Updated: 2012-09-17

"The gap with Barcelona narrowed to three points after defeating Espanyol!"

Jose did not say such things in the team, but the Mallorca players were only talking about this idea at this time.

They were nine points away from Barcelona before, and it seemed that the difference was very far, and it was difficult to catch up. However, after Barcelona lost a game, as long as they could win the make-up game, they would only be three points away from the opponent. After two rounds, they would face-to-face games with Barcelona, ​​and they had a chance to tie the points...

Although football games are not about arithmetic, at this time, Mallorca's players wanted to do such arithmetic!

Challenge Espanyol away, then return to home against Albacete, and then go away to Barcelona a week later. This schedule makes the players in Mallorca feel a little annoying. It would be great if the away game between Espanyol and Barcelona were together, and they could stay in Barcelona for a few more days...

However, in fact, such a schedule is more beneficial to Mallorca, because they can have a week of adjustment before challenging Barcelona away, not to mention that after playing Barcelona, ​​Mallorca will have a away game against Liverpool. If you don’t have a good rest before, the next intensive schedule will be a strict test for Mallorca!

"We are not far from Barcelona, ​​so this problem will not cause any trouble for us." Jose said to the players before departure: "So, prepare to set out and win the Spaniard first. I know you are all very anxious, but the battles have to be played one by one, the games have to be won one by one, and the game has to be won one by one, and we will play every game as a life-and-death battle. Sooner or later we will surpass them. Do you understand? Don't think about the things after two rounds of the league now. If you want to think about it, you have to think about the things now. If you can't win the Spaniard, it will be useless. Do you understand?"

"I understand!" The players shouted in unison - they did have a bit of ambition before, and they would only get excited when playing a strong team - after all, after experiencing the triple-championship, they have nothing to do without, and this kind of thought is inevitable.

Now Jose wants them to return to the mortal world from heaven and understand that there is no match in this world that can win the championship without a good match. Even in the Super Cup and other games, they have to win a championship first before they can play. The important competition in the league is a three-pointer, and a three-pointer against an ordinary team. If they play well just to face a strong team, what's the use?

What's more, Espanyol is not a weak team this season. Although they lost 0-4 away in the last round at Real Madrid, they are still ranked seventh and are only one game away from the Champions League area.

This kind of long-term mid-range team will always perform well in a few seasons. This is the case with Espanyol this season. When such teams encounter a season with explosive character, even strong teams will often suffer losses. There will be several teams in each league, and they have also formed the backbone of the league, such as Everton, Mibor, Udinese in Serie A, Espanyol in La Liga and Athletic Bilbao...

Although they lost in the last round at Real Madrid, that game cannot be observed as an example. The Espanyol team is deeply disgusted by Barcelona fans, not only because they are Barcelona's city opponents, but because Espanyol seems to have only two goals in the league each season - relegation and two matches with Barcelona, ​​and they will never be so dedicated to playing Real Madrid. Of course, Madrid also has such a team. Atletico Madrid's slogan is "As long as you can win Real Madrid, you can be relegated." In history, Torres left Atletico Madrid, there was a zero-to-six defeat at Barcelona without any pursuit, just to prevent Real Madrid from winning the championship!

Jose has always believed that teams with such goals will never become a climate. In this regard, Hill ruined Atletico Madrid - he has always regarded himself as "the person who hates Real Madrid the most in the world". He also put a deep mark on Atletico Madrid. From the moment it was put, Atletico Madrid was no longer the team with the third most La Liga championship. When a team hates a certain team's top and surpasses its desire for victory, such a team will lose the pursuit of honor. Any wealthy family will not have no enemies. However, the enemy is just the motivation for you to pursue more honor, rather than destroying your ambitions. Trying to surpass the enemy is the attitude a team should have. Deliberate loss to make other teams surpass the enemy when you cannot surpass it - this can only be considered a coward, and even hatred can be helped to repay others. What is this?

The relationship between Liverpool and Manchester United is extremely bad, and Liverpool did not deliberately lose to Arsenal or Chelsea to make these two teams surpass Manchester United; Bayern will not deliberately lose to their competitors when he surpasses them in Borussia Dortmund, Bremen or Schalke Zero Four surpass them to break the opponent's dream of winning the championship; Manchester United will not deliberately lose to Chelsea just because they have no chance to win the championship and let Chelsea surpass Arsenal; Inter Milan has no hope of winning the championship, and AC Milan will still stubbornly block AC Milan when he is Juventus' biggest competitor-the relationship between Milan and Juventus is even closer to the relationship between Inter Milan and Juventus...

So Jose never thought that such a team was worthy of respect. The reason why a wealthy family became a wealthy family often had something that surpassed the ordinary team in this detail, which was also the most respectable thing.

In a game that has nothing to do with the end of the league, sending substitutes to train substitutes and saving the main players' physical fitness will do this, but it is unbearable to lose to attack others.

However, Jose does not respect the Spaniards, but it does not mean that he will relax his vigilance against the Spaniards. He can maintain the mid-range La Liga for the past decade and sometimes enter the European arena. The Spaniards will definitely have their own excellence. And if you think about it, they can always cause trouble to Barcelona, ​​but not only the halo of the derby can do it, but they must also have their outstanding features.

The core of Espanyol is De La Pena, one of the former five little tigers in Barcelona. The attacking midfielder also returned to Spain after a failed season in Italy, and then joined Barcelona's city rival Espanyol and performed well. He has always been the center of Espanyol. Raul Tamudo is an excellent center. It is strange that he has been staying in Espanyol without a transfer. These two are the pillars and core of Espanyol. This season, Espanyol introduced forwards Dani and Tamudo, who once became famous in Mallorca and performed very well in Barcelona. After coming to Spain, Dani performed well and has now scored four league goals, second only to midfielders Rodriguez and Tamudo. Having enough scorers is one of the factors that Espanyol's outstanding performance now.

Of course, the introduction of Argentine full-back Ibarra, who performed well in Monaco last season and former Argentine international defender Pochettino, also added a lot of color to Espanyol in defense.

In short, it is not easy to defeat Espanyol, especially since they have only lost one game at home so far this season, which is to lose one to the same city rival Barcelona, ​​and remain unbeaten in other games, including knocking out Real Madrid by one to zero - compared with their four wins, two draws and six losses away.

It is obvious that although not that extreme, Espanyol is also a team with dragons and away games at home.

After coming to Barcelona, ​​Mallorca began to prepare for this game. Barcelona fans began to support their city rivals. They hope that the city rivals can help them block Mallorca and keep Barcelona's lead at six points...

However, Jose knew that Espanyol would not let Mallorca go in turn because of the desire of Barcelona fans. After all, Espanyol is likely to enter the European arena next season, which is related to honor and money. Espanyol will never defend against Mallorca. Even if their biggest goal in each season is to relegate and fight against Barcelona, ​​it will not prevent them from pursuing more honors.

When the night on February 9th came, Espanyol's home court, Eplat Stadium was already full. Espanyol fans wearing blue and white jerseys shouted loudly in the stands, hoping to see the "birds" they support can spread their wings and show their abilities in the Champions League.

In this game, Jose only rotated left-back Ram. Jose felt that he should be more secure in the away game. Romero's defense is better than Ram. Mallorca has many offensive players, so it's better to stabilize it properly. At the same time, the main players need to take turns to save some physical strength to prepare for the upcoming Champions League game.

Before the game started, Dani looked at the players of Mallorca with a complicated look - he became famous in Mallorca. Although he was from Real Madrid's youth training camp, he only got two loan opportunities in Real Madrid. He scored few goals in two seasons in Zaragoza and performed mediocrely. After returning to Real Madrid again, he also performed averagely. He spent three seasons in Real Madrid's first team, not even a goal, so he was completely abandoned by Real Madrid. At this time, the horse was

Loca's head coach Cooper discovered him with keen eyes, and after introducing him, he entrusted him with important tasks. That season was an extremely glorious season for Dani. In the league, his twelve league goals helped Mallorca win the third place in the league. In the Cup of Winners, he also scored many goals to help Mallorca enter the final of the Cup of Winners. In the final, his goals once equalized the score. Unfortunately, Nedved's goal made Mallorca's Cup of Winners' championship a bubble...

Then, Dani, who was proud and satisfied, came to Barcelona. In the first year, he performed well. He also scored 11 goals in the few games. However, the unstable games made his form decline. He only scored one goal in the next three seasons! Then he began to wander around and went to Zaragoza, and his performance was also average. He only found some of his form in Espanyol this season. Mallorca, who resolutely left that year, was already the top team in the Triple Crown...

This is often the case in life. Although Nadal, Nino, Soler, Olesora and others who chose to stay at that time gradually became substitutes, they have won a lot of honors. What about Dani? He is already thirty-one years old, but he is still empty-handed...

People always have to take responsibility for their choices.
Chapter completed!