Chapter 210: Give up the King's Cup? This is a smoke bomb!
Regarding the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, Pellegrini discussed the matter with his assistants several times, but was still unable to make a final decision.
Chilean engineers finally called in the core players of the team to discuss a countermeasure.
Pellegrini's dilemma is that the Champions League will start soon, and Malaga will face a three-front battle.
According to Malaga's bench depth, it is basically impossible to fully blossom on all three lines.
So he wants to give up the Copa del Rey.
However, assistants believe that, relatively speaking, there is a greater chance of winning the Copa del Rey, as they only need to play a few games.
Joaquin was the first to express his opinion: "In terms of the difficulty of winning the championship, the Copa del Rey is indeed the smallest, but we think La Liga and the Champions League are more important!"
Saviola said: "Barcelona must regain their face. Instead of fighting them in the King's Cup, we should focus our energy on other places. Moreover, is it so easy for Barcelona to win? We will send the main force and win next time."
Can we definitely win again?”
Isco expressed: "I don't think it matters. If you want the King's Cup, then play them twice. If you can beat them once, you can beat them the second or third time!"
Everyone looked at him, Isco, you are swollen...
Li Chuanqi thought for a while and said: "I actually really want to play in the Copa del Rey. Since everyone thinks that we should focus on La Liga and the Champions League, let's give up on the Copa del Rey."
Pellegrini breathed a sigh of relief. After defeating Barcelona, except for Isco, the others were still very sober.
This is a good phenomenon.
Pellegrini immediately communicated with the club's senior management, and the club's opinion quickly came to an agreement and agreed to abandon the King's Cup.
How much money can you get even if you win the Copa del Rey?
With this energy, it is better to take one more step in the Champions League!
The biggest problem in Malaga right now is the lack of money, very short of money.
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Many media reporters came to the Malaga training base, and they wanted to get more information here.
Some reporters even set up cameras to film Malaga's training.
Logically speaking, this is not allowed, but Pellegrini and the training base security did not care about them.
Reporters found that Malaga conducted routine training and did not conduct targeted training.
After the training, reporters interviewed Pellegrini.
The Chilean engineer told the truth: "We just had a high-intensity game against Barcelona. We are not capable of playing two high-intensity games against Barcelona in just four days."
"So, we are ready to give up the Copa del Rey!"
The reporters looked at him in surprise.
Some reporters thought about it and felt that it was indeed possible for Malaga to do this.
However, many reporters did not believe it and thought he was setting off smoke bombs.
The media immediately broadcast what Pellegrini said. Barcelona coach Vilanova said in an interview with Barcelona TV: "I don't think he is telling the truth. We will prepare according to the established plan."
Barcelona TV commented on this: "Pellegrini said that Málaga will give up the Copa del Rey and focus mainly on La Liga and the Champions League, but we think he is just setting off smoke bombs to paralyze Barcelona.
Vilanova is awake, he doesn't think so, he is making careful preparations for revenge.
In the afternoon training, we found that Barcelona was adjusting their tactics and Messi was also making changes.
The defeat at the Rose Garden made Barcelona simmering with energy. They wanted to take revenge in the Copa del Rey!
We interviewed many fans, and the fans also thought that Pellegrini was setting off smoke bombs, and they said they would go to Camp Nou to cheer for their team."
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On the 17th, Malaga arrived in Barcelona at noon, and the Copa del Rey match was scheduled for that night.
The reporters found that none of Malaga's main players were missing, and all of them were here. They believed that Pellegrini was setting off a smoke bomb.
Half an hour before the game that night, the player lists of both teams were sent to reporters. It turned out that they had overthinked it and Pellegrini really wanted to give up the Copa del Rey.
In Malaga's starting lineup, except for the main players in a few positions, all other positions are substitutes!
People like Li Chuanqi and Joaquin were not even included in the squad.
Let’s take a look at Barcelona’s starting lineup. It’s all the main lineup!
A reporter from a Catalan regional media felt like Barcelona punched cotton.
The reporter from the Malaga region laughed, Barcelona, if you want to take revenge, we will give you a chance to take revenge. Are you comfortable?
The Barcelona fans in the stands looked at Malaga's starting lineup and wondered, what the hell is this?
They came here tonight with the idea of helping the team to avenge themselves.
As a result, Malaga, you treat us like this?
At least you should struggle...
After the game started, Barcelona launched an attack on Malaga, and the shouts at Camp Nou were not as loud as before.
The main players such as Li Chuanqi and Joaquin were sitting in the stands, watching their teammates being "ravaged" by Barcelona.
Not only were they not sad, but they were talking, laughing, and pointing at the field.
There was no suspense in this game. Messi killed everyone in the game and vented his frustration from three days ago on Malaga's defense and goal.
At the end of the first half, Messi completed a hat trick!
During the halftime break, Barcelona coach Vilanova made adjustments to the lineup and replaced Messi and other main players.
After the start of the second half, Barcelona's offense slowed down, and there was not much sense of achievement in defeating Malaga.
Malaga's substitute team unexpectedly scored a goal at the end of the game.
The score was finally settled at 3-1, and Barcelona took advantage of their home advantage to win the first round.
Barcelona fans vented their frustration on Pellegrini, and after the game, they booed the Chilean engineer loudly.
Pellegrini felt very innocent. I had already told the media that Malaga would give up the Copa del Rey, but why didn’t you believe it?
At the end of the game, Li Chuanqi thought it had nothing to do with him, but he was "caught" by a Malaga reporter who insisted on interviewing him.
Li Chuanqi could only accept interviews.
When talking about why Malaga gave up the Copa del Rey, he said: "This is a decision made by the whole team. We believe that we should focus mainly on La Liga and the Champions League."
The reporter asked: "Some media reporters just said that the main reason why Malaga gave up the King's Cup was that Malaga felt that they could not beat Barcelona, so they simply sent substitutes to play, so that even if they lost, they could explain to the fans and the media."
Li Chuanqi's blood suddenly surged, and he took a few deep breaths before he regained his composure: "We just defeated Barcelona in La Liga three days ago. Has the person who said this forgotten?
Anyway, the mouth is on them, they can say whatever they want, I can't seal their mouths..."