Racing Santander are fighting for relegation, and there are rumors of Barcelona's sniper bonus incentives, many people think that Sporting Gijón will be blocked at the Sardine Man Stadium, at least it will not be so easy to win, but the final result has surprised many people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Six to zero!

Sporting Gijón won heartily at the Sardine Man Stadium and Santander did not cause any problems for the Gijóns.

After the game, even the sour Madrid media had to sigh that the Gijón people burst out with great energy, and it seemed that nothing could stop them from winning the league title, as long as they continued to win, Barcelona would not be able to turn the tables even if they won the next two games.

In this game, Carlos scored a scissor-foot volley goal after passing two people in a row, which has been rated as the best goal in this round of the league by the Spanish media in advance, although the 36th round of the league now only has one game of Sporting Gijón, and the other games have not yet started, which shows the high evaluation of Carlos's goal by the media.

"It's hard to imagine a more commen......dable goal than this one for someone you didn't expect!" – commented the ABC newspaper.

Carlos was in a good mood after scoring this wonderful goal, not just because of the goal, but after the game, his sister Alice cooked for him and prepared a sumptuous dinner to treat him, of course, if there was no manager who enjoyed the dinner together...... The boy misses the days when he was loved by his sister alone, but now he has been taken away by someone.

After dinner and seeing Carlos off, Leon and Alice enjoyed a wonderful evening.

The next day, the head coach of Sporting Gijón was refreshed because his team was about to make the final sprint towards a championship!

They're leaving for Lisbon!

The European champions are waiting for them!

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After the match against Racing Santander, the Gijóns had not had time to savor the victory when their attention was drawn to the final three days later.

18 May 2005, Portugal, Lisbon, Estadio Alvalad, 2004/2005 UEFA Cup Final, Sporting Gijón vs Sporting Lisbon.

At the height of Sporting Gijón's history, they never reached the final of the three major European cups, and this is the first time in the team's history that they have a chance to win the European championship trophy!

The whole of Gijón went crazy because of this game.

This final, objectively speaking, is unfavorable for Sporting Gijón, because the venue of the final is exactly at the Alvalad Stadium, the home of Sporting Lisbon, which means that in this final, Sporting Gijón is playing away.

In fact, more than half a month ago, there was an appeal in the Sporting Gijón fan organization to call on more fans to go away to support the team.

"Let our lads feel our support!"

"They are not alone! We are with them!"

"Let's go!

The appeal, initiated by Badricuree and Xavi Gladero, was echoed by many fans.

On the second day of the match between Sporting Gijón and Racing Santander, three days before the UEFA Cup final, many Sporting Gijón fans began to head to Lisbon, and some of them chose to drive there, and Spain's National Radio 3 even followed all the way to report on the Gijón expedition to Lisbon.

"At this time, it is Gijón who stands up to defend the honor of Spanish football!" said gold medal football commentator Dagstino also expressed his emotion on his own program, calling on the whole of Spain to support Sporting Gijón at this time.

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On May 16, the entire team of Sporting Gijón departed for Lisbon.

For Sporting Gijón, the match against Sporting Lisbon was a complete encounter, and they had not faced a Portuguese side before.

Leon has been repeatedly reminding his players to be careful of this opponent, and although the Portuguese team's results in European competition have been getting worse and worse in a few years, the Portuguese team can be said to be in a golden period in the years around 2005.

The Portuguese league cannot compete with Europe's top five leagues in terms of economic power, but its clubs have a remarkable record in European history: in the 60s, Eusebio's Benfica broke Real Madrid's monopoly in the Champions League, and in 1987, the young Futre led Porto to win the honour again. In the last three seasons, the Portuguese side have reached back-to-back European finals, winning the UEFA Cup and Champions Cup in the summers of 2003 and 2004. In 2000, the Portuguese national team reached the semi-finals of the European Championship and reached the final four years later. Even UEFA has praised Portuguese football on its website as "the new model of Europe".

Compared to Portugal's other two giants, Sporting Lisbon have never won the Champions Cup, only winning the Cup Winners' Cup in 1964, but if they win the League Cup, they will become the eighth club in history to win both the Cup Winners' Cup and the League Cup.

At Lisbon Portela Airport, the arrival of Sporting Gijón has received great attention from the Portuguese media, for this season's biggest dark horse in La Liga, now want to be the leader of La Liga, the Portuguese are also very interested, of course, there is also the Chinese head coach of Sporting Gijón, as Sporting Gijón continues to advance in La Liga and the UEFA Cup, Leon's fame is also growing, at least now in mainstream European football, many people already know this La Liga dark horse young coach.

"Sporting Lisbon is a club to be respected. ”

'Portuguese football is the star of Europe, last year's European Championship was a semi-final, Porto also won back-to-back European titles, so this final will be tough. ”

Li Ang is dressed in a suit and leather shoes, facing the lens of the Portuguese microphone, looking polite and gentlemanly, and he also shows great respect for Portuguese football and Sporting Lisbon, which makes the Portuguese full of good feelings for this Chinese at once, which is also in line with their consistent impression of the Chinese, restrained, humble and polite.

Seeing Leon's posture, many Spanish reporters at the scene rubbed their eyes, if they weren't blind, or the world was turned upside down, was this still the unruly and unruly Leon they were familiar with?

Feign!

Just pretend!

Leon's humility has won the hearts of the Portuguese, and the achievements he has led to the promotion of Sporting Gijón this season have also moved the Portuguese, who are always respected, so they now have a very good impression of Leon: a very capable and humble young Chinese coach.

Listening to the Portuguese reporter's praise of Leon, the Spanish reporter had a strange expression. They really want to remind these Portuguese not to be deceived by the appearance of this bastard, be careful, but this final is a confrontation between Spanish football and Portuguese football, a close neighbor of the Iberian Peninsula, and even those who no longer like Leon and Sporting Gijón have to be on the side of Sporting Gijón at this time...... Therefore, the end result was that seeing Leon's elegant and humble appearance and talking happily with Portuguese reporters, the Portuguese felt quite good about Leon, and some of these Spanish reporters couldn't stand it.

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The hotel where Sporting Gijón was staying was not too far from the Alvalade Stadium, the venue for the final, and they could even see the stadium from a distance on the way to the hotel.

A year ago, the whole of Portugal was frantic about the European Championship on home soil, and a year later, the biggest European football tournaments are back in Portugal. In the vicinity of the Alvalad Stadium, and indeed in the whole of Lisbon, the traces of Euro 2004 have disappeared, and everywhere has been replaced with the "Lisbon 2005" logo, with the green color belonging to Sporting Lisbon. For three consecutive seasons, Portuguese fans have been able to cheer on their team in European finals, which is an incomparable blessing.

The Alvalad Stadium, home of Sporting Lisbon, is considered one of the most beautiful stadiums at Euro 2004. At present, the stadium has been renovated by UEFA and has shown the grandeur of one year ago. According to the first release of the media, 528 volunteers who had worked for the European Championship were re-dressed in UEFA green clothing for the final.

Sporting Gijón has just arrived in Lisbon, and the players did not communicate with the media at the airport, except for the head coach Leon, only the team's old captain Hierro said a few words in an interview with the media, which was just a formulaic response, without substance.

On the other hand, Sporting Lisbon's side has quite active players.

Sporting Lisbon's players were given an all-out attack message in an interview, with veteran goalscorer Sa Pinto predicting a goal shootout and Sporting Lisbon's leading striker Lidsen saying he needed to score at least one goal.

However, it was Sporting Lisbon coach Pecero who stepped up to cool down, "Lidson is our best scorer, but in any case, playing our own overall level is the most important thing. ”

Speaking about Portugal's third consecutive European final, Perseiro said: "Maybe we are at a higher level than we thought. ”

Speaking about Sporting Gijón's opponents, Sporting Lisbon coach Pesiero said: "It's hard to imagine a promoted team that has done this, they played us in the final of the UEFA Cup and they are leading in La Liga, and that says it all. ”

And the Portuguese media is also offering advice to Sporting Lisbon, Portuguese media, "A Bola" analysis said that Sporting Gijón is good at defending and counterattacking, the players are physical and fast, and Sporting Lisbon is attacking with all its strength at home, and the opponent's counterattack must be treated with caution.

Another Portuguese media outlet, O Jogo, also warned Sporting Lisbon that the team should be careful with Sporting Gijón and be cautious.

The Portuguese media constantly reminded Sporting Gijón not to underestimate the opponent and to be careful of this opponent, not only because Sporting Gijón is now the leader of La Liga, such a team can beat Real Madrid and Barcelona to lead La Liga, the strength of which should not be underestimated, this caution is actually more from the lessons left by last year's European Championship final, Scolari's Portuguese national team lost 0-1 at home to a defensive-oriented Greek team.

And the coach of the Portuguese team, Scolari, also expressed his opinion on this game, "Big Phil" believes that Sporting Lisbon will win the championship, but must play more rational and smart, "Big Phil" also said that in this game, he will be a player of Sporting Lisbon and will cheer for Sporting Lisbon in the stands of honor at the Alvardella Stadium.

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For the first time in Sporting Gijón's history, Sporting Gijón played a European final, and the club's president, Manuel Arango, also came to Lisbon with the club.

At the hotel, Scott reported to Leon that the players had been arranged, and Leon breathed a sigh of relief, he was now under great pressure and tired.

"Good work, Jesus, you should rest early. ”

Leon saw off Scottrie and was about to close the door to rest, but when he saw the president of the club, Manuel Arango, approaching, he stood at the door, looking at the chairman who was coming, thinking about the old Arango's intentions.

"Lee, let's talk. Manuel Arango said directly.

Li Ang glanced at old Arango in surprise, he didn't understand what the other party wanted to talk to him before the big war, and his expression was so serious.

"Let's go to the café. Leon nodded and said a location.

In the café on the third floor of the hotel, Mr. President and Mr. Head Coach of Sporting Gijón chose a hidden corner and sat down and ordered two coffees at random.

"What are the odds of winning the final?" asked Arango Sr. bluntly.

Li Ang frowned slightly, since the last quarrel, the rift between the two has become more and more wide, and the contradiction is very deep, and now there is no more false greeting when talking, it is really ...... Old Arango's attitude made Leon feel ashamed of being lectured by his boss.

"There are many factors that affect the outcome of a final like this. "Sporting Lisbon is the host country and this team is very good, so it's hard to say. ”

Li Ang told the truth, although he is also extremely eager for the championship, and he is very confident in his players, but, when it comes to the result, he really does not have much certainty, as he said, there are too many influencing factors in the final, one of the most important points, Sporting Lisbon is the host, which has a great impact, and there is that Sporting Lisbon is a veteran team in Europe, with rich experience, Sporting Gijón has never played such a final, and the pressure and level of the European final are incomparable to the Spanish Copa del Rey final.

Hearing Leon say this, old Arango's face was not good, this was about to find another job, so his mind was not in Gijón? Thinking like this, he was even more unhappy.

"You helped the team win the UEFA Cup!" Manuel Arango said suddenly, holding back his anger, "I agree to let you climb the high branches without liquidated damages." ”

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