Aravis was definitely a difficult opponent to deal with.
It could even be said that Aravis' strength was in the middle of the La Liga. This was the situation after the loss of players and the weakening.
Aravis was now a Segunda División team. They were relegated from La Liga last season.
Aravis was promoted to La Liga in 1997 and was the dark horse of La Liga from 1999 to 2002. Unfortunately, they were now relegated to Segunda División. Before 2002, Aravis had the golden-haired lion king, Coloccini, the Romanian defender, Contra, and the striker, Moreno. It was worth mentioning that these three people were related to AC Milan. Coloccini was loaned to Aravis by Milan. Contra and Moreno joined Milan after the UEFA Europa League final.
The UEFA Europa League final mentioned here was three seasons ago. Aravis, the dark horse of La Liga that season, shocked the whole of Europe in the UEFA Europa League. They met the Serie A giants, Inter Milan in the UEFA Europa League final. Many people thought that Aravis' dark horse journey would end there. However, Aravis defeated Inter Milan 3-3 at home and 2-0 away, which made Nellazuri depressed.
Then, Aravis went all the way to the UEFA Europa League final. On May 16, 2001, Aravis and Liverpool played the UEFA Europa League final at Dortmund's Westfalenstadion. This was a contest between a Premier League powerhouse with a large number of fan support and a team with little popularity. The result of the game seemed to be without suspense. However, both sides contributed to a magnificent game. Alavis showed their determination in the situation of being down two goals to zero. Although they eventually lost to Liverpool four goals to five, this dark horse of La Liga made the whole of Europe sit up and take notice.
And then? Then came the opening of the Alavis supermarket. Many star players were poached by the big clubs, and there were internal problems in the club. Two years after the thrilling UEFA Europa League final, which was last season, Alavis was relegated from La Liga.
Although the star players were lost and they were relegated to Segunda División, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Aravis was definitely one of the strongest teams in Segunda División.
Therefore, Li Ang now had a headache.
Aravis was very strong, and the most urgent task for the Sporting Gihon team under him was to maintain their position in the league.
Logically speaking, he could have given up on the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals against Aravis. In the face of the cruel road to avoid relegation, giving up the hopeless Copa del Rey and concentrating on the league tournament was definitely the most normal move.
However, if other coaches encountered this problem, they could do that.
However, Li Ang couldn't!
As the head coach of Sporting de Gijón, he had always been doubted. Whether it was the media or the fans, they were all watching him with a magnifying glass. His first game as the head coach was even more of a focus.
If Sporting de Gijón lost to Aravis again, or even suffered a crushing defeat, then Li Ang would face immense pressure and an even worse working environment. His job at Sporting de Gijón would become even more difficult.
Fucking King's Cup!
Li Ang now wished that Sporting de Gijón had already been eliminated from the Copa del Rey. Then, he wouldn't have to face this problem.
It was clear that they had lost the away game by a score of 1-4 and were almost certain to be eliminated. The second leg of the game should have been a mere formality. However, because of the current various factors, he had to lead the team to face it head-on at home.
*****
At this time, the club's general manager, Elroyd, came to the training ground to look for him.
"Alexander." Li Ang asked, "What's the matter?"
Elroyd looked at the Chinese man. He now had a headache. Didn't they say that Chinese people were very humble and gentle? Why wasn't this person in front of him?
As the club's general manager, someone would naturally inform him of such a big thing that had happened at the First Team's training ground.
In fact, he didn't even need to be told. He could have found out about the matter later. Because among the media that interviewed Li Ang on the spot, one of them actually broadcast the interview live on a local TV station in Gihon. All of this was broadcast live.
Then, the people of Gihon knew that the Chinese manager who had been on the TV news twice before was in the news again.
This time, it was similar to the previous time when Li Ang faced the radical fans alone at the side of the B Team's training ground to protect the heroic image of his players. Li Ang faced so many media outlets alone. He was neither servile nor overbearing and was full of confidence. Perhaps the media at the scene didn't like it, but the fans were still very happy.
Even some fans who were originally skeptical of Li Ang's coaching of the First Team had to give Li Ang a thumbs up at this time. At the very least, this Chinese man showed a strong sense of self-confidence and looked very driven. Not to mention other things, just this point alone made people feel that there was something to look forward to.
The fans felt that it was not bad and were quite happy. Especially some of the female fans. They had a good impression of this Chinese manager for a long time. At this moment, when they saw Li Ang battling the media's cameras and saw this man's confident and cold look, they screamed non-stop. They liked this Chinese man even more. This Chinese man was simply too cool. He was fearless, cold, responsible, confident, and a little handsome. He was simply a sucker for young girls, fujoshis, and young women alike.
However, for the club's general manager, Ayroyd, Li Ang's actions were very inappropriate.
Li Ang was not afraid of offending the media and had held a "press conference" without any worries. However, as a club, there would definitely be a lot of considerations.
*****
Ayroyd looked at Li Ang, shook his head, and said, "The press conference in the afternoon is canceled."
The press conference was canceled? Li Ang was stunned at first, then he understood. It was the press conference for him to be appointed as the First Team's manager. It was originally scheduled for the afternoon. Now the club announced that it was canceled … He understood that this was a small punishment. It was the club's punishment for what he said to the media without authorization.
If the press conference was canceled, then so be it. Li Ang did not care too much. His mind was now full of the game with Aravis. Without a press conference, he had an extra hour to work.
Ayroyd originally thought that Li Ang would be a little angry because the press conference was canceled. This should be a shameful thing. However, he saw that Li Ang did not seem to care. He was surprised. However, this also made him feel a lot more relieved. He had been worried that he needed to appease Li Ang's emotions.
"Alexander? Is there anything else? "Li Ang asked when he saw that Ayroyd had not left.
"Did you say something inappropriate about Rashidria?" Ayroyd asked.
"What did I say?" Li Ang did not understand.
"You said that Rashidria is incompetent or something like that," Ayroyd said. Ayroyd said. He had a headache. This guy had just been appointed as the manager of the First Team. It was only his first day and he had already caused so much trouble … Well, this guy had also caused a lot of trouble when he was in Team B.
"Ah?" Li Ang said in surprise, "How did you know? I just said it casually while walking on the road. How did you know? "
Li Ang was really surprised. Very surprised. He was outside the El Molinon Stadium and then muttered a few words. How did Ayroyd know?
Ayroyd snorted coldly and threw a newspaper to Li Ang. "See for yourself!"
"What?" Li Ang took it and muttered. He looked down and saw that it was a copy of the Xihong Post. On the front page, there was a huge headline: Rashidria is an incompetent fool — China's very rude evaluation of his predecessor!
This is? Li Ang was dumbfounded!
Then he saw the content of the report below. It said that their reporter, Bastradi and Toyanin, had a chance encounter with Sporting de Gijón's new manager, Li Ang, outside the El Molinon Stadium. The China coach had spoken arrogantly and had no respect for his former manager, and so on and so forth.
Chance encounter!
Chance encounter my ass!
Li Ang's super memory came into play. He remembered the two guys he had met outside the El Molinon Stadium.
Sure enough, those two guys were reporters!
"Bastards, those two guys are too despicable!" Li Ang was furious. He had just "used" a lot of the media and was proud of it. He did not expect to fall into the media's trap.
However, there was no evidence. He could deny it.
"Can I complain that they're spreading rumors?" Li Ang coughed softly and said. This meant that he could deny it.
"They have a video. It's already on their official website. "Ayroyd was speechless and grunted gloomily.
Video?
What the f * ck!
Those two guys were following him and secretly filming him?!
Li Ang had goosebumps all over his body. A word popped into his head for no reason: stalking!
Bastards, reporters are all hooligans.
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