Li Ang put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked up at the stands.
He was startled by the sudden outburst of sound.
The whole stadium was like a pot of hot oil that was suddenly thrown into a lit match. Boom!
"This is El Molinón!" Li Ang felt the blood in his chest surging. Anyone, anyone in this situation would be infected.
He did not expect such a thing to happen.
In fact, Li Ang was muttering "This is El Molinon!" at the time!
He did not mean to express anything, or that it was an accident.
Before the game, Li Ang received a new task from the system. The name of the task was "This is El Molinón!"
This was the system's task for the Copa del Rey game against Aravés. The task was to defend the dignity of El Molinón.
There were no specific requirements for the task, but in Li Ang's understanding, winning the game and defeating the opponent was to defend the dignity of this stadium!
Therefore, when the camera was pointed at him, Li Ang had a feeling in his heart. He thought of the task in his mind and muttered a sentence.
He did not expect that his casual words would cause the entire stadium to become restless and frenzied!
Li Ang was also infected.
He knew that his luck was really good. His sentence ignited the enthusiasm of the entire stadium. It could even be said that it added a lot of points to himself.
Looking at the madness of these fans, it was completely possible to imagine the attitude of the Sporting de Gijón fans toward Li Ang at this moment.
He just said a sentence, and then this sentence was transmitted to the fans through the live television broadcast, and then it caused such a huge reaction!
Li Ang was really a lucky man!
As a rookie manager, the fans certainly did not trust him much. However, at this moment, a simple sentence could not be said to have conquered the fans, but the fans' favorable impression of him definitely skyrocketed!
Of course, there was a follow-up condition. Li Ang had to lead the team to play well in this game!
The result of the game was very good, so this was an ironclad fact! He, Li Ang, led the team to defend the last dignity of El Molinón! The effect and influence of that sentence would be infinitely magnified!
If the result of the competition was not satisfactory, then what Li Ang said would be meaningless, and he might even become a laughing stock!
Li Ang was well aware of this.
This match was his professional debut in the truest sense of the word!
He desired victory more than anyone else!
She longed for a perfect virgin start!
*****
In the players' tunnel, Sporting de Gijón's captain, Miguel Cobas, had a grave expression on his face. The other players had the same expression as him.
At this moment, the stadium erupted with loud cheers, which gave them a fright. The team's record was terrible, and it had been a long time since there had been such loud cheers at home.
What was happening outside?!
Miguel Kobas and his teammates knew nothing about this.
At this moment, they were still thinking about what had happened in the locker room.
Before the start of the game, Li Ang did not do any pre-game mobilization. Instead, he read a paragraph from a newspaper and played a video.
The newspaper was an article from the Gijón Post that attacked him for being disrespectful to his predecessor, Rashidria. In order to attack Li Ang, the newspaper even shamelessly whitewashed Rashidria, saying that Sporting de Gijón's current situation was not the fault of the manager, but the poor performance of the players … God, you know, just in the last issue of the newspaper, they were still denouncing Rashidria. The integrity of the media, tsk tsk.
The video was downloaded from the official website of the Gijón Post. It was Li Ang talking to himself outside the El Molinón stadium, and the conversation was secretly recorded by two reporters.
"I'll say three points," Li Ang said.
"The newspaper said that you are trash, and that Rashidria's dismissal was because of you." With that, Li Ang threw the newspaper away.
"I don't think so." Li Ang said, pointing to the projector. "You heard what I said just now. Although many of you did not meet my requirements, with your ability, normally speaking, you should not be in your current ranking."
"Third, they secretly took that video four days ago. At that time, I did not know that I would be the manager of the First Team."
Li Ang's last sentence meant that he originally thought that they were not bad, but after coaching them, he took back that opinion.
All the "old players" of the First Team did not look good. They felt greatly humiliated.
All along, they had an excuse, a fig leaf. They thought that the reason the team had come to this point was the manager's poor coaching skills. It was not that they were not good enough, it was that the commander was incompetent!
Now, the media directly tore off this fig leaf, and even said that Rashidria's dismissal was because of them.
This was something that these players could not tolerate!
Yes, many of them had no fighting spirit and were pessimistic about staying in the league.
However, this did not mean that they were not courageous.
After being humiliated like this, even a man made of mud would be furious.
Therefore, these "old players" of Sporting de Gijón were filled with anger. They wanted to vent their anger and prove themselves.
"That Chinese man is right!" The captain, Miguel Cobas, turned his head and said to the players behind him, "In this game, we are not playing for him, we are playing for ourselves!"
This received a response from all the players.
*****
The assistant manager, Scott Terry, looked at Li Ang with almost worshipful eyes. He did not expect that a newspaper and a video, which were originally aimed at attacking Li Ang, could be used by this person as the most effective weapon to provoke these players!
What was in this person's brain? How could this be?!
Scott Terry could not help but be impressed.
At this moment, the game had already been going on for 40 minutes.
The first half of the game was about to end, and the score on the field was still 0: 0!
Li Ang only had one request for these starting players, and that was not to concede a goal!
Get back the score of 0: 0 in the first half of the game!
At the beginning, when he announced this goal, the whole team was shocked and puzzled. They had been practicing their offensive routines for two and a half days. Now that the game was here, he suddenly said that they were going to play defense?
However, the doubts of the players were then resolved by Li Ang with a newspaper and a video, which made all the players' fighting spirit explode!
Li Ang crossed his arms and looked at the field.
His palms were sweaty. Although he looked relaxed, he had been worried.
He used "special means" to provoke the team. Up until now, the players on the field had been very desperate, almost fighting for every inch of ground. This had caught Aravis off guard.
Aravis' beautiful offensive methods in the Segunda División were blocked by Sporting de Gijón's various methods at this moment. Although the offensive was strong, they were unable to score.
Li Ang knew that his methods today were completely unreproducible. The players had vented almost half of the season's grievances in the first half of the game just to not concede a goal. This burst of energy was amazing.
This half of the game was a very special situation. If he still hoped to use this method in the future and use these players on the field to play such a tough defense, it would be impossible. When the first half of the game was over, the breath in these people's chests would be slightly relaxed, and it would be impossible to have such a defensive effect.
Among the 11 players in the starting lineup, except for Mata and Marcos, the other nine players were original players of the First Team.
Li Ang decisively put Marcos in the starting lineup. Since the team was going all out on defense, this was the time for Marcos to play. To be honest, in terms of defensive ability in the midfield, there was really no one in the First Team who could compare to Marcos. Li Ang spent three months to build "Little Makelele". Although it was far from being formed, it was still able to cope in the Segunda División.
As for sending Mata, Li Ang intended to use Mata's speed and breakthrough, hoping to surprise Aravis with a sneak attack. Unfortunately, Sporting de Gijón was completely passive. They were going all out on defense and had no chance to counterattack. Mata almost disappeared on the field.
Li Ang saw this and was not in a hurry. His real move was in the second half of the game. In the first half of the game, as long as they did not concede a goal, it was the best news.
Li Ang was not in a hurry. He had a plan in mind.
PS: Guaranteed Third Update. There was another chapter to follow immediately. Why did it take so long to update? It was because he wanted to finish writing the two chapters at the same time.
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