On the electronic scoreboard of the El Molinón Stadium, the current score was faithfully recorded:
Four to one!
According to international practice, the home team, Sporting de Gijón, was in front, and the away team, Atlético Madrid, was behind!
Albertini's direct free kick helped Sporting de Gijón quickly pull away from the score. It greatly boosted Sporting de Gijón's morale and also greatly damaged Atlético Madrid's morale.
Atlético Madrid's manager, Ferrando, sighed. Torres' goal had brought back a point, which gave Ferrando some hope. However, in just three minutes, Albertini's goal extinguished Ferrando's hope. He knew that the situation was over!
Then, Sporting de Gijón still had no intention of stopping. They continued to put pressure on Atlético Madrid's goal. In the 71st minute of the game, Sporting de Gijón almost pulled the score again. After a series of passes, Di Natale looked like he was going to pass the ball, but he suddenly shot a cold shot. Atlético Madrid's goalkeeper, Franco, was powerless to do anything about the ball. If Lopez had not hooked the ball out of the goal line in the back room of Atlético Madrid, Sporting Gijón would have been leading 5-1.
However, what Sporting de Gijón's attack could not do, they quickly did.
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Li Ang made a series of substitutions. Gieza replaced Di Natale, Benzema replaced Diego Milito, and Javier Blanco replaced Ribéry.
In the span of five minutes, he had used up all three of his substitutions.
In the 79th minute of the game, Javier Blanco passed the ball to Gieza. The Italian veteran dribbled the ball continuously to get rid of him, and was finally knocked to the ground by Calvo.
Albertini's free kick was driven into the penalty area. Benzema pressed Molinello and beautifully swung his head to score!
Five to one!
“Goooool！”
"The fifth! Benzema! The French youth came on as a substitute and scored! "
"Atlético Madrid suffered a crushing defeat at the El Molinón Stadium. They are now four goals behind Sporting de Gijón! Li Ang's team is playing like crazy! "
That's right, they are playing like crazy!
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Six minutes later, Sporting de Gijón scored their sixth goal of the match.
The veteran Albertini's sudden long shot caused Franco to lose his grip on the ball. Molinello, who was desperately running back to defend, could not stop in time and knocked the ball into his own net.
An own goal!
"Six to one! Six to one! Six to one! The sixth one! The sixth one!! "
"Oh, oh, oh, poor Molinello, what an unfortunate fellow he is!"
"Own goal! Sporting de Gijón continues to slaughter Atlético Madrid! "
"There's still seven or eight minutes left in the game, but Atletico Madrid looks like they're going to lose. This game is a nightmare for them!"
In the 89th minute of the game, Atlético Madrid got a goal back. The Danish national player, Glönshire, broke through Valencia's goal with a long shot!
However, during injury stoppage time, Sporting de Gijón scored another goal.
Ivanovic and Javier Blanc switched positions. The latter passed the ball into the penalty area, and the Serbia and Montenegro defenders scored with a beautiful header!
Seven to two!
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"Seven to two! Seven to two! Seven to two! The seventh! The seventh! The seventh! Unbelievable game! Unbelievable game! This game between Sporting de Gijón and Atlético Madrid, a game that was supposed to be evenly matched, and even a game where the home team was thought to be relatively weak, turned out to be so explosive and unexpected! Who would have thought that Atlético Madrid would be completely destroyed by Sporting de Gijón in this away game! "Dagestino roared at the top of his lungs.
"It's unbelievable! The Gijón people are completely crazy! They gave Atlético Madrid a good lesson! Li Ang's team is shocking. We should remember that when they faced Real Madrid, Barcelona, Deportivo de La Coruña, Valencia, and Sevilla, his team was the winner! This China coach has injected energy into Sporting de Gijón, a newly promoted team. This team is fascinating, and they played so well! "
The commentator went crazy and shouted excitedly.
This time, even Sporting de Gijón's own fans were stunned … They thought that the team might win, but they did not expect it to be such a crazy victory!
Seven to two!
They scored seven goals against Atlético Madrid!
This was the craziest game that Sporting de Gijón played at home this season!
The referee blew the whistle at the end of the game. Seven to two, Sporting de Gijón defeated Atlético Madrid at home.
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The people around him were cheering for the victory of this game, but Li Ang sat in the technical area, pinching his chin and thinking about something. This game had touched him. In the past, when he faced strong teams, his first choice was to defend and counterattack. This was the first time that Li Ang lowered his stance and faced the game with the mentality of the underdog. However, in this game, against Atlético Madrid, other than the opening ten minutes, Sporting de Gijón completely controlled the game. Their possession rate was as high as 69%, and Atlético Madrid was completely led by the nose!
Was Atlético Madrid not as strong as imagined, and too weak?!
Or was his team stronger than he thought? When facing strong teams, the current Sporting de Gijón had the capital to try to control the game?!
At the last moment of the game, he had been in a daze, thinking. No one knew what Li Ang was thinking at this moment.
It was not until Scottley suddenly touched his arm that he woke up from a dream.
"It's time to shake hands with Ferrando." He pointed to the right, not far away, where Atlético Madrid's manager, Ferrando, had stood up from his seat and was walking over. Although the team had suffered a crushing defeat, Ferrando was still relatively elegant.
"Sorry, I was distracted." Li Ang shook his head.
"What were you thinking about, Li?" Scottley asked in surprise.
Hearing Scottley's question, Li Ang's eyes lit up. "I realized that we are very strong."
After that, Li Ang stood up and walked over to Ferrando, ignoring the surprised Scottley.
"I'm sorry, Jesús," Li Ang said with a smile. Wasn't it a bit too much to beat the opponent by seven to two?
"Come on, I'm really afraid that I can't help but want to beat you up." The loser, Ferrando, looked depressed and said helplessly. In this game, his team lost miserably, but Sporting de Gijón also won fair and square. No matter how unhappy he was, what could he do?!
Li Ang smiled and the two shook hands to say goodbye.
He turned around and saw his players holding hands and gliding to the side of the stands to thank the fans. The whole stadium was almost exploding … The ground shook.
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At the El Molinón Stadium, Sporting de Gijón, playing at home, defeated Atlético Madrid by seven to two. They won a big victory in this "clash of the strong." It shocked the Spanish media and even attracted the attention of other mainstream media in Europe. After the game, the major media reported on Barça's reversal.
The big headline on the website of Spain's Marca was: "Incredible Game." And the newspaper's website also quoted Sporting de Gijón's president, Manuel Arango, after the game saying, "We have an incredible coach." It reported on Sporting de Gijón's feat with the headline, "Li Ang leads the team to a crazy victory."
Spain's AS's headline was, "Li Ang humiliates Madrid again." After leading the team to a victory over Real Madrid, Sporting de Gijón won even more easily and crazily against the other Serie A giants in the city of Madrid. Ferrando's team was humiliated by a score of seven to two.
Spain's El Deportivo's headline was, "Fireworks at the El Molinón Stadium." It said, "This was a dream night, a game that all fans want in their lives. Watching the home team win such a hearty game, the feeling is simply indescribable. After the game, the Sporting de Gijón fans set off fireworks. The whole city was intoxicated on this night … "
Spain's El Mundo Deportivo's headline was, "Li Ang is the father." It said that Li Ang was the soul of Sporting de Gijón and paid attention to Sporting de Gijón's tactics in this game. "Li Ang's team played dazzling football. They kept passing the ball, moving positions, and advancing quickly. However, they definitely did not hand over the ball easily." The critic of El Mundo Deportivo expressed his doubts. He thought that Li Ang's tactics were very similar to Barcelona's traditional tactics, but there seemed to be some differences.
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Because Albertini came to Sporting de Gijón, in addition to the two potential national players in Sporting de Gijón's team, as well as the veteran Chiesa, the Italian media was now paying close attention to this dark horse team that was stirring up trouble in La Liga.
The headline of the Italian media, Milan Sport, was divided into two sections. The first section was, "The Italian Players Performed Extremely Well." The second half was, "Atlético Madrid Slaughtered, Former Powerhouse in Trouble." It focused on praising the performance of the Italian players such as Albertini, Di Natale, Grosso, and Chiesa, who came on as a substitute. It also expressed its feelings about Atlético Madrid's continued decline.
The headline of Turin Sport used the pun "China's Victory." They thought that the coaching standard of the Chinese manager had shocked them. They also asked a question. Looking at Li Ang's brilliant performance at Sporting de Gijón, was China's football really as bad as they usually thought?
The headline of Italy's Corriere dello Sport was, "Gijón Becomes the Base of Italian Overseas Players." It said, "Under the command of the Chinese manager, whether it was a veteran like Albertini, or players like Di Natale and Grosso, who had not been noticed before, they all showed a delightful form. Even the veteran Chiesa, who had just arrived at Sporting de Gijón in the winter transfer, also had a good performance. They defeated Atlético Madrid by 7: 2. The best player of the game was the 33-year-old Albertini. It was amazing!"
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The headline on the website of Germany's Kicker magazine was, "The Great Night of the Dark Horse and the Sad Night of the Madridistas." In the city of Madrid, most of the fans were Atlético Madrid fans. That was why Kicker had such a statement.
The website of France's L'Equipe said, "An amazing newly promoted team!" After the 19th round of the La Liga, Sporting de Gijón had played against all the La Liga teams. This newly promoted team had won against Real Madrid and Barça, as well as the defending champions, Valencia, the traditional strong teams, Deportivo de La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, and other teams. They deserved to be called the killers of the strong teams!
The headline on the website of France Football magazine was, "Unbelievable Chinese Manager …" The newspaper expressed "serious concern" for Li Ang, saying that it did not expect a Chinese manager to achieve such results in a mainstream European league. At the same time, France Football even expressed its gratitude to Li Ang, because Li Ang had discovered the young star, Benzema. The 17-year-old French boy had scored five goals this season at Sporting de Gijón, which was a very good result. The newspaper humorously said that it was grateful to Li Ang for cultivating a talented striker for France.
Britain's Sky Sports said it was "perfect", "Amazing Chinese Manager Propelled This Newly Promoted Team To Complete A Famous Victory Over Atlético Madrid".
The headline of The Independent was, "Sporting Gijón Should Not Be Viewed As A Newly Promoted Team," and said, "On the Iberian Peninsula, which we do not pay much attention to, Sporting de Gijón, a newly promoted team, is shaking up La Liga. They have just handed Atlético Madrid a crushing defeat of 2-7. Their Chinese manager is regarded as the most popular young manager in La Liga …"
Even the Brazilian media in South America began to pay attention to the big dark horse in La Liga.
Brazil's Global Network's headline was "Desire", saying that Li Ang had become the biggest star in this port city of Spain. The people of Gijón were eager to start a great and glorious journey under the leadership of a Chinese man.
Brazil's Lance Sport focused on Pepe, saying that after the young Chinese manager's teachings, the little-known Pepe had left a deep impression. This Portuguese player of Brazilian descent had attracted the attention of the Portuguese national team. However, Lance Sport did not ask the Brazilian national team to pay attention to Pepe. They thought that the current Brazilian team was full of talent and would not be interested in the 21-year-old young defender.
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In Spain, while the media was still hyping up the game, Atlético Madrid's official website released news that the team's manager, Jesús Ferrando, had been fired.
First, they were crushed by Real Madrid 3-0 in the Madrid Derby, and then they were crushed 7-2 by Sporting de Gijón. Although Ferrando's dismissal was very sudden, it was not too surprising if one thought about it carefully.
The most explosive news came from the report of La Republica. The newspaper said that news came from within Atlético Madrid that Atlético Madrid's boss, Hill, had taken a fancy to the culprit who had just given Atlético Madrid a crushing defeat: Sporting de Gijón's manager, Li Ang, had entered the list of candidates for Atlético Madrid's manager …
This was like a deep-water bomb, shocking Iberia!
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