Chapter 8: Two to zero, advance to the second round!
Falling behind, Sabadell, playing at home, had no choice but to make a desperate move, removing a midfielder and a defender and replacing them with two forwards, thus leaving their defense empty.
After Li Chuanqi received a pass from Pablo, he galloped on his horse in the open half!
Full of confidence, he passed two Sabadell players and went straight to the penalty area!
There was only one defender left between him and the goal, and his last goal was to steal from this foot, thus creating an offensive opportunity.
This time Delmonte caught Li Chuanqi's desire to break through, and when the football was out of protection, he instantly destroyed the football beyond the baseline.
Corner kick.
This is Santa Malaga's first corner kick in this game.
Captain Pablo saw that there was not much time left in the game, so he called on several teammates who were good headers to rush into the penalty area and prepare to fight for the corner kick.
If you can use this opportunity to score a goal, you can completely kill the game!
The atmosphere on the court became tense.
Li Chuanqi kicked the football into the penalty area, and the football flew into the sky above the small penalty area with strong rotation.
There was chaos in the penalty area. Pablo, who had just taken off, was gently pulled by the opponent's defensive player and lost his center of gravity.
Pablo forcibly adjusted his body posture in the air and stubbornly completed the header!
Pablo's forehead rested on the falling football. The moment he touched the ball, his head jerked towards the goal, and the football changed direction and flew towards the upper left side of the goal!
Because there were too many people in the penalty area, the situation was extremely complicated, and the distance between the attacking goal and the goal was too close, so Sabadell goalkeeper Diaz was unable to react at all.
By the time he reacted, the football had already flown into the goal...
"The ball went in! Ah!..."
The first person to react was the Santa Malaga bench. This time they could no longer suppress the ecstasy in their hearts and rushed into the stadium howling.
In the stands, the home fans looked at the game in stunned silence. Their team fell behind by two goals?
Two goals were scored by a D-level team, but his own team didn't score a single goal?!
Damn, this is a dream...
On one side is Santa Malaga, who is happily descending from the sky, and on the other side is Sabadell, which is like falling into an ice cave, two heavens of ice and fire.
Pablo's performance was very calm. After hugging his teammates happily, he did not forget to remind his teammates that there were only a few minutes left and they must stick to these last few minutes!
At this moment, Saint Malaga's morale was high and he had the courage to bring down the emperor.
Antonio made a quick decision and replaced two players with strong defensive abilities before the game restarted.
Stick to it.
Hold on till the end of time.
At the urging of Sabadell's players, the game started quickly, and the fourth official held up a display on the sidelines: four minutes of added time.
Sabadell launched an extremely crazy attack. Whenever they had the opportunity, they would lob the football into the Santa Malaga penalty area. This lob tactic was the way British teams played in the 1980s and 1990s.
The Spanish team is not good at this style of play, so Sabadell's offense had little effect, and the football was pushed out time and time again by the united Santa Malaga players.
When the Sabadell players regained control of the football outside the penalty area and were about to look for a shooting opportunity, they found that the defensive player had blocked the shooting angle.
Then use breakthroughs to find opportunities.
However, they found that they seemed to be trapped in an endless enemy camp. After passing one, another one immediately rushed towards them. After passing another one, they found that there were at least four or five between themselves and the goal...
despair.
This is an emotion that only exists in the second or first division teams that are stronger than them, but today when facing the D team of Santa Malaga, they rarely had this kind of emotion that shouldn't arise.
Some emotions.
So, they finished the shot hastily.
Such a shot will either go higher than the goal and fly out of the baseline, or be blocked by the human wall in front of you.
Facing a dense defense, even La Liga teams would find it difficult to find an effective way to deal with it, let alone a team like Sabadell.
Coach Sabadell, who was standing in the command area and giving the command, had a face full of anxiety, but he didn't know what to do.
Helpless, he was like a helpless child, crying silently in the sun.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!..."
Time flew by, and after four minutes of stoppage time, the referee on duty blew the whistle to end the game.
The game is over!
We won!
We created a miracle!
At the referee's prompt, the Santa Malaga bench players walked out of the field, and the players from both sides lined up in the midfield.
The home fans gave them applause as Santa Malaga bowed to thank the fans in the stands.
From a certain point of view, a game without fans loses its meaning, so after the game, players from both sides must express their gratitude to the fans.
The reason why Sabadell fans applauded Santa Malaga is because they did play well today. In the history of the King's Cup, it is not that there is no precedent for a D-level team to defeat a C-level team, but that is extremely rare.
So they want to applaud these people who created miracles.
Saint Malaga once again wrote an example of the weak defeating the strong, explaining that God will give everyone a chance. As long as you can seize this opportunity, you can create miracles and write your own legend.
When the Sabadell fans bowed to thank the fans, the treatment they received was completely different. The fans gave them not applause, but boos.
Some fans even expressed their condolences to the female members of the families of some players who did not perform well.
Losing to a D-level team that they didn't care about, how could the Sabadell players dare to argue with the fans and escape from the stadium as quickly as possible.
Coach Sabadell showed his grace. He congratulated Antonio and asked about Liage and Li Chuanqi.
"If you are interested in inviting them to join your team, I suggest you talk to them yourself."
Antonio doesn't think he can get what he wants, at least he knows that Liage definitely has no intention of joining a third-division team.
If Liage really wants to play in a high-level league, at least it will be a second-division team.
As for Li Chuanqi, he knew very well that Li Chuanqi wanted to become a professional player, but the C-level team...
It can only be considered a semi-professional team.
Coach Sabadell followed his advice and first found Liag. After learning that Liag had no intention of joining their team, he shifted his target to Li Chuanqi.
"Hello, I am Sabadell coach Arturo."
"Hello!"
After saying hello, Arturo went directly to the topic: "You left a very deep impression on me in this game. I learned some information about you from your coach. You once trained with the Malaga Junior Team.
?”
Li Chuanqi nodded calmly, but there was a huge wave in his heart. Are you here to invite me?
Sure enough, the stage is different and the people you come into contact with are different.
"I have a doubt. Based on the level you have shown now, you should continue to train in the club's youth academy. Why are you playing in this D-level team?"
Coach Sabadell decided to find out about the situation first.
Li Chuanqi thought for a while and said: "Because of the fight, I left the Malaga Junior Team."
He didn't want to lie about this.
"fight?!"
Arturo's eyebrows twitched, it turned out that this was a thorn, and then he immediately understood that it was because of Li Chuanqi's skin color.
Is skin color the original sin?
The question was so profound that Arturo didn't want to think about it any further.
If this is the reason...
Although it is unavoidable in Sabadell, it is not impossible to solve it as long as you communicate with the old players on the team.
After Arturo solved the problem in his mind, he extended an invitation to Li Chuanqi: "I formally extend an invitation to you and invite you to join our team."
Li Chuanqi could no longer suppress the ecstasy in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face.
This scene appeared many times in his dreams, but when he woke up from the dream, he could only stare at the ceiling.
Now the dream image has become a reality!
"Thank you for the invitation, but this is not a trivial matter. I have to go back and discuss it with my family."
Li Chuanqi was not carried away by the ecstasy.
"I understand!"
Arturo patted Li Chuanqi on the shoulder: "You are very good. I believe Sabadell can give you everything."
"Also, you can tell your parents that although racial discrimination exists here, it is not serious, so that they can rest assured."
Li Chuanqi thanked him for his candor, and then the two shook hands and said goodbye.
Arturo handed Li Chuanqi a piece of paper with his phone number written on it.
After Arturo left, captain Pablo came over with a smile, put his arm on his shoulder and walked toward the locker room.
"Li, congratulations! You successfully passed your first important game! However, I thought of this beforehand, and I have always believed in you. That steal was really beautiful. How did you judge that he would handle the ball like that?
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"Captain, I said it was intuition, do you believe it?"
"Believe it! Of course I believe it! Inzaghi is such a player. He has superhuman intuition in the penalty area."
Li Chuanqi breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, the superpower he possesses is intuition.
"The one who just sent you an invitation?"
Li Chuanqi nodded.
Pablo looked at him with a smile: "Congratulations! This is exactly what you wanted!
I have long said that as long as we perform well in the Copa del Rey, you will definitely have a chance to become a professional player.
But I still didn’t expect that you would get an invitation after just one game!
Congratulations again!"
Li Chuanqi asked: "Captain, do you think I should accept this invitation?"
Pablo laughed mysteriously: "It depends on whether you have confidence in the next game. If you think we can continue, don't agree to him. If you don't have confidence..."
"But once you promise someone else and then change your mind, that would be bad. This is a matter of integrity."
Li Chuanqi nodded, indicating that he knew this.
He concluded from Pablo's words that he should not easily agree to Arturo's invitation. If Santa Malaga can continue to advance in the Copa del Rey, maybe he can get an invitation from a higher-level club.
Thinking of the bright future that may appear in the future, Li Chuanqi suddenly felt heroic and said boldly: "Of course I have confidence in us!"
Pablo patted him on the shoulder and said, "I believe it too!"
The two looked at each other and laughed!
When the two returned to the locker room, they were immediately ignited by the emotions of their teammates and joined them in singing and dancing.
