Li Ang opened his eyes in a daze. He really drank too much last night. First, he had dinner with the players, and then he had fun with the fans. It was fine when he was with the players, but when he was with the fans, Li Ang also let go and drank to his heart's content.
He looked at the alarm clock on the bedside. It was already nine o 'clock in the morning.
Li Ang smiled bitterly and shook his head. It looked like he really had to control himself in the future. Alcohol was not a good thing.
He got up, brushed his teeth, washed up, and made a simple breakfast.
Li Ang went out to get the day's newspaper and prepared to enjoy a pleasant breakfast. He read the newspaper while eating breakfast.
There seemed to be something great mixed in with the stack of newspapers. Li Ang took it out and looked at it. It was a greeting card with a line of crooked words written on it: Li, thank you for leading us to victory. Barthez will always cheer for you.
He was already in a good mood, but when he saw the greeting card, his mood became even better.
Li Ang took the greeting card and looked at it. Who could have written it? The handwriting was really ugly, as if it was written by a child who had just learned how to write.
He got up and carefully put the greeting card away and put it in the window of the bookcase.
Then Li Ang began to read the newspapers. He looked for words that praised himself and Sporting de Gijón. In fact, he did not need to deliberately look for words. The important pages of these newspapers were all given to yesterday's game. They were full of praise for Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón.
Looking at the words of praise in the newspapers and looking at his own photos in the newspapers, Li Ang felt proud and hummed a tune. This feeling was really great.
Of course, Li Ang did not even look at a certain newspaper called the Xihong Post. He threw it into the trash can. He did not need to look at it at all to know that there would be nothing good in it.
In fact, it was exactly so. The Xihong Post described Li Ang as a "tyrant who ruled exclusively" and even used the word "racist" to describe his ban on his own media. They even used Li Ang's identity as a Chinese to insinuate that he was a dictator from Red China.
Unfortunately, they said so much, but Li Ang did not even look at it.
In fact, the Xihong Post was famous today. When about seven or eight newspapers in the whole of Xihong were praising Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón, this newspaper's "unique" criticism seemed to be out of place. Of course, if it was just out of place, it would not be a big deal. The key point was that it had aroused the anger of the local Xihong fans. What's the matter? We have suffered for three months and finally won the game with great difficulty. It was a wonderful and great comeback. We have reached the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey. This is the best result that Xihong has had in a cup competition in the last ten years. The Xihong Post was the biggest local media in Xihong. Not only did they not praise us, but they also poured cold water on us. This made the Sporting de Gijón fans who were reading the newspaper early in the morning very angry. Many people directly threw the newspaper into the trash can like Li Ang.
Some fans even logged on to the Xihong Post's official website and scolded the newspaper.
On the Sporting de Gijón fan forum, there were also fans talking about this matter. The famous radical fan group "Red and White Devils" even launched a call to boycott the Xihong Post on the Internet. This "Red and White Devils" was the fan group that Harvey Gradro and Bader Kurey were part of. They named the fan group after a nickname of Sporting de Gijón in the 1990s, "Red and White Devils." Legend has it that in a game between Sporting de Gijón and Real Madrid, they defeated the super powerhouse Real Madrid 2-0 at home. In a subsequent report, Madrid's AS described that Real Madrid was beaten silly by the Red and White Devils. This incident was also a matter that many Sporting de Gijón fans were proud of. This fan group was formed after that and had a history of more than ten years.
*****
Li Ang was eating breakfast while leisurely reading the reports that praised him. At this moment, his phone rang.
It was the club's general manager, Alexandre Ayroyd.
"Good morning, Li."
"Good morning, Alexandre."
"Bastradi was beaten up, did you know?" Ayroyd said.
"Bastradi? Who is that? "Li Ang asked in surprise.
"The reporter from the Xihong Post," Ayroyd said.
"That's really good news." Li Ang laughed. Then he realized something and asked, "You don't think I hit that guy, do you? Although I really want to hit him."
"It wasn't you," Ayroyd said. "It was Olić who hit him."
"Olić? The manager of Alavés? " Li Ang was surprised. This was really too incredible. He was the one who wanted to hit that damn reporter the most. He didn't even dare to hit him. How could this guy be hit by the manager of Alavés?
Ayroyd gave Li Ang a brief account of what happened after he left the press conference. Li Ang was dumbfounded. He laughed and then shook his head. "What a pity, what a pity."
"What's a pity?"
"It's a pity that I didn't see this good show with my own eyes," Li Ang said.
Ayroyd was speechless. He called to remind Li Ang to be honest at this time and not add fuel to the fire. He didn't expect the other party's focus to be on this.
"The impact of this matter is very bad. Don't accept any media interviews and don't express any opinions," Ayroyd said seriously.
"I didn't hit him."
"You should be glad that you didn't hit him," Ayroyd said. "The Spanish Football Federation is already discussing the punishment for Olić. It's very likely that he will be suspended."
"So serious?"
"What do you think?" Ayroyd said in a bad mood.
Li Ang promised Ayroyd that he would know his place and not take the initiative to cause trouble.
Ayroyd was relieved to hear this promise. This matter was indeed very troublesome. However, the troublesome thing was the Alavés club. The Spanish Football Federation was furious about the manager hitting a reporter. It was said that the Alavés manager, Olić, would be severely punished. Sporting de Gijón's general manager, Mr. Ayroyd, was also scared. Fortunately, it was not Li Ang who hit him. Otherwise, it would be a major blow to Sporting de Gijón, which had just improved. However, Ayroyd had to be cautious. He especially called the restless manager to warn him not to cause trouble. After all, the Alavés manager, Olić, hit someone. If they really wanted to find out the reason, this matter had something to do with Li Ang. It was all because of his "statement."
Regarding Li Ang's statement, which made the club's balls ache, the Sporting de Gijón club immediately expressed their views. As the press officer said at the press conference, this was the personal statement of the manager, Li Ang, and had nothing to do with the club. As a natural person, Li Ang had the freedom to refuse a media interview.
After ending the call with the general manager, Mr. Ayroyd, Li Ang was stunned. Then, the more he thought about it, the more amused he felt.
The person he wanted to hit the most was slapped in the face by the Alavés manager in the end, and this Mr. Olić could be said to be the most innocent. He had just been eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Li Ang's team and was furious. Now, he got into such a big trouble.
What a good person.
Li Ang touched his chin. He was wondering if he should send a banner to Mr. Olić. This was the true spirit of selflessness and selflessness.
*****
Then, Li Ang's attention was attracted by a newspaper.
This was the Voice of Sporting de Gijón. It was the media outlet that took the initiative to express goodwill to Li Ang and wanted to interview him, Mitra.
The Voice of Sporting de Gijón was full of praise for Li Ang. Li Ang's tactics in the game between Sporting de Gijón and Alavés were praised to the heavens. It said that it was a "wonderful production by a very smart Chinese." It also praised Li Ang's standards, ability, and vision. It expressed its belief that the team would definitely succeed in avoiding relegation under Li Ang's leadership.
This praise made Li Ang's heart bloom. Such a newspaper, such a media outlet, was really likable.
Li Ang also knew that this was the media outlet expressing goodwill to him again. Now, he was really considering whether to accept this media outlet's interview and establish a good working relationship if possible. Li Ang knew that he needed a media outlet that he had a good relationship with. To be precise, he needed a spokesperson in the media.
Although the other local media outlets in Sporting de Gijón were also praising him now, Li Ang understood the morality of the media. If the results of the next game were not good, these media outlets that were still singing his praises today would immediately and mercilessly attack him. This was the media.
Under such circumstances, if there was a media outlet that could establish a certain relationship with him and could always stand by his side and cheer for him, it would be very necessary.
Li Ang secretly made a note of this in his heart. It seemed that he needed to find time to meet the reporter, Mitra. He believed that the other party must be waiting for his call. He had already extended the olive branch twice. The other side must be waiting for his response.
What caught Li Ang's attention was not just the praise and olive branch that the Voice of Sporting de Gijón had extended to him.
Instead, it was an analytical article that the Voice of Sporting de Gijón had published after the report of yesterday's game. The title of the article was: How Far Can Sporting de Gijón Go in the Copa del Rey?!
This immediately attracted Li Ang's interest and attention.
In all fairness, he had never considered the Copa del Rey. Even if he wanted to eliminate Aravés in yesterday's game, it was also because of the excitement brought to him by the score of 2-0. Since there was hope to eliminate the opponent, he naturally had to seize it.
However, after Sporting de Gijón eliminated Aravés and reached the top four of the Copa del Rey, Li Ang really did not seriously consider the road after that.
In the other games of yesterday's Copa del Rey were the quarterfinals:
Sevilla won 2-1 against Atlético Madrid in the away game. In the first round of the game, Sevilla won 4-0 against their opponent at home. The total score of the two rounds was 6-1 against Atlético Madrid, and Sevilla reached the top four with their head held high.
Real Madrid won 2-1 against Valencia in the away game. In the first round of the game, Real Madrid won 3-0 at home. In the end, Real Madrid won 5-1 against Valencia in the two rounds, and the Galácticos reached the top four of the Copa del Rey.
There was still one more game. Saragossa's home game was 1: 1 against Barcelona. In the first round of the game between the two sides, Saragossa defeated Barcelona 1: 0 in the away game. Therefore, Saragossa defeated Barcelona with a total score of 2: 1 and entered the Copa del Rey semi-finals. This was also a big upset.
Now, the top four of the Copa del Rey were out. They were Sporting de Gijón led by Li Ang, La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid, La Liga powerhouse Sevilla, and Zaragoza.
Other than Sporting de Gijón, who was a La Liga team, the other three teams were all La Liga teams, including the Galácticos Real Madrid!
Li Ang's gaze was fixed on Real Madrid at this moment!
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