Chapter 246 Mallorca

That night, the second semi-final was over, and Getafe's opponents in the final were revealed.

It is not the giants Barcelona, ​​but the strength is not weak, it is Mallorca.

If you look at this season alone, maybe Mallorca's strength is even higher than that of Barcelona.

First of all, their league ranking is higher than that of Barcelona. They are third in the league and Barcelona are fourth in the league.

Secondly, they have played against Barcelona twice in the league without losing. They beat Barcelona cleanly 2-0 at home in the first leg. In the second leg they drew 1-1 away at Camp Nou against Barcelona.

Such a performance shows their strength.

So it was no surprise that they beat Barcelona in the semi-finals.

It is the result of normal strength comparison.

Although Barcelona is a giant, their performance this season is really not flattering.

After the end of last season, Van Gaal resigned angrily. It's just that the resignation is not counted. At the press conference of his resignation, he also broke the scandal of internal strife in Barcelona.

He criticized Barcelona's players as having no quality at all and simply not capable of achieving great results.

Since then, Barcelona has fallen into a low ebb and has begun to sink.

Chang Sheng also knew this.

Maybe he doesn't know the details of Zaragoza, but he knows the trajectory of Barcelona every season. Who makes Barcelona a giant and more tolerant of attracting attention?

This season Barcelona ended up only fourth in the league. Until the last round of the league, they were still struggling for a place in the Champions League.

For the giants Barcelona. It can be said to be a very rare thing.

Moreover, Barcelona, ​​the second most successful team in the history of Spanish football, actually wanted to fight for a place in the Champions League. This is a failure in itself. But they still have to fight. Otherwise this season is really nothing.

In the last round of the league, Barcelona will face Valencia at home, the direct competitor for next season's Champions League place.

That game might not have been Barcelona's best game of the season,

But it is definitely Rivaldo's best game of the season, and even the masterpiece of his career. He scored a hat-trick in that game, saved Barcelona by himself, free kicks, long shots, barbs, like a textbook. He showed all the scoring methods he is best at.

Especially in stoppage time, his wonderful upside-down golden hook on the penalty area line directly sent Barcelona to the Champions League next season. That foot barb has been considered a classic among barbs for a long time.

It's just that Waldo's bravery in this game could not completely save the team's fate.

Then Barcelona's performance still did not improve.

Until 2003. After the new chairman Laporta came to power, Barcelona ushered in the rebirth of nirvana.

Now...they are still in a mess.

No wonder they were knocked out by Mallorca in the Copa del Rey semi-final.

They would have had a chance to salvage their almost-nothing season with a Copa del Rey winner.

Now, they handed over this golden opportunity to Mallorca...

but. Is Mallorca really cheap?

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No one knew that Chang Sheng went to meet Jonathan during this day's vacation, not even Carlos Mediano Pedrosa, and the players naturally didn't know.

When the team resumed training the next day, Chang Sheng called everyone together before training. Not only the players, but even the coaches and team doctors were summoned. Everyone formed a big circle on the lawn of the training ground. Always wins in the middle.

He has something to say to these people.

He patted his chest in front of Jonathan and promised to win the championship, but he really won the championship. It's not something as simple as saying a few words.

From now on, he must unify the thinking of the whole team. Whether it is the players or the staff, everyone must be united, think together, and work hard together. Only in this way can they have the possibility of aspiring to the championship.

So the most important thing before training is this thing - unifying thinking.

Chang Sheng stood in the courtyard, he kept turning around, looked at everyone, and then he said: "Our great season, only the last game left. Yes, this season is great, great, great and great It's all about us. We came out of the economic crisis, and when everyone was not optimistic, we qualified for promotion with ten rounds of the league, and won the league championship with thirteen rounds of the league. The team broke through and reached the final of the Copa del Rey."

"Such a wonderful season, did any of you think of it before?"

he asked.

No one answered him, because there was no need to answer -- indeed, no one could have imagined that they would have such a good season.

"But right now, this great season is not complete. Because there is one last final. It will only be complete when we bring the Copa del Rey back from the Pizjuan. We have a strong opponent, Marlowe. Card is the third runner-up of the First Division this season. They have defeated many strong teams including Barcelona. For us, Mallorca is a tall windmill, lying on the road we must pass, overlooking with disdainful eyes Waiting for us, waiting for us to retreat in the face of difficulties and return the same way."

Chang Sheng raised his hand and drew a circle. "Now we do turn around and back, but not to go back the same way. We are to create distance and then...charge!"

"Remember what I said? With four rounds left in the league, we launched a charge that others thought was impossible to win. But we won. The windmill that looks strong is nothing more than that, We won. So in the final of the Copa del Rey, another windmill that looked very powerful appeared in front of us. Then continue to charge! Maybe the windmill that looked very powerful will be crushed by us again this time? Many people think It will be a miracle if we beat Mallorca. Let's show them a miracle!"

Carlos Campo yelled: "But I haven't heard anyone say that, boss..."

Chang Sheng waited angrily for the kid who jumped out to make trouble: "There will be soon! Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, after you finish training. When you go home and turn on the TV, you will be able to see remarks like this !"

He said for sure.

Because he knows what the media thinks.

Just because Getafe can beat Zaragoza doesn't mean they can beat Mallorca.

"I bet the whole world will not be optimistic about us, no matter how many incredible results we have created and how many powerful enemies we have defeated. Before this game, there is no convincing. Because this is the final of the King's Cup, Marlowe There is no such thing as arrogance and underestimation of the enemy. In this way, how can we defeat an opponent whose absolute strength is much stronger than ours? So it is normal for them not to be optimistic about us."

"But we just want to defeat such a powerful enemy. The reason is very simple-we have all made it to the finals, we have gone through all kinds of hardships, and defeated so many opponents. Is it just to come to the finals to win the runner-up? No, Can win the championship, no one likes the runner-up. I don't like the runner-up, I even hate the runner-up, if I must fail. I would rather fail at the beginning than lose before the finish line! So in this game, no matter how strong the opponent is , we must win. Everyone, only think about the championship!"

"Think about what I said. Then train!"

To win this game, of course, it is not as simple as just saying a few beautiful words.

It has to be detailed enough. And targeted preparation, that's training.

But before training, as the head coach, he must know in which direction to train hard.

To study the opponent.

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To study an opponent, one must first study the opponent's head coach, because a team's tactical style, style of play, and team personality will all be deeply influenced by the head coach, and will clearly bear the imprint of a head coach .

So when you know the head coach of a team, you also know the team.

Mallorca's head coach is Jose Luis Aragones Suarez.

The name is very long, so people usually call him "Luis Aragones".

Chang Sheng is absolutely no stranger to this name.

Of course, people today are no strangers to this name.

In the previous life, Chang Sheng learned more about Aragones from the 2008 European Cup.

In that competition, coach Aragones led the Spanish national team all the way through, and finally aspired to the Delaunay Cup, achieving the second European Cup championship in their history.

But in fact, before he became the Spanish champion coach, he was already well-known in Spain, otherwise the Spanish Football Association would not choose him to take over Seth as the national team coach.

Being in Spain, it is easy to know the king of Aragones.

In the player era, Aragones was a famous player of Atletico Madrid.

However, he started from Getafe. The Getafe in the 195758 season and the current Getafe are not the same Getafe. Today's Getafe was formed by the merger of many teams.

It can also be said that Aragones has nothing to do with Getafe today.

He stayed at Getafe for a year before being signed by Real Madrid, but he was not able to enter Real Madrid's first team until he left, but was kept on loan.

Later, he moved to Oviedo, where he played for the first time in the First Division.

A season later, he moved to Real Betis with four goals in thirteen games. From 196164, he played 86 times in three seasons and scored 33 goals.

Performance is getting better and better, he was spotted by Atletico Madrid.

He played for Atletico Madrid for ten years, played 372 times and scored 172 goals, including 265 league appearances and scored 123 goals.

In the player era, he won three league titles and one Copa del Rey title for Atletico Madrid.

He also came close to helping Atletico Madrid win the first Champions League trophy in the club's history. In the 1974 UEFA Champions League final, Atletico Madrid faced Bayern Munich at the Heysel Stadium in Belgium. He gave his team the lead with a free kick in the final. But a minute later, Bayern Munich equalized and the game was sent to extra time. In extra time, Bayern Munich scored four goals. Defeated Atletico Madrid with a total score of 5:1.

Atlético Madrid just missed out on their Champions League glory.

Then he announced his retirement, and immediately became the head coach of Atletico Madrid, when he was only thirty-five years old.

As a coach, his coaching performance is also good. Especially in the early stage.

As soon as he took over Atletico Madrid, he led the team to win the Intercontinental Cup, and then won the La Liga championship for Atletico Madrid in the 197677 season. At that time, Atletico Madrid only won a total of eight La Liga championships. Aragones won four for Atletico Madrid in the player era and coach era. Accounted for half of the team's total championship. It can be said that Atletico Madrid can become the third largest team in Spain, and Aragones has made a great contribution.

So until now, Atletico Madrid fans like him very much, and he himself has always regarded Atletico Madrid as his favorite team.

One thing may prove this point.

Just in the next season. Aragones will leave Mallorca, where he has excelled, for Atletico Madrid, who are struggling in the second division. Then it took him one season to pull Atletico Madrid out of the quagmire of the second division.

So you can't doubt his feelings for Atletico Madrid.

As head coach, he has coached Atletico Madrid four times. It brought Atletico Madrid a first division title and three Copa del Rey titles. An Intercontinental Cup, a Spanish Super Cup, an Iberian Cup, and a Serie B champion that has yet to be born.

He then went on to coach several Spanish clubs. Including Real Betis, Barcelona, ​​Espanyol, Sevilla, Valencia, Real Oviedo, Mallorca...

He is currently coaching at Mallorca.

This season, Mallorca finally ranked third in the league under his leadership. Overwhelm Barcelona.

But after he left Atletico Madrid, in other teams in general. Nothing to show for it.

That is, he just won a Copa del Rey in Barcelona.

In terms of personal honors, in the season when he led Atletico Madrid to the league championship, he won the Don Ballon Best Coach Award of the season presented by Don Ballon of Spain.

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Aragones has coached in many teams, and his style is a bit mixed. Although his tactics in the Spanish national team will be impressive in the future, but at this time he has not yet reached the level of a master.

He is better at watching the dishes fall, that is, to formulate his own tactics according to different players.

It is not static, stick to a tactic and do not know how to change it.

This earned him the nickname: "The Wise Men of Ortalesa".

Mallorca's tactics this season are somewhat similar to Changsheng's tactics in Getafe.

It is defensive counterattack, the backcourt is strictly guarded against death, and the frontcourt offense relies on the small cooperation of a few people to counterattack quickly.

Defensive counterattacks are not uncommon in Spanish football, but they are not mainstream, but there are still very few defensive counterattacks as ugly and ugly as Chang Sheng. Getafe's defensive counterattack at the beginning was completely focused on the result and did not look at the process at all. Even if they won, it would give people a feeling of "this kid is lucky again".

In terms of defense, Aragones is not as thorough as Chang Sheng, and in terms of offense, it is not as imaginative as the winning Getafe.

He relied more on Eto'o's sprint and Luke's support.

Since Mallorca is a defensive counterattack, and the specific tactics are somewhat similar to Getafe's defensive counterattack, if he still insists on using defensive counterattack, what will be the result?

Chang Sheng simulated the game between the two sides in his mind.

Then he realized that the game would be ugly. Because both sides are defending and counterattacking, and neither is willing to take the initiative to attack, there is really no bright spot in this scene.

At the same time, because everyone is defensive and counterattack, they will be very familiar with each other.

Basically, there is nothing novel, just to compete the hard power of the two teams in each position to see who is stronger and plays better.

Of course, we need to be more patient and shameless.

On patience and shamelessness. Chang Sheng felt that he should be far better than Aragones. But in terms of strength, his Getafe may not be as good as Mallorca.

A very simple comparison, can his Getafe get third place in La Liga this season? He thinks it's hard.

But Mallorca in Aragones did. And Mallorca's performance in the first half of the season is also very average. They are working late.

In the end, they secured the third place in the league with an eight-point lead over fourth-placed Barcelona.

So if everyone uses defense to counterattack, Chang Sheng feels that the winning rate is very low.

I understand Mallorca's tactics, and Aragones must also understand his own tactics. He is very, very clear. Maybe at this time he has broken down his tactics and crushed the analysis.

I'm afraid it will be very difficult for my defensive counterattack to play well in front of "The Wise Men of Ortalesa".

Only by surprise can there be a glimmer of life.

But how can I think of pertinence. Can you come up with new and surprising tactics at the same time?

This has to start with analyzing the opposing team.

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After analyzing the opponent's head coach, let's analyze the team.

Mallorca have performed very well this season, especially in the second half.

This has a lot to do with their players.

Because Aragones is a head coach who is very good at using existing players for tactical arrangements.

Just look at these players in Mallorca right now.

The forward is the fast Samuel Eto'o, who has bought half of the ownership from Real Madrid this season. Mallorca is shared with Real Madrid.

Eto'o's speed is excellent, which is his biggest feature, and he fully embodies it in the defensive counterattack tactics tailored for him by Aragones.

The person who is partnering with Eto'o is Luke.

Like Luis Garcia, this player also came out of the Barcelona La Masia youth training camp, but he didn't get the opportunity given by Barcelona until he was 20 years old. Had to leave and came to Mallorca.

Was loaned to Malaga in Mallorca, where he won 23 opportunities to play and scored three goals. With outstanding performance, Mallorca gave him a first-team opportunity this season. To replace Diego Tristan, who moved to Deportivo this season.

He is the team's main striker this season and has scored nine goals. Is the second shooter in the team. Second only to Eto'o, who scored eleven goals.

The midfielder is the Argentine Ibagaza as the front midfielder, responsible for organizing the offense. Although he is not well-known in international football, he is definitely a first-class player in Spain. He is only 23 years old and belongs to Mallorca. Absolute main force.

After Yugoslavia international Jovan Stankovic was sent to Marseille on loan, he was the mainstay of Mallorca's attacking midfield. He has played 34 times in the league this season, scoring 10 goals, and his performance is eye-catching.

Finidi George, the Nigerian international and one of the founders of the Ajax dynasty, is now in Mallorca's right midfield position. Thirty-one league appearances, scoring five goals.

On the left is Alvaro Nuovo, who was still in the Mallorca B team last season. This season, he was also promoted to the first team and took the main position. Thirty-four games in the league, scoring three goals.

Plus a midfielder Ngonga. A descendant of Equatorial Guinea, he has good physical fitness and strong attack power. He is the first black international in the history of the Spanish national team and participated in the European Championship in 2000. He played 31 games this season and scored two goals for the first time. He has never scored for Mallorca before...

There are a lot of veterans on the back line, only central defender Fernando Nino is younger, 26 years old.

His partner is famous, the central defender Nadal of the Spanish national team. He made his debut in Mallorca, then moved to Barcelona and became the main central defender of Barcelona. Now thirty-four years old, he returned to the hometown team where he debuted at the end of his career and plans to retire here.

He has a nephew who will be famous in the future, more famous than him - Rafael Nadal, the greatest tennis player in Spain.

Uncle is a central defender for Barcelona. Nephew is a die-hard Real Madrid fan.

The right back, 30-year-old Javier Olesola, has played for Mallorca for six seasons and has always been Mallorca's main right back.

The left back is thirty-six-year-old Mikel Soler. Although he is old, he is indeed Mallorca's main left back. He has rich experience and has a record of eight national team games. He has played for Barcelona for many years and is the main force. At the same time, he is the only player in Spanish history who has played for the Madrid duo and Barcelona.

In the goalkeeper lineup, Mallorca prefers the Argentine.

All three of their goalkeepers are Argentines!

The main goalkeeper is the young Leo Franco. After the previous main goalkeeper Roja ran back to Argentina to avoid the end of the world because of religious issues, he quickly became Mallorca's main goalkeeper. And he is only twenty-three years old now.

Both substitute goalkeepers are from Argentina. Roa was the main goalkeeper of the Argentine national team in the 1998 World Cup. He became famous because he successfully stopped England in the penalty shoot-out.

Many people think that the future of his career is smooth, but it is not because of religious reasons. Roa gave up football halfway. Roa is a believer in "Christ on the Seventh Day". According to the doctrine, every Saturday Roa can only participate in training and competition after the sun goes down, and many games in La Liga are on Saturdays, which brings him Big trouble. In addition, he also believed in the end of the world. In order to avoid the end of the world, he announced his retirement at the peak of his career and returned to Argentina. Spend the end of the world in the deep mountains and old forests. But the end of the world has not come, but he always has to survive. So he returned to Mallorca.

Originally, he was still the main force this season. However, due to injury, he did not play a few games. Let Franco become the main force again.

Another substitute goalkeeper, Boggs, is also Argentina's national goalkeeper, but he is just a substitute. The long-haired Boggs has been complained more than once that his goalkeeping ability is not as good as his ability to sing rock and roll. Marca Radio had a special topic. Among the 20 coaches in La Liga, only three were willing to use Boggs. The reason is simple. Compared with goalkeepers, Argentines may be more suitable for singing rock and roll.

Later, he became the main goalkeeper of the Argentine national team, and was deeply trusted by Bielsa in the qualifiers for the World Cup in Japan and South Korea. But the strange thing is that in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea, Caballero became the main goalkeeper of the Argentine national team.

Such a team is the basic main lineup of Mallorca.

There are also some good bench players.

For example, Francisco Soler, who is in the defensive midfielder position, is an old courtier of Mallorca. He has been playing for Mallorca since his debut. It is now his eleventh year in the first team. He has played 22 times this season and is an excellent substitute for Ngonga.

There is also Spanish international Armando at the right back position, who is also an excellent substitute.

In addition, in the central defender position, Gustavo Lionel Siviero has always been the main central defender. When Mallorca won the runner-up of the Cup Winners Cup, he was the main force. However, this season he declined due to injuries and other reasons and became a substitute. But with rich experience, strength still exists.

Such a team has excellent players, experienced head coach, and a tradition of defensive counterattacks-they almost pulled the Blue Eagles Lazio off the horse in the Cup Winners Cup final, relying on defensive counterattacks.

It can be said to be a very difficult opponent to deal with.

But Chang Sheng has to win, because he said, to show a miracle.

How to win?

After learning about Mallorca's tactics and the team's situation, Chang Sheng became more determined not to use defensive counterattacks to deal with this team.

If you don't use your best defensive counterattack, what should you use?

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PS, the 3480 monthly ticket has been delivered, and I just watched the national team game, and I beat Iraq at the last moment!

When I took the corner kick, I was still thinking "the Chinese team needs a hero, who can stand up?", and then I won it!

It's not pretty, it's not exciting, it's not convincing... But none of that matters, what matters is that we won. Look at the painful and desperate expressions of the Iraqi players when they conceded the ball. This is the difference between victory and defeat.

If you can be a winner, never be a loser!

This game still exposed many problems of the Chinese team, but that is something that the coaching staff of the Chinese team should consider.

And us ordinary fans, there is no need to pretend to be deep, just enjoy the victory of this game.

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