Chapter 349 Qualifiers without any suspense (daily transition)
Gijon is a coastal city in Spain, located west of Bordeaux and on the southern shore of the Bay of Biscay.
In the last century, Gijon was famous for its steel casting and naval industry. With the industrial reform, it gradually transformed into a city focusing on tourism, education, and commerce.
This small piece of land actually has a very "personalized" La Liga team - Sporting Gijon!
In the 15-16 season, they entered La Liga and escaped the relegation zone with a one-point advantage.
Countless Happy Bean players are "die loyal" to this team.
Because Sporting Gijon is the team that has been massacred the most, for example: conceding 50 goals in 20 rounds, an average of 2.5 goals per game.
To put it mildly, you can call them "Don Quixote". No matter who the opponent is, they never show up! They play on the offensive! They are known as the "flat-headed brothers" of La Liga.
Contrary to Luo Xiaoping in Serie A, Sporting Gijon refused to draw: either you beat me, or I beat you.
Whenever the team wins, the seafood products sell out.
There is more to this city than just football culture. The "Gijon Café Prize" is one of the most important literary awards in Spain. Although it originated from a century-old café in Madrid, the annual prize money is sponsored by the Gijon Municipal Government.
Excellent works such as "The Fountain of Pain", "Night Animals", "Baths and Retreats" have all won this award.
Diego Costa doesn't like drinking coffee.
He was riding a small electric donkey, driving Li Kang and Ke Ke through the ancient streets.
The sea breeze blew three pairs of shorts of different colors.
The sun is warm and the shadows of the trees are mottled.
The three of them and the coaching team applied for this outing: buying specialty products.
“That’s the statue of Pelayo, and across from it is the Levira Gigedo Palace! A Barak-style building.”
"It's Baroque!"
"Li, why do we come to the museum to buy souvenirs? Gijon's specialty is dried fish! It's most practical to give that to your friend!"
The Chelsea striker kept chattering away and felt a headache just reading the words on the stone tablet.
Li Kang jumped off the eDonkey and ran to the store in front of the museum to buy an audio tape and two copies of ancient books.
He has no interest in any Asturian art, let alone understands it.
Cork bought a fake "Maja in Clothes" and a CD of a trilogy of flamenco dance dramas from a nearby vendor. He was not interested in art either, and was just pictured on the cover.
Attracted by celebrities without clothes.
"Don't look at me like that. I bought it for Saul. That kid likes to look at these things."
The World Cup preliminaries are approaching, and more and more tourists are arriving in Gijon.
Many people recognized the Spanish star and were so happy that they raised their mobile phones to take pictures.
Diego Costa urged his teammates to get in the car quickly. He also wanted to buy dried fish.
Before the fans could fully react, the eDonkey kicked up dust and disappeared into the narrow streets.
Several paparazzi reporters put away their cameras and made plans in their minds.
"Ideological opposition, the Jewish saints will sink the fallen invincible battleship."
"Feel the charm of Gijon culture and the unique aesthetics of Mr. 200 Million."
"Incompetent Bossk, overindulging in superheroes!"
That night.
Molinon Stadium is bustling with activity.
The stadium, which can only accommodate 30,000 people, has not hosted an international event for a long time.
In the 1982 World Cup in Spain, the most notorious tacit match in football history was born here: the "Gijon Scandal".
Because of this scandal, FIFA changed the rules of the game: the final round of the group stage of all major competitions must kick off at the same time, and goalkeepers are not allowed to use their hands to return passes.
"ESPN! ESPN! Good evening, viewers!"
"Welcome to the sixth round of Group G of the 2018 Russia World Cup Qualifiers!"
“Spain vs. Israel!”
"The camera went to the stands, and the famous Israeli actress Gal Gadot also came to the scene!"
"In a few months, her starring role in "Wonder Woman" will also appear on the big screen."
"The young genius Li Kang is sitting on the bench! Highly anticipated! The whole stadium is calling his name!"
"Recently, the public and the media have been furiously criticizing the Spanish coaching staff, asking why Li Kang was not recruited in the qualifiers!"
Morata is on the bench.
Next to him, Isco handed over a bottle of mineral water and said he couldn't unscrew it.
Saul snatched it away, patted the bottom of the bottle, and opened it with a snap.
Bosque asked Li Kang to sit next to the coaching bench.
"There won't be a lot of pressure in this game."
"In order to avoid injuries, you won't have too much playing time. Let's relive the warm atmosphere of the national team!"
Li Kang nodded seriously.
In the past two days of training matches, he worked hard with his teammates.
Without Iniesta, David Silva, and Cazorla, the Matador Legion's passing and controlling magic is greatly reduced.
The Spanish coaching staff is trying to complete the replacement of old and new players before the 2018 World Cup. But except for Li Kang, no one among the younger generation of players can replace the three midfield magicians.
What about Cesc Fabregas? The guy got injured again before the international break.
Mignano is very concerned about online public opinion. He doesn’t understand:
After the European Cup, netizens always asked for Li Kanglai to be recruited to play in the World Cup preliminaries, but his opponents were all weak!
Li is only 19 years old this year, and the club is already very tired from the multi-line high-pressure operations in the Premier League and Champions League.
Professional players should not be overstretched at a young age because many injuries are irreversible.
The foul standards in international competitions are no less than those in the five major leagues.
"The following introduces you to the lineups of both sides."
"Spain's formation is 4-3-3!"
"Goalkeeper: De Gea."
"Defenders: Carvajal, Pique, Ramos, Alba!"
"Midfielder: Busquets, Saul, Koke!"
"Forwards: Vitolo, Diego Costa, Aspas."
"Spanish coaching staff's forward experiment!"
Aspas was a little excited. As Celta Vigo's top goalscorer, he finally had the opportunity to step onto the international stage.
He once wore Liverpool's No. 9 jersey and only scored one goal.
After returning to La Liga, he switched to playing right winger. The older he gets, the better he becomes, but the team needs to use him as the core to launch the offense.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Israel's formation is 4-3-3!"
"Goalkeeper: Marciano."
"Defender:"
The biggest star in the Israeli lineup is Zahavi.
He won the top scorer title in Israel for three consecutive seasons.
Champions League qualifying top scorer.
With his wife's persuasion, he joined a Chinese Super League team in the summer of 2016 for 6.3 million euros.
Compared with other top foreign players, this price can only be said to be a cabbage price, and it is far less valuable than the national football players.
But he gave the most entertaining performance in the Chinese Super League.
In terms of creativity and spirituality, even big-name foreign players with tens of millions of euros cannot compete with him.
During this historical period, many powerful teams in the five major leagues offered him an olive branch.
It's a pity that this guy is afraid of his wife, because his wife has fallen in love with everything about the Eastern Kingdom.
It doesn't matter, maybe after playing in the Chinese Super League for a few years there will be a chance to play for a European powerhouse.
There is no suspense in the game.
The gap in strength between the two sides is too great.
13th minute.
Alba took off from the left wing and sent a very threatening low pass.
Diego Costa stands proudly in the penalty area, stops the ball, turns around and shoots!
The football passed through goalkeeper Marciano's crotch and lifted up the white net.
1:0!!!
too easy.
Diego Costa was not too happy and returned to the center circle after celebrating calmly.
The difficulty of the game was too low, and Chelsea's dirty forward turned into a "gentle and elegant gentleman".
18th minute.
Koke sent a pass at the top of the penalty area, but Bitolo missed the goal.
22nd minute.
Busquets passed a fatal through ball, but Aspas failed to score.
45th minute.
Ramos moved forward, caught Carvajal's pass, and scored with a header!
2:0!!!
51st minute.
Cork took a corner kick, Diego Costa squeezed away the opponent's weak central defender and headed the ball over the top!
3:0!!!
The home fans were immersed in great joy.
King of Qualifiers.
Spain has gone 58 consecutive games unbeaten at home.
The last time we lost was back in 1993!
The 80th minute of the game.
Amidst the long calls, the scene that the fans had been waiting for happened.
Li Kang replaces Saul.
Morata replaces Aspas.
The Invincible Fleet sets sail!
The Jewish Saint was pinned to the ground and rubbed wildly
When rubbed to a certain extent, it will generate heat.
The red-eyed Israeli players frantically violated Spain's midfield commander.
Gradually, boos broke out in the stands.
The major media headlines have been prepared: "Bosque is ruining the future of the Armada."
"Transitional consumption! The Fish Belly Team also wants to recruit superheroes?"
Beep! Beep beep~
Finally, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
Israel, which was high-spirited and persisted in attacking, scored seven goals.
Spain leads the Group G standings.
Although he was violated repeatedly, Li Kang was not injured at all and did not even sweat much. It was just that his jersey was a little dirty. As for the intensity of the game? He felt it was not as good as the team's training game.
The Israeli players were miserable. They knew that Spain's No. 6 had a terrifying physique, but they didn't expect that after several "fierce hand-to-hand fights", they would be the one who was more seriously injured!
Even two people can't "cut down" Li Kang.
Of course, there are many problems in the new and old Matador Corps.
But their horrific record in the qualifying rounds almost sealed their spot in the 2018 World Cup!
Some media believe that in the qualifiers, the competition is about who can abuse food better.
The night breeze is very cool.
The staff quickly put a coat on De Gea.
Passage.
Mignano asked doubtfully: "Boss, do we still need to recruit Li for the next few rounds of qualifiers?"
Del Bosque smoothed his mustache and said with a smile: "Strait of Gibraltar? Macedonia? Letting Lee play in tonight's game is enough to silence the fans and the media!"