On the 7th of May, 2004, the city of Gijon was dressed up to welcome the return of the city's heroes.
In this port city in the north of Spain, almost everyone came out to welcome the return of Sporting de Gijon.
In the El Molinon Stadium, the club held a grand ceremony. The players appeared one after another and were greeted with huge cheers and applause.
At the last moment, when the team's manager, Li Ang, and the team's captain, Miguel Cobas, came out with the championship trophy, the whole stadium boiled up like an erupting volcano.
Almost at the same time, from the direction of the port, loud whistles came one after another.
At that time, the 65 ships of various types moored in the Gijon Port sounded their horns three times.
Let me offer my congratulations.
*****
In the evening, Li Ang met with Jesús Fernandro Tomírez in a small bar in a more remote area.
Li Ang asked briefly about the situation of the French player he favored.
Keeping this in mind, Li Ang made a decision. After the next league game, it looked like he would have to make a trip to France.
"I watched this player play. He's not bad." Tomírez showed a surprised expression. "Where did you hear about such a player? I asked some of my friends in France, but they've never heard of this player. "
Li Ang casually laughed and glossed over the matter.
In the end, after confirming that a certain French player was indeed quite down and out, Li Ang smiled happily.
*****
Before leaving, Li Ang suddenly asked Tomírez, "Jesús, have you ever thought about working with me?"
"Work with you? What do you mean? "The independent scout looked at Li Ang with deliberate surprise.
Li Ang gave him a look, meaning that he was a smart person. How could he not understand what he meant?
Tomírez laughed. "Forget it. I still prefer to be alone."
Li Ang shrugged. "That's a pity. Hey, man, you might have missed out on a rather exciting and fulfilling job."
The two of them were familiar with each other. Tomírez smiled and ignored Li Ang's "joke." Although Li Ang led Sporting de Gijon to win the Copa del Rey, in Tomírez's eyes, Li Ang still did not have the ability to "incorporate" him. Moreover, he was used to being free.
Li Ang waved goodbye to Tomírez. He knew that he would probably have less contact with Tomírez in the future. Even if he needed to find this person, he would have to pay special attention.
Although Tomírez had asked that question unintentionally today, Li Ang was already on his guard.
He was a reincarnated person. He was familiar with the future and was very good at reading people. If this kind of thing happened once or twice, it could be said that he had good foresight. But if it happened too many times, it would arouse suspicion. Others might not think that he was a reincarnated person, but at the very least, they would suspect that there was something wrong with him. This problem referred to the existence of superpowers or something like that … He did not want to be treated as a lab rat.
Of course, if Tomírez was willing to be "incorporated" by him and sign some confidentiality agreement, the two sides would become entities with common interests. Although Li Ang could not say that he trusted Tomírez, at least there were some things that he could continue to hand over to Tomírez to do … Unfortunately, the independent scout did not think highly of Li Ang, who was a small temple.
After getting into the taxi, Li Ang took out a piece of paper from his pocket. There were seven or eight names written on the paper. If Tomírez was willing to be "incorporated," Li Ang considered handing the paper to Tomírez and asking him to help find the seven or eight players on the paper. But now, there was no need for that for the time being.
Li Ang thought about it and tore the paper to shreds. Then, he opened the car window and scattered the shreds out. A small piece of paper flew up …
Should he consider forming a scouting team? Li Ang suddenly had an idea.
*****
The influence of Sporting de Gijón's lifting of the Copa del Rey was still fermenting. In the Spanish football world, there were already people who had begun to pay attention to the former powerhouse who was still struggling in the Segunda División.
Sporting de Gijón's general manager, Venita Arango, was indeed more capable. She took the opportunity to launch a public relations campaign for Sporting de Gijón. Riding on this momentum, the image of the Sporting de Gijón team was further improved. It was not known what Venita was thinking. One of the topics she chose to hype up was quite interesting: the mysterious and young China manager and the young and beautiful general manager of the club. The young combination of Sporting de Gijón was very eye-catching.
Of course, Li Ang did not only hear good things about Sporting de Gijón.
For example, Mr. Verga Stralen, who had his own football column in the Spanish newspaper La Repubblica, fired at Li Ang and Sporting de Gijón the day after the game.
The commentator called out the injustice for Real Madrid in his comments after the game, saying that Sporting de Gijón won the title by using despicable means. Mr. Stralen believed that Real Madrid could be divided into two points in the final. One was before Zidane was sent off, and the other was after Zidane was sent off. Before Zidane was sent off, Real Madrid was leading by two to one. The subsequent goal also came from a free kick created by Zidane. After Zidane was sent off, the defensive pressure on Sporting de Gijón was greatly reduced. Only then did they have the opportunity to attack. In the end, they scored three goals in a row and turned the tables to win the title!
Stralen criticized Li Ang's despicable tactics. He criticized him for using despicable means to provoke Zidane in order to win, causing the Frenchman to be sent off. Mr. Stralen even labeled Li Ang as an insult to football.
In the end, Stralen also mocked Sporting de Gijón's current situation in the Segunda División, where they were almost relegated. "Who would imagine that a second-tier team, even a team that was almost relegated, would represent a country in the UEFA Europa League? If Sporting de Gijón were to participate in the UEFA Europa League, what would the people of other countries think? This team would only bring shame to Spanish football. What would the Italians think? What would the French think? What would the English think? What would the Germans think? They would only laugh at the decline of Spanish football, and actually want a Segunda División team to participate in the UEFA Europa League!!! This is a disgrace. This is a disgrace to Spanish football! "
In the end, Mr. Stralen also called for the despicable Chinese who insulted artistic football to be driven out of Spanish football!
It was obvious that this person was targeting Li Ang!
*****
Li Ang did not read La Repubblica, so he did not know about Mr. Stralen's attack on him and Sporting de Gijón at first. However, other media reporters had kindly informed him of the matter.
This' kindly person 'was Mitra, a reporter from Voice of Gijón, who had a good working relationship with Li Ang.
Li Ang took a deep look at Mitra. The reporter who delivered the 'Republic' diligently was smiling, not at all embarrassed that his intention of 'instigating' and 'watching a good show' had been seen through.
Li Ang roughly read La Repubblica's report. Although he knew that Mitra wanted him to come out and argue with this guy, he did not want to be ordered around by the media, even if it was a media that he had a good relationship with. However, after reading Mr. Stralen's attack on him, Li Ang was still quite unhappy.
Most importantly, he had never heard of Mr. Stralen. Li Ang had been in Spain for nearly two years, and he knew the names of the famous football critics. He thought about it in his mind, and there was indeed no name of Mr. Stralen.
Then, there was only one conclusion. This guy who scolded him in La Repubblica was a nobody!
This made Li Ang unhappy.
He felt that, as a "champion manager," he was being scolded by a nobody. This was quite unpleasant.
He did not mind being scolded, but if a nobody wanted to rely on scolding him and stepping on him, then sorry, he would be angry.
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