Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 77
Higuain, Insigne, Callejon.

Naples' offensive trident is very powerful, not losing to Lyon's striker.

So judging from the game scene, Lyon and Naples played evenly.

Both sides have their own offense and defense, and they will not give in to each other.

In the 34th minute, Tolisso sent the ball straight into the Naples penalty area, Zhang Chaoqiang was involved in the movement, and Lacazette got a chance to face Albiol one-on-one.

Although he swung the angle and hit the goal directly, but the angle was too straight, and the ball was confiscated by the Argentine goalkeeper Andujar.

In the 42nd minute, Callejon and Hamsik hit the wall and cooperated to make a cross. Higuain was entangled by Umtiti and couldn't get in place, but Insigne followed up with a push and shot, which was extremely threatening. .

Fortunately, Anthony Lopez was not soft, and flew sideways to save the ball out of the baseline.

The two teams were attacking and defending back and forth, and soon the first half ended, and the score was still 0:0.

"Everyone performed very well in the first half. If we continue to play like this, we will definitely win Naples at home."

During the intermission, Fournier has been encouraging his players.

Counting this game, Lyon has five games left this season.

If you successfully reach the Europa League final, then add another game.

Five or six games will determine the final results of Lyon's season.

What Fournier can do is to prepare before the game and try to help maintain the mentality of the players.

Every time they win another game, Lyon's final score may be one point better.

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"Leon!! Leon!!"

At the end of the intermission, the home fans cheered collectively to welcome the return of the Lyon team.

Since they got to know each other in the first half, Lyon launched an offensive immediately after kick-off in the second half.

Both strikers ran towards the opponent's half, but the two had a crossover.

Zhang Chaoqiang crossed the court diagonally and ran to the left.

Lacazette leaned to the right correspondingly, so that both of them had enough room to display.

Tolisso took the ball in the midfield, kicked decisively, passed the overhead long pass directly past Naples' first line of defense, and sent the ball to the left side of the frontcourt.

"nice shot!!"

Fans watching a Lyon game for the first time may feel that this pass is a bit too big.

But the familiar commentator has already shouted a good ball, and this pass is just right.

Zhang Chaoqiang, who was accelerating and sprinting, quickly passed Jorginho and stepped forward.

Lift your foot and stop the ball in front of you.

Step down, speed up and rush forward!

Naples' other defensive midfielder David Lopez took advantage of Zhang Chaoqiang's gap to catch the ball and quickly chased back, and the two have been chased side by side.

But as soon as Zhang Chaoqiang accelerated and started, the distance between the two opened again.

"Zhang Chaoqiang! He's accelerating again!"

Zhang Chaoqiang drove straight in, sprinted to the left corner of the penalty area, and gradually slowed down.

Naples' front and center defenses have all collapsed, but the back line is still intact, so he didn't rush in rashly.

Seeing that Zhang Chaoqiang slowed down, the Naples defenders began to move closer to him.

Zhang Chaoqiang controlled the football with his feet, cut in a horizontal step, and directly swung his leg to hit the goal.

Naples right-back Macho, who was approaching quickly, immediately fell to the ground to block, but found that the opponent was just a shot fake.

Zhang Chaoqiang made another inward cut, opened his body, and swung his legs again.

At the same time, a sideways movement is added to facilitate exertion.

The experienced Spaniard Albiol judged that this was a real shot.

But teammate Britos, who was closer to the Chinese striker, did not immediately step forward to block, possibly due to the influence of the last shot fake.

The Spanish central defender had no choice but to catch up with himself and stretched his long legs to intercept the opponent's shot.

"Stopped?"

Albiol felt for the first time that his calf touched the football head-on.

"Oops!"

But he immediately realized that the touch strength of this interception was very bad, and something bad might happen.

Look back.

really!

The straight ball originally hit the lower left corner of the goal and turned into a high-throwing curve ball after being refracted by his calf.

The Argentine goalkeeper, who had already bent his knees and adjusted his center of gravity to make a save, couldn't react in time. He could only watch the football go over his head and fly into the goal against the crossbar.

"Goooooooooal———"

"Super Zhang!! Beautiful!!!"

"Super Zhang breaks the opponent's goal! Goal through a refraction!!"

"Although this deflected goal has some elements of luck, but using speed to quickly penetrate the opponent's midfield, this is Zhang's talent!"

"Without this quick breakthrough, there would be no chance of this shot, let alone a refraction!"

At the same time, the Chinese commentator was shouting the number of goals.

"Ninth goal! Zhang Chaoqiang's ninth goal in the Europa League!!"

"After scoring this goal, Zhang Chaoqiang successfully surpassed Alan and Lukaku in the UEFA Europa League scorer list, taking the top spot!"

"And Zhang Chaoqiang has increased his lead over Higuain to two goals, and his chances of winning the Golden Boot have greatly increased!"

"According to the replay, we can see that this goal was refracted into the net after hitting the Spanish defender Albiol's calf."

"It's fair, it was his interception that blocked Zhang Chaoqiang's shot on the post in the first half, but this time, luck was on Zhang Chaoqiang's side."

The moment the football ball flew into the net, there was a bang in the Gerland Stadium, and it boiled instantly.

Zhang Chaoqiang rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, and the shouts from the stands poured down on him.

"Super Zhang!! Super Zhang!!"

"Super Zhang!! Super Zhang!!"

Zhang Chaoqiang's goal brought Lyon a big step towards the Europa League final.

In the history of the Lyon team, the team has never been so close to the European final!

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Zhang Chaoqiang broke the Naples goal in the 46th minute of the second half, and the whole stadium fell into a carnival.

When Lyon's celebration ended and the game restarted, Naples quickly set off a wave of offense.

According to the performance in the first half, they think that their overall strength is not inferior to Lyon.

Where Ang can score, they can also find a chance to equalize.

In the 54th minute, Callejon's cross successfully delivered the ball to Higuain's head, who jumped in front of the goal and shook his head.

The action looks cool, but the football goes over the bar.

The Lyon fans behind the goal took the opportunity to sing.

"Higuain, you will never be as good as Super Zhang..."

The Argentines didn't seem to understand French, so they walked back disappointed.

In this game, Higuain has missed two good chances to score.

In the 61st minute of the game, Benitez, who was dissatisfied with the score on the field, used the first substitution quota, allowing Uruguayan midfielder Gargano to play and replacing Spanish midfielder David Lopez.

"Zhang went back and forth between the left and the right, which made the Naples players exhausted."

"So they put on Gargano. The Uruguayan was known as Gattuso in South America when he was young. Benitez obviously wanted to use his coverage to limit Zhang as much as possible."

"But Gargano is 31 years old, and he suffered serious injuries in his early years. I don't know if it will be effective."

In the 63rd minute, the commentators of various countries were still interpreting Naples' substitution adjustments, and Lyon stole the ball again in the backcourt.

Gonarones and Tolisso teamed up to attack, broke the football from Hamsik's feet, and immediately kicked it to Zhang Chaoqiang.

This is Lyon's most common routine for quick counterattacks.

Zhang Chaoqiang stepped forward to catch the ball near the center line, and Jorginho, Insigne and Gargano all rushed towards him aggressively.

Especially Gargano, who just came on stage, with a savage look on his face.

Zhang Chaoqiang didn't give a damn, he just swept the ball with the inside of his instep, without stopping the ball at all, and sent the ball out smoothly, allowing the three of the opponents to pounce.

The three had no choice but to stop, only to find that the football had already passed through the sparse back line of their own side and went straight behind them.

At the same time, Fekir accelerated forward and successfully completed the anti-offside!
Among Naples' four defenders, some were raising their hands to signal offside, while others were desperately chasing back.

But no matter what they do, it won't change the fact that Lyon have another great chance.

Fekir dribbled the ball into the penalty area quickly, attracted the defense and poked it with his toe, and sent the ball to Lacazette who followed up laterally.

Lacazette pushed lightly and the football rolled into the Naples goal again.

"The goal is in! Lacazette pushed and scored! Lyon leads by two goals!!"

"This is an exquisitely coordinated goal. Zhang's push through the ball is like a sharp knife, directly cutting through the Naples defense."

"Fekir turned offside and became single-handedly, but he didn't greed for credit, but gave the football to Lacazette, who was in a better position, to ensure that the goal was scored steadily."

"Lyon's two guns scored a goal each. They completely defeated Naples' offensive trident. This is simply a pair of golden guns!"

(End of this chapter)