Extraordinary coach

A six-month ban basically means Dong Fangzhuo is done for this season.

Even if his appeal is successful, he basically doesn't have to think about playing anymore.

There is a precedent for this.

For example, Jin Jingdao of Shandong Luneng in the 2016 Chinese Super League was found to have clenbuterol and was first banned for eight months. Later, his appeal was successful, but it was only reduced to three months.

In Dong Fangzhuo's case, even if his appeal is successful, he will be banned for at least two months. With only more than three months left in the Ligue 1 schedule, there is no need to think about it.

Moreover, in Sun Yi's opinion, given the current public opinion environment of the Nice team, the chance of a successful appeal is probably not high.

Although they know that the chance of success is not high, the Nice team still tried their best to arrange an appeal for Dong Fangzhuo.

What should be done has been done, and Sun Yi can only comfort Dong Fangzhuo next.

"Don't think too much. Things have already happened and you have to accept the reality. Just be an assistant coach in peace."

And the ban is a huge blow to Dong Fangzhuo.

In his personal situation, it is really a game less. It was very difficult for him to come back. This suspension may end his career again.

Knowing that this incident was a big blow to Dong Fangzhuo, and worried that he would never recover from his psychological weakness, Sun Yi continued to ask Dong Fangzhuo to be a player in the team.

Although Dong Fangzhuo's main job will be to be an assistant coach from now on, Sun Yi will never let him miss the training he should participate in. Even the weight loss plan will be allowed to continue.

The doping storm has come to an end here.

Except Dong Fangzhuo, most of the other players in the Nice team have returned to their normal mood.

However, they have only returned to their normal level.

In fact, compared with the first half of the season, the morale of the Nice team can be said to have dropped by a large margin.

Looking at the demeanor of the players, Sun Yi couldn't help but fall into thought.

In recent times, there have been too many storms in the Nice team. Although the emergence of these incidents proved that the Nice team was innocent in the end, the adverse effects they brought have already manifested.

There are too many bad things. It really took a lot of energy from Nice.

Sun Yi is now a little exhausted. What he hopes most now is that there will be no more troubles in the future until the end of the season.

Next, Sun Yi can finally focus on the game.

With the end of the doping scandal, Nice's 25th round of Ligue 1 has also arrived.

They will play against Montpellier at home.

There has been almost bad news recently, and this time Nice has good news.

Salah, who was injured before, can play.

Salah is a soul figure in Sun Yi's Nice team. With Salah, Sun Yi's tactics can be perfectly played.

With Salah on the court, Sun Yi will be more confident.

Even though he has no intention to simulate the battle due to the doping incident during this period, Sun Yi is still very confident about this game.

And Salah did not disappoint Sun Yi.

After he returned to the field, he scored a goal to help Nice lead Montpellier after only playing for 20 minutes.

Salah's goal boosted the morale of the Nice team. Nice completely dominated the next game.

Sun Yi didn't have to work hard to command, and the game was won without any surprises.

Winning this game was also expected.

The opponent was not strong and not very challenging. But winning this game was of great significance to Nice.

A victory swept away the previous haze of Nice.

"Huh~ The game was won. Fortunately, the team was not affected by the previous turmoil." This was the first sentence Dio said at the end of the game.

From Dio's words, it can be seen that the previous events had a great impact on the Nice team.

Now, seeing that the morale of the Nice team has been restored, Sun Yi also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Sun Yi was confident about this game, he was also worried that if he didn't play well in this game, it would affect the more important games to come.

After playing this Ligue 1 game, Nice will face the first round of the Europa League round of 32. And it is an away game.

With a victory to sweep away the haze, Nice will face this game in a better state and morale.

The chances of winning will also be a few points higher.

Thanks to Nice's strong performance in the group stage before. They will not encounter stronger opponents as the top of the group.

In the elimination stage of the round of 32, Nice encountered Thessaloniki from the Greek Super League. Compared with opponents such as Manchester United, Tottenham, and Ajax, it is still much easier to play.

Although Thessaloniki is not a particularly strong opponent, it is naturally not a good thing to be able to enter the knockout stage of the Europa League.

Judging from the overall value of the club alone, Thessaloniki is obviously not as good as Nice.

But from the scout intelligence that Sun Yi saw, it cannot be underestimated.

After careful research with the coaching staff, Sun Yi, who had mastered the basic situation of the opponent, conducted a battle simulation.

Sun Yi spent a lot of energy to conduct ten simulated matches.

The results were relatively ideal, and Nice had a good winning rate.

This naturally gave Sun Yi great confidence.

Not long after, Sun Yi led the Nice team to Greece.

After arriving in Greece, the outside world began to discuss the game before the game.

As Nice fans, they naturally support Nice unconditionally. But they dare not say anything bold.

"After all, this game is an away game. Our team has been affected by various storms recently and is not in the best condition. So, it would be good if we can get points in this game. The key to promotion is to stay at our home court."

Both Sun Yi and the fans of Nice were relatively low-key before the game.

However, the outside world is not optimistic about Nice, especially the Greek media.

"In this game, Thessaloniki should have a higher winning rate."

"Recently, the situation of the Nice team is not very good. The previous trial training incident and the recent doping storm have seriously affected them."

"Although the Nice team won the last French Ligue 1 game. But that game was their home court, and the opponent was a relegation team. This does not mean much."

And the Thessaloniki team also seemed very confident before the game.

Their head coach Ivic said: "There is nothing much to say in our home stadium. Victory is the only goal. I have full confidence in victory.

Our team is a frequent visitor to the Europa League. In particular, we have sufficient experience in knockout matches. Our opponents cannot compare in this respect."

"And I don't think a kid who is coaching a team for the first time will have stronger abilities than me. My team will not cause so many disturbances."