Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 60 Distracted by the European War?

After Tolisso completed the lore, he rushed to the bottom line crazily.

He jumped up and hugged Zhang Chaoqiang's neck, roared and waved his fists, aiming at the Monaco fans in the stands.

After Lyon injured two players, the Monaco fans kept shouting "beat Lyon".

Now that they are killed by countdown, they should be comfortable.

Soon all the Lyon players rushed over, and everyone surrounded the two and cheered loudly.

Injured two players at once, this game is really not easy.

Fortunately, there is no danger.

The game restarted and the referee gave the home team some more time.

He waited until Monaco completed two shots before he finally blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"Congratulations to Lyon, they beat Monaco 1-0 in the away game, completed the season double play against the latter, and at the same time raised their unbeaten record to [-] games."

"Zhang Chaoqiang sent a lore assist through a beautiful solo ride of thousands of miles. This is his eighth assist in Ligue [-] this season."

"Now his stats in Ligue [-] have become ten goals and eight assists, very close to a double-double..."

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Zhang Chaoqiang, who sent the lore assist, was once again named the best player in the game, but he did not attend the post-match press conference.

Fournier took Gonalons there, and the two kept denouncing Monaco for hurting their players.

After returning to Lyon, Lacazette and Bisevac's injury reports came out soon.

Lacazette suffered a sprained ankle and is expected to be out for three to four weeks.

Bicevac has a sprained knee and is expected to rest for six to eight weeks, or even longer if the recovery is not satisfactory.

The French media also reported the news as soon as they got the news, but in their article it was Lacazette who was injured for a month and Bicevac was reimbursed for the season.

Now there are more people who are optimistic about Paris.

Paris and Marseille both won this round, and the difference between the top three has not changed.

However, Lyon injured the first shooter and the main central defender at the same time, weakening both offensive and defensive ends, and the overall combat effectiveness will be compromised for a period of time in the future.

Compared with Paris, their wounded not only recovered, but also regained their condition.

If Lyon loses to Paris at home in the next round, the point difference will be directly reduced to six points, which is only two games away.

Maybe when Lacazette returns, Lyon has fallen to No.2 in the standings.

With the comprehensive strength of Greater Paris, it is basically impossible for them to give up as long as they occupy the top spot.

The media don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, and there are all kinds of messy remarks.

The most outrageous thing is that a third-rate tabloid revealed to the outside world that the next round of Paris will specifically target Zhang Chaoqiang.

As long as Zhang Chaoqiang is injured again, Na Ang will be completely over.

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Before the next round of the league, there will be a French League Cup semi-final in the middle of the week, and Paris will also play.

This is good news for Lyon, and it can consume some of their energy.

Having reached the semi-final stage, Paris really has no reason to give up.

So they played with all their main force and beat Lille 1-0 in the away game to advance to the final.

In the other semi-final held at the same time, Monaco, which had just suffered a lore, once again played a classic game of gaining momentum and not scoring.

At home, Bastia played fiercely for 120 minutes, but they couldn't break through the opponent's goal, and finally fell in the penalty shootout.

Monaco eliminated Lyon and Bordeaux successively in the French League Cup this season, but unexpectedly made a wedding dress for Bastia.

Paris and Bastia really have a relationship, starting from the one-time kick at the beginning of the season that injured three people.

"Zhang, are you worried that the bastard in Paris will kick you on purpose?"

"Tch, wait until they catch up with me."

On February 2, in the 8th round of the Ligue 24, Lyon played against Paris at home.

Although he showed disdain before the game, Zhang Chaoqiang was really worried that the opponent would make a fool of himself.

After all, no one can tell what happened on the court.

After the start of the game, Paris really guarded against Zhang Chaoqiang.

Lacazette is not here, and all fools know that the focus of defense should be on Zhang Chaoqiang.

Fortunately, that is basically a normal defensive action.

Lyon played very conservatively at home. According to Fournier, as long as they don't lose to Paris and keep their nine-point lead, they will have enough room for error to deal with the opponent slowly.

Without Lacazette's help to share the firepower, Zhang Chaoqiang's defensive pressure has increased exponentially.

He had a faint feeling, did Paris put all the defensive attention on himself?

Did not expect it to be true.

In the 41st minute, Zhang Chaoqiang actually took away the two central defenders of Paris in a normal movement, and Benzia got an excellent opportunity to open.

Fekir passed the ball decisively, and Benzia directly volleyed and scored.

"This may be the most important goal of Benzia's career..." the French commentator commented.

Lyon took the lead in scoring at home, so in the second half they directly put up an iron bucket formation.

As long as this goal is defended, the lead will be extended to 12 points, and even Paris will find it difficult to recover.

Almost chasing one point per game, this difficulty is definitely not ordinary.

Zhang Chaoqiang was cruising around the court, trying to find those fleeting counterattack opportunities.

But although Paris is actively attacking, they are not the kind of desperate and crazy onslaught, and the defense has always been very good.

Especially for Zhang Chaoqiang, they are very caring.

In this stalemate until the 89th minute, Ibrahimovic received a pass from Motta in the penalty area, resisted Umtiti and turned around, successfully helping Paris equalize the score.

Although there was a [Mr. Key] bonus in stoppage time, Zhang Chaoqiang never found a chance to change his life against the sky.

The French media frenziedly hyped the championship match and ended 1:1, with both sides scoring one point.

What is more amazing is that after the game, the head coaches of both sides expressed their satisfaction with the result.

"Although it is a pity that the game was tied at the last moment, it is our goal to continue to maintain a nine-point lead." Fournier said.

Blanco's point of view is quite amazing. He said in the post-match press conference:
"The Europa League knockout round will start soon, and I think that's when we can really chase points..."

The opponent made it clear that they looked down on Lyon, thinking that the distraction of the European war would definitely cause Lyon to lose points.

Not only lost points, but also lost the championship in the end.

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After the game, the players went home.

But Fournier called the coaching staff together for a postgame meeting.

The topic of the meeting was simple: will Lyon lose points due to European distractions?If you will lose points, should you give up the European competition decisively and try your best to protect the league?

"I think distraction from the European competition will inevitably lead to losing points, so it is necessary to give up the European competition."

"From the perspective of players' physical fitness, the second half of the season is a period of rapid consumption of players' physical fitness. The consumption of players' physical fitness by one more game is definitely not as simple as playing a few more games."

Fitness coach Falbo is a direct descendant of Fournier, so he naturally expressed his support immediately.

The Europa League knockout round has not even started yet, Fournier held this kind of meeting in advance, and his inner attitude is self-evident.

Abandoning the less important Europa League and steadily winning the most important league championship is the answer Fournier wants most in his heart.

The striker coach, the goalkeeper coach and others did not speak, they had roughly seen Fournier's attitude.

"Bruno, what do you think?" Assistant coach Genesio kept staring at the table thinking, and Fournier had to take the initiative to speak.

Genesio has a close relationship with chairman Aulas, and his attitude is very important.

"Cough..." Genesio cleared his throat first, and then said under the gaze of everyone:

"I agree with Dimi, it is inevitable that points will be lost due to distraction in the European game."

"But to consider giving up at this time is an overreaction."

"We have to give up the European competition just because the opposing coach said a word. This is completely self-defeating. The most important thing is that our attitude will affect the players."

"If this leads to problems with the overall state of the team, it will definitely have a much greater impact than being distracted from the European war."

"I have always paid attention to the attitude of the players. They are very confident in playing Aalborg in the Europa League knockout round, because the opponent is only a Danish team, and they can advance with a little more seriousness."

"If we say we want to give up at this time, some players will definitely be unhappy."

"Especially Zhang, he seems to attach great importance to the Europa League."

"So if you really want to give up, you should wait until you meet a really strong team before giving up."

"What's more, even if we really give up the European competition, can we guarantee to win the league championship?"

"Maybe at the end of the season, we will have to compete for the only trophy in the Europa League..."

(End of this chapter)