“GOOOOOA！ Juan Mata!! What a beautiful long shot! He single-handedly defeated Zaragoza's entire defensive line! He's not even seventeen years old, and he's now Li Ang's most trusted attacker!! What an unparalleled momentum! Sporting de Gijón takes the lead at home! "Dagestino shouted excitedly as he waved his arms.
Sporting de Gijón's players hugged together to celebrate the goal. When Li Ang saw Mata shoot the ball into the net, he suddenly raised his arms high. His expression was slightly ferocious because of his excitement.
This goal was too important for Sporting de Gijón!
In a situation where one player was sent off, they withstood the opponent's offensive, did not concede a goal, and successfully launched a counterattack. This was a great boost to the morale of the entire team. Not to mention, with this goal, Sporting de Gijón was now more confident. If Zaragoza wanted to eliminate Sporting de Gijón and advance, they needed to score four goals against Zaragoza in less than an hour of the game!
Thinking back to the situation where Zaragoza were unable to do anything when faced with Sporting de Gijón's tight and tough defense, it was easy to imagine how difficult it would be for them to score four goals against Sporting de Gijón.
It could be said that this goal reassured Sporting de Gijón. Even the most pessimistic fans began to have more expectations for the team to reach the Copa del Rey final!
This goal was so important for Sporting de Gijón, and conversely, it could be understood that this goal concede was fatal for Zaragoza.
Therefore, on the other side of the technical area, Zaragoza's manager, Victor Fernandez, and his assistant were appealing to the fourth official. The Zaragoza people insisted that Mata's interception of the ball was a foul! Their logic was very straightforward. Mata's interception of the ball was a foul, so the subsequent counterattack should not have happened. In that case, Sporting de Gijón's goal should not have happened.
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"That was clearly a foul! Mata's interception of the ball was a foul first! Damn it, this goal is against the rules! This is a misjudgment! "Fernandez opened his mouth and spat at the fourth official.
After celebrating the goal, Li Ang finally had the time and 'leisure' to pay attention to the story at the away team's technical area.
"That's right, that's right. Everything that was against you was a misjudgment! Why don't you just say so? " Li Ang came over and said sarcastically. He was feeling very good now. When Sporting de Gijón had been given a penalty kick and a red card at the start of the game, he felt very aggrieved. At that time, Fernandez did not take it lying down and provoked him. Li Ang still remembered this grudge.
Hearing Li Ang's words, Fernandez's lungs were about to explode. "What did you say?"
"This is definitely not a foul. It's a standard and beautiful tackle!" Li Ang said righteously and sternly. "Some people can't afford to lose. When they lose the ball, they start looking for all kinds of excuses!"
Li Ang did not hide his' bad 'attitude towards Fernandez. He had a lot of opinions about this old guy. Before the start of the first game, he was very proud and talked about meeting Real Madrid in the final. He did not have Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón in his eyes at all. After the first game with Real Madrid, Fernandez even criticized Li Ang's tactics for being ugly. Li Ang especially looked down on people who could not afford to lose. And today, in the game, Sporting de Gijón had suffered a major misjudgment at the start of the game and were awarded a penalty kick. Marcos was also sent off. Fernandez did not take it lying down and provoked him. Now, his team had lost the ball and he attacked them saying that they had suffered a misjudgment!
Bah!
His skin was really thick.
Fernandez was so angry that he did not want to argue with the fourth official. He wanted to rush up and have a good fight with Li Ang.
The fourth official's face was frighteningly dark. He informed the referee. The referee ran over and sternly warned the two disobedient managers. If they did not behave, he did not mind letting them go to the stands to calm down.
Li Ang snorted and walked away. He did not have a good impression of the referee. Li Ang remembered that the blind referee had given Sporting de Gijón a red dot set meal.
What's more, this time, the referee was not biased towards Sporting de Gijón. He was just being objective and fair because Mata did not commit a foul when he intercepted the ball. Under such circumstances, Li Ang could not hope to be nice to the referee.
As for Fernandez, the old man had long forgotten that Zaragoza had profited from the referee's decision. He was very dissatisfied that the referee did not whistle for Mata's foul. At this moment, he was looking at the referee's nose and face.
*****
In the stands, Duan Xuan, Liu Jianhong, and the others were still discussing Sporting de Gijón's goal.
"What a classic counterattack!" Duan Xuan said.
"Yes, this was Sporting de Gijón's first shot in today's game, and they scored." Liu Jianhong was amazed by Sporting de Gijón's scoring efficiency.
"Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón really surprised us."
These words were acknowledged by everyone. When Marcos was sent off with a red card and was awarded a penalty kick, they were all discussing it. The general opinion was that Sporting de Gijón was in danger. Although they had a 3: 1 advantage in the away game in the first leg, it was very likely that they would be turned around by their opponents at home.
Then, Li Ang made a miraculous substitution. Robert saved Villa's penalty kick, which shocked everyone.
Now, Sporting de Gijón, in a situation where they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, used a strong defense to restrain Zaragoza's attack, and then played a wonderful counterattack and scored a goal. This was simply a performance that made people jump up and stomp their feet in surprise.
"No wonder the Sporting de Gijón fans like Li Ang so much. He's really not ordinary." Chen Wenqiang said.
Just as they were discussing Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón, the game on the field had already gone on for more than ten minutes.
On the sidelines, the staff raised the electronic signboard indicating the two minutes of stoppage time in the first half of the game.
In the stands, Sporting de Gijón's fans were already celebrating and cheering.
In a situation where they had a player sent off at the beginning of the game and were awarded a penalty kick, no one thought that they would be able to end the first half with a score of 1: 0.
Two minutes later, Villa's somewhat forced shot went over the crossbar, and the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.
At the end of the first half of the game, Sporting de Gijón, with ten players, led La Liga powerhouse Zaragoza 1: 0 at home. The total score was now 4: 1!
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Before the halftime whistle sounded, Zaragoza's manager, Fernandez, rushed back to the locker room angrily.
At this moment, Zaragoza's players were a little dejected, and they walked towards the players' corridor without saying a word.
Sporting de Gijón's players, on the other hand, were a little tired after playing for forty-five minutes. However, they were in high spirits, and each of them could not wait to straighten their backs and feel extremely proud.
They had completed the task given to them by their coach, and they had shown everyone the will of Sporting de Gijón!
No, to be exact, they had completed the task more than they should have. They had scored and taken the lead.
Li Ang stood outside the players' corridor. He hugged every player who walked over, patted them on the shoulder, and said a few words of encouragement and praise.
In the starting eleven, other than Marcos, who had already been sent off and returned to the locker room early, Li Ang was like a general inspecting the soldiers who had returned from a bloody battle. He hugged and encouraged all ten starting players!
In the stands of the El Molinon Stadium, the fans stood up and applauded!
When Duan Xuan, Liu Jianhong, and the others saw this scene, they were all moved.
From the moment they arrived at Sporting de Gijón that afternoon until now, this city, this stadium, and the fans here were showing them everything with flesh and blood.
And Li Ang, the manager of their compatriot, who previously only existed in the videos and boring words in the media, was using his game tactics, his substitutions, and his every move to imprint in their minds in an unusually vivid and memorable way.
"Li Ang has the demeanor of a famous manager!" Duan Xuan suddenly said.
Li Ang was now only the manager of a team that avoided relegation in Segunda División. He was still thousands of miles away from being a famous manager. However, at this moment, no one refuted Duan Xuan's words. Instead, they felt that it was right! This was not because Li Ang was their compatriot that they were blowing their own trumpet. There was only pride and cheering!
Li Ang, a 28-year-old Chinese, had cut through all the obstacles in the Iberian Peninsula alone, and had created a world for himself.
They were cheering for him!
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