Just as Li Ang was heading to the training ground, the locker room of the First Team training ground was also noisy.
The players had only found out about the change in their manager that morning. When they turned on the TV, they would see the morning news. When they flipped through the newspaper, the most prominent page was about the change in Sporting de Gijón's manager.
Most of the players on the team raised both hands in support of the dismissal of Lacidera. They had a lot of opinions about the manager, which was understandable. A manager who had led the team for three months without winning a game was difficult to convince.
What kind of manager did the players like?
Of course, it was a manager who could lead them to victory and keep moving forward.
Perhaps Lacidera was a veteran manager in Segunda División. Perhaps this gentleman's previous coaching record was not bad. However, his poor coaching record at Sporting de Gijón had destroyed all of his previous glory. Naturally, the players would no longer respect him.
Of course, there must be a few players in the team who were Lacidera's trusted players. However, now that Lacidera had been dismissed, what else could they do? Naturally, it was impossible for them to protest the decision to change the manager to the club. They were now most worried about their own futures.
Lacidera was already a thing of the past. Now that the team had a new manager, the First Team players naturally had to pay attention to this new manager. At this moment, they were discussing this new manager.
In fact, they were not completely ignorant of Li Ang.
In any case, Li Ang was also the manager of the reserve team. They had more or less heard of this name. Not to mention anything else, just because Li Ang was a national, he could attract some attention from these players. In Spanish football, it was very rare for their team to have a Chinese manager.
Later, some of the players also heard that this Chinese man had good results in coaching Team B. He had led Team B all the way from the relegation zone. Now Team B was ranked in the middle of the league in Spain's Serie C1.
A Chinese manager, very young, had good results in coaching Team B — that was all they knew about Li Ang.
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The First Team and Team B seemed to be only one level apart, but there was a huge gap between them. Except for those unlucky people who might be relegated to Team B, no one would pay special attention to Team B. They knew about Li Ang mainly because they were curious about the Chinese coach in the team.
Of course, among the current First Team players, it could not be said that there was no one who had not interacted with Team B and that Chinese player.
Someone glanced at the silent boy.
Mata had already changed into his jersey and was in a daze. To be exact, he was still in a state of excitement.
Young Mata was dizzy. He did not have a good impression of the First Team, not only because he had not integrated into the team, but also because the whole team was filled with decadence and negative energy.
The First Team had been defeated in a row, and the morale of the entire team was extremely low. This made Mata, who had come here from the youthful Team B, very uncomfortable.
Coupled with the fact that the original manager, Rashidria, did not value him, Rashidria recruited him to the First Team more because of the fans' calls. In fact, that gentleman did not even look at such a 16-year-old player.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have substituted Mata in the match against Aravis and then replaced Mata. This showed that he didn't trust Mata at all, and the latter didn't care about him at all.
Obviously, Rashidria's approach in yesterday's game hurt Mata. The 16-year-old boy felt that he had been greatly humiliated. He missed Team B and missed his "mentor," Li Ang.
This morning, Mata had come to the training base in a very bad mood. This child hated Rashidria to the core.
Then, when he came to the locker room, he learned the news that shocked him. Rashidria was dismissed.
This news surprised the child and made him happy. That guy was gone! Evil really had its retribution.
Then, the news that followed made Mata even more shocked, or it could be said that he was pleasantly surprised.
Li Ang was coming to coach the First Team!
This news was tantamount to God's gospel for the child.
Therefore, ever since he learned that Li Ang was the new manager of the team, Mata was a little dizzy and excited.
The other players were discussing the new manager. Mata did not participate. The news that Li Ang was coaching the First Team made the child feel like a child who had left home and returned to the arms of his father bear.
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At this time, the attitude towards Li Ang in the locker room had a more obvious differentiation.
More than half of the players were not satisfied with the club's decision. They did not understand why the team chose a Chinese man who had never coached the First Team to coach. In the eyes of these people, did this mean that the club was ready to be relegated? Were they going to smash the pot when it had nothing to lose?
Obviously, these people expressed great doubts about Li Ang's coaching ability.
"The club is messing around." The team's midfielder, Juan, shouted, "My agent is already helping me contact the team! I don't want to play in the Third Division. "
Yes, this player was also called Juan. In Spain, there were simply too many people called Juan.
This was Sporting de Gijón's midfielder. The team's situation was terrible. The players did not want to work together to avoid relegation and get through the difficulties together. Instead, they each had their own thoughts. Taking advantage of his dissatisfaction with the club's appointment of a rookie as manager, Juan unscrupulously announced his plan to escape Sporting de Gijón.
For a team deep in the relegation zone, a player actually publicly announced his plan to find another way out. It showed how the team's morale was now.
However, no one publicly criticized him because it was certain that Juan was not the only one with this plan. It was just that the others were smarter and would not shout it out as unscrupulously as this guy.
Sporting de Gijón's captain, Miguel Cobas, looked at all this expressionlessly. It was as if all this had nothing to do with him.
Cobas's mind was thinking about what his agent had said to him. The Segunda División team, Getafe, had taken a fancy to him and wanted to poach him.
Getafe was currently ranked third in the Segunda División and had a high chance of being promoted to the La Liga.
Miguel Cobas had played for Sporting de Gijón for five years. The team had always been in the Segunda División. He did not know how many years he had left. In the face of an invitation from a team that was about to enter the La Liga, the Sporting de Gijón captain was tempted.
However, as the captain of Sporting de Gijón, he had played for the team for five years. In the face of Getafe's invitation, he was tempted, but he was still a little hesitant.
If Sporting de Gijón could avoid relegation, Miguel Cobas would not have the idea of "leaving." However, Miguel Cobas was very pessimistic about the team's future.
At the same time, he expressed that he could not understand the club's appointment of a rookie manager, Li Ang, as the manager of the team to avoid relegation.
This seemed to make his desire to leave the team even stronger.
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Those who thought that Li Ang was not good enough and questioned the club's appointment of a new manager were mostly the main players. These players were quite good. Even if Sporting de Gijón was relegated, they would not have to worry about not having a place to go. At the very least, they could find new jobs in other Segunda División teams. Therefore, they were the ones who had the least fighting spirit. They were also the ones who had the least confidence in avoiding relegation.
Of course, there were also some people who had a more positive view of Li Ang's appointment. They thought that Li Ang's coaching record in the B team was good. Perhaps he could really lead Sporting de Gijón to achieve positive changes.
These players were mainly substitutes. They were the ones who did not want to see Sporting de Gijón relegated. With their ability, it was not too difficult to find another Segunda División team. However, it was better to be in a familiar environment than to be on the bench in another Segunda División team. Moreover, when the team needed help, if they could perform well in a relegation battle, it would be good for themselves and the team. Therefore, these players' fighting spirit was stronger. This was also why they were willing to treat Li Ang, the new manager, with a positive attitude. They were looking forward to positive changes. This was the mentality that determined the attitude.
In addition, there were also some players who were neutral. They just wanted to play well. They should be considered more professional players. If they played well, they would do whatever the manager arranged. If Sporting de Gijón avoided relegation, naturally everyone would be happy. If Sporting de Gijón were relegated, they would not sink with this broken ship. They would not hesitate to seek a transfer.
The team was in the relegation zone. The team had not won for nearly three months. Now, they were going through a change of manager. Under the circumstances of a rookie China coach taking over, there was an undercurrent in Sporting de Gijón's locker room.
If Li Ang could get a positive start after taking over the team, then everything might be able to develop for the better. However, if the team continued to be in a bad situation, this undercurrent of a team could completely collapse at any time.
Although Little Mata was young, he was very smart. He saw everything in the locker room and could not help but worry about Li Ang.
"Mata." The team's midfielder, McGuire, suddenly asked Mata, "What do you think of that China coach? What's your impression of him? "
"The boss is the best coach I've ever seen!" Mata immediately answered without hesitation.
Hearing this answer, the others were stunned. They did not expect this young teammate to have such a high opinion of the China man.
Some people snorted.
Some people were thinking that although Mata was young, he was indeed a genius. Everyone had seen Mata's performance during training. To be praised by such a talented child, it seemed that this China man had some skills.
However, at this time, someone laughed.
"The best coach? You've seen him? " Juan, who had just announced that he was going to find another way out, laughed and said, "How old are you? How many coaches have you seen? What do you know? I think this China man is a fake. "
"What did you say?" Mata was angry. Mata, who admired Li Ang very much, did not allow anyone to say that.
"Shut up!" The captain, Miguel Cubas, who had been silent, finally spoke.
At this time, the locker room door was pushed open.
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