With a total score of 6 to 3, Real Sociedad became the third La Liga team to fall at the feet of Betis in this Cup of RE.

After the other three quarter-finals, Betis also became the only Spanish Second Division team in the semi-finals of the King's Cup.[]

Barcelona was unexpectedly eliminated by Zaragoza in two rounds of matches and missed the semi-finals.

In addition, Valencia, who was eliminated in the eight-point finals, is the only traditional giant in the semi-finals of the King's Cup.

After the list of the semi-finals came out, Madrid media couldn't wait to celebrate in advance that Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey.

The Spanish Second Division team Betis, Zaragoza, the middle and lower-level team in the league, and Vigo Celta, which was severely poached by Real Madrid last season. In the eyes of Madrid media, these three teams obviously cannot pose too much threat to Real Madrid.

With the league basically in its arms, Real Madrid fans naturally hope to see the team use a domestic double championship to welcome the arrival of a new era!

You know, Real Madrid has not won the King's Cup championship in eight years.

Perhaps in the eyes of Real Madrid, the Cup of Rey is just a useless trophy after the Champions League and the League. However, as a top domestic giant, it is obviously unacceptable for them to fail to win the domestic Cup championship for a long time.

Therefore, Real Madrid doesn’t want to miss this year’s opportunity!

In fact, in addition to the Madrid media, many Spanish media believe that this year is a great opportunity for Real Madrid to end the King's Cup championship drought.

However, after the match results came out, some media chose to keep their opinions.

Because Real Madrid's opponents have successively eliminated the third-place league Mallorca and the second-place league in the league, and Betis, known as the nemesis of La Liga!

Logically speaking, as a Spanish Second Division team, Betis should be the least favored team among the semi-finals.

However, through Betis' crazy performance in this Cup of REE, no one dares to underestimate this young guard.

When Betis drew Mallorca in the second round of the Cup del Rey, countless media believed that Betis's Cup del Rey trip was over.

However, Betis used a crazy five-to-two game to shame the defense of Mallorca, who could rank in the top three in La Liga, and advanced to the quarterfinals with his head held high!

In the quarterfinals, Betis's luck is still not very good because they actually won the league championship last season and ranked second in the season's second-ranked "Super Laco".

Moreover, unlike the single-game knockout system in the second round of the Cup of Rey, the quarterfinals will take two home and away games.

This time, countless media said that Betis's good luck was over. Some people even threatened that the two teams would completely lose suspense after the first round.

The result of the first leg at Lopela Stadium was indeed very unfavorable. A draw also allowed La Coruña to score three away goals.

It is necessary to win at Riasso Stadium to advance to the quarterfinals. This premise has made countless media one-sidedly say that Betis is about to be eliminated.

Where is Riaso?

One of the most famous home courts in La Liga! Real Madrid hasn't won here for almost ten years! How could Betis win here?

But the fact is that Tang Feng and his Betis slapped those who were not optimistic about them in a five-to-one game!

Afterwards, Betis defeated La Liga team Real Sociedad in the quarterfinals and advanced to the semi-finals with his head held high!

Looking back at Betis' performance, people suddenly realized that if Real Madrid had encountered such a schedule, they might not have been able to successfully reach the semi-finals!

At least, Real Madrid still failed to conquer Riaso Stadium in the league this season. They were even killed twice in the two rounds of the league!

Through various analysis, we can draw a conclusion that if Real Madrid wants to break the championship drought in the Copa RE, the most important and most difficult opponent is the Betis team that they will face next!

As a supporter of Betis, Lucas, the editor-in-chief of Daily Sports, wrote a column to cheer for Betis after the match results came out, with the title "The second and third fell at Betis' feet, will the first one be far away?"

The mouthpiece of Real Madrid's arch rival Barcelona, ​​World Sports, also holds the attitude of the enemy being a friend. In their report, they hope that Betis will be upset again and knock Real Madrid down again!

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When the outside world was crazily striking the semi-finals of Betis and Real Madrid, Tang Feng was both helpless and excited about the result of this duel!

The reason why he was helpless was because Tang Feng felt that the team's draw luck this season was really not very good. In addition to drawing a low-level team in the first round, he faced La Liga teams all the way in the subsequent games. In addition, this also included the top three teams in the league this season.

However, under the premise that the matchup results cannot be changed, Tang Feng also felt that it was really exciting to have the opportunity to compete with a giant like Real Madrid before the team returned to La Liga.

My real coaching career should start from the last round of last season, when I led the team to Real Madrid as the acting head coach.

In that game, Tang Feng made a fantastic debut. He led the relegated Betis team to defeat Real Madrid, who won the European Champions League!

It was the outstanding performance of that game that laid a relatively solid foundation for Tang Feng to become the team's official coach.

Considering this origin, Tang Feng really wants to test his transformation results on the team in most of the season by his performance against Real Madrid again!

In fact, most players in Betis are also excited about the fact that they are about to face Real Madrid.

Most of the young players in Betis are from low-level leagues or other leagues.

Therefore, they basically have no experience in fighting with Real Madrid, nor have they been to Real Madrid's world-class stadium Bernabeu!

Real Madrid is recognized as one of the most successful clubs in the world, with many world-class superstars in the team.

No matter what purpose it is, which young talented player does not desire to get a chance to perform in the game against Real Madrid?

In this way, after drawing Real Madrid as a giant in the semi-finals, Betis did not have any pessimism, but instead he was full of expectations for the game!

I have to say that this is the benefit of youth!

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Before playing against Real Madrid, Betis will first play three rounds of league games.

In these three rounds of games, Betis has another chance to go to Madrid to experience it in advance, that is, the league with Real Madrid's arch rival Atletico Madrid!

Three days after the second leg of the Copa REE quarter-finals, Betis first ushered in the 25th round of the league at home, with the opponent Badajoz!

In this game, Tang Feng still took a big rotation.

As a result, in this game that was considered to be almost no suspense before the game, Betis was unexpectedly tied by his opponent one-to-one.

Although Betis fans were a little disappointed with this draw, they did not show their dissatisfaction.

They all understand Tang Feng's approach very well and know that he is preparing for the next strong dialogue with Atletico Madrid and the subsequent semi-finals of the Copa del Rey.

This is true. Before the match against Badajoz, Tang Feng's attention had already turned to the Battle of Calderon four days later.

Some people may not understand this and think it is also a three-pointer. Why did Tang Feng give up the easy-to-get three-pointer and work hard to get the more difficult three-pointer?

In fact, the meaning of this game with Badajoz is quite different from that of this game with Atletico Madrid.

First of all, Badajoz is a mid- and lower-level team, and Tang Feng believes that the rotation lineup also has great hope of winning. In addition, he just fought a fierce battle with Real Sociedad three days ago, so rotation is imperative. Of course, facts proved that Tang Feng's judgment was wrong. The team lost two points.

Then, after most of the season's adjustment, Atletico Madrid has quietly climbed to the fourth place in the league without any rest and has resumed its qualification to compete for the upgraded place, so the game between Betis and Atletico Madrid is actually a six-point battle! And, out of selfishness, Tang Feng also hopes that the team can prevent this strong opponent from returning to La Liga. Then, defeating them is the best way!

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On February 18, the morning of the match between Betis and Atletico Madrid, Tang Feng and his players took the team bus to Madrid.

Tang Feng, who was sitting by the window in the front row of the bus, was staring at the street scene in Madrid in a daze.

Thinking of the game to be played at Calderon Stadium tonight, Tang Feng suddenly remembered the woman he met in Madrid during the winter break.

At that time, Tang Feng accompanied his cousin Tang Yan and her classmates to the Calderon Stadium to watch the concert, and then met the sister of the big star Penelope Cruz in the bar, Monica!

That time, the two exchanged contact information.

There is always connection between each other.

Whenever Tang Feng leads the team to win, he can receive a text message of congratulations from Monica.

In addition, Tang Feng would also receive text messages from Monica asking some very basic football questions from time to time.

It seems that after this girl met Tang Feng, she gradually began to pay attention to football.

Well, I'm in Madrid again, why not talk to her?

Thinking of this, Tang Feng took out his cell phone and prepared to compile a text message to tell Monica that he had come to Madrid to compete.

However, as soon as he took out his cell phone, he felt a vibration, followed by a short text message ringtone.

After Tang Feng clicked "Open", he found that it was actually sent by Monica.

"I just bought tickets to Atletico Madrid against Betis, but I don't know which team to support!"

Seeing this text message, Tang Feng's mind appeared in Monica's witty grimacing.

"Of course I support the Betis team. I heard that their coach is very handsome!" Thinking of this, Tang Feng smiled and sent a text message.

After a while, the text message ringtone rang again, and Tang Feng couldn't wait to open the text message.

"I didn't see it, but I found that the Betis coach is thick-skinned!"

Obviously, this girl is joking about Tang Feng being shameless.

"Have you ever bought tickets to watch the ball at Calderon Stadium? Are you a fan of Atletico Madrid?" Tang Feng didn't care about Monica's jokes at all, and he quickly pressed a text message and sent it there.

"No...in fact, this is my first time watching a football game on site!" Monica didn't know why Tang Feng suddenly changed the subject and answered honestly.

"Then, it's obvious that you are going to that thick-skinned guy today!" Seeing Monica get into the trap, Tang Feng quickly returned shamelessly.

After the text message was sent out, the speed of replying to the text message was not as fast as before. It seemed that Monica didn't know how to reply. This made Tang Feng very proud.

Just when he was proud, the text message finally came back: "Yes, I want to see the thick-skinned guy who lost the game. I heard that he hasn't lost the game this year. I'm really looking forward to seeing him look furious after losing the game!"

Looking at Monica's text message, Tang Feng smiled knowingly again. He sent text messages with girls to bicker. It seemed that he hadn't done this ambiguous and fresh thing for a long time. This immediately reminded Tang Feng of his pure youth.

After thinking about it, Tang Feng pressed a text message at a very fast speed: "You are wrong. I haven't lost this season. I have never lost since coaching. I have never let the beauty down, but this time, I'm afraid I'm going to break this rule. Because I will win at Calderon."

Tang Feng said this really is not a brag. Since he became the head coach of Betis team and led the team to defeat Real Madrid in his debut, Tang Feng has indeed not lost in the warm-up match at the beginning of the season or the official match after the start of the season!

It makes Tang Feng feel incredible after thinking about it.
To be continued...