Chapter 59: Chapter 59
Chapter 59
When will the next meeting with Hiddink be, Jose doesn't know. In his impression, Hiddink should go to Asia next, and then coach the South Korean national team to achieve historic results in the 2002 World Cup. Jose didn't know what he did after that. He is just an ordinary fan who likes football. He pays attention to the four major leagues and the World Cup and the European Cup. It was not until the World Cup in Germany four years later that Hiddink led Australia and almost kept Italy out of the quarter-finals again. Into his eyes, Jose's next impression of Hiddink was that before the 2008 European Cup, he led Russia to kill England and entered the finals and became Chelsea's firefighting coach for a time. As for what Hiddink was doing during this period However, Jose is not very clear...
So Jose felt that it was unlikely that he would meet Hiddink. After all, in his impression, Hiddink was a head coach who coached the national team brilliantly but rarely coached the club...
Sure enough, on the second day after the game ended, the Betis club announced that Hiddink was dismissed from get out of class, and the assistant coach was appointed as the acting head coach. Betis chairman Lopera said that the team will fight bravely in the last three rounds and strive to relegation!
It's just that no one believed his words at this time. In this round, Oviedo defeated Sevilla, Racing Santander and Numancia drew a draw, and Betis fell behind the relegation zone by three points, the same as this round. The defeated Atletico Madrid directly became a difficult brother...
José has nothing to say about Hiddink's dismissal. There are factions in the team, and some people in the management are holding back, plus a chairman Lopera who is ignorant and likes to interfere in things. Good grades are really hell.
As a top coach, Jose couldn't help but feel a little sad when he was dismissed from get out of class like this. In any case, the strength of a head coach is weak when facing the club, even when facing the group. It is also very easy to be killed by the players when there are only a few players. The reason is very simple. It is easy to replace a head coach, but it is more difficult to replace a group of players. For the chairman of the club, of course they choose the easy one.
So ambitious coaches began to fight for power even more. Ferguson's position was unshakable. Wenger entered the Arsenal board of directors. Mourinho began to know the importance of power after Chelsea dismissed get out of class. The battle between Real Madrid and Valdano-it doesn't necessarily mean that Mourinho has excess desire for power, but only by being able to fully control the club can he make the club move in the direction he envisioned.
The players you want to stay are sold by the management for economic reasons, the players you don't want are brought in because of the management's preference, and the players you want to train and promote are sold because the old guys refuse to give way. Can't do it... All of this is what the head coach hates the most.
Jose doesn't want to encounter this situation himself, so he needs to control the power of the club. This half of the season is just to build up his prestige among the fans.
As the days went by, the preparation atmosphere in Mallorca became tense. Everyone began to work hard for the upcoming UEFA Cup final. The video tapes in Jose's office had piled up, all of which were from Arsenal. The game video of the past six months...
In terms of strength, Mallorca must be inferior to Arsenal. After all, Arsenal can be regarded as the second-strongest team in the Premier League. In the UEFA Cup, they also swept La Coruna, which is ranked first in La Liga, 5-1 at home. In the face of confrontation, Mallorca basically does not have much chance of winning.
It's just that one of the charms of football is that not a strong team will definitely win, especially in the confrontation between professional teams, the outcome is difficult to determine.
What's more, Mallorca is not without advantages-although Arsenal has lost hope of winning the league and is more than ten points behind Manchester United, they cannot take it lightly in the competition for Champions League qualification. , Liverpool, Leeds United and Chelsea are all strong contenders for the Champions League qualification. The four teams compete for two places, which is as tragic as winning the league championship. They cannot give up the super high income of entering the Champions League, so for Wenger, winning the UEFA Cup is not as important as qualifying for the Champions Cup.
So now Mallorca, who has nothing to desire, is recharging its energy, while Arsenal still have to fight against their opponents in the league. Although the Premier League ends a week earlier than La Liga, Arsenal will play on May 14. After the last round of the league, they will immediately prepare for the UEFA Cup final on the 18th, but there is no rest time. Although Mallorca's UEFA Cup final is in the middle of the two league rounds, they can completely give up those two games...
In fact, Jose intends to do just that.
In the next round of the away game against Sevilla, although Jose also intends to send all the main players, it is just to prevent the players from resting too long and causing their state to decline. Wait until the third game on May 14th. When the seventeenth round of the league played away against Valladolid, Jose planned to send all the substitutes...
This kind of schedule is a favorable time for Mallorca now.
On May 7th, Mallorca challenged Sevilla away.
For this team that has been relegated early, they are just fighting for honor - but obviously, you can't expect a team that has been performing poorly since the start of the season to be able to play just for glory. In the case of honor, they tried their best. Like Real Betis, they still resisted tenaciously at the beginning, but they were quickly defeated...
In the 33rd minute, their defender Nando was sent off with a red card for arguing with the linesman. Just two minutes later, Tristan received a pass from Eto'o in the penalty area and turned and shot to open the scoring!
In the fifty-sixth minute, it was Tristan again. After receiving a direct pass from Ngonga, he went straight in and scored twice!
In the next period, Eto'o dominated the world. In addition to scoring a goal, he also assisted Stankovic to score. In the end, Mallorca won two consecutive 4-0 victories and reached 50 points. With two points, the ranking rushed to the eighth place in one breath!
"Mallorca's momentum is too fierce. After successfully relegation, they still did not stop moving forward. They even won two consecutive victories with the most goal difference this season without pressure! If it weren't for the last Losing too many points in half a season, they must be in the position to participate in the European competition, or even to compete for the Champions League seat! You must know that they are only 13 points away from the top-ranked Deportivo La Coruña! However, after all, they lost too many points in the first half. Now that Aravis, who is ranked sixth, has reached 60 points, they are not eligible to compete for the UEFA Cup qualification, but they may surpass the ranking The seventh Celta Vigo qualify for the Toto Cup...but they only need to beat Arsenal to qualify for the UEFA Cup before they can directly participate in the UEFA Cup next season. At this time, Jose must start to contribute to the UEFA Cup Let's think about it..."
Jose has indeed begun to think about the UEFA Cup. In fact, after defeating Leeds United at home, he has begun to think about the UEFA Cup final. He has considered it much longer than everyone else.
After much deliberation, Jose felt that he could only use defensive counterattacks to deal with Arsenal - because if he played a normal offense, both Bergkamp's skills and Henry's speed would be enough for Mallorca's defenders to suffer. That's right, especially Henry, this guy belongs to the kind of player who has more space and can show his abilities to the fullest. Only by intercepting layers and leaving him no space to sprint can he be restrained to a certain extent. Ovie on the two wings Mars and Parlor are both fast players, with too much space in the backcourt, they can only court death.
However, Arsenal's defense, like Mallorca, is dominated by veterans. If they take the initiative to let the midfielder entangle with them in the backcourt, and then use Eto'o's speed, they will have a good chance of winning.
So in the recent games, apart from using such extreme defensive tactics in the second half against Barcelona to try out, Jose used an upright offensive method to entangle his opponents in other games, and he also achieved good results. , he did this to create an illusion in Wenger's mind, that is, although Mallorca is good at defense, it will not attack...
His bet is that Wenger is distracted by the league and won't have much time to study Mallorca! As long as Wenger can't imagine that Jose will use such extreme defensive tactics against Arsenal in the game, then in the game, Wenger's room for adjustment will not be so great!
All along, Wenger is a head coach who has a strong outlook and team formation ability, but is not good at commanding on the spot!
If Wenger only intends to use his best tactics to defeat Mallorca, but is not prepared to adapt to that extreme situation, then after the game starts, Wenger can only passively accept the move!
At the same time, during this period of time, in addition to letting the team practice intensive defense, Jose also strengthened the training of penalty kicks. Every player must take at least ten penalty kicks every day. Penalties must be practiced.
Jose didn't have so much energy and manpower to observe the penalty kick habits of Arsenal players, so the famous little note couldn't be reproduced, but the Premier League teams have always been very hard on penalty kicks, and they also There may not be time to strengthen the training of penalty kicks, as long as the preparations are made, it is enough.
What's more, whether there will be a penalty shootout is another matter. Jose hopes to solve the battle within 90 minutes. The penalty kick training is just the last preparation for the players to adapt in advance... …
What he is waiting for now is the day when the UEFA Cup final comes. Jose is also ambitiously waiting for the day when he really starts to make a name for himself in the European arena!
Arsenal! Wenger! They will be a stumbling block to Jose's fame!
Seriously, what we are waiting for is the moment when the UEFA Cup final comes!
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