Looking at Real Madrid's name, Li Ang was also a little absent-minded. When he left Chamardine, he vowed to make Real Madrid regret. He thought that one day, he would be able to lead the team to face Real Madrid. He wanted to defeat Real Madrid in a direct confrontation. It would be best if it was a knockout game. He wanted Real Madrid to be eliminated with a grievance.
However, Li Ang also knew that this day might take many years to come because it was not so easy to meet Real Madrid.
However, he never dreamed that this day would come so soon.
Sporting de Gijón's opponent in the Copa del Rey semifinals was Zaragoza.
Real Madrid's opponent in the semifinals was Sevilla.
From the looks of it, it was impossible for Sporting Gijon to meet Real Madrid, unless both teams made it to the finals.
Yes, the final!
Li Ang naturally saw Real Madrid's name. His whole body was boiling. He had an irrepressible impulse to lead the team and overcome all difficulties to get past Zaragoza. He wanted to have a good fight with Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final!
Why was Li Ang so sure that Real Madrid would reach the final?
It was because the name Real Madrid evoked his memories. He was a Real Madrid fan in his "previous life." Of course, he was not a hardcore fan. Li Ang was also a fan of Barcelona, AC Milan, and Chelsea at that time. He was not picky. He would support whichever team played well.
He had an impression of this season's Copa del Rey final in his memory. Real Madrid should have successfully eliminated Sevilla and reached the final. In the original history, Zaragoza eliminated Aravés and reached the final. Of course, now that Sporting de Gijón had eliminated Aravés, Zaragoza would now face Li Ang's Sporting de Gijón team in the semifinals.
In the original history, in the final, Zaragoza defeated Galácticos by a score of 3-2 and picked up the Copa del Rey title.
It was because Zaragoza defeated Real Madrid and picked up the Copa del Rey title that Li Ang had an impression of this season's Copa del Rey.
Now, his "rebirth" did not affect Real Madrid or Sevilla at all. Therefore, if there were no accidents, Real Madrid would still smoothly eliminate Sevilla and advance to the Copa del Rey final.
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Real Madrid had a good chance of reaching the Copa del Rey final.
And if Li Ang really wanted to meet Real Madrid, what he had to do was to eliminate Zaragoza in the semifinals!
Zaragoza!
Li Ang thought about this opponent. Zaragoza was a strong team in La Liga. How strong was this team? They had just eliminated the powerful Barcelona in the quarterfinals. In addition, in the original history, Zaragoza defeated the powerful Real Madrid in the final of the Copa del Rey. The score of 3-2 showed that this team definitely did not rely on defending and counterattacking, and then lucky sneak attacks to succeed. Zaragoza defeated Real Madrid in a hard battle with the bayonet, which had superstars such as Beckham, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Raúl, and so on!
Obviously, Zaragoza was definitely a tough bone to chew!
If others knew that Li Ang was now thinking about how the team could eliminate Zaragoza in the Copa del Rey, people would look at him as if he was an idiot. One was a team that avoided relegation in Segunda División, and the other was a strong team in La Liga that had just eliminated Barcelona! The gap in strength between the two was several times.
And if they knew that the reason why Li Ang was thinking about eliminating Zaragoza in the Copa del Rey was because he wanted to arm wrestle with Real Madrid in the final to avenge the hatred of being "swept out of the door" by Real Madrid, Li Ang would no longer be an idiot in the eyes of everyone, but a madman, because even an idiot would have such crazy ideas.
However, Li Ang was really thinking about it and calculating. He was really serious.
In addition to the deep desire to play against Real Madrid, there was another thing that attracted Li Ang.
That was, the champion of the Copa del Rey could directly participate in the next season's UEFA Europa League!
The champion of the Copa del Rey could participate in the European competition!
This was a great attraction for Li Ang!
The experience gained from his dream system's "football system" mainly came from completing system tasks and basic game experience. The higher the level of the game, the higher the experience gained. Obviously, the experience gained from the UEFA Europa League games would be significantly more than the experience gained from directing the team to play games.
Moreover, the UEFA Europa League was a European competition, which had a great impact and improvement on Li Ang's reputation.
In the system, there was a piece of data called "Reputation Value". Before, Li Ang had not paid attention to it. He did not pay attention to it because the current Reputation Value was too low, not because the Reputation Value was not important.
In fact, the Reputation Value was very important. With the improvement of the Reputation Value, the experience gained from leading the team to play games and complete tasks would be increased. In addition, a manager with a high Reputation Value would have a significant increase in the Miracle Explosion Rate when the team was in trouble. The so-called Miracle Explosion Rate, to put it bluntly, was a tough life! In extremely difficult situations, there was a chance to make a comeback!
The increase in Reputation Value also had a significant benefit, which was that when Li Ang wanted to buy a player in the transfer market, the success rate would be relatively higher if the Reputation Value was high.
This was a very easy principle to understand. The Reputation Value corresponded to reality and referred to the fame of a manager. Think about it. Even if Mourinho was coaching a team that avoided relegation, with his reputation, he could definitely attract some famous players to join him.
This system was not isolated and meaningless. It could be linked to many interesting situations in the real world.
It was just that the system quantified things that could not be understood in reality. For example, when the Reputation Value reached a very high level, the success rate of purchasing a star player would increase by 50%. This 50% was the specific quantification of the data, which allowed Li Ang to have a more accurate grasp of the situation.
Currently, in the system, his Reputation Value was extremely low. As the manager of a Segunda Liga team, his Reputation Value could be imagined. His current [Reputation Value] was Bronze Level 1. To be exact, he was at the bottom of the list.
[Reputation] was divided into four levels, namely Bronze, Silver, and Gold. Each level was further divided into five stages. Take Li Ang for example, he was currently Bronze Level 1. If he were to level up again, he would reach Bronze Level 2, and then step by step, from Bronze Level 5 to Silver Level 1.
When Li Ang saw the classification of the Reputation Value, he almost jumped up. F * ck, this was almost no different from the classification of the Saint Seiya in the Japanese anime he watched when he was young. He could not help but complain.
However, this was also good. The classification was simple and clear, and would not give him a headache.
Therefore, whether it was because of the old grudge with Real Madrid, the desire for the Copa del Rey championship, the desire for the European competition next season, the increase in Reputation Value, and the huge increase in Experience Value.
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The more Li Ang thought about it, the more tempted he was.
Of course, the team's priority now was to avoid relegation. If they wanted to achieve a breakthrough in the Copa del Rey, it was not something that could be done with just his determination. It had to be done according to the actual situation. First of all, Sporting de Gijón had to improve their results in the league before the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against Real Zaragoza. Only then could they divert their attention to play the Copa del Rey.
Moreover, Li Ang also knew that at this time, he could not discuss the Copa del Rey with others, because this idea was absolutely crazy in everyone's eyes. A team deep in the relegation zone wanted to fight with a La Liga team in the Copa del Rey. This was a suicidal move for Sporting de Gijón to avoid relegation.
If he brought up the goal of the team in the Copa del Rey, the whole club and even the players would oppose it. What was more important than the team avoiding relegation?
And this report in the Voice of Gijón, when discussing the future of Sporting de Gijón's Copa del Rey, also stated that Sporting de Gijón's journey in the Copa del Rey would end here in the semi-finals. It also stated that to be able to eliminate Aravés and enter the semi-finals was already history. Therefore, the essence of this report was the Voice of Gijón praising Li Ang, praising him for leading Sporting de Gijón to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey and creating history for Sporting de Gijón in recent years in the Copa del Rey. To put it bluntly, it was an act of goodwill towards Li Ang and an act of extending an olive branch.
From this, it could be seen that no one thought that Sporting de Gijón could continue to advance in the Copa del Rey. Even the people of Gijón did not believe it.
Li Ang circled the names of Real Zaragoza and Real Madrid and then put away the newspaper.
He believed that it would not be long before he had the opportunity to examine these two names again.
And before that, the road to avoiding relegation in the Segunda División was the top priority.
To avoid relegation was the top priority, and Li Ang himself acknowledged this. Only by advancing on the road to avoid relegation could the team have the spare energy to be distracted by the Copa del Rey.
In this way, the manager of a Segunda División team was faced with the difficult task of avoiding relegation, but he wanted to lead the team to avoid relegation and attack the Copa del Rey title at the same time. He wanted to arm wrestle with the Galácticos Real Madrid …
Some of the Spanish media said that Li Ang was "crazy," and from a certain point of view, that was indeed the case.
It was just that if he was not crazy, he would not become a demon. Sometimes, miracles could only be accomplished by a crazy person.
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