Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 49 Upset
On the national team match day in November, European countries are conducting the 2016 European Cup qualifiers.

As the host, the French team naturally does not need to play in the qualifiers.

But in this European Cup qualifier, there was a magical game.

As the Greek team that once created Greek mythology, they actually lost 0:1 at home to the amateur team Faroe Islands in the qualifiers.

Not exactly amateur either.

Faroe Islands is a semi-autonomous pocket country with a population of less than [-], and there are still four professional players in the team.

The most powerful of them played as a substitute in the Danish powerhouse Copenhagen.

That guy joined the Newcastle Premier League youth academy when he was young, so he is the most talented player in the history of the Faroe Islands.

In addition to him, the other three professional players are playing in the Danish secondary league.

As for the rest of the Faroe Islands team, they are all amateur players who work and play part-time.

Among them are elementary school teachers, kindergarten teachers, police officers, carpenters, students, car salesmen, bank clerks, and even funeral home workers.

Although the Faroe Islands are small, they have their own amateur football league, which is divided into three levels and has a complete relegation system.

Such a group of "rabble" actually defeated the former European Cup champion Greece team 1-0 in an away game, which is quite amazing.

After the game, the Greek Football Association immediately announced the dismissal of its own national team coach Ranieri.

The Tinker really stumbled this time.

Not only Greek fans greeted his relatives wildly, but even fans from other European countries thought he was too outrageous.

You must know that in the World Cup in Brazil half a year ago, the same group of players, the Greek team under the leadership of Portuguese coach Santos, beat Côte d'Ivoire and Japan and entered the World Cup knockout round.

It was precisely because of leading Greece to the knockout round that Santos was invited by the Portuguese Football Association to bring the Portuguese national team back.

So the Greek Football Association chose Ranieri, who had just left Monaco, as the head coach of the national team, and there was this.

Lyon fans were a little rejoiced when they heard the news.

After Remy Gard was fired last season, many Lyon fans said that Ranieri should be invited to lead the team, because he did a good job in Monaco.

But for various reasons, Aulas finally chose the more suitable Fournier.

In fact, the main reason is the price.

Ranieri can be considered a famous European coach in any way, and he has achieved outstanding results in the three seasons of coaching in Monaco.

Inviting him to lead the team, the salary is at least several times that of Fournier.

For Lyon, which operates on a small budget, it is possible to save as much as possible.

With that spare money, it is better to invest in youth training and train a few more talented players. This is a real good deal.

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During the national team match, another news that Lyon fans paid attention to was the comeback of their predecessors.

Remy Gard, who left Lyon half a year ago, got a new job and was invited by Premier League Aston Villa to coach.

Villa's situation in recent years has not been very good. They have been relegated every year, and this year is the same.

The Premier League has only won three games in the first 10 rounds, and is only one point ahead of the relegation zone.

So they fired last season's relegation hero Sherwood and invited Remy Gard to coach.

Gard played for Arsenal as a player and is considered an old man in the Premier League.

Moreover, although the three seasons he led Lyon were not ideal, they were not bad, at least they were ranked among the top five in Ligue [-].

So Villa wanted to gamble on Garde to see if he could bring the team out of the quagmire.

Zhang Chaoqiang actually has a bad feeling for Remy Gard, but anyway, he got the first show opportunity under his hands.

So after Remy Gard found a new job, he also posted a message on his social media to congratulate him.

Many players in the Lyon team have sent it, and he seems a bit different if he doesn't.

Zhang Chaoqiang currently uses only two social media, Weibo in China and Instagram just applied abroad.

Weibo is basically hosted by his parents, because there are so many fans who interact and leave messages, he can't manage it himself.

For the time being, he will come to Instagram by himself. After all, he has just kicked out the roll call, and there are not many fans who follow him.

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"Zhang, I heard that you bought a car with Corentin?"

"Yes, it is more convenient to buy a car."

"That's just right. I plan to invite everyone to my house for a barbecue and dinner during the winter break. Then you will drive here together."

"Winter break? If I'm free, I'll go."

"Do you have anything else to do during winter break?"

"It's like this, I may have to go back to China during the winter break..."

On the runway at the base of the training ground, the entire Lyon team was warming up and jogging.

The team captain Gonalons was running with Zhang Chaoqiang and sent out an invitation.

Although Gonalons plays in Lyon, he bought a villa in Paris, where his family lives.

So going to his house for dinner during the winter break naturally means going to Paris.

Zhang Chaoqiang may return to China because of the Asian Cup during the winter break.

On the day of the national team match this time, people from the Football Association went to Zhang's house in person.

They probably wanted to work for Zhang Chaoqiang through his parents, but obviously they didn't go the right way.

Father Zhang said a few things they didn't like to hear, and in the end the two parties broke up unhappy.

Before leaving, the other party said that if he didn't know how to advance or retreat, he would issue a compulsory recruitment order to Zhang Chaoqiang.

Generally speaking, players recruited by the national team have communicated in advance.

If you recruit directly without any communication, it is considered compulsory recruitment.

The key is that this kind of recruitment complies with the rules.

FIFA has clear regulations that all players are obliged to play for their national team.

If a player refuses to play for the national team without a reasonable reason, then the national football association can sue FIFA, and FIFA can impose a certain degree of global ban on the player according to the actual situation.

As far as the current situation is concerned, even if there is a conflict between the player and the Football Association, it is not big enough to sue FIFA. After all, everyone can't afford to lose this person, so this ban has not yet been implemented.

But Zhang Chaoqiang was upset by this rule.

The other party made it clear that he was threatening him, so of course he didn't want to admit it.

But if it really reaches the level of compulsory recruitment, then the two sides will completely tear each other apart.

The other party will not feel better, and you will feel equally uncomfortable.

Both Zhang Chaoqiang's parents called him about this matter. His mother said both inside and out that "people don't fight with officials", while his father insisted on talking hard to the end.

Let them issue a compulsory call-up order, then don't go back, wait for them to report to FIFA, and then see who is more ashamed.

The two parents disagreed and were said to have quarreled at home.

Zhang Chaoqiang's agent is also giving advice on this matter.

His opinion at the time was to let Zhang Chaoqiang go back.

If you really want to refuse to recruit and turn against each other, the commercial value of that super strong in China will drop significantly.

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After the jogging warm-up, the Lyon team started normal training.

Stretching joints, basic skills of passing and catching the ball, running without the ball, crossing the bar with the ball, cross running, offensive and defensive drills.

After the normal training, the coaching staff arranged for the whole team to play some interesting football games.

Zhang Chaoqiang was slipped miserably in the lap game, because he was always slow to react today and couldn't grab the ball no matter what.

"Haha, Zhang, did you have a day when you were slipped away so badly?" Tolisso gloated and smiled indescribably.

The training session was completely over, and the others left one after another, but Zhang Chaoqiang continued to stay.

"Zhang, your condition is not very good, why don't you rest today?" Physical coach Falbo reminded.

"No, I might come back after practicing a bit." Zhang Chaoqiang waved his hand and refused.

So Falbo began to assist him in training, focusing on short-distance sprints, turn-back runs and other intensive and explosive targeted training.

This is a special training that Fournier asked the coaching staff to formulate for Zhang Chaoqiang to help him strengthen his explosive power.

In addition to Zhang Chaoqiang, Lacazette also has targeted training.

But he doesn't practice every day, but every other day.

(End of this chapter)