Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 138 High Score Runner Up
After the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the Lyon team is most concerned about the semi-final draw.

Among the four teams in the semi-finals, Real Madrid is undoubtedly the strongest and the first favorite to win the championship.

Atletico Madrid and Manchester City are relatively weaker, but they are also stronger than Lyon.

According to the general opinion of the European media, the four teams in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals this season are divided by strength: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, and Lyon.

As the weakest team in the top four, other teams should all want to draw Lyon.

For Lyon, it will not be easy to draw anyone.

If you have to choose one, Manchester City may be a relatively ideal opponent.

Soon UEFA organized the semi-final draw ceremony, inviting the mayor of Milan, where the Champions League final was held this season, and Inter Milan star Stankovic to be the guests of the draw.

There are only four teams in total and the draw process is very fast.

Real Madrid met Manchester City, Lyon met Atletico Madrid.

Lyon did not touch Manchester City as expected.

Chinese fans have been paying attention to the lottery ceremony. As soon as the result of the lottery came out, everyone started to discuss enthusiastically again.

"Drawing Atletico Madrid, the result is not bad. Although it is not better than drawing Manchester City, it is at least better than drawing Real Madrid."

"Yes, although Lyon won a game against Real Madrid in the group stage, there was only one Ronaldo left in Real Madrid's striker at that time, but now they have all the BBC, and their strength has improved a lot."

"Atletico Madrid is not easy to deal with. They are currently ranked second in La Liga over Real Madrid, and they have just eliminated Barcelona in the Champions League. Their strength is quite strong."

"They reached the Champions League final two seasons ago and have more experience than Lyon."

"We've reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Do you still imagine that there will be a strong opponent? Anyway, it's hard to fight against anyone in the draw. I believe Brother Qiangzi is finished."

"That's right. Before Bayern was drawn in the quarter-finals, everyone said that Lyon was doomed, but in the end it was Bayern."

"There are also those who say that they can eliminate Bayern, have diarrhea on their heads, and live broadcast, and now all of them are silent."

"Believe in Brother Qiangzi, everything is possible on the court."

"But there is one thing to say. Atletico Madrid is really strong. I just checked the La Liga standings. They only conceded 32 goals in 16 rounds of La Liga, which is quite strong."

"Anyone who pays attention to La Liga knows that in terms of defensive ability alone, this Atletico Madrid team is currently the best in Europe, and it can be called the strongest defense."

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The results of the Champions League semi-final draw have come out, but Lyon has to focus on the domestic arena first.

On April 4, in the 17th round of Ligue 34, Lyon played against Nice at home.

Nice has sprung up this season and is currently ranked fourth in Ligue 3, only one point behind No.[-] Monaco, so they are expected to qualify for the Champions League next season.

And Lyon has just experienced 120 minutes of hard work against Bayern in the middle of the week, and the whole team is obviously tired.

So just 10 minutes after the start of the game, Puglia successfully broke through the gate of his old club and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate excitedly.

Lyon fans booed frantically, but they couldn't change the situation on the field at all.

Nice took advantage of the lead and kept killing it, and has always maintained a one-goal lead.

All Lyon players were unable to break the goal until the 83rd minute, when Zhang Chaoqiang regained his form under the addition of [Mr. Key], used a quick breakthrough to assist Lacazette to score, and finally equalized the score.

But only there.

Lyon drew 1:1 with Nice at home and dropped another two points.

On the other side, Paris Saint-Germain beat Caen 6-0 at home, once again widening the gap with Lyon.

At present, Paris's points have reached 86 points, which is one point more than Lyon's final championship points last season.

There is no doubt that Paris this season is much fiercer than last season.

At least in Ligue [-], this is the case.

And Paris has a good chance to refresh the historical points record of Ligue [-].

The record is held by Paris itself. They won the championship with 13 points in the 14/89 season.

Now that there are four rounds left in Ligue 86, Paris has scored [-] points, it depends on how much they can refresh the record.

Lyon has lost consecutive points in the last two rounds due to distraction from the Champions League, and currently has "only" 80 points.

Six points behind Paris, it is difficult to catch up.

Not only the French media think so, but even Lyon players think so.

So the next focus of Lyon is the Champions League semi-finals.

Try to get rid of Atletico Madrid and reach the final.

However, Lyon also has the opportunity to break the record, the highest points record in team history.

Lyon set a record in team history with 85 points last season, and now they have every chance to break the record.

Winning two random games in the last four rounds will set a new record.

But the embarrassing thing is that the high score recorded in team history can only take the runner-up.

And also the runner-up with the highest score in Ligue [-] history.

Last season, Paris scored 84 points, but because of a difference of one point, Lyon became the runner-up, which is the runner-up with the highest points in Ligue [-] history.

I didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly.

The sins committed last season will be repaid immediately this season.

Lyon will also be held back by Paris with a high score and runner-up, and it will also break the historical record.

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After losing points in the league, Lyon officially withdrew from the Ligue [-] championship.

The team doesn't need to be half-hearted anymore, just prepare for the Champions League with peace of mind.

However, the domestic cup still has to be played.

On April 4th, in the middle of the week, the French Cup semi-final match day, Lyon played against Paris at home.

Although it was the semi-finals, Lyon still played with a half-rotation lineup.

Zhang Chaoqiang directly took turns to accumulate energy for the Champions League.

Lacazette entered the squad, but he was also sitting on the bench.

However, Anthony Lopez, Umtiti, Gonarones, Tolisso and others in the midfield are all starters.

The arrangement of the Lyon coaching staff is to do a good job of defense at home, and try to delay the penalty shootout if possible.

After all, the game is a single game to determine the outcome, and Lyon is playing at home.

If Paris can really be eliminated to enter the final, the team will have one more championship to fight for.

The French Cup final will not come until the end of Ligue [-], and there is enough time.

Of course, the premise of all this is to try not to affect the Champions League semi-finals.

The continuous competition between Lyon and Paris has played an enmity, and this time Lyon fans put up banners at home to mock Paris.

"Welcome to Lyon, the only place in France where you can watch the semi-finals of the Champions League!"

As a local tyrant team, Greater Paris ranks first in Ligue [-] transfer investment every year, but falls to the quarter-finals of the Champions League every year.

And Lyon succeeded in doing what Paris had been struggling to do for four years.

Maybe Fournier's tactical arrangements are reasonable, maybe it's because the mocking banners have lowered the status of the Paris players, but Lyon really achieved the set goal.

In the first half, Lyon relied on a quick counterattack and Tolisso assisted Kornet to score.

In the second half, although Paris relied on Ibrahimovic's goal to equalize the score, Lyon's overall morale has risen and they have kept the 1:1 score until the end of overtime.

The two teams officially entered a penalty shootout.

Lyon has been practicing penalty shootouts recently, and this time it happened to be used on Paris.

Anthony Lopez saved Cavani's penalty before Rabiot deflected it himself.

On Lyon's side, only the goal hero Kornet's penalty missed.

So Lyon defeated Paris 4:3 in the penalty shootout and successfully advanced to the French Cup final.

Zhang Chaoqiang has not played a French Cup this season, and has been in the final all the way.

The opponent in the final is Marseille.

They beat Lorient 1-0 in the away game, and they advanced without any risk.

(End of this chapter)