The La Liga championship has belonged to Real Madrid, and another important champion in Spanish football is about to be born.
Spanish media and fans are turning their attention back to the Copa del Rey.
Regarding the Copa del Rey final, the media began to analyze, and almost all media turned to Athletic Bilbao.
Athletic Bilbao is the real king of Spain's Copa del Rey, winning the cup twenty-four times!
But it has been twenty-eight years since Athletic Bilbao last won the Copa del Rey.
Now they see hope!
The Athletic Bilbao newspaper said: "For Bilbao, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Just imagine if it was Barcelona who entered the final... But God favored Athletic Bilbao, and their opponent in the final was a team
D-level team.
Previously, team coach Bielsa said in an interview with this newspaper, 'For us, this is the best opportunity to win the championship, and we are bound to win it!'
At the same time, he also told reporters that they have been studying Santa Malaga during this period, have found ways to deal with this team, and have begun tactical drills, and have achieved good results."
Malaga's largest newspaper, Malaga Evening News, commented: "For Santa Malaga, it is no longer important whether they can win the King's Cup. Their name will forever remain in the history of Spanish football.
We hope that Santa Malaga will not carry the burden of victory or defeat on their backs, go into battle lightly, and treat the finals as a place to enjoy football.
In this way, even if they lose, they can mentally accept it.
Therefore, for Santa Malaga, facing the upcoming Copa del Rey final, we should do this - we don’t talk about winning or losing, we only talk about enjoyment!”
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On May 14, La Liga ended, and Real Madrid snatched the championship trophy from Barcelona.
On the evening of May 20th, the Champions League final was staged, and Bayern faced the challenge of Chelsea at home.
Chelsea was passive throughout the game, but Drogba struggled to equalize the score. Finally, after a penalty shootout, Chelsea defeated Bayern Munich with a total score of 5 to 4 and won the Champions League for the first time in history!
At that moment, Chelsea all over the world were happy, and Russian boss Roman Abramovich smiled happily like a child.
The most important competition in Europe this season is over.
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This year's Copa del Rey final will be played at the Calderon Stadium, home of Atletico Madrid.
On the afternoon of May 25, Santa Malaga and his party took a plane to Madrid.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the plane landed steadily and stopped at the Madrid Airport. The Santa Malaga players walked out of the airport under the leadership of their boss Juan and coach Antonio.
The moment Liag got off the plane, he looked up at the sky. The sky was still the same, but the people had changed with time.
“But the desire to win remains unchanged!”
Liage breathed out heavily and his expression returned to normal.
Waiting for Santa Malaga were fifty or sixty reporters.
Looking at the excited reporters, Santa Malaga followed the previously formulated plan. Antonio and captain Pablo were interviewed on behalf of the team, and the others rushed to check into the hotel under the leadership of boss Juan.
Facing reporters' cameras and microphones, Antonio spoke eloquently: "I know that the media and most people don't think favorably of us, and this is actually normal.
It is indeed a huge miracle that we have come this far and achieved such achievements today.
The media said it well, and I agree with what they said, ‘Don’t talk about winning or losing, just talk about enjoyment!’.
This time we are here to enjoy the happiness that football brings us, and we don’t care about the final result!”
Pablo said the same thing during the interview, which was the wording they had agreed upon.
If you speak boldly, you must have the corresponding strength.
Otherwise you will be slapped in the face.
In addition, there is no use in being high-profile in front of the media. The game is played out.
If you win the game, whatever you say at that time will be right.
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Half an hour later, Bielsa led Athletic Bilbao to the Madrid airport.
In an interview with reporters, he looked forward to tomorrow night's final: "For Athletic Bilbao, this is the closest moment to the championship in so many years, and any one of us is eager to win!
Santa Malaga is a tenacious team, they can create miracles again and again, refresh people's understanding, and have many advantages.
This is a team worthy of people's respect.
While we will attack well tomorrow night, we will formulate targeted defense to contain their attack.
I believe we will give you a wonderful game tomorrow night!”
The Argentine did not belittle Santa Malaga. It is not what a rational coach should do to belittle his opponent before the game.
On May 26th, the weather was fine.
Supporters of Santa Malaga from all over Spain took various means of transportation to come to the center, and their goal was the capital Madrid.
Together with Santa Malaga, they will witness the most glorious night in the Spanish Serie D football world.
Regardless of whether Santa Malaga can win in the end, they still have to enjoy this night of D-level football as witnesses of history.
Supporters either wore Santa Málaga jerseys or held posters issued by Santa Málaga for the final.
“Santa Malaga hasn’t won enough yet!”
"The Copa del Rey has been waiting for a miracle for a hundred years!"
They liked these two sentences on the poster so much.
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At 6:30 in the evening, Santa Malaga departed from the hotel. At 7 o'clock, Santa Malaga took the hotel bus to the Calderon Stadium.
Countless Santa Malaga fans held up promotional posters and shouted excitedly at them: "San Malaga!"
“Santa Malaga!”
“Santa Malaga!”
Liag opened his car window and shook his fist at the supporters.
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At 7:35, the players from both sides returned to the locker room to make final preparations for the upcoming final.
Away team locker room.
After Antonio announced the starting lineup, he made tactical arrangements.
"Everyone needs to be clear tonight, our tactics are defensive counterattacks!"
"Pablo, in addition to defense, your task is to launch a counterattack with long passes!"
"Liag, your role is to be the fulcrum of the frontcourt, seize the opportunity to pass the ball to Li! Remember to be more advanced!"
"Li, you have only one mission tonight - attack! Seize every opportunity to shoot!"
After Antonio made arrangements, captain Pablo summoned everyone to the middle of the locker room.
Pablo, standing in the middle of the crowd, began to give a pre-game speech.
He bent over and scanned everyone, and said in a low and magnetic voice:
"Tonight, we are here to fight!"
"Tonight, we are here to win!"
"There is no timidity, no retreat! We only have the belief that we must win!"
"No matter good times or bad times, we must remain calm and calm!"
"Always believe that the winner will be Santa Malaga!"
The passion has been ignited, the blood has boiled, and everyone shouted together: "Saint Malaga will win!"
"Must win!"
"Must win!"
"Must win!"
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Home team locker room.
Bielsa said to his players in a passionate voice: "This is the closest we have been to the championship in 28 years!"
"For this moment, Athletic Bilbao supporters have been waiting for twenty-eight years!"
"So... what we have to do tonight is - tear apart the opponent's defense and send the football into their goal!"
"Victory will definitely belong to Athletic Bilbao and to the Basque Country!"
The Athletic Bilbao players slapped their chests and shouted loudly: "Victory will definitely belong to Athletic Bilbao and the Basque Country!"
"Victory will definitely belong to Athletic Bilbao and to the Basque Country!"
"Victory will definitely belong to Athletic Bilbao and to the Basque Country!"
After the sound stopped, Bielsa said in a deep voice: "Then, warriors, let's go to the battlefield!"
Athletic Bilbao filed out of the locker room and rushed to the battlefield that belonged to them.
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Two teams with high morale and high morale met in the tunnel.
The two parties did not say hello or provoke each other.
Perhaps from the perspective of Athletic Bilbao players, they don't need these small moves because they have the upper hand.
As for Santa Malaga, the opponent is an opponent and an enemy. Did anyone have friendly exchanges with the enemy before going to war?
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At 7:50, the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel under the leadership of four referees, and were greeted by cheers like a mountain and a tsunami!
“Santa Malaga!”
“Santa Malaga!”
"Athletic Bilbao!"
"Athletic Bilbao!"
In the broadcast booth, the TV commentators began to get into the mood.
"Dear fans and friends! Dear fans and friends! The two teams participating in the final tonight have entered the stadium..."
"The 2011-2012 King's Cup final is about to begin! Players from both sides walked into the stadium and were welcomed by their respective supporters!"
"The last suspense of this season is about to be revealed! Will Santa Malaga be defeated in the end, or will Athletic Bilbao get what they want and win the King's Cup again after 28 years? We will wait and see!"
"Compared to previous years' finals, both sides seemed very calm before this year's final. They neither criticized the other party nor made any rhetoric! But this will definitely become the most special championship battle in the King's Cup with a century-old history!"
"There may not be many exciting scenes tonight, but this will definitely become the most magical night in the history of the Copa del Rey - Santa Malaga, as the first D-level team, will challenge for the championship!"
