It was the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals between Sporting de Gijón and Aravés!
Sporting de Gijón had lost the first leg away game by a score of 1-4. And three days ago, in the league, they had lost to Aravés by a score of 0-6 on their home ground!
Logically speaking, there was almost no suspense in the second leg of the game!
However, it was this kind of game that attracted a lot of attention.
The entire Spanish media was paying attention to this game.
Because this was the first game that Li Ang would be leading Sporting de Gijón, and because he was Chinese!
As soon as the whistle blew, it would be a moment of history. A Chinese manager leading a Segunda División team appeared on the sidelines of a Spanish football field!
Just this point alone was enough to attract attention!
But don't forget another point!
Li Ang had accepted the "joint interview" at the Maleo training base. His confidence and arrogance had offended a lot of media!
Now, in the media's description, this Chinese man was simply an arrogant guy who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth. He had just taken over Sporting de Gijón's first team, and he already thought that he was awesome. He was a guy whose ego was inflated to the extreme!
Originally, the Spanish people were curious and surprised that a Chinese man had become the manager of a Segunda División team. They were also unhappy. Was there no one else in Spanish football? Sporting de Gijón had actually invited a Chinese man to be their manager, and such a young manager at that! Did Chinese people even know football?!
Now, in the media's description, this Chinese man was an arrogant and inflated egomaniac who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth!
Seeing such a description, the Spaniards were happy. So that's how it is. This guy is just a guy without much ability. They don't know what kind of luck he had, but he became the manager of Sporting Gihon. Then, he became an egomaniac who thought he was very powerful!
Then? They were even more interested in this game.
The two major media, Marca and News of the World, even opened special pages to introduce this Chinese man who had suddenly appeared. Of course, it was certainly not a good word, but a variety of sarcasm and ridicule towards Li Ang.
Marca quoted Rodriguez, the head of the Real Madrid Youth Training Base, telling the readers how rude the Chinese was and how bad his ability was. That was why he was kicked out by Real Madrid.
Mundo Deportivo was very interesting. Their attitude was that a rookie who had been kicked out by Real Madrid was lucky enough to be favored by Sporting de Gijón. Then, he became arrogant. Their words were not as harsh as those of Marca, but they always stuck to the core: this guy was a second-rate coach who was kicked out by Real Madrid.
At this time, Mundo Deportivo completely hid one thing from the readers, that was, the Chinese man they were mocking had led Real Madrid's under-17 team to defeat Barcelona's under-17 team led by Messi! They hid this matter!
The Valencians, who repeatedly challenged the hegemony of Real Madrid and Barcelona, dug out another big piece of news: when the Chinese man was kicked out by Real Madrid, he had said that he would make Real Madrid regret it!
A Chinese man who had been kicked out by Real Madrid actually dared to say that he would make the Galácticos regret it!
Was he crazy?!
Li Ang was only the manager of Sporting de Gijón's B team. The media did not pay much attention to him, and no one dug into his background!
Now that he had become the manager of Sporting de Gijón's First Team, he was immediately exposed to the media's spotlight. Furthermore, he had a bad relationship with the media, and the media had no choice but to dig up some juicy details. Thus, Li Ang was placed on the dining table by the Spanish media!
This was a media carnival!
They were unscrupulously mocking a young Chinese coach!
They questioned his understanding of football as a Chinese man?
They thought he dared to say that he would make Real Madrid regret it. Was he crazy?!
As soon as he took office, he did not know how to keep a low profile. He actually dared to say that he would definitely be able to lead Sporting de Gijón to avoid relegation? How could he be so confident? Did he put the other teams in La Liga in his eyes?!
Then, Gijón's local media, the Gijón Post, broke the news that the Chinese man was rude and arrogant. He had just taken office, but he had attacked the former manager, Lacideria, as incompetent! This kind of guy who had just taken office and stepped on his pitiful predecessor to make his presence felt was really despicable and shameless.
Then, Spain's fourth largest media outlet, La Repubblica, broke the news that Li Ang had just arrived at the first team, and directly put the team's main right midfielder, Juan, and an important rotation player, David Lago, completely out of the picture. He also arrogantly said that he would not give them any chances until the end of the season!
La Repubblica directly gave Li Ang a nickname: Tyrant!
*****
The second leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinal match between Sporting de Gijón and Aravés at the El Molinón Stadium was broadcast live to the whole of Spain!
The live broadcast of the game was on Spain's national channel 5.
However, the commentators were not Dagestino and González, but the more senior gold-medal commentator, Elstow, and his gold-medal commentator partner, Spielson.
These two were the most ace commentators on Spain's national channel 5. From this, it could be seen that Spain's national channel 5 attached great importance to the live broadcast of the game.
There was still half an hour before the start of the game, and the live broadcast signal had already cut in!
"This game is very special," Elstow said.
"It is very special!" Spielson said with a smile. The camera zoomed in, and there was a stack of newspapers in the commentator's box between the two commentators.
"What's that?" Elstow asked.
"Guess?" Spielson smiled and picked up the newspaper.
The camera zoomed in again.
Countless Spaniards in front of the TV laughed, laughing very happily.
That was the newspaper of Marca, Mundo Deportivo, and La Repubblica, the top three media outlets in Spain.
The newspaper had been flipped to the required page, and the huge headlines on it were all about Li Ang. To be exact, they were attacking and sarcastic about him.
In addition, there was another stack of newspapers in the commentator's box, which were reports from other media outlets about the game. To be exact, they were all bad and strange things about Li Ang.
The entire Spanish media was celebrating, amusing themselves with a Chinese coach who pursued his football dream!
"'Madman'! 'Egomaniac'! 'Tyrant'! " Elstow said with a smile. "The manager of the host of the game we are going to broadcast today is really not simple. He has not led the team to play a game, but he has already made the headlines of the major media outlets in Spain. And these nicknames, really, tsk tsk."
"What's the big deal? I still have video materials here, "Spielson said, playing along with his old partner. They did not care if their behavior was disrespectful to Li Ang, as long as the audience was happy.
From the bottom of their hearts, these two gold commentators were also full of suspicion and contempt for Li Ang. They also did not think that a Chinese man could have any real talent.
As soon as Spielson's voice fell.
A video was cut into the live broadcast screen.
*****
It was at the pre-match press conference.
Li Ang was wearing a black suit, a white shirt, and no tie. The top two buttons were unbuttoned.
"He is still very handsome," Elstow said. "I heard that many girls in Gijón like him."
"There are also some female viewers in Spain who have a good impression of him. You forget, we broadcast his games live," Spielson said, and then he laughed. "Well, that's not the point!"
"Aravis is a strong team. I admit that we lost miserably against them three times in a row this season!" Li Ang sat in the chair at the press conference with a proud face. "But that's history! From the moment I take over the team, everything will be different! "
There was a burst of noise at the scene.
A reporter stood up and asked, "Aren't you afraid that the team will be slaughtered by Aravis again?"
"Slaughtered?" Li Ang looked at these reporters with a smile at the corner of his mouth. "Who's slaughtering who?!"
The video of the press conference was shown here.
The camera cut to the commentator's box.
"This is the manager of the host team that we are going to commentate on today," Elstow said. "To be honest, I don't like him very much. He's too arrogant and has too much of a personality. I don't like him."
"Me too," Spielson said.
"Haha, it's rare for us to have the same opinion." Elstow laughed.
"In short, today will be a special game because of a special topic," Spielson said.
At this time, the live broadcast camera cut to the game scene.
The players from both sides were still in the players' tunnel and had not yet appeared.
The Sporting de Gijón's manager appeared on the field with the players on the bench. They were walking toward the technical area.
The camera gave a close-up of Li Ang.
Li Ang seemed to have something to say. He raised his head, smiled, and said something in Spanish.
*****
"What did he say?"
"Director, can you amplify the sound just now?"
The two commentators shouted.
Then the scene was replayed.
Li Ang smiled and said to the camera, "This is El Molino!"
Most of the Spanish people in the TV house were dumbfounded.
And the Sporting de Gijón fans in front of the TV went crazy and shouted like crazy!
Like crazy!
The media wildly attacked and mocked Li Ang. Although these Sporting de Gijón fans did not support Li Ang very much, Li Ang was now the manager of Sporting de Gijón. These fans were also sad that they were mocking him and attacking him like this.
What did Li Ang do wrong? He just expressed his confidence in the team's survival, and you are targeting him like this?!
In particular, some of Li Ang's hardcore fans, such as Harvey Gradro and Bader Kurey, were even more indignant.
They felt uncomfortable and their hearts were uncomfortable!
At this time, they heard Li Ang look at the young Chinese, smile, face the camera, and say these words: This is El Molino!
They exploded!
An intense emotion erupted within him!
At this moment, in the stadium of El Molino, the staff at the scene suddenly cut the live broadcast camera to the big screen at the stadium.
"This is El Molino!" Li Ang said with a smile.
"This is El Molino!" The 30,000 fans at the scene were stunned at first!
Then, an emotional heat wave erupted like a volcanic eruption!
The 30,000 people shouted like crazy: This is El Molino!
When a tiger falls, it will be bullied by dogs!
The sullen emotions of being sunk into the Segunda División for many years after Alavis scored 12 goals in three games erupted at this moment!
This is El Molino!
This is our home ground!
Once, this was the home ground of the devil that the two Spanish heroes feared!
For 20 years, we were grassroots heroes!
We were fearless!
We were invincible!
This is El Molino!
This is El Molino!
Here is our pride!
Here is our glory!
This is El Molino!
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