Chapter 580: End of Season
Sporting Gijón won the Spanish Primera Liga one round earlier, which immediately became the focus of European media coverage. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The miracle of the promotion horse winning the championship in the Iberian Peninsula became a major event that caused a sensation in the whole of European football.
Gijón, a betting polling site.
Photos of several Sporting Gijón fans holding cheques also made headlines.
Here are a few loyal Sporting Gijón fans who bought Sporting Gijón to win the championship before the start of the season.
These fans also admit that they did not expect the team to win the championship at all, and they are satisfied that Sporting Gijón will be able to survive relegation at the end of the season.
BWIN's odds for Sporting Gijón, a promoted polo team, to win the championship are 398 to 1. These fans bought Sporting Gijón for pure fun.
But now, a miracle has happened, Sporting Gijón has won the championship, and the investment of these fans has been handsomely rewarded.
"Three hundred and ninety-eight times a miracle!" was the headline on the front page of the newspaper.
UEFA's official website also congratulated and praised Sporting Gijón for winning the La Liga title, saying that it was an incredible miracle and that this is the charm of football.
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Although there is still one round of the league, after the whole Gijón won the championship, it was already a day of celebration, and the whole city was enjoying the joy and happiness of the championship.
Sporting Gijón has performed a great miracle and played a great season, and now the most immediate reaction is that those players of Sporting Gijón have attracted the attention of many giants.
After the British "Guardian" newspaper reported the news of Sporting Gijón's championship with a special feature, it broke the news that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson had taken a fancy to Sporting Gijón's French midfielder Frank Ribery.
The Sun, on the other hand, has put it bluntly that Premier League upstart Chelsea are also targeting Sporting Gijon's players, with Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho targeting Sporting Gijon's Serbian and Montenegrin defender Branislav Ivanovic.
According to the Daily Mirror, Mourinho's targets are not just Ivanovic, the UEFA Champions League coach also has Portuguese defender Pepe and Sporting Gijón's youngster Juan Carlos on his list.
In particular, the newspaper pointed out that Mourinho has a great admiration for the youngster Carlos, believing that this player is the type of player that Chelsea needs most at the moment, and said that Chelsea intend to take Carlos at all costs this summer.
According to the newspaper As, Real Madrid are interested in buying back academy youngster Juan Mata. and revealed that Real Madrid President Florentino likes this homegrown youngster produced by Real Madrid's youth academy very much.
"Marca" said that Real Madrid intends to pack Ribery and Mata, in the words of the newspaper, Real Madrid has been determined to clean the aging Figo, and intends to bring in Mata and Ribery, so that Real Madrid's two wings can be plugged into young wings.
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Italy's "Milan Sport" broke the news that AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti admires Sporting Gijon's Croatian youngster Luka Modric. Carlo Ancelotti intends to convince the team's owner, Silvio Berlusconi, to open a cheque and bring in the young Croatian midfielder.
According to Torino Sport, Juventus coach Fabio Capello wants to complement the left side of the team, and they are targeting Sporting Gijón's Italian left-back Fabio Grosso, who intends to recruit the rookie international of the Italian national team.
"Roma Sport" also revealed Lazio's goal, the Blue Eagles want to bring in Sporting Gijón's Italian fringe international Antonio Di Natale, and said in a very positive tone that Lazio owner Lotito is even willing to spend 15 million euros to bring in the Italian striker, of course, this requires Sporting Gijón to be willing to accept the way of installment payment.
The "La Repubblica" broke the news that the target of the Serie A giants Inter Milan is Sporting Gijón's Argentine goalscorer Diego Milito, and they revealed that Inter Milan's captain, Argentine international Javier Zanetti, also welcomed Milito and has sent an invitation to Milito.
The British "Daily Mail" reported that Premier League giants Arsenal are also interested in a number of players of Sporting Gijon, especially pointing out that French manager Professor Arsene Wenger loves his French compatriot Karim Benzema.
And "French Football", which has always been known for its reports on Yan Jin, said that the Lyon team intends to spend money to buy back Benzema......
For Sporting Gijón fans, it's such a sour feeling, so fucked up, still enjoying the joy of the team's La Liga title and cheering for the team's double, and the media has been overwhelmingly full of reports about the giants coveting their players almost overnight.
According to these media reports, if these reports do come true, the current Sporting Gijón will almost be unrecognizable.
This also makes the excited fans of Sporting Gijón worried, although Sporting Gijón is now the champion of La Liga and the champion of the UEFA Cup, but it is indeed only a small club, so many players in the team are targeted by the giants, which does make the fans a little frightened, they are really worried that maybe one day in the future, they will see that the stars of the team are poached by those giants one by one.
In this regard, Sporting Gijón head coach Li Ang remained silent and did not come out to respond immediately.
On the contrary, it was Manuel Arango, chairman of Sporting Gijón, who stood up and said that Sporting Gijón is the champion team of La Liga, the champion team of Europe, and a team with plans and ambitions...... The implication is that fans don't have to worry.
"Not a single player will leave!" said Manuel Arango, president of Sporting Gijón, in a microphone.
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Milan, Italy.
The fifth meeting between Inter Milan president Facchetti and general manager Oriari and Sporting Gijón coach Leon's agent, Miss Betty, is going on intensely.
Leon led Sporting Gijón to the La Liga title and the double, which stimulated the nerves of Inter Milan. The Italian giants accelerated the pace of negotiations with Miss Betty, and after many rounds of experimentation, the two sides finally entered the final substantive stage.
May 29, 2005, 38th round of the 2004/2005 Spanish Primera League.
Sporting Gijón drew 1-1 away at Atletico Madrid.
At the end of the match at the Estadio Calderón in Madrid, when Sporting Gijón ended their league season at the end of the season, the negotiations between Inter Milan and Leon's agent finally came to fruition.