The match between Santa Malaga and Zaragoza is scheduled for the evening of November 14th.
A total of ten Copa del Rey games will be played this evening, and Malaga will also play. They will challenge the Spanish second division team Getafe away.
Santa Malaga and Malaga are playing matches at the same time. Which match will be broadcast live?
There was a lively discussion on Malaga TV.
In the end, the team that decided to broadcast Malaga won. After all, Malaga is a La Liga team and has a greater chance of winning.
Of course, they also know the influence of Santa Malaga in this city now, so they compromised by using text live broadcast-the match between Santa Malaga and Zaragoza was broadcast live with text at the bottom of the TV screen.
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At noon on the 13th, Zaragoza and his party appeared at Malaga Airport. As soon as they walked out of the airport lobby, they were surrounded by reporters led by local media.
"Mr. Simones, are you confident about tomorrow night's game?"
"Mr. Simones, do you know about the Santa Malaga team before?"
"Mr. Simones, will you send all your main players on the field?"
"Mr. Simones, will you still use the four-two-three-one formation?"
Reporters threw different questions at Zaragoza coach Simeone like bombs.
Simones signaled the reporters to be quiet, and after everyone was quiet, he said: "I had never heard of Santa Malaga before, of course, because they are a D-level team.
Being able to reach the fourth round fully demonstrates that this D-level team still has certain strength, so we are looking forward to this game."
Are you looking forward to the game because the opponent is a D-level team?
The meaning of this statement is quite obvious. Simones does not take Santa Malaga seriously.
In the long history of Spanish football, which D-level team has overcome the difficulties of the fourth round?
No!
Not even one!
"As for what formation to use and whether to send the main players to play... I have to finalize these. However, I can tell you now and tell Zaragoza supporters that Zaragoza will definitely enter the next round!"
The reporters from Zaragoza nodded slightly. Simones was right. Zaragoza will definitely advance to the next round.
After the draw results came out, both Zaragoza fans and Zaragoza media generally believed that Zaragoza drew a good draw.
Simones' words made the Málaga reporters look ugly, but they couldn't say anything. After all, Santa Málaga was many levels behind Zaragoza.
"I hope you can still be so arrogant after the game..."
A local reporter whispered, and the faces of his colleagues beside him became excited.
The reporter from Zaragoza smiled and said nothing. Facing a D-level team, shouldn't the coach of the A-level team be arrogant?
So what if you are arrogant, your strength lies here.
Some of the journalists began to laugh, which embarrassed reporters from the Malaga region, who hoped that Simones had not heard what the reporter said.
However, they were disappointed.
Simones looked at the reporter and said with a smile: "I remember what you said. I hope you will be there after the game. I hope I can meet you again after the game!"
The reporter's face changed quickly, and finally returned to normal. He looked at Simones and said: "I will be there for this game. Even if Santa Malaga loses, I will not leave early."
Simones smiled at him and stopped talking.
The reporter looked at Simones' calm expression and shouted in his heart: Santa Malaga, tomorrow night you will beat these arrogant guys hard!
Smash their disgusting, arrogant faces!
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With the arrival of Zaragoza, it indicates that the game is coming.
Reporters didn't say anything about Simones' arrogance at the airport. After all, Zaragoza is a La Liga team, and their long-term opponents are La Liga teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid.
Marca conducted a survey before the start of the fourth round, and Santa Malaga undoubtedly ranked first on the eliminated list.
Ninety-eight percent of the respondents thought Santa Malaga would lose to Zaragoza, and more than half thought Zaragoza would win by more than three goals.
The most exaggerated thing is the opening of the European gambling company. The odds of Santa Malaga knocking out Zaragoza reached 1:96!
This may be the highest single-game odds ever achieved by a European gambling company since its inception.
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The Hilton Hotel is a famous five-star hotel in Malaga, where Zaragoza stayed.
On the night Simones checked in, he exchanged opinions with members of the coaching staff. Most people believed that the bench should be sent to the bench for this game, allowing the main players to use this time to rest.
The tactical coach believes that the main forward should be placed in the starting lineup, because Santa Malaga will definitely defend intensively. Facing the opponent's shield, this requires a sharp spear.
Seeing that Simones did not express his position, the tactical coach said: "At least put them on the substitute list!"
Simones finally adopted the tactical coach's opinion and decided to put the two main forwards on the substitute list.
The discussion ended quickly. On the one hand, the opponent was a D-level team with great strength. On the other hand, they were indeed unfamiliar with Santa Malaga and could not make targeted tactical arrangements.
Targeted tactics?
After the coaching team left, Simones frowned slightly. Was it a complete fluke that Santa Malaga entered the fourth round?
Or is it just luck?
"call!……"
Simones immediately put away any trace of anxiety in his heart: "A D-level team, they are just a D-level team. What am I worried about? What should I be worried about?"
But what was surprising was that half an hour later, Simones called the Numancia coach and asked him about the situation in Santa Malaga.
"Luck! Although they are a good D-level team that I have seen, but if it wasn't because they were lucky, they would have lost ugly!"
The coach of Numancia said: "We pressed them the whole game. They only had three shots in the game, but they scored two goals, while we only scored one goal in more than 20 shots, so it was their luck that they advanced!
There's nothing special about their players, they just defend very tenaciously, that's all, they don't have any distinctive players."
The Numancia coach attributed the loss to Santa Malaga to bad luck.
Zaragoza coach Simones did not doubt what he said. Losing to a D-level team is of course bad luck. Is the strength of a professional team worse than a D-level team?
After the phone call, Simones felt a lot more relaxed and lay on the bed peacefully to sleep.
The Numancia coach put down his phone and snorted, "Simones, if you want to get information from me, just dream!"
If you want to be ashamed, let's all be ashamed together and let Santa Malaga give you a "surprise".
If...if you are defeated at the feet of Santa Malaga, I wonder if the media will attack me again!
If you want to die, let’s all die together!
Santa Malaga, I hope luck is on your side this time.