Chapter 547: The Storm Rises
At the post-match press conference, Leon was joined by veteran McGur Pihra. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
When the head coach of Sporting Gijón came out with his love, the reporters at the scene stood up and applauded.
This is a round of applause for Leon and Macour Pihra.
Sporting Gijón won in extremely difficult circumstances and now have 68 points, Barcelona are still 66 points after losing to Real Madrid in this round, and now they are two points clear of Barcelona and they are league leaders.
As the head coach of Sporting Gijón, Li Ang can be said to have single-handedly created this legendary dark horse, and is the creator of Sporting Gijón's current miracle record, and he deserves these applause.
And Macoul Pihra, a veteran who has played amateur football all his life, a veteran who has rarely been given the opportunity to play this season, when the team encountered a huge predicament, was ordered to turn the tide, two goals, one more wonderful than the other, to help Sporting Gijon score two goals in a row and win this crucial game! Magur Pihra also deserved these applause.
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The whole press conference has become a tea party of praise for Sporting Gijón, although the opponent in this game is only a relegation team, and Sporting Gijón has won so hard, but the success or failure of the hero, now Sporting Gijón is the leader of the league, and the media is not too much to praise them.
"Mr. Leon, now Sporting Gijón is the leader of the league, there are still seven rounds of the league, and if Sporting Gijón continues to be in this form, the league championship is also very promising. A reporter asked such a question.
Everyone at the scene stared at Li Ang, they wanted to hear what the Chinese coach would say, and in an interview, Li Ang refused to talk about the championship, saying that Barcelona is the most likely team to win the championship, and Sporting Gijón is too young and not strong.
Now that Sporting Gijón has reached the top, what will the Chinese head coach say?
"You also said that we can only hope to compete for the title if we continue to be in the form we are in. Leon said with a smile.
Boom, the entire press conference exploded.
Although there are certain restrictions in front of Li Ang's words, this answer is equivalent to Li Ang's first clear statement that agrees with Sporting Gijón's possibility of winning the championship.
"Coach Leon, you mean that the goal of Sporting Gijón is to be the champion, right?" asked a reporter from a local media in Gijón excitedly.
"Whether it's a person or a team, you always have goals and dreams. "We're the league leaders now, I'm proud of my team and my players, but I'm also thinking, if we're doing so well, why can't we do better?"
What does it mean to be better?
Facing the media, Leon showed the world for the first time that Sporting Gijón covets the league championship!
With the end of this match, the fact that Sporting Gijón reached the top of the La Liga standings, especially the fact that Sporting Gijón coach Leon expressed his desire to compete for the league title for the first time in his post-match press conference, caused a storm throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
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El Pais (El País) commented: If you were to ask before the start of the season who would still be at the top of La Liga at the end of the 31 rounds of the league, the options would not be Real Madrid, Barcelona, or Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna. But who would have thought that with Barcelona losing the Spanish national derby, Sporting Gijón actually climbed to the top of the La Liga standings after defeating Albacet 2-1 in this round! Chinese coach Li Ang's team stood at the top of La Liga, and a promoted polo team led La Liga in April, which is something that has never happened in the 100-year history of La Liga, this is not April Fool's Day, and an incredible scene is happening......
El Mundo commented: Macoul Pihra, a 36-year-old veteran and an amateur-turned-veteran, stepped up when his beloved team needed heroes the most, and his two brilliant goals sealed the comeback victory. The Albachets looked set to win a victory, but McGur unproductive their efforts. Coach Leon promoted the veteran amateur player last season and trusted him to renew his contract, which is the most heartwarming story in Gijón, and now, the veteran has repaid the team and coach he loves so much, McGur is a hero, and Coach Leon is an extraordinary leader......
Marca newspaper sourly said: Leon was once again blessed with luck, and the performance of the 36-year-old Macoul Pihra gave Sporting Gijón a crucial victory, and the veteran performance was a miracle...... Sporting Gijón are now league leaders, two points ahead of Barcelona. ”
The ABC newspaper praised Sporting Gijón and Leon: April 7 will most likely be written in the annals of Spanish sport. Promoted Polo team Sporting Gijón tops the La Liga standings, two points ahead of Barcelona! Macoul Picla, an amateur player who became a hero to save his beloved team, is unfolding, Li Ang, the Chinese head coach who led Sporting Gijón to a shocking achievement, with seven league games to go before the end of the season, and the title is still unknown, but the Chinese manager's achievement is enough to make him go down in La Liga history...... After the game, Coach Leon expressed to everyone that his team wanted to win the league title, which was shocking, but it was not surprising that Sporting Gijón was already top of the league......, so why couldn't they become league champions?
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The Catalan media and Barcelona's mouthpiece, Daily Sport, warned Barcelona with some anger: "It's time to wake up, Rijkaard and the Barcelona stars, the league title is not locked in the safe, in fact, we are now second in the league and we will be punished if we fail to take our chances." ”
The opportunity referred to by Daily Sport is obviously the 32nd round of La Liga in a week's time, when Barcelona will visit the Estadio El Molinon against Sporting Gijón, a real Mars collision match.
Another mouthpiece of Barcelona's media "Le Monde Sport" is cheering for Barcelona, "Leon said that their goal is the championship, Barcelona's superstars, we should do something to tell this outspoken guy that the championship belongs to Barcelona!"
Since the previous grudge with Li Ang, the relationship between "World Sports Newspaper" and Li Ang has been quite tense, and almost every issue of the newspaper has 'picked a bone in the egg' and tried every possible way to find trouble with Li Ang.
The words of "Daily Sport" and "World Sport" also represent the minds of Barcelona people to some extent, they are a little uneasy about Sporting Gijón surpassing them in the standings, and then they are angry, and they are pressed by a promoted horse, which makes them feel offended, and finally the Barcelona people are still more confident in the league championship, they are not flustered, for the next round of the league and Sporting Gijón direct matchup, they generally believe that their team can teach Sporting Gijón to be a man.
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Sporting Gijón topped La Liga, which not only made the Spanish media buzz, but also caused a lot of discussion in other mainstream media in Europe.
The French newspaper "Team" commented: "Amazing game, amazing veteran, amazing coach." Chinese head coach Li Ang has created a huge suspense about the ownership of the La Liga title. ”
The British newspaper Daily Mirror reported: "The unthinkable is happening in the Iberian Peninsula, with a promoted polo team becoming the number one in La Liga. The British media praised Li Ang, and even in order to let the British understand what Li Ang's feat in La Liga meant, they compared Li Ang to the four wonders of British sporting history to illustrate, "If Sporting Gijón can finally win La Liga, then the Chinese head coach will achieve no less than the legendary coach Brian Clough in Derby County (1971/72 top flight victory), Nottingham Forest (1977/ Won the top flight in '78 and won the European Cup twice). Sri Lanka's 1996 cricket World Cup triumph and Billy Beane's Auckland Athletics baseball team will be dwarfed by Leon's success. I have to mention that it is even more miraculous that Li Ang did it as a Chinese coach (leading Sporting Gijón to win the championship),"
The Guardian commented: "Now the whole of Spanish football is shaken by this Chinese and his Sporting Gijón, in this round of the league, Real Madrid won the Spanish national derby 4-2 against Barcelona, they were happy, but soon they noticed that the headlines in the newspapers had changed...... It's incredible to beat Spain's two traditional giants to the top. ”
The Sun introduced the achievements of Leon in leading the La Liga promoted polo team, and after praising Leon twice, he put more praise on Magul Pihra, the amateur veteran's counterattack, in the newspaper's view, is even more eye-catching and amazing.
What happened in the Iberian Peninsula even attracted the attention of Russians, Russian Sports Express: "A Chinese coach set off an earthquake in Spanish football. ”
ESPN commented: "Barcelona are playing with fire, they may have thought the league title was in the bag, but now that they have lost their place in the lead, Coach Leon's team has shown everyone how incredible they are." ”
The BBC's focus seems intriguing," Sporting Gijón topped the first place in La Liga, their head coach Li Ang expressed his covetousness for the league championship for the first time, there are still seven rounds in La Liga, and there is still great suspense about the ownership of the league championship, but there is no suspense about one thing, regardless of whether Sporting Gijón can finally win the championship, but, coach Li Ang, the rising Chinese young coach in Spanish football, will attract major attention in European football, and perhaps some European giants who are considering changing coaches are already considering the Chinese young coach. ”
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The BBC may have just spoken in a humorous or speculative tone, and perhaps the media did not expect it, but they were right.
At Pinenati's base, Inter Milan president Moratti has just had a closed-door meeting with the club's hierarchy.
During this meeting, Moratti publicly expressed his appreciation for the change of manager and Sporting Gijón manager Leon to the club's top management for the first time.
Previously, although Oriari and Blanca both knew about Moratti's appreciation of Leon, it was only a private occasion, and this time Moratti held such a solemn meeting to discuss the matter, so that everyone understood that Mo's father was real.
Inter Milan president Facchetti is not very supportive of Moratti's desire to change the manager.
This is very interesting, Moratti took a fancy to Mancini and invited Mancini to coach, but Fachetti did not agree, and then Moratti personally persuaded Facchetti to let Facchetti support Mancini to coach.
Now, Moratti is going to change the manager, and Facchetti once again expressed his disagreement, Facchetti is worried that the team's frequent changes of manager will cause more shock, and he feels that he should be more patient with Mancini and give Mancini another year.
In addition to the fear that the frequent changes of coaches in the team will cause turmoil in Inter Milan, the reason why Facchetti voted against it was because of his unfamiliarity with Leon, and he could not understand why Moratti would be so fond of a Chinese coach, which was inconceivable in Facchetti's opinion.
This is not illegal Chetty's disgust with Leon, mainly because of the lack of understanding, for an old man like Fachetti, any things and people that he does not understand are uncontrollable, unknown, and risky, and will be subconsciously avoided and opposed.
Moratti takes Facchetti's opinion very seriously, and he needs the support of the chairman.
Just as Moratti personally lobbied Fachetti to persuade him to support Mancini, this time, Moratti lobbied Fachetti again.
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At this moment, Facchetti is wearing reading glasses and is reading a newspaper that Moratti gave him, the latest Milan Sports Newspaper.
Because Albertini played for Sporting Gijón, and Italian players such as Di Natale, Grosso, and Chiesa played for Sporting Gijón, Sport Milano was the first Italian media to pay attention to Leon and Sporting Gijón.
Then Sport Milan was amazed by Sport's outstanding performance, and they were shocked by the storm caused by the La Liga dark horse in Spanish football.
Sporting Gijón reached the top of La Liga after this round of La Liga matches, which once again attracted the attention and heated discussion of "Milan Sports Newspaper" without exception.
Facchetti was watching a commentary on Leon and Sporting Gijón in the newspaper Sport......
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