Hierro later described in his autobiography when he heard the team's head coach Li Ang talking about the team's desire and possibility for the league championship.
"Of course, everyone was stunned, whether it was the young Pepe, the fun-loving Franck Ribery or the mature Di Natale, everyone was stunned, of course, including me, we were all shown by the coach
The ‘ambition’ was astounding.”
"'Hey, hey, hey, aren't you scared anymore? Is the honor of the league championship so scary?', the coach said. He thought it was humorous, but in fact, no one laughed because we were still shocked. Finally
, Pepe shouted, 'Champion! God, that's really...', and then the entire locker room became extremely noisy and lively. Everyone went crazy and discussed this topic enthusiastically. The coach did not speak.
He just looked at everyone like that. After about a few minutes, he clapped his hands and signaled everyone to stop. He said, "Champion, we may need to put in a lot of effort. We may succeed or we may not succeed, but,
He is right in front of us, at our fingertips, do we want him?'... Everyone shouted 'yes' like crazy! We were so excited that even people from Bilbao came and knocked on the door, asking for us.
Keep your voice down, they were not in a good mood after losing... Just like that, for the first time, we officially unified our understanding. The desire for the league championship made everyone excited. I won La Liga in Real Madrid.
I have won many championships, but at the age of thirty-six, I still feel excited and incredible that Sporting Gijon has the hope of winning the league title, God..."
As Hierro said in his autobiography, after the shock of the Sporting Gijon team, everyone's enthusiasm was aroused by their head coach's ambition.
During the training on the second day after returning to Gijon, Li Ang clearly noticed that the team's mental state was unprecedentedly good.
"Everyone was stimulated." Scott Rui said happily.
"Yeah, league champion, I can't even think about it." Banderas also nodded and said.
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Although the whole team had a unified understanding, when he was interviewed by the media and asked about the impact and possibility of Sporting Gijon on the La Liga championship, he flatly denied it.
"League championship? No, no, no! We don't have the strength. The league championship is a game for giants like Barcelona and Real Madrid. We are not qualified to participate." Li Ang faced the microphone and said seriously.
After hearing what he said, even the fans of Sporting Gijon felt slightly disappointed, but they didn't feel anything. Yes, the league championship is a game for the rich. Even though Sporting Gijon is only three points behind Barcelona, but
, you really are not qualified to pursue the league championship, so don’t even think about this dream.
"Voice of Gijon" also said in the special topic that Sporting Gijon's current ranking can already be said to be a miracle. As for the league championship, it is better not to have extravagant hopes. It does not belong to Gijon, and the fans are enough to be proud of the current situation
The team is proud.
Li Ang's words, as well as the Gijon media's voice, sent a message to the Iberian Peninsula that Sporting Gijon has no intention of winning the league championship.
This cooled down the topic of the newly promoted team winning the championship that had just been hyped by the media.
In fact, despite the media hyping this matter, almost no one really thought that Sporting Gijon had a chance to get involved in the La Liga championship. Some media originally thought that with Li Ang's personality, he would definitely stand up and speak out about his desire for the league championship.
Well, this way they could hype it up, but they didn't expect that this person wouldn't be fooled.
The players of Sporting Gijon listened to what their head coach said in front of the media cameras, and they would have believed it if not for the internal understanding of the league championship.
"The coach is too cunning," said Milito, who was recovering from his injury.
These words attracted everyone's approval. Now Sporting Gijon is like a hidden poisonous snake, ready to attack at any time, hunting its prey with its deadly venom and completing a fatal blow.
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Save character!
Yes, Li Ang is just building up his character. He learned this trick from Claudio Ranieri, the head coach of Leicester City in the Premier League before he was reincarnated.
Ranieri, who led the 'Fox City' to win the Premier League, has been building up his character throughout the season.
In the 2015/2016 Premier League season, Ranieri led last season's relegation team Leicester City to lead the first round, even though he later became the favorite to win the championship. However, Ranieri's statement could not be more low-key, obviously attracting people.
The rhythm of tasting:
In the middle of the season, when Leicester City topped the list, Ranieri: Our task this season is still to avoid relegation;
When he got the same points as last season halfway through the season, Ranieri: I am very happy that our relegation task is about to be completed;
More than halfway through the season, Ranieri said: We must secure a spot in the Europa League and strive to participate in the European war;
In early April, the season was about to enter its final sprint. With Leicester City still leading the Premier League, Ranieri's attitude was: Is the Europa League stable? Try the Champions League.
Then, it was not until the 35th round of the Premier League against Swansea that Leicester led Tottenham by 5 points with 4 games left. Under such circumstances, Ranieri finally lost his character and loudly
He shouted the slogan of winning the championship.
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It is undeniable that the most important determining factor in football matches is strength itself, and those with outstanding character are only legends in the world. However, by keeping a low profile and building character, you can see yourself clearly, face your own problems, and reduce the hatred value, which is conducive to creating harmony.
The external environment; losing character without authorization will make players feel blind and arrogant in their subconscious, which will cover up many potential problems. Once these problems break out in a concentrated manner, the retribution of losing character will be inevitable... From this level
, the law of conservation of character may still have some truth to it.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you can’t be high-profile. If everyone keeps their character, football will be much less interesting. It is precisely because of the existence of people like madman Mourinho who speak out loud and dare to speak and act that football can be
It will attract more people's attention. When we look at the rich football teams, most of them declare their ambitions for the season in a high-profile manner. After all, the majority of fan groups need to be inspired by the club's ambitions, and the rhetoric of the club and players will have a profound impact on them.
The fans of the team will be happy. However, if it does not come true, other fans will ridicule it. This is normal. Everyone has the desire to take pleasure in misfortune.
Therefore, it is worth noting that those who build character are small teams. In fact, Li Ang’s understanding of building character is: insidious!
Hidden, dormant, until the moment of final blow arrives.
This can also paralyze Barcelona. After all, based on Li Ang's intuition, Barcelona really doesn't pay much attention to Sporting Gijon. Obviously, whether it is Rijkaard, Barcelona's senior management or Ronaldinho,
As well as Eto'o and other stars, currently none of them really regard Sporting Gijon as an absolute threat.
This is Sporting Gijon's opportunity.
With Li Ang's temperament, if possible, he would naturally be more willing to express his desire for the championship in a big way. That would be enough energy. However, their strength is far inferior to Barcelona, so they naturally have to keep a low profile. There is no way.
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Li Ang's statement also paralyzed the Barcelona people. The Catalan media no longer hyped the threat of Sporting Gijon, but began to praise their players.
Taking away a point from the ice and snow Birdie Course will no longer be regarded as a loss by others, and the media has also found something to praise.
As long as you look for it, you can always find something that shines.
The shining point found by the Catalan media is the team's Mexican star Marcos.
"This is a trap-like game. Regardless of the fact that Barcelona and Numancia are competing for the top and bottom of the league. Barcelona has never won at the Birdie Stadium. We have no capital to be proud of." The progress of the game proved that Rijkar
The analysis before the game was very accurate. Barcelona only started to enter the game after 10 minutes. Even though they had the advantage on the field, Barcelona was very lacking in creating scoring opportunities. In the 43rd minute, they really encountered a trap: players made defensive mistakes.
, Juanlu scored with a golden hook in the penalty area.
"This is an accident, but Barcelona still has time to reverse the score!" the media described and shouted. On the low-temperature ice and snow field, who will play the role of Barcelona's savior? Is it Ronaldinho, Eto'o or the one who killed Chelsea in the last game?
Maxi? No, the answer is quite surprising: Marcos! Just 2 minutes into the second half, the captain of the Mexican national team equalized the score for Barcelona: Xavi took a corner kick on the right, and Marcos hit the edge of the small penalty area and shot a diagonal shot with his right foot from a small angle.
Breaking the net, Barcelona escapes from death!
"This is a beautiful and important goal." "Daily Sports" commented after the game.
Li Ang also joined in the fun. He published a special article in his column in "Voice of Gijon" to systematically analyze and praise Marcos.
"Marcos first appeared in the defensive midfielder position in this game. After Belletti was injured and came off the field, he retreated to the central defender position to defend. The statistics after the game showed an interesting phenomenon: Marcos defended 3 times in the game
Shooting, he is the player with the most shots in the Barcelona team! In addition, he also created a scoring opportunity for his teammates and stole the opponent three times. Marcos was very active in 90 minutes: in the 4th minute, he helped the team successfully clear the ball; in the 28th minute, he helped the team to clear the ball.
Deco delivered a precise deep ball; in the 47th minute, he successfully scored and scored his third goal of the season...
At the beginning of the season, Marcos had a disagreement with Rijkaard because he was unable to play the main role in the team. However, after Motta, Gabri, Edmilson and others were injured one after another, the Mexican became the most indispensable in the Dutch coaching lineup.
One of the players. Marcos can play as a central defender with Puyol when he retreats. He can also take on the important task of defensive midfielder in advance, and he also has the ability to shoot long shots. More importantly, he has obtained the frontcourt in Barcelona.
When setting the ball, he can also actively look for opportunities to attack the goal. The Mexican's heading skills also play a huge role in making up for the shortcomings of Barcelona's forward players in this area.
Analysis of Marcos' three goals this season has verified the Mexican's all-weather ability: against Getafe, he scored with a direct free kick, against Zaragoza, he scored with a header from Xavi's corner kick in front of the goal, and in this game against Nuno
In Mancia, he grabbed a shot in front of the goal and scored. Rijkaard recently emphasized the importance of defenders participating in the offense. Puyol and Marcos' assists are one of his performances. In addition to excellent defense,
Outside of missions, Marcos can also launch unexpected attacks when prominent figures such as Deco, Ronaldinho, and Eto'o are looked down upon by their opponents.
Generally speaking, Barcelona's scoring rate in set pieces is not high, but the emergence of Marcos is expected to improve Barcelona's weakness in this area. The Mexican's performance is very good."
Li Ang's article was very sudden. No one expected that the head coach of Sporting Gijon would actually publish a column to praise the players of the leader Barcelona. Is it true that, as the Chinese said, Sporting Gijon has no ambitions for the league championship?
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"Between Real Madrid and Barcelona (who can win the league championship), I choose Barcelona!" Li Ang said this again in an interview later.
This also made many people suddenly realize that the old grudge between Leon and Real Madrid is well known in the Iberian Peninsula. It seems that it is really what this person said, he is willing to see Barcelona win the championship.
However, everyone ignored the trap of his words. If he had to choose between Real Madrid and Barcelona, he would choose the latter. However, if he reaches the top, that would be a different matter.
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On March 2, 2005, in the 26th round of the 2004/2005 La Liga season, Sporting Gijon welcomed their strong rival Deportivo La Coruna at home.
In the first round of the match between the two sides, Sporting Gijon once defeated Deportivo La Coruña in an away game. That game was also considered to be the beginning of the decline of 'Super Deportivo' this season.
After that game, Deportivo seemed to have suffered a huge blow and was unable to recover.
At present, after 25 rounds of the league, Deportivo has a record of only 7 wins, 11 draws and 7 losses, with 33 points, a full 20 points less than the league leader Barcelona, and 17 points less than Sporting Gijon!
This is definitely a very bad result for Deportivo La Coruna, which reached the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup last season and finished third in La Liga.
In this game, Deportivo's head coach Irueta and Deportivo's stars visited Gijon with a revenge mentality.
While the match between Sporting Gijon and Deportivo La Coruña was going on, there was also a focus match that started at the same time, the Barcelona Derby: Barcelona faced its local rival Espanyol at home.
Li Ang's wishful thinking is that Sporting Gijon will win Deportivo La Coruna at home, and at the same time they hope that the Spaniard can stop Barcelona. After all, it is a derby match. Can the Spaniard make a comeback?!
Be yourself and wait for Barcelona to be blocked or make mistakes yourself. This is the counterattack strategy developed by Li Ang for Sporting Gijon.
