A week later, on December 12, in the penultimate round of league matches before the winter break, in the 15th round of the league, Sporting Gijón hosted Villarreal. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this game, the head coach of Sporting Gijón Leon had to continue to be a spectator in the stands.

Villarreal are currently 14th in the league and at the bottom of the table, so in Gijón's media opinion, the opponent in this game is relatively easy to deal with.

Leon doesn't see it that way, he knows the situation of Villarreal this season, this is a real dark horse, according to the original history, they managed to reach the top four of the league at the end of the season, and in the European Champions Cup next season, reached the semi-finals, shocking the whole of Europe.

In fact, look at Villarreal's current record to see a little clue, La Liga 14 rounds, Villarreal's record is 3 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses, accumulating 15 points, they have lost only one more game than Sporting Gijón, however, the draw is three more than Sporting Gijón, too many draws are the biggest problem of this team at present.

Leon knows that Villarreal's coach Manuel Pellegrini has been running in the team and adjusting the team, and in the second half of the season, Villarreal's formation and style of play are more mature and fixed, and they are beginning to really exert their power, draws are becoming fewer and fewer, and they continue to win, and finally successfully counterattack to reach the top four of the league.

It is precisely because he knows the strength of Villarreal, especially their manager Manuel Pellegrini, that Leon repeatedly stressed the need to be careful with this team in his pre-match tactical arrangement.

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In this game, Sporting Gijón's assistant coach Scottry continued to coach on the sidelines as acting head coach in this game, but he was really just for show. Before the game, Leon and the coaching staff made all the tactical arrangements, and just let the team play step by step.

Given the importance attached to Villarreal, Leon's analysis of this game is even more thorough.

The good news for Sporting Gijón is that the team's captain Hierro returned from suspension after accumulating yellow cards, and with this veteran in charge, the team's defense is finally barely presentable.

Facing Manuel Pellegrini's Villarreal, Sporting Gijón ultimately lost at their home stadium with a score of 2-3 and a total of five goals scored by both sides. Milito formed a new trident, which is a B tactic temporarily created by Leon for the team, in fact, this game, his spare tactics and lineup, played quite well, Di Natale had two assists, Modric and Milito scored respectively, but unfortunately, they lost to two people, one is Villarreal's midfield core Riquelme, Riquelme debuted in Boca Juniors, landed in European football in 2002, joined La Liga giants Barcelona, but Barcelona's career was not successful, Riquelme then joined Villarreal。 In the yellow submarine Riquelme became the absolute heart of the team and was a great success here.

Riquelme is one of Argentina's best strikers, and his style of play is the classic midfielder, so he is also known as the last of the old masters in football today. Argentine legend Valdano once compared Riquelme: "The average person usually chooses a two-hour highway road to get from here to there, but Riquelme chooses a winding mountain road because there is a unique scenery in the rugged mountain road." ”

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For a player of Riquelme's type, it's okay for Leon to look at it from afar, if he has such a player in his hands, he will definitely let the opponent sit on the bench, and his team tactics do not have such a 'classical midfield' position. In Leon's team, the whole team has to run at all costs, pursuing speed and efficiency, Riquelme's characteristics, running and running are not his strong points, and as soon as the football reaches his feet, he will pause, which is absolutely not tolerated by Leon. So, such a player, just look at it okay.

For Pellegrini, although there was some controversy about the evaluation of this coach later, Leon still decided to give a thumbs up, just because he can use Riquelme well and succeed in Villarreal, which is quite an easy thing to do.

In this game, Riquels made two passes and one shot, and was the biggest contributor to Villarreal's victory: two assists, one penalty!

Speaking of this penalty, it is said that Sporting Gijón lost to two people, one is Riquelme, the core of Villarreal's midfield, and the other is the referee on duty, Hudson.

Since publicly attacking the referee on duty, Cadilramendi, after the match against Barcelona, Leon has become persona non grata in the eyes of the referees. In today's game, although it is a home game, however, Sporting Gijón has been awarded some inexplicable penalties several times, and this penalty is even more debatable, when both sides are a one-in-one goal, the opposing striker fell to the ground in the penalty area, the referee generally does not blow the penalty is, especially will not blow the home team penalty, but this time, the referee Hudson decisively blew the penalty, such a penalty has to be said to have a certain causal relationship with Li Ang's bombardment of the referee's law enforcement.

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For the team to lose in this way, Li Ang is angry and helpless, he has done the best he can under the situation of being suspended, but who gave Riquelme and the referee who is in a state of BUG.

The good news for Leon is that he has one game to go before his ban expires, when he can back in front of the dugout and direct the team. Despite only a three-game suspension, he misses the dugout and the feeling of directing the game from the sidelines. He was like a hungry beast now, in fact, only three days of hunger, like three years of hunger!

Leon's ban is a news selling point, so during the game, the TV camera has been watching Leon's performance. It doesn't matter if Sporting Gijón scores or concedes a goal. The camera will quickly point at Leon in the stands to see how he reacts.

Immediately after referee Hudson awarded the penalty, the camera gave a close-up of Leon, who appeared in the special spectator in the stands, with anger on his face, and then glanced at the staff of the Spanish Football Federation who was 'watching' him not far away, and the head coach who was sitting in charge of the ball showed a sneer on his face......