Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 67
Champions League games are usually scheduled on Tuesday or Wednesday nights, but Europa League games are scheduled on Thursday nights.

Thursday is too close to the weekend, which can easily affect the domestic league.

Especially when flying abroad to play away games, the team has no time to rest at all.

This is also one of the important reasons why many teams in the five major leagues are not interested in the Europa League, which is too much of a drag on the league.

For Lyon, the advantage of the UEFA Europa League round of [-] is that the schedule starts with the host and then the guest. Lyon will play at home in the first round, so there is no need to travel back and forth before playing Marseille.

It is precisely because of this that the Lyon coaching staff still arranges all the main players to play.

What's more, Remy Gard was able to lead the team to the quarter-finals last season. Fournier may not want to lose to the opponent.

On March 3, the first round of the UEFA Europa League round of sixteen, Lyon's home game against Besiktas arrived.

"We must play an advantage at home, otherwise it will be difficult to play away in Turkey in the second round..."

Before the game, Fournier didn't say anything about whether to give up or not, but just asked everyone to try their best to play the advantage in the first round.

In fact, it can be vaguely seen from his tone that if the home court does not have an advantage in the first round, it will be difficult to say in that round, and it is not impossible to give up directly.

For Zhang Chaoqiang's game, it is natural that every game in China must be broadcast.

"In the UEFA Champions League last night, Paris drew 2:2 away with Chelsea, eliminated the Premier League giants and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Champions League by virtue of away goals. This is good news for Lyon..."

In the case of one less player in the away game of the Champions League, Paris fell behind twice and equalized twice, and unexpectedly eliminated Chelsea miraculously.

The French media praised the performance of Greater Paris, because this is the first time they have eliminated a Champions League champion team after 20 years.

The last time was the Champions League in the 94/95 season. Under the leadership of George Weah, Paris eliminated Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

At the same time, the French media also stated that the promotion of Paris is good news for the Lyon team.

Lyon will be distracted playing in the Europa League, and it is impossible for Paris to play in the Champions League without being distracted.

If Paris is eliminated in the top [-] of the Champions League, then they will only have the Ligue [-] champion, the only weight champion left.

So as long as Paris is out of the Champions League, Lyon's sense of oppression in Ligue [-] will definitely increase greatly.

"Besiktas was the third runner-up of the Turkish Super League last season. Because the Turkish Super League champion Fenerbahce was suspected of match-fixing and was banned from participating in the European war by UEFA, Besiktas qualified for the Champions League."

"In the Champions League qualifying round, Besiktas was eliminated by the Premier League giants Arsenal, but they only lost 0:1 in two rounds."

"In the Europa League group stage, Besiktas overwhelmed Tottenham and won the first place in the group with a home win and an away draw."

"In the knockout round of the Europa League 32, Besiktas drew 1:1 with Liverpool in two rounds and eliminated the opponent with a penalty shootout."

"This season, we have encountered strong teams in the Premier League three times in the European war. Besiktas only conceded one goal against each opponent..."

The domestic commentators know the current situation in Lyon. Ligue [-] and the Europa League are advancing side by side, just like walking a high-altitude tightrope. If there is a slight error, they may fall off a high platform.

So they tried to make Besiktas as strong as possible, lest Lyon be eliminated, and everyone was too disappointed.

Since the weekend league only stole a little speed, Zhang Chaoqiang's stealth has now cooled down.

So before the game started, he stole some attributes to enrich himself.

[You start cheating on Demba Ba, strength +2]

The Turkish League is one of the old-age leagues for European stars. Besiktas, as a local superpower, often has star players in the team.

Demba Ba is the current star of Besiktas.

Among all his attributes, his strength is the most eye-catching, as high as 85 points.

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"Leon!! Leon!!"

Amid the wild cheers of the fans at the scene, Portuguese referee Sousa blew the opening whistle.

Besiktas took the lead in kicking off and gradually pressed the attack.

But there were no good chances, and finally the Turkish midfielder Shahan took a high ball to find Demba Ba in the penalty area.

Lyon's pre-match preparations are adequate. Demba Ba is currently ranked No.2 in the Turkish Super League scorer list. Besiktas' most commonly used tactic is to make a long pass and let Demba Ba use his strong body to forcefully find opportunities.

Umtiti was assigned to mark Demba Ba, and he immediately stepped forward to hold the opponent.

The Senegalese barely got the ball, but never had a chance to hit the goal, and the ball was quickly destroyed by Gonalons.

When it was Lyon's turn to attack, Lyon played more patiently.

Tolisso went back and forth in series, playing like an attacking midfielder.

But when Fekir sent the last pass, Lacazette was not in place in time, resulting in a fruitless attack.

Both sides played relatively calmly, unwilling to give each other a chance easily.

So the first 10 minutes passed, and the game scene was very dull.

In the 24th minute, Lyon once again got the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

Lacazette rushed into the penalty area to find opportunities, while Zhang Chaoqiang switched to the left and advanced.

Fekir pushed the ball to Zhang Chaoqiang's feet.

Zhang Chaoqiang started immediately after receiving the ball, stepped on the bicycle twice quickly facing the oncoming Austrian midfielder Kafrak, and then made a step with his left foot to quickly pass by the opponent's side.

"Extraordinarily beautiful!!"

Amidst the cheers of the commentator, Zhang Chaoqiang went straight into the penalty area from the ribs.

Besiktas' full-backs and central defenders tried to intercept, but the central defender hesitated slightly, attracted by Lacazette running towards the goal.

The full-back stepped forward decisively, but Zhang Chaoqiang hit the heel of his left foot on the way to the goal quickly, and his body stopped suddenly.

With a hit on the right heel, he directly pushed and shot vigorously!

The football passed quickly past the Besiktas full-back and headed straight for the bottom of the near corner.

Turkish goalkeeper Gonion has moved to the near post ahead of time, and immediately went to the ground the moment Zhang Chaoqiang hit the goal.

Stretch the long legs to seal the near corners.

But Zhang Chaoqiang's shot was not completely on the ground, and the football had a slight float.

So the football hit the upper side of Gonion's calf and bounced into the net.

"Goooooooooal———"

"Super Zhang!! Good job!!!"

"In the case of a dull start, Super Zhang used a personal breakthrough to give Lyon the lead. This is a very beautiful personal breakthrough and then a goal."

Zhang Chaoqiang's goals are beautiful and relatively common.

The stars of many teams in Ligue [-] have the ability to score this kind of goals.

In the Lyon team alone, both Fekir and Lacazette have scored similar goals this season.

But the domestic commentary is much more excited, because this is Zhang Chaoqiang's goal, the Chinese player made a breakthrough and then scored in the European arena.

"Quickly stepping on the bicycle to pass people, breaking into the penalty area, knocking the ball to change direction, and then pushing the ball accurately to score the goal, this is a very, very wonderful goal, which is completely a manifestation of Zhang Chaoqiang's personal ability!"

"After scoring this goal, Zhang Chaoqiang has scored seven goals in the UEFA Europa League this season, only one goal behind Alan, the No.1 scorer!"

"I think the Lyon coaching staff should give Zhang Chaoqiang more tactical preference and try to help him win the Europa League Golden Boot."

"If you can really win the Golden Boot, it will be a great achievement for Zhang Chaoqiang himself and the Lyon team!"

(End of this chapter)