Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 114 Paris Nemesis
On December 12, in the 13th round of the Ligue 18, Lyon challenged Paris away.

Before the game started, Zhang Chaoqiang got news from his agent that his Golden Boy Award had been secured.

As soon as Ligue [-] is over on the weekend, the organizers will arrange for him to present awards.

Zhang Chaoqiang is very happy to win the European Golden Boy Award.

After all, for young players, this is a very golden trophy.

So Zhang Chaoqiang came to the Parc des Princes in Paris with excitement.

This is probably the main reason why the agent told him before the game.

"Tonight's game is between Paris and Lyon, the two most powerful teams in Ligue [-] at present."

"Not only are they far ahead in the Ligue [-] standings, but they also performed well in the Champions League and have successfully entered the knockout rounds."

In the Ligue [-] standings, Lyon and Paris are indeed far ahead.

Monaco, currently ranked No.3 in Ligue 28, has only 14 points, and is [-] points behind Lyon, who is second.

This fault is too big, and many French media have stated that Paris and Lyon have basically locked in the top two of the season.

"But in general, everyone is more optimistic about Paris, which is playing at home, in this game."

"Since last season's away loss to Bordeaux, Paris has gone 26 consecutive games unbeaten in Ligue [-]."

The game officially started, and Paris ranked their powerful trident in this season's new group, Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Di Maria.

Taking advantage of the kick-off gap, Paris immediately launched an offensive.

The football circled around the Lyon penalty area, and finally Di Maria took the ball.

After breaking through Yalai from the side, Cavani shot back in an inverted triangle. Cavani rushed to shoot in front of Bisevaqi, but missed it slightly.

Although there was no real goal, there were cheers in the Parc des Princes.

Since Di Maria joined, Paris' frontcourt creativity has been strengthened. Paris fans are very confident and think it's time to reap a wave of results.

Ligue [-] needs to return to the throne, and the Champions League must also make a breakthrough, at least to get rid of the embarrassing situation of stopping in the top eight for three consecutive years.

It was Lyon's turn to attack, and the Lyon players settled in the frontcourt, patiently conducting and looking for opportunities.

However, the generals in Paris were so imposing that they did not give Lyon a chance to patiently organize an attack and began to press wildly.

Valbuena was several meters away from the penalty area when he was forced by Matuidi to turn around to find his teammates, and was flanked by Rabiot, so he had to hastily knock the ball back to Tolisso.

When Tolisso saw his teammates being cornered in embarrassment, he accelerated his start and was ready to step forward to respond.

But the two didn't cooperate at all.

Tolisso has rushed forward, but Valbuena knocked the ball back hard.

In a hurry, Tolisso couldn't handle the ball smoothly at all, but he didn't dare to leak the ball.

If the defender is also insufficiently prepared for this pass, the omission may be an own goal assist for the opponent.

So he raised his foot and pushed the ball towards the opponent's penalty area while rushing forward.

Although this will lose the ball, at least there is no danger.

Tolisso pushed the ball suddenly during the forward rush, and the players on both sides were somewhat unprepared.

But Zhang Chaoqiang, who was wandering in front of the restricted area in Paris, started quickly and rushed into the restricted area in three big strides.

Stretch your left foot and stop the ball in front of you.

Then he half turned to follow, and shot with his right foot to hit the goal!

Paris goalkeeper Trapp had just bent his knees to make a save, when the football flew through like a bullet and swished into the lower left corner of the goal.

"Goooooooooal———"

"Super Zhang!! A beautiful shot to score!!"

"Only 4 minutes into the game, the Paris players acted aggressively. Unexpectedly, Super Zhang scored the first goal."

"This is Lyon's quick cooperation in the frontcourt to create an opportunity. Super Zhang used his explosion to throw off David Luiz, and rushed to the goal with a strong shot!"

"Every time we face Paris in a key game, Chao Zhang always seems to have played well."

"In the French League Cup final of the 13/14 season, Super Zhang came off the bench and helped Lyon reverse the championship with one pass and one shot; in the first round of Ligue [-] last season, Super Zhang overtook Paris with a corner; this season, Super Zhang scored twice in the French Super Cup Help Lyon win the title again."

"In this game now, Super Zhang scored again in the opening game."

"It can be said that Chao Zhang is the nemesis of Paris!"

Zhang Chaoqiang opened the scoring, and the Lyon team cheered and celebrated in the Parc des Princes.

The Parisian fans in the stands were very upset, but they could only make various boos to vent their emotions.

But after the game restarted, the rhythm of the court returned to Paris.

The players of Paris are in good condition, and they have added home momentum, which quickly suppressed Lyon.

It seemed that the opening goal was just an accident.

So the Paris fans were happy again.

In the 11th minute, Rabiot sent a cross from the wing, which was not a big threat.

But Bakari Kone made a header clearance error and directly gave the ball to Ibrahimovic on the right side of the penalty area.

A beautiful volley from Sweden's Golo equalized for Paris.

"After Super Zhang scored, Ibrahimovic responded quickly, and the two will continue to compete on the scorer list."

Paris quickly equalized the score. Zhang Chaoqiang cooperated with captain Gonalons to actively appease the emotions of his teammates, hoping to stabilize the situation first and then look for opportunities slowly.

But then the Parisian offensive was like a wave, hitting Lyon's goal continuously.

The Lyon team barely defended for 10 minutes, and then they couldn't stand it anymore.

In the 31st minute, Di Maria made a free kick from the side and took the ball himself.

Aurier made a forward header, and Paris reversed the score.

In the 38th minute, Di Maria made a pass from the left and then crossed the goal. Ibrahimovic rushed up and shot. The football hit the post and bounced into the net.

Although the goal was conceded at the beginning, Paris reversed the score 3:1 in the first half.

Lyon got a free kick before the end of the first half, but it was in the corner of the penalty area and the position was not very good.

Zhang Chaoqiang tried his best to draw the arc relying on his good state, but in the end he just hit the crossbar.

So at the end of the first half, Lyon was temporarily 1:3 behind Paris.

Going back to the locker room from the player tunnel, Zhang Chaoqiang heard the abuse of the Parisian fans in the stands.

"Bullshit Paris nemesis, you just got lucky and scored two goals."

"Zlatan will kill you."

"Go home and play your ping pong."

"You don't deserve to be in the Ballon d'Or at all."

Before Zhang Chaoqiang was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award, the Paris media called Ibrahimovic wrong, thinking that the Swede was more qualified than Zhang Chaoqiang in terms of fame and strength.

At this time, the CCTV commentator was also worried about Lyon.

"Umtiti is absent due to injury, which has too much impact on Lyon's defense."

"When Umtiti was there before, Real Madrid couldn't do much with Lyon's defense."

"Now that he's injured, Lyon's defense is leaking everywhere, and they can't defend at all, so they can't fight back."

Umtiti has grown rapidly in the past two seasons and is now Lyon's main defense force.

Although he likes to play tricks from time to time to make people worry, but the talent is there after all.

Without him, the defense is even more worrying.

(End of this chapter)