Updated: 2012-11-13

Mallorca has come to London for the second time this season. Last time, they defeated Chelsea, who has been in the Premier League for the past two years at Stamford Bridge in the northwest of London. This time, they will play against Arsenal at Highbury not far away...

This game will also be the last European competition performance at the Highbury Stadium. In the 93-year history, Highbury has witnessed Arsenal's twenty-two European competition seasons. After this season, they will move into the new Emirates Stadium and embark on a new journey.

All Arsenal fans hope to win a victory in the final stop and bid farewell to the Highbury Stadium with a Champions League final. Although they lost the first game, the disadvantage of a goal is not enough to dispel their confidence.

"We will show all our courage and skills in Highbury's last European match, letting everyone know that Arsenal's offensive football is not inferior to any team!"

In an interview before the game, Wenger said confidently that since losing to Chelsea at home in 2003-04, Arsenal has maintained an unbeaten record of six wins and three draws at home. Naturally, they do not want a bad result in their last European performance in Highbury. They hid many main players in the last round of the league. Like Mallorca, they also put all their hopes in the Champions League.

After Mallorca came to London, he seemed equally high-profile. In response to the dissatisfied with the dull style of play of both sides in the last round, Jose responded: "The commentator has reason to demand all games, but reality is reality. Everyone hopes that their team can win the championship while playing beautifully. Only Mallorca has done this in the past few years, but this does not mean that we will use rigid tactics to treat the game in every game. Mallorca is not a team that only knows one tactics, but we will also have corresponding reactions and countermeasures against all kinds of opponents. This is not conservative, but the art of command of a coach. I do not deny that I am a fan of beautiful football, but as a coach, we must first ensure our victory. The greatest honor of athletes is fighting, and then triumphant. Fighting is the process, triumphant is the result, and we cannot put the cart before the horse."

Jose's response caused a large number of controversies, but Jose ignored those controversies. There is no easier thing in the world than standing and talking without a backache. Commentators move their mouths and athletes break their legs? Why, what can you do when you are in confinement? Why should I serve you and me? To be responsible, I only need to be responsible for the fans who support Mallorca, and be responsible for you? Sorry, I don't have that much effort...

When he was a fan, Jose once complained that football matches were becoming more and more boring. However, after all, it was from an inconsistency perspective. Fans were always not satisfied. They had to play well and scored many goals in every game. It was best to have ups and downs in every game, and they had to have all kinds of elements and finally win the championship... There may not be one such game in a few years. If this is the case in every game, maybe the charm of football is really not as great as it is now...

So he is just preparing for something now, using a beautiful game to draw the faces of those demanding commentators on the road, and to make them willingly be drawn...

He didn't prevent Wenger from playing tricks, but it seems unlikely now. Wenger is not the kind of person who plays tricks, and if he really wants to play, Mallorca will not take the initiative at the beginning. If Arsenal continues to grind tofu in the midfield, Jose wouldn't mind grinding with the opponent until the end of the game...

One day, two days, time passed quickly. The weather in London is not enough to cause too much trouble for Mallorca. It is almost early summer. The temperature in London is very suitable for the competition. April 25 will soon arrive on time!

In the first leg, Barcelona's away challenge to AC Milan was first played, so now, the first one became Mallorca's away challenge to Arsenal. The day after this game ended, the confrontation between Barcelona and AC Milan was the second day after the end of this game.

At 5:30 pm that day, the entire Mallorca team set off from the hotel two hours in advance, and then headed to the game venue, Highbury Stadium. At 7:30, the game will start on time.

After arriving at the stadium, the players warm up, and then the tactical arrangements and waiting for the game to begin...

"I think you don't need to play too much in this game. Wenger and I agreed to have a dignified confrontation in this game. Let's see if Arsenal's offense is better or if our Mallorca's offense is sharper!"

Jose's first words scared the players - he had already agreed with Wenger? What a joke, can there be any discussion about this game?

"Well, of course, we won't play tacitly, so don't think wrongly." Jose added: "You should know that this result will occur because we won the first leg. If we play defensive counterattack in this game, Arsenal will also have a headache. After all, they will have to enter three of them. In this case, Arsenal can only return to the usual style of play, gain control through the midfield competition, and then continue to get shots, and at the same time reduce the possibility of us scoring. Therefore, the key to this game is to compete for the midfield."

Speaking of this, Jose turned around and drew on the tactical board: "As I imagined, Arsenal gave up the five midfielder style in this game, Flamini returned to the bench, Fabregas and Gilberto Silva were partnering with the midfielder, Wenger activated Reyes and Henry on the front line, which is a very positive change. Both forwards are players with good speed skills, especially Henry. Reyes' progress after leaving Sevilla is slow... If they can take some initiative in the midfield, just using a straight pass to hit the back line can make our defense very troublesome. We don't need to use defense to fight them, because this effect will not be too good, giving Henry too much room to dribble the ball and Fabregas too much organization.

The space is a very dangerous thing, so we also have to fight with them in the midfield, interfere with their ball and offense from the midfield, create more opportunities in the midfield, and impact their defense line! If you want to compare goals with them, you can score goals with them. The last game is a little more secure because it was our home court. If something goes wrong, it will be more difficult to play away. Now we have won at home and we have not allowed them to score goals, so the initiative is in our hands. We can compete with them without any worries about who has scored more goals! Their defense line has no big flaws, but no flaws does not mean that we cannot score goals. Our offensive methods are diverse, and we use various attacks to tear off their defense and take out all your fun things!"

Jose breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to face all the players, showing a smile.

"At the same time, this game can also be a preview of our finals. Our opponent in the final is likely to be Barcelona. Arsenal's offensive characteristics are also very close to Barcelona... Of course, it is not the Arsenal team in the last game, but Arsenal, who must win at home and was forced to a desperate situation!"

Natal gasped. He was like the players and didn't quite understand why Jose used a more stable tactic in the first round. Because with Mallorca's offensive ability, in the second half of the last game, even if he tried to push out and attack, the possibility of scoring Arsenal a few more goals and the possibility of being scored by Arsenal against the goal were both 55. It was a situation where he could make a big favour. With Mallorca's characteristics and Jose's habits, he should have chosen to be positive, but he chose to be conservative...

Now it seems that this kind of conservatism is for the layout of the second round or even the finals - this strategic vision has simply surpassed the scope of ordinary head coaches, but has a layout of deducing the entire season's game as a game. Jose's ability and courage are simply shocking.

Even if he is a very special head coach who is not afraid of being dismissed, it is quite a great thing to be able to make such a judgment!

Now, Mallorca has won 1-0 at home, and Arsenal has to attack to fight Mallorca. Mallorca will be more confident, because they are unlikely to score fewer goals in the attack, and Arsenal, who is willing to attack with everything, is indeed very similar to Barcelona. This is equivalent to having a sincere and warm-up opponent before Mallorca's final...

All of this is basically dancing on the tip of a knife, but Jose perfectly achieved all his goals. Even if it was quite dangerous along the way, he only looked at the result. He did this, whether it was luck or something else.

At this moment, Natal suddenly had great hope for Mallorca's championship this season.

Because we have a top head coach, a head coach who is better than all coaches, and with so many outstanding players, Mallorca's hope of winning the Champions League - greater than any team!

At this moment, Jose waved his hand: "Okay, prepare to set out... Just attack like you usually do, control the midfield and control all the rhythm, and then seize the opportunity again and again. Even if the opponent scores the goal first, there is no need to worry, because this game will have a long time and there is enough time for us to score the goal... No team can stop our attack, no."

Jose said the last passage very calmly and did not hoarsely to encourage the morale of the players. However, at this moment, the players of Mallorca raised their fighting spirit to the highest point.

That's right, no team can stop our offense. This is not just Jose's verbal words, but the confidence accumulated over hundreds of games in the past few years. As long as Mallorca's offense is not a problem, they will definitely be able to score goals!

These results were fought back by Mallorca one by one, and at this time, it will in turn give Mallorca players great confidence and motivation!

Complement each other.

The players of Mallorca strode out of the locker room and walked towards the player passage through the ancient corridor. After a little dark road, light gradually began to appear in front of them. The next moment, a tide-like shouting came in from the light, which was the venue of today's game, the center of the Highbury Stadium!

Mallorca players are waiting to play in the player channel, and Arsenal players stand next to them. In the next moment, they will prove to everyone on the court that they are the best team in the offense!
Chapter completed!