Although two minutes had passed since the goal, the commentator Dagestino was still full of praise for the scorer, "Perfect performance! Perfect! Wonderful! The seventeen-year-old French teenager dominated today's game! "
The El Molinon stadium was filled with cheers for Benzema.
"Karim! Karim! "
"Benzema! Benzema! "
Such shouts could be heard incessantly.
The whole stadium was conquered by him at this moment. The whole Sporting de Gijón was conquered by him.
Then, Li Ang brought on Juan Mata to replace him.
With a big lead, the situation was easy. For a player who had just recovered from an injury and had not been on the field for a long time, it was the best time to come back.
For about ten minutes, Mata's performance was average. For a teenager who had been absent from the field for nearly three months, this was an acceptable performance.
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In the end, Sporting de Gijón defeated Numencia at home with a score of 5: 1 thanks to Benzema's outburst.
In the post-match press conference, Numencia's main coach, Lopez, expressed that he accepted the loss wholeheartedly. He was full of praise for the young Benzema, saying that from the moment Benzema scored the first goal in the game, the French teenager had entered the rhythm of the game.
The victory of this game showed everyone the excellent state of Sporting de Gijón. With Milito injured, some people were waiting to see Sporting de Gijón's performance. However, Benzema's appearance silenced the doubters. What's more, in this game, Sporting de Gijón carried out a large rotation and still achieved a hearty victory.
"Coach Li Ang's Sporting de Gijón has shown everyone their excellent state. We can also see Li Ang's control and training of Sporting de Gijón. They are the team with the weakest bench in the upper echelons of the league. China's coach used limited resources to lead the team as smoothly as possible!"
However, the praise for Li Ang was actually not important after the game. What was important was Benzema's hat-trick!
The seventeen-year-old French kid became the youngest person in the history of La Liga to have a hat-trick!
After the match, the local media in Gihon was full of praises for the Benzema player. His hat trick became the focus of everyone's discussion. Even Li Ang's team that had achieved an undefeated record of four wins and one draw after the winter break and secured the second place in the league had been defeated.
*****
Not only the media in Gijón, but all of Spain's media was talking about the seventeen-year-old French kid named Karim Benzema.
In the first half of the season, Benzema had made eleven appearances in various competitions and scored six goals in the league. He was hailed as a young rookie. Now, a hat-trick in a game made him truly famous, and he became a dazzling genius in the entire Spanish football world!
"A seventeen-year-old French genius!"
"Hat-trick! The youngest hat-trick record holder in La Liga! "
"Hat-trick! The young Benzema became famous in one battle! "
"Benzema single-handedly defeated the entire Numencian team!!"
"One million euros! Li's eyes are sharp, it can be said to be the most valuable signing! " Li Ang used one million euros to buy Benzema, who was then a youth player of Lyon, from the Lyon team. This attracted the doubts and ridicule of the Spanish media, who thought that Li Ang's investment was a waste of money. Now, they chose to forget the story and began to praise Li Ang's eyes.
"Lyon's chairman Om is furious. The better Benzema's performance at Sporting de Gijón, the more painful it is for the Lyonians …"
"L 'Equipe solemnly suggests to France's manager Domenech to recruit Benzema into the French national team! If it happens, he will become the youngest player in the history of the French national team. "
All kinds of praises were thrown at the seventeen-year-old Benzema.
*****
Benzema's father, Hadif Benzema, also called the day after the game to express his gratitude to Li Ang. If Li Ang had not taken a fancy to Benzema and brought him to Sporting de Gijón, although Benzema's future was promising in the Lyon team, it was impossible for him to become famous so early.
The knowledgeable old Benzema knew the importance of a manager's appreciation to a young player, and he did need to thank Li Ang.
Li Ang accepted Benzema's thanks calmly, and the two of them chatted happily.
Benzema was indeed famous. He had now scored nine goals in the league, and it was only halfway through the season. This kind of scoring was extremely outstanding for a famous star player, not to mention a seventeen-year-old teenager.
After the training, Benzema generously said that he wanted to treat the whole team to a meal.
The reason? It was not just to celebrate the hat-trick, it was also because the kid had made a small fortune.
A local fitness chain in Sporting de Gijón had invited Benzema to be a commercial ambassador, and the endorsement fee was two hundred thousand euros a year!
This amount of money was nothing for a famous star player, but for a seventeen-year-old teenager, it was a huge sum of money.
Li Ang did not say anything about it. It was understandable for a player to want to earn money after becoming famous, as long as the kid did not get distracted by things outside the field, and did not affect the training and competition.
Of course, Li Ang was still a little proud. His players were famous, and it showed that he had good taste, and that the whole team was in good condition.
A few days later, Li Ang saw a large poster of the fitness chain that Benzema was endorsing on the streets of Sporting de Gijón.
"Kavelt Fitness Club – Benzema's Choice!"
It was a rather crude and straightforward advertising slogan, but the effect seemed to be good.
The popularity of Benzema's hat-trick was still there, and the Frenchman had become a star player that many Sporting de Gijón youngsters liked. This fitness chain looked for Benzema to endorse, and it was quite business-minded.
*****
Malaio Training Base.
In the team manager's office.
There was a newspaper on the desk. It was a newspaper from a few days ago, and it showed the La Liga standings after the 22nd round of the La Liga Championship.
Above the name of Barcelona, there were various circles drawn. It could be seen that they were not drawn all at once, but were drawn over and over again.
The coffee on the desk was cold, and Li Ang frowned, as if he was facing a very big choice.
There was only one reason why he was so conflicted: in the last game of the 22nd round of the league, Barcelona had lost at home, and they had lost to Atlético Madrid by a score of 0: 2!
Now, the situation of the entire league standings had undergone subtle changes …
After Barcelona's unexpected loss in this round, they continued to be ranked first in the league with a score of 14 wins, 4 draws, and 4 losses, with a total of 46 points.
After Sporting de Gijón's big win over Numancia, their score was 12 wins, 5 draws, and 5 losses, with a total of 41 points, and they continued to be ranked second in the league.
Next was Real Madrid, with 13 wins, 2 draws, and 7 losses, with a total of 41 points, the same as Sporting de Gijón. Because of the lower goal difference, they were ranked third.
Villarreal, with 10 wins, 7 draws, and 5 losses, with a total of 37 points, ranked fourth in the league.
Behind them were Sevilla and Real Betis, with a total of 37 points, ranked fifth and sixth in the league, respectively, due to the difference in goal difference.
The defending champion, Valencia, with a total of 9 wins, 8 draws, and 5 losses, with a total of 35 points, ranked seventh in the league. Behind Valencia were RCD Espanyol, ranked eighth with 32 points, and Athletic Bilbao, ranked ninth with 31 points.
*****
Sporting de Gijón and Real Madrid had the same number of points, and they were behind the leader, Barcelona, by five points!
With sixteen rounds left in the league, they were five points behind Barcelona. This made Li Ang, who had never had any extravagant hopes for the league title, feel a rush of excitement at that moment …
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