For a long time, Li Ang and almost everyone in Gijon have been accustomed to looking down the standings to see how many points are behind them from the pursuers behind them.
But now, Li Ang looked up. He was thinking and calculating, and then he discovered a broader future!
He was shocked.
Currently in the La Liga Segunda League standings, Levante ranks first with 72 points, while Numancia ranks second with 71 points.
The name is Getafe. This Madrid team has the same points as Numancia, but it is ranked third because of the disadvantage in terms of victory and defeat. Then ranked fourth is Alaves, which was reversed by Sporting Gijon.
The team eliminated from the Copa del Rey has 70 points, followed by Huelva in fifth place with 69 points, followed by Cadiz in sixth place with 68 points.
Then, seventh place is Tenerife with 63 points, eighth place is Zarez with 62 points, and then ninth place is Sporting Gijon with 61 points, which is worth a
It should be mentioned that Tarragona, who is ranked tenth, also has 61 points, but its goal difference is less than Sporting Gijon, so it ranks second.
The promotion rules of La Liga are that three teams are promoted to La Liga, and the top two teams in the league are directly promoted to La Liga.
The four teams ranked third to sixth need to play in the promotion play-offs after the end of the season, and the four teams compete for the last promotion spot.
Among the current top six teams, even the leader Levante has not locked in an upgrade spot. However, judging from the performance and strength of this team, he has great hope of eventually ranking among the top two in the league.
, and even the possibility of winning the Spanish Second Division championship is very high, and the hope of promotion is great.
Judging from Li Ang's vision and analysis, Levante, Numancia and Getafe are the three teams most promising to compete for the top two direct promotion spots.
Among them, Levante and Numancia have the greatest hope. Getafe is at a disadvantage due to the winning-lose relationship with Numancia, so it has some inherent deficiencies.
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Of course, Li Ang's interest is not in who can successfully upgrade.
Instead, he was surprised to find that Sporting Gijon, who was ranked ninth, had 61 points, while Cadiz, who was in sixth place and could play in the promotion play-offs, had 68 points.
Sporting Gijon are seven points behind Cadiz!
With only four games left in the league, being seven points behind was a huge gap. However, Li Ang was inexplicably shocked: seven points was a huge gap, but there were still four rounds left in the league.
To estimate the best case scenario, Sporting Gijon will win all the next four games and get 12 points, while Cadiz must win at least two of the four games. If Cadiz cannot do this, then,
Sporting Gijon has the possibility of overtaking Cadiz!
Although this is only the most optimistic estimate, thinking about it still makes Li Ang's heart beat faster.
upgrade!
upgrade!
upgrade!
What he has been thinking about is leading Sporting Gijon to successfully avoid relegation. He has never looked up and has not thought about upgrading at all. With the poor points and ranking situation when he took over the team, Li Ang simply failed from the beginning.
This rules out Sporting Gijon’s plans to upgrade this season.
This is almost the subconscious behavior of all Gijon people: Our task this season is to avoid relegation! It is to avoid relegation! It is to avoid relegation!
No one thinks about it.
However, Li Ang now suddenly discovered that Sporting Gijon was focused on relegation and had been working hard. They had not lost a game in the past three months, and they only drew one game and won all other games. They themselves had unknowingly accumulated points.
It has improved so much, and there is actually still theoretical possibility and hope for upgrades!
I’m afraid this is a possibility that almost all Gijon people have never thought about!
Four games, chasing seven points!
It's hard, it's hard!
However, at the very least, Sporting Gijon still theoretically has a chance to reach the top six in the league!
In addition, Li Ang also paid special attention to Tenerife, which ranked seventh, and Sales, which ranked eighth. These two teams have 63 and 62 points respectively. Their points are very close to Sporting Gijon.
Just one game difference.
Therefore, if Sporting Gijon seems to suddenly make an effort to hit the top six positions, Tenerife and Zarez, who are ranked in front of him, do not seem to have many opportunities to pick up bargains. Li Ang knows these two goals.
It is almost impossible for them to win four consecutive games and then keep suppressing Sporting Gijon.
What's more, in the 39th round of the league that will be held tonight, Sporting Gijon's opponent is Tenerife, which is ranked seventh.
Zares, ranked eighth, will challenge leader Levante away from home.
Therefore, if everything goes well and Sporting Gijon can win Tenerife at home, their ranking may rise to seventh place!
One step up from seventh place, it will be sixth place...
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Li Ang's eyes flickered and he frowned.
Finally, his eyes became firm.
He stood up, stretched, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Made up my mind.
As long as there is still a glimmer of hope, we must strive for it and fight hard!
I didn't consider the possibility of upgrading before, but now I suddenly realize that we haven't completely fallen behind yet, we have actually caught up!
There is actually a chance to upgrade!
Although the chance may be slim!
But, at least there is a chance!
Four balls!
It’s just a matter of fighting!
After fighting hard, even if they failed, there would be no regrets for Li Ang and Sporting Gijon. This season has been called a classic.
At this time, the players appeared one after another. They were shocked when they saw the head coach Li Ang sitting in the hotel lobby. Then some subconsciously looked at the clock in the hotel lobby. There were still five days before the agreed gathering time.
Minutes later, it was not late! Then they all breathed a sigh of relief.
The players respect and fear head coach Li Ang.
Although the team was successfully relegated and the atmosphere is now very good, the head coach turned a blind eye to everyone's relaxation. However, if anyone thinks that it is okay to violate team discipline and cause things like being late, then he will definitely do it.
It was quite an ugly death.
They have long experienced Li Ang's rigorous military management.
Got on the bus waiting outside the hotel.
The bus started slowly and headed towards El Molinon Stadium.
The players noticed that head coach Li Ang had been sitting silently in the first row.
This surprised the players who were originally in a relaxed and happy mood. They all speculated which unlucky guy had offended the head coach. Then these players did not dare to talk or fight. For a while, the atmosphere became a bit depressed.
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Halfway through the journey, Li Ang seemed to suddenly come to his senses.
Then, the players saw the head coach sitting in the front turn around and look at them.
"Everyone," Li Ang said, "I want to remind you that we have made a mistake, a serious mistake!"
Li Ang's expression was extremely serious.
Following his words, the atmosphere in the bus became unprecedentedly depressing.
