Chapter 82: "Fairness and Justice"
Real Madrid's players are full of confidence in this game and are full of desire to win the league title two rounds ahead of schedule, and like them, Real Madrid fans are also excited, and a large number of Real Madrid fans have also come to Mallorca with the team at this important moment when it is possible to win the championship early.
Although many people did not buy tickets to enter the St Mois stadium, the fans didn't care so much, in such a moment of cheering, they just wanted to be with the team, welcome the victory together, welcome the birth of the championship together!
The small island of Mallorca was flooded with immigrants the day before the game, and it is roughly estimated that at least 50,000 Real Madrid fans have arrived in the town, which has also made the island's police very difficult, and they have to seconded police forces to neighboring cities to maintain order in the city.
The St. Moyse Stadium, which can only accommodate more than 20,000 people, originally only sold more than 2,000 tickets to away fans, but there are so many Real Madrid fans who come to the island that many fans are dissatisfied with the home team only selling such a small number of tickets.
After the emergency communication between Real Madrid and Mallorca Club, Mallorca also enjoyed the beauty of adults, and they also understood that the protagonist of this game was not Mallorca, but Real Madrid, who may be about to reach the top of the league, although the venue was theirs, but the cheering crowd was not them, so there was no need for them to be this villain.
Mallorca generously distributed 3,000 tickets and added some standing tickets to the stands, which allowed more Real Madrid fans to enter the St. Moise stadium, and the number of away fans who were able to cheer for Real Madrid reached almost 6,000.
For a stadium of the size of St. Mois, 6,000 is already a huge number, enough for Real Madrid fans to occupy a large area in the stands, and enough for their voices to be heard in every corner of the field.
So during the game, when the Real Madrid players stepped on the field, they raised their eyes and saw a large white patch in the stands, and the visiting fans sang and danced, waving the Real Madrid flag and scarf excitedly, chanting the name of each player.
Mallorca fans have the upper hand, but at the moment, the stadium is almost covered by the momentum of Real Madrid fans, and if it weren't for the fact that the stadium is too small, Real Madrid fans would even have the illusion that this is their place and that they are playing this crucial battle at the Santiago Bernabeu.
"The morale of Real Madrid is high, not only by the players who started today's game, but also by their fans! Yes, at the important moment when they are about to win the championship ahead of schedule, everyone at Real Madrid is full of enthusiasm! ”
"At this moment, I even thought I was in the white sea of the Bernabeu! Ha, the time and place are favorable, Real Madrid occupies all of them, so ...... Nothing can stop them from winning this game! ”
"Mallorca have generously 'loaned' their stadium to Real Madrid, perhaps they also know that the protagonist of this game is not them, but Real Madrid......"
"I seem to have seen what it will look like ninety minutes later...... Real Madrid players and fans cheered together to celebrate another league trophy ......"
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The competition started in a lively atmosphere.
Speaking of which, Mallorca once had a resounding "nickname" in La Liga, that is, "Real Mars", they once gave the beautiful Real Madrid a blow in the Copa del Rey in 02, destroying Real Madrid's dream of a double title, and also beat the Galaxy Battleship 5:1 at the Bernabeu, and in recent years, Real Madrid's "abandoned" Mallorca front led by Eto'o has more than once beaten the Real Madrid back line full of holes - Rao is the African cheetah later switched to Real Madrid's sworn rival Barcelona, and also continued to maintain this "fine tradition", as soon as he met Real Madrid, Eto'o was extremely excited and positive.
Mallorca and Real Madrid have never been teams of the same level, at least in terms of strength, and the two sides are not comparable at all. But the fact is that in recent years, Real Madrid has always won less and lost more when it encounters Mallorca, which is really puzzling, perhaps this is the so-called one thing and one thing.
It is precisely because of Mallorca's "Emperor attribute" that there were some interesting episodes before this game.
Pep Guardiola, Barcelona's current manager, publicly praised Mallorca's coaches and players in front of the camera: "They are a good team, they have great coaches and players, they always give their all for the game, and that's the most fundamental reason why they can survive in the competitive top flight." Yes, they are all professional, so I think they will deal with this battle against Real Madrid without reservation, as before. ”
"Of course, I can't control the outcome of the game, but I think Mallorca will not disappoint. The world of sports has always been based on the principle of fairness and justice. Mallorca is able to do just that. ”
This sounds like a compliment, but when you think about it, it's a bit ridiculous.
Guardiola's praise is to put it bluntly, he is giving Mallorca a "vaccination" from top to bottom - if Real Madrid wins this round of the league, then Barcelona will completely lose the right to compete for the league title this season, and he is praising Mallorca at this time, in order to "inspire" Mallorca to go all out to stop Real Madrid.
Even the faint words have a hint of "threat" - fair and just, but I look at you, don't let go of water because you don't want anything, if you don't go all out, I will lash out at you in front of the media camera, and even appeal to the La Liga Organizing Committee.
Guardiola's worries are actually not unreasonable, in his opinion, the "Real Killer" has a chance to block the possibility of the Whites winning the championship in advance, but Mallorca is now in the middle of the league standings, and it is insignificant to go forward or take a step back.
Not to mention, Pep Guardiola's speculation is not groundless, Mallorca's current manager Michel Guardiola. Laudrup, it's really a dispensable mentality, anyway, his Mallorca has completed the relegation task of the season ahead of schedule, and he can't go toe-to-toe with Real Madrid for an inconsequential game, and he played for Real Madrid when he was a player, no matter how inevitable there is a trace of incense, there is no need to be the villain when Real Madrid is extremely excited from top to bottom.
But Pep Guardiola's remarks undoubtedly tied him to the fire and roasted, Nima, believe in our character? Believe in our profession? Does this mean that if we lose the game, we are unprofessional and unethical, and we are playing match-fixing?
Laudrup was really disgusted, but the other party's sworn "praise" made him very helpless, and after thinking about it, he still used the full main lineup to deal with this focus battle with Real Madrid.
He didn't plan to "let the water go", he just hoped that the players wouldn't fight to the death for an inconsequential game, and if something happened because he fought too hard, resulting in an injury, it would not be worth it.
However, Pep Guardiola has "warned" like this, it doesn't matter, just play in a normal state, although Mallorca does have the reputation of "Real Mark", but he doesn't think that his team wants to beat Real Madrid, it is an easy thing.
Laudrup's prediction was not wrong, the first ten minutes after the start of the game, both sides were still in the tentative stage, but from fifteen minutes later, Real Madrid with a strong control of the midfield, it occupied the initiative of the game, and the situation also became an offensive and defensive drill between the two sides, the home team's defense was pressed again and again under the onslaught of the opponent, and the possession rate was even lower to less than forty percent.
In fact, although Mallorca has a good record against Real Madrid in recent years, they have never relied on possession to win, facing a team of Real Madrid's level, with Mallorca's ability, to play passing and playing against each other, it is really no different from looking for.
Their magic weapon to win is to rely on tight defense, and then seize the gap behind the opponent after the big pressure, so as to quickly counterattack and kill.
Therefore, Laudrup doesn't care that his team is severely suppressed, his team wants a counterattack opportunity, as for the scene, if it's ugly, it's ugly, and against Real Madrid, if his team is good-looking, it's a strange thing.
Laudrup doesn't care about the situation being suppressed, patiently waiting for the team's possible counterattack opportunities, and he has the same idea as the Mallorca players on the field, to be honest, for such a small club player, it is a very face-saving and glorious thing to be able to beat a super giant like Real Madrid, but if you can't beat it, that's nothing, their strength is like this, if you really see Real Madrid once, you will destroy Real Madrid once, then they are super giants.
So they weren't keen enough for a game that didn't matter to them how it turned out. So after Real Madrid launched a fierce attack, they resisted for a while, but they really couldn't break through the opponent's offensive line, so they simply retreated and defended honestly.
It can be said that Mallorca did not have much winning spirit and fighting spirit in this game, and it was only out of the quality of professional players that they were able to go all out. But Rao is like this, they still lack a trace of spirit, a trace of spirit that is extremely eager for victory.
The reason why Mallorca can have the reputation of "Real Marks" is because they have the ability to chase the ball and have fighting spirit, and now, without this will, what kind of combat effectiveness will it be like.
In the face of such a "non-motivated" team, Real Madrid happily took over the initiative in the game, attacked aggressively on the field, and completely gained the upper hand.