minute, Henry broke into the penalty area after receiving Kak¨¢'s pass and picked the pass before the opponent's defender blocked it. Torres appeared at the landing point of the ball. He volleyed the ball directly into the goal and gave Mallorca the lead!
Before the end of the first half, Zenit relied on a corner kick to equalize the score. Dominguez took a corner kick and Denisov moved forward and back. Under the influence of his teammates, Bergrebjak found the score at the back point. opportunity, and then headed the ball into the far corner of the goal.
The excitement after Zenit equalized lasted until five minutes into the second half, and then they were stunned by another blow from Mallorca.
Iniesta and Alonso played a two-on-one, then dribbled the ball into the penalty area, quickly pushed the ball before the defender could cover, and accurately scored the ball into the far corner of the goal, two to one. , Mallorca takes the lead again.
After being led by Mallorca again, Zenit had to press out to attack. Mallorca began to tell the opponent what an effective defensive counterattack was. In the 63rd minute, Iniesta passed the opponent's ball. Behind the defense, Torres advanced to formA single shot, calmly scored the ball from under the attacking goalkeeper, and Mallorca won 3 to 1.
The final score was also three to one. Mallorca taught Zenit a good lesson. After winning the fifth championship, Mallorca also became the team that has won the most European Super Cups - originally they Like Ajax and AC Milan, they are tied for first place with three European Super Cup wins. Now they have won the fourth European Super Cup championship, becoming the only team to win four European Super Cups. !
"The fifth championship has been wonbut then our focus will turn to the league and the Champions League, because the league and the Champions League are the foundation. We will work hard to play all the next games. As for the six crowns ¡When December comes, we will start to prepare. Of course, at that time, we will focus more on the World Club Cup, the first team to win six crowns, We are determined in Mallorca!¡±
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