In front of the TV, Li Ang's father was happy but also a little sad, while Li Ang's mother was so emotional that she cried.
When Li Ang was on the phone with his family, he would only report the good news and not the bad news. He would only say how good his life was in Spain, how much the team valued him, how much the players respected him, how much the fans liked him, and so on. He did not mention a word about the difficulties he encountered in his work and life.
At this moment, through the special program "Xi Xing's Chronicles," they knew that their son had suffered so much abroad and had been questioned by so many people. Under such difficult circumstances, he had fought his way out of the encirclement and won the respect and trust of others!
They were proud of their son.
"In the stands of the El Molinon Stadium, we have witnessed a great game," Duan Xuan said.
"In the second leg of this season's Copa del Rey semi-finals, Sporting de Gijón faced Real Zaragoza at home. Sporting de Gijón won the first leg of the game with a score of three to one, which gave them the upper hand in the first two legs of the game. However, as soon as the game started, the home team suffered a head-on blow."
Following Liu Jianhong's words, the video of the game began to play on the TV screen. It was Marcos defending Moreno in the penalty area. The latter fell to the ground, and the referee blew a penalty and sent off Marcos with a red card.
"This penalty caused a huge controversy," Duan Xuan said. "Through the slow-motion replay, it can be seen that Moreno was suspected of diving."
The fans in front of the TV were also discussing the penalty. The eyes of the crowd were clear. The penalty was indeed a misjudgment, and Moreno was indeed suspected of diving.
Not to mention the penalty, the game had only started for five minutes, and a main defensive midfielder had been sent off. How could the game continue?
The audience began to worry about Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón.
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"Li Ang was quite dissatisfied with the penalty. He and the Zaragoza manager, Victor Fernandez, seemed to have a quarrel on the sidelines," Duan Xuan said.
The scene of Li Ang and Fernandez quarreling began to appear on the screen.
"Then, Li Ang made a shocking move. He got the team's substitute goalkeeper, Robert, to get up and warm up!"
"According to our observations, the team's starting goalkeeper, Valencia, is not injured."
"Therefore, when we were on the viewing platform, we were also puzzled and shocked by this scene."
"Then, Li Ang called the team's young striker, Juan Mata, to the sidelines. Then we saw Mata run back to the field and say something to the team's starting goalkeeper, Valencia!"
The viewers in front of the TV were all intrigued. What was he trying to do?
A thought appeared in their minds: change the goalkeeper?!
Changing the goalkeeper at this time?
Why?!
That's right, why?
"Perhaps everyone has already guessed the result. That's right, Sporting de Gijón has requested a substitution. The substitute goalkeeper, Roberto, has come on and replaced the main goalkeeper, Valencia!"
"As we all know, if the goalkeeper is not injured, it is almost impossible to change the goalkeeper's position!" Liu Jianhong said.
"However, this time, Li Ang unexpectedly changed the goalkeeper! As for this substitution, we only have one guess, and that is, Li Ang put on the substitute goalkeeper, Roberto, so that he could save the penalty kick! "Duan Xuan said.
"This guess shocked us, because this has never happened before." Liu Jianhong continued, "As we all know, saving a penalty kick is not so much a test of skill and ability as it is a test of luck for the goalkeeper. No goalkeeper can guarantee that he can save a penalty kick. Similarly, no manager dares to say that his goalkeeper can save a penalty kick!"
"Therefore, when the team was awarded a penalty kick at the beginning of the game, the manager put in a goalkeeper to save the penalty kick. This can even be said to be an incredible act!"
"Yes, my Duan Xuan was dumbfounded in the viewing platform at that time," Liu Jianhong said.
*****
The viewers and fans in front of the TV were also stunned at this moment.
China's fans could be said to be the most knowledgeable fans in the world. They were very familiar with the rules of football and many of the European leagues, not just the five major leagues, but even some of the smaller leagues and small teams.
China's fans could be said to be very knowledgeable, but as Duan Xuan said, they had never seen a goalkeeper change to save a penalty kick at the regular time of the game, especially when the game had only started five minutes ago. No manager would be crazy enough to waste such a substitution spot.
Therefore, at this moment, the viewers and fans were puzzled and shocked.
"Changing the goalkeeper to save a penalty kick? What is Li Ang thinking?" Wang Dapeng saw this and was very surprised.
"Yes, is he crazy?"
"This is a waste of a substitution spot."
"Maybe he is sure that the goalkeeper he put in will be able to save a little?" Zhang Quanda said, and then he was met with disdainful looks from a few people around him, which meant that he was an idiot, how could it be possible?!
At this moment, on the TV screen, the Zaragoza striker, Villa, took the penalty kick!
The quality of the penalty kick was very high!
However, Sporting de Gijón's substitute goalkeeper, Robert, made a miraculous save. He moved in advance and decisively threw his body out, pouncing on the ball!
"How is this possible?!"
"Hooray!"
"That works too?!"
"That's great!"
The fans and viewers in front of the TV had different expressions. They were either shocked, incredulous, or excited.
*****
"The most unbelievable scene happened just like that," Duan Xuan said in an excited tone. Duan Xuan said in a slightly excited tone, "Even now, seeing this scene, I still can't help but feel excited. This is really incredible. Li Ang put on the substitute goalkeeper to save the penalty kick, and he actually saved the penalty kick!
"This shows that Li Ang knows his players very well. He knows the characteristics of this goalkeeper!" Liu Jianhong said.
"However, to change the goalkeeper at this time requires a lot of courage. Even a goalkeeper who is good at saving penalties would not dare to say that he would be able to save it this time! This is not the last moment of the game, the game has only started five minutes ago. This kind of substitution at this time is a huge risk! "
"Yes, what if Robert did not save the penalty kick?! What, Li Ang's substitution this time will be a failure, and even a stain on his coaching career! "
The audience and fans had been applauding for this wonderful substitution, for Li Ang's stroke of genius, and for the goalkeeper's wonderful save. At this moment, hearing the two hosts' words, they also realized this point. Duan Xuan and Liu Jianhong were right. Li Ang's substitution this time was really too bold!
"Maybe this is Li Ang. This is the reason why he can achieve such results in Spain alone!" Liu Jianhong said.
Yes!
That's right!
Extraordinary people do extraordinary things!
The audience and fans all nodded, agreeing with Liu Jianhong's words.
Then, the camera panned to Sporting de Gijón's technical area on the sidelines. Li Ang was cheering arrogantly with his arms raised!
The camera gave him a close-up. The China manager's face was full of arrogance and excitement, and his eyes were full of confidence and wildness!
This shot immediately captured a lot of the audience.
"Too godly!"
"Awesome!"
"I swear, I'm Li Ang's fan!"
"Me too!"
"Li Ang, too cool!"
"Too awesome!"
"Damn! I've fallen in love with Li Ang! "
Li Ang's mother also had an incredulous look on her face. She looked at her husband, wondering how her son was so sure that the substitute could save the penalty kick.
Li Ang's father also shook his head, indicating that he did not know. However, his face was full of inexplicable excitement.
"Our son has always liked football. It looks like he really does have a talent in this area," Li Ang's father said.
"That goes without saying!" Li Ang's mother said proudly.
*****
Beijing, Central TV Headquarters.
Director Chen Wenqiang was in the studio. He was also a little nervous now. In order to produce this episode, he had to pat his chest and boast to the sports channel's leaders. That was how he got the funds for the program team to go to Spain.
Then, for this episode, the sports channel did a lot of publicity.
At this moment, it was time for the results to come out.
Although he had great confidence in this episode, his heart was still beating like a drum.
"Director Chen, I believe that the ratings will definitely be good," Little Zhao said comfortingly.
"Are the ratings out yet?" Chen Wenqiang asked. At this moment, the show was already halfway through. The real-time ratings should be out soon.
"It's here, it's here! It's here! "Little Liu ran all the way, holding a piece of paper in his hand.
"How much?" Little Zhao quickly asked.
"Guess?" Little Liu's face was red with excitement.
Guess, my ass!
Chen Wenqiang snatched the statistics sheet and looked down.
Then, his expression froze.
Then, he laughed out loud.
Little Zhao also quickly came over to take a look. Then, he was also stunned.
The other staff members quickly asked, "How much?"
"2.11!" Little Liu shouted loudly.
"How much?" Everyone was in disbelief!
"2.11!" Little Liu shouted again.
"Hooray!" The program team was stunned for a second before they erupted into loud cheers.
Ratings of 2.11. What did that mean?
Even some of the most popular variety shows now only had ratings of this level!
One had to know that this was just a football show. Furthermore, the ratings of Football Night were not as good as World Football. Even at the best of times, World Football's ratings were not even one percent! It was only a fraction of a percent!
Now, the ratings of this episode of Xi Xing Manji had actually reached 2.11. It had actually reached the ratings of some variety shows. This was simply a miracle!
It was a miracle that they did not even dare to dream of!
*****
The show continued.
When it was shown that Juan Mata had scored a goal to help Sporting de Gijón take a 1-0 lead.
There was a burst of cheers in front of the television.
At this moment, most of the audience and fans were on the side of Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón.
It could not be said that they were Sporting de Gijón fans. However, because of Li Ang, they started to have a good impression of this team.
"That's amazing!"
"I don't know. Do you still remember? Before this, Li Ang called Mata to the sidelines and said something. "
"Yes, yes. Now that you mention it, I remember it too!"
"It's obvious that Li Ang's tactics have successfully restrained the opponent!"
"It's simply too awesome!"
"He saved the penalty kick! With one less player on the field, he still took the lead! "
Some of the fans who watched the show online began to discuss enthusiastically on the Internet.
Everyone was very excited and kept commenting. The core idea was that Li Ang was too amazing.
At the end of the show, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
"Congratulations to Sporting de Gijón, congratulations to Li Ang!" Duan Xuan said excitedly. "Even though this is not a live broadcast, even though we watched the game live before and were already excited once, at this moment, we are still very excited. We want to congratulate Li Ang, congratulations to Sporting de Gijón!"
"After twenty-one years, Sporting de Gijón has once again reached the final of the Copa del Rey!"
"Before Li Ang took over this team, the team had not tasted a victory for three months and was almost unanimously considered to be on the verge of relegation! After Li Ang took over the team, this team has remained undefeated in the league so far. In the Copa del Rey, they first eliminated Aravés in the quarter-finals with a super comeback, and now they have eliminated the strong Real Zaragoza to reach the final of the Copa del Rey! This is simply a miracle! "
"Li Ang, this China's manager, is our compatriot! He has achieved a miracle that even the Spaniards can't believe! "Duan Xuan said excitedly.
Then, some Spanish newspapers began to appear on the television screen.
"These are the newspapers we bought at the airport when we returned from Spain. Almost all the sports media are reporting on the game between Sporting de Gijón and Real Zaragoza. They are full of praise for Li Ang."
Liu Jianhong then began to simply "read" a few reports.
"On the official website of the Spanish Football Federation, Li Ang is also full of praise. They say that he is a very excellent manager who has led Sporting de Gijón to create miracles!" Duan Xuan said.
*****
In the last segment of the program, the film crew filmed at Sporting de Gijón's Maleo training base.
"At the Maleo training base, what we felt the most was the enthusiasm of the entire club's staff!"
"To be exact, we felt their respect and trust for Li Ang. When Li Ang is mentioned, everyone in the club gives him a thumbs up!"
"Obviously, Li Ang has won the respect and trust here. It can even be said that if Li Ang leads Sporting de Gijón to continue winning, he will have unimaginable authority here!"
"This 28-year-old compatriot is beginning his glory in a foreign land, in the Spanish football world, in Gijón!"
At the end of the program, the film crew invited several representatives of Sporting de Gijón's players to evaluate their manager.
Team Captain Miguel Cobas: "The manager is very respected. Under his leadership, the team has achieved incredible results. I believe that we will succeed in avoiding relegation."
"This player is the captain of Sporting de Gijón!" Duan Xuan explained.
Miguel Pihela: "I want to thank the boss. He was sent by God to guide me. He is the most outstanding manager! I am very proud to be able to serve under him! "
"This player is the favorite player of Sporting de Gijón's fans. He was an amateur player who became the team's strong center forward. Miguel is a player who came from an amateur league. His entire career was spent in the amateur league. His biggest dream was to play for his favorite hometown team, Sporting de Gijón. However, it was almost impossible! However, Li Ang discovered the attacking talent of this amateur player who had played in the midfield all his life. He arranged for Miguel to play in the center forward position. Now, Miguel has contributed five goals to the team! Li Ang showed everyone his eye for players. This has become a legend in Spain! "Liu Jianhong said.
Juan Mata: "I admire the boss. When I was at Real Madrid, I knew that he was the most outstanding manager! I am very happy to play under him! This is also the reason why I came to Gijón from Real Madrid to follow the boss! "
"Juan Mata is the most popular attacking player in the team at the moment. This young player who came from Real Madrid's youth academy voluntarily applied to transfer from Real Madrid to Sporting de Gijón to follow Li Ang!" Duan Xuan said proudly.
Juan Carlos: "The boss is the best manager! I am very proud to play for him! "
"Juan Carlos is the young player who has the nickname 'Little Gattuso.' He was discovered by Li Ang from the slums of Madrid! This player who was kicked out of the Getafe youth team was discovered by Li Ang and given a chance to play. Li Ang successfully transformed Carlos from a defender to a defensive midfielder! We can say that Li Ang has given Carlos a new lease on life! When we were chatting, we could clearly feel that this young player has incomparable respect and admiration for Li Ang! "Liu Jianhong said.
*****
Finally, it was the club's general manager, Miss Benita Arango, who spoke.
The beautiful general manager showed a charming smile. "We have the best manager! He is a very charming person! "
"Sporting de Gijón's general manager, Miss Benita Arango, is a very beautiful girl who is very capable! She has a very high opinion of Li Ang, "Liu Jianhong said.
Finally, Sporting de Gijón's general manager, Li Ang, spoke.
At the end of the program, the fans and audience in front of the TV saw the following scene:
Li Ang looked around at his players, then smiled and said seriously, "Sporting de Gijón is a team with a glorious history, and now, we have the best players. This is the best time, and our time is at our feet!"
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