When Jose claimed that Mallorca was destined to win the sixth crown, no one came out to say that he was arrogant. After all, Mallorca has now won five championships, and although the remaining one is the World Club Cup, A few months have passed, but with their current form, they still have great hope of winning the World Club Cup. Mallorca has replaced some fresh blood this summer, but their overall framework still exists, with six Spanish internationals. They have always been one of their main backbones, and with the addition of Kaka, these people have not left. Unless their condition collectively declines, their strength will not be affected in this way.
In the excited eyes of Mallorca fans, after the start of the new season, Mallorca began to embark on a journey in the league and Champions League at the same time. Jose did not say anything like "We want to defend the Triple Crown", but Mallorca However, Lorca is still advancing in the league and Champions League with its strong strength and stable lineup.
Compared with Mallorca, Real Madrid and Barcelona are definitely inferior in terms of lineup stability. With a stable lineup, they will enter the state earlier and can enter the state better in the league.
In the first round of the league, Mallorca and Real Madrid and Barcelona both played away games. Mallorca played against Valencia away from home, while Real Madrid and Barcelona¡¯s away opponents were weaker. Real Madrid played against Deportivo La Coru?a away from home, while Barcelona played against Valencia away from home. Against newly promoted Nuventia, Mallorca will be in greater trouble from an opponent's perspective.
However, at the end of this round, it was exactly the opposite result.
Mallorca defeated Valencia cleanly 3-1 in the away game. Although Villa opened the scoring for Valencia, Torres immediately responded with a brace, plus Iniesta's goal Ball, Mallorca got a good start in the league, while Barcelona and Real Madrid were in even worse situations. Real Madrid surprisingly lost to Barcelona 1-2 in the away game, while Barcelona was even more outrageous, spending 9,000 before the season. After 10,000 euros, they actually lost to newly promoted Nuventia by one goal in the away game!
For Guardiola, his coaching debut got off to a bad start, which also made Mallorca fans more confident - Valencia has already lost to them among several important opponents in the league. In the hands of Real Madrid and Barcelona, ??they lost to teams that were not in the championship group. What other opponents could they have? It is already certain that Mallorca will win three consecutive league championships again, and in the Champions League, their opponents will probably only be teams from the Premier League.
"We may be able to win the Triple Crown again" All Mallorca fans think so.
And in the next second round of the league, this seemed to be proved.
After Mallorca returned to home, they defeated Osasuna 2-0, while Real Madrid only narrowly defeated Nuventia 4-3 at home. Barcelona continued their winless journey and was tied 1-1 by Racing Santander at home. After two rounds, they only scored one point, ranking 15th in the league with only a goal difference advantage.
The media began to question Guardiola's lack of qualifications to coach a top team. At the same time, they also felt that Mallorca would indeed have no opponents in the league for the time being - the only thing that could cause them to fluctuate was the Champions League. After the Champions League begins, they will inevitably be distracted by the Champions League.
However, in a relatively dead group, Mallorca still performed extremely coquettishly.
In the first round, they defeated Borisol 2-0 at home. This was just the beginning.
In the second round, they defeated Zenit again 3-1 away from home, giving Mallorca two consecutive victories.
In the third round, they defeated Juventus 2-1 in a difficult away match, and Mallorca won three consecutive games.
In the fourth round, after returning home, they defeated Juventus with two goals again, winning four consecutive games.
At this time, Juventus, who ranked second in the group, only had four points. Zenit also had four points and was ranked third because of losing to Juventus. Borisol was at the bottom of the group with two points and Mallorca had 12 points. The points earned in qualifying for the group stage two rounds ahead of schedule and locking in the first place in the group completely turned this group of death into a smooth path.
After qualifying from the group, the next two Champions League group matches became Mallorca's games for substitute players, but even so, they still narrowly defeated Borisol with a goal away from home, and then returned to home. They defeated Zenit 3-0. Juventus also qualified for the second place in the group with eight points because of their draw with Zenit and their victory over Borisol. Zenit finished third in the group with five points. In the UEFA Cup, Borisol finished bottom with two points and were eliminated.
However, during this period, Mallorca had an unbeaten record of ten wins and four draws in the league. However, they failed to retain the first place in the league - Barcelona lost one draw and one loss at the beginning of the season.They quickly recovered their form, and in the next twelve games they achieved twelve unbeaten results, beating Mallorca into first place with 37 points. At this time, Mallorca Kazai is heading to Japan to prepare for this World Club Cup.
Mallorca also attaches great importance to this Club World Cup. They applied to postpone the two rounds of La Liga on December 14th and December 21st. They were originally going to participate in the first World Cup. The Club Cup only started on December 18th. They could have played one round of league games before going to Japan. However, Mallorca still applied to postpone two rounds of league games, just to focus on performing well in the Club World Cup. .
The reason is simple. This Club World Cup will not only be an important game for Mallorca to win six consecutive championships, but it will also be an important game for Mallorca to win three consecutive Club World Cups - whether it is the earliest Intercontinental Cup or later. In the Toyota Cup or the current Club World Cup, no team has ever won three consecutive games in a confrontation between two continents - but there is a reason for this. When Real Madrid won five consecutive championships, there was no Intercontinental Cup game. , they failed to catch up. When Ajax won three consecutive championships, they lost two games to Uruguay's Nacional and Argentina's **, and only won one Intercontinental Cup, while Bayern gave up an opportunity to participate in the Intercontinental Cup. , and was unwilling to participate in the second time, which caused the Intercontinental Cup to be suspended for one year, and only won the Intercontinental Cup once. By the time of the Toyota Cup, there was no team that participated in the Toyota Cup three times in a row. Mallorca was the third One!
Having been unable to win majors including the Cup Winners' Cup, Mallorca's desire to create the first six crowns and the first three consecutive intercontinental championships has surpassed everything.
If you include the Toyota Cup championship, this is Mallorca¡¯s fifth intercontinental championship. They have won four times before. Can they get what they want this time?
In everyone's opinion, they can do this, because this time Mallorca's biggest opponent, the champion from South America, is not the traditional three South American club teams of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, or even Not clubs from South American powerhouses like Colombia and Chile, but clubs from Ecuador, which is relatively weak in South America and can only be regarded as second- or third-tier. The University of Quito team from Ecuador played in South America last season. They went all the way to win the Copa Libertadores and won the championship. Although they are a dark horse, but in front of the biggest dark horse in the history of European football, is it possible for them to be dark to the end? It seems unlikely to happen
It often happens that South American clubs defeat European clubs in intercontinental competitions. However, the clubs that can do this are basically from the traditional top three clubs. They have enough financial resources and training mechanisms to be able to win in such a single confrontation. Competing with European clubs, the 16th Intercontinental Cup, the 25th Toyota Cup, plus the three completed World Club Cups, a total of 44 competitions, South American clubs have won a total of 20 championships. These 20th Among the championships, clubs from Brazil have won seven times, clubs from Argentina have also won seven times, and clubs from Uruguay have won six times. All championships were won by the traditional top three. Strong not only because these three countries are the only countries in South America that have won the World Cup, but also because their clubs are quite powerful!
It is not just the top three teams that have won the Copa Libertadores. Clubs from Chile, Paraguay, Colombia and Ecuador have all won the Copa Libertadores. However, in the Intercontinental Cup, only the clubs from the traditional top three can win the Copa Libertadores. South America has won glory, and the last time the Uruguay team won the Toyota Cup was in 1988. They defeated Europe's triple crown champions PSV in a penalty shootout. After that, they actually had the ability to qualify against Europe. There are only clubs in Brazil and Argentina, such as Sarsfield, River Plate, Boca, Sao Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Cruzeiro, Gremio
Now the team that wants to prevent Mallorca from winning six consecutive crowns and three consecutive World Club Cups is actually a team from Ecuador. Isn¡¯t that laughable?
However, Jose did not let any feeling of contempt for his opponents show up on the players: "Even for us, this Club World Cup is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Winning the Champions League is already a dream for most European clubs. Something that cannot be achieved, the Triple Crown is a goal that great teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona have never achieved! As for the Six Crowns More than a thousand professional teams across Europe have never achieved it. Three consecutive intercontinental championships is an honor that has never been achieved by thousands of professional teams around the world! Do you know what it means? This is an honor that has never been achieved before or since! No team in the world has ever been able to achieve it. The height! I don¡¯t care how weak our opponent is, under such circumstances, even ifWe are facing a kindergarten-level amateur team, and we must try our best to win! Only victory can prove that we are the best team in the world now! I have already promised to secure the glory of the six-time championship, and now we still have the opportunity to become a unique team at the top Isn't this the purpose of postponing two rounds of the league? Play these two games with the same energy as competing in the Champions League final, because we may never get such an opportunity again! "
This is the first thing Jose said after Mallorca came to Japan after he gave the players a day off and asked them to take a walk around Tokyo.
After saying this, Jose waved his hand and started closed training, preparing wholeheartedly for the next two Club World Cup games.
There are no business activities, no other factors, only training, and all they think about is victory-two games, although the opponents have not yet come out, but all Mallorca players know that if they win these two games, they will He will stand at the top of all professional clubs in the world and people will look up to him!
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