The entire El Molinon Stadium was like a volcanic eruption. Even the momentum caused by the goal could not be compared to now.
When the players from both teams were still waiting in the tunnel to be brought into the stadium by the referee, they suddenly heard a deafening roar, which gave everyone a fright.
When they heard that the roar was shouting the person's surname, they all understood what had happened.
The Sporting de Gijón players laughed. Holding the UEFA Europa League trophy, the team captain, Hierro, who was standing in front of the team, had a smirk on his face.
The faces of the Sevilla players were gloomy. Was he trying to intimidate them?!
Of course, there were also many Sevilla players who looked at the UEFA Europa League trophy in Hierro's hands. They were all envious and jealous. At this time, the Sevillians would never have dreamed that in a few years, they would have won the UEFA Europa League so many times that their hands would be sore. The UEFA Europa League was once known as the "Sevilla Cup."
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The Sevilla manager, Galileo, who was already sitting in the away team's technical area, was also shocked by the crazy atmosphere in the El Molinon Stadium. He was shocked by the popularity of the Chinese coach, Li Ang.
However, when he thought about how Sporting de Gijón had just won the UEFA Europa League, he could only feel relieved, envious, and depressed at the same time.
Galileo had taken over as the First Team manager from the position of the Sevilla youth team manager after the dismissal of Caparos. The most direct trigger for Caparos' dismissal was the crushing defeat at the hands of Sporting de Gijón.
Well, in a sense, it seemed that Galileo should be grateful to Li Ang. Otherwise, he would not have had the opportunity to coach Sevilla's First Team.
This game was very important for Sevilla. They were currently ranked fifth in La Liga with 58 points, and Villarreal was ranked fourth with 60 points. In this round of the league, Sevilla's opponent was Sporting de Gijón, and Villarreal's opponent was Barcelona. For the last hope of winning the title, Barcelona was bound to go all out. Therefore, it would be difficult for Villarreal to withdraw from Camp Nou. Therefore, Sevilla only needed to win the away game against Sporting de Gijón to surpass Villarreal in terms of points.
Before the game, Galileo considered that Sporting de Gijón was only one step away from the league title, so they were bound to go all out in this game. It would be more difficult for Sevilla to win this game. However, Sevilla's recent form had been good, and Sporting de Gijón had just played a UEFA Europa League final midweek. Their physical condition was not optimistic. Therefore, he still had a certain level of confidence in Sevilla's away game against Sporting de Gijón.
Galileo, who originally wanted to take the three points in this away game to qualify for the next season's Champions League, suddenly felt a chill crawl up his spine.
Looking at the fanatical atmosphere at Sporting de Gijón's home ground, it was enough to make Galileo's heart tremble.
Galileo sighed. "This match is going to be tough," he thought.
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The gold medal commentator of Spain's National Television 3, Dagestino, who was in charge of commentating the game, was also affected by the atmosphere. "Look at this scene! It's really moving and admirable! A Chinese man has achieved such achievements in Spanish football. He has created football history in Gijón. I think he is now the king in the hearts of the Gijón people! Even though the Sevilla people also have a reason to fight today! However, I still want to say that Sevilla might be out of luck! Sporting de Gijón, who just won the UEFA Europa League, is still hungry. They are going to fight for the league title today! "
When the players came out later, everyone was cheered by the fans. When the captain, Hierro, led the team to raise the UEFA Europa League trophy high, the atmosphere in the stadium reached a climax again.
Some Sporting de Gijón fans were so happy that they cried. They never dreamed that their team would one day dominate Europe!
Moreover, they only needed a draw in this league game to be the La Liga champions!
One could imagine how excited the Sporting de Gijón fans were at that moment.
Following the whistle of the referee, Roddick, the game between Sporting de Gijón and Sevilla began!
Because the game between Sporting de Gijón and Barcelona was directly related to the ownership of the La Liga title this season.
Therefore, in the 37th round of the league, the games between Sporting de Gijón and Sevilla and Barcelona and Villarreal kicked off at the same time.
Camp Nou was also full. Although Barcelona only had a theoretical possibility of winning the league title, it required Sporting de Gijón to lose the last two rounds of the league, and Barcelona to win both. However, the Barcelona fans still gave the team the greatest support.
"The championship belongs to Barcelona!" On the central stand of Camp Nou, there was a huge banner that swayed in the night wind.
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Barcelona's momentum was like a rainbow on their own home ground. They took the lead just five minutes into the game.
Taking advantage of a loophole in Villarreal's defense, Barcelona's top striker, the Cameroonian striker known as the "Cheetah," Eto 'o, scored the opening goal for the team. The score was 1-0, and Camp Nou was full of jubilation.
Rijkaard only applauded. He was far less excited than the players and fans because Barcelona's goals and wins were only what they could do at the moment. Their fate was not in their own hands.
Barcelona's assistant manager, Tenkat, was wearing headphones and had been paying attention to the game between Sporting de Gijón and Sevilla. Tenkat did not report the situation, so there was only one explanation. There was no change on the other side for the time being. Neither Sporting de Gijón nor Sevilla were able to score.
However, the game had only been going on for five minutes. It was not surprising that there was no goal. Sporting de Gijón wanted to work hard for the championship title, and Sevilla wanted to qualify for the Champions League. There was bound to be a fierce battle between the two sides.
When the game went on for twenty-three minutes, Barcelona scored their second goal of the game. Messi, who had been given a chance to start in the game, assisted the Brazilian star player, Ronaldinho, to score.
Camp Nou erupted in cheers again.
Almost at the same time, Tenkat came over with a somewhat dignified expression.
Rijkaard did not have to ask to guess that Sporting de Gijón had scored.
Sure enough, Tenkat said, "Gijón scored."
Rijkaard nodded expressionlessly.
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At the El Molinon Stadium, the entire stadium seemed to be about to explode. On the field, Pepe was running desperately. He rushed to the sidelines and hugged Li Ang tightly. The Portuguese defender gave the goal to his mentor, Li Ang. Without Li Ang, he would only be hanging around in the Portuguese league. Now, he already had the UEFA Europa League trophy in his career honor book. Now, he was only one step away from the La Liga title.
"What a wonderful header!" Dagestino exclaimed. "The Sevilla players could not defend against Pepe at all!"
"Pepe! This Brazilian (Pepe is Brazilian Portuguese) has scored a goal that could affect the title of this season! "
This was a corner kick caused by Milito's shot. Albertini took the corner kick. Pepe jumped high in the penalty area and swung his head to attack the goal. Although the Sevilla goalkeeper, Esteban, made a save, he was still unable to stop the football from entering the net.
After the players celebrated, they ran back to the field. Li Ang tidied up his suit that was pulled by the players. At this time, Scottley came to his side and said to him, "Barcelona is leading Villarreal by two goals to zero."
Li Ang just nodded and did not say anything. Now, the fate of the Barcelona people was no longer in their own hands. The Gijón people were in control of their own fate. They only needed a draw to win the title one round earlier. There was no need to care about the life and death of the Barcelona people.
In Camp Nou, when Rijkaard heard the news that Sporting de Gijón was also in the lead, he just frowned slightly and did not say anything. In fact, what could he do?!
Ten minutes later, there was no new goal in the game between Barcelona and Villarreal. However, there was a burst of cheers in the stands at Camp Nou because the Sevillans had equalized the score on El Molinón's side.
"Baptista equalized the score for Sevilla," Tenkat said to Rijkaard.
Rijkaard still just nodded, but there was an imperceptible smile on his face.
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Sporting de Gijón's goal concede could be said to be an accident. Baptista's shot from outside the penalty area first bounced off the calf of Carlos, who blocked the shot, and then touched Pepe's knee. After changing direction twice in a row, the Sporting de Gijón goalkeeper, Valencia, did not react at all. He could only watch the football enter the net.
There was a moment of silence at El Molinón. Then it returned to normal again.
The big screen captured a scene in the coach's seat on the sidelines. Although the score had been equalized, Li Ang was sitting in the coach's seat with his legs crossed. He didn't seem to be nervous about the opponent's equalization at all.
"Are you really not worried at all?" Scotty asked Li Ang.
"There's nothing to worry about." Li Ang shook his head. "Although I want to lock in the title in advance in this game, it's not a big deal if there are accidents. Two games, one point to win the title. I don't think we'll be so unlucky that we can't do it."
This was Li Ang's true thought. They only needed a draw in two games. Then, no matter how many goals Barcelona won in the two games, Sporting de Gijón would be the champions. For Sporting de Gijón, this was definitely not an impossible task.
Besides, Li Ang had confidence and intuition. Today's game was a good time to win the title!
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Li Ang's calmness infected the players on the field. They did not panic because of the goal loss.
The team's captain, Hierro, also stepped forward at the crucial moment. He shouted loudly to stabilize the team's morale.
A draw was enough for Sporting de Gijón to win the title in advance!
Seeing the manager's calmness on the sidelines and at the same time realizing this, the players on the field felt relieved.
At halftime, Sporting de Gijón still did not score again. Sevilla also did not score again. The score was still 1: 1.
On the other side, Barcelona also saw a glimmer of hope after hearing that Sporting de Gijón had been forced to a draw by Sevilla. However, this did not seem to stimulate Barcelona to continue to show their prowess in the game. Instead, because of the emotional fluctuations, before the end of the first half, Villarreal used a place kick to get a goal back, changing the score to 1: 2.
In the locker room at Camp Nou, Rijkaard comforted his players and asked everyone to maintain their confidence in the title.
"One goal, Sevilla only needs to score one more goal to win Gijón! We see even greater hope! "Rijkaard said to cheer the players on.
Ronaldinho and a few other star players sighed slightly. It was a terrible feeling to not be in control of their own destiny and to only be able to look at other people's expressions.
After the second half of the game resumed, although Rijkaard stood on the sidelines to direct the game, his thoughts were already all on El Molinón's side.
He was even praying in his heart. He was praying for Sevilla, praying that Sevilla would score a goal.
The game had gone on for 63 minutes and Barcelona was still leading Villarreal by 2: 1. On El Molinón's side, there was finally news of a goal.
It was bad news that Rijkaard did not want to hear.
*****
Gijón, El Molinón Stadium. The entire stadium seemed to be trembling. The fans in the stands were hugging each other, shouting, yelling, some stomping their feet, and some even shed tears of excitement!
In the commentator's box, there was a high-pitched "Goooool" sound.
When Mata scored his fourteenth league goal of the season, the big boy jumped and dashed to the sidelines and directly hugged Li Ang. He wanted to dedicate the goal to this person and the championship title to this person!
"Boss! I'll give you the championship title! "Mata shouted proudly. Little Mata was very proud of himself for being able to score in the most crucial game of the championship. He did not hide his proud look, as if to say, I'm good, boss! Praise me! Praise me! Quickly praise me!
"Beautifully done!" Li Ang laughed and touched Mata's head. "But one goal is not enough. You have to score a few more!"
Then, Li Ang kicked little Mata's butt and kicked him back onto the field.
At this time, the commentator's box was already boiling.
"Mata! His speed! His beautiful poke after the breakthrough! Esteban was completely helpless against this goal! 2: 1! Sporting de Gijón is in the lead again! Now, Gijón is only half an hour away from the league title! "Dagestino shouted excitedly. A one-goal lead. For Sporting de Gijón, who only needed a draw to win the championship one round in advance, now they were really, really close to the championship title.
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