Chapter 218: Coach Leon is optimistic about the European champion

The final round of the 2003/2004 Spanish Serie B season has come to an end. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sporting Gijón won 4-2 at home against Cadiz.

Huelva drew with their opponents in this round of the league.

The top three teams in the league, Levante, Numancia and Alaves, all won this round of the league.

Alaves, who finished fourth in the league, were held to a draw by their opponents in the final game.

In this way, the top six places in La Liga will be finalized at the end of the season.

Levante, with 82 points, ranked first;

Numancia, with 81 points, is in second place;

Getafe, with 80 points, is in 3rd place;

Alaves, with 76 points, is in 4th place;

Sporting Gijón, with 73 points, is fifth;

Huelva, with 72 points, is in 6th place!

La Liga champions Levante and La Liga runners-up Numancia have been promoted directly to La Liga in the 2004/2005 season.

The three to sixth places Getafe, Alaves, Sporting Gijón and Huelva will also play promotion play-offs to determine the last promotion spot.

Sporting Gijón won at home to Cadiz in the final round of the league and not only stepped on the corpse of their opponent to reach the promotion play-offs, but also ended up in fifth place because Huelva drew in this round of the league.

For this ranking, Li Ang is very satisfied.

Because the final ranking is related to the matchup in the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs.

According to the rules, the third place in the league will play against the sixth place in the league, while the fourth and fifth places in the league will play against each other.

In this case, the semi-finals of the 2003/2004 La Liga promotion play-offs will be as follows: third place Getafe vs sixth Huelva, fourth place Alaves vs fifth place Sporting Gijón!

If there is a choice between the two teams, Getafe and Alaves, Leon will still hope to face Alaves in the semi-finals.

Without him, they eliminated Alaves in the Copa del Rey, and the players will have more confidence psychologically.

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The news that Sporting Gijón had reached the promotion play-offs made headlines on the front page of all Gijón media on the second day after the league ended, even the Gijón Post, which was banned by Leon and Sporting Gijón also had to send praise to the club, however, so far, this media is still blocked by Li Ang, they can't get first-hand information about Sporting Gijón, and even some reports have to be marked as reprinted from other media, which has hit the local media that was once the largest sales in Gijón, I am afraid that when they offended Li Ang, they did not expect that the Chinese who they did not pay attention to at the beginning actually brought them so much trouble.

Naturally, Li Ang did not pay attention to the predicament of the "Gijón Post", and he was not interested in paying attention to the defeat of his subordinates.

Leon was at the betting shop in the centre of Gijón at the time, and he had come to raise.

The European Championship is in full swing in Portugal, and Leon knows the miracle that has happened on that side of the Iberian Peninsula this hot summer, and he naturally wants to get a piece of the pie.

Half a year ago, Leon bought Greece to win the championship with all the funds he could use, of course, he was shy in his pocket, and his investment, which accounted for most of his family property, was only 5,000 euros.

However, at that time, Greece's odds were 100 to 100, which meant that after Greece won the championship, Leon would receive 500,000 euros, of course, before taxes.

At the beginning of the month, before the start of the European Championships, Leon bought Greece to win the championship from 5,000 euros from his salary for the previous quarter. At that time, the odds of Greece winning the championship have been adjusted to 50 to 1, which is not because the bookmaker is optimistic about Greece, but because the European Cup is about to open, the odds will be adjusted as usual.

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He remembered the surprised look in which the staff at the Gijón betting spot looked at him. Obviously, they were very unbelievable about Leon's optimism about Greece.

Leon is now a celebrity in Gijón, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the hottest star in the city at the moment, and he came to bet on the European Championship, which is naturally not a big news.

Subsequently, the media also reported that Li Ang took out a 'heavy money' to bet on Greece to win the championship, which also caused a burst of discussion, the media ridiculed that Li Ang coached the team at a high level, but the gambling vision is not very good, optimistic about Greece? This is really inexplicable, well, to be precise, to send money to the bookmaker.

This incident also became a joke for a while, and some fans also talked about it after dinner.

Of course, there are not many loyal fans of Leon, I don't know what considerations, choose to follow Leon and bet on Greece to win the championship, but they are obviously in the nature of joining in the fun, and the bet is up to 100 euros, of course, this can also make a small profit later.

This time, Leon came back to the betting shop and was warmly welcomed by the staff, all of whom were Sporting Gijón fans, who led the team to the promotion play-offs, and they certainly liked Leon.

"Hi Lee, I love you to death. Yesterday's game was awesome. A chubby middle-aged woman hugged Leon, who was the head of the betting shop, Maria.

"Thank you. Leon smiled and said, "This is a great performance from the boys." ”

There was a good-natured laugh at the betting shop, and it was funny that the 28-year-old manager called his players lads.

"Lee, are you going to continue betting on Greece?" someone shouted.

Everyone laughed again, and everyone knew that Leon was optimistic about the 'interesting story' of Greece winning the championship.

"Of course—" Leon blinked, "no. ”

There was another burst of laughter.

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"1,000 euros to buy Portugal to win the championship. "1,000 euros to buy Portugal to reach the semi-finals. ”

"OK!" Maria skillfully gave Leon a ticket, and she didn't feel strange about Leang's choice to bet on Portugal, Portugal is the host, and there is a golden generation such as Rui Costa, Luis Figo, Pauletta, etc., and it is indeed the favorite to win the championship.

"Is it just a thousand euros?" asked Maria, a thousand euros would normally be a lot, but considering that Leon had already bet a total of 10,000 euros on Greece, the thousand euros were not much.

"Nope. Li Ang shook his head, he knew the result, the 1,000 euros he bet on Portugal to win the championship was destined to be a waste, of course, the 1,000 euros that bet on Portugal to enter the semifinals could still get back some money for him, but he didn't make much money, after all, Portugal is strong, and it is the host, many people are optimistic that they will enter the semifinals and even win the championship, so the odds are not high.

Why did Leon bet on Portugal, this is also to confuse the public to a certain extent, if he just bought Greece to win the championship, and in the end Greece did win the championship, which is a bit too appalling. Because he's betting heavily on Greece.

Later, Leon bet again, "500 euros for Greece to win the championship, 500 euros for the Czech Republic to enter the semifinals." ”

"Haha, you're still optimistic about Greece. Everyone laughed.

"Why is it only five hundred euros this time?"

"There's no money. Leon shrugged, and everyone smiled good-naturedly.

At the same time, they expressed their understanding of their beloved team's head coach's betting choice today, Leon is still optimistic about Greece, but he is afraid of losing his money, so he chose to buy Portugal and the Czech Republic, which is a stop loss, to avoid losing his money in the end.

However, in everyone's opinion, Coach Leon is indeed going to lose badly this time, because he bet 10,000 euros to buy Greece to win the championship, and this money must have been wasted.

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This little incident that happened at the betting shop was also in the media again the next day. At this time, any little thing about the head coach of Sporting Gijón, Mr. Leon, can already be said to be newsworthy, and the fans like Leon and are interested in what is happening around him.

Although Leon came to the betting shop and bought Portugal and the Czech Republic this time, he still made a small bet on Greece, so Leon's loyal mouthpiece "Voice of Gijón" did not forget to joke, "It seems that Coach Leon is still optimistic about Greece, well, considering the magic of our dear Lee in the coach's seat, I think it is necessary for everyone to buy a bet on Greece, maybe you can make a small fortune." ”

This joke also drew good-natured laughter from many fans, however, a strange scene happened, many fans really went to the betting shop again and really bet on Greece to win the championship, of course, most of them were small bets such as five euros or ten euros.

Because many fans go to the betting point, so that these fans who come to bet on Greece still need to queue.

Subsequently, a local TV station in Gijón interviewed these fans queuing at the betting point, asking them why they followed Li Ang and whether they were really optimistic about Li Ang's betting choice.

The answer of these fans is interesting, that is, they like Leon and want to lose money with him......

"We won together with Lee on the pitch and enjoyed the joy of winning. The fan shouted into the camera, "He brought us the win on the pitch, and now, he's going to lose, and we're with him." ”

The news, which aired on television that night, was seen by Leon as he finished eating.

He was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "These fools. ”

The corners of the eyes of Mr. Sporting Gijón's Chinese head coach were a little moist......

After dinner, Leon turned on his laptop and now focused all his energy on the first leg of the promotion play-off semi-final against Alaves a day later.

In the first leg, Sporting Gijón hosted Alaves, and Leon had a clear goal of establishing the win as much as possible in the first leg! )