On the 14th, the weather was fine, and Malaga had entered late autumn. The roads were covered with fallen leaves, people put on autumn clothes, and the girls put their beautiful legs in trousers, missing a beautiful scenery.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the whole team gathered together, and Antonio held a meeting at the park stadium to lay out the tactics for the evening game.
"There is nothing to say. Our tactics are defensive counterattacks! Please pay attention to this!"
After clarifying the big strategy, he explained each position and each player.
Surrounding them were the team's most loyal supporters, who, like the players, listened quietly and carefully to Antonio's arrangements.
After Antonio made the arrangements, the owner and team leader Juan said with a smile: "This is the arrangement tonight. After everyone finishes the activities, we will go to the Sosto Hotel for dinner at five o'clock, and then go to the Rose Garden Stadium."
Hotel Sosto is a four-star hotel famous for its delicious food.
The players shouted long live and were very satisfied with Juan's arrangement.
Having a sponsor is really different.
After twenty minutes of activity, the players went straight to the Sostow Hotel.
"Seventy percent full!"
This was the request made by coach Antonio to the players. Faced with the sumptuous dinner, the players had to regretfully eat only seven minutes full.
"It's a waste...waste is shameful! Hmm!"
Liage picked up an abalone and stuffed it into his mouth, shook his head and walked away. He pulled out a piece of lobster meat with his right hand...
…
At 6:20, Santa Malaga came to the Rose Garden Stadium and were greeted by dozens of media.
Antonio and Pablo stayed to be interviewed by the media, while the other players went directly to the locker room.
"Do you have confidence tonight?"
A reporter asked Antonio first.
"Confidence? Regardless of whether we have confidence or not, we will try our best tonight!"
Facing a team from the top league of La Liga, a D-level team said it was confident of defeating them. Isn't this a joke?
Pablo told reporters on the other side: "Tonight's game will definitely be difficult. After all, the difference in strength between our two teams is obvious, and we have never played against a first-division team.
No matter what the result is, we will not let down our supporters and we will try our best to play the game well."
Enjoy the process. Being able to reach such a high stage is already a success for us. We will play in such a good stadium tonight, so we have to enjoy the game tonight!"
…
"Mom, hurry up, lipstick...hey..."
After urging her mother, Li Xiaofeng urged her father: "Dad, the tie is crooked..."
"What are you urging me to do? I'm urging you to die!"
Zhang Xian, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, glared at her daughter: "Why don't you help your dad fix the tie!"
A few minutes later, the three of them came downstairs to join the boss Li Chuanrui. Li Xiaofeng looked at his brother in casual clothes and said with disgust: "Boss, we are all dressed so formally, how about you, do you have a suit? Do you have a tie?"
Li Chuanrui said with a smile: "The suit and tie are at school, I forgot to bring them back."
Dad ignored these big words and waved his hand: "Let's go!"
When the family arrived at the Rose Garden Stadium, there were already many fans gathered outside the stadium. These fans did not wear uniform clothing, which was in sharp contrast to the more than 200 Zaragoza fans wearing uniform jerseys.
"so many people!"
Li Xiaofeng looked at the dense crowd and sighed: "This is a big scene!"
My brother smiled and said, "Yes, tonight is a big event, I wonder if that kid will have stage fright."
The father patted his chest and said loudly: "How can my son, Li Xianqi, have stage fright? I remember when I faced it..."
"uh-huh!"
My mother glared at my father fiercely, interrupted him and said, "What do you think of those days? Yeah!"
These words aroused the interest of my sister. She took her father's hand and acted obediently, and asked in a low voice: "Dad, tell me secretly, are you..."
"Um!……"
The father was about to lower his head to speak to his daughter, but was stopped by the mother.
"What is it? Xiaofeng, your father is an employee of a trading company. You think too much. Don't think too much in the future!"
The father patted his daughter on the shoulder righteously: "Study hard and be like the eldest brother in the future. Get into a good university and not be like your second brother!"
This statement made Li Xiaofeng very dissatisfied: "What's wrong with the second brother? The second brother is now a star in their school. I heard that he is now more famous than the eldest brother!"
By the way, many classmates in our school know my second brother, who is now the pride of our family!"
Dad realized that he had made a mistake and said with a smile: "Well, Huzi is really good now. Even if Dad said it wrong just now, he is very good now. Well, he will be even better when he becomes a professional player in the future!"
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"Miscellaneous army!"
The Zaragoza fans sneered at the many, many more Santa Malaga supporters who outnumbered them.
"It's normal, they are just a D-level team..."
There is a small group of fans who wear uniform jerseys. These are the most loyal supporters of Santa Malaga. They know what jersey Santa Malaga will wear tonight.
"We must not lose to those guys in terms of momentum tonight!"
Thomas looked at the Zaragoza fans and whispered to his companions: "Momentum! Remember, momentum!"
The companion next to him laughed and said: "There are only a few hundred of them, and there are tens of thousands of us. How dare they compare with us?"
Reporters seized this time to interview fans:
"Which team are you here to support?"
"Saint Malaga! Of course Santa Malaga!"
"I heard that many supporters of Santa Malaga come from other areas. Are you citizens of Malaga?"
"No, we are from Oviedo in the north, and we took the train for twelve hours!"
"Do you like Santa Malaga?"
"Zaragoza is a top league team and is very strong, but we have confidence in Santa Malaga. They have created so many miracles, and they may create another miracle tonight!"
"Luck will continue to be on Santa Malaga's side tonight!"
"Santa Malaga is not fighting alone. All the D-level players in Spain will be on their side. They are the hope of all Spanish D-level teams!"
"Tonight we will let the whole of Spain hear the voices of our D players!"
"Tonight we will show the whole of Spain how good our D team is!"
The reporter went to the place where Zaragoza fans gathered to interview them.
"Santa Malaga is definitely the top team in the D-level team, but they are only a D-level team. There is a big gap between the D-level team and the professional level. This is an indisputable fact, so the winner tonight is only
It could be us!”
The reporter asked: "There are not many supporters coming to Zaragoza. Are you worried about this?"
Zaragoza fans laughed: "If whoever has more supporters wins, then why are there so many home defeats?
So, having more people doesn’t necessarily work at times. Football matches compete for strength, so having more people is useless!
Therefore, Zaragoza can only win tonight!"
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At half past six, Zaragoza took the bus provided by the hotel to the stadium, and reporters swarmed in.
Zaragoza coach Simones accepted an interview with the media: "This is just a very ordinary Copa del Rey game. We have to experience it every year. We are very experienced in Copa del Rey games!"
This is said for Santa Malaga.
"Tonight we will not only enjoy the process of the game, but also the result!"
Simones' voice was not loud, but he showed his strong self-confidence: "The miracle ends here, goddess luck cannot be on their side every time!
If Lady Luck is still on that side tonight, we can only make Lady Luck sad..."
