March 20th, the 29th round of the league. Sporting de Gijón challenged the defending champion, Valencia, at home. The final score was 2: 1.
Sporting de Gijón won, but it was a difficult win.
Sporting de Gijón was still behind 0: 1 until the 81st minute of the game. They made a comeback at the last minute, and the goal that turned the game around was scored in the last minute of injury stoppage time.
This game was the most exciting game of the La Liga round. Although both sides only scored three goals in total, all of them were exciting. Valencia's striker, Villa, scored with a reverse hook in the penalty area. Sporting de Gijón's Di Natale assisted Modric with a volley to equalize the score. During injury stoppage time, Ivanovic showed his skills as a defender. He scored with a beautiful lion's head kick, helping Sporting de Gijón to turn the game around at the last minute.
In addition, there was one red card and five yellow cards in the entire game. The transition between offense and defense was very fast. Both sides played with great momentum, and the game was very exciting. The fans must have enjoyed watching it.
However, during the game, Li Ang was not in a good mood. He was very dissatisfied with the referee's decision. Marcos was sent off with a red card in the first half of the game because he had accumulated two yellow cards. In Li Ang's eyes, the first yellow card that the referee showed to Marcos did not even exist.
With one less player in the game early on, Li Ang showed his gambling side. Sporting de Gijón did not play conservatively. Instead, they took the initiative to attack. This was very risky. Although Valencia took the opportunity to score a goal, it stimulated Sporting de Gijón's fierceness. They attacked like a tidal wave in the second half of the game, and Valencia's counterattacks were very smooth. Both sides contributed to the game's high tempo.
If Sporting de Gijón lost the game, the gap between Barcelona and Sporting de Gijón could be widened again. This would be a big blow to Sporting de Gijón, who had already decided to fight for the title.
Therefore, at the last moment of the match, Javier Blanco, who came on as a substitute, made a breakthrough and passed the ball to Ivanovic. Ivanovic charged into Valencia's penalty area and scored with a textbook headshot. Li Ang almost jumped up from his seat in celebration.
This goal saved his heart and continued his ambition for the championship title!
In the final stage of the season, every victory was precious.
Thank God, thank God!
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After the game, the Madrid media also said sourly that Li Ang's luck was really good. In a situation where he was short of a player for almost more than an hour, he was actually able to equalize the score at the last minute. He was really lucky.
In addition, the Madrid people were also envious of Sporting de Gijón. It could even be said that they were jealous. Compared to Helguera's unreliability, Ivanovic's performance was simply too brilliant. This young Serbian and Montenegrin defender, who had only cost Sporting de Gijón a few hundred thousand euros, had improved rapidly this season under Li Ang's guidance. After Dorado's injury, he firmly occupied the position of Sporting de Gijón's main right back and his performance was getting better and better.
In the words of Marca, a player like Ivanovic should wear the Real Madrid jersey.
According to the Madrid media, as long as he was a good player, he should wear the jersey of their team.
In this round of the league, Barcelona defeated Deportivo La Coruña by a score of 1-0 at home and continued to lead Sporting de Gijón by one point.
And Real Madrid, who had just changed their manager, also won a difficult victory under the leadership of interim manager Carlo. They defeated Malaga by a goal at home. However, Owen's goal for Real Madrid was suspected of being offside, and Malaga angrily protested after the game.
And the Catalonia media also said sarcastically that Real Madrid now benefited from the referee, so how could they not blame the referee?
Of course, Deportivo La Coruña had something to say. They lost to Barcelona by a score of 1-0. Eto 'o scored a penalty kick, but Deportivo La Coruña insisted that the penalty kick did not exist and that Decaux had dived.
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"You see, both of them benefited from the referee's decision. We were the only ones who lost." Li Ang shrugged and said to his players, "So, lads, be proud of yourselves. In such a difficult situation, we were able to win. How great is that?"
Li Ang did not let go of any opportunity to encourage his players. He also brought up the controversial decision between Real Madrid and Barcelona in this round of the league.
"Stay in good shape and good luck," Li Ang continued, "Also, protect yourselves. Don't get hurt. You are all players who are going to compete for the championship. "
There was a burst of laughter among the players.
Then, the team disbanded.
After the game against Valencia, there was a two-week break for the national team. The league would be closed for two weeks.
Sporting de Gijón, as the biggest dark horse of the La Liga season, was now firmly in second place in La Liga. Li Ang's players naturally attracted the attention of the national team managers of their respective countries.
Compared to the beginning of the season, Sporting de Gijón had almost no adult national team players. Only young players such as Mata were selected for the youth national team. Now, Sporting de Gijón had many players selected for the national team.
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The team's Italian left back, Fabio Grosso, was selected for the Italian national team. At the same time, Di Natale was also selected for the Italian national team. In Li Ang's memory, this striker was a late bloomer at Udinese. Due to the surplus of talent in the Italian national team and the fact that he had only played for less powerful clubs for a long time, Di Natale was only put in an important position after the 2006 World Cup because of his all-round qualities. Now, because of Li Ang, he was very popular at Sporting de Gijón. In 2005, he was selected for Lippi's Italian national team and might even participate in the World Cup in Germany.
Pepe was selected for the Portuguese national team.
Ivanovic was also selected for the Serbian and Montenegrin national team for the first time, which made the young man very excited.
Modric was selected for the Croatian national team.
In addition, Mata, Carlos and the others were once again selected for the Spanish youth national team. Benzema was also selected for the French youth national team.
Diego Milito had unfortunately missed the call up to the Argentine national team because he had just recovered from his injury.
In this way, Sporting de Gijón had as many as five players selected for their respective adult national teams. There were also many players selected for the youth national teams. They could be considered a powerhouse of national football players.
The players left the Malaio training base and Gijón to report back to their respective national teams.
However, Li Ang noticed a depressed and disappointed guy in the training base.
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