The green devil

The Spaniard's opponent Levante in the fourth round of the Copa del Rey is a typical relegation team.

Ranked 14th in the league last season, which is the worst record since it was promoted to La Liga in 10 years.

Levante coach Lucas Alcaraz has coached 10 different teams so far. Except for Greece Aris, the rest are Spanish domestic mid-lower teams.

Lucas is very familiar with La Liga, able to familiarize himself with the team and adjust the lineup in the shortest time, and is good at leading small and medium clubs to relegation.

With the current strength of the Spaniard, it stands to reason that it is easy to deal with a team like Levante, but what is interesting is that although Levante is of average strength, it is very restrained against the Spaniard and Atletico Madrid.

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The strength of the Spaniard is only slightly stronger than Levante. If the style of play is against each other, it is understandable to have such a record, but Atletico Madrid is a team in the Western Super League. They are not at all inferior to Barcelona and Real Madrid. Being killed by Levanteke, it can be seen that the Levante team still has something.

After playing Atletico Madrid, the Spaniard had a day off, two days of targeted training, and then sent troops to Valencia to start the Copa del Rey match.

12pm on October 3

Valencia City Stadium

Zhao Yang sat on the bench, enjoying the game with a relaxed expression.

He, the core of the Spaniard's striker, did not play today.

Due to the poor historical record against Levante, the head coach Sergio is not prepared to complete the battle. Levante is a typical home dragon. Levante battle.

In this case, Zhao Yang, a striker with average physical fitness, will have to recharge his energy in order to cope with the difficult three games a week.

Although Asensio also needs to rest, it is impossible for the Spaniard's two cores to be placed on the bench. Although Levante is weak, the style of play restrains the Spaniard. If Asensio, the core midfielder, is not available, Sergio is worried about not scoring a point away from home.

If Levante's record against the Spaniard wasn't so good, Sergio wouldn't even want to bring Zhao Yang to Valencia.

Zhao Yang was brought in and placed on the bench, mainly because he was worried that the away game would be unfavorable, so he prepared as a backup.

In fact, even if Zhao Yang does not enter the squad, he will still come to Valencia.

Although Levante is not a strong team, it still has some history, and the stadium has not been rebuilt, so it must have ball accumulation. Zhao Yang hopes to be able to sign a skill here.

Zhao Yang was lucky. When he stepped on the field yesterday, he signed in successfully and obtained the shooting skill "Heel Shot".

Although this skill is the same as the original skill "Scorpion Waggling Tail", it is a bit tasteless, but in the small stadium of Levante, it is good to have one skill. The field is ever-changing, and irregular shooting movements can sometimes play a decisive role. effect.

Since it is three games a week, after the first round of the Copa del Rey, Levante and Spain will play against each other in the league on the weekend, so Levante, who is focusing on the league, did not send all the main players in this game.

After the start of the game, after the two sides tried a little, Levante took advantage of the home court and launched a fierce attack on the Spaniard.

The Spaniard has a brilliant record recently and ranks in the top four in points. He no longer pays much attention to the relegation team that was originally at the same level as them.Now they were attacked by Levante at the beginning of the game, and the players were very annoyed.

However, Levante has a psychological advantage, coupled with the fact that they are fighting at their own gate, the stadium is familiar, and the fans are cheering on, so they play more proactively. Not many chances to fight back.

After 10 minutes of the game, Zhao Yang's expression gradually became dignified.

This Levante league ranks second to last and is a favorite for relegation, but the Spaniard, who is ranked fourth, is full of confidence and is in a brave state. Everyone dares to take the ball and make moves.

"Confidence is a wonderful thing!"

Zhao Yang shook his head again and again.

"Zhao, what did you say?"

Asked the young striker Moreno sitting next to Zhao Yang.

Zhao Yang cannot play, and the Spaniard still needs an experienced striker on the front line, so Moreno, who has been in the limelight recently, also sat on the bench, with Caicedo on the front line.

Zhao Yang smiled and said, "I said Levante is really confident in beating us."

Moreno took a sip of water and said with a smile: "If we don't lose to any team in 7 consecutive games, we must be very confident when we see them again."

Zhao Yang said: "This time we are going to play three games against Levante, two Copa del Rey games and one league game. I think we should play with all the main players in the first game, and teach Levante a lesson, lest they think we are Spaniards. The team is easy to bully, so the next two games will be easy to play."

This is an open questioning of the coach's tactical arrangements.

Zhao Yang is the core striker of the team, the favorite of the coach, the darling of the fans, and the compatriot of the chairman. He dares to say this, but Moreno, a young substitute player, does not dare.

"The coach should have his own ideas. He may be afraid that the main players will be too tired and will not be able to play in the next two games."

Moreno speculated.

The two were talking, and the situation on the field changed suddenly. Levante made an assault from the left, broke through the bottom line and crossed the penalty area.

The Spaniard was severely suppressed, there were many people in the penalty area, the two sides fought for the top, no one touched the ball, and the ball flew directly to the right

This time the ball was passed to the right, but it hit the right side, which opened the Spaniard's defense in the middle.

After the cooperation from the right, the Levante full-back crossed again. At this moment, there are more Levante players in the Espanyol's penalty area than before.

Both sides jumped up to fight for the header, but Espanyol defender Ziani tried to head the ball over the baseline, but headed directly towards his own goal.

The Spaniard's substitute goalkeeper Bardi couldn't react in time and could only watch the ball go into the net.

1:0

In the No.20 three-point match, Levante unexpectedly took the lead with an own goal from the opponent Espanyol.

Seeing more than 1 fans cheering, they completely forgot their situation in the league.

Only the head coach Lucas had a calm expression, not nervous or excited at all, and the applause was a bit formulaic, as if he was thinking about something.

Zhao Yang on the sidelines was even more puzzled. Not only did Levante have confidence against the Spaniard, but he was also very lucky. Even the always steady Spaniard defender Ziani scored an own goal.

Moreno smiled bitterly: "This Levante is really lucky. Every time we play, there will be some strange things, injuries, own goals, red cards, whatever you want..."

Zhao Yang also smiled wryly: "It seems that if you want to get a draw, you will have to work hard."