At three o'clock in the afternoon, Santa Malaga and his party took the train to Alcorcón.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Santa Malaga walked down the bus and stood in front of a hotel.

There were no call girls on either side of the street, and Juan let out a long breath, his whole body relaxed.

Antonio and Pablo patted him on the shoulder in satisfaction and gave him a thumbs up.

The expressions of the team members were different, some felt regretful, and some felt relaxed.

Liag smacked his mouth and regretted it, but he quickly thought about it, or okay, this time he played a good game......

In order to avoid Sabadell's embarrassment, the owner Juan specially asked a friend of his in Madrid to help when booking a hotel.

Juan quickly completed the formalities, and Li Chuanqi still lived with Liag.

"Nice view!"

Liag stood on the balcony with a glass of boiled water: "Li, come and see, the beauty is like a cloud, oh no, the scenery is picturesque, the lights are bright." ”

Li Chuanqi didn't go to the balcony to watch the picturesque night scene, and he didn't care if he could see the beauty.

The reason is that he has a fear of heights, and the room they live in is on the eleventh floor, not to mention the scenery, he will have weak legs and sweaty palms when he stands on the balcony.

For some reason, the game was still scheduled for the afternoon, this time the weather was good, it just rained yesterday and the weather was cool.

Living in a quiet hotel, the team members cut off their thoughts of sexual encounters and quickly took a shower and went to sleep.

Owner Juan couldn't sleep because he had to contact the training venue and wanted to get used to the competition venue in advance.

However, Alcorcon told them that they would not be able to train tomorrow morning because they had to clean up the turf.

Juan asked for the next step and offered to train at their training base, but the other party did not agree, saying that their training base was undergoing routine turf maintenance.

If the problem of training is not solved, how can he have the heart to sleep.

Rely on your parents at home and your friends when you go out.

Juan began to look for the friend who helped him book a hotel, but the friend told him that it was already his limit to be able to book a hotel, and he did not have the ability to find a place to train, and he did not have a friend in this area.

What to do?

Juan thought anxiously for a long time before he came up with a way to go downstairs to the front desk to find the hotel manager.

"You've found the right person!"

The manager smiled and said to him: "A relative of mine happens to be the principal of a middle school, and their school has a football field, but the conditions are not very good. ”

Juan happily shook his hand: "As long as there is a field for training, we are not picky, thank you so much!" ”

The manager made a phone call and quickly solved the problem with the training ground, and Juan thanked him again.

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The next morning, San Málaga went to a school more than 20 kilometers away from the hotel for training, but the players were in a good mood and no one complained.

Antonio didn't play a high-intensity confrontation, just some warm-ups and simple coordination drills.

Antonio was very satisfied with the morning training, and in the final stages of the training he arranged the attack from set-pieces.

Liag was in fine form, smashing straight into the net with three straight shots in a free-kick practice, while Pablo also scored twice from corners.

Even Li Chuanqi, a little guy who is not known for headers, scored a goal.

The defensive counterattack is based on the rationality of the team's strength comparison.

Set-pieces, then, are an important means of attack, and modern football is increasingly focusing on set-pieces.

The second goal in the last round of the Copa del Rey was scored from a corner.

Another reason for Antonio's delight is that he found through a comparison of statistics that Alcorcon's set-piece defense is not very good.

Alcorcón conceded 37 goals in La Liga last season, 20 of which came from set-pieces.

That said, more than half of the goals they conceded were from set-pieces.

If set-pieces can be scored......

At three o'clock in the afternoon, San Malaga took a minibus to the Santo Domingo Municipal Stadium and arrived half an hour later.

After a quick change of jersey, the players enter the pitch to warm up.

Alcorcón also arrived on time, with players from both sides meticulously warming up.

Half an hour later, the two sides returned to the dressing room to make final preparations for the upcoming game.

In the away team's locker room, Li Chuanqi was both excited and a little surprised to hear his name appear in the starting lineup.

It's not that he didn't start, but in a big game like this, he basically came off the bench in the second half.

When walking out of the locker room, Antonio patted Li Chuanqi on the shoulder: "Isn't it a surprise?" ”

Li Chuanqi nodded.

Antonio smiled and said: "This is a recognition of your ability, we think you are more than capable of starting!" ”

Li Chuanqi said to him seriously: "I will not live up to your trust!" ”

On the other side, Pablo put his left hand on Liag's left shoulder and said to him: "Today you have to prepare for the whole game, so you have to pay attention to your physical adjustment." ”

Liag exhaled heavily and replied, "Captain, the last game was a shame for me!"

I will never make that mistake again, so don't worry, I'm going to give a pretty answer today! ”

Pablo said, "It's not just me, we all believe in your abilities. ”

Trust is a rare quality, and people who are trusted will generally do their best to accomplish their goals.

Alcorco's starters appear to be very active, and it is a rare opportunity for them to perform as they are mostly substitutes for the team.

Although the opponent is only a D-division team, this is the Copa del Rey venue.

The starters of both sides walked into the stadium under the leadership of four referees, and there were only more than 1,000 fans in the stands that can accommodate more than 5,000 people.

"Tick! ……”

At half-past four, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.

Alcorcon, who took the lead in serving, quickly shifted the ball to the front court to attack.

As Coach Alcorcón judged, Santa Malaga's tactics were indeed defensive counter-attacks, hugging in their own half of the court and setting up defensive lines.

For some reason, Coach Alcorcon did not feel relaxed and watched the game with a serious expression.

Alcorcón's attack was ferocious, attacking the Santa Málaga defence again and again, but every time they pushed to within 30 metres of goal, they met with the most stubborn resistance.

It's like they're stuck in a swamp, and it's hard for them to move an inch.

The game was deadlocked, and it wasn't until the ninth minute that the Alcorcón midfielder fired a long-range shot from the depths of the field that gave him the first shot of the game.

It was as if a gap had been opened, and Alcorcon had two more shots over the next five minutes.

"Don't mess up the formation!"

Antonio was still able to sit comfortably on the bench and walk to the command area and yell at his defenders on the field.

The opponent can complete the shot these two times, but the formation is a little chaotic.

For the next ten minutes, the Santa Málaga defence was impregnable and did not give any shots on goal.

Perhaps Coach Alcorcon had warned his players before the game, so the players on the pitch did not rush and slowed down the pace of attack.

Riag exhaled and began to press aggressively, and now it was time for them to step in as a midfielder.

Liag didn't fight alone, with two wingers and three midfielders involved in pressing up front, and on a couple of occasions he came close to stealing footballs.

Not being able to get the ball down should have been frustrating, but instead of being frustrated, the Santa Malaga midfielder pressed more aggressively.

Today's opponent is a second division team, the highest-level team they have faced since they formed a team to participate in the competition.

Almost snatched down, it shows that their high pressing is effective, maybe it will be successful next time!

In the twenty-third minute of the first half, Li Chuanqi frantically pounced towards the player who received the ball.

The other five midfielders moved quickly to cut off the player's path to the ball.

Under Li Chuanqi's aggressive pressing, Paris, who took the ball, did not panic, but stopped the football with a card.

Li Chuanqi kept stretching his feet to harass him, not giving him a chance to handle the ball comfortably.

Liag, who was closest to them, had a keen premonition that the opportunity for a steal was coming, so he pounced and wanted to wrap up with Li Chuanqi.

"Pass!"

Teammates spotted the danger and shouted at Paris.

Is it dangerous?

Paris doesn't think so, is it dangerous to get out of the bag of two amateur players?

Paris shook his left foot and lightly buckled the inside of his right foot, he wanted to forcibly get rid of Li Chuanqi behind him, and then get rid of Liag who pounced!

In this way, he wants to demoralize Santa Málaga and show them that there is a huge gap between the D and B teams.

However, the imaginary picture did not appear, not to mention Liag who pounced, he couldn't even get rid of Li Chuanqi.

A wave of irritability rose in Paris's heart, damn it, can't even a little guy get rid of it?

Just when he was in a trance, Liag seized the fleeting opportunity and quickly stretched out his right foot and poked the football away from his feet on tiptoe!

"Ahh …… Damn, why didn't that guy pass the ball sooner......"

There were disgruntled voices in the stands.

"Don't worry, it's a game. It's all about stealing or being tackled, and that's a very common thing. ”

The partner comforted him, isn't this a normal thing, this D-level team can eliminate a C-level team, and it still has a certain strength.