Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 44 Olympic Lyon
On October 10, the third round of the Europa League group stage, the Lyon team came to Turin, Italy.

Lyon came to Turin last season, when the opponent was Juventus.

This time again, the opponent was replaced by Juventus' city rival Torino.

Lyon's pre-match arrangement is very simple. Fournier explained that the team has already scored six points, and there is no problem in qualifying for the group, so there is no need to spend too much energy.

As long as you can qualify in the group, there is not much difference between the first and the second.

The head coach always has this attitude, and the players are naturally not much better.

And Lacazette, the most threatening in the Lyon team, also sat on the bench to rest.

So the Red Bulls scored a goal in each half, and Lyon lost 0:2 away to Turin.

Fortunately, as Fournier said, Lyon still ranks second in the group even if they lose.

In another duel in the group, Brugge drew 1:1 with Copenhagen at home, which was a very favorable result for Lyon.

The current group situation is that Turin has two wins and one draw with seven points, Lyon has two wins and one loss with six points, Bruges has two draws and one loss with two points, and Copenhagen has one draw, two losses and one point.

There are still three rounds of group matches to come, and Lyon will basically be locked in to advance after scoring three or four points.

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The away loss to Turin is irrelevant to Lyon, even the local media in Lyon think so.

As long as it does not affect the qualifying of the group, the main task of the team is Ligue [-].

In the next round of the league, Lyon will face Marseille at home, the current top team in Ligue [-].

The coaching staff has already started to make detailed pre-match preparations, striving to win the opponent at home.

On October 10, Zhang Chaoqiang's phone started calling indiscriminately early in the morning.

I took it over and saw that it was the broker's number.

"Jacques, what's the matter?"

"Haha, Zhang, I have good news for you."

"What good news, are you going to give me a nice car?"

When Citroen and Hyundai competed for Lyon's chest advertisement before, Citroen let go of the news, saying that if they successfully sponsored Lyon, they would give each of Lyon's first-team players who had not bought a car a good car.

It's a pity that their bids were not as ruthless as the Koreans, and the competition failed in the end.

And Zhang Chaoqiang is a controversial figure in South Korea, so Hyundai will naturally not give him a car.

"Let me tell you directly, this year's list of nominees for the European Golden Boy Awards has been announced."

Zhang Chaoqiang finally became interested and asked seriously, "Do you have my name?"

"Of course, you are the super golden boy of Gerland..."

Just this morning on Friday, Italy's "Torino Sport" announced the 2014 nominations for the 40 European Golden Boy Awards.

The Premier League has 9 people selected, which is the most among the major leagues.

In addition, there are 6 in the Bundesliga, 5 in La Liga, and 4 in Serie A.

Ligue 6, as the sacred place for little demons to level up, also has [-] people selected, namely:
Paris Saint-Germain's Marquinhos and Rabiot, Marseille's Mendy, Monaco's Ocampos, Lille's Origi, and Lyon's Zhang Chaoqiang.

Of course, Zhang Chaoqiang is very happy to be selected for the list of Golden Boy Awards.

But he knew in his heart that he was just running with him.

The biggest favorite for this year's European Golden Boy Award is Liverpool's Raheem Sterling. Last season, the Red Army's 3S combination made a big splash in the Premier League, and even almost helped Liverpool fans realize their dreams.

As the youngest of the 3S group, Sterling is of course famous.

And since the beginning of this season, Sterling has performed very well. Suarez moved to Barcelona, ​​Sturridge was plagued by injuries, and Liverpool relied on Sterling to support him. Of course, he has received a lot of attention.

In general, everyone agrees that Sterling is the number one candidate for the Golden Boy Award.

If you have to say who is a threat to Sterling, there are probably only Marchinhos of Paris, Januzaj of Manchester United, and Origi of Lille, and the threat is not great.

As for Zhang Chaoqiang, his goal was to be shortlisted.

Want to win a prize?
At least next year.

Zhang Chaoqiang was a player in 1995. According to regulations, he will still be selected for the Golden Boy Award next year.

So this year, I will be shortlisted first to get acquainted, and then I will really hit the trophy next year.

This is the suggestion given to him by the brokerage company.

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In many football data websites, Lyon is often abbreviated as Lyon or OL.

Lyon is short for Lyonnais, and OL is short for Olympique Lyonnais.

Olympic Lyon, this is the full name of the Lyon team.

In French football, many teams have the prefix Olympic in their full names.

For example, the full name of Marseille is Olympia Marseille, the full name of Lille is Olympic Creel, the full name of Nice is Olympia Nice, and the full name of Nimes is Olympia Nîmes.

The reason why there are so many Olympics is that Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics, was French.

When many early French sports clubs were established, Olympic was added to the team name to commemorate Coubertin.

Among the many Olympic teams in France, Lyon and Marseille are the two most successful.

Lyon won the Ligue [-] seven times, and Marseille reached the top nine times.

So the match between Lyon and Marseille was called the Olympic Derby by the French media.

On October 10, in the 26th round of the Ligue 11, Lyon ushered in Marseille at home, another Olympic derby.

In fact, Lyon fans are not interested in the so-called Olympic derby, because in their hearts, only Saint-Etienne is the real and only mortal enemy.

But after all, it is a strong battle, and there will still be some attention that should be paid.

"This round of Ligue 3 has two focus battles. Lyon vs. Marseille is a contest between the top and second places. On the other side, Paris vs. Bordeaux is a contest between No.4 and No.[-]."

"In the shortlist for the 2014 Golden Boy Award announced yesterday, Lyon striker Zhang and Marseille left-back Mendy were both selected, and the two match up in this match..."

Marseille only ranked sixth in Ligue [-] last season and did not even qualify for the Europa League.

So in the summer they invited Argentine lunatic coach Bielsa, and the effect was immediate.

After the start of the new season, Marseille has become the most offensive team in Ligue [-].

In the first ten rounds of the league, Marseille scored 25 goals, one more than Lyon, which won two games 5:0.

Moreover, the players of the Marseille team seem to have become enlightened under the training of Bielsa, and many of them have improved rapidly.

[You start stealing the day from Dimitri Paye, physical strength +2]

Before the start of the game, steal 2 points of attributes, and fill up the stamina to 70.

The game officially started, and Marseille was not polite at all, and quickly launched an offensive.

Payet, Ayew, Thauvin, Gugnac, Marseille's frontcourt attack group is very threatening, and they continuously attack Lyon's defense.

Mad Bielsa's teams are always good at attacking.

As a last resort, Lyon played a defensive counterattack at home.

Zhang Chaoqiang thought he had a lot of room to play, but Mendy, who was also a candidate for the Golden Boy Award on the opposite side, broke out, just like Digne in Paris before, stalking him all the time.

This guy is black, hard, and fast, and the key is that there is an equally excellent central defender Nkuru to help him fill the position.

Under the attack of the two, Zhang Chaoqiang has very little room to play.

Not only Zhang Chaoqiang, but even Lacazette, who got a rest in the middle of the week, was also restricted.

Both Lyon strikers were frozen.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Chaoqiang originally wanted to wait for the critical moment to come, and use the effect of [Mr. Key] to unfreeze himself.

But I didn't wait.

Seeing the stalemate in the game, Fournier decisively removed Tolisso, who was in poor form, in the second half and replaced Gourcuff, who has been in good form recently.

In the last round, Gourcuff scored as a substitute, but he didn't expect to do it again this time.

In the 65th minute, Gourcuff was flexible in the frontcourt and then volleyed. Lyon, who was suppressed in the scene, scored the first goal instead.

Fournier also knew that this game was not easy to play, so he hurried to the sidelines to arrange defense, trying to keep the lead that he had so hard to get.

So with the efforts of the Lyon team, the score was finally held.

"Former Zidane's successor" Gourcuff scored the winning goal, Lyon defeated Marseille 1-0 at home and won the Olympic Derby.

　Clang Rose is really strong, even stronger than Zhang Chaoqiang.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)