At 19:00 Beijing time on January 16, the Spanish King's Cup 1/8 finals continued. Just 40 seconds into the opening, Marcos de Sousa scored lightning and Valencia beat Tier 3 weak team Balearic 1-0 to advance to the quarter-finals, whose miraculous journey ended here.
A week ago in La Liga, Valencia lost 4-1 away to Real Madrid, unable to beat the Galaxy at the Bernabeu for 39 consecutive years, and currently slipped to 10th in the table, with little hope of competing for the fourth place.
However, Valencia officials personally questioned the referee's decision, believing that La Liga deliberately favored Real Madrid, causing an uproar, and even Pique joined the battle group to diss the enemy and took the initiative to side with Valencia. Valencia could be fined for inappropriate speech.
In this campaign, Valencia came to the away game against the 3rd division team Balearic. According to the authoritative website Dechuan calculations, the value of the Balearic is only 5.3 million, which is 1/20 of the Valencia team, and the paper strength gap between the two teams is very large.
Less than a minute into the opening, Valencia quickly got into form, With Račic providing an assist and Marcos de Sousa scoring to break the deadlock 1-0. According to Western media, the accuracy of this goal took only 40 seconds, vividly explaining what a dream start is. Since then, however, Valencia has not taken advantage of the chase and has not been able to kill the suspense of the game.
In the end, with the inspiration of Marcos de Sousa, Valencia defeated the opponent 1-0 and successfully advanced to the next round, and the 6 la Liga champions waded through the danger. In the previous two rounds, Balearic first swept Getafe 5-0, then 2-1 Celta, eliminated two La Liga teams in 17 consecutive days, and entered the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey after 35 years, creating a miracle.
This time, however, the Balearic failed to perpetuate the miracle, but they didn't have to be frustrated. The post-match data showed that Balearic was leading 60%-40% of the ball and the shot was slightly behind 6-9, Valencia did not have a clear advantage, and the gap between the two sides was only one goal.
So, where did balearic lose? The answer was that the efficiency of the goal kick was too poor, and none of the 6 shots hit the goal, allowing them to taste the bitter fruit of the defeat.
With Balearic out, all tier 3 teams are out, and all 8 places are taken by La Liga teams.