The El Molinon Stadium was in a frenzy as everyone went crazy because of Juan Arango's goal.
Amidst the huge cheers, the referee blew the whistle to end the game, and Sporting Gijon defeated Deportivo La Coruña 2-1 at home.
The players went crazy and threw Arango high into the air.
No wonder they are so excited. Today's game is the first test they need to face on the road to the league championship. If there is anything wrong in today's game, it will be a blow to the morale of this team.
is huge.
The madness in the entire stadium reached a new climax one minute later.
This is the voice of the live announcer coming from the live broadcast, announcing the news that Barcelona was tied 0-0 by Espanyol on another venue!
The whole El Molinon craziness reaches a new level.
Although it cannot be said that these fans believe that their team is qualified to compete for the league championship, it is a great excitement and pride for everyone to be able to approach the leader Barcelona and narrow the point difference to only one point!
Moreover, at this moment, all fans will have a mysterious feeling in their hearts: they are only one point behind Barcelona! In this case, is it really impossible for us to aspire to the league championship?!
Once this idea or idea is formed in your mind, it will never go away.
The players of Sporting Gijon were also going crazy. Obviously, the news that Barcelona was tied with Espanyol made everyone excited.
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"Thanks to the Spaniards!" muttered Scotre.
"We should thank ourselves, we scored at the last moment, we survived!" Banderas said.
Li Ang couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes. The team beat the opponent at the last moment, and Barcelona was blocked. It can be said to be a double happiness.
"I only know that fortunately we won La Coruna, otherwise, we would be regretting it now." Li Ang said to the two assistants.
The two nodded in agreement.
At the press conference after the game, reporters were full of praise for Arango, who made it to the Super World Wave. However, the final focus was still on the league standings.
Everyone knows that Barcelona was tied by Espanyol. Now Barcelona is only one point ahead of Sporting Gijon. At this time, even those who did not think Sporting Gijon had a chance to compete for the league championship cannot do so.
Don’t think about a possibility: under such circumstances, with the current state of Sporting Gijon, do they really have no hope of winning the championship?!
There is no standard answer to this question. The answer lies in everyone's heart and in their judgment.
However, most people now have to face one point: Sporting Gijon has joined the competition for the league championship!
This has nothing to do with whether Sporting Gijon people admit it or not. It is a fact! Because the points situation is obvious there. The only difference is what the Sporting Gijon people think? Do they have the ambition to do something?!
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"Sporting de Gijon's goal is to enter next season's European Champions League. The season is less than two-thirds of the way through, and we still need to work hard to ensure this goal."
When asked again about the topic of the league championship, Li Ang looked around and stated that the team's goal is the top four in the league.
However, even after Li Ang said these words, the Spanish media still exaggerated the changes in the league championship the next day. This time, the media truly regarded Sporting Gijon as a strong contender for the league championship.
The most noteworthy thing is that Barcelona really felt the threat from Sporting Gijon for the first time, or it can be said that the Catalans began to really face the threat from Sporting Gijon for the first time.
"Barcelona encounters a cold winter return": "World Sports News" commented that although it was a Barcelona derby, due to the cold wind and Wednesday's game, only 50,000 spectators came to the Nou Camp to watch the game between Barcelona and Espanyol.
In the sudden cold wind, Barcelona was frozen, zero to zero! A draw came at the most inappropriate moment. Behind Barcelona, the Sporting Gijon people finally showed their fangs!
"Now is not the time to blame the opponent": "Daily Sports" rarely criticized Barcelona coach Rijkaard. This was mainly aimed at Rijkaard's interview with the media after the Barcelona derby against Espanyol.
At the time, he said, "They are really anti-football, and all nine players in the game were defending." Rijkaard complained after being tied by Espanyol at home. In this regard, "Daily Sports" sharply criticized
, the opponent’s tactics should not be complained about. If Barcelona did not win the game, they can only find the reason from themselves. If Barcelona does not be more vigilant, then the Gijon people behind them may stand up at any time.
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Sporting Gijon's sudden rise has now directly 'intervened' in the competition for the La Liga title, which has aroused heated discussions throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
At present, after 26 rounds of La Liga, the La Liga standings are as follows:
Barcelona has 16 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses, leading the standings with 54 points;
Sporting Gijon has 16 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses, ranking second with 53 points;
Real Madrid has 15 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses, with 47 points, ranking third in the league;
Villarreal has 12 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses, with 44 points, ranking fourth in the league;
Behind Villarreal are Sevilla with 42 points and Real Betis with 41 points.
Therefore, at present, Barcelona is the leader, followed by Sporting Gijon and Real Madrid, who are really qualified to participate in the competition for the league championship.
Many Spanish football stars also participated in the discussion of the league championship.
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On the day after this league match, a special golf tournament was held on the beautiful island of Mallorca. It was said to be a golf tournament but in fact the "participating" players Cruyff, Camacho and Clemente
and Toshack are both well-known figures in Spanish football. Taking advantage of the opportunity to play, several coaches certainly could not forget to comment on the battle for the La Liga championship.
When it comes to this year's La Liga championship, several coaches unanimously voted for Barcelona, including former Real Madrid coach Camacho.
"Barcelona has a clear advantage in the title race. Real Madrid has many difficulties, not just on the field," Camacho said. "There are also many problems within the club. The recent conflict between Ronaldo and Luxembourg is an example."
However, Camacho also reminded people not to forget Sporting Gijon, "Gijon's performance shocked me. Coach Li Ang is a genius, and his team surprised everyone. There are still twelve rounds of the league, which is still very long.
Judging from the team's background, Real Madrid seems to have more opportunities than Gijon, but the scary thing is that Sporting Gijon is in too good shape now."
While praising Barcelona, Cruyff also did not forget to tease Real Madrid. Then he commented on the spoiler Sporting Gijon, "Gijon plays very smart, Li is a very thoughtful coach, Sporting Gijon can play
It's very beautiful, it plays like Barcelona, and it can also play very pragmatically. Such teams can often go a long way."
Former Spanish national team coach Clemente supported Barcelona to win the championship, but at the same time he seemed to look down on Sporting Gijon. He said, "Sporting Gijon's good state will not last long. If their strength is not good, they will fall behind soon."
The last person to express his opinion was the former Real Madrid coach, Tosak, who once led the team to win the league and Champions League double championship. However, he said little about Real Madrid this time, but he praised Barcelona, "Barcelona's overall formation is advanced.
It deserves to be the favorite in the league." Toshack said. Then, Toshack is not optimistic about Sporting Gijon. "If Sporting Gijon can rank in the top four in the league after the game, it will be a victory." As for Li Angzai and Deportivo,
At Runia's post-match press conference, he expressed his goal of top four, and Tosak expressed his appreciation for Leon's awareness of current affairs.
"These two old guys." Leon couldn't help but cursed when he saw what Clement and Toshack said in the newspaper.
He is now building up his character and keeping a low profile, but that doesn't mean he likes to be looked down upon.
Of course, compared to Clement and Toshack's contempt, Cruyff's appreciation made Leon even more vigilant.
As we all know, Cruyff is the godfather of Barcelona and has a great influence on Barcelona. Even Cruyff expressed his appreciation and praise for Sporting Gijon. So, one can imagine the current attitude of Barcelona towards Sporting Gijon.
Attitude: at least be more vigilant.
This is not good news for Sporting Gijon, which wants to be in bad shape.
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After joining Sporting Gijon, the club rented an apartment for Juan Arango. This was not a property in a wealthy area, and certainly not a slum area, but a middle-class community.
Arango's impression of the residents in the community is that when they see him, they may nod in greeting, or at most say hello and say good morning, which is as ordinary as water.
This made the Venezuelans who were worried about being harassed feel a little disappointed while relaxing. This only shows that he is not well-known now and has a dispensable role in the team.
This 'mundane' became different after the game between Sporting Gijon and Deportivo La Coruna.
Just after 8 o'clock in the morning, Arango left home. He was going to drive his second-hand car worth 8,000 euros to the Malayo training base. As soon as the car passed out of the garage, he saw his next door neighbor also going out.
Arango stepped on the brakes and signaled the other party to go first, but unexpectedly the other party stopped directly, rolled down the window, and gave him a thumbs up, "Good job, man! That ball yesterday was great!"
"Oh, ah, thank you." Arango was stunned for a moment and responded with a smile.
Then the other party made a gesture to signal Arango to go first. The Venezuelan happily honked his horn and drove away.
Driving slowly on the road in the community, Juan Arango found that everything was different from before. From time to time, people stopped to say hello, give him a thumbs up, and some even gave him a thumbs up.
Invitations extended to community parties…
This Venezuelan young man, who came to the Iberian Peninsula from the South American continent, felt that there had been a shadow in his heart and was a little hesitant about the future. He felt that almost overnight, those haze disappeared, the bright sunshine came, and everything changed.
It is so joyful and refreshing.
All this is because of a goal.
The love of fans is so simple and direct. If you perform well and score goals, they will love you very much.
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Because of the "delay" on the road, Arango was almost late. When he arrived at the Malayo training base, he was still five minutes away from being late. This shocked Arango, and he wondered whether he should arrive early in the future.
Went out in ten minutes.
Before the training started, Li Ang glanced at Arango, who was a little excited, and said jokingly, "Arango, sign your name for me when the training is over. You are famous now."
There was a burst of good-natured laughter, and the Venezuelans also smiled sheepishly.
After the day's training ended, team captain Hierro found Arango and handed him a football.
Looking at the football with the signatures of his teammates on it, Arango was stunned.
"This is?"
"Yesterday's match ball." Hierro nodded and said.
Arango was so surprised. After yesterday's game, he was held high by his teammates in celebration. When he came down from screaming, he felt a little dizzy and thought of looking for the game ball as a souvenir. However, he didn't
Not found. This made Arango a little disappointed.
"The coach specially asked for it from the referee and asked us to hand it over to you." Hierro said with a smile, "Then we all signed it, and we thought it was more meaningful."
The Venezuelan looked at the football with the signatures of the entire team and his eyes were a little red. He was moved.
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After the training on the second day, Arango found Li Ang again holding the football signed by the entire team.
"You want me to sign it too?" Li Ang was surprised after hearing Arango's request.
"Your signature is the most special souvenir." Arango said very seriously.
Looking at this serious player, Li Ang smiled, took out a Parker pen, and wrote his name in Chinese on it.
"This is my Chinese name. It's very beautiful." Li Ang said with a smile.
"Extremely beautiful," said Arango.
Li Ang laughed loudly, then winked, "One signature, and another goal in exchange."
Arango scratched his head and then said, "No problem."
Li Ang smiled and nodded, but didn't take it seriously. Goals were not scored on the spur of the moment. He was just encouraging Arango.
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One day later, in the 27th round of La Liga, Sporting Gijon faced Real Betis away from home.
Sporting Gijon defeated Real Betis 3-2 in an away game.
Venezuelan player Juan Arango, who came on as a substitute in the second half, scored the goal that tied Sporting Gijon's score to 2-2.
After scoring the goal, the Venezuelan rushed to the sideline to hug his coach, shouting excitedly and proudly, "Coach, I did what I said."
It's the round, Barcelona 1:0 Osasuna, Eto'o is the savior at the critical moment.
Real Madrid 1:1 Valencia, Galacticos was tied at home.
After 27 rounds of the league, Barcelona has 57 points, Sporting Gijon has 56 points, and Real Madrid has 48 points.
Sporting Gijon is one point behind Barcelona and eight points ahead of Real Madrid.
The headline of "World Sports News": Eto'o is the savior, the Gijon people continue to pursue.
The headline of "Daily Sports": Juan Arango is the savior again, beware of the Gijon!
The headline of "Marca" is: Real Madrid is falling behind!
The title of "As" is: The last chance for redemption - in the 28th round of the league, Real Madrid will visit the El Molinon Stadium to face Sporting Gijon. This is the best way for Galacticos to narrow the point difference with Sporting Gijon.
