Chinese champion

Chapter 113 A Bad Start
In the first round of the league, the home team drew with the defending champion. For this result, Mallorca fans can still accept it.

After the end of the first round, the second round of the league will not start until September 9th. During this period, Mallorca has not been idle. The score defeated Ukraine's Zabniya team and successfully entered the first round of the UEFA Cup.

At the same time, in the first round of the Copa del Rey, Mallorca, as the defending champion, also easily defeated a third-tier team and entered the next round.

If the fans of Mallorca were satisfied in the last few games, the next two league games made the hearts of Mallorca fans suddenly cool down.

In the second round, Mallorca lost 1:3 to Celta Vigo in the away game. The opponent scored two goals in a row in the first half. Eto'o's state is very bad, he has been beaten by him for two consecutive singles, and Delgado's luck seems to be very bad, Ibagaza made a beautiful cross, but he made the near The header from just a few feet away hit the goal post, and the goalkeeper who was still in shock lifted the crossbar.

Mallorca only got a corner kick in No.708 minutes, Pei Wei kicked the ball, Nino's strong rush broke through the opponent's goalkeeper's ten fingers, and Mallorca pulled back a goal.

Seeing the hope of a tie, Mallorca pressed forward aggressively, but the opponent's counterattack was effective again. Eto'o dribbled the ball and was cut off by the opponent's defender and launched a counterattack. Karpin got rid of Curtis's defense and went straight. Franco Forced to attack, but Karpin passed the ball beautifully to the other side, followed by Mostonouev and easily sent the ball into the empty goal.

1:3, Mallorca lost away.

Immediately afterwards, in the third round of the match a week later, Mallorca played against Atletico Madrid at home. They had a very good start. In the second minute of the game, Pei Wei let the fans of the San Moise Stadium There was a burst of cheers!
Nino made a long pass from the backcourt, Delgado returned the header, and Pei Wei volleyed vigorously before the ball hit the ground!
The ball went straight to the dead corner of the goal, and Mallorca opened the scoring first!

"Pei! Pei! Pei!" Mallorca fans shouted Pei Wei's name in unison. They hoped to see Mallorca's first victory of the season at home.

but……

Only 5 minutes later, Torres broke into the penalty area at high speed, faced Curtis who was defending him, and made several realistic fake moves in a row, showing his strength as the new leader of Atletico Madrid. Curtis was fooled by his fake moves Dazed, he subconsciously stretched out his feet from behind and tripped Torres who had already passed him to the ground!
The referee's sharp whistle sounded, a penalty kick!

There is no objection to the penalty for the Mallorcans, because the foul is certain, but what happened next surprised them!
The referee called Curtis over, and then showed him a dizzyingly red card!
Red card sent off!

Curtis was in a hurry, and he kept complaining: "I didn't make a malicious foul! It's impossible to get a red card!"

But the referee yelled at him in turn: "You tackled the ball behind the back, which is a dangerous move. It is not wrong to receive a red card at all. No. 3, get off now!"

"I didn't tackle the ball! I just stretched my leg and tripped him. A penalty is a right, but I shouldn't get a red card!" Curtis was also in a hurry. He didn't care about the rule of "the referee is the authority". The referee roared loudly.

"Do you want to be suspended additionally?" The referee was not timid at all, and yelled back.

Nadal hugged the emotional Curtis, and whispered in his ear: "Shut up and go down first, Curtis, it's no good to fight against the referee, and they can't change the result of the penalty , go down, okay?"

Curtis calmed down, he broke free from Nadal's hand, and whispered: "I see, captain."

Curtis walked off the stage silently, Aragones went up to comfort him a few times, Curtis nodded and walked back to the lounge.

Torres took the penalty himself. He shot the shot quickly and cunningly, and flew straight to the lower right corner. Although Franco judged the right direction, he still could only watch the ball fly into the net.

Mallorca fans booed loudly, protesting the injustice of the referee.

This was of no use, but instead made the hot-tempered referee have unfavorable penalties for Mallorca in subsequent games.

Mallorca, which has one less player, was in chaos. Pei Wei organized several attacks in the midfield, but they were resolved one by one by the opponent's defense. Before the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid launched a beautiful attack. Torres pulled A pass from the wing, another striker Moreno in the back row scored again with a header to overtake the score!
After the start of the second half, Mallorca once controlled the situation on the field. In the minute, Pei Wei gave the ball to Campano, and Campano passed the ball to the center of the penalty area.
After scoring the goal, Delgado was about to celebrate, but the referee's whistle suddenly sounded:
Goal invalid!

Mallorca's players exploded with a bang, and Delgado glared at the referee: "Why is it invalid? Why do you think so?"

"You are pressing!" The referee firmly pointed at the penalty area: "You have a pressing action, the ball is invalid!"

"Damn!" Delgado yelled angrily, "Who said I was pressing people? Didn't you see that kid kept pulling my jersey? Your fucking eyes are on your ass? How can you be a referee!"

As soon as Pei Wei heard Delgado say this, he knew it was bad. Since several countries in South America were formerly Spanish colonies, South Americans can basically speak Spanish. This is also the reason why there are many South American players in La Liga. Just now, the angry Delgado spoke Spanish too!

He knew that the referee must have heard this sentence, so he quickly stopped Delgado, trying to pull him away from the referee, but it was too late.

Sure enough, the referee's whistle blew immediately. He faced Delgado, took out a card again, waved it in front of his eyes, and then waved his hand down the court!
Another red card!
The St. Moise Stadium was in a commotion. The fans threw everything they could throw out one after another. All kinds of foul language were overwhelmingly suppressed. The angry fans greeted the referee in various ways. immediate family.

Delgado left the stage angrily and walked directly to the lounge.

The fans rioted for 5 minutes before being quieted down by the police.

The game restarted, taking advantage of two more players on the field, Atlético Madrid continued to attack unforgivingly!

When the minds of Mallorca's players have not yet settled down, Atletico Madrid's blitzkrieg has succeeded again!

A sharp breakthrough by the left winger Clejra passed Campano on the wing and passed the ball into the penalty area. Torres took the lead with a volley shot and the ball went into the net three times!

Aragones looked up to the sky and sighed. He knew that the team had already lost this game!

He replaced Pei Wei with a substitute full-back, leaving only Eto'o in the frontcourt to contain the opponent's attack. Now he just hopes not to lose too badly. He is two goals behind and has two fewer players. , even if Maradona is reborn, he does not have the ability to turn the tide.

As the time passed, the Mallorca fans who saw the defeat had already left the field one after another, and the rest were diehard Mallorca fans.

But No. 807 minutes, a handful of salt was sprinkled on their bloody wounds again!

Atlético Madrid's substitute striker Kiko's long-range shot opened Mallorca's gate for the fourth time!

1:4!Mallorca suffered a disastrous home defeat.

Three league games, only one point, including two home games, this is almost the worst start in the past five seasons!
Chairman Alemani urgently summoned Aragones in the head coach's office, and said some harsh words, to the effect that the board of directors was very dissatisfied with the team's record, and he was also very angry. The consequences would be serious. If you can't score more than six points in the next three rounds, it is estimated that the fate of getting out of class will fall on Aragones.

Before Aragones could distinguish, Alemani left without giving him time to defend himself.

The handsome old man was so angry that he almost threw the cup in his hand onto the back of this potbellied guy. Fortunately, there was still a glimmer of clarity in the Lingtai, so he didn't make such a move that would definitely cause him to lose his job.

After the anger was over, the old man calmed down slowly. He also knew Alemani's difficulties. There were a few major shareholders who wanted to usurp his position. This time the start was so bad, and the club's economic conditions were not very good. Alemani is also under a lot of pressure.

Aragones lit a cigarette. He knew that the team's current situation was not very good. Although Franco's performance was good, he was still very unfamiliar with the cooperation with the other defenders, and Pablo's Personal ability is absolutely good, but he has not yet formed a tacit understanding with the central defender when he first arrived, so that his teammates before and after assists are not very good at making up for him.

Although he is aware of the problems in the defense line, there is no good way. Coordination cannot be formed in a day or two. It can only be formed in continuous games and training. What is needed now is time.

There is nothing wrong with the midfield. The combination of Pei Wei, Ibagaza, Campano and Panovic was the most normal line in the first three rounds.

Generally speaking, although the combination of Eto'o and Delgado is far less famous than the strikers of some big-name clubs, in Aragones' view, in terms of strength, the two of them can definitely occupy a place in European football. .

Eto'o's speed and shooting skills, Delgado's body and header, the combination of the technical characteristics of the two should be quite a headache for the opponent's defender, which is why he insisted on asking the club to sign Delgado.

But this is not the case. Aragones overlooked one point. Eto'o has just started consecutively in the World Cup. His physical strength has not recovered well. After returning to Mallorca, he is the absolute main force. He has no time to rest , As for Delgado, he is in good form, but he was not very used to the game after being on the bench for a year at Southampton last year, and he was also very impetuous psychologically, so there was a last game where the referee got angry and caused The reason for being sent off.

In the next three games, Mallorca's schedule is two away and one home, first away to Bilbao, then at home to Espanyol, and finally away to Real Betis.

These three teams are not easy to deal with, and the task of scoring six points in three rounds is still very difficult to complete.

In the next few days of training, Aragones focused on training the cooperation of the back line. In these three games, defense is the most important. As for the forward, he has no time to think about it yet.

Penalties for two red cards also came out, Curtis was okay, but was suspended for the next game, and Delgado's situation was a little bit bad, the referee mentioned in the report that he had attacked the referee For his words, the referee committee's punishment was also very severe. In addition to the one-match suspension that should have been imposed, there was also an additional two-match suspension and a fine of [-] euros.

Delgado, who knew the news, lamented his bad luck, but he didn't seem to repent: "If I meet that referee again, I will still ignore him! Damn, it's too much!"

Pei Wei couldn't help scolding him: "Looking at you, you should be fined [-] yuan. Look at how much trouble you have brought to the club!"

Delgado said with a mournful face: "Money is easy to talk about, and I am angry if I can't play for three games! I didn't play much last season, and now I have to suspend three games. I'm not happy!"

"You asked for it!" Pei Wei dropped a sentence and ran to the field to train again.

Pei Wei broke through Panovic's defense, and then sent a through pass just before Nadal was about to come up. Eto'o just got in, but when facing Franco, he kicked the plane and the ball was caught. The barbed wire fence on the side of the training field blocked it.

Pei Wei broke through the defender's midfield again, but this time he passed the ball to Robert. Robert made a clean push and the ball slowly rolled into the dead corner.

Aragones, who was watching quietly from the sidelines, slowly stretched his eyebrows, and he made a decision in his heart.

(End of this chapter)