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Chapter 47 The Confident Levante Coach (Please recommend, please collect)
Ignacio Martinez, the coach of Levante, the old coach who was born in 1954, started his coaching career from the youth training, took over the regional league team, and successively promoted to West C, West B, and La Liga, coaching experience Rich.

Last season, he coached the West Second Division team Cartagena and led Cartagena to No. 13 in the West Second Division. After the end of the season, he became the coach of Levante.

After he came to Levante, he gave the team a new look, played aggressively, and had an outstanding record. He once occupied the top position in La Liga, making Levante the biggest dark horse in La Liga this season.

In the Copa del Rey, they defeated the former La Liga powerhouse Deportivo and advanced to the fifth round.

Now the team is in a stage of high-speed improvement, and the morale is strong.

Undoubtedly, getting the third-tier team of San Malaga in the fifth round is a big draw for him and his team.

After the lottery results came out, he said in an interview with the media for the first time: "For us, this is a good lottery, so there is no reason for us not to enter the next round.

It is really surprising that Santa Malaga can eliminate Zaragoza, which shows that they have a certain strength.

When I coached regional league teams, I often played against the third division teams, and I knew that some of them were good teams.

There are also many players in the D-level team, who have received professional training from professional clubs and have a certain level.

Santa Malaga is a strong team among the D-level teams, otherwise they would not be able to get to the present.

To be honest, the D-level team can only be regarded as an amateur team.

Professional and amateur are completely two concepts. Although San Malaga is a strong team among amateur teams, there is still a clear gap with professional teams.

I have studied the video of their last game against Zaragoza, and there are indeed a few players in their team who are really good, and have almost reached the level of professional players.

This is also the main reason why they can enter the fifth round.

But in terms of overall strength, there is still a clear gap between them and professional teams.

Of course, we will not underestimate any opponent, and we will not repeat the mistakes of Zaragoza, so we will take this decent third-tier team seriously.

I don't think it's a big problem for us to advance to the next round.

My main job now is to fight in La Liga, and this is the focus of my work. At least I don't need to worry about anything in the Copa del Rey round, and I won't pay too much attention. "

Levante coach Ignacio Martinez was very confident in the interview. Although he said that he would attach importance to Santa Malaga, his words were full of disdain for Santa Malaga.

Call Santa Malaga an amateur team.

As a coach who ranks fourth in La Liga and once defeated Real Madrid, he can certainly do this, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with him saying these words.

The first leg of the fifth round of the Copa del Rey is scheduled for January 1.

At noon on January 1, after the winter break, Levante arrived in Malaga by plane.

In an interview at the airport, Levante coach Ignacio Martinez said: "Malaga is a very beautiful city, the air and the sun here are fascinating."

When talking about tomorrow's game, he said: "We have not played against San Malaga, we are not familiar with them.

But I heard that many players in this team have been trained in the Malaga youth academy, so from this point of view, I am still familiar with them. "

The face of the local reporter was ugly. In the eighth round of La Liga this season, Malaga challenged Levante away and lost [-]-[-] at the Valencia Municipal Stadium.

Ignacio Martinez deliberately mentioned Malaga to reflect this game.

What he meant was obvious. Your regular army, Malaga, lost [-]-[-]. Now this "mixed army" wants to kill us?

What a joke!
We're on holiday, didn't you hear, my first words were "the air and the sun are mesmerizing"?

A reporter from Valencia thought that there was nothing to talk about in this game, so he might as well take this opportunity to talk about La Liga, so he asked: "How is the situation of the team during the winter break? What about the first team after the winter break? What does an opponent think?"

Ignacio Martinez glanced at the reporter who asked the question with admiration, and said with a smile: "We used the opportunity of the winter break to summarize the gains and losses since the start of the game, and conducted targeted training. The situation of the team is very good and we are full of confidence in the second half of the season.

Our first opponent is Mallorca.

Their recent state is recovering, but their away results this season are very average, we are confident to win them at home! "

Another reporter asked: "It's amazing what Levante have achieved before the winter break. Where do you think you succeeded?"

Ignacio Martinez was very satisfied with the reporter's question and said with a smile: "Our success is that we have made sufficient preparations before the season.

In addition, in terms of employment, I have made some changes, no longer fixed who is the main force and who is the substitute.

Those who are in good condition are the main force, and those who are not in good condition can only sit on the bench.

This has enhanced the competition within the team and allowed the players to adjust their state to the best, so we have achieved some results.

Now our ranking is No.4, I think we can rank even higher!
Some may think I'm joking, but I'm not kidding, we were at the top of the list for a while! "

This is clearly the highlight of Ignacio Martinez's coaching career, so he doesn't want to play it low.

Now he is full of self-confidence. In his opinion, as long as Levante reaches a higher ranking this season, he may qualify for the Champions League next season.

If he has a good performance in the Champions League next season, he can use Levante as a springboard to coach a more powerful team.

I came to Malaga today to prepare for the Copa del Rey match against a team in the third division. This must be a pleasant journey.

So he was in a good mood, so he naturally had to raise his profile in front of these reporters.

The coach of a strong team should be high-profile.

Strength does not allow me to keep a low profile.

Next, Ignacio Martinez happily answered the questions of those "sensible" reporters before leaving the airport and rushing to the hotel.

After a short rest in the hotel, Ignacio Martinez led the team to the Rose Garden for training to adapt to the venue.

Why so positive?
After the training, he said in an interview with reporters: "We adapt to the field so quickly, on the one hand, because we attach importance to this game, on the other hand, because this is our style, we will actively adapt to the field before the game. .

The point mentioned later is the root cause! "

　A moment of silence to the victims of China Eastern Airlines, I wish all of us the best of luck and good health.

　　Only by living can we be good or bad, only by living can we love those we want to love, and only by living can we defeat those who hate us.Living is the eternal theme of human beings!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)