"The official website of the Spanish Professional League announced the winners of La Liga's best coach and best player in January. Sporting Gijon's Chinese coach Li Ang and Sporting Gijon's Argentinian striker Diego Milito were elected. The head coach and players were selected as the best players of the month.
, it only happened twice last year, and now, in January 2005, this situation occurred.
In mid-January, Sporting Gijon achieved a record of 4 games, 3 wins and 1 draw in the league, including a 5-1 away win over Sevilla and a 7-2 home match against Atletico Madrid. In addition, they also played against the Kings.
They eliminated Osasuna and Sevilla in the Cup and successfully reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey. With this outstanding coaching performance, coach Li Ang defeated Barcelona coach Rijkaard and Villarreal coach
Coach Pellegrini was elected as the best coach of La Liga in January. Argentinian striker Diego Milito was in excellent form in January and currently ranks first in La Liga's scorer list with 18 goals. Sporting Gijon
The hero was awarded the January Player of the Month."
This news is being played on the closed-circuit television of the team bus.
There was a burst of applause and whistles in the carriage, and Ribery clamored for a treat from head coach Leon. Milito stayed in Gijon to recuperate and did not go to the away game with the team. In the 23rd round of La Liga, they will face the away game
Another team from Barcelona City: Real Espanyol!
The young Benzema looked at the news pictures with envy. He longed for his name to appear in such news as soon as possible.
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On February 13, 2005, the 23rd round of La Liga began.
Sporting Gijon vs Espanyol at home.
Although it was just an ordinary league match, the Cornela El Prat Stadium, which could accommodate up to 40,000 people, was still full of seats.
Sporting Gijon is the biggest dark horse in La Liga this season. It currently ranks second in the league. This has also aroused increasing interest from many media and fans. Take the Spanish player Cornella El Prat.
As for the stadium, it is usually full only when it plays against giants like Real Madrid or the Barcelona derby against Barcelona. However, the game against Sporting Gijon actually aroused so much interest from the fans that some media even reported that it was '
Hard to find!
Fans of other teams want to see what is so special about this season's biggest dark horse.
The Cornela El Prat Stadium, which can accommodate 40,000 people, is not very big, and cannot be compared with the Camp Nou, which can accommodate 80, 90, or even 100,000 people. However, small and medium-sized stadiums have one advantage, that
The stands are full and the fanatical fans can cause a lot of trouble for the visiting team in the stands.
Espanyol is not a wealthy team, but it is still a traditional powerhouse in La Liga. It is just because there is a powerful club like Barcelona, a rival in the same city, which makes Espanyol's presence very low. Now, looking at a newly promoted team like Sporting Gijon, it is ranked second in La Liga.
, this makes the Spanish fans envious and hateful, and they have a very unpleasant feeling: jealous!
The Spanish fans may have found an outlet for their depression and various unhappiness that have been weighed down by Barcelona for a long time. They vented this depression. They kept singing and shouting in the stands, starting from the game.
From the beginning until I was completely stunned, I basically never stopped.
They hope that their team can win Sporting Gijon and prove that La Liga's veteran teams cannot be bullied.
However, things backfired and Sporting Gijon soon took over the game.
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Taking into account the UEFA Cup match next week, Li Ang rotated several positions, with veteran Chiesa starting instead of Di Natale.
Javier Blanco started, replacing Franck Ribery.
Just nine minutes into the game, Modric, who started the game, helped the team open the scoring with a long arc shot from outside the penalty area.
Modric was extremely excited after scoring the goal. He still insists on practicing long-range shots with Carlos every day. For this young man, nothing makes him more excited than scoring such a wonderful long-range shot in the game.
Already.
Then in the 32nd minute, Benzema scored with a beautiful header, causing the Cornela-El Prat Stadium to fall into a brief calm.
"Goooooooooooooooooooooool!"
"Karim Benzema! Karim Benzema! He scored a hat trick in the last round of the league and scored again today!"
"The French boy is in such good shape! This is his 10th league goal this season!" commentator D'Agostino exclaimed, "Now, this 17-year-old boy has become the first player in Sporting Gijon.
Two players with double-digit goals! He surpassed Franck Ribery and became the second-leading scorer in Sporting Gijon!"
After scoring the goal, Benzema was extremely excited and kept raising his arms. Seeing the news that Milito won the January Player of the Month, this stimulated the young player, and he also wanted the same glorious news as the last time.
In the first half of the game, Sporting Gijon took a two-goal lead. The game was completely controlled by Sporting Gijon, and the Espanyol team had no power to fight back.
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At the beginning of the second half, Li Ang began to make frequent substitutions to prepare for the UEFA Cup quarter-final knockout match next week.
In the 56th minute, he replaced the veteran Albertini with Juan Arango. Leon asked Modric to retreat to the defensive midfielder position, and Juan Arango appeared in the right midfield position with his left foot.
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The Venezuelans gradually began to adapt to Li Ang's tactics. Although there was no stunning move that made them famous in one battle, their performance was better every game.
As soon as Arango came on the scene, he made a beautiful pass, knocking the Spanish defender Garcia away, and then sent a beautiful pass. Unfortunately, his teammates did not have enough tacit understanding and could not intervene in time.
"The biggest problem for Venezuelans is the need to adjust," Banderas said.
Li Ang nodded, Arango was good at his feet, had a good way of passing people, and his passing organization was also good, but now his tacit understanding is insufficient.
In the next 69 minutes, Leon replaced Benzema with veteran McGuer Pihra. With Diego Milito injured, Benzema was the only center he had available and had to protect him.
good.
Less than four minutes after McGuer Pihra came on the field, he received a cross from Javier Blanco and headed the ball in the penalty area. Spanish goalkeeper Kameni subconsciously blocked the ball.
The Italian veteran Chiesa followed up with a push shot, and the ball flew into the Espanyol goal for the third time.
This goal completely eliminated the Espanyol players' idea of winning.
Before the end of the game, Sporting Gijon got a chance to set the ball in the frontcourt. Chiesa hoisted the football into the penalty area, Pepe headed the ball over, Spanish defender Jalqui pushed the football out of the penalty area, and Grosso hit the top of the penalty area.
Zone shot with a blast, locking the score at 4:0!
The Spaniards are truly aware of the strength gap between them and this newly promoted team!
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Sporting Gijon won the away game. After the game, Spanish media asked a question for the first time:
"There is a problem. Maybe we didn't pay attention to it before, we ignored it, but now, this problem needs to be faced squarely. Li Ang's troops are invincible and invincible. Where are their swords pointing?"
Invincible!
Invincible!
The edge is revealed!
you!
Where is the sword pointing?!
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