The nineteenth round of the 2004/2005 La Liga season has been completed.
Leader Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 at home. The Catalan giants did not score the only goal of the game until the last minute of the second half.
The Galacticos Real Madrid defeated Zaragoza 3-1 at home, and the 'alien' Ronaldo scored twice. This super shooter, who had an average performance in the first half of the season, began to burst out with his own power.
Defending champion Valencia was held to a 0-0 away draw by Osasuna.
Sevilla, who suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of Sporting Gijon in the last round, lost to Málaga, the third-last place in the league, in an away game this round. It was a big upset and continued a strange pattern in La Liga this season: being defeated by Serie A.
The strong teams that Sporting Gijon beat by a large margin performed poorly in the following rounds, as if the team's energy was suddenly gone after losing to Sporting Gijon.
In this case, after the 19th round of the league, the La Liga standings will have undergone tremendous changes.
Barcelona ranks first with 40 points with 12 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses.
After Sporting Gijon slaughtered Atletico Madrid 7-2 at home, the record is 10 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, with 34 points, and the ranking has been promoted to second place in the league!
After Valencia's draw in this round, they ranked third in the league with 33 points with 9 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses.
The super giant Real Madrid rebounded and ranked fourth in the league with 10 wins, 2 draws, 7 losses and 32 points. This is also the first time this season that the Galacticos have ranked among the top four in the league. Rosenborg's team began to explode.
The background of a wealthy family.
Sevilla suffered an upset loss to Malaga and ranked fifth in the league with 9 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses, with 31 points.
Everyone who looks at the current La Liga standings, looking at Sporting Gijon in second place, looking at the giants such as Valencia and Real Madrid below this team, is a bit confused about what to say.
Sporting Gijon is the dark horse of La Liga this season. They have known it for a long time. However, what no one expected is that this dark horse is still so dazzling half way through the league schedule.
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What Sporting Gijon was like more than a year ago is no longer a secret in Spanish football. With the sudden rise of this team, reports about Sporting Gijon have been flooding the newspapers. A team that almost defeated the team last season
The team that entered the Spanish C2 League had a miraculous explosion, promoted to La Liga, and also won the Spanish Cup. As a newly promoted team, the current schedule is that it is second in La Liga and has also entered the UEFA Cup.
Knockout stage!
Such achievements and changes can simply be described as ‘miraculous’!
All eyes are focused on one name, Li Ang!
This young Chinese coach can be said to be the biggest contributor to such miraculous changes in Sporting Gijon!
When the media was hotly discussing Sporting Gijon's massacre of Atletico Madrid and its second place in the league, "La Repubblica" broke the news that Atletico Madrid owner Angel Hill intends to poach Liang to coach Atletico Madrid. For a moment,
It became the most eye-catching event in the entire Spanish football world.
Sporting Gijon's current results and rankings are the biggest foundation to support this exciting news!
Results determine everything!
Although Li Ang's current resume is thin, it is so glamorous that when the Spanish media and fans learned the news, they were surprised at first, but also felt that it seemed understandable: the Chinese seemed really qualified.
He went to coach a wealthy club.
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The front page of "AS" reported, "Obviously, the disastrous defeat at El Molinon Stadium has completely angered the Hill family. Ferrando's dismissal is an inevitable result. What is surprising is that Angel.
Among Hill's coaching goals is Li Ang's name. This Chinese, who is not yet 30 years old, now has the opportunity to coach this wealthy team that he just led to defeat...a Chinese becomes a wealthy team like Atletico Madrid.
The head coach of the team, this scene is incredible just by imagining it."
The local media in Gijon also reported this incident. Unlike the media in other parts of Spain that discussed the matter hotly and even had the intention of fueling the flames, the local media in Gijon were worried and they knew better than those media.
The importance of Li Ang to Sporting Gijon. If it is said that the current Sporting Gijon was built by Li Ang, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the Optimus Prime of Sporting Gijon. The media and fans in Gijon are worried about the team.
The head coach will really be attracted by the invitation of a wealthy club and is worried about Li Ang leaving Sporting Gijon. After all, compared with a wealthy team like Atletico Madrid, Sporting Gijon is far inferior in every aspect, although now Hope
Atlético Hong's ranking is much higher than Atletico Madrid, but this is the reason why the Madrid giants poached Li Ang.
This incident even caused crazy reports in China’s domestic media.
Although Li Ang is currently coaching Sporting Gijon and has achieved outstanding results, in people's eyes, a 'grassroots team' like Sporting Gijon is incomparable to a giant like Atletico Madrid.
After domestic sports websites and major media reported the news that Atletico Madrid intended to invite Li Ang to coach, the domestic media and fans can be said to be excited.
For a Chinese head coach to coach a wealthy team, this is something they can't even dream of. This is much more difficult than when Chinese players play for a wealthy team, although the latter is already very, very difficult.
Difficulty. You can imagine how incredible it would be if Li Ang really coached a wealthy team.
On the Internet, domestic fans are a little excited. They have expressed their "support" and "serious support" for Li Ang to coach the giants and "win glory for the country"!
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Huahua also made a special call to inquire about this matter. The little girl was very excited in her words.
"No comment." This was Li Ang's answer to Hua Hua.
This made the little girl a little unhappy and said, "What is our relationship? Let's not give such a formulaic answer."
Li Ang said that it was precisely because our relationship was unusual that I said I had no comment.
Hua Hua's smart little head understands a little bit.
This shows that Li Ang is a little tempted, otherwise, Li Ang's answer should be that he likes Sporting Gijon, likes to stay here, and will not consider anything else.
Of course, maybe it's just a little tempting, that's all.
"Are you tempted?" Hua Hua's eyes sparkled, she licked her pretty lips and asked. Thinking of Li Ang coaching a wealthy team and standing on the coaching bench of a wealthy team, the little girl was a little excited.
"I don't know." Li Ang shook his head, "I don't want to think about it now. Let's talk about it later."
"Come on if you're tempted." Hua Hua shouted.
"Pay attention to quality." Li Ang was speechless.
"Okay, okay, aren't I happy for you?" Hua Hua said with a pout.
Li Ang stopped talking. The girl's coquettishness made him a little confused about how to deal with it. Fortunately, Hua Hua on the other end of the phone also blushed, knowing that what he just said was a bit ambiguous, so he found an excuse and hung up the phone.
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Li Ang rubbed his temples.
He has a headache now.
If he speaks from his heart, he wants to make a career at Sporting Gijon, lead a grassroots team, achieve a career, and conquer countless wealthy clubs. This sense of accomplishment is overwhelming.
Liang's original plan was to stay at Sporting Gijon within a few years and lead this team to become an important new force in Spanish football.
He had not considered joining other teams before.
Of course, or in other words, this is also because there are no teams, or to be precise, there are no invitations from wealthy teams.
However, the most important reason is that the current situation of Sporting Gijon makes Li Ang a little tired.
What he is talking about is not the team's performance. Under his leadership, everything about the team is very good and in good condition, so the results are naturally indisputable.
This refers to the team's financial situation. Sporting Gijon's finances have never been sufficient, otherwise last summer's transfer budget would not have been less than three million.
After more than half a season, Sporting Gijon performed well in La Liga and European competitions. Li Ang thought that the team's financial situation would improve. However, just before the game against Atletico Madrid, he and club chairman Alan
Go had a secret meeting. The news he received from team chairman Manuel Arango was that the team’s financial situation was still tight. Manuel Arango even tentatively asked if he could
Selling several of the team’s stars…
This means selling blood to support the team's finances.
This immediately alerted Li Ang, and he rejected Old Arango without hesitation. He knew that he had to be firm on this matter and could not give Old Arango any room for fantasy!
Old Arango seemed a little unhappy when he heard Li Ang's firm refusal. However, he and Li Ang had an agreement. Li Ang had the team's transfer rights, and Manuel Arango also knew the team's current situation.
A lot of credit goes to Li Ang for his achievements, and it is not easy for him to have a tense relationship with Li Ang.
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This conversation with old Arango made Li Ang alert.
After the game against Atletico Madrid, Scoteri secretly told Leon the news. The defending La Liga champion Valencia was eyeing Sporting Gijon. They were interested in Ribery and Diego Milito.
, intending to acquire these two players in a package.
Although I didn't find out how much Valencia's offer was, it was obvious that it was an offer that tempted the club's president, Arango Sr.
This made Li Ang a little helpless and a little angry.
He worked hard for Sporting Gijon, and he almost built the team with his own hands. The foundation of the house here has just been laid, and the ground has just been broken. Over there, the foundation is about to be dug up.
This made Li Ang feel insecure. He had to imagine a situation: the empire he had worked so hard to build was destroyed by the club with a hoe!
This is why Li Ang is currently having a headache and getting angry. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Li Ang not to be touched by the sudden news that Atletico Madrid has taken a liking to him and intends to invite him to coach.
However, for Atletico Madrid, or to be precise, for the Hill family, Li Ang was not at ease.
Li Ang knows a lot about Atletico Madrid and the Hill family.
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Two days before the 1987 Atlético Madrid presidential campaign, Hill appeared at the club with Porto star Paulo Futre and promised to sign the star from the Portuguese giants if he won the election.
Er's move had a miraculous effect in the Red and White Army's presidential election, and he ultimately defeated his main rival Enrique León by 6,219 votes to 3,465 votes.
This has also become a very clear and important event in the history of Atletico Madrid, and the face of the club has changed drastically. Hill has changed the trajectory of the club, which has both good and bad aspects. In
In the first five seasons of his tenure as team president, the team ranked among the top four in the league and won consecutive Copa del Rey titles in 1991 and 1992. However, the then president made a series of impromptu and eccentric decisions.
The behavior makes the team look more like a circus.
In 1992, Hill reorganized Atletico Madrid into a public sports limited liability company, transforming the club into a joint-stock company. At that time, the fans were like frogs being boiled in warm water. They did not realize the problem.
Seriously, by the time they discovered the problems caused by the club's reorganization, it was already too late.
Old Hill and his business partner Enrique Cerezo, who is now Atletico Madrid chairman, were found to have illegally obtained a total of 236,056 club shares, but when the court accepted the case, the statute of limitations had expired.
Therefore, they were allowed to continue to hold these shares, and today the elder Hill's son Angel Hill still owns more than half of the club's shares directly or indirectly.
At that time, Atletico Madrid fans did not respond strongly enough to the "stealing" behavior after the club became a joint-stock company. In the same year, the old Hill closed the team's youth training camp out of cost-saving considerations. The still young
As a result, Raul left his local rival Real Madrid, and what happened next is needless to say. Everyone in Madrid is aware of his great career.
Atletico Madrid also suffered the only relegation in team history after World War II during the old Hill era. The reason was nothing more than his overspending in some unnecessary places, and his underinvestment in some areas, which ultimately made the team feel
The pain came. Although the team quickly regained its strength and returned to La Liga, they did not get rid of the mountain of debt. Atletico still owes Spanish taxpayers a debt of up to 45 million euros due to the problems during the turbulent period.
In La Liga, Atletico Madrid fell for two seasons. In the 2001/02 season, Atletico Madrid returned to La Liga as the champion of La Liga. However, the record of Atletico Madrid when they first returned to La Liga was not ideal. Compared with last season, Atletico Madrid
Ranked seventh.
Although Li Ang also admitted that although there were many failures when Hill was in charge of Atletico Madrid, his madness and persistence for Atletico Madrid were no less than that of Moratti during the Inter Milan era.
However, Li Ang has to worry about something. The Hill family does not seem to have a good relationship with the head coach. They kind of like to point fingers at the head coach.
Moreover, Atletico Madrid's finances don't seem to be very good now.
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Then just two days later, Sporting Gijon defeated Osasuna 1-0 in the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, successfully advancing to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey.
In the media, it was also revealed that Atlético Madrid owner and general manager Angel Hill publicly expressed his goodwill to the head coach of Sporting Gijon during an interview with Spanish National Television Channel 3.
"Coach Li Ang's achievements in Gijon are very incredible. Looking at their ranking in the league standings, coach Li Ang's coaching ability is admirable and amazing. (Invite Li Ang to coach Atletico Madrid?) Why not?"
