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The King’s Cup match-up with Almeria is bringing some fresh air to Celta Squad, as those players with less or none minutes played in the league will have their opportunity to prove wrong Celta’s Coach. And Herrera is wishing that to happen, in the press conference, he admitted that all those players with fewer minutes will be having their chance, and that he wishes them to shine on Wednesday to give him more trouble when deciding who should play in the league.

All the 21 players available will be travelling to Almeria plus two players from the Academy, Levy Madinda (Central Midfielder) and Johny Otto (Right Defender, who has already played against Osasuna in the league) with both players with high chances to have some minutes. Natxo Insa’s injury has forced Herrera to call the Gabon International, and one of Celta’s Academy pearls.

Herrera also admitted this is a very special match-up, as Almeria is one of the top teams in the second division, with a philosophy of play very similar to Celta’s. But not only will that, the winner of this eliminatory, face the winner of Alcoyano vs Real Madrid, so the motivation is a little bit higher.

Park will most likely start this game, which is not going to be televised by any channel, so the only way to follow the game will be either radio or online play-by-play. Park has been playing as a reserve for the last games, and if he is as recovered from his injury as it seems, he will have probably 90 minutes to prove Herrera that he is the striker that Celta is needing to materialize the chances that they create.

In today’s session, Park played as a striker in the practice game scheduled by Herrera, teaming up with Bermejo, but it’s doubtful that this due will start against Almeria, as the most likely formation will be De Lucas and Park. Park and De Lucas can play together very well, with nearly no language barrier between the two of them, as Quique de Lucas dominates English after his spell at Chelsea, and this combination can be very productive.

I would like to see Park pairing with Bermejo, as I think their work rate and team mentality adjust better than with anyone else, but I guess that might happen another time.

The team will be travelling to Almeria tomorrow, and right after the game, they will fly to Barcelona, where they will be training on Thursday and Friday before the game against Barcelona. The team will not be back to Vigo until Sunday morning.