"It seems that Aragones also attaches great importance to this game?" Tang Feng said to his assistants around him after getting Mallorca's starting list before the game started.

It turned out that today Mallorca actually ranked all the main players to play.

With the team performing well in the league and the players' ages are obviously aging, Aragones also ranked all the main players, which can only explain one thing, that is, he really wants to win this game.

However, this is not bad news for Tang Feng. In fact, Tang Feng hopes that Mallorca can play as the main force. Because in this way, the team can better reflect their physical advantages!

Soon, the players who had finished the warm-up returned to the locker room one after another.

"Okay, gentlemen, I just got good news and bad news. Which one do you want to listen to first?" Tang Feng said to everyone after the players all came in.

"Bad news, boss, I prefer bitter first and sweet!" Hua Jin shrugged and said.

The laughter of other players rang in the locker room, but everyone seemed to agree with Joaquin's statement.

"Okay, the bad news is that Mallorca has arranged all the starting lineup today!" Tang Feng replied with a smile.

After hearing the "bad news" from Tang Feng, the players in the locker room reacted differently. Some were worried, some were surprised, and some were expecting...

"What about the good news?" Vicente, who was tying his shoelaces, continued.

"The good news is that Mallorca has arranged the entire main lineup today. If we win, we can slap those guys who mock us in the face!" Tang Feng said with his hands spread.

After hearing this so-called "good news", the players all made a "cut" sound.

Obviously, this is not the good news they imagined.

"Okay. The good news and bad news have been shared. Let's talk about the next game! Regarding tactics, I think I have made it very clear in the preparations these days. Next, it's up to us to perform on the court!"

"Our record is not very stable during this period. Those who were honest insulted in the past also took this opportunity to rekindle. Although their criticism, questioning or sarcasm will not cause any loss to us. But don't you think it's annoying to buzz in your ears like flies? Anyway, I think so! Therefore, all we can do is to use our performance to make them shut their buzzing mouths!"

"Today we are facing the third place in La Liga. The outside world doesn't believe that we can defeat them. Even some media and fans who support us advise us to give up the Copa del Rey and put all our energy into the league! The Mallorca people said that our lineup is a bit deformed and said that we will pay the price of youth... In my opinion, we should let them understand that talking nonsense is a price to pay!"

As usual, Tang Feng used his own lectures before the game to gradually improve the players' fighting spirit.

"Yes, let them pay!"

"Shut up those damn guys!"

"Why make us give up the Copa del Rey? We want to win!"

...

Sure enough, the players' fighting spirit was quickly aroused, and everyone said indignantly.

Tang Feng nodded with satisfaction, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, guys, go on stage. Let them taste your awesomeness!"

...

In the second round of the Copa del Rey, Betis drew home draw. Therefore, the team can face Mallorca with the cheers of nearly 50,000 fans at the Lopela Stadium.

When the players of the two teams lined up to enter the court, the fans in the stands gave two completely different voices... the cheers dedicated to the home team and the boo dedicated to the visiting team!

At this time, the starting list of the two teams was also played on the big screen of the Lopera Stadium:

Betis' starting lineup (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Reina

Defenders: Otlo, Xavi Navarro, Carvalho, Gialni

Middleback: Xavi Alonso, Senna

Midfielder: Joaquin, Arteta, Vicente

Forward: Villa

In the position of the central defender, Tang Feng gave up Pablo Alfaro, who had a slow turn speed, and instead used a combination of Xavi Navarro and Carvalho, considering Etoo's speed.

In the midfield, the old captain Alexis took a rotation and Seine got a starting chance.

On the front line, Villa started, and Adriano, who was in poor form recently, sat on the bench.

Mallorca's starting lineup (4-4-2):

Goalkeeper: Luo A

Defenders: Armando, Nadal, Civiero, Soler

Midfielder: Finidi George, Ngonga, Marcos, Stankovic

Forward: Etoo, Biagini

In this game, in addition to Etoo, who rejected Betis' invitation this summer, Nigerian star Finidi George, who only moved back to Mallorca this summer, also attracted much attention.

When Finidi George appeared at Lopela Stadium again, he did not receive any applause from fans.

Although he had four good seasons in Mallorca, his performance after the team was relegated and he couldn't wait to leave the team, obviously hurting the hearts of Betis fans.

...

While the players on the court were performing various pre-match ceremonies, Tang Feng, who was wearing a handsome casual suit, also appeared in front of the coach's seat.

With the team's previous outstanding record, Tang Feng has also been the fans who have conquered Betis and has become one of the most popular figures at the Lopela Stadium.

With a height of about 1.8 meters, a tall figure, handsome appearance, and some crazy performances performed from time to time on the sidelines, Tang Feng has become a famous "idol" coach in Spanish football. He is very popular among young fans, especially some young female fans.

Tang Feng is definitely not the most handsome coach in European football, and he is even less likely to be the coach with the highest level of coaching.

But Tang Feng firmly believes that looking at European football, coaches who are more handsome than him are basically not as handsome as him, and coaching skills are more handsome than him!

...

Beep~~~ With the referee's whistle, the game officially began!

After the game began, neither side was in a hurry to attack.

Mallorca is originally a team that is good at counterattacking, so under normal circumstances they will not take the initiative to invest too much force in the offense.

As for the Betis team, they understand Mallorca's counterattack ability, so they did not blindly press on the attack.

In this way, the first few minutes of the game were in the stage of testing each other.

It was not until the ninth minute that the first threatening shot appeared on the field.

The shot came from Villa. After he got the ball at the front of the penalty area, he shook the ball away from the gap and suddenly shot a cold arrow on his right foot.

Facing Villa's shot, Argentina's national Mun Roa had no response, but unfortunately the ball eventually missed the near post.

This really made the Betis fans in the stands sigh.

Villa's shot seemed to kick off the attacks between the two sides.

Three minutes later, Mallorca's Finiti George made a small-angle shot after breaking into the penalty area on the right.

However, he hit the shot on the sideline!

His shot also brought him a huge booing from Betis fans.

Next, both sides completed several threatening attacks.

However, what satisfied Tang Feng was that since the team's defense line contracted relatively low today, Etoo, the opponent's forward arrow, did not have much room to display.

However, Tang Feng probably never expected this. Eto'o, who had never performed before, was a fatal blow when he performed!

This was a counterattack opportunity for Mallorca. Stankovic on the left dribbled the ball at high speed and then passed the ball across to Engongjia who was inserted in the middle.

After Ngong took the ball a few meters, he directly stuffed the ball to Etoo in front!

After Eto's goal, Betis's two defenders did not pounce on Eto's speed, but kept a safe distance from him.

I saw Eto'an taking the ball seemed to break through to the front right, but in fact he dunked directly, hitting his left, and then accelerating, ready to get rid of it by force!

Etoo, who thought he had already shaken away the space, swung his left foot directly and prepared to have a sudden shot!

Although he was shaken for a while, Xavi Navarro quickly made up for defense.

He obviously didn't expect Etoo to shoot directly, so he could only stretch his legs to block it in a hurry.

As a result, the ball hit his right foot that was stretched over and then bounced violently.

At this time, Renner in front of the goal had moved his center of gravity when Etoo shot and was about to make a save.

He never expected that Etoo's low shot that was originally hitting the far corner against the grass actually turned into a sling shot that hit the near corner after refracting!

At this time, it was obviously too late for Reina to regain his focus.

He could only watch the ball flew into the goal!

At this moment, the entire Lopera Stadium fell into silence.

Soon, this silence was broken by the cheers of a small group of Mallorca fans who came with the team.

Etoo, who scored the goal, also started his own celebration after being stunned for a moment!

After rushing to the stands where the Mallorca fans are and enjoying the cheers of the fans, he did not forget to pass by the Betis coach's seat and glanced at Tang Feng. He seemed to be saying: Look, I rejected Betis. What a correct choice to choose Mallorca?

Tang Feng naturally felt the provocative meaning in Eto's eyes.

He was also very depressed about the loss of the ball, because it was obviously a lucky balloon.

At the same time, this goal also disrupted Tang Feng's deployment. After taking the lead with one goal, Mallorca's team launched a defensive counterattack, which would obviously be even more unscrupulous.

If Betis wants to win, he has to take the initiative to attack, so there will be a lot of gaps behind him for the Mallorca people.
To be continued...