Chapter 435: Priceless Treasure
According to the Spanish Football Federation's fine, Sporting Gijón coach Leon was banned for three games, coaching staff member Banderas was banned for two games, main defender Carlos was banned for four games, main central defender Pepe was banned for two games, and main midfielder Ribery was banned for two games. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition, Juan Mata is recovering from injury, Dorado is recovering from injury, Branislav Ivanovic is recovering from injury and Magul Pihra is recovering from injury.
Suffice it to say, Sporting Gijon's lineup starters were directly crippled.
On December 5th, in the 14th round of La Liga, Sporting Gijón will face Levante away, Levante is another dark horse in La Liga this season in addition to Sporting Gijón, and now has the same points as Real Madrid, ranking ninth in the league, only four points less than Sporting Gijon. Levante's dark horse is very different from Sporting Gijón, Levante's record against strong teams is very average, but when playing against other teams, the results are relatively stable. If in the past, Sporting Gijón was not afraid of Levante at all, and it was not difficult for them to win Levante, but now Sporting Gijon, which is short of major generals, will face Levante away, but it is not easy to say.
Then, a week later, on December 12, in the 15th round of La Liga, Sporting Gijón will host Villarreal, a small-town team nicknamed the 'Yellow Submarine', which is difficult to entangle.
Then in midweek, Sporting Gijón will usher in the final game of the group stage of the UEFA Cup, they will travel to face the Austrian giants Rapid Vienna away, of course, Spain's ban has nothing to do with European competition, this game can be directed on the spot, and Sporting Gijón, who has already locked the first place in the group in advance, can also be rotated appropriately.
Then at the weekend, December 19, in the round of 16 of La Liga, Sporting Gijón will face Real Sociedad away.
This game will be the last of Leon's three ball overseers.
Then, three days later, Sporting Gijón will host Racing Santander in the 17th round of La Liga in midweek, and after this game, La Liga will officially enter a two-week winter break.
Sporting Gijón, who is absent from the major general and the head coach is also suspended, these games are a hurdle, and it is not easy to get through it smoothly.
Of course, according to some media in Madrid, Leon and Sporting Gijón are lucky, because in the 18th round of the league and the 19th round of the league, Sporting Gijón will meet Sevilla and Atletico Madrid two strong opponents in a row, both of which are after the winter break, which gives Sporting Gijón a chance to breathe, and at the same time, Sporting Gijón's suspended players will also return, and the team lineup will be aligned.
However, for Leon, what happens after the winter break doesn't need to be considered now, and the most important thing for him now is how the team will get through the current difficulties.
Leon began to realize one point, that is, compared to the team's injury, his own ban, should have the greatest impact on the team, this is not Leang's boasting, nor that he values himself too much, but in fact, this is indeed the case, in the current team of Sporting Gijón, no player is really indispensable, but he is the most important coach!
When analyzing the impact of the Spanish Football Federation's ban on Sporting Gijón, "Voice of Gijón" pointed to the core of the problem, saying that the team's head coach Li Ang's three bans are the biggest blow to Sporting Gijón!
Even if the team suffers a large number of injuries, as long as the Chinese stands on the sidelines, both the fans and the players will have the backbone.
Now, the head coach Li Ang is suspended, and the local media in Gijón pointed out that this is the biggest test for Sporting Gijón.
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On December 5th, the 14th round of La Liga, Sporting Gijón played away with Levante, this game, Leon was suspended, Sporting Gijón was commanded by assistant coach Scotteri, of course, before the game started, Leon had tried to arrange everything.
The process of the game does not need to say anything, the score is 0-0, and the pale score can imagine the boring of this game.
After the game, Madrid's media quipped that Sporting Gijón was like a cowardly groundhog in this game. Sarcastically, Sporting Gijón are so conservative against Levante.
Leon scoffed at this and simply ignored it.
Carlos suspended, Pepe suspended, Hierro suspended, Branislav Ivanovic injured, Juan Mata injured, Dorado injured.
Sporting Gijón struggled to even make up the starting eleven for this game, with left wing-back Dani Borreguero starting and Grosso being deployed as a cameo left centre-back to form a new centre-back partnership with Isma, while in midfield, Javier Blanco played in Ribery's original position.
Leon's attitude is very clear, get a point from Levante's away game! The whole team is mainly defensive, attacking when there is a chance, defending if there is no chance, and not conceding a goal is the first element.
He doesn't care what the media says, with the current remnants of Sporting Gijón, scoring points is the most important thing, and everything else is false.
Sporting Gijón struggled to get a point in this round, and Barcelona, which was also punished by the ban, won this round, but it was not easy to win, facing the weak Málaga, Barcelona did not score by Deco's long-range shot until more than 80 minutes into the game, scoring the only goal of the game.
And Real Madrid, who has been gloating and waiting for the fisherman to take advantage, faced Villarreal at the Love Song Stadium in this round, and finally played a 0-0 draw, and did not seize the opportunity to close the gap between the second place in the league Sporting Gijón.
That's right, after Sporting Gijón drew with Levante in this round, they are still second in the league, and they have the same points as Sevilla, which won this round, but Sporting Gijón has more goals and more goal difference than Sevilla, so it is still second place.
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For Real Madrid, this is a good opportunity to narrow the difference, what is surprising is that Real Madrid did not seize this opportunity, this time, the "As" newspaper, which has always been the mouthpiece of Real Madrid, also changed the direction of public opinion this time and began to criticize Real Madrid.
The headline of the newspaper "As" is "If you don't fight for yourself, everything else is useless", Castello believes that Real Madrid should not think about anything else now, and the most important thing is to do their own thing.
The newspaper Ace criticised Barcelona for playing without fighting spirit, Villarreal controlled the ball from the start, the submarine took the initiative in the game, and Real Madrid appeared to be lacking in morale and seemed ill-prepared for the rigors of the game. There weren't many fouls in the game, but Real Madrid didn't have a good attack.
"Look at the stars on the pitch at Real Madrid, look at the stars on our bench, look at Sporting Gijón that even managed to put together the starting line-up, although I hate to admit it, but, in fact, the Chinese did a very good job, he drove a sports car with the material of a tractor......"
Castellio's words are really rare, and "As" is equivalent to a high praise for Leon, which means that he is much better than Real Madrid coach Luxemberg......
However, Li Ang did not appreciate this praise from the mouthpiece of Real Madrid, and he said unceremoniously in his column in the "Voice of Gijón": I didn't want to say anything, but I had to speak, because I need to correct one thing, my players are not tractor materials, they are all unpolished diamonds, they are priceless!