On October 21, the group stage of the 2004/2005 UEFA Cup season began, and Sporting Gijón welcomed their first opponent in the group stage at home, Eredivisie powerhouse Utrecht. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

As a result, Diego Milito scored a goal in this game, Di Natale and Luka Modric each scored a goal, and substitute David Lago also scored a goal as Sporting Gijón's attack blossomed in full swing as the team beat Utrecht 4-1.

After the game, Utrecht coach Van Dridge reluctantly said that they were not playing against a La Liga promoted team, and the opponent was very strong.

The Spanish media are very happy, and in their opinion, La Liga promotion Madrid beat the Eredivisie powerhouse, which does not show the strength of La Liga.

Obviously, in the inherent perception of the Spanish media, Sporting Gijón is still regarded as a promoted horse, and has not really realized what makes this team special.

The media in Gijón praised Sporting Gijón, who had won three in a row in all competitions after losing to Osasuna in the fifth round of the league, equalling their previous winning streak this season.

Three days later, on October 24, 2004, in the eighth round of La Liga, Sporting Gijón faced Real Betis at home.

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Eighty-three minutes into the game, the score on the field is still 0-1, according to international practice, the home team in the front, the away team in the back.

Sporting Gijón are temporarily 0-1 down to Real Betis at their home stadium.

The first half was tied at 0-0, with Real Betis' Brazilian striker Ricardo Oliveira scoring shortly after the start of the second half.

Leon stared at Oliveira, who scored the goal, and he knew that this Brazilian, this Oliveira was the Oliveira who later joined AC Milan for 18 million euros, yes, it was introduced as Shepchenko's successor, but the Brazilian who was later evaluated as AC Milan's biggest parallel goods in recent years.

In fact, Oliveira's performances in La Liga are quite good, whether it is now at Real Betis or later at Zaragoza, both in double figures in a single season.

Leon was not too worried about being scored by Oliveira, he believed that his team had the quality to equalize and even overtake.

However, as the clock ticked down, and by this time it had reached 83 minutes, and Sporting Gijón was still down 0-1 at home, and Leon could no longer sit still.

He stood on the sidelines, his hands in his trouser pockets, his expression solemn.

He had already used up his three substitutions, and just now, the last one was completed, with veteran Macoul Pihra coming off the bench to replace Diego Milito, who was in average form today.

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It's been five or six minutes since Maguel Pihra came on and he hasn't touched the ball yet.

Leon stared at the pitch and told his players to play more high balls to find Macoul Pihra.

He is now betting all his treasures on Macoul Pihra, who is in good form in training, and considering Macoor's fitness, Leon believes that Macoul Pihra is still capable of playing as a substitute striker.

With 88 minutes played, Modric's long-range shot earned Sporting Gijón a corner.

Albertini's corner kick into the box.

"Macoul Pihra - gooooooo!!beautiful header bombing!a heavy bomber!he left the Real Betis defenders helpless!" roared the commentator Dagstino.

Macoul Pichela beat Real Betis defender Castellini with a beautiful header that did not react at all!

Thirty-six-year-old Macoul Pihra ran with open arms towards 33-year-old Demetrio Albertini, who passed the ball to him.

Two veterans hugged to celebrate the equaliser!

Li Ang also clenched his fists excitedly on the sidelines and waved.

Macoul Pihra lived up to his expectations, coming off the bench and turning the tide!

Of course, Albertini's pass was also very subtle, finding Macour Pihra in front of goal.

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In the end, in this game, Sporting Gijón played to a 1-1 draw at home with Real Betis.

If Leon had been asked to predict the outcome of the game before the game, he might not have been satisfied with the 1-1 scoreline, but the team stubbornly equalized at the last moment, and at this moment, he was able to accept the 1-1 draw in a more happy mood.

The opponent Real Betis is not ranked high now, but it is the big dark horse in La Liga this season, and the score of 1 to 1 is not unacceptable.

Sporting Gijón got one point in this round of the league, and their league points became thirteen.

And in this round of a focus battle where Mars collided with the earth, the galactic battleship Real Madrid defeated the defending champion Valencia 1-0 at the Bernabeu Stadium!

This hard-won victory has made the whole Madrid boil, and the newspaper Marca even shouted that the victory of this game will be a turning point for Real Madrid this season, and the team will start to get back on track and get back to where they should be.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that in the next round of the league, Real Madrid will continue to sit at the Bernabeu to welcome Sporting Gijón led by Li Ang!

After defeating the defending champion Valencia in this round of the league and sweeping away the decline, the Madrid media, which had been holding their tails before, finally began to be arrogant.

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Fürth, a reporter for the newspaper Marca, who had an old grudge against Leon, began to shout in his column, "...... It's time for a shame, we will never forget last season's Copa del Rey final, the shame that the Chinese and that team brought us, the next round of the league, the great Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, we need to make a shame with a great victory, a crazy victory!"

Not only Marca, but also As, in its own report, recalled the shame of last season's Copa del Rey championship being snatched by Sporting Gijón, gritting his teeth and saying that now that the mighty Galactic battleship is back, at such a moment, there is nothing more refreshing than a bloody shame in the next round of the league before Sporting Gijón comes to shame.

Well, just a week ago, when Sporting Gijón humiliated Deportivo La Coruna 4-1 away, Madrid's media also praised Sporting Gijón and ridiculed Deportivo La Coruna, and now, the wind direction has changed immediately, and Madridians will not forget the shame that Leon and Sporting Gijón brought to Real Madrid, in the Bernabeu, on their own turf, they were robbed of the Copa del Rey trophy by Sporting Gijón, and Real Madrid's four major empty culprits last season: Leon and his Sporting Gijón!

Sporting Gijón is only a promoted horse in La Liga, and in previous seasons, Real Madrid's match against the promoted horse at home did not cause any waves and too much attention at all. However, this time is different, the whole of Spain, and even the whole of Europe, know the feud between Real Madrid and Sporting Gijón: Real Madrid's last hope of winning the title last season, the Copa del Rey championship was snatched away by Sporting Gijón at home, in a sense, it was Leon and Sporting Gijón who harmed Real Madrid's four major empty, ridiculed by other giants and ridiculed by the media.

Last season, when Real Madrid's four major were empty, Madrid's media did not less sarcastically and criticize Real Madrid, and now, they have changed their tone, and it seems that Real Madrid's four major are empty, and everything is to blame on Li Ang, and all blame him for Sporting Gijón! Anyway, at this moment, they can be said to be extremely sensational, infinitely amplifying and publicizing the grievances between Li Ang and Real Madrid, and building momentum for this game.

The Madrid media almost portrayed Leon as a demon with horns on his head.

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Ahead of this league game against Real Madrid, Sporting Gijón have one game to play in midweek, the first round of the Copa del Rey in Spain, where they host La Liga side Elche.

For this game, Leon absolutely implements rotation, Sporting Gijon's existing strength, there is no way to deal with the three-line battle, in La Liga, the UEFA Cup and the Spanish Copa del Rey in these three events, Leon must have a trade-off, to selectively give up the previous event, which is almost nothing to consider, Leon chose to give up the Spanish Copa del Rey!

Of course, the abandonment mentioned here does not mean admitting defeat, but in the Spanish Copa del Rey, Sporting Gijón will not do its best, will rotate as much as possible, and give substitutes the opportunity to play on the last game.

On October 27, in the first round of the 2004/2005 Spanish Copa del Rey, Sporting Gijón hosted Elche.

In this game, Leon rotated the team's starting lineup extensively, and he changed seven starters compared to the starting lineup against Real Betis.

In this game, the young Slovenian goalkeeper Handanovic, whom Leon introduced in the summer, got the chance to start.

In addition, Isma, Dani Borregero, Diego Alegre, Javier Blanco, Larfa Sastre and David Lago have all been given starts.

Although most of the players were rotated, however, among the substitutes who got the starts, except for goalkeeper Handanovic, the other players were all players who were in the team last season, and their understanding of Leon's tactics was still relatively thorough, plus the opponent Elche team was only a team in the second division, and the strength was not strong, so Sporting Gijón still won the game relatively smoothly at home.

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Two to zero!

Javier Blanco's low shot and Isma's header gave Sporting Gijón a home run through to the second round of the 2004/2005 Copa del Rey.

Counting the Spanish Copa del Rey win over Elche, Sporting Gijón are now unbeaten in five rounds after losing to Osasuna in the fifth round of the league with four wins and one draw in all competitions!

Unbeaten in five rounds, such a result is nothing for a big team, but for a team like Sporting Gijon, it is already a very good result.

And just after the victory in this Copa del Rey match, Leon also received a newly generated side quest from the system......

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