“…… In nine rounds of the league, Sporting Gijón won five, drew three and lost one, accumulating 16 points and ranking third in the league, which is one point higher than the defending champion Valencia...... Both teams are in decent form at the moment, especially Sporting Gijón, who have won back-to-back league and UEFA Cup games, so I think it's going to be a very intense and very good game to watch......

"Before the game, coach Ranieri praised Sporting Gijón coach Li Ang, saying that Sporting Gijón was the biggest surprise in La Liga this season......"

"Coach Leon said that Ranieri is a respectable coach, and he rarely takes the initiative to praise his opponents, but those who are worried that this game will become calm can rest assured that Sporting Gijón was previously beaten by Valencia in the Super Cup, and with Coach Leon's temperament, he will definitely not let go of the opportunity for revenge......"

"The difference between the two teams is one point, and given the real quality comparison between the two teams, there are doubts about whether Sporting Gijón can continue to occupy the top four places in the table, although Valencia is playing away from home, but it is generally favored, so why is this game still attracting so much attention? I think it's not so much about the game as it is about the outcome of the battle between the two managers: what kind of spark will there be between the best coach and the worst coach in Spanish football?"

The match between Sporting Gijón and Valencia is a well-deserved focus of this round of La Liga, and there are many comments and speculations about this game, which has become the focus of public opinion before the game. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

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As the media said, the coaches of both sides of the game were a big attraction, and Valencia manager Claudio Ranieri, nicknamed 'tinkerer', was initially lost because he made a few stupid moves in his early years when he was directing the game, and the situation or the score was superior. As the saying goes, "a good pot doesn't need to be mended", so he was given such a name, which was a bit ridiculous. Later, it was all kinds of firefighting, and the meaning of mending the pot was expanded to help the team stop the fall and make up for the leaks, which had a bit of praise. Mainly because his coaching philosophy in his early years was conservative and based on stability, so he didn't have bad results in any team, but when he wanted to win the championship, he was bad. But he is a very firm person, and his character is very good, and he has no temper, and now he is basically full of respect when he mentions him, and when it comes to the potmaker, he is basically a gentle ridicule.

As for Leon, his unruly personality and his enthusiasm for work are also a unique landscape in La Liga this season, and the duel between two managers with completely different personalities is indeed very eye-catching.

Of course, as the media said, Sporting Gijón was killed by Valencia in the Spanish Super Cup before the start of the season, Sporting Gijón is not a team that does not hold grudges, which is destined for today's game, the home team will not be willing to be calm, and Valencia, as the defending champion, was actually pressed by Sporting Gijón in the standings, which will definitely make them very unwilling, and will also take winning as the ultimate goal, the collision of two teams that are determined to win is bound to be very exciting.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 10th round of the Spanish Primera League, Sporting Gijón hosts Valencia! I'm Dagustino, and it's my old buddy Gonzalez, what do you think of today's game?"

"In fact, Ranieri is not a coach who pursues the path of artistic football, he is a manager who attaches great importance to the results of the game, when he first coached Valencia, he brought the Italian defense to Valencia, which led to Valencia's real take-off, they won the Spanish Copa del Rey at that time, qualified for the Champions League, and made history to reach the final of the European Champions League! ”

At this time, video footage began to be shown on the television screen, from 1997 to 1999, when Ranieri was in charge of Valencia for the first time.

The story between Ranieri and Valencia began in 1997, when after a brief period of prosperity during the Hiddink and Aragonés eras (becoming Copa del Rey and then runners-up in the league), the new president, Cortés, took over the scepter of Roig, who was infamous for the Mijatovic incident.

After Baldano was unable to control the team at the beginning of the '98 season and was sacked with poor results, and the former coach Lero, who had been in charge of the team in '94, was unable to revive the team, Cortés thought of Ranieri, the former coach of the "Flower City" who had led the team to a stubborn exit from the Camp Nou in the semi-finals of the Cup Winners' Cup a few months earlier, so after a brief handover ceremony, the Italian took over the turbulent Valencia in the world's doubts.

At that time, the team was indeed a "bad winter melon - rotten to the bottom": the embarrassing start of four consecutive defeats and the embarrassing results of one win, one draw and five defeats since mid-October made Ranieri feel stressed and severe. The central axis of the team's three lines at that time was also controlled by veterans (Subisareta Djukic - Lmira Romario), and morale was sluggish and people were distracted by poor results. Ranieri sacrificed an iron-fisted policy, first "sending" Romario, who despised the team and was undisciplined, back to Brazil; then pushed Mendieta, who was in a delicate position in the team, Angulo and Farinos of the second-line team to the forefront; let the Italian Carboni, Frenchman Roche, and Angeloma on the back line reorganize the defense; gave absolute trust to Argentine Olympic goalscorer López and Croatia's Flauvic, and "little donkey" in the Toyota Cup After joining, Valencia regained their glory, swept the top 3 of Spain, and in the 21st round of the league, when Barcelona led 3:0 at the Camp Nou, they scored four goals in the last 20 minutes, creating the greatest super reversal in the history of La Liga.

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The 1999 season was a year of great talk for all Valencia teams, and it was also the pinnacle of Ranieri's managerial career, which became the most radiant team in Spain at the time. Claudio Ranieri continued his makeover work ahead of the game, bringing in his own in the "City of Flowers" after sending an in-form Ortega to Sampdoria 's old subordinate Schwartz gave the No. 10 jersey to the Swedish sappers, got the frustrated international Canizares in Real Madrid for free to replace the aging Subisareta in the World Cup, and at the same time poached the Swedish central defender Boyklund and Barcelona released G Popescu at a low price, supplemented the Romanian Iliye brothers in the front line, and paired with Angullo, Farinos, Mendieta, and Mendieta, who have been coached for a season. López, Frauvic and other strong players with strength and potential, the team has assembled the most prosperous squad since the 90s: Canizares/Angeloma, Djukic, Buyoklund, Juanfran (Carboni)/Roche (Mendieta), Schwartz, G Popescu, L Mira (Farinos)/Angullo, López, Ilije (Frauvich).

In the first round of the league, Angulo made Ranieri a good start in the Atletico Madrid of his compatriot Sacchi, although the team then had a small twist and turn, losing to Deportivo La Coruna, Real Valladolid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, but the team and outside still unanimously supported Ranieri, starting from a 5:1 home sweep of Real Betis, Real Zaragoza, Real Madrid have become a ghost, Argentine striker Lopes and midfield playmaker Mendieta, wing attacker Angulo began to score consecutive goals, accurate passes, sharp breakthroughs attracted the attention of major powers, and the team's points were once at the top of the list, and shocked to reach the Champions Cup final, and finally regrettably succumbed to the runner-up!

Ranieri was held in high esteem in Valencia at that time and is still talked about today.

"Now Coach Leon's Sporting Gijón reminds people of Valencia, all of them are teams built by the head coach, and they are all beginning to show strong competitiveness in the league, the difference is that Sporting Gijón is more grassroots, they have just returned from La Liga, and their players are more unknown, but these players introduced and created by Coach Leon have burst out with amazing energy, and now, facing the defending champion Valencia, facing the Italian Claudio Ranieri's Valencia, this will be the biggest test of the biggest dark horse in La Liga this seasonGonzalez said that it is clear that he thinks Valencia will be even more difficult to play against than the Galacticos Real Madrid, and will be the most formidable opponent Sporting Gijón has faced so far, a real litmus test for this dark horse team!

PS: 5th update. My eyelids seem to be stuck with glue, and my breathing is a little sluggish. (To be continued.) )