A week later, on December 12, the penultimate league match before the winter break, the 15th round of the league, Sporting Gijon faced Villarreal at home.
In this game, Sporting Gijon's head coach Li Ang has to continue to be a spectator in the stands.
Villarreal is currently ranked fourteenth in the league, at the bottom of the standings. Therefore, according to Gijon's media opinion, the opponent in this game is relatively easy to deal with.
Li Ang doesn't see it that way. He is well aware of the situation of Villarreal this season. This is a real dark horse. According to the original history, they successfully reached the top four of the league at the end of this season.
, and reached the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup next season, shocking the entire Europe.
In fact, you can see some clues by looking at Villarreal's current record. After 14 rounds of La Liga, Villarreal's record is 3 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, with 15 points.
The number of losses is only one more than Sporting Gijon, but there are three more draws than Sporting Gijon. Too many draws is the biggest problem for this team at the moment.
However, Li Ang knows that Villarreal's head coach Pellegrini has been working on the team and adjusting the team. In the second half of the season, Villarreal's formation and style of play are more...
As they matured and settled, they began to really show their strength, drawing less and less, winning continuously, and finally successfully counterattacked and reached the semi-finals of the league.
Precisely because he knew the power of Villarreal, especially their head coach Pellegrini, Li Ang repeatedly emphasized the need to be careful with this team in his pre-match tactical arrangements.
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In this game, Sporting Gijon's assistant coach Scott Rui continued to coach on the sidelines as the acting head coach, but he was actually just doing it for a show. Before the game, Li Ang and the coaching staff arranged all the tactics
Damn it, just let the team play step by step.
In view of the importance attached to Villarreal, Liang's analysis of this game was even more thorough.
The good news for Sporting Gijon is that the team's captain Hierro returned from suspension after accumulating yellow cards in this game. With this veteran in charge, the team's defense is finally somewhat decent.
Facing Villarreal led by Pellegrini, Sporting Gijon finally lost at their home court. The score was 2 to 3. The two sides scored a total of five goals. The game was very exciting.
, when Ribery was suspended and Mata was injured, Modric, Di Natale and Diego.
Milito formed a new trident, which was a temporary B tactic created by Li Ang for the team. In fact, in this game, his backup tactics and lineup played quite well. Di Natale assisted twice
, Modric and Milito scored goals respectively. Unfortunately, they lost to two people. One was Villarreal's midfielder Riquelme. Riquelme made his debut at Boca Juniors in 2002.
He landed in European football and joined La Liga giant Barcelona. However, his career in Barcelona was not successful. Riquelme then joined Villarreal. In Yellow Submarine, Riquelme became the absolute core of the team and made great achievements here.
success.
Riquelme is one of the best attacking midfielders in Argentina. His playing style is a classical attacking midfielder, so he is also known as the last classical master in today's football. The famous Argentine Valdano once compared it to "Riquelme".
Kelme, "Ordinary people usually choose a two-hour drive from here to there on the highway, but Riquelme will choose a winding mountain road because the rugged mountain road has unique scenery."
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For a player like Riquelme, it's okay for Li Ang to watch and admire him from a distance. If he has such a player in his hands, he will definitely let the opponent sit through the bench. There is no such "classical" in his team tactics.
The position of the attacking midfielder. In Liang's team, the whole team must run at all costs, pursuing speed and efficiency. Riquelme's characteristics are that running and positioning are not his strong points, but as soon as the football comes to his feet,
There will be a pause, which is absolutely unacceptable to Li Ang. Therefore, for such a player, it is okay just to look at it.
Regarding Pellegrini, although there were some disputes about the evaluation of this coach later, Li Ang still decided to give a thumbs up, just because he can make good use of Riquelme and achieve success in Villarreal.
This is quite a difficult thing.
In this game, Rickles made two passes and one shot, and was the biggest contributor to Villarreal's victory: two assists and a penalty kick!
Speaking of this penalty kick, Sporting Gijon lost to two people, one was Villarreal's core midfielder Riquelme, and the other was the referee Hudson.
Since publicly criticizing the referee Cadillamendi after the game against Barcelona, Li Ang has become an unpopular person in the eyes of the referee. In today's game, although it is a home game, Gijon
The Athletic team has suffered some inexplicable penalties several times, and this penalty kick is even more debatable. When both sides have a half-goal chance, the opponent's forward falls to the ground in the penalty area, and the referee generally will not call the penalty.
The ball was awarded, especially the home team's penalty kick, but this time, the referee Hudson decisively whistled the penalty kick. Such a penalty has to be said to be consistent with Li Ang's bombardment of the referee's enforcement.
Causal.
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For the team losing in this way, Li Ang was angry and helpless. He had done the best he could even though he was suspended, but who gave Riquelme and Riquelme who were in a BUG state?
referee.
The good news for Li Ang is that there is still one game left in his suspension period, and he will be able to stand in front of the coach again and direct the team to fight. Although it is only a three-game suspension, he will be missed immensely.
In the coaching bench, I miss the feeling of commanding the game from the sidelines. He is like a hungry beast now. In fact, he has only been hungry for three days, it feels like he has been hungry for three years!
Li Ang is suspended, which is a news selling point. Therefore, during the game, the TV cameras have been paying attention to Li Ang's performance. Whether it is after Sporting Gijon scores a goal or concedes a goal, the camera will quickly focus on Li Ang in the stands to see what he is doing.
reaction.
After the referee Hudson awarded the penalty kick, the camera immediately showed a close-up of Li Ang. The special spectator who appeared in the camera first showed anger on his face, and then glanced at the Spanish team not far away who was 'monitoring' him.
The staff of the Football Association and the head coach who was sitting as the football supervisor had a sneer on his face...
