Li Ang has been thinking about this game with league leaders Levante.
Levante is first in the league, and there are still twelve rounds of the league. Now the promotion battle of the Spanish Second League is fierce. Levante ranks first with 62 points, Numancia ranks second with 61 points, and ranks third.
The first is Getafe with 61 points, followed by Huelva with 58 points, Alaves with 56 points, and Elche with 55 points.
There are three promotion places in the Spanish Second Division. Currently, Levante is only four points ahead of Huelva, which is ranked fourth. There are still twelve rounds of the league. Levante cannot yet say how stable it is to be promoted. Therefore, now for
For Levante, every game this team faces is like a chicken blood.
Levante is originally stronger than Sporting Gijon, and their attitude towards the game is very serious. Therefore, it is quite difficult for Sporting Gijon to win at home in this game.
Of course, if Sporting Gijon really wants to compete with Levante at home, Li Ang will still cause trouble for Levante.
However, the problem is that three days after the game with Levante, Sporting Gijon will face Zaragoza in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semifinals at home. With the lessons learned from the home defeat in the first leg,
You can imagine how desperate Zaragoza will be in this game. This means that the second round semi-final between Sporting Gijon and Zaragoza will be extremely brutal.
Within four days, two powerful opponents, two opponents who would risk their lives in the game, gave Li Ang a headache.
He is very aware of Sporting Gijon's current situation. Even though they have already won three games and drawn one in the league, they also defeated Zaragoza 3-1 in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-finals and away from home. However, there are some unexpected factors.
Especially in the first leg of the semi-final against Zaragoza, if Zaragoza took Sporting Gijon seriously from the beginning and used all the energy to fight against the La Liga team, Sporting Gijon would have
It will be several times more difficult to get out of La Romeda Stadium!
Now, Sporting Gijon defeated Zaragoza in an away game, shocking the Spanish football world. This is a good thing and a bad thing. Now, they have become famous. No matter which team encounters Sporting Gijon again, they will never do it again.
Let’s examine this opponent based on their current ranking in the Spanish Second Division. As for the actual situation, Sporting Gijon’s overall strength is there. This team is not yet capable of winning two tough games in a row.
After much hesitation, Li Ang finally decided to give up the game with Levante. With Sporting Gijon's strength and their relegation task, a game with the leader was not part of their plan.
As long as they can score points against mid-tier teams and several other relegation teams, especially if they strive to win against direct relegation opponents, this is the formal mode of a relegation battle. And the top few in the league
It is not appropriate for the time being to fight against teams that are clamoring to enter La Liga.
After making a decision in his heart, Li Ang's mood improved. Sometimes, it is not easy to make the decision to let go, but once he makes up his mind, he can let go.
In fact, the matter that Li Ang is considering has been hotly discussed in the media in Gijon these days. Mitra, a reporter from "Voice of Gijon", expressed in his column that he can choose to give up and Levante.
Recommendations for matches of such teams.
Other Gijon media also recognized this. They also believed that the key to Gijon's relegation lies in the games with its direct opponents and those teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league.
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However, "Post de Gijon", which had a grudge against Leon, had bad intentions at this time. They were making noises from the sidelines, saying that since Sporting Gijon could defeat Zaragoza, it would be no problem to win against Levante.
Li Ang also knew what the "Post de Gijon" was making fun of on the sidelines. This media was evil-minded and was kidnapping Sporting Gijon. They only wished that Li Ang's gains would be lost to Levante and then eliminated by Zaragoza.
Well, they can add insult to injury to Li Ang.
Li Ang was also very angry. He didn't know if the top management of this media was out of his mind. Now faced with the big issue of Sporting Gijon's relegation, "Poste de Gijon" actually didn't care about the overall situation and only thought about the relationship with him.
They just want to celebrate the festival and wish that Gijon's sporting results would be as bad as possible. Such a media, or the local media in Gijon, is simply asking for death.
When Li Ang was being interviewed by a local TV station in Gijon, he was asked by a reporter if the "Post de Gijon" suddenly praised the team and said they could beat Levante. Li Ang responded with a strong tone of contempt, "The sun comes from the west.
After we came out, they actually supported us?"
This sentence made many Gijon fans happy. The fans are not fools. They know the dispute between Li Ang and "Post Gijon". When Li Ang said this, they knew that "Post Gijon" must not
An is relieved. In addition, the fans are basically relatively calm. They know how difficult it is to compete with Levante, a team that aims to upgrade. They have not been fooled by the "Post de Gijon", except for extreme cases.
There are a small number of blindly optimistic fans, and the vast majority of fans are mentally prepared to lose for the match between Sporting Gijon and Levante. There are also many rational fans who have expressed their opinion that they can choose to give up on the match against Levante.
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This makes Li Ang very happy, and the fans’ eyes are sharp. Of course, Li Ang also knows that this is mainly because Sporting Gijon’s previous results and rankings were so bad, so the fans will be more pragmatic. If it is the beginning of the new season, Sporting Gijon will
It was originally considered one of the teams to be promoted. At that time, the fans would definitely clamor for the team to win against Levante, their 'direct promotion opponent'. Now and then, the goals and requirements are naturally different.
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Therefore, although Li Ang did not say it, the media, fans, and even the players themselves knew that this was a game that he gave up.
Li Ang didn't say anything just because no head coach would say to his players before the game: "Guys, I gave up on this game today. You just have to figure it out."
On the contrary, Li Ang still attaches great importance to this game. What he values is the players participating in the game today.
In this game, Li Ang made a substantial rotation in the starting lineup, and some players who had rarely had a chance to play recently got the chance to play.
During the pre-game tactical drills and training, Li Ang was as attentive and serious as ever.
He used this attitude to tell all the starting players today: I attach great importance to today's game and your performance. This is an opportunity for you 'marginal players' to express themselves! If you perform well, you will surprise me.
, then, congratulations, I will look at you differently! This is not ironic, if any player performs well in this game that he has mentally 'given up', he will definitely be very happy.
A head coach must not only be good at using the main players, but also test the coach's ability in dealing with these marginal players.
This game is also an excellent opportunity for Li Ang to inspect those "marginal players". He is already paying attention to the composition of the team next season. Who can stay and who should be purged. These are all
It’s time to start thinking about the issues. It’s impossible to wait until the end of the season to think about these issues again. This is a far-sighted quality that a head coach with a systematic plan and ambition must possess.
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