At the post-match press conference.
Fenerbahçe's manager, Dahm, angrily attacked Sporting de Gijón's player, Benzema. He even angrily called Benzema a "shameful liar!"
Li Ang also just found out the story behind Benzema's last goal. He gave this kid a thumbs up in his heart. He did not expect Benzema to be so clever and know how to play psychological tactics.
Of course, this "clever" in the eyes of Fenerbahçe's manager, Dahm, was a "swindler."
Li Ang naturally wanted to protect his own disciple. Moreover, he did not think that Benzema did anything wrong.
"Mr. Dahm, are you the guilty party suing the victim?" Li Ang sneered, "In a game like the UEFA Europa League, a dog actually ran into the stadium. How did the security work? And this dog also caused a player to be bitten. This is simply a scandal in the history of European football! Obviously, my player was traumatized because he witnessed Rustu being bitten by that dog. "
Dahm was completely furious. He did not expect this person to be so shameless. He actually made a false accusation.
However, the problem was that neither Dahm nor the rest of the Fenerbahçe players could refute it. As the host, they were indeed responsible for the security of the stadium. It was not a trivial matter for a dog to break into the stadium and bite someone. They had to be held accountable for it.
At this time, some of the Turkish reporters at the press conference thought of a possibility. If the dog did not attack and bite Fenerbahçe's own player, but Sporting de Gijón's player, it would be a big joke.
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Li Ang did not let it go. Since the game was over, he began to flip out.
He strongly attacked the host Fenerbahçe's "dirty" harassment behavior, saying that he was disappointed in Turkey and disappointed in Istanbul.
"In my previous understanding, the Turkish people were friendly, passionate, and open-minded. However, it is clear that reality has given me a blow to the head. Of course, I still believe that the Turkish people are kind and that the Turkish fans are fanatical but not impolite. Perhaps I was just unlucky to have met a fake Turkish fan."
Listening to Li Ang's sarcastic words, the Turks at the scene gnashed their teeth, but they had nothing to say.
After the press conference, the Sporting de Gijón team returned to the hotel and took the bus. They rushed to the airport overnight and left Istanbul. This place was really not a place to stay for long. Who knew if the Fenerbahçe fans, who had lost the game, would cause any more trouble.
Before leaving, Li Ang handed over a copy of the recorded videotape of the harassment of the team on this away trip to the UEFA staff and officially filed a complaint against the host, Fenerbahçe.
The entire Sporting Gihon team returned to Sporting Gihon the next morning, but the story of the match between Sporting Gihon and Fenerbahçe was not over yet.
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The media was shocked that Sporting de Gijón actually beat Fenerbahçe 6: 1 in the devil's away game. This was not an easy achievement. Even powerhouses like Real Madrid or AC Milan did not dare to say that they could beat Fenerbahçe in an away game, let alone a 6: 1 victory.
In addition, there were too many vivid stories about the content of this game.
The video of the Fenerbahçe fans harassing them that Sporting Gihon provided to the UEFA officials appeared on the TV news. Seeing the Sporting Gihon players escaping from the room in their sleep, looking extremely embarrassed, and being 'ravaged' by the fire extinguisher, as well as the fact that the Fenerbahçe fans made noises and harassed them downstairs, the fans of many European teams were united against a common enemy at this time. Many teams were guests in Turkey, and it was not a pleasant journey.
Manchester United fans, AC Milan fans, Inter Milan fans, Real Madrid fans, and Barcelona fans all left comments and posts to express their condemnation of the Turks.
For a while, Turkey's terrible away game environment was hated by everyone.
The Turks hated Sporting de Gijón and Li Ang to the core. The Turkish diplomatic department even protested that Sporting de Gijón was defaming Turkey.
However, this matter was obvious. Everyone knew that it was the Turks who had provoked public anger over the years. This was the eruption of many years of resentment. Li Ang and Gihon's match was just a fuse.
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In addition, the Fenerbahçe goalkeeper, Rustu, was bitten by a dog that broke into the field and became the focus of media reports. As Li Ang said, this incident could indeed be considered a scandal. The UEFA questioned the Fenerbahçe club after the game and expressed dissatisfaction with the security situation in the stadium.
In the process of scoring the sixth goal for Sporting de Gijón in the game, Benzema said the word "dog" and deceived Fenerbahçe's substitute goalkeeper and defender. Then, he easily scored. This also caused a heated discussion. The Turkish side naturally condemned Benzema in speech and in writing. In many European media reports, it was treated as an interesting story and even praised Benzema. What a cute young man. It was said that Benzema had gained a lot of fans.
Li Ang's "fake Turkish fans" in the post-game press conference also became a buzzword after the media spread. It was liked by many people, especially the young people, and quickly spread.
For example, there was a Brazilian football fan who was terrible at playing football who joked with himself, 'When I was abroad, many people thought that I was good at playing football when they heard that I was Brazilian. I even wondered if I was a fake Brazilian.'
When the former Italian national player, Lombardo, was interviewed by the media, he also said self-deprecatingly, "People say that the Italian national team is a male model team. I still remember the first time I was selected for the Italian national team. Seeing so many handsome teammates, I felt very bad. Now I know that maybe I was a fake Italian."
All kinds of jokes came out and some celebrities also joined in the fun.
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Britney Spears was reported to be drunk and crazy in a nightclub. In an interview with the media, she said, "No, what you saw that day was a fake Britney …"
In any case, the story of the game went out of the football circle, out of the sports world, and into the entertainment world in such an unexpected way.
Li Ang did not expect that his casual sarcastic remark would cause such a stir. However, he did not pay too much attention to the matter. He had to think about the team's next game.
After the game, Albertini's detailed examination report came out. Sporting de Gijón's team vice-captain's injury was not optimistic. A conservative estimate was that he would need to be out of the game for two months.
This gave Li Ang a headache. For Sporting de Gijón, who were in good shape, it was also a big blow.
Three days later, in the 24th round of the La Liga, Sporting de Gijón defeated Osasuna at home with a score of 1-0. Ivanovic used a set piece opportunity to help Sporting de Gijón score the only goal of the game.
Without Albertini's midfield coordination, Sporting de Gijón's play was not as smooth as before and it was a little difficult to win.
Sporting de Gijón's good luck came. At the same time, in another high-profile game, the Galáctico Real Madrid faced the "Basque Lions" Athletic Bilbao at home. Athletic Bilbao's players, De Horno and Elaora, each scored a goal to help the team win 2-0 and also stopped Real Madrid's seven-game winning streak.
Li Ang had to give Athletic Bilbao a thumbs up. With Real Madrid blocked, his team could take a breather.
In this way, after the 24th round of the league, Real Madrid was three points behind Sporting de Gijón, and Sporting de Gijón could enjoy the glory of being second in the league. The leader, Barcelona, easily defeated Real Mallorca at home with a score of 2-0 and continued to lead La Liga with a five-point lead.
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After Sporting de Gijón finished playing the game against Osasuna, they were preparing for the second leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 against Fenerbahçe in the middle of next week.
Given that Sporting de Gijón won 6-1 in the away game, even the most pessimistic Sporting de Gijón fans were not worried about the team's prospects of promotion.
Just as the game was about to start, a piece of news came.
The local Istanbul media, Osman Tribune, reported that after they repeatedly studied the video of the home game between Fenerbahçe and Sporting de Gijón, they were shocked to find that the dog that mysteriously appeared in the game, bit Fenerbahçe's goalkeeper, Rustu, and then mysteriously disappeared was actually a Spanish water dog!
The conclusion of the newspaper was that, given the breed of the dog, it was completely reasonable to suspect that the dog was brought into the stadium by Sporting de Gijón fans and plotted to attack Fenerbahçe's players.
There was a new development in the dog injury incident at Sarağoğlu Stadium, and it was such a dramatic turn of events, which immediately attracted the interest of the gossip media, and they all reprinted it.
Some reporters could not wait to stop and interview Li Ang at the periphery of the Malaio Training Base, asking him for his opinion and response on the matter.
"They said it was a Spanish water dog?" Li Ang looked indignant. "As far as I know, Spanish water dogs are gentle. Even if you want to spread rumors and smear someone's name, don't be so crude, okay?"
Well, after this incident, Li Ang was also liked by some dog lovers. They praised him as a person who stood up for justice and was a caring person.
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Two days later, Sporting de Gijón, El Molinón Stadium.
"It's incredible! Incredible! " The commentator, Dagestino, roared. "Sporting de Gijón entered the UEFA Europa League round of 16 in an admirable way!"
"Maybe the people of Gijón did not expect them to be so strong," González said.
As he said, the Sporting de Gijón fans at the scene went crazy. They did not expect their team to be so crazy.
On the electronic scoreboard at El Molinón Stadium:
Sporting de Gijón 6: 0 Fenerbahçe!
That's right, it was 6: 0!
After defeating Fenerbahçe 6: 1 in the away game, Sporting de Gijón scored another six goals against Fenerbahçe at home just a week later, neatly winning 6: 0.
"6: 1 in the first leg, 6: 0 in the second leg! The total score is 12: 1! "
"Sporting de Gijón scored a table tennis score in the two legs of the game. Chinese people are best at table tennis, and the Chinese head coach of Sporting de Gijón demonstrated this point very well. His team entered the UEFA Europa League round of 16 in an amazing way." After the game, AS could not help but praise Li Ang.
The reason why the Spanish media worked so hard to praise Sporting de Gijón and Li Ang was because they were proud of them.
Sporting de Gijón represented the image of La Liga in the European arena.
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In the other matches of the UEFA Europa League round of 16, Sevilla eliminated Panathinaikos of the Greek Super League in two legs with a score of 2: 1. The "Yellow Submarine" Villarreal eliminated Dynamo Kyiv of the Ukrainian Super League in two legs with a score of 2: 0. Only Valencia, who had been relegated from the Champions League to the UEFA Europa League, won 2: 0 at home and 0: 2 in the away game. They drew with Steaua Bucharest in two legs and lost to their opponent in a penalty shootout and were eliminated.
Valencia was condemned by the Spanish media as a team that did not know how to make progress.
However, three out of four teams advanced to the UEFA Europa League round of 16, which was an impressive record.
In addition, the UEFA Champions League round of 16 began. Real Madrid defeated the Serie A powerhouse Juventus at home with a score of 1: 0.
The most talked about matchup was the La Liga leader, Barcelona, against the English Premier League leader, Chelsea.
Chelsea and Barcelona were now the leaders of the English Premier League and La Liga respectively. Both teams were popular favorites to win the title so far. Their characteristics were clear. The English Premier League upstart had excellent defense and had only conceded eight goals in 27 league games so far. The La Liga powerhouse's attack power was top-notch in Europe. The Chelsea manager, Mourinho, had previously served Barça as an assistant manager for four years. Five years ago, he followed Barça to play against the Blues in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 14 finals. At that time, Barça tied the total score with a score of 3: 1 in the 90-minute game at Camp Nou. They then scored two goals in overtime to win 5: 1.
In the end, the La Liga powerhouse Barcelona defeated the English Premier League upstart Chelsea with a score of 2: 1 at home. In the 33rd minute, Duff's counterattack forced Belletti to score an own goal. However, Drogba was sent off with a red card in the 56th minute for accumulating two yellow cards. In the 67th minute, Maxi Lopez, who came on as a substitute, scored the first goal in a European game to equalize the score. The Argentine assisted Eto'o to score a goal in the 73rd minute to reverse the lead.
The turning point and the biggest controversy of the game was in the 56th minute of the game. Duff bypassed van Brontë and crossed from the right. Belletti stopped the ball with his chest and passed it back to Valdés. Drogba flew in the penalty area to fight for the ball that had been confiscated by Valdés. Referee Frisk thought that the former had fouled by kicking and gave him another yellow card warning. The Blues striker was sent off with a red card for accumulating two yellow cards. He would also miss the second leg of the game at Stamford Bridge on March 8. From the video, Drogba touched the ball first and Frisk's penalty was too harsh. The controversial penalty eventually became the turning point of the game.
After the game, Chelsea's Portuguese manager, Mourinho, was furious. He thought that the referee was obviously biased in favor of the home team, Barcelona. The UEFA also warned the Portuguese at the first opportunity to not speak without thinking and hurt the referee.
Li Ang saw Mourinho's angry face in the newspaper and could not help but be amused. The feud between the Portuguese and Barcelona must have started at this time. The story that followed would be even more exciting.
The follow-up of the story between Li Ang and Fenerbahçe was also reported by the media: Sporting de Gijón's manager, Mr. Li Ang, adopted a Spanish water dog from a stray dog rescue center …
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