Levante has been in great form this season, once beating Barcelona and Real Madrid to occupy the top position in the standings, shocking the entire Spanish football world.

Coach Ignacio Martinez, who led the team to create all this, has slowly changed his mentality, from being cautious at the beginning of the season to now bursting with self-confidence.

So when facing Santa Málaga, he didn't take this miracle-winning D team in his eyes at all.

Is Santa Malaga strong?

……

On the 4th of January, the weather suddenly turned cloudy, with a drizzle at noon and a sharp drop in temperature.

Although it was raining lightly, it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the fans on both sides.

In the square outside the Rose Garden Stadium, supporters from both sides began to gather.

The reporters who arrived at the scene in advance took the opportunity to interview the fans of both sides.

The number of fans who came from Levante was not very large, but they were all die-hard fans and the most loyal supporters of the team.

So when they were interviewed, they were very confident.

"We played away tonight, but the victory could only be ours!"

"We've proven ourselves in La Liga this season and now we're going to prove ourselves in the Copa del Rey!"

"Of course we'll win, Levante won, there's no second possibility!"

On the other side, a media reporter from Malaga is interviewing the fans of Santa Málaga, who are equally confident in the club.

"Santa Malaga has already given us too much shock and I'm sure they will shock us tonight!"

"Some people say 'the miracle of Santa Malaga ends here' and I don't agree with that because Santa Malaga hasn't won enough!"

"Santa Malaga hasn't won enough! Santa Malaga will win tonight! ”

"There are so many miracles in Santa Malaga! I have reason to believe that they can still do miracles tonight! ”

"Levante has been really amazing this season, very strong and has beaten Real Madrid, but so what? I still have faith in Santa Malaga! ”

At half past six, Santa Margara was the first to enter the field, and after getting out of the car, Pablo went to be interviewed by reporters as a representative of the team, and the others walked towards the locker room.

"As captain, Mr. Pablo, do you have confidence for tonight's game?"

"Levante has been very strong this season and is now fourth in the table, can Santa Malaga be confident of another miracle?"

"Some people have criticized your shrinking tactics, saying that your game is very ugly, and you are playing at home tonight, will you still use the shrinking tactics?"

Reporters asked questions.

Pablo smiled and calmly answered the reporter's questions.

"I've always had a lot of confidence in the team, we're a group of people who love football, we're people who have dreams, we like the feeling of 'winning'!

It is this belief that allows us to overcome all kinds of difficulties again and again and defeat our opponents!

Questions about tactics......

I know people are criticizing us, and that's normal.

A D-division team plays against a higher league team and can only use intensive defensive tactics if they want to win.

We want to win, so we play with dense defensive tactics, is that a problem?

Of course, we'll make changes when the time is right, like tonight! ”

The reporters' eyes lit up, so to speak, San Malaga is ready to have a confrontation with Levante tonight?

This is definitely a smoke bomb!

The reporter reacted immediately.

Soon after, Levante's bus arrived, and the reporters immediately turned their attention to Levante.

Pablo glanced at it and quickly ended the reporter's interview.

Levante head coach Ignacio Martinez came to reporters.

A reporter took the lead in asking: "Just now the captain of Santa Malaga said in an interview that they will change their dense defensive tactics tonight, what do you think about this?" ”

Ignacio Martinez raised his eyebrows and his eyes lit up: "Very good, I hope they really give up the dense defense and come to fight us against us!" ”

It's good to fight against each other!

Ignacio Martínez was worried about Santa Málaga's defensive retention, and now he heard that Santa Málaga were going to play against him, which was exactly what he wanted.

Ignacio Martínez's attitude towards Santa Málaga has changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and he praised Santa Málaga with a smile on his face:

"Santa Malaga is a very strong team, otherwise they would not have been able to knock out four professional teams in a row, I think they have the quality to play with the professional teams!

If they do, they'll win my respect! ”

After leaving the journalists, Ignacio Martínez sneered in his heart: Offensive war?

You think I'm an idiot?

……

At 6:50, the players from both sides returned to the locker room after the warm-up to make final preparations for the upcoming game.

In the away team's dressing room, Ignacio Martinez looked at his players and said in a deep voice after announcing the starting lineup: "The winter break is over, we just use this game to train and let everyone recover, and everyone has to invest in tonight's game."

Well, at least 60 percent of the state!

The opponent will definitely drop into the half, so we have to be patient when attacking! ”

Home team dressing room.

After arranging the starting line-up, Antonio said loudly: "Now every game we play is a historical moment, and I hope that in the future, when we get old and look back on this time, we can boldly say, 'I came, I did my best, I did it!'" ’！ ”

There were whistles and applause, and Liag said loudly: "Coach, the ideological problem has been solved at the park court yesterday afternoon, and these guys are holding back their strength now, you just say what to do tonight!" ”

This caused a burst of laughter, and Zukulini said with a smile: "Coach, why don't we attack tonight, anyway, we have made history, I don't want to be so conservative anymore!" ”

The resonance struck a chord, and many players expressed their support.

"Get out! Fight against them! ”

"Offense is the best defense!"

"Attack! Attacking is the essence of Spanish football! It's the Spanish football mind! ”

Antonio exchanged glances with captain Pablo and nodded.

Giving up dense defense, in fact, has been proposed by the players for a long time, and they have followed Antonio's advice for the sake of results, but this idea has always been in the hearts of the players.

Levante has been in amazing form this season, once at the top of the La Liga table, and many players in San Malaga subconsciously think that it is almost impossible to get past Levante.

In other words, they believe that there are only two games left in the Copa del Rey journey, and tonight's game is a home game, and if they don't let go of the game tonight, the next leg of the away game will have no chance.

Antonio and Pablo exchanged several times about the matter, and Pablo eventually convinced Antonio.

After the players' voices slowly subsided, Antonio nodded at them and said, "Since everyone wants to attack, then, let's attack tonight!" ”

These words set the locker room on fire at once.

"Good!"

"Long live the coach!"

"Coach, I love you!"

"The high-level pressing that I practiced before is finally useful!"

Li Chuanqi's eyes lit up, and he was finally ready to fight against each other?!

……

At 7:15, the starters of both sides appeared in the players' tunnel and followed the four referees into the stadium from the players' tunnel.

In addition to the rain, they were greeted by the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis!

The stands were largely occupied by supporters of Santa Málaga, including those from Malaga and D-level football players from all over the country.

Levante's supporters numbered only a pitiful few hundred, and their voices were silenced by the outnumbered supporters of Santa Málaga.

Mixed in with the fans on both sides were a dozen scouts from different clubs.

On the broadcast seat, the Málaga TV announcer shouted into the microphone: "I'm at the Rose Garden!"

Coming to you is the fifth round of the Copa del Rey, Santa Malaga vs. Levante! ”

The match in Malaga is also scheduled for tonight, but their match will not start until after this match, so the TV decided to broadcast the match in Santa Málaga first and then the match in Málaga.

This is also in line with public opinion.

You must know that in the last game, the TV station did not broadcast the TV in Santa Málaga, and the TV station phone was almost blown up.