The day before the match against Alaves, Leon had a conversation with his Dutch youngster, David Jeffrey. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jeffrey was a little cramped when he treated Leon, who seemed to be afraid that Leon would blame him for his 'treachery'.

"Boss, I like Gijón and I like to play under you. Jeffrey said.

Leon didn't speak, his fingers tapped on the table, and he said in his heart, 'It should be—but'......

'But going to a ball like Porto and playing is an opportunity for me. Jeffrey paused and said, "Mr. Adrianse is a very famous coach in the Netherlands, and he admires ......"

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Leon stared at Jeffrey, which made the Dutch youngster a little flustered.

"David, have you thought it through?" asked Leon at last.

"Coach, I-" Jeffrey looked at the head coach with a dodgy look in his eyes, "I've thought it through, I want to go to a higher stage." ”

"Yes. Leon nodded, "Then, I can give you an answer now." ”

With Jeffrey looking at him a little worriedly, Leon said, "I'm not going to put obstacles in the way of your transfer, but you have to make sure that the ball gets the benefits it deserves from this transfer, you know?"

Jeffrey nodded.

"So, I'm going to say to Porto that I don't agree with your transfer. "And on your side, you can express to Porto that you want to go there, and in the case of ensuring the interests of the club, I am sure that your wishes will be in sight, David." ”

Jeffrey nodded vigorously, "I know what to do, sir." ”

Although he is only eighteen years old, Geoffrey is not a fool who does not understand anything, he understands Leon's methods, which is to use him as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Porto. In this regard, Jeffrey has no opinion and is willing to cooperate, his feelings for Sporting Gijón are not deep, but for Leon's kindness, the Dutch kid is very grateful, if possible, he is willing to help Leon.

"Go ahead, don't talk to anyone about it. Leon said. He didn't want this to upset the morale of the army.

Jeffrey nodded.

"David, behave well. Leon finally patted Jeffrey on the shoulder, "Show the Porto people how you are doing, the team needs your help to attack La Liga." ”

Hearing Leon say this, Jeffrey's eyes lit up, he thought the coach would be very angry, but he didn't expect the coach to be so reasonable and encourage himself, which made this Dutch kid's heart warm.

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After Jeffrey left, Leon sat in his chair and smoked.

He thought he would be very angry, but at this moment, he was not so angry, yes, Jeffrey was favored by a wealthy family like Porto, this little guy was tempted, isn't this a normal thing?!

As for the next three games, Leon will not abandon Jeffrey for this reason, on the contrary, he will continue to start Jeffrey, and he hopes that Jeffrey's performance will get better and better, so that the Dutchman will become more and more important in the minds of Porto coach Co Adrianse, so that Leon can make a profitable transfer.

Therefore, Leon's encouragement of Jeffrey just now was indeed sincere, but it moved the little guy very much.

After the conversation from the head coach, Jeffrey went back to his room to call his father, Pettelt Jeffrey.

"Dad, the boss has come to talk to me. Jeffrey said.

"What do you say?" asked Mr. Jeffrey eagerly.

"I did what you taught me to say, and the head was not angry. ”

"What did Mr. Leon say? ”

Jeffrey recounted his conversation with the manager.

After listening to his son's words, Mr. Jeffrey was very happy, Li Ang did not deliberately embarrass him, expressed his willingness to let go, and did not seem to be angry, and encouraged his son, which is really a good coach.

"Very well, son, just do what Coach Leon says. Mr. Jeffrey said that since Leon had not delayed his son's future, he was not willing to be a wicked man.

"Yes, I know. Hanging up the phone, Jeffrey couldn't be happy, he didn't know if he was right or wrong to leave Gijón, in his heart, he really didn't want to leave Gijón, he wanted to play under the boss. However, his family has been persuading him to go to Porto, and in the face of the invitation of the new European champion, Jeffrey finally moved under the constant persuasion of his family, after all, he is only an eighteen-year-old child, and the influence of his family is huge.

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In the second day's training, Leon focused on observing Jeffrey, and the performance of the Dutch youngster was not abnormal, and it could even be said that he was more serious and hardworking, which also made Leon feel a lot more relieved.

The second leg of the promotion play-off semi-final between Sporting Gijón and Alaves was played at the Mendi Zorosa Stadium, home of Alaves, on the evening of the day.

For this second-round match, there was an almost tragic mood throughout the city of Alaves.

After three seasons away from La Liga, Alaves is desperate to return to the La Liga stage.

Reaching the promotion play-offs this season has left Alaves extremely optimistic and they remain very confident about the possibility of returning to La Liga.

Especially in the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs, facing this season's old rival Sporting Gijón, although Sporting Gijón once eliminated Alaves in the Copa del Rey, but Alaves still has great expectations for crossing the threshold of Sporting Gijón and entering the final of the promotion play-offs.

The 0-7 defeat in the first leg away from home was something that Alaves did not expect, and it can be said that it was a bolt from the blue for them.

After the first leg, the whole city was in agony.

Everyone knows that with a score of 0-7 in the first leg, Alaves will not be able to turn the tables in the second leg. So, in the second leg, the Alaves media tried their best to exaggerate the sadness, and they called on the team to fight for glory.

Alaves preached fighting for glory, while Leon told his players to try to avoid cards and injuries. They can now think about promotion to the play-off final.

In this game, Leon rotated to a certain extent, with Juan Mata, Marcos, and Magul Pihra, as well as centre-back Isma, all sitting in the stands and not even in the squad for the match.

Originally, Leon also planned to let Juan Carlos rest, but seeing this kid's calf-like energy, and considering that Marcos had been hidden by him, Carlos's interception in the midfield was more critical, so he gave up the idea of letting Carlos take a rest, anyway, this guy's physical fitness is surprisingly good, and his physique is extremely strong, so he almost doesn't have to worry about getting hurt.

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In the end, in the second leg of the semi-final of the promotion play-offs against Alaves, Sporting Gijón, who had been rotated, lost 1-2 away from home.

Despite the loss, Sporting Gijón still advanced to the final of the promotion play-offs with an aggregate score of 8-2.

For this score, as well as the process of the game, Leon is satisfied, because Jeffrey's performance in the game is good, and the goal of Sporting Gijón is Jeffrey's quick insertion on the side and assist.

Leon believes that Porto will pay attention to this game, and Jeffrey's excellent performance will definitely be watched by Adrianse.

It is worth mentioning that the defeat in this game is also the first defeat of the team in all competitions congratulated by Li Ang's coach Sporting Gijón.

However, for this defeat, Sporting Gijón did not care about it, even the fans did not take it to heart, everyone understood that Sporting Gijón did not try their best in this game.

And for Leon, this 'planned' loss is not a good thing, the team has not lost, the media is bound to hype up what many games are undefeated or something, this hype, if it accumulates, or even spreads to next season, it will become an invisible pressure on the team.

It's acceptable to lose a game like this when it's acceptable to lose.

After crossing the Araves hurdle, the whole of Gijón is extremely excited, they have reached the promotion play-off final, and they only need to fight for two more games to get past this last hurdle and be able to fight back in La Liga!

La Liga, the stage they miss and desire so much!

ps: The second update, the bottom 2. (To be continued.) )