Chapter Eighty-Eight: Tickets
Three days before the final, Madrid.
Boya doesn't like to go to live football games, although this has always been one of the most important ways for the Spanish royal family to show their proximity.
In her impression, she doesn't seem to have a single time to watch the game on the spot that is not passive, especially when she was young, sometimes with her grandfather, sometimes with her mother, but since she went to secondary school, she almost no longer appears in the stands and under the camera, the game she watched at the Calderón Stadium last season was the first time she appeared in the stadium stands in the past five years, and it was also passive.
And now, it seems that she is about to reappear in the stands again, somewhat coincidentally, at Calderón.
This time, it's not about being passive or proactive.
Ariel began to loudly declare that she was going to watch the Copa del Rey final a week ago, but she was not even an amateur fan, and she didn't even know how to buy tickets, so she missed the time and almost had to buy scalper tickets, but at this time, Cinderella reminded her that she could ask Lin Sen for it, which woke up the dreamer, but just when Ariel was about to talk to Lin Sen, she was stopped by Boya, who had been silent.
The reason why Boya stopped Ariel was not to prevent her from going to the stadium to watch the game, but to tell Ariel that she could take them and that it was the best seat.
The Spanish royal family has always been low-key, and by the time of the Boya generation, it was almost possible to describe their image in public. Therefore, as classmates who only met in Boya University, although the three of them are the best friends, the identity of Boya is unknown to the other two people. For this, Boya actually felt a little guilty in her heart, because low-key is low-key, if she didn't deliberately hide it, it would be impossible to know nothing.
Boya deliberately concealed her identity, of course, not because she was afraid that her friends would bring her any trouble, but because her identity "helped" her filter too many friends from childhood to adulthood, Boya did not complain about her identity since she was a child, but she didn't want her entire college career to remain lonely, sure enough, without the shackles of identity, she got two best friends.
But now, with college on the horizon, Ariel has decided to become a counselor, Cinderella is ready to continue her studies, and she may go to England, and Boya knows it's time to confess.
When Boya revealed that her mother was a Spanish princess, it was expected that both Ariel and Cinderella were instantly petrified. Then, unexpectedly.
Cinderella looked at her with a look of hope, her eyes flashing with stars, and she kept muttering: Really, really......
Ariel simply screamed, and pounced on Boya's body is all kinds of messy pinching, and her mouth was full of words: It turns out that the princess looks like this? It's no different from me, it's big and it's fine......
Boya couldn't laugh or cry, but this time, she let Ariel do whatever she wanted.
With Boya's identity, if Boyaa can take them to Calderón, Ariel and Cinderella naturally no longer doubt that why the King's Cup is called the King's Cup is because it is named after the King of Spain, and now, its name is the name of Boya's grandfather.
The two teams that reached the Copa del Rey final this season, one is Malaga and the other is Barcelona, it seems that neither team has anything to do with Real Madrid, which seems to be the reason why the Spanish King announced early on that he would not go to the Calderón Stadium to watch the game, because everyone knows that King Carlos' favorite team is Real Madrid. But in reality, this is a misconception. Boya herself knew that the reason why her grandfather couldn't go to the scene was purely because of poor health, and Malaga may really have nothing to do with the royal family, but the relationship between the other final team Barcelona and the royal family is actually not bad, because the father of the current King of Spain used to be the Duke of Barcelona, and besides, Boya's second aunt, that is, the second princess Princess Victoria, has lived and worked in Barcelona for a long time, plus her uncle is a star member of the Barcelona Handball Club. The couple didn't go to the Camp Nou as many times as the King visited the Bernabeu in person.
Although the king will not go, as the only remaining tournament in Europe to honor the football elite in the name of the royal family, according to the convention, the Copa del Rey award ceremony requires the presence of members of the royal family, so Prince Philip will appear in the stands of this game in place of his father. However, in this game, Boya will not bother her uncle, she will sit with her closer second aunt, as for whether the award ceremony will appear later, it depends on the situation, because Boya can not appear, nor can it not appear.
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Two days before the final, Malaga.
"Let you watch it at home, you said you were going to the scene. Okay, go to the scene, you have to have a ticket, let you ask Lin for two tickets, you don't go, you are thin-skinned, then I'll go, you don't let me, you have to buy tickets yourself, so what now? Where are the tickets? You really didn't have the ability to make you twenty years younger when you were a young man. Mrs. Cruz babbled and became annoyed, and put her things on the table with a loud noise.
Old Cruz sat on the side and said nothing, just smoking his pipe, the rest of which curled.
For Mrs. Cruz, it didn't matter where the tickets came from, she believed that as long as she went to the court, she would be the greatest support for Lin. But for Cruz Sr., he is not as "open-minded" as his wife, this is not that Cruz Sr. intends to be hypocritical, and he is not the kind of hypocritical person, but as he pays more attention to football and Malaga, the more he knows the significance of this final to Malaga.
How can it be the same to go to the game with the ticket you gave to the game and to go to the game with the ticket you bought? It's just that old Cruz thought of this layer, but he didn't think of the other. Since this match means a lot to Malaga fans, how can the tickets not be tight?
By the time Cruz Sr. made dozens of phone calls and still couldn't book a ticket, he had to buy it in person, and the tickets were already sold out.
This season's Copa del Rey final ticket distribution adopts the same three-point distribution scheme as before, that is, the fans of the two teams account for one-third each, and the other third belongs to neutral fans, or fans of the location of the stadium, that is, the number of tickets allocated to Malaga fans should be close to 18,000, which seems to be a lot, but compared with the attendance of the Rose Garden at Malaga's home stadium this season, it seems to be more porridge and less porridge.
Of course, the final is the final after all, and the fans can't be completely measured by the attendance of the home stadium, so that the demand for tickets exceeds the supply, and there are two other reasons, one is what the old Cruz wants even if he is not a die-hard fan, and the meaning of this final for Malaga fans. Malaga has never been a big team, and it's not an exaggeration to say that some fans may never see their favourite team on the stage in a final once in their lifetime. Not many Malaga fans want to miss this match. Second, Madrid, the venue of the finals, is not far from Malaga, and it can be reached in two and a half hours by high-speed rail.
If you want to go, you can go, with these two premises, not to mention 18,000 tickets, even if it is doubled, it will also be in short supply.
At this moment, there was a knock at the door, and Mrs. Cruz was so angry that she did not open the door, so old Cruz had to get up and walk over to open it.
The person who came was Lin Sen, who "came to send warmth".
Lin Sen did not enter the house, but stood at the door and handed Cruz Sr. two tickets.
The tickets for the Copa del Rey are very nervous for both teams, even internally, this time, Malaga was only allocated six tickets to Lin Sen, the original intention was nothing more than to make Lin Sen a good favor, Lin Sen originally didn't plan to ask for it, because it was true that no one asked him for tickets, and it was a waste to come, but after thinking about it, he still picked two better positions.
Lin Sen only exchanged a few words of greeting after giving the ticket to Cruz Sr., and left quickly, which was really a gesture for him.
Old Cruz held the ticket in his hand, turned around and walked into the room, looking at his old wife with a teasing face, grinning and smiling silently.
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The day before the final, it was Madrid.
Jimmy pushed open the door of the small bar, raised his hand to say hello to Frank, and then before he could speak, Frank, who seemed to have long been used to it, had reached out and pointed to a position, Jimmy smiled at Frank and walked over with his feet up.
Barr is drinking alone in a bored mood, and he is not in a bad mood, just like Atletico Madrid's current league standings.
It's not bad, because compared to last season, compared to the first half of this season, Atletico Madrid's table in the second half of the season is actually good, all the way from the middle position to the current fifth position, although the Champions League is hopeless, but it can be regarded as snatching back a place to return to the European arena next season, after the disaster of last season, this is indeed a positive thing.
It's not good, because at this time, that damn Chinese came out to make trouble again: Malaga will compete with Barcelona at the Estadio Calderón for the Copa del Rey this season.
At this moment, a hand suddenly reached out in front of him, and in front of him was placed something that he was very familiar with: a ticket.
Ballen froze for a moment, his eyes subconsciously looked at the ticket, and when he saw it clearly, he suddenly became furious: "What the hell ......"
"Tickets to the Copa del Rey final." Jimmy didn't seem to pay any attention to Barr's anger, but said lightly, "It is said that this thing is quite in demand in Barcelona and Malaga, and many old guys with membership cards have received requests from fans of both teams to buy tickets. ”
"You're buying it too?" Baal's anger subsided.
"No, I bought two, and this one is for you."
"Give it to me? In what capacity to go? Barr sneered.
"Neutral fans." Jimmy remained nonchalant.
"Not interested. I'm not as loving as you are. ”
"I remember you didn't hate Raul."
"He's not Raul!"
"He's Raul who could turn back."
Speaking of which, without waiting for Barr to speak again, Jimmy patted his old friend on the shoulder, "Raul doesn't owe Atletico anything, and so does Lin." To put it clearly, it's not a grudge, it's not football without a grudge, at least not football that you and I are familiar with. The ticket is given to you, and it's up to you to decide whether to go or not. Anyway, I'm going to go, the game at home, it's a pity not to watch it. ”
With that, Jimmy turned to leave.