Chapter 142 The Road to the King's Cup
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Luo Yi 36 Chao
Chapter 142 The Road to the King's Cup
The first month of 2022 is simply a trip to hell for the Barcelona team.
Throughout January, there are a total of 1-7 games, 8 league games, and 6 Copa del Rey game. If the Copa del Rey advances, there will be a Copa del Rey quarter-final waiting for him a week later.
The Spanish King's Cup is a very famous cup in Spain.
In the beginning, this game was played by clubs from the four leagues in Spain "regardless of their ranks". It was judged by the media as a cup match to assist small clubs.
Clubs in Class B, Class C, and Class D that have passed the qualifying round have the opportunity to compete with clubs in Class A. This stimulates and promotes the development of local football and the operation of small clubs. Many Class C teams can earn enough "rations" for a year just by playing a game against a La Liga team.
Because the Copa del Rey games are usually played at the home courts of lower league clubs, the ticket revenue is enough for them to support them.
However, since the 2005-2006 season, the Copa del Rey system has been reformed.
The main reason is that for the teams in the first division, the first few games are like tasteless.
Especially the strong teams in La Liga, they will basically send reserve teams and even youth teams to play games, even if they lose, it doesn't matter, which greatly reduces the enjoyment of the Copa del Rey.
Therefore, the Spanish Football Association let the La Liga teams avoid the previous rounds of competition.
The teams in the lower leagues need to play some knockout games ahead before they can meet the teams in La Liga.
This also greatly reduces the possibility of being upset, but for some small clubs, it is basically difficult to meet La Liga teams, which greatly reduces their income.
With the current competition system, if Barcelona wants to win the Copa del Rey, they need at least 6 Copa del Rey games.
In the two league games before the Copa del Rey, Barcelona defeated their opponents without bloodshed and still ranked second.
The state of Real Madrid has not been affected by the New Year's celebrations, and it also won two games and two games, ranking first.
The Copa del Rey game has finally arrived.
After the draw, Barcelona's opponent is Vallecano, a mid-range team in West Second Division.
Vallecano has also played in La Liga, but after all, it is a small club without good financial support. After being in La Liga for a few years, he returned to La Liga again.
In this game, Li Mingyu started the game, and Messi did not go to Madrid with the team.
Li Mingyu scored two goals in the first half and assisted Griesmann to complete a beautiful anti-offside.
In the second half, Li Mingyu didn't play again. For Li Mingyu, this kind of game was simply not challenging at all.
In the final result, Barcelona defeated Vallecano 5-0 in the away game.
After the game, just as Li Mingyu was about to leave the field, two strikers from Vallecano found Li Mingyu, hoping to get Li Mingyu's signed jersey.
Facing these two "unyielding" players, Li Mingyu also had a headache for a while.
For the first time in my life, two opposing players asked for jerseys at the same time.
The two players watching each other were about to fight for their own jersey.
For the sake of their team's internal unity, Li Mingyu had no choice but to ask the staff to go to the locker room, took his other spare jersey, signed it, and gave it to the two of them.
In the end, both players left contented.
Li Mingyu looked at the backs of the two with helplessness.
Come to play a game, and put on two jerseys, what a big loss!
As everyone knows, this scene has already been faithfully recorded by the camera next to it, and spread to the TV screens of thousands of households in Barcelona.
Barcelona fans are very proud, because it is not uncommon for players from the opposing team to regard you as an idol.
But it is too rare for two players to come to sign jerseys at the same time.
I still remember that Messi's jersey was also scrambled by the opponent's players.
That was in 2012, in the knockout round of the Champions League, the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen was defeated by Barcelona 3:1 at home.
In this game, there was a very funny scene.
At the end of the first half, Leverkusen's Czech international Kadlec rushed to Messi's side when the referee blew the whistle for the first half, expressing his admiration for Messi and hoping to get Messi's jersey.
Messi has played football for so many years, and it is the first time that he came to ask for his jersey as soon as the first half ended.
But Messi, who is kind, did not reject his little fan, and took off the jersey readily and gave it to Kadlec.
Kadlec was very excited, took the jersey and returned to the locker room.
But his behavior angered a person in the Leverkusen team, that is, Leverkusen's vice-captain Friedrich at the time.
Friedrich originally planned to exchange jerseys with Messi after the game.
But Kadlec's behavior annoyed him very much.
So, in the locker room, Friedrich "bullied the little" and snatched Messi's jersey from Kadlec's hands, and the two had a fierce quarrel in the locker room.
The most shocking thing was that at the end of the game, Kadlec had the cheek to come to Messi's side again and offered to exchange jerseys.
Although Messi felt a little strange, he still kindly satisfied the wishes of his die-hard fans and exchanged jerseys again.
This time, Kadlec was finally satisfied. In the post-match interview, he took Messi's jersey and showed it to everyone excitedly, saying that this jersey will be placed in the most important position in his collection.
But after this "low-spirited" and "disgraceful" incident happened, the German media were all furious.
"It's a shame. In the first knockout round of the Champions League, some people didn't think of anything more important than exchanging jerseys!" "Bild" stated that such a thing happened to shame the German football community.
"It seems that for these two millionaire players, the most important thing is to compete for Messi's jersey, rather than paying attention to Sanchez's goal before the end of the first half." The "Süddeutsche Zeitung" even mocked: "Compared to the identity of Messi's opponent, Leverkusen is more like a Messi fan. "
Leverkusen executives were annoyed that two of their players nearly clashed over Messi's jersey.
Leverkusen's director Wöller said that this incident is a shame for Leverkusen. 90% of the players on the court are focused on the game, and only the two of them are thinking about how to exchange jerseys.
Moreover, Worrall also said that the Messi jerseys obtained by the two will not become their treasures. These two jerseys will be auctioned and the money will be used for charity.
For Kadlecs and Friedrich, it is really a lost wife and a broken army!
Today's scene happened again in the Barcelona team. What was even more exciting than that game was that two players asked Li Mingyu for jerseys at the same time.
However, the Mallorca club did not punish these two players. After all, they are both Spanish players. It is normal to worship Barcelona and Li Mingyu.
This incident has also become an interesting story in Spanish football.
However, this incident shows that many players in Spain now have their idol changed from Messi to Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu has already conquered a large number of fans with his outstanding performance.
In the Barcelona team, Li Mingyu's jersey sales are second only to Messi, and the upward momentum is very obvious.
In the last season, Barcelona's jersey sales ranked first among clubs in the world, and Messi's jersey sales accounted for 70% of Barcelona's jersey sales, which is a very scary figure.
And this season, due to Li Mingyu's super performance, Barcelona's jersey sales have risen to a higher level.
Now Messi's jersey sales accounted for 50% of Barcelona's jersey sales, and Li Mingyu's jersey sales had reached nearly 30%.
The two of them account for almost 80% of Barcelona's jersey sales.
However, it is difficult for Messi's jersey sales to make a big breakthrough, and Li Mingyu's popularity is rising crazily. If there is no accident, next season's jersey sales, maybe Li Mingyu will be on an equal footing with Messi.
Due to Li Mingyu's Chinese identity, the sales of his jerseys in Asia, especially China, have gradually become equal to that of Messi.
Li Mingyu is now Barcelona's new cash cow.
The [-]th round of the Copa del Rey is over.
The top four in La Liga have successfully entered the next round of the Copa del Rey.
After the Copa del Rey ended, Barcelona ushered in good news in the weekend league. In the previous game, Real Madrid lost 0:1 to the Espanyol.
In the game, Wu Lei scored a wonderful goal and gave Real Madrid a defeat.
At the critical moment, I would like to thank my mortal enemy!
Two hours later, Barcelona defeated Granada, which had fallen into the relegation zone, in an away game, and kicked the opponent into the abyss of relegation.
With the victory of this game, Barcelona once again reached the top of La Liga, beating Real Madrid by 2 points.
The Spanish King's Cup game is coming again. This time, Barcelona's opponent is still a team from the Second Division Sporting Gijon.
This team has already played against Barcelona in friendly matches before this season.
The score of this game was exactly the same as that of that friendly match, 3:1. Barcelona still slackened at the last moment. The opponent caught a defensive marking error and scored a goal.
Although the ball had no effect on the game, it annoyed coach Koeman very much.
It has been half a season, and the defense still makes such low-level mistakes.
However, Barcelona still entered the quarterfinals.
Barcelona's Copa del Rey quarter-final opponent turned out to be Atletico Madrid.
The devil's away trip in January is all over, and the Barcelona team has completed the task perfectly, winning all 1 games.
In February, the competition became even more intensive.
On February 2, Barcelona defeated the visiting Athletic Bilbao at their home court and still maintained their leading position.
On February 2th, Barcelona came to the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, the home of Atletico Madrid, to face their opponents in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid.
Both sides have already reached the quarter-finals, and basically they will not have the idea of giving up the King's Cup.
Before this game, the two sides had already started talking harshly in the interview session.
Ibrahimovic: "Atletico Madrid is in a very good state now, and I have fully integrated into this team. Our team has the greatest coach, the best fans, and excellent teammates. Today, we will definitely beat Barcelona hard at our home stadium and let them know how powerful Atletico Madrid is!"
When Li Mingyu was interviewed, although he didn't say much, he was very powerful.
"This year, our goal is very simple, to win all the championships we can see, the Spanish Super Cup has been won, and the Copa del Rey is next, as well as the league championship, the Champions League championship, we all want it!"
Li Mingyu's words attracted wild support from Barcelona fans, but also dissatisfaction from other teams.
Real Madrid's official ins directly explained their attitude with a pouted expression.
The interviews with other players were also very popular. Even the low-key Messi spoke out in support of Li Mingyu for the first time.
The two kings of popularity in Barcelona have expressed their attitude at the same time, we all want this year's champion.
For a time, the eyes of the whole of Europe and even the whole world were all focused on Barcelona.
Could it be that the Cosmos team that swept Europe is back?
The Barcelona team, who came to Madrid, ushered in huge boos and protests from Atletico Madrid fans.
Sitting in the bus, Li Mingyu put on his earphones and closed his eyes to rest.
Messi on the side was also wearing earphones, shaking his head leisurely.
Coman, who was sitting in the front row, looked back at the two "big guys" and couldn't help but smiled wryly.
The turmoil caused by these two before the game made Barcelona stand on the cusp of the storm all of a sudden.
Now not only the Spanish teams want to stop Barcelona, even those teams in the Champions League are gearing up, hoping to replace AC Milan and become Barcelona's opponent.
However, AC Milan was very honest and did not make any remarks.
It is estimated that AC Milan players are still complaining crazily in their hearts, and you will make sarcastic remarks. If you have the ability, you can trade with us. We don’t want to play Barcelona!
(End of this chapter)
The first month of 2022 is simply a trip to hell for the Barcelona team.
Throughout January, there are a total of 1-7 games, 8 league games, and 6 Copa del Rey game. If the Copa del Rey advances, there will be a Copa del Rey quarter-final waiting for him a week later.
The Spanish King's Cup is a very famous cup in Spain.
In the beginning, this game was played by clubs from the four leagues in Spain "regardless of their ranks". It was judged by the media as a cup match to assist small clubs.
Clubs in Class B, Class C, and Class D that have passed the qualifying round have the opportunity to compete with clubs in Class A. This stimulates and promotes the development of local football and the operation of small clubs. Many Class C teams can earn enough "rations" for a year just by playing a game against a La Liga team.
Because the Copa del Rey games are usually played at the home courts of lower league clubs, the ticket revenue is enough for them to support them.
However, since the 2005-2006 season, the Copa del Rey system has been reformed.
The main reason is that for the teams in the first division, the first few games are like tasteless.
Especially the strong teams in La Liga, they will basically send reserve teams and even youth teams to play games, even if they lose, it doesn't matter, which greatly reduces the enjoyment of the Copa del Rey.
Therefore, the Spanish Football Association let the La Liga teams avoid the previous rounds of competition.
The teams in the lower leagues need to play some knockout games ahead before they can meet the teams in La Liga.
This also greatly reduces the possibility of being upset, but for some small clubs, it is basically difficult to meet La Liga teams, which greatly reduces their income.
With the current competition system, if Barcelona wants to win the Copa del Rey, they need at least 6 Copa del Rey games.
In the two league games before the Copa del Rey, Barcelona defeated their opponents without bloodshed and still ranked second.
The state of Real Madrid has not been affected by the New Year's celebrations, and it also won two games and two games, ranking first.
The Copa del Rey game has finally arrived.
After the draw, Barcelona's opponent is Vallecano, a mid-range team in West Second Division.
Vallecano has also played in La Liga, but after all, it is a small club without good financial support. After being in La Liga for a few years, he returned to La Liga again.
In this game, Li Mingyu started the game, and Messi did not go to Madrid with the team.
Li Mingyu scored two goals in the first half and assisted Griesmann to complete a beautiful anti-offside.
In the second half, Li Mingyu didn't play again. For Li Mingyu, this kind of game was simply not challenging at all.
In the final result, Barcelona defeated Vallecano 5-0 in the away game.
After the game, just as Li Mingyu was about to leave the field, two strikers from Vallecano found Li Mingyu, hoping to get Li Mingyu's signed jersey.
Facing these two "unyielding" players, Li Mingyu also had a headache for a while.
For the first time in my life, two opposing players asked for jerseys at the same time.
The two players watching each other were about to fight for their own jersey.
For the sake of their team's internal unity, Li Mingyu had no choice but to ask the staff to go to the locker room, took his other spare jersey, signed it, and gave it to the two of them.
In the end, both players left contented.
Li Mingyu looked at the backs of the two with helplessness.
Come to play a game, and put on two jerseys, what a big loss!
As everyone knows, this scene has already been faithfully recorded by the camera next to it, and spread to the TV screens of thousands of households in Barcelona.
Barcelona fans are very proud, because it is not uncommon for players from the opposing team to regard you as an idol.
But it is too rare for two players to come to sign jerseys at the same time.
I still remember that Messi's jersey was also scrambled by the opponent's players.
That was in 2012, in the knockout round of the Champions League, the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen was defeated by Barcelona 3:1 at home.
In this game, there was a very funny scene.
At the end of the first half, Leverkusen's Czech international Kadlec rushed to Messi's side when the referee blew the whistle for the first half, expressing his admiration for Messi and hoping to get Messi's jersey.
Messi has played football for so many years, and it is the first time that he came to ask for his jersey as soon as the first half ended.
But Messi, who is kind, did not reject his little fan, and took off the jersey readily and gave it to Kadlec.
Kadlec was very excited, took the jersey and returned to the locker room.
But his behavior angered a person in the Leverkusen team, that is, Leverkusen's vice-captain Friedrich at the time.
Friedrich originally planned to exchange jerseys with Messi after the game.
But Kadlec's behavior annoyed him very much.
So, in the locker room, Friedrich "bullied the little" and snatched Messi's jersey from Kadlec's hands, and the two had a fierce quarrel in the locker room.
The most shocking thing was that at the end of the game, Kadlec had the cheek to come to Messi's side again and offered to exchange jerseys.
Although Messi felt a little strange, he still kindly satisfied the wishes of his die-hard fans and exchanged jerseys again.
This time, Kadlec was finally satisfied. In the post-match interview, he took Messi's jersey and showed it to everyone excitedly, saying that this jersey will be placed in the most important position in his collection.
But after this "low-spirited" and "disgraceful" incident happened, the German media were all furious.
"It's a shame. In the first knockout round of the Champions League, some people didn't think of anything more important than exchanging jerseys!" "Bild" stated that such a thing happened to shame the German football community.
"It seems that for these two millionaire players, the most important thing is to compete for Messi's jersey, rather than paying attention to Sanchez's goal before the end of the first half." The "Süddeutsche Zeitung" even mocked: "Compared to the identity of Messi's opponent, Leverkusen is more like a Messi fan. "
Leverkusen executives were annoyed that two of their players nearly clashed over Messi's jersey.
Leverkusen's director Wöller said that this incident is a shame for Leverkusen. 90% of the players on the court are focused on the game, and only the two of them are thinking about how to exchange jerseys.
Moreover, Worrall also said that the Messi jerseys obtained by the two will not become their treasures. These two jerseys will be auctioned and the money will be used for charity.
For Kadlecs and Friedrich, it is really a lost wife and a broken army!
Today's scene happened again in the Barcelona team. What was even more exciting than that game was that two players asked Li Mingyu for jerseys at the same time.
However, the Mallorca club did not punish these two players. After all, they are both Spanish players. It is normal to worship Barcelona and Li Mingyu.
This incident has also become an interesting story in Spanish football.
However, this incident shows that many players in Spain now have their idol changed from Messi to Li Mingyu.
Li Mingyu has already conquered a large number of fans with his outstanding performance.
In the Barcelona team, Li Mingyu's jersey sales are second only to Messi, and the upward momentum is very obvious.
In the last season, Barcelona's jersey sales ranked first among clubs in the world, and Messi's jersey sales accounted for 70% of Barcelona's jersey sales, which is a very scary figure.
And this season, due to Li Mingyu's super performance, Barcelona's jersey sales have risen to a higher level.
Now Messi's jersey sales accounted for 50% of Barcelona's jersey sales, and Li Mingyu's jersey sales had reached nearly 30%.
The two of them account for almost 80% of Barcelona's jersey sales.
However, it is difficult for Messi's jersey sales to make a big breakthrough, and Li Mingyu's popularity is rising crazily. If there is no accident, next season's jersey sales, maybe Li Mingyu will be on an equal footing with Messi.
Due to Li Mingyu's Chinese identity, the sales of his jerseys in Asia, especially China, have gradually become equal to that of Messi.
Li Mingyu is now Barcelona's new cash cow.
The [-]th round of the Copa del Rey is over.
The top four in La Liga have successfully entered the next round of the Copa del Rey.
After the Copa del Rey ended, Barcelona ushered in good news in the weekend league. In the previous game, Real Madrid lost 0:1 to the Espanyol.
In the game, Wu Lei scored a wonderful goal and gave Real Madrid a defeat.
At the critical moment, I would like to thank my mortal enemy!
Two hours later, Barcelona defeated Granada, which had fallen into the relegation zone, in an away game, and kicked the opponent into the abyss of relegation.
With the victory of this game, Barcelona once again reached the top of La Liga, beating Real Madrid by 2 points.
The Spanish King's Cup game is coming again. This time, Barcelona's opponent is still a team from the Second Division Sporting Gijon.
This team has already played against Barcelona in friendly matches before this season.
The score of this game was exactly the same as that of that friendly match, 3:1. Barcelona still slackened at the last moment. The opponent caught a defensive marking error and scored a goal.
Although the ball had no effect on the game, it annoyed coach Koeman very much.
It has been half a season, and the defense still makes such low-level mistakes.
However, Barcelona still entered the quarterfinals.
Barcelona's Copa del Rey quarter-final opponent turned out to be Atletico Madrid.
The devil's away trip in January is all over, and the Barcelona team has completed the task perfectly, winning all 1 games.
In February, the competition became even more intensive.
On February 2, Barcelona defeated the visiting Athletic Bilbao at their home court and still maintained their leading position.
On February 2th, Barcelona came to the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium, the home of Atletico Madrid, to face their opponents in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, Atletico Madrid.
Both sides have already reached the quarter-finals, and basically they will not have the idea of giving up the King's Cup.
Before this game, the two sides had already started talking harshly in the interview session.
Ibrahimovic: "Atletico Madrid is in a very good state now, and I have fully integrated into this team. Our team has the greatest coach, the best fans, and excellent teammates. Today, we will definitely beat Barcelona hard at our home stadium and let them know how powerful Atletico Madrid is!"
When Li Mingyu was interviewed, although he didn't say much, he was very powerful.
"This year, our goal is very simple, to win all the championships we can see, the Spanish Super Cup has been won, and the Copa del Rey is next, as well as the league championship, the Champions League championship, we all want it!"
Li Mingyu's words attracted wild support from Barcelona fans, but also dissatisfaction from other teams.
Real Madrid's official ins directly explained their attitude with a pouted expression.
The interviews with other players were also very popular. Even the low-key Messi spoke out in support of Li Mingyu for the first time.
The two kings of popularity in Barcelona have expressed their attitude at the same time, we all want this year's champion.
For a time, the eyes of the whole of Europe and even the whole world were all focused on Barcelona.
Could it be that the Cosmos team that swept Europe is back?
The Barcelona team, who came to Madrid, ushered in huge boos and protests from Atletico Madrid fans.
Sitting in the bus, Li Mingyu put on his earphones and closed his eyes to rest.
Messi on the side was also wearing earphones, shaking his head leisurely.
Coman, who was sitting in the front row, looked back at the two "big guys" and couldn't help but smiled wryly.
The turmoil caused by these two before the game made Barcelona stand on the cusp of the storm all of a sudden.
Now not only the Spanish teams want to stop Barcelona, even those teams in the Champions League are gearing up, hoping to replace AC Milan and become Barcelona's opponent.
However, AC Milan was very honest and did not make any remarks.
It is estimated that AC Milan players are still complaining crazily in their hearts, and you will make sarcastic remarks. If you have the ability, you can trade with us. We don’t want to play Barcelona!
(End of this chapter)
