The players of Sporting Gijon were very excited. On the way back to the hotel, they were still talking about today's game and their sudden ambition to upgrade.
Before the game, the head coach had just mobilized the whole team, and the players also agreed and supported Li Ang's words. To play well in the next four games, at least they have worked hard, had no regrets, and then it depends on God.
Arrange it and wait for your opponent to make a mistake.
Then they defeated seventh-placed Tenerife with a score of 4 to 0. After the game, they received news that Cadiz had a draw.
After one round, the seven-point difference was reduced by two points to five points.
Although this also means that the league can only go to the next three rounds, the gap has been narrowed, which still makes the whole team excited.
The reason for being happy is not only that Cadiz was tied by their opponents, but also that Zares, who was originally ranked ahead of Sporting Gijon and ranked eighth, lost this game to the leader Levante.
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In this case, after the 39th round of the Spanish Second Division, Sporting Gijon has 64 points, surpassing Tenerife and Zarez, ranking seventh, second only to Cadiz, which ranks sixth.
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This made the whole team excited and emotional. They were now truly chasing the sixth place. At the same time, as long as they didn't make mistakes, they didn't need to worry about the teams behind them catching up.
Or to be more precise, the next three rounds are the chase drama between seventh-placed Sporting Gijon and sixth-placed Cadiz.
In addition, the top three teams Levante, Numancia and Getafe all won. These three teams continue to rank in the top three with 75 points, 74 points and 74 points respectively.
Alaves, ranked fourth, and Huelva, ranked fifth, both tied in this round of the league. Their points have become 71 and 70 points, and they continue to rank fourth and fifth. Cadiz, ranked sixth,
The score is 69 points.
Although theoretically speaking, fourth-placed Alaves and fifth-placed Huelva are also likely to be overtaken by Sporting Gijon, but after three rounds of competition, Cadiz is still the winner of Sporting Gijon.
The most realistic pursuit goal.
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Winning Tenerife narrowed the points gap with Cadiz.
Inside Sporting Gijon there is excitement.
However, Sporting Gijon has not revealed any news to the outside world that it plans to hit the top six.
This was what Li Ang meant. He didn't know whether Cadiz, who was ranked sixth, was aware of Sporting Gijon's pursuit and whether he had a sense of crisis. Li Ang had no intention of paying attention to his opponent's thoughts. His idea was to do his best
Low-key, muffled development and catch-up.
If Cadiz thinks he is five points ahead of Sporting Gijon and can rest easy after three rounds of games, then that is exactly what he means. He would rather the team is like a poisonous snake hiding in the jungle, hiding until the last moment.
Then take the most vicious bite.
According to Li Ang's calculations, Cadiz should not have felt the crisis behind him yet... Because Sporting Gijon has been shouting for relegation, and after the team successfully relegated in advance, everyone will think that Sporting Gijon is left
There will be no desire for anything in the game, and few people will realize that Sporting Gijon has quietly adjusted its goals and suddenly launched an attack.
In fact, as Li Ang expected, Cadiz, ranked sixth, was not aware of the crisis behind them at all. They were even happy because Sporting Gijon defeated Tenerife and blocked Tenerife.
After the last round of the league, seventh-placed Tenerife is five points behind Cadiz.
Now, another round of the league is underway, and Tenerife is blocked by Sporting Gijon. Although Sporting Gijon is ranked seventh, this team is now five points away from Cadiz.
The league has played another round, and the points difference between the pursuers is still not close. This is a good thing. Sporting Gijon, an opponent with no desires and desires, always makes them feel much safer than Nerife, the long-time pursuer.
Among the media in Gijon, apart from continuing to cheer for Sporting Gijon's win, no media has begun to realize the changes and ambitions of this team.
Although some media, such as "Voice of Gijon", also mentioned that Sporting Gijon is now only five points away from Cadiz in sixth place, this media also talked about this with emotion.
They are regretting that Sporting Gijon had a chance to enter La Liga this season, but the poor results before Li Ang took over the team hindered the team, and now they can only regret it.
After three rounds of competition, Cadiz was five points behind. The gap was too big. Even the "Voice of Gijon" who most strongly supported Li Ang and Sporting Gijon did not realize Li Ang's ambition...
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After this round of league play, two more relegated teams were produced.
Las Palmas, ranked second from the bottom in the league, and Almeria, ranked third from the bottom, were relegated three games ahead of schedule.
This is good news for Liang and Sporting Gijon, because their opponent in the next round of the league is Las Palmas.
If Las Palmas still hopes to avoid relegation, then it will fight to the death against Sporting Gijon. The energy burst out by the relegation team is amazing.
And now, Las Palmas has been relegated, and their last bit of strength and fighting spirit may have dissipated as the relegation has been confirmed.
Liang is also paying attention to Las Palmas, his opponent in the next round of the league.
The fact is just as he guessed, when the team still had hope of avoiding relegation, the players of this team were still able to work hard as one. Now that the team's relegation has been determined, Las Palmas immediately feels a little unmotivated.
If the La Liga teams are tall and the La Liga teams are top-notch, then the C-League teams are equivalent to the abyss.
Not many players are willing to play in the third division with the team.
With the relegation of Las Palmas and Almeria, the internal turmoil of these two teams has also begun, and the players have begun to find their own way out.
According to the intelligence obtained by Scott Reed, the agents of some players in Las Palmas are unprecedentedly active. They have begun to promote their players to these Segunda División teams. As players from the relegated Segunda División teams, they want to go to
It is impossible to play in La Liga, and La Liga teams do not like them, so the main goal of these players is to transfer to La Liga teams.
Some players from Las Palmas have also begun to contact Sporting Gijon, hoping to transfer to this team that will continue to compete in the Spanish Second Division next season.
Li Ang does not like the players of Las Palmas. However, he is happy to see this situation, which shows that the opponent is no longer interested in fighting.
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June 6, 2004, the 40th round of La Liga.
Gran Canarias, Spain, Las Palmas, Sporting Gijon were guests at the De Gran Canaria Stadium in Las Palmas.
Las Palmas is a professional football club from Gran Canary Islands, Spain. It was founded in 1949. It is a relatively late club in the Spanish Professional League. However, in the 65 years since their establishment, they have spent nearly half of their time fighting in the Spanish professional league.
In the Spanish top league, the best record in the team's history is the 1968/69 season. Under the leadership of the club's legendary striker Jose Leon, Las Parras defeated Barcelona and won the league runner-up, thus advancing.
Intercontinental arena.
However, the team began to decline in the 1980s. Since the 1980s, Las Palmas has only played in La Liga for 8 seasons, during which it was relegated to La Liga twice. The last time Las Palmas was relegated to La Liga
Palmas' appearance in La Liga dates back to the 2001/02 season. Despite this, Las Palmas is still considered a veteran club in Spain. Its main honors include: 4 La Liga Championships, 2 La Liga B Championships, and 1 La Liga Championship.
Runner-up and 1-time Copa del Rey runner-up. The "Islands Derby" between Las Palmas and Tenerife is also one of the most popular derby matches in Spain.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Las Palmas is not a team on the Iberian Peninsula, or it can be said that this is a team from Africa. Its city is Las Palmas on the Gran Canary Islands.
It is the largest city in the Canary Region. This island located in the Atlantic Ocean is a famous tourist destination in Spain, attracting millions of people for sightseeing every year. Although it is Spanish territory, its geographical location close to Africa and the large number of tourists after World War II
Immigration from developed countries makes this city look less Spanish. The local residents' language and living customs are quite different from those on the peninsula. This has also created the unique style of the island team of Las Palmas.
Of course, Li Ang has no time to lament this poor old Spanish team of "African descent".
At this moment, sitting in the coaching bench of the De Gran Canaria Stadium, Li Ang crossed his legs.
At this time, the game has gone on for 80 minutes, and the score on the field is zero to two. According to international practice, the home team is in front, the visiting team is in the back, team captain Miguel Cobas and veteran McGure Pich
La scored for the team at the beginning of the second half. Sporting Gijon took a 2-0 away lead. There was nothing for Leon to worry about in this game.
The camera showed a close-up of the head coach of Sporting Gijon. Li Ang crossed his legs and looked leisurely, which also attracted ridicule from the commentator.
"It seems that Coach Li Ang has begun to enjoy his vacation in advance..." the commentator D'Agostino said with a smile.
“It’s such a pity for Sporting Gijon,” Gonzalez said. “With their current state, if coach Li Ang had coached this team earlier, they would have been very likely to hit the promotion spot this season. It’s a pity.
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Li Ang's heart was not as leisurely as his posture at this time showed. He was paying attention to the game on another venue at this moment. He arranged for assistant coach Banderas to listen to Cadiz's game on the radio.
In the first half of the game, Cadiz scored and they led Sares 1-0 away from home.
And until now, Banderas has not come to report the latest progress of the situation to him, which shows that the score there has not changed, and Cadiz is still leading the opponent one to zero.
This made Li Ang anxious.
If Cadiz wins this game, it means that with two rounds of league games left, Cadiz will continue to lead Sporting Gijon by five points. In this case, Sporting Gijon wants to
Overtaking Cadiz and competing for sixth place will be extremely difficult, and it can even be said that there is no chance at all...
The fortieth round of the game, in Li Ang's mind, is the key game for whether Sporting Gijon can really hope to reach the promotion play-offs: the key point is not the game between Sporting Gijon and Las Palmas.
But over there in the game between Caddis and Sares.
At this moment, he noticed that Banderas, who had been listening to the live broadcast of the game over there with headphones, suddenly stood up excitedly...
