Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 98

On August 8, in the third round of Ligue 23, the recovered Lyon defeated Rennes 3:3 at home, completing the Ligue 1 three-game winning streak.

Zhang Chaoqiang broke into the penalty area and opened the scoring first, and then Tolisso and new aid Valbuena scored respectively.

On August 8th, in the 29th round of Ligue 4, Lyon beat Caen 4-0 in an away game with more points, and won the first four consecutive victories in Ligue [-].

Zhang Chaoqiang contributed a pass and shot in the game, and the teenager Kornet came off the bench to score the first goal of Lyon's career.

Lyon's backup striker Benzia last season has moved to Lille, so Kornet started to get more opportunities to play.

Caen's midfield defensive gate Kanter was sold to the Premier League relegation team Leicester City, resulting in a lot of decline in defensive strength.

I have to say that Ranieri, the tinker, is quite picky.

In the two games, Zhang Chaoqiang stole a little stamina in each game, filling up his stamina attribute to 80 points.

After the four rounds of Ligue [-], Lyon and Paris have become the only two unbeaten teams in the standings.

Lyon overwhelmed Paris with a two goal difference advantage and temporarily ranked first.

However, Lyon's four consecutive victories were all played by mid-lower teams, but Paris has defeated two strong teams in Lille and Monaco one after another.

The same four consecutive victories, they have more gold content.

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Before the arrival of September, the new season UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony was officially held in Monaco.

For Chinese fans, this year's Champions League draw is even more special than previous years because of the presence of Zhang Chaoqiang.

As the highest level and most influential club competition in the world, the UEFA Champions League is the dream of every football player.

At the same time, for fans, they are also eager to witness their compatriots perform in the Champions League.

In the history of Chinese football, only three players have played in the Champions League before.

Now, the fourth is finally about to appear, and Chinese fans are of course very concerned.

And Zhang Chaoqiang, as Lyon's main striker, has a good chance of scoring goals in the Champions League.

This is something that the previous three Chinese players have not done.

In this year's UEFA Champions League, UEFA made a modification to the ranking rules of the seeded teams.

In the previous group stage draws, the rankings were based on the level of European competition points, with high rankings at the top and low rankings at the bottom.

But starting from this season, the defending champions of the Champions League and the top seven league champions in the European War will automatically become the first team, and the other 24 teams will be sorted according to the level of the European War.

This rule is actually beneficial to Lyon.

According to the previous rules, Lyon's European War points can only be divided into the second tier.

But now with his status as the Ligue [-] champion, he automatically becomes the first gear.

In the end, Lyon was divided into Group A as the first team. The other three teams in the same group were Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Malmo.

In terms of the difficulty of the Champions League level, this lottery is actually very good, and there is only one competitor, Real Madrid.

Just hold down Shakhtar Donetsk and join hands with Real Madrid to qualify.

Chinese fans are also very happy to see the result of the draw. There is not a big problem in qualifying, and they can still play against Real Madrid.

Moreover, Zhang Chaoqiang just wore a hat against Barcelona in the European Super Cup. The fans are full of confidence and feel that they may not be able to break up with Real Madrid.

"Brother Qiangzi is very lucky, and the two heroes of the Western Super League take turns serving him!"

Under Zhang Chaoqiang's Weibo, fans immediately offered golden sentences, which were liked by all parties.

At the same time, in other groups, Paris, the runner-up of Ligue [-], also has a good draw, and is assigned to a group with Zenit St. Petersburg, Valencia and Ghent, Belgium.

With the strength of this group, it would be a failure for Paris if it does not take the first place in the group.

By the way, there are only two teams in Ligue [-] this season to participate in the Champions League group stage.

Because Monaco, No.3 in Ligue [-], lost to La Liga No. [-] Valencia in the Champions League qualifying round, and missed the main match.

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After the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, the football summer transfers officially ended soon.

De Bruyne became the king of transfer bids this summer, transferring to Manchester City in the Premier League for a sky-high price of 8000 million.

In addition, there are important transfers such as the introduction of Di Maria by Paris, the introduction of Sterling by Manchester City, and the introduction of Firmino by Liverpool.

Sun Xingmin transferred to the Premier League Tottenham for 3000 million euros, which broke the Asian transfer record of 2001 million created by Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata in 2600.

However, Chinese fans have said that as long as Qiangzi really transfers, he will break Sun Xingmin's record in minutes.

The Koreans said that their brother Xingmin will prove himself in the Premier League, and he will also win a golden boot in the Europa League.

The fans of the two countries began to compete secretly again.

Last season Zhang Chaoqiang played in the Europa League and Sun Xingmin played in the Champions League.

In the end, Zhang Chaoqiang won the UEFA Champions League and also won the Europa League Golden Boot. Sun Xingmin entered the Champions League round of 5 with Leverkusen, contributing 1 goals and [-] assist.

This season is just the opposite. Zhang Chaoqiang wants to play in the Champions League, and Sun Xingmin can only play in the Europa League with Tottenham.

Chinese fans hope that Zhang Chaoqiang's Champions League statistics are better than Sun Xingmin, while South Korean fans hope that Sun Xingmin will also win a golden boot in the Europa League.

During the transfer deadline, the most watched transfer in Europe came from Manchester United, who introduced Monaco striker Martial at an unexpected price of 8000 million.

This transfer really shocked everyone.

Who is Martial?
Fans who don't pay attention to Ligue 8000 don't know this number at all. Manchester United actually bid [-] million to buy it, which is indeed a bit shocking.

Even Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney said that he had no idea who Martial was without searching the Internet.

The French "L'Equipe" is also very suspicious of this deal. How can Martial be able to break Zidane's French player transfer record?

In fact, strictly speaking, Martial's direct transfer fee is 5000 million, but there are 3000 million additional terms.

On rigorous football websites, Martial's transfer fee is temporarily marked as 5000 million, and the other 3000 million will only be added after it is actually triggered.

So Zidane's transfer record has not been broken.

But that's also scary enough.

Some time ago, when Barcelona asked for a price to buy a substitute striker, their offer of 3000 million to Zhang Chaoqiang was rejected, and then they went to Monaco to offer 2000 million to buy Martial, but they were also rejected.

It can be seen from this that Martial's real value cannot reach 5000 million at all, let alone Manchester United's exaggerated 8000 million.

To be fair, Martial is at the 3000 million level.

It can only be said that Manchester United's management is very good at playing.

Earlier, they had been struggling to deal with the problems of Di Maria and De Gea. When Di Maria actually transferred to Paris, they began to buy strikers everywhere, but the transfer period is almost over.

At that time, they met Zhang Chaoqiang and Ou Chao wearing hats, and they also offered Lyon 5000 million, and they were even willing to add various additional terms.

But Zhang Chaoqiang has already renewed his contract with Lyon, and he is ready to play this season with peace of mind, so he rejected them.

So they went to buy Martial, and they didn't have any spare tire options, so they were slaughtered by Monaco.

Anyway, everyone knows that Manchester United's business operations are doing well, and they are not short of money.

When Lyon media commented on Martial's transfer, they said: "If Martial is worth 8000 million, then Alexander is worth at least 1.5 million, and Super Zhang is worth at least 2 million!"

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