Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 74
"The Rhone Derby is over, everyone relax and don't worry."

"When we first set the goal of hitting the double crown, we had anticipated this situation, and there would definitely be unexpected points lost."

"But we still have the advantage. At the moment we are still three points ahead of Paris in the standings, and we are also ahead of nine goal difference."

"As long as everyone stays calm and doesn't make mistakes, the league championship is still ours..."

The day after the Rhone derby draw, Lyon had no training scheduled.

But Fournier called the players to the club for a team meeting.

In fact, it is to appease the players' emotions and let everyone try not to be affected by the loss of points in the derby.

After the meeting, the players left one after another, and the Lyon coaching staff continued to stay in the conference room.

"Can such consolation be effective?" Genesio's tone seemed to be asking colleagues, but also asking himself.

"There should be..." No one else answered, only Fournier responded in a low voice.

Before coaching Lyon, Fournier's greatest achievement was to lead Reims to Ligue [-].

However, the level of the Ligue [-] championship and the Ligue [-] championship are completely different, and the pressure is not the same at all.

What's more, the promotion to Ligue [-] does not necessarily require the champion of Ligue [-], as long as the top three are enough.

At the beginning, he led Reims to Ligue [-] as the runner-up of Ligue [-].

Faced with this situation now, Fournier can only cross the river by feeling the stones and taking one step at a time.

The only thing he doesn't have to worry about is management pressure.

Aulas has already assured him that even if Ligue [-] and Europa League are all lost, his coaching position will not be affected in any way.

But if he really can't win the last championship, he will still be disappointed, and he will be very disappointed.

The hope is as great as the disappointment.

What's more, Fournier doesn't know if he will have such a good opportunity in the future, so close to those trophies.

Downstairs in the club, the Lyon generals walked together in twos and threes to the parking lot.

"Alexander, Zhang, now is the critical period for the championship, and it is the time for you to play. Don't lose the chain." Captain Gonerons walked in the crowd and said in a joking tone.

Lacazette did not answer, he has always been a taciturn character.

Zhang Chaoqiang had no choice but to stand up and express his position: "Don't worry, captain, we will never lose the chain, and you can just wait for the time to raise the trophy..."

"Okay, that's what you said, if you don't win the championship, you have to pay me a trophy..."

With Gonalons taking the lead, everyone joined in the discussion.

Only Lacazette remained silent.

In fact, many people in the team know that Lacazette is not satisfied with the team's arrangement for the double crown.

Wouldn't it be better to take a unnecessary risk to securely win the Ligue [-] championship?
However, although he is the star of Lyon, he still has no say in matters such as the selection of the champion, and can only obey the arrangement obediently.

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Lyon lost two points in the derby, and Paris won the game to catch up to three points.

Many French media followed suit and predicted that Lyon would collapse.

They even come up with analog goals, which is the 08/09 season.

Lyon was also the half-time champion of Ligue [-] that season. They also voluntarily gave up the two domestic cup competitions and only played in the league and European competition.

At that time, Lyon stayed at the top of Ligue [-] until April. Everyone thought they could win the championship smoothly and complete the unprecedented eight consecutive Ligue [-] championships.

Unexpectedly, in mid-April, Lyon played an unexpected 2:2 draw at home, and then collapsed directly. Not only lost the championship, but even fell to the No.3 position at the end of the season.

Lyon's situation this season is very similar to the 08/09 season.

Same half championship, same mid-April, same home 2:2.

The difference is that the 2:2 was with Monaco back then, and the current 2:2 is with Saint-Etienne.

There is another difference. Lyon was kicked off the top of the list immediately after the draw, but now Lyon still occupies the top of the list.

But the three-point lead is really not that big.

Counting make-up games, both teams have six games left.

With the ability of Paris, it is not difficult to chase nine goal difference in six games.

Therefore, Lyon only has room for error in one game.

On the whole, the French media's hype about Lyon's collapse is not alarmist.

As long as a game is not played well, Lyon may lose the initiative in the championship.

Amid all the turmoil, Fournier once again had the idea of ​​​​a life-saving league.

But as soon as he hinted to Aulas, he was immediately opposed.

"Believe me, Hubert, there is no turning back."

"Now we are walking a tightrope, walking forward step by step carefully, and we still have the possibility to reach the other shore."

"If you turn around rashly, the biggest possibility is to fall directly on the spot..."

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Four days passed quickly, and it was the mid-week European match day.

On April 4, in the second round of the knockout round of the Europa League quarter-finals, Lyon welcomed Dnipro at home.

At present, the atmosphere of the entire Lyon club is a bit tense, but the fans don't know much, and they still enter the stadium enthusiastically to support the team.

For the fans, Lyon is still in a good position on both fronts, and that's enough.

Don't worry about other things, just enjoy the game.

Fournier still arranged for all the main players to play. After all, he only led by one goal in the first round. This advantage is not safe.

Before the start of the game, Zhang Chaoqiang took another burst from Konopulianka's head, raising his burst attribute to 79 points.

After the game officially started, the whole process was relatively smooth.

In the first half, Fekir broke into the opponent's penalty area and scored a goal. In the second half, Dnipro used a direct free kick to finally break through Lyon's goal, but it did not change the overall situation.

Umtiti gave points in the weekend derby, which is considered a poor performance.

But in the Europa League, he still stably freezes the opponent's center Kalinic, making Dnipro's offense almost meaningless.

In the end, Lyon drew with Dnipro 1:1 at home and eliminated their opponents with a score of 2:1 in two rounds to advance.

In the other three groups of matches at the same time, Fiorentina defeated Dynamo Kyiv 2:0 at home, and advanced with a total score of 3:1.

Sevilla drew with Zenit St. Petersburg 2:2 away and advanced 4:3 on aggregate.

Naples drew with Wolfsburg 2:2 away and advanced 6:3 on aggregate.

Higuain still started in the away game against Wolfsburg. Obviously he also wanted to compete for the Europa League Golden Boot, but he still failed to score.

In this case, Zhang Chaoqiang still maintains a one-goal lead over Higuain.

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"Lyon drew with Dnipro at home and advanced to the semi-finals of the Europa League for the first time in team history"

"Little Lion successfully advanced at home and became the only seedling in Ligue [-]"

"Lyon advanced to the semi-finals of the Europa League and is expected to win the double"

The best European result in the history of the Lyon team is the semi-finals, which have been achieved in the Champions League and the Cup Winners Cup.

Now the Europa League has also advanced to the semi-finals, completing another team history record.

In the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals held in the same week, neither Ligue [-] team could change their fate against the sky.

Monaco tied Juventus 0:0 at home and was suffocated to death.

Paris went to the away game and lost another 0:2, and was eliminated by a double play.

So Lyon has become the only one in Ligue [-] in the European war.

(End of this chapter)