Chapter 11 The first ball that determines the trend (")

Vazquez was confident that his disciples would be able to defeat Mallorca's old, weak, sick and disabled through back and forth sprints. However, what happened next disappointed him - Mallorca's old, weak, sick and disabled not only did not collapse under the sprints of the rushing Vallecano players, but instead they were as stable as if they were injected with chicken blood!

Vasquez guessed one thing wrong - Mallorca's defense line is indeed quite old, and it can even be said to be the oldest defense line in La Liga. However, each of them has about ten years of experience in La Liga, and their physical fitness has not decreased significantly. They will naturally be unable to support it soon after sprinting back and forth. However, in this case of reclaiming defense, their experience, confrontation, judgment and positioning can all play at their best. How could it be a team like Vallecano that does not have a prominent scorer that can easily tear the defense line.

What's more, Mallorca's quick counterattack in the frontcourt is not something that any team can ignore - Tristan's impact is excellent, Stankovic and Ibagasa are both midfielders with excellent speed and skills. Although they are not as fast as lightning, the small-scale cooperation between several people is quite tacit, which has always caused huge trouble to Vallecano's defense.

Under the restraint of Mallorca's frontcourt players, Vallecano's offense cannot attack without scruples, and their defense line is more at ease.

After Vallecano's attack for a while, his momentum began to slowly relax - this kind of attack that was like a fierce attack was very physically consuming. Although Senbranos was dispatched in the middle, Vallecano, who was mainly young players, slowed down the attack speed as his physical strength decreased for a while.

However, Mallorca did not take advantage of the situation to counterattack, but began to control the midfield through back and forth transmission and dispatch. The most important role in this was the captain Ngongjia, who kept receiving the ball, and then constantly splitting the ball to find opportunities for attack.

In this way, the game was calm and unpredictable to the end of the first half. When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the first half, Jose waved his fist, then got up and walked towards the locker room. Vasquez waved his hand in annoyance and also got up and walked towards the locker room.

Interestingly, the movements of both sides were almost synchronized. When they arrived at the player's passage, Vasquez looked at Jose, then snorted, and walked inside. Jose smiled slightly, and only then began to move his steps after Vasquez walked in.

After frowning in the locker room and thinking for a while, Mallorca's players had already walked into the locker room one after another. After seeing Natal the last step into the locker room and closed the door of the locker room, Jose coughed and calmed the players.

"In the first half, we played well, but just that is not enough... It is actually difficult for us to play a quick counterattack in the frontcourt, because we do not have the advantage in the speed of the frontcourt. So in the second half, we should play more aggressively in the offense while continuing to defend. Vicente, the position in the second half can be higher. With Francisco to help you fill up the position behind you, there is nothing to worry about. Use your scheduling ability to create opportunities for Youwan and Ariel to break through, attract in the middle lane, and then resolutely play two sides to create opportunities for Diego. This is our offensive tactic in the second half. Youwan and Ariel, when one of you breaks through on the side, the other pays attention to changing positions to the middle lane to assist Carlos to grab the second landing point, and expand the score if you have the opportunity!"

Jose said so much in one breath. Seeing Tristan, Carlos, Stankovic, Ibagasa, Ngonga and others nodded one after another, they turned to the defenders: "Continue to defend in the second half, don't easily insert the attack, don't leave any gaps in the backcourt... I think it shouldn't be too difficult to defend Vallecano's attack as long as it's not back and forth, right?"

Nino rolled up the cuffs of the jersey and showed off his muscles: "No problem, we can definitely defend those guys' attacks!"

Seeing Nino's statement, the other defenders nodded. It was not that they were too confident, but that the strength of these defenders can also be ranked in the middle of La Liga. Except that they are basically older, there is no other problem. Jose is very accurate in this regard. In the first half of the season, when Gomez adopted offensive football tactics that did not conform to Mallorca's current situation, this defense line was able to keep the goals conceded below two per game on average, which itself proves their strength.

As long as it is not in a mobile war or a positional war, the attack line that is capable of breaking through this defense line, there are only a few teams in La Liga.

Mallorca's defense is the greatest wealth left by Cooper. Jose will of course make good use of this. This is also the least worrying thing for Jose at the moment. He needs to make a lot of effort now, but how to increase Mallorca's goals.

Only eighteen goals have been scored in twenty league rounds, and an average of less than one game is less than one. For a La Liga team, this data is really embarrassing.

In fact, Mallorca is not short of good offensive players. Although Tristan is still a little inexperienced, his scoring ability is excellent. Ibagasa and Stankovic are both very distinctive offensive players. As long as they are well combined, they will definitely be able to score a large number of goals.

But Jose doesn't have time to combine the offensive combination in the frontcourt now. From taking over as the team to this game, he has very little time, so the offensive tactics he prepared are also very simple, that is, Ngong's extra points, Ibagasa and Stankovic break through and cross the wings, and Tristan grabs the point in the middle - a very simple offensive tactic.

However, this simple offensive tactic, combined with Tristan's impact and the breakthrough ability of the two wings, will still have great power if used well, at least it will be enough to deal with Vallecano.

Vallecano has performed very well this season, but Jose knows that their strength is not as good as the rankings. He is mainly young players, his open-ended impact style and slightly better luck are the factors that they can achieve such excellent results this season. However, in the first half of the season, Vallecano, who was at home, and Mallorca, who was tug-of-war with the back and forth, fought until the end of the game before scoring a slightly lucky goal, defeating Mallorca 2-1 at home. Jose does not think Vallecano is better than Mallorca.

Young is Vallecano's advantage and their shortcomings. As long as Mallorca can seize the opportunity to expand the score again in the second half, if his mentality is unbalanced, it will definitely be Vallecano. When he scored the second goal, it is when Mallorca set the victory.

"We are leading... I don't remember how many games I haven't taken the lead." A fan murmured to himself in the stands at St. Mois Stadium.

"Seven rounds...or eight rounds?" a fan next to him said with uncertainty.

"As a matter of course, I still have to change to a new head coach. Although the game is not very good, I am leading the game after all!" At first, a fan sighed.

"This coach is a standard Mallorca person. He has worked in the youth team for more than a year before, so we should use it with confidence!" A fan later nodded in agreement with him.

"Don't worry! We're ahead now! Victory, we're going to win!" Another fan shouted loudly: "Go forward! Mallorca!"

With his roar, players from both sides walked out of the player passage, and the Mallorca fans in the stands were all excited.

The second half is about to begin!

"Mallorca led by one goal in the first half... If it were last season, this would not be a problem. However, it is indeed surprising that they were able to lead in the first half this season. Vallecano did not lose this season, but they rarely fell behind in the first half, and often only showed flaws in the second half. Shaville, what do you think?" The famous commentator of Spanish National Television Station Ivan Hidalgo asked his commentator partner Shaville Bones with a smile.

Bones is a middle-aged man with a serious expression. Compared with Hidalgo, who is relaxed and lively, his style is more profound. He belongs to the kind of textual research party type commentator. He complements Hidalgo. Their commentary cooperation is quite popular.

Hearing Hidalgo ask, Bones said "Hmm": "In the first half, Mallorca's ball was not good-looking... However, they did quite successful in overall defense and tactical response. Although they were suppressed by Vallecano in the first half, it has to be said that Jose Alemuni, a young man, is still very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of his team, and it is not easy to do this. What makes Mallorca excellent lies in the experience of their players and the experience of Cooper left behind.

The weakness of that solid defense line is that the average age of the main lineup is too old and can easily be dragged down by the opponent. Using this tactic of reclaiming defense can make the best use of strengths and avoid weaknesses, and that counterattack was quite firm, which proves that everything in the first half was Jose carefully prepared tactics. Vazquez's performance disappointed me a little. The opponent was obviously avoiding Vallecano's advantage, but he had no good way to deal with it. If you continue, Vallecano may not be good in the second half."

"Shaville is right." Hidalgo nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that I have to take back what I said just now. With Jose's performance in the first half, even if he runs into the wrong coach's seat, it's no big deal... Now, it depends on how the situation in the second half is. Will Mallorca stop losing three consecutive times or even fail in nine consecutive games? Let's wait and see!"
Chapter completed!