On October 10th, Sporting de Gijón played a friendly match against the visiting Serie B team, Empoli.
Sporting de Gijón reported to the Spanish Football Federation that the team's midfielder, Juan Carlos, would be absent from the match due to suspension. This removed one match of the suspension.
In this friendly match, Diego Milito, who had just recovered from his injury, scored twice to help Sporting de Gijón beat Empoli by three to one at home. Around five thousand fans came to the El Molinon Stadium to watch the match.
Then, something happened that made everyone's jaws drop.
On the second day after this friendly match, Sporting de Gijón's official website announced that the team's midfielder, Juan Carlos, had been demoted to the club's B team due to his red card in the national team.
Then, on October 12th, in the Segunda División, Sporting de Gijón's B team played against Las Palmas. Before the match, Sporting de Gijón reported to the Spanish Football Federation that Sporting de Gijón's B team's midfielder, Juan Carlos, would be absent from the match due to suspension. This meant that one match of Carlos's three-match suspension had been removed.
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The Spanish public was in an uproar. No one thought that Sporting de Gijón would use such a method to deal with Carlos's suspension. Did Sporting de Gijón break the rules by doing so? Of course, they did not break the rules. The club had the right to demote the player to the B team. Moreover, Carlos was not yet seventeen years old. According to his age, he was suitable to play in the B team. However, this was considered an opportunistic move.
The media was also very happy. They used a teasing tone to describe this matter.
Marca, which had a grudge against Li Ang, also teased this time. "… Obviously, the Chinese head coach of Sporting de Gijón has handled this matter well with the wisdom and method unique to the East. However, the gentlemen of the Spanish Referees Committee will not be happy."
In short, it was very happy. For the Spanish media, many of them did not like Li Ang. However, they also did not like the Spanish Football Federation. Scolding the Spanish Football Federation was not just a hobby of China's fans and media. This was something that fans and media from all over the world loved to see. Now, seeing Li Ang's little trick to make the Spanish Football Federation suffer in silence, the media was naturally very happy.
Li Ang naturally knew that this kind of behavior would not be liked by the Spanish Football Federation. In particular, the people of the Spanish Referees Committee would be very unhappy. However, he did not care. This mess was caused by the Spanish Football Federation's Referees Committee. Sporting de Gijón had been innocently implicated. He was already holding his breath and could not be bothered with the feelings of those people.
Later, Sporting de Gijón's official website made another announcement. Midfielder Juan Carlos returned to the Sporting de Gijón first team because of his good attitude during training with the B team.
Later, Sporting de Gijón reported to the Spanish Football Federation again that their midfielder Juan Carlos would automatically miss the seventh round of the La Liga match against Deportivo La Coruña because of the suspension.
This meant that Carlos's three-game suspension would only affect Sporting de Gijón in the match against Deportivo La Coruña.
The Spanish football world also took delight in this matter. It turned out that it could be done this way.
For a while, Li Ang's reputation was resounding again. Many Spanish fans knew that Sporting de Gijón's China manager was full of ideas. He used such a small trick to make the Spanish Football Federation feel helpless and embarrassed.
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Li Ang made a phone call to Hua Hua to express his gratitude. That's right, it was Hua Hua who came up with this idea.
"Hehehe, I really didn't expect you to actually do this." Hua Hua was rolling on the sofa on the other end of the phone, laughing. She was only wearing a camisole. Her tender white calves were particularly charming under the light.
At that time, Hua Hua Hua was on the phone with Li Ang to inform him about the progress of buying a house in Beijing. She gave Li Ang a suggestion in a joking tone. However, she did not expect Li Ang to actually think that it was a good idea and actually use it.
"It's a good idea. Why wouldn't I use it?" Li Ang said confidently.
"Aren't you afraid of offending the Football Federation?" Hua Hua Hua asked worriedly.
"There's nothing to be afraid of," Li Ang said. "This matter was originally caused by them."
"Is it really okay?" Hua Hua Hua Hua did not believe him.
"It's okay," Li Ang confirmed.
Of course, it would not be okay at all. However, Li Ang was not afraid. The Football Federations of the five major European leagues were relatively transparent and fair. They would not be as shady as the China Football Federation. They would not dare to act too blatantly. Moreover, Li Ang was not someone to be trifled with. If the Football Federation really did something to Sporting de Gijón, Li Ang was not a good boy to be bullied.
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"About my house, how is it going?" Li Ang asked.
"Do you really want to buy that house?" Hua 'er stopped joking and asked seriously with surprise.
In the past few days, Hua Hua, who had returned to Beijing, did her best to look for houses for Li Ang. She first introduced a few properties in her community, and Li Ang was also considering it. However, once Hua Hua had no opinion and said that there was a courtyard house for sale near the east of the Forbidden City in Beijing. She did not expect Li Ang to suddenly become energetic and immediately asked Hua Hua to inquire about the courtyard house.
This gave Hua He a fright. One had to know that in 2004, even though Beijing's housing prices were not that hot yet, the housing prices of the newly opened residential areas in the Third and Third Ring Road were already more than seven thousand to ten thousand yuan. As for the courtyard houses, the price was even higher, not to mention the courtyard houses near the Forbidden City. Moreover, the courtyard houses were relatively large in size. The smallest one was two to three hundred square meters. If one did not have a few million yuan, it would be impossible to get it.
For example, the courtyard house on the east side of the Forbidden City that Hua He mentioned to Li Ang was priced between 8 million and 10 million. The average price was about 40,000 yuan per square meter.
Hua He thought that Li Ang was just casually saying that he was interested in the courtyard house, but she did not expect Li Ang to be serious.
"Of course, it's true." Li Ang nodded and said, "Really, please help me ask the owner and help me inquire about the situation."
Hua He's small mouth on the other end of the phone was slightly open. She was shocked. She had done an interview with Li Ang and knew about Li Ang's family situation. She could not understand how this person dared to boast about coveting such a property worth tens of millions.
"If necessary, I can go back to China and talk to the landlord face to face!" Li Ang finally added seriously.
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