Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 107 Carrot Wars

"Although we lost the game, it was only a small loss by one goal. We are completely even in the relationship between victory and defeat. Next, we will have a chance to compete with Real Madrid for the first place in the group through goal difference. Don't worry."

"In addition, our defense did a good job and did not allow Ronaldo to find a chance to score."

On the return flight, the Lyon coaching staff was reassuring the players.

Before the match against Real Madrid, everyone was a little worried that Ronaldo would not be able to guard against Ronaldo. After all, he scored five goals in the first two rounds of the group stage and was in good condition.

Now after two rounds of fighting, everyone has won one game, and Ronaldo has not scored. Lyon's overall performance is indeed not bad.

In China, the fans were not too disappointed with Lyon's loss.

After all, the opponent is Real Madrid, so of course you have to brag if you can win, but it's normal if you can't win.

However, according to the situation of the two rounds of fighting, Qiang Bian found a topic again.

"Consecutive battles against Barcelona and Real Madrid, Brother Qiangzi performed better than Ronaldo Messi."

"In the UEFA Super Cup against Barcelona, ​​Messi scored twice, and Brother Qiangzi scored a hat-trick, just one more goal than him."

"In the UEFA Champions League group stage against Real Madrid, the overall score of the two rounds was even, but Cristiano Ronaldo did not score, but Brother Qiangzi scored one, which was one more than the opponent."

Even against Barcelona and Real Madrid, Zhang Chaoqiang scored one more goal than Messi and Ronaldo, which became Zhang Chaoqiang's brilliant record.

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After returning to France, Lyon began emergency preparations again.

On November 11th, in the 8th round of Ligue 13, Lyon ushered in their rival Saint-Etienne at home, and the first round of this season's Rhone Derby officially arrived.

"This is our first derby in the Olimpico, we have to take Saint-Etienne!"

In the locker room before the game, Lyon captain Gonalons made everything very clear.

During the summer transfer period, Saint-Etienne had already sold its head star, Gradel, to the Premier League newly promoted Bournemouth, and then picked up a group of players to come back to train.

In fact, Saint-Etienne has been engaged in player reselling in recent years.

A few years ago, he won the French League Cup with Aubameyang, and then quickly sold it for money.

Now that a Gradel is raised, it is also a quick realization.

It may be a bit of a loss to sell Aubameyang before, because Aubameyang played better and better in the Hornets, and he is about to become another striker for Dortmund.

But selling Gradel this time is definitely a timely move, and it is not a loss at all.

Because Gradel's body is relatively fragile, if he is not careful, he will smash his hand.

In fact, the guy suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament after only playing three games in the Premier League. He is likely to have a career decline since then, and the management of Saint-Etienne repeatedly called it a fluke.

Although the head star was sold, Saint-Etienne's performance this season has not been greatly affected for the time being.

Currently ranked fourth in Ligue [-], one position higher than Monaco.

So the opponent is capable of overturning Lyon at the Olympic Stadium.

Especially in a fierce game like the derby, players from both sides are easy to get on top.

The game officially started, and the two sides really fought fiercely.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, the referee has issued two yellow cards in a row, all because of too much action in the fight.

Continuous fouls and conflicts made the game intermittent, and the net game time in the first three 10 minutes was only about half.

Naturally, both sides were unable to score.

After the two teams pulled each other for half an hour, the game finally became a little more normal.

In the 39th minute, Tolisso took the ball on the left side of the midfield, pretending to look for a breakthrough opportunity, but suddenly raised his toes and threw the ball behind Saint-Etienne's defense.

Zhang Chaoqiang has been wandering the frontcourt. As soon as Tolisso picked the ball, he immediately accelerated and rushed forward, instantly forming an anti-offside.

The two central defenders of Saint-Etienne also reacted dissatisfied, and followed Zhang Chaoqiang to catch up, only half a body behind.

So Zhang Chaoqiang stepped into the penalty area, faced the falling football without any adjustments, and directly swept with his left foot.

Saint-Etienne goalkeeper Ruffier is moving closer to the left, and he is not prepared for Zhang Chaoqiang's decisive shot.

The football rolled past him quickly, and he barely bent down and scooped it up with his hands.

It seems that the fingertips have touched the football, and it seems that they have not.

The football speed did not slow down, quickly rolled to the lower right corner of the goal, and rolled straight into the goal.

"Goooooooooal———"

"Super Zhang shot and scored!! Lyon opened the scoring for the first time!!"

"This is a very beautiful anti-offside goal. Chao Zhang used his own speed to quickly plug in, get a chance in an instant, and then chose to hit the goal decisively."

"Ibrahimovic scored twice in the Ligue [-] match last night. Super Zhang was also not far behind, and quickly scored goals in his own game!"

According to the current situation of the Ligue [-] scorer list, it is generally believed that Zhang Chaoqiang and Ibrahimovic will compete for the Ligue [-] Golden Boot this season.

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Zhang Chaoqiang's goal was the only goal in the first half, and soon the halftime came.

"Zhang's form is very good. In the second half, he continued to try to attack the opposite goal."

Fournier didn't arrange too much, but a simple sentence says it all.

In the UEFA Champions League match in midweek, Zhang Chaoqiang triggered [Mr. Key] but failed to change the situation.

But he managed to continue his form into the weekend, so he had to vent to tonight's opponent Saint-Etienne.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Lyon players continued to deliver shells to Zhang Chaoqiang and create opportunities for him.

But in the 51st minute, Saint-Etienne took the lead in finding an opportunity through a quick counterattack. The Slovenian striker Robert Beric, newly introduced by the Celtics in the summer, received a pass from his teammate and got a good single-handed opportunity.

The Lyon fans booed frantically, which finally made Beric's one-handed push hit Anthony Lopez's leg, and finally popped out of the baseline.

Saint-Etienne midfielder Clément went to take a corner kick and was attacked by Lyon fans with carrots.

Several carrots hit Clement who took the corner kick one after another, forcing him to avoid the edge temporarily.

The Rhône Derby is, after all, a carrot war.

In the 60/66 season of Ligue 67 in the [-]s of the last century, Saint-Etienne was at its peak, and Lyon was just an ordinary mid-lower team.

But that season Lyon double-killed Saint-Etienne by relying on defensive counterattacks, and also reached the French Cup final.

Saint-Etienne was very unconvinced after losing the second derby. Their coach mocked the Lyon players as carrots in the vegetable field.

And he also threatened that a team like Lyon would not even want to win the French Cup final.

Unexpectedly, with his good words, Lyon successfully defeated Sochaux 3:1 in the final to win the championship.

So from then on, Lyon fans always came to watch the Rhone Derby at home with carrots, and even threw carrots to attack Saint-Etienne players.

Probably frightened by the carrots of Lyon fans, the initiative on the court soon returned to Lyon's side.

In the 57th minute, Saint-Etienne's midfield pass was predicted by Gonalons, successfully intercepted the ball, and quickly passed it to Tolisso.

Tolisso went straight forward, and Valbuena passed the ball straight to Zhang Chaoqiang in front of the penalty area without stopping.

The Lyon trio formed a quick triangle pass on the left side of the front court, and the football quickly moved to the dangerous area in front of the penalty area.

Saint-Etienne was a little caught off guard, and Zhang Chaoqiang was able to dial the ball to adjust a step after taking the ball.

Swing your legs sideways, kick your feet and shoot.

Bang! ! !
The football is like a fired shell, rushing straight to the Saint-Etienne goal.

Due to Zhang Chaoqiang's slight adjustment in front of the penalty area, Saint-Etienne goalkeeper Ruffier had enough time to react.

But he flew into the air and tried his best to stretch his body, but he still couldn't catch the football.

The football flew over his fingers and shot straight into the top left corner of the goal.

"Gooooooal————"

"The ball has been scored!! The world wave!! Super Zhang's long-range shot world wave!!"

"A powerful long-range shot to the world wave, without any dribbling, but full of violent aesthetics!"

"Super Zhang successfully scored twice, and he rose to the top of the scorer list, tied for the first place with Ibrahimovic!"

After the goal was scored, Zhang Chaoqiang once again rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.

The Lyon fans in the stands were very excited. While cheering non-stop, many people showed their jersey numbers behind their backs to show their support for Zhang Chaoqiang.

According to Lyon's official data, Zhang Chaoqiang's No. 25 jersey has become a hit this season, and it is the team's highest-selling jersey number.

(End of this chapter)