Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 51 Undefeated Record
"Coach, I'll be a substitute for the next game."

After winning Copenhagen at home, Zhang Chaoqiang took the initiative to find Fournier at the end of training and applied for a substitute.

"Why? Are you injured?" Fournier asked worriedly.

"No, it's just that I don't feel well recently. It may be that I accidentally ate my stomach before."

"Have you seen the team doctor?"

"I've seen it, and he said there's nothing wrong with it."

"Then I'll arrange your next rest."

"No, I'm fine as a substitute, the next game is the derby, I don't want to be absent..."

After some lip service, Zhang Chaoqiang finally persuaded Fournier to accept and let him play as a substitute in the next game.

This is Zhang Chaoqiang's deliberate decision.

The next game is the Rhone Derby, and Lyon will go away to Saint-Etienne.

The game will definitely be difficult to play, especially if Zhang Chaoqiang does not start.

When the time comes, he will directly trigger [Mr. Key] when he enters the field, which would be the best.

Because he didn't want to wait any longer, the feeling of dissatisfaction in this state made him very unhappy.

Although the starter also has a chance to trigger his talent, he is worried that he will be self-defeating again, and will be replaced in less than 10 minutes as before.

So the substitute is relatively safe.

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On November 11th, in the 30th round of the Ligue 15, Lyon came to the next door town of Saint-Etienne, preparing for a new round of the Rhone Derby.

Zhang Chaoqiang did not enter the starting list, which is undoubtedly important news.

Not only Chinese reporters, but even French reporters are also very curious.

As long as you have eyes, you can see that Zhang Chaoqiang is the key player in the Lyon team after Lacazette.

In such an important game as the Rhone Derby, he was actually "abandoned".

You must know that Zhang Chaoqiang played for Lyon for the first time in the Derby last season, and finally became famous in stoppage time.

At the pre-match press conference, Fournier explained that Zhang Chaoqiang did not start due to gastrointestinal reasons, but he could not convince the crowd.

The reporters have their own ideas and are already preparing their drafts.

Just waiting to see how the game turns out.

At eight o'clock in the evening local time in France, the start time came.

"This game is very important for both sides, not only because it is the Rhone Derby, but also because both sides need to secure points."

"Saint-Etienne wants to stabilize its top six position, and Lyon wants to stabilize its top two position, both need to get three points."

"In addition, since Lyon lost to Metz in the fourth round of the league, they have remained unbeaten in Ligue [-] for nine rounds."

"If they continue to be unbeaten in this game, they will complete the first ten rounds of unbeaten in Ligue 07 since the 08/[-] season. This is the fourth longest league unbeaten record in their team history."

"The last time Lyon was unbeaten in ten rounds of Ligue [-], the coach of Lyon was Alain Perrin, who is currently coaching the Chinese national team."

"At this time in China in the far east, Coach Peilan may also be paying attention to this game, but Super Zhang did not make his debut..."

Amidst the shouts of the Saint-Etienne fans, the game officially started.

Côte d'Ivoire striker Gradel is in excellent form, continuously using personal dribbling to attack Lyon's defense.

This guy was also a young genius. He was known as African Robinho when he debuted, and he was good at dribbling and speed.

But he is even more unreliable than Robinho, he will only lead to death in one way, and he doesn't know how to turn dribbling into a team advantage.

But in the past two years, as he hit a wall everywhere and got older, Gradel seemed to be enlightened, and gradually learned how to cooperate with his teammates.

This season, he has even become the head star of Saint-Etienne.

Under the impact of Gradel's lead, Lyon's defense did not last long.

In the 28th and 40th minutes, Lyon's goals were broken consecutively.

It was all passed by Gradel after passing, and Saint-Etienne used the same trick to break through the Lyon gate twice.

"In the last round, Umtiti received a yellow card for elbowing his opponent, and it happened to be suspended for accumulative yellow cards."

"Without two key players, Super Zhang and Umtiti, Lyon is likely to suffer a disastrous defeat in the Derby..."

Amidst the laments of the French commentator, the first half ended and Lyon returned to the locker room with a 0:2 deficit.

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"Coach, shall I warm up?" After playing for 10 minutes in the second half, Lyon was still passive.

So Zhang Chaoqiang volunteered.

"Well, let's go." Fournier nodded in agreement, but he was a little out of spirits.

Zhang Chaoqiang knew that the coach might have plans to give up the game.

For the overall performance of a season, winning or losing a game is not important, even if it is a derby.

But Zhang Chaoqiang is different, he wants to use this opportunity to pull back the state.

Moreover, falling behind by two goals is not a dead end, and there is a possibility of reversal.

In the League Cup final last season, Lyon also fell behind by two goals, but eventually reversed and won the championship.

But when Zhang Chaoqiang was warming up on the sidelines, the situation on the court changed again.

In the 64th minute, Saint-Etienne pressed the attack again and won a corner kick.

Dutch center Van Wolfswinkle overpowered Bedimo with a header, and the Guichar stadium roared.

"This is the first time since entering the 21st century that Saint-Etienne has achieved a three-goal lead over Lyon in the Rhone Derby."

"The suspense in this game is not much. Although Super Zhang is warming up on the sidelines, I think it will be difficult for him to change the situation even if he comes off the bench..."

Not only the French commentators, but even the Chinese commentators have similar ideas, and even vaguely hope that Zhang Chaoqiang will not play.

They are already three goals behind, what else can they do if they get rid of the blame?
"Zhang, do you still want to play?" Fournier asked doubtfully, looking at the Chinese who had finished warming up and stood in front of him.

Fournier does not intend to let Zhang Chaoqiang play again, but still respects the wishes of the players.

After all, Zhang Chaoqiang was born in Lyon's youth training, so he may have special feelings for Derby.

"Coach, I want to go up and try."

Zhang Chaoqiang did not expect the game to be played like this.

But regardless of winning or losing, he must go up to trigger the state.

"Okay, you and Yoan go together, let's fight again!"

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After Lyon applied for a substitution, Zhang Chaoqiang and Gourcuff stood on the sidelines together, waiting for the chance of a dead ball on the court.

At this time, singing sounded from Guichar's stands, and the core lyrics were just one sentence:
"The storm of youth is collapsing!"

This group of Saint-Etienne fans was quite a loss. Before Lyon topped the Ligue [-] table, "Progress" praised that the youth storm was setting sail.

Now that Lyon are three goals behind in the Rhone Derby, they make up songs to mock the so-called youth storm.

In the 71st minute of the game, as Lacazette fired an anti-aircraft gun from a long distance, Lyon used up two substitutions at once.

Zhang Chaoqiang came on to replace Benzia, and Gourcuff came on to replace Gonerons.

"Lyon's substitution choice shows that they have not given up and will continue to fight to the end."

"Gonalons is not only the captain of Lyon, but also the team's midfield defense gate."

"Now he is replaced with a more aggressive midfielder Gourcuff, which shows Fournier's attitude..."

Benzia walked to the sideline with a weary look, and had a symbolic touch with Zhang Chaoqiang.

After finally starting an important game like the Rhone Derby, but the team fell behind by a large score, he certainly couldn't be happy.

Gonarones hugged Gourcuff in greeting, then took off the captain's armband on his arm and put it on Zhang Chaoqiang.

"Go up and fuck them well, even if you lose, it won't make them feel better!"

Compared with Zidane's successor who joined halfway, Gonerons believes more in Zhang Chaoqiang, who is also from Lyon's youth training.

"Zhang Chaoqiang took over the captain's armband from Lyon captain Gonalons. This is the first time in his career, and it is the first time in our Chinese football."

"After South Korea's Park Ji-sung and Japan's Nagatomo Yuto, our Chinese players have also worn the captain's armband in the five major leagues and become the field captain..."

The Chinese commentary keenly grasped the key points.

(End of this chapter)