Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 73

After Zhang Chaoqiang scored a goal, Dnipro immediately organized a counterattack.

But Lyon's defense is solid, especially Umtiti was ordered to mark the opponent's high center forward Kalinic, and performed very well.

Dnipro attacked for more than ten minutes and failed to find a chance, but was pierced by Lyon's counterattack.

In the 38th minute, Lyon intercepted the ball in the backcourt, Zhang Chaoqiang quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and sent the ball behind the opponent's defense with a straight kick.

It's a pity that Lacazette moved too aggressively, and the linesman signaled offside.

So the two teams ended the first half with a score of 0:1, and Lyon temporarily led by one goal away.

After a 15-minute intermission, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

With an away goal in hand, Lyon played with ease in the second half.

Konoplyanka kept looking for opportunities, but he couldn't do anything to Lyon.

In the 74th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang dribbled the ball past Ukrainian midfielder Rotan in front of the penalty area, and suddenly shot a long-range shot with great quality, almost going straight to the upper left corner of the goal.

But Dnipro's goalkeeper Boyko once again showed his good form, flying the ball with his fingers and pulling the ball out of the crossbar.

After missing this good chance to score, Lyon failed to find another chance.

Dnipro was also unable to score because the center was frozen by Umtiti.

So 0:1 on the scoreboard was kept until the end.

"The whole game is over. We congratulate Lyon. They scored a goal in the away game with a super volley and successfully defeated the Ukrainian dark horse Dnipro 1-0."

"At present, Zhang has been promoted to No.1 in the Europa League scorer list. If he can stay in that position until the end of the season, he will become the first Asian player to win the Europa League Golden Boot..."

After the game, Zhang Chaoqiang was warmly embraced by striker coach Batikler.

"Well done Zhang, try to win the Golden Boot, you deserve it..."

As the striker coach of the Lyon team, Batikler has been in charge of teaching Zhang Chaoqiang and Lacazette for a long time.

Today, one of the two is expected to become the Ligue [-] Golden Boot, and the other is expected to become the Europa League Golden Boot. Batikler is honored.

Another point is that Batikler has also won the Europa League Golden Boot, which is the best personal honor in his career.

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"Super Zhang volleyed the goal, Lyon repelled the Ukrainian dark horse away"

"Lyon beat Dnipro with one goal, and China Kuaima scored the winning goal"

"Super Zhang broke the goal and rose to the top of the scorer list, and is expected to become the first European Golden Boot in the history of the Lyon team"

Zhang Chaoqiang rose to the top scorer list in the Europa League, which attracted enthusiastic reports from the French media.

Ligue [-] teams performed poorly in Europe, so there are relatively few Ligue [-] players who have won the European Golden Boot.

Taking the Champions League as an example, Ligue [-] players have only won the Golden Boot six times in total. This statistic is not only inferior to the other four major leagues, but also significantly inferior to the Portuguese League.

Portuguese League players have won the Champions League Golden Boot nine times.

However, players in the Dutch league have only won six times, which is just the same as Ligue [-].

In the Europa League, the performance of Ligue [-] players was even worse.

Only won the Golden Boot twice so far.

Gérard Batticale in 92/93 and Stephen Givache in 97/98.

Except for the Europa League Golden Boot, there is nothing to talk about in Batikler's career.

Jivas is very famous, after all, he has won the Ligue [-] Golden Boot twice.

It's a pity that in the 98 World Cup, as the main striker of the French team, he played in all the games, but unexpectedly failed, which ruined his reputation.

Now Zhang Chaoqiang is expected to become the third Ligue [-] player to win the Europa League Golden Boot, which naturally attracted the attention of the French media.

Moreover, no player in the history of the Lyon team has won the European Golden Boot. Once Zhang Chaoqiang wins the award, he will set a record in team history.

On the Asian side, Zhang Chaoqiang's name is also indispensable in the sports media of various countries.

Even the official website of the AFC has put Zhang Chaoqiang high, hoping that he will make persistent efforts to win the Europa League Golden Boot.

Asian players have never won any important Golden Boots in European football, and even Dong Fangzhuo's Biyi Golden Boots can be called gold.

Now that Zhang Chaoqiang has risen to the top scorer list in the Europa League, he is likely to become the first heavyweight golden boot of an Asian player in European football. They cannot turn a blind eye.

Chinese fans are also worried about Zhang Chaoqiang, constantly calculating the possibility of him winning the Golden Boot.

Since Zhang Chaoqiang has risen to the top scorer list, Lukaku and Alan have become irrelevant.

Because the two have already been eliminated from the Europa League, the number of goals cannot be increased.

At present, the only player who may make Zhang Chaoqiang lose the Golden Boot is Naples star Higuain.

Naples is still playing in the Europa League, and in the first leg of the quarter-finals when they defeated Wolfsburg 4:1 at home, the Argentine center successfully scored a goal, raising his number of goals in the Europa League to seven.

Only one less than Zhang Chaoqiang.

According to the score advantage in the first round, Naples' promotion to the semi-finals is a high probability event, which is higher than Lyon's promotion probability.

So Higuain still has at least three chances to play, and it is entirely possible that he will overtake Zhang Chaoqiang in terms of goals.

If Zhang Chaoqiang wants to stabilize the Golden Boot, he has to continue to score goals.

In addition to Lyon and Naples, the results of the other two groups of the Europa League quarter-finals have also come out.

Fiorentina drew 1:1 away with Dynamo Kyiv, and Sevilla beat Zenit St. Petersburg 2:1 at home.

All five major league teams have a small advantage.

In the Champions League, Monaco and Paris are having a hard time.

Monaco lost 0:1 to Juventus in the away game. Although there is a possibility of a comeback at home, it should not be great.

After all, the opponent is an old woman, who is best at grinding opponents to death.

Greater Paris is relatively miserable, defeating Barcelona 1:3 at home, and there is basically no possibility of a comeback.

In the group stage, Paris and Barcelona were in the same group. At that time, taking advantage of the uneven personnel of the opponent, Paris could win a small game at home.

Now that MSN has been established, Paris is completely unable to beat the opponent.

While reporting the results of the Champions League, the Lyon media also stated that once Paris is eliminated from the Champions League, but Lyon continues to play in the Europa League, then Lyon will face very high competitive pressure.

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After returning to Lyon, Zhang Chaoqiang continued to prepare urgently with the team.

On April 4th, in the 19rd round of Ligue 33, Lyon played against Saint-Etienne at home, the second round of the Rhone Derby this season.

Before the game, Lyon fans chanted slogans in unison—Lyon 1:0 Dnipro, Dnipro 1:0 Saint-Etienne.

In the UEFA Europa League group stage, Saint-Etienne lost 0:1 to Dnipro in the away game and was eliminated. Now that Lyon has gained an advantage against the same opponent, of course they will not let go of this good opportunity to ridicule their rivals.

In the Gerland stands, mocking banners were everywhere.

So after the game started, Lyon suffered a lot.

In the 26th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang received a cross from Fekir's side and scored a goal. Gerland Stadium cheered.

But before the end of the first half, Umtiti made a mistake under the opponent's pressure and sent a point, and Saint-Etienne equalized the score.

Only 5 minutes into the second half, the veteran Jalais took the lead again for Lyon with a long shot.

However, it only took 4 minutes for Saint-Etienne to equalize again.

Obviously, the Saint-Etienne players were motivated by the ridicule of the Lyon fans, and they fell behind tenaciously twice but equalized twice.

Then the Green Army came up with shameless but effective tactics, constantly interrupting the game with fouls.

It is a derby itself, and the referee's penalty scale is relatively loose, which makes Saint-Etienne's foul tactics very effective.

Until the end of the game, the score was still 2:2.

In the two Rhone Derbys this season, the two sides have never been able to tell the winner.

The first round was 3:3 and the second round was 2:2.

But at the end of the game, the Saint-Etienne players cheered excitedly, as if they had won the game.

Because they completed the intended goal - let Lyon lose points.

If you taunt, we will let you lose points, and even let you lose the championship.

After the game, the Paris media immediately reported on the front page.

"Paris is pressing, Lyon is overwhelmed"

In the reports of the Paris media, there are predictions of Lyon's imminent collapse between the lines.

(End of this chapter)