Chapter 218 Coach Li Ang is optimistic about the European champion
The final round of the 2003/2004 Spanish Football League Second Division has ended.
Sporting Gijon defeated Cadiz 4-2 at home.
Huelva drew with their opponents in this league round.
Levante, Numancia and Alaves, the top three teams in the league, all won this round of the league.
Alaves, ranked fourth in the league, was tied by their opponents in the final game.
In this case, after the entire schedule of the season is over, the top six rankings of the Spanish Second Division will finally be settled.
Levante, ranked first with 82 points;
Numancia, ranked second with 81 points;
Getafe, ranked third with 80 points;
Alaves, ranked fourth with 76 points;
Sporting Gijon, ranked fifth with 73 points;
Huelva, ranked sixth with 72 points!
La Liga champion Levante and La Liga runner-up Numancia have obtained direct promotion places, and the two teams will compete in La Liga in the 2004/2005 season.
The four teams ranked third to sixth, Getafe, Alaves, Sporting Gijon, and Huelva, will also compete in the promotion play-offs to determine the last promotion spot.
Sporting Gijon defeated Cadiz at home in the last round of the league. Not only did it directly step on the opponent's corpse to reach the promotion play-offs, but also because Huelva tied this round of the league, Sporting Gijon's ranking was finally
Ranked fifth.
Li Ang is very satisfied with this ranking.
Because the final ranking is related to the matchup in the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs.
According to the rules, the third place in the league will play against the sixth place in the league, while the fourth and fifth place in the league will play against each other.
In this case, the semi-finals of the La Liga promotion playoffs in the 2003/2004 season are: Getafe, third in the league vs. Huelva, sixth in the league; Alaves, fourth in the league vs. fifth in the league
Sporting Gijon!
If there is a choice between the two teams of Getafe and Alaves, Liang still hopes to face Alaves in the semi-finals.
Without him, they had defeated Alaves in the Copa del Rey, and the players would have greater psychological confidence.
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The news that Sporting Gijon reached the promotion play-offs became the headlines of all Gijon media on the second day after the league ended. Even the "Gijon Post", which was blocked by Li Ang and Sporting Gijon, had to send a message to the club.
Praise, however, so far, this media is still blocked by Li Ang. They cannot get first-hand information about Sporting Gijon. Even some reports have to be marked as reprints from other media. This makes this Gijon
The local media that used to have the largest sales suffered heavy losses. I am afraid that when they offended Li Ang, they did not expect that the Chinese they looked down upon would actually bring them such big trouble.
Li Ang naturally did not pay attention to the predicament of "Poste de Gijón". He had no interest in paying attention to the defeat of his subordinates.
Li Ang was at the betting station in the center of Gijon at this time, and he came to place a bet.
The European Cup in Portugal is in full swing. Li Ang knows the miracles happening on the other side of the Iberian Peninsula during this hot summer, so he naturally wants to take a share of the pie.
Six months ago, Leon spent all the funds he had on hand to buy Greece to win the championship. Of course, he was short of money, and his investment, which accounted for most of his family fortune, was only 5,000 euros.
However, at that time, Greece's odds were 100 to 1, which meant that after Greece won the championship, Leon would receive 500,000 euros, of course, this is before tax.
At the beginning of the month, before the opening of the European Cup, Leon used 5,000 euros from his salary for this quarter to buy an additional Greek championship. At that time, the odds of Greece winning the championship had been adjusted to 50 to 1.
It's not that the betting companies are optimistic about Greece, but because the European Cup is about to start, they are just adjusting the odds as usual.
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He still remembered the surprised look of the staff at the Gijon betting shop when they looked at him. Obviously, they were very surprised that Li Ang was betting on Greece.
Liang is now a celebrity in Gijon. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the hottest star in this city. He came to place bets on the European Cup. This is naturally not a big news.
Subsequently, the media also reported the news that Li Ang spent a "heavy sum" betting on Greece to win the championship. This also caused a lot of discussion. The media joked that Li Ang was good at coaching the team, but his betting vision was not that good. He was optimistic about it.
Greece? This is really baffling. Well, to be precise, it is sending money to bookmakers.
This incident also became a joke for a while, and some fans also talked about it after dinner.
Of course, there are not many loyal fans of Leon. For some unknown reason, they choose to follow Leon and bet on Greece to win the championship. However, they are obviously just joining in the fun. The maximum bet they can make is less than 100 euros. Of course,
You can also make a small fortune later on.
This time, Li Ang came to the betting station again, and he was warmly welcomed by the staff. These are Sporting Gijon fans. Li Ang led the team to the promotion play-offs. Of course they like Li Ang.
"Hi, Li, I love you so much. Yesterday's game was great." A fat middle-aged woman hugged Li Ang. She was Maria, the person in charge of the betting station.
"Thank you." Li Ang said with a smile, "This is a great performance by the boys."
There was a burst of good-natured laughter from the betting station. The 28-year-old head coach called his players lads, which was indeed quite interesting.
"Li, do you want to continue betting on Greece?" someone shouted.
Everyone laughed again. Everyone knew that Li Ang was optimistic about Greece winning the championship.
"Of course -" Li Ang blinked, "No."
The crowd burst into laughter again.
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"One thousand euros will buy Portugal the championship," Li Ang said, "One thousand euros will buy Portugal the semi-finals."
"OK!" Maria skillfully issued the ticket for Li Ang. She didn't find it strange that Li Ang chose to bet on Portugal. Portugal is the host country, and there are Rui Costa, Luis Figo, Pauleta and other golden generations. Indeed
He is the favorite to win the championship.
"Is it just one thousand euros?" Maria asked. Normally, a thousand euro bet is naturally a lot. However, considering that Li Ang had already bet a total of ten thousand euros on Greece, this
A thousand euros is not much.
"No." Li Ang shook his head. He knew the result. The thousand euros he bet on Portugal to win were destined to be in vain. Of course, the thousand euros he bet on Portugal to advance to the semi-finals could still make him money.
It's a bit of a return on capital, but you won't make much money. After all, Portugal is strong and they are the host. Many people are optimistic that they will advance to the semi-finals or even win the championship, so the odds are not high.
Why did Leon bet on Portugal? This was also to confuse the public to a certain extent. If he just bought Greece to win the championship, and Greece actually won the championship in the end, this would be a bit too shocking. Because he bet heavily on Greece.
Later, Li Ang placed another bet, "Five hundred euros for Greece to win the championship, and five hundred euros for the Czech Republic to advance to the semi-finals."
"Haha, you are still optimistic about Greece." Everyone laughed.
"Why are there only five hundred euros this time?"
"No more money." Li Ang shrugged, and then everyone smiled kindly.
At the same time, they expressed their understanding of their beloved team’s head coach’s betting choice today. Leon is still optimistic about Greece, but he is afraid of losing all his money, so he chose to buy Portugal and the Czech Republic. This is to stop the loss and avoid the real risk in the end.
Lost all his money.
However, in everyone's opinion, Coach Li Ang will indeed lose miserably this time, because he previously bet 10,000 euros on Greece to win the championship, and the money must have been wasted.
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This small incident that happened at the betting station also made it to the media again the next day. At this time, any small incident involving Mr. Li Ang, the head coach of Sporting Gijon, can already be said to be newsworthy. Fans like Li Ang.
, and also interested in what is happening around him.
Although Li Ang came to the betting station and bought Portugal and the Czech Republic this time, he still placed a small bet on Greece. Therefore, Li Ang's loyal mouthpiece "Voice of Gijon" did not forget to joke, "It seems that Coach Li Ang is still
Be optimistic about Greece, well, considering the magic of our dear Li on the coaching bench, I think it is necessary for everyone to buy a bet on Greece, and maybe you can make a small fortune along the way."
This joke also attracted good-natured laughter from many fans. However, a strange scene happened. Many fans actually went to the betting station again and actually bet on Greece winning the championship. Of course, most of them were five-five.
Euros, small bets like ten euros.
Because so many fans went to the betting points, those fans who came to place bets on Greece actually had to queue up.
This can be regarded as a local anecdote. Later, a local TV station in Gijon interviewed these fans who were queuing up at the betting point and asked them why they followed Li Ang and whether they were really optimistic about Li Ang's betting choices.
The answers from these fans are very interesting, that is, they like Li Ang and want to lose money with him...
"We followed Li on the court to win and enjoy the joy of winning." Fans shouted to the camera, "He brought us victory on the court. Now, he is going to lose money, and we are with him."
This news was broadcast on TV that night. Li Ang was finishing his meal when he saw it.
He was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "These fools."
The corners of Sporting Gijon's Chinese head coach's eyes are a little moist...
After dinner, Li Ang opened his laptop. All his energy was now focused on the upcoming first leg of the promotion play-off semi-finals against Alaves one day later.
In the first round, Sporting Gijon faced Alaves at home. Liang's goal was very clear. He hoped that the team could establish a victory as much as possible in the first round! (To be continued.)
