"Sporting de Gijón is a team with a glorious history, and now, we have the best players. This is the best era, and our era is right under our feet!"
On the television, Li Ang's determined and confident face, coupled with those words, immediately made the fans on the television feel their blood boil and cheer.
"So domineering!"
"What a satisfying statement!"
"Li Ang is domineering!"
"Li Ang is mighty!"
On the Internet, the fans were very excited and lively.
"This is Li Ang, this is Li Ang's team, this is the story of this Chinese manager in the Iberian Peninsula. In faraway Spain, a Chinese manager is leading his team on the road of revival. Gijón, Spain's beautiful coastal city, is the pearl of this peninsula, and Sporting de Gijón is the most dazzling light of this pearl. We look forward to Li Ang's leadership, this team nicknamed the Red and White Army, this' King of the North 'with its former glory, can regain its glory as soon as possible!"
"Thank you for watching. This episode of Soccer Night ends here. Let us wish Li Ang well. As the first manager of a foreign team in China, we hope that he will be more successful in the future. Thank you, everyone."
In the broadcast studio, Duan Xuan, Liu Jianhong, Chen Wenqiang, and the rest of the program team were crowded there. As the signal of the program was cut off, everyone cheered.
Just now, when they found out that the ratings had reached 2.11, they were all very excited. Now that the program was over, everyone was looking forward to it, wanting to know the final ratings of the program.
It took time to calculate the ratings, so everyone had to wait slowly in torment.
*****
About 20 minutes later, Xiao Liu rushed in, screaming.
Everyone looked at him.
"How much?" everyone asked in unison.
"2.98!" Xiao Liu yelled at the top of his lungs.
The broadcast studio was silent at first, and then there was a huge burst of cheers.
Everyone hugged and high-fived each other in celebration.
Chen Wenqiang was so excited that his face turned red. This rating was something he had never dreamed of.
This could be said to be the highest rating of the sports channel in recent years. To be exact, it was the highest rating since the last time the China team entered the World Cup.
"Very good, very good." Chen Wenqiang was so excited that his voice changed. "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. It's my treat tonight!"
"Hooray!" This won another round of cheers from the crowd.
*****
The program 'Xi Xing Manji' had ended, but the popularity of the program continued.
The fans were enthusiastic. They could not imagine Li Ang's achievements at Sporting de Gijón, nor could they imagine Li Ang's popularity in the city.
On the Internet and in the forums, many fans were discussing this episode of Football Night.
There were all kinds of discussions, all kinds of discussions, and all kinds of exclamations.
They admired Li Ang from the bottom of their hearts.
It could be said that Li Ang was completely enraged.
It could be said that more than half of the football fans in the country had watched this special episode of "Soccer Night", "Xi Xing Manji". The negative impact that Li Ang had previously caused due to the wrong report on "Daily Sports" had completely disappeared.
With such a special episode on the sports channel, Li Ang's image could be said to have risen immediately.
Some fans were also talking about this matter.
"I didn't think that Daily Sports was actually making things up."
"Yeah, I even scolded Li Ang at that time, saying that he was ruining the image of China's football. I want to apologize to Li Ang now."
"I apologize too!"
"To be honest, seeing Li Ang's performance, why do I feel happier than seeing our players shine?"
"Me too. This is the first time I feel that a coach is so good. So awesome!"
These words on the Internet could not be seen by the higher-ups of Daily Sports. However, at this moment, their hearts sank.
Zhang Zegang and the other higher-ups of the news agency finished watching Football Night in the conference room.
At this moment, the conference room was dead silent. They had thought that this episode of the sports channel would put them in a passive position. However, at this moment, they realized that things were far worse than they had imagined.
To be honest, from the perspective of the audience, they had to admit that this special episode of 'Xi Xing Manji' was quite outstanding.
And the more outstanding this episode was, the more passive they were.
No one said anything because it was useless to say anything now.
Everyone looked at Zhang Zegang. At this moment, only the boss could make the decision.
*****
Zhang Zegang's face was unusually ugly.
Silence.
The entire conference room was so quiet. After about a few minutes, Zhang Zegang raised his head and looked at everyone.
"Apologize!" Zhang Zegang said weakly, as if this sentence had drained all his strength.
"Publish an apology in the newspaper. We admit our mistakes and accept all conditions," Zhang Zegang said through gritted teeth.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Zhang Zegang said weakly.
"Director Zhang." It was the secretary who came in. "The sports channel has announced the viewership ratings for this episode of Football Night on their official website."
"How much?" someone asked.
"Yes —" The secretary's face was ugly.
"Speak," Zhang Zegang said.
"2.98!" the secretary said.
"What?"
"How is that possible?"
Everyone was shocked and looked at the secretary.
The secretary had no choice but to repeat it again. "2.98!"
Zhang Zegang waved his hand and gestured for the helpless secretary to leave.
The conference room was silent again.
They were print media, but this did not mean that they did not understand television media. Of course, they knew what a 2.98 viewership rating meant.
This was simply an amazing viewership rating.
"Everyone, disperse. Do as I say." Zhang Zegang waved his hand and gestured for the meeting to end. He leaned back and buried himself in the leather chair …
He had already made up his mind to admit defeat and publish an apology in the newspapers. He was already feeling very down, but this 2.98 viewership rating was a blow to his head. This meant that almost all the football fans in the country had watched this episode. It also meant that Daily Sports would be questioned and criticized even more.
At this moment, Zhang Zegang thought of the discussions from before and gritted his teeth. If Gao Bo was in front of him, he would have given him a few tight slaps.
*****
Gao Bo sat in front of the television, his face ashen.
Beneath his feet were a bunch of cans and beer bottles.
He had already been fired from Daily Sports. Currently, Gao Bo was looking for a new job. He had thought that with his fame and connections in the media industry, it would be easy for him to find a new job.
However, he was wrong. These days, Gao Bo had been hitting walls everywhere.
He had called the people in charge of some of the media companies that had tried to poach him. At first, they had rejected him. Later on, when he called again, they did not even pick up his calls.
At this moment, Gao Bo realized how bad the impact of this incident was on him.
Some of the reporters who were close to him had said in private that the impact of this incident was very bad. Now, no one dared to hire him.
At this moment, with this episode of Football Night, Gao Bo knew that the situation had gotten worse.
At this moment, the bedroom door opened. It was his wife, Xu Hui, who had come out to use the bathroom.
Xu Hui frowned and looked at her husband, who was lying on the sofa with a look of despair and dispiritedness.
All this time, they had spent every day arguing and fighting.
The two of them had already agreed to go through the divorce procedures the next day.
Xu Hui's attitude was very firm. This woman was very strong. She was determined to get custody of the two children and was filial to her in-laws as usual.
She came out of the bathroom.
Xu Hui looked at this dispirited man.
"I have something to do tomorrow," Xu Hui said. "We'll talk about the divorce later."
"Ah —" Gao Bo raised his head and looked at his wife in disbelief.
Xu Hui ignored him and went into the bedroom. She slammed the door shut.
Gao Bo looked at the tightly shut door in a daze.
Finally, he hugged his head and started crying.
He knew that if he was in a better situation now, this woman would be determined to divorce him.
But now … at this moment, this man's heart was only filled with guilt and gratitude.
*****
Gihon.
Li Ang was in his apartment. He had a strange look of surprise on his face.
He had just received the reward of the [Ticket to Bernabéu] mission.
This was a new skill. The name of the skill was [Hammer of Wrath]!
This was the first time he had gotten this skill.
[Hammer of Wrath], as the name suggested, was related to anger and emotions.
However, it did not mean that he had to think of ways to mobilize his players' anger and arouse the fighting spirit of the whole team. On the contrary, he had to provoke the anger of the opposing players. The angrier, the better.
In short, he had to think of ways to provoke the opponent. The angrier the opponent, the better. It would be best if they were angered to the point of losing their minds.
If the opponent lost their minds, there would be an opportunity. Li Ang understood this point.
However, Li Ang knew that this kind of thing was a double-edged sword. If the opponent was angered but did not lose their minds, they might even be angered and become stronger. That would be bad luck.
The description of [Hammer of Wrath] was to do everything possible to provoke the opponent so that when the required Rage points were obtained, there would be an immediate reward!
What was the reward?
Li Ang did not know because the reward was given out randomly.
Moreover, the system indicated that the reward would be given out suddenly during the game.
According to the level of [Hammer of Wrath], the reward given out was also different.
In addition, there were conditions to use [Hammer of Wrath]. Only by completing a specific mission could it be used in a specific game. At least that was the requirement for now.
At this moment, the specific game referred to the Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid!
This [Hammer of Wrath] only appeared after the completion of the [Ticket to Bernabéu] mission.
This [Hammer of Wrath] was a one-time consumable skill. This time, it was the reward of the [Ticket to Bernabéu] mission, and it would disappear after use.
In the future, it could only appear again after completing other specific missions. Moreover, as the number of times it was used and the effect of the skill increased, the skill effect of [Hammer of Wrath] would level up.
Li Ang was pondering over the skill of [Hammer of Wrath]. He shook his head. He still could not figure it out. Only by using it once could he know what was going on.
Since he could not figure it out, he might as well not think about it. After using it once, he would be able to understand it more deeply.
Li Ang began to ponder over the Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid.
According to the surface understanding of [Hammer of Wrath], it was to provoke the opponent in the game against Real Madrid.
Provoke Real Madrid.
Li Ang suddenly smiled. This was really interesting.
If someone familiar with Li Ang saw his smile, they would know that he was definitely thinking of some "bad idea".
*****
Two days later, Sporting de Gijón challenged the ninth-ranked team, Tenerife, in the 33rd round of the Segunda División.
In this game, Sporting de Gijón played particularly hard.
Until the game reached the injury stoppage time, the score was still 0: 0.
At the last moment of the game, a long shot by the substitute, Javier Blanco, hit the calf of a Tenerife player and changed direction. The opponent's goalkeeper could not save it in time.
When the goal was scored, Li Ang excitedly hugged his assistant manager, Scott Terry, next to him.
This goal was really lucky.
Javier Blanco's shot was not a threat at all. If the Tenerife defender had not blocked it, the goalkeeper might have been able to hold on to it steadily. However, the defender extended his leg to block the shot, which led to the birth of the ball.
It could be said that Sporting de Gijón's goal at the last moment was very lucky.
After the game, the Tenerife manager looked very depressed. He complained that a draw was the most reasonable result for this game.
Li Ang did not dig at the opponent's manager this time. He also admitted that his team won by a bit of luck.
"We were lucky. Lady Luck favored us in the end. However, this is a football game," Li Ang said.
He was not the kind of person who did not take advantage of others. Besides, he did not have any grudges with Tenerife. He had already won the game and killed the opponent. He was happy, so naturally, he spoke more politely.
*****
Half an hour after the game ended, on the way back to the hotel where they were staying, they learned about the results of the other games. Only then did they understand how important this lucky goal was.
It could be said to be a golden goal.
Sporting de Gijón's direct opponent to avoid relegation, Leganés, conceded a goal at the last moment of their home game and were forced into a draw by their opponent.
The other three teams at the bottom of the rankings also lost in this round of the league.
In this way, Sporting de Gijón, with the three points they obtained from this victory, now had 48 points. They were seven points ahead of Leganés, who was in 19th place. This could be said to be extremely good news for Sporting de Gijón to avoid relegation.
In addition, there was also good news. Messi City, who was in front of Sporting de Gijón and ranked 17th, lost to Numancia at home.
Now, Sporting de Gijón and Messi City both had 48 points. The latter was in front with a goal difference of two.
This news made Li Ang excited. Compared to pulling away from the pursuers behind him, he was also looking forward to overtaking the teams in front of him. If he could pull down the teams in front of him and pull them behind him, then Sporting de Gijón's survival would be even more secure. Having a cushion behind him was a comfortable and stable feeling.
It could be said that from this moment on, Sporting de Gijón's journey to avoid relegation had truly seen the light at the end of the tunnel!
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