"Li is a very good coach. He has coached in many countries in Europe. Before he came to us, he was the head coach of Real Madrid Cadet A. His coaching results were excellent. I am very happy that the team can welcome such an excellent coach." Alexandre Elroyd spoke highly of Li Ang to show his support.
In fact, the general manager of Sporting de Gijón had to admit that Li Ang's resume was indeed quite excellent. It looked good, and no one could find any fault with it. Although he was young, he had a lot of coaching experience. He had been to many countries, which showed that this person had a lot of experience. And Cadet A, who had coached Real Madrid, was plated with a layer of gold.
You see, he had experience working at the grassroots level and working in the world's top 500. In a word, this was a talent!
This was the general first reaction when people saw Li Ang's coaching resume. The prerequisite was to put down their prejudice and give him a fair platform to examine him.
They could express doubts because Li Ang was a Chinese. This was due to the lack of communication and the poor performance of China's football in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. They expressed doubts about Li Ang's ability. However, when they heard that this person had actually been the head coach of Real Madrid Cadet A, many people were surprised. Although it could not be said that they had a whole new level of respect for him, at least they had a basic level of respect. Real Madrid's youth training camp was very famous in Spain. The standard was also very high. Naturally, the level of the coaches there was also very high.
After a brief introduction of Li Ang, Alexandre Elroyd introduced his colleagues here to Li Ang.
First, it was the coaches of the B team, followed by the coaches of the youth team.
Although Sporting de Gijón's youth training was not bad, this did not mean that their youth team was large. In fact, Sporting de Gijón's youth team was not like Real Madrid's. The under-20 echelon had three levels, A, B, and C, the under-17 echelon had three levels, A, B, and C, and the under-15 echelon had three levels, A, B, and C as well. It was the same for the under-15 echelon. This would require a huge investment in funds, software, and hardware. Sporting Gihon could not afford it. Their youth team only had three tiers. One was the under-20 youth team, the other was the under-17 youth team, and the last was the under-14 youth team.
Therefore, Sporting de Gijón did not have many coaches. The B team coaches and the three echelons of the youth team added up to a total of ten coaches, including Li Ang himself.
In addition, Elroyd also introduced Li Ang to the stadium maintenance workers, scouts, team doctors, and other teams. As the manager of the B team, he needed to deal with these people. Li Ang knew this very well, so he nodded to these people in a friendly manner, showing due respect. This also made everyone have a good impression of this Chinese man.
However, this time, Li Ang did not see the manager of Sporting de Gijón's first team and his coaching team. Of course, this was understandable. The manager of the first team was a big shot. Naturally, he would not wait in the team office to welcome the manager of the B team. He was busy enough now. The winter break was coming to an end, and the Segunda División was about to reignite. Sporting de Gijón, who was aiming to reach La Liga, was not in a good situation. The manager of the first team did not have the time to deal with a reserve team coach.
Of course, Li Ang was not interested in what the manager of the first team looked like.
After everyone was introduced to each other, the general manager of the club, Alexandre Elroyd, announced the dissolution of the club. The winter break was coming to an end, and the club would enter a busy state again. Everyone had a lot of work to do. Gathering to welcome the manager of the B team was already a show of respect.
After leaving the Molinon Stadium, Li Ang and two colleagues walked to the reserve team's training ground. The entire Sporting de Gijón used the same training ground, the Maleo training ground.
In the Maleo training ground, the first team, reserve team, and youth team each had their own training ground. They did not affect each other.
Li Ang's two colleagues were called Francisco Javier Garcia Paller and Isdero Fernandez.
The latter's name wasn't too long, but the former's name was too long. Fortunately, Li Ang had been in Spain for a while, so he could remember the name immediately. Of course, they wouldn't call each other by their full names when they communicated. For example, Francisco Javier Garcia Paller. Li Ang could call him Paller, which was a more formal way of addressing him. A more intimate way of addressing him would be Francisco.
From Paller and Fernandez, Li Ang learned that his main job was to be in charge of the reserve team. However, at the same time, Li Ang also had a certain amount of authority over the youth team.
This was a vertically delegated management model. For example, the manager of the first team, in addition to the first team, he also had a certain amount of authority over the reserve team and the youth team. This was understandable. After all, the lower echelon was ultimately to serve the upper echelon. Of course, in general, the first team would not interfere with the management of the lower echelon, just as Li Ang would not easily interfere with the management of the youth team.
Of course, if necessary, Li Ang could transfer players from the youth team to the reserve team at any time.
After listening to Fernandez's explanation, Li Ang suddenly became interested in the team's youth training.
He finished reading the team magazine of Sporting de Gijón that he had bought after getting off the bus yesterday. This gave him a preliminary understanding of Sporting de Gijón. What surprised him was that Sporting de Gijón's youth training was quite outstanding. Although Maleo's products were not as famous as La Masia's and Chamardine's products, they were still quite famous in Spain. For a period of time, they could be said to be of good quality and had a good reputation.
Many superstars had come out of Maleo. The more ancient representative was Gini. He was considered the pride of Sporting de Gijón. As one of the most famous strikers in the history of Spanish football, Gini had won La Liga's best striker five times in his career. This number was second only to Athletic Bilbao's legendary striker, Sala. He was tied with Di Stefano and Hugo Sanchez for second place in La Liga history.
In addition, Luis Enrique, who was now the captain of Barcelona, had only played for three teams in his life: Sporting de Gijón, Real Madrid and Barcelona. Compared to Gini's legendary life, Luis Enrique's career could only be described as maverick. He had played in all positions on the field except for the goalkeeper. After he was poached by Real Madrid from Sporting de Gijón, he had been Real Madrid's proud killer. Later, after he transferred to Barça, he had scolded Real Madrid fans after scoring for Barça. However, when he retired, Mundo Deportivo had emotionally said, "At the Nou Camp, the fans booed Romario and Stoichkov, but no one ever complained about Enrique." Of course, this was a story for later. At this time, Enrique had not retired yet.
In 300 games for Barcelona, Enrique had scored 109 goals. Adding the number of games he had played for Sporting de Gijón and Real Madrid, Enrique had played a total of 400 games in La Liga. In the national team, he had played for the Spanish national team in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 1996 European Championship. He also helped the Spanish Olympic team win the gold medal in the Men's Football Tournament in Barcelona in 1992. As the Dutch star Rijkaard had said, "Luis Enrique fought every minute on the field." And all of this came from his Asturias blood! Gijón, where Sporting de Gijón was located, was part of the Asturias region.
Gijón was good at training shooters. Although there were not many of them, as long as they came out of the mountains, they would be the best. Gini had won the title of La Liga's best shooter five times, and David Villa, who was also from Sporting de Gijón, had now become the main striker of the Spanish national team.
Therefore, Li Ang still had some expectations for Maleo's youth training.
"Now, are there any outstanding young lads in the team?" Li Ang asked the two assistants, looking quite expectant.
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