For the match against Fenerbahce, Li Ang and his coaching staff repeatedly deduced and discussed, and finally at the tactical meeting, Li Ang decided on the tactics of the Gijón Athletic team in this game: using their best "defensive counterattack" tactics. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Considering the difficulty of this away game, and the strength of the opponent is not weak, the Turkish team will definitely take advantage of the home advantage to launch a fierce attack on the goal of Sporting Gijón, after the opening game, first based on the defense, avoiding the enemy's edge, and then it is time to look for opportunities to play counter-attack.

Leon had previously considered whether to use an upgraded version of the 'LION' tactic, using passing and running to 'crush' and control the game.

However, considering the frenetic atmosphere of Turkey's away games, Li Ang is worried that his players will be able to play a few percent of their strength in such a situation, and he is worried that the performance of his players will be abnormal in the tough away environment, so it is more prudent to adopt defensive counter-attack tactics.

As it turned out, Leon's considerations were correct, and at the manic Saraggio Stadium, a solid counter-attacking tactic was the most appropriate.

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Sporting Gijón started in this game, in the goalkeeper position, Leon chose the veteran Valencia, in the backline, the central defender partner is Pepe and captain Hierro, the left back is Grosso, and in the right-back position, Leon still chooses to trust the young Ivanovic, and the veteran Dorado wants to snatch the starting right-back position from Ivanovic after recovering from injury, which is becoming more and more difficult.

In midfield, Albertini and Juan Carlos played in a two-man midfield pairing, with Albertini taking on the responsibility of organising and Carlos strangling opponents in midfield to protect the backline.

In the left-back position, Ribery was a well-deserved starter.

Another midfield spot, Leon was originally going to start Modric, but in the 'fake fire' incident the night before the game, when Modric escaped from the room, he only wore underwear, and was sprayed with water by the fire sprinkler so that he caught a cold.

However, given that Mata had just recovered from his injury, Leon was really worried that Mata would be injured again, so at the beginning of the match, he decisively used the [Primary Doom Transfer] skill. Using the [Primary Doom Transfer] skill, Mata's chance of being injured in this match decreases by 20%, while the chance of being injured by a random player on the opposing side increases accordingly.

Up front, it was the starting combination of Di Natale and Karim Benzema.

This can be said to be the strongest squad that Sporting Gijón can put out under the current circumstances.

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Of this Fenerbahce team, Leon is most familiar with their goalkeeper Rustu.

That's right, it was the Turkish national Rustu who shined in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, in fact, Rustu was not famous until the Korea-Japan World Cup, and in the 2000 European Championship, Rustu's performance was already remarkable.

Rustu's 1.86-meter-tall head went to the bottom of the gate, with long hair and a mighty mustache, if he could smear some oil paint on his face, it would really have the deterrent power of the "door god".

After the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, Rustu joined Barcelona, but only stayed for one season before leaving, about his Barcelona career, he actually played well in the preseason, and played well at the American Invitational at that time. But he was injured before the start of the season, and when he recovered, he couldn't speak Spanish. In fact, players are the same as ordinary people, and if they change to an environment that is very different from their home country in terms of lifestyle, language and culture, they will have a more or less uncomfortable feeling. After returning to Fenerbahce, Rustu once said that he had almost no friends during his time in Barcelona, and his private life was very monotonous, almost a two-point and one-line life; plus a few mistakes at the wrong time, and then his mistakes were immediately magnified by the media, so many words and writings were criticized, and confidence was basically lost, and no matter how good a player is, once he loses confidence, everything will be over. Rustu was originally known for his basic skills, and he rarely made mistakes, but his repeated mistakes in Barcelona can only show that his psychological condition is completely bad.

In fact, from Leon's point of view, Rustu belongs to a relatively good and characteristic goalkeeper, fast, sensitive, quick, and the ability to seal a single knife ball is also quite good, and the solid traditional goalkeeper skills bring the fierce style of Turkish football. His biggest problem may be that he does not have enough experience in the top league, and he is not used to the pressure of playing in foreign leagues, and his confidence is gone, and it is ruined. Rustu had a bad impression of Spain and Barcelona, and he was even humiliated before he left Barcelona, with a break from the leagues and some of the media going on holiday during Christmas 2003. But Barcelona's Le Monde Sport did not stop ridiculing the players during the festival. This time, goalkeeper Rustu, who made a big mistake at home against Celta, became the number one target of ridicule.

In the match between Barcelona and Celta, Rustu stopped the ball after receiving a return pass from his teammates and was directly cut off by the opposing striker, causing the team to lose the ball in advance with great embarrassment. The mistake also sent coach Rijkaard furious on the sidelines, and it was clear that Rustu, who had just played two rounds of the main game, could expect to put the bench on the bench later.

Rustu was a spicy taunt of Le Monde, Barça's local newspaper, and the cartoon of the newspaper during the Christmas season was a solid arrangement of Turks, in which Rustu made a reverent wish in front of the Christmas tree, which he wrote on paper. "Dear Reyesmagos (reyesmagos are the Spanish legend of the "Three Kings", the equivalent of Santa Claus at Christmas. I'm going to have to sit on the bench for a long time after the game against Celta, hoping to get a soft cushion and a box of hemorrhoid ointment for Christmas. ”

It is said that Rustu left Barcelona because the club abandoned him, but also because he felt humiliated by the Catalans.

Another player who impressed Leon with Fenerbahce was their center forward Van Hojdunk, a big man with a height of 193cm, a Dutch international with good header ability and a beautiful free kick, which is a very practical player, but he has never played for a giant, only playing for a second-rate team.

Leon made a special emphasis before the game to be careful of Van Hojdunk, this big tall man will be Fenerbahce's strongest offensive weapon today!

Goalkeeper Rustu, center forward Van Hojdunk, Fenerbahce are their biggest reliance.