Sporting Gijon defeated their archrival Espanyol 2-1 at home in the fourth round of La Liga.
This newly promoted team, which had lost two consecutive games at the beginning of La Liga, has begun to rebound. Counting this game, it has won two consecutive games in the league.
The Spaniards are not weaklings. Although this Barcelona team is not as brilliant as their city rival Barcelona, they are also a strong team in La Liga. This game was very difficult, but Sporting Gijon won the game. This
On the contrary, it further illustrates the current excellent condition of this newly promoted team.
The 16-year-old, 275-day-old French teenager Karim Benzema, who scored the winning goal for Sporting Gijon, also had his name appear in the Spanish media for the first time.
Although his first appearance and first league goal cannot make Benzema famous, or attract the attention of other giants, for this French boy, he has indeed become famous in one battle, at least
, on the tactical board of the head coach of the opponent Sporting Gijon may face in the future, his name Benzema will also attract a certain degree of attention. The opponent head coach will not forget that Sporting Gijon has such a comparison.
A dangerous rookie.
The local media in Gijon praised Benzema highly. The media always likes to praise and even tout rookies. The emergence of young talents always makes people look forward to and extremely excited.
"Coach Li Ang brought Karim Benzema from Lyon. His vision is still so precise. At the age of sixteen and two hundred and seventy-five days, in the game against Espanyol, Benzema scored
Priceless... We heard that coach Li Ang jokingly asked Benzema if he had practiced his signature well. Here, what we want to say is, boy, you really need to practice your signature well!" - "Gijon"
"Voice" reporter Mitra used what Li Ang said about Benzema after the game to encourage the French boy. The title of the report was: "Hey, you need to practice your signature, Karim!"
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What Li Ang is now worried about is the injuries to the team's two forwards, Diego Miguelto and McGuer Pihra. Even though Benzema scored his first goal in his debut, Li Ang even, Benzema
Although the horse is now quite distinctive and can even be said to be on the rise, Benzema belongs to the future. Benzema is not yet able to play a leading role in Sporting Gijon!
Now, Sporting Gijon's striker combination should still be the combination of Diego Milito and Di Natale, and even in the future, it will be the combination of these two people, and whether it is Di Natale
Rai or Diego Milito are both players who can reassure and trust Li Ang.
As for McGure Pihra, Li Ang also values it. Although he is old and will play less and less in the future, McGure Pihra's headers are still important at certain times.
It will be an effective supplement for Sporting Gijon to open the door to goals!
"How is the situation?" Li Ang asked the team's doctor, Mr. Lotaro.
"The Argentinian's injury is worse than expected, but it's not too bad." Rotalo said to Leon.
"How to say?" Li Ang asked.
"Originally, it was expected that Milito would only need a few days of rest, but now it is expected that he will need about ten days of rest!" Rotalo said.
"So, Milito will not be able to play in the UEFA Cup game with Olomouc and the league game with Osasuna?" Liang asked with a frown.
"Yes. Lee, I'm sorry." Lotaro said.
Li Ang rubbed his temples. As Lotaro said, this is not good news, but it is not too bad either. Two games were suspended due to injury.
"Where's McGurr?" Leon asked.
"Maguire's condition is not a big problem and he should be able to play in the next game," Rotalo said.
Li Ang nodded, it was finally good news. Otherwise, in the UEFA Cup game against Olomouc next week, his forward staff would be stretched thin.
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Three days later, Sporting Gijon went to an away game in the Czech Republic for the second leg of the 2004/2005 UEFA Cup third qualifying round against Olomouc.
In this game, Li Ang saw that McGure Pihra had just recovered from injury. For the sake of safety, he did not start McGure Pihra, but arranged Di Natale's single forward formation.
In the midfield, Marcos and Carlos started together, and the two of them protected Albertini.
This is a complete defensive counterattack tactic.
For Sporting Gijon, which holds a 4-1 score at home in the first round, it may not be a wise choice to be more conservative in the away game.
In the end, the score of this game was 1 to 1, with Olomouc scoring first and Di Natale equalizing the score for Sporting Gijon.
In this case, Sporting Gijon successfully eliminated the Czech powerhouse Olomouc with a score of 5 to 2 in two rounds and advanced to the top 40 of the UEFA Cup in the 2004/2005 season.
You read that right, it’s the top 40 of the UEFA Cup!!
In the previous third round of the UEFA Cup, according to the competition format, UEFA put a huge 80 teams into a two-round knockout round, and then 40 teams advanced.
The day after the third qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, the Sporting Gijon team returned to Gijon from the Czech Republic, but Leon did not return with the team. He will go to Nyon, Switzerland.
The draw ceremony for the 2004/2005 UEFA Cup group stage will be held the next day at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Although the lottery ceremony was held one day later, in order to avoid the fatigue of traveling and traveling back and forth, Li Ang simply went directly from the Czech Republic to Nyon, Switzerland one day in advance.
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After the reform of the European competition system (the expansion of the Champions League and the merger of the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup), the UEFA Cup is not as attractive as before. The main reason is that the Champions League was changed to the Champions League, and more strong teams entered the Champions League, which increased the UEFA Cup.
In order to revive the UEFA Cup, UEFA has reformed the competition system several times, but the results have not been obvious. Instead, it has made the UEFA Cup more and more "watery".
Therefore, this summer, UEFA held another meeting to discuss reforming the UEFA Cup competition system, and the new competition system and new rules will start from the current 2004/2005 season.
The new competition format has been announced to everyone.
Li Ang was already resting in the hotel where he was staying in Nyon, Switzerland. He couldn't help but complain when he saw the introduction about the new UEFA Cup format.
After passing the third qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, Sporting Gijon officially entered the top 40 of the UEFA Cup!
The top 40 of the UEFA Cup are divided into eight groups, with five teams in each group, for the group stage. UEFA's original intention is to increase the number of games and ticket revenue, but this has made the UEFA Cup "stinky and long"
.First of all, what makes countless teams complain is that the group stage actually uses a single round-robin, that is, there is no double-round home and away game format, it is a single round-robin, which obviously does not guarantee that every team is completely fair.
Then there are five teams in each group, with up to 3 teams in each group qualifying!
What's more, the most bizarre thing is that the ranking in the group stage does not affect the position in the top 32 knockout draw, which greatly reduces the suspense of the group stage.
Li Ang is currently studying this competition system, and then he was surprised to find that after four group matches, even if he accumulates 6 points, he can qualify for the group, and even if he accumulates 5 points, he can catch the last train. In this way, as long as he wins two games, he will basically qualify.
Don't worry, there are only a few games left to finish off.
After the analysis, Li Ang complained about this competition system that caused countless teams pain, and at the same time he was making his own little calculations. He hoped to be divided into a relatively weak group and win two games first. Then, basically
With no worries about qualifying, the team can also focus more on La Liga.
