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Then he received a call from Alice, who was clearly worried about her brother.

Leon had no choice but to comfort Alice, and he told Alice that Carlos did a good job, did a good job, and interpreted the team spirit well, a player who can stand up for his teammates is a good player, and there is a kind of player who can shoot when he should shoot.

"I know, you're talking the other way around. Alice, who was worried, was also amused and said.

"It's not all the opposite, either. Leon thought about it carefully, "Although intellectually speaking, I want to criticize Juan for not calming, but, emotionally speaking, Mata was maliciously fouled by his opponent, if he is indifferent, I will be very angry!"

"Sounds paradoxical. Alice said.

"Reason and emotion are always contradictory. Leon smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's okay." ”

"Are you really okay?"

"If there is anything that can be suspended, it is also at the level of the national youth team, and it will not affect the club. If anything, Mata is injured, that's what gives me a headache, that kid is stronger than a cow, it's fine. Li Ang said angrily.

"Then I'm relieved. Alice breathed a sigh of relief.

Hanging up Alice's phone, Leon lit a cigarette and then called the team's team doctor, Mr. Rotalo, to keep in touch with the Spanish Under-19 team and keep abreast of Mata's injury.

Then, Leon sat on the couch and fell into deep thought.

He's starting to think about the team's next month's game.

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On October 17, in the seventh round of La Liga, Sporting Gijón will challenge Deportivo La Coruna away.

On 21 October, the 2004/2005 UEFA Cup group stage will kick off with Sporting Gijón hosting Utrecht in the first round of the group stage.

On October 24, in the eighth round of La Liga, Sporting Gijón will welcome Real Betis at home.

On October 27, in the first round of the Spanish Copa del Rey, Sporting Gijón will welcome La Liga team Elche at home.

On October 31, in the ninth round of La Liga, Sporting Gijón once again ushered in a strong opponent, they will be a guest at the Bernabeu, and the opponent is the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid!

In less than half a month, Sporting Gijón will play five games, which can be said to be very intensive.

Not only that, but Sporting Gijón's opponents were also stronger than ever.

The opponent of the seventh round of the league is Deportivo La Coruna, which is a very strong opponent.

Deportivo La Coruna did not have much of a reputation until the nineties, but in 1991 it returned to the First Division. Since returning to the first division, every season has created huge pressure on big teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid. Deportivo La Coruna's rise has been made possible by the Brazilian star. Since Bebeto's arrival, nearly 20 Brazilian players have played for Deportivo La Coruna in the last six or seven years. In the 1999/2000 La Liga season, Deportivo La Coruna burst onto the top two league titles, beating Barcelona and Real Madrid, which may have marked a new golden period for Deportivo La Coruna.

At the beginning of the 21st century, Deportivo La Coruna broke the traditional La Liga competition between Barcelona and Real Madrid for the league title, and won the La Liga crown in the league that year. Deportivo began to perform at the highest club level in Europe, and the Super Laco peak was once again on its way, including one of the most incredible comebacks in the history of the European Champions Cup, a 4-0 defeat over defending champions AC Milan in the second leg after a 4-1 defeat at the San Siro in the first leg. Since returning to the first division, Deportivo La Coruna has been putting pressure on big teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid every season. But perhaps due to lack of experience and lack of heat, this team that has been hoping for a long time to win the First Division has always made a last-minute misstep, leaving fans helpless. However, Deportivo La Coruna's rise has been very popular in Spain, as it has taken Spanish football from the top three to the top four, and since then it has also earned the title of "Super Laco".

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Leon had studied Deportivo La Coruna, and he found an interesting picture in the major European leagues: Deportivo with a population of 230,000, Parma with a population of 180,000, Bayer Leverkusen with 160,000 and Lens with 40,000...... Since the end of the 80s of the last century, these four small European cities have become the focus of the world because of football, perhaps it is a coincidence, but it is enough to create an era of small towns. In 1988, Rondoiro took over Laco, Kalmond took over Leverkusen, Mahdale bought Lens, and one year later, Parmalat of Tanzi became Parma's sponsor. One would not have guessed that throughout the 1990s, these insignificant towns would steal the limelight from the continent's four major leagues.

These four teams have become league spoilers in the four major leagues, and even threatened the status of the giants for a time.

In La Liga, in addition to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia, the three teams that make Leon most jealous are Deportivo La Coruna, and even his fear of Deportivo is above Valencia, because if Deportivo is crazy, it will be like seeing who destroys whom, and last season's reversal and elimination of AC Milan is an example.

Therefore, after the league break of the national team break, the first game that Leon's Sporting Gijón faced was to travel to the Stadio riaço to challenge Super Laco, which was a tough test for Sporting Gijón.

Then, the first opponent in the group stage of the League Cup, Utrecht, although the strength is not particularly strong, but Utrecht is also an old fritter team in the League Cup, and Sporting Gijón is still not to be taken lightly despite playing at home.

In the eighth round of the league at home with Real Betis, although Real Betis is currently ranked lower than Sporting Gijón in the league standings, only ranked twelfth, but Leon knows the madness of Real Betis this season, this team is the big dark horse of this season, according to the original history, Real Betis finally ranked fourth in the league and qualified for the Champions League!

Therefore, against Real Betis, Sporting Gijón also needs to be extra cautious.

Then there's the Copa del Rey first round against Elche, which was perhaps the easiest of the five games in the past two weeks.

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Finally, on the last day of October, in the ninth round of La Liga, Sporting Gijón will travel to the Bernabeu to play against the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid!

The importance of this game is undoubted, and the difficulty can be imagined, with the grudge between Real Madrid and Sporting Gijón last season, Sporting Gijón was a guest at the Bernabeu this time, and the danger was much higher than last season's Copa del Rey final!

In less than half a month, five games, and four tough battles, it can be said that it is a real devil's schedule.

ps: Anti-piracy attempt, has been modified. (To be continued.) )