Regarding the sarcasm and ridicule from Barcelona and Madrid, Li Ang didn't pay attention to it at all. Everything speaks for itself. What he says now is superfluous. When Sporting Gijon moves from victory to victory and keeps moving forward, all those sarcasm and ridicule will be gone.
Turned into a sky full of flowers and words of praise.
Li Ang can ignore the media, but he has to comfort and integrate the players' mental state.
The media is hyping up the Triple Crown, and it's natural for the players not to participate in this. Assistant coach Scott Rui warned Li Ang, worried about the players' unrest.
After the day's training, Li Ang called all the players for a training session.
"I know that the media are hyping the possibility of the Triple Crown these days." Li Ang said, "I also know that everyone is discussing this matter privately."
"As for the possibility of the Triple Crown, if you ask me, I will say that I am very eager and willing to lead you to create this great achievement that belongs to us." Li Ang paused, seeing the brilliance in the players' eyes, he continued
Said, "But everyone, please remember one thing, the road must be walked step by step. We can only keep our feet on the ground and win one game after another. If we do this well, we will be able to achieve that great achievement!"
"So, stop thinking about it and ignore it. Of course, you can bury your desire for victory and championship deep in your heart and push yourself to work hard. When the season is over, it is time for us to toast and celebrate!"
Li Ang's lecture was very timely and appropriate. He did not avoid the topic of 'Triple Crown', but gave a positive reply to it. This greatly enhanced the confidence of the whole team. Li Ang is the backbone of this team.
, he was confident that the players would be inspired, and then he emphasized that they should be steady, not impetuous, and win every game!
This is timely and crucial!
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Li Ang keenly caught a hint of confusion and dealt with it in a timely manner. While stimulating the fighting spirit of the players, he also avoided the possibility of collapse due to blind excitement and worries about gains and losses. This is because he has a very clear understanding of Sporting Gijon's current situation.
Alert and worried, the Triple Crown is right in front of us, but Sporting Gijon is walking on thin ice. If a game is not played well, it may cause an avalanche chain reaction: Liang attempts to win the Triple Crown. With Sporting Gijon's strength and thickness of the bench,
To put it bluntly, this can be likened to a snake swallowing an elephant. A little carelessness may cause serious internal injuries.
In the 36th round of the La Liga match against Racing Santander at the weekend, the opponent has not yet succeeded in relegation. This game will not be easy for Sporting Gijon. However, in the middle of next week, Sporting Gijon will travel to Lisbon to play in the league.
Cup final, which will inevitably distract Sporting Gijon from the match against Racing Santander.
Under such circumstances, Li Ang was extremely cautious about this game. He wanted to avoid accidents: this game must be won no matter what!
Li Ang regards the three points in the game with Racing Santander as a must-win. Barcelona naturally hopes that Racing Santander, who is fighting for relegation, can cause trouble to Sporting Gijon, and it is best to block Sporting Gijon.
If Barcelona wants to counterattack and become the La Liga champion, it must first win the next three league games, and then pray that Sporting Gijon makes a mistake.
In Spanish football, there has always been a tradition of giving out sniper awards to rival opponents. There are many rumors about this kind of precedent, but there are not many times that it is actually confirmed. In the thirty-sixth round of La Liga,
Before the start, the media revealed an explosive news: Barcelona secretly offered a sniper prize to Racing Santander. On the one hand, Racing Santander had reason and motivation to fight in order to avoid relegation, but in order to further stimulate the three armies of Racing Santander
Barcelona hopes to use money to stimulate the team to slow down Sporting Gijon's progress.
It is an open secret in La Liga that a team provides bonuses to teams that defeat their competitors. Although Spanish sports law does not allow bonuses to third parties that defeat their competitors, the law does not explicitly prohibit it, and
From a moral point of view, this seems to be far "brighter" and more acceptable than the black whistle of match-fixing such as paying off the opponent's referee, so this kind of "behind-the-scenes money" occurs almost every year in Spain.
In fact, this is not the first time that Barcelona has spent money to hire other teams to help snipe its championship rivals. In the early 1990s, Barcelona twice reversed Real Madrid at the last moment to win the championship: Tenerife won the last two consecutive years in 1992 and 1993.
Blocking Real Madrid in one round and helping Barcelona come from behind to win the championship. Although there has been no direct evidence that Barcelona spent money to hire Tenerife to snipe Real Madrid, in fact, Tenerife did receive "remuneration" from Barcelona in the end, not only
The team participated in the Gamper Cup (a friendly match held by Barcelona every summer to commemorate the founder of the club), which has always been reserved for wealthy clubs. What's more, the chairman of the team at the time was awarded the Barcelona Medal!
This method of using money to stimulate some teams to block championship opponents is called "Operation Bin Laden" in Spain: In Spain, the 500-euro banknote is nicknamed "Bin Laden" because of the extremely developed banks.
The card system allows Spaniards to rarely use banknotes of such large denominations, making the latter like "Bin Laden", although his name is heard but his face is not seen. The winning bonuses provided to third parties also have the same purpose -
—Everyone knows about its existence, but it has never been shown publicly.
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The first person to expose this matter was an Israeli media called "Goal Illustrated". This Israeli media quoted Arroyo, the wife of Racing Santander goalkeeper Avat, as saying that the wife of Racing Santander's Israeli goalkeeper,
While chatting with my best friend, she showed off that her husband would be able to earn extra money worth 50,000 euros.
Subsequently, "Goal Illustrated" quickly followed up and learned that Barcelona has issued a sniper award to Racing Santander. If Racing Santander can draw with Sporting Gijon, Barcelona will reward all players on the field with a total of thirty
If the goalkeeper can defeat Sporting Gijon, the bonus will be doubled to 600,000 euros. If the goalkeeper can seal Sporting Gijon, he will receive an additional bonus of 50,000 euros. The player who scores the goal will also receive the same bonus for each goal.
Worth fifty thousand euros!
After this news was exposed by the Israeli media "Goal Illustrated", the Madrid media "AS" immediately reprinted it, and it immediately caused an uproar in Spanish football.
