Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 140
At the end of the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, the results of the Madrid duo are good.

Atletico Madrid defeated Lyon 1:0 at home, occupying a certain advantage in advance.

Real Madrid's 0-0 draw with Manchester City is also a good result.

So after the two first-leg matches, the media predicted that this year's Champions League is likely to replicate the one two years ago, which was the final Madrid Derby.

But both Lyon and Manchester City still have a chance.

Lyon has a chance to return home to make a comeback, after all, they overturned Bayern in the quarterfinals.

Manchester City did not lose at home, and they have a chance to advance to Madrid, they only need a draw with a goal.

But in general, the Madrid duo have a greater chance.

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After returning to France, Lyon continued to prepare urgently.

The quarter-finals have already had familiar experience when facing Bayern, and the entire Lyon team is naturally calm.

And everyone also believes that the team will definitely be able to make another home comeback.

On April 4, in the 30th round of Ligue 36, Lyon played against Ajaccio at home.

To prepare for the Champions League, Lyon directly played all substitutes.

Since the opponent was only a newly promoted team, Lyon still won the game 2:1 with the goals of Kornet and Fekir.

Through the three points in this game, Lyon has reached 86 points this season, successfully breaking the record in team history and achieving the highest points of the season.

But it has also taken a solid step towards the runner-up with the highest score in Ligue [-].

In this round, Paris defeated Rennes 4-0 at home, raising the season's points to 90 points, becoming the first team in the history of Ligue [-] to break [-] points in a single season.

After the league, the next step is the crucial Champions League semi-final second leg.

Lion flags are hung everywhere in downtown Lyon, and fans are waiting for Lyon to make a comeback at home and enter the final.

On May 5, the Atletico Madrid team arrived in Lyon one day earlier to prepare for the second round.

The Lyon fans naturally tried their best to interfere, and did their meager contribution to the team's comeback.

After all, in the first round, Lyon also suffered the same treatment when they went to Madrid away.

5月3日，法国当地时间晚上8点45分，2015/16赛季欧冠半决赛次回合，里昂主场迎战马德里竞技的比赛正式到来。

Atletico Madrid arranged the same 442 lineup as the first round.

Goalkeeper: Oblak;
Defenders: Felipe Luis, Godin, Jose Jimenez, Juanfran;
Midfielders: Koke, Gabi, Augusto Fernandez, Saul;

Forwards: Griezmann, Torres.

"Since defeating Barcelona 2-0 at home in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid has won six consecutive games in four La Liga games and two Champions League games, and all of them have zero opponents."

"As long as Atletico Madrid achieves a clean sheet away from Lyon in this game, they will be able to advance smoothly and complete the feat of reaching the Champions League final twice in three years."

Amidst the Spanish commentator's praise of Atletico Madrid's defense, the game officially began.

Due to the away loss in the first leg, Lyon must score at home.

At the same time, only one goal was lost in the first leg, so Lyon only needed one goal to equalize the score.

The premise is that the opponent cannot get away goals.

Therefore, Lyon's tactical arrangements are still based on stability.

Stabilize the defense without losing the ball, and let the strikers find a way to score one.

In fact, Atletico Madrid also used this method in the first round.

The home court has been unable to take Lyon very well, and finally relied on Griezmann's personal ability to score one.

Lyon kicked off in the middle circle, but did not attack rashly.

Atletico Madrid's defensive counterattack is too sharp. If one move is accidentally penetrated, it will really lose the game.

With Atletico Madrid's defensive ability, as long as they get away goals, Lyon is absolutely cool.

So the Lyon players passed it back and forth carefully and played patiently.

Until the 5th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang received the ball from the outside under the cover of his teammates, and completed the first shot of the game with his left foot.

Although it was a long-range shot from the periphery attempted by the left foot, the quality of the shot was not bad, and the football was slightly higher than the crossbar.

After completing the first shot, Lyon unknowingly accelerated the pace of attack.

In the 7th minute, Jordan Ferry passed back from the bottom, and Lacazette barely poked the ball out of the bottom line under the defense of Godin and Jimenez.

In the 10th minute, Valbuena tried to break through with the ball in front of the penalty area, but was intercepted. Atletico Madrid immediately launched a quick counterattack.

Griezmann quickly advanced along the wing to the frontcourt and then sent a cross. Cork grabbed the push and shot. Fortunately, the goalpost helped and the football bounced off the baseline.

"Don't worry! Calm down!!" Lyon fans were taken aback by the ball, and assistant coach Genesio also rushed to the sidelines and shouted loudly to cool down the field.

Atletico Madrid is not only good at defensive counterattacks, but also good at giving up the ball.

Let the opponent control the ball to dominate the offense, and Atletico Madrid themselves use the counterattack to find the opponent's flaws.

This is also the way Atletico Madrid loves to play, and Lyon almost got caught just now.

After the coach's call, the Lyon players quickly calmed down and looked for opportunities in a leisurely manner.

In fact, if the rhythm is slow, the possibility of Lyon leaking flaws will decrease, but at the same time the possibility of creating opportunities will also decrease accordingly, which is not conducive to scoring goals.

But the Lyon coaching staff was afraid of Atletico Madrid's sharp counterattack, so they could only arrange it this way.

"Since they can rely on their star players to score a goal, so can we." Fournier watched the court seriously, but he was a little worried in his heart.

When formulating this tactic before the game, the coaching staff had a serious discussion. Such an arrangement is likely to cause Lyon to have few opportunities at home, and eventually be suffocated by 0:0.

But Fournier still insisted on this arrangement.

Would rather do nothing than make a mistake, this is the insistence of defensive football.

Would rather make a mistake than do nothing, this is the insistence of attacking football.

In terms of football philosophy, Fournier still tends to defend football.

Of course, on the other hand, he believes that Zhang Chaoqiang can get one in with his personal ability.

Just when Fournier was thinking wildly, Lyon attacked the frontcourt again.

Due to conservative tactics, Lyon did not have many players crossing the half, only Zhang Chaoqiang, Lacazette, Valbuena, Tolisso, and Jordan Ferry.

Tolisso and Ferry cooperated in the middle and distributed the ball to the right. Valbuena was pressed and had to pass the ball quickly.

Lacazette was just one step inside the penalty area, struggling to jump up and compete with Uruguayan defender Godin for a header.

With a certain positional advantage, Lacazette successfully topped the football.

But with Godin's interference, he couldn't head the ball to the goal at all.

So the football was thrown high and fell to the front of the penalty area.

Zhang Chaoqiang has quick eyes and quick feet, one step over Koke beside him, and rushed to the football landing point.

But in the horizontal position, Atletico Madrid captain Gabi, who is closer, is also rushing forward desperately.

Seeing that the two were about to reach the landing point at the same time, Zhang Chaoqiang adjusted his center of gravity one step ahead, jumped up and swung his legs to hit!

Bang! ! !
Zhang Chaoqiang kicked the football firmly with the outer instep of his right foot, but at the same time he was hit by Gabi who rushed to the shoulder.

The football flew out, and Zhang Chaoqiang was also knocked into the air, almost falling sideways.

Even after being knocked into the air, his eyes still did not leave the football.

The football was pulled out in a large arc by Zhang Chaoqiang's outer instep, and flew towards the upper left corner of Atletico Madrid's goal in a rapid spin, like a machete.

Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Oblak reacted very quickly and immediately flew sideways.

But always close.

The football just passed his fingertips and went straight into the net.

"Goooooooooooal—————————" In an instant, the commentators all over the world burst into hissing shouts.

"The goal is scored!! Super shot!! Long shot world wave!!"

"With a volley from outside the penalty area and a long shot to the world wave, Super Zhang successfully broke the deadlock and equalized the total score for Lyon!"

"The game time has just gone to 10 minutes, Lyon has successfully equalized the score, and then they still have enough time to continue to score goals and try to reverse the game!"

At the same time, the Chinese commentator was also shouting excitedly.

"Zhang Chaoqiang!! Great shot!! So beautiful!!"

"Zhang Chaoqiang volleyed from outside the penalty area and hit the world wave, directly breaking the goal of Atletico Madrid!"

"Atletico Madrid, who have not conceded a goal in six consecutive games in all competitions, finally fell in front of Zhang Chaoqiang, and their golden body was broken!"

"The quality of this long-range shot is too high. The volley from outside the penalty area hits a large arc banana ball, and the ball is extremely fast. This is a must-have goal and there is no way to save it."

"In addition to this world wave, Zhang Chaoqiang has scored 10 goals in the Champions League this season. Score more goals!"

(End of this chapter)