Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 10
It is not a surprise that Lyon was eliminated from the Europa League. When they met Juventus in the draw, everyone knew that there would be bad luck, so they were mentally prepared.

In fact, being able to draw with Juventus 2:2 in the away game is already a good result.

So far, the quarter-finals of the European War this season have all come to an end.

There are no surprises here in the Europa League, basically the stronger teams advance.

On the other hand, the UEFA Champions League, which received more attention, had two interesting results.

First, there was the La Liga civil war. Atletico Madrid, who were not optimistic, succeeded in eliminating Barcelona, ​​which is a bit surprising.

Although Barcelona's overall performance in the Champions League in the last two seasons has been unsatisfactory, last season's Champions League semi-finals were scored seven goals by Bayern.

But everyone feels that even if Barcelona's strength declines, it is still no problem to hold Atletico Madrid.

After all, the Madrid team has entered the Champions League after many years. Everyone agrees that they are inexperienced and should not go far.

Another unexpected matchup in the quarter-finals of the Champions League is the local tyrants, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea.

Paris beat Chelsea 3:1 at home in the first leg, which is already surprising.

Unexpectedly, in the second round, Chelsea returned to the home court and defeated Paris 2:0, successfully completing the comeback.

The two Jinyuan teams used each other's data, but it made the fans frightened.

Among them, the Parisian fans were the most injured. They thought their team would be able to enter the Champions League semi-finals after 19 years, but they didn't expect it to be nothing.

After the final four of the Champions League and the Europa League were all produced, UEFA soon organized a draw for the top four of the European War.

The Champions League semi-finals are Chelsea against Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich against Real Madrid.

The Europa League semi-finals are Juventus against Benfica and Sevilla against Valencia.

Regardless of the Champions League or the Europa League, there are two La Liga teams in the top four.

In recent seasons, La Liga's performance in the European War has been very strong, and the European War points have also successfully surpassed the Premier League and become the first league in Europe.

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After returning to France, Zhang Chaoqiang continued to train with the team to prepare for the rest of the season.

There are seven games left for Lyon this season, six in Ligue [-] and one in the French League Cup final.

As early as February, Lyon defeated Marseille 2:1 in the semi-final of the French League Cup and successfully advanced to the final.

The final date is scheduled for April 4, the following weekend.

However, before the French League Cup final comes, Lyon has to play a Ligue [-] game first.

April 4th is another weekend game day.

La Liga fans are talking about Barcelona's away game with over 29% ball possession and 0 wild shots but failed to score. In the end, they lost 1:[-] to the relegation team Granada, which was quite embarrassing.

The concept of invalid ball possession was once again mentioned by fans, and it once again sparked heated discussions.

Bundesliga fans are talking about Bayern's 0:3 home defeat to rival Dortmund, and suffered the first two-game losing streak in the Bundesliga for the first time in three years.

In fact, Bayern had already secured the Bundesliga championship three weeks ago, setting a record and becoming the first team in the history of the five major leagues to win the championship seven rounds in advance.

But the Champions League semi-finals are coming, and Guardiola suddenly suffered a two-game losing streak in the Bundesliga, which really hurt morale.

Serie A fans have nothing to say, because there are no important games in Serie A this weekend.

The Premier League fans made the most noise, because this weekend the Premier League had a battle to win the Tianwangshan Championship.

The Red Army Liverpool defeated Manchester City 3:2 at home with the lore of Sterling, Skrtel and Coutinho, and is historically close to the Premier League championship trophy.

There are currently four rounds left in the Premier League, and Liverpool are 7 points ahead of Blue Moon, which has two rounds less.

As long as Liverpool make no mistakes in the last four rounds, Manchester City will not be able to take away their championship trophy anyway.

but……

In Lyon, France, there is also a strong battle going on.

In the 33rd round of Ligue [-], Lyon's home game against Paris Saint-Germain has begun.

There is no doubt that Zhang Chaoqiang is still on standby.

This made many Chinese fans who stayed up late and waited deeply resentful.

"Isn't Remy Gard out of his mind? Brother Qiangzi has performed so well in Juventus away games, yet he still doesn't give him a chance to start?"

"If Zhang Chaoqiang does not start, Lyon will definitely lose!"

"Sleep and sleep, Brother Qiangzi doesn't start, so it's a fart."

"That's right, if it wasn't for Brother Qiangzi, who would have the time to care about your Sixth League, you have to go to work tomorrow."

Since the Qatar consortium took over in 2011, Paris Saint-Germain has become the new spokesperson of European gold dollar football.

They successively introduced Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Thiago Silva and other famous players, and invited the famous Italian coach Ancelotti to coach. The whole team was filled with a strong atmosphere of local tyrants.

Of course, fans who don't like it will derogate that it is the smell of nouveau riche copper.

But in any case, the reputation of Paris has been established, and fans all over the world know that they are not short of money.

And no matter how bitter others are, Paris is currently the strongest team in Ligue [-], and it is also the team with the most stars.

Therefore, this Ligue [-] match between Lyon and Paris has attracted much attention in China. Many fans want to take a good look at whether Zhang Chaoqiang can show another amazing performance against the star-studded Paris.

Reluctantly, the head coach didn't give face, and put Zhang Chaoqiang on the bench again.

Most of the domestic fans decisively quit after knowing that Zhang Chaoqiang missed the start. Only a few fans continued to insist, but they ended up disappointed in the end.

Zhang Chaoqiang sat out the whole game and didn't play until the end of the game.

Because Lyon played this game very well.

In the 31st minute of the first half, Lyon midfielder Jordan Ferry passed a high-quality long-range shot through the Paris goal and successfully helped the team take the lead.

Then the two teams played peacefully until the end of the first half.

Paris launched a counterattack in the second half, and Cavani even had a threatening close-range header in front of the goal, but it was bravely resolved by Portuguese goalkeeper Anthony Lopez.

So the score of 1:0 was maintained until the end of the game, and Lyon completed a small revenge.

In the first round of this season, Lyon lost 0:4 to Paris in an away game.

But Lyon fans are obviously not satisfied with this small revenge, they need a big revenge.

After the game, Zhang Chaoqiang gathered his sports jacket and went back to the locker room with his teammates.

When passing by the player channel, he heard the crazy shouts of fans on both sides.

"Jordan, well done!"

"This is just an appetizer, next weekend will be the real revenge battle."

"We need champions, we need a real revenge."

"Kill the Parisians, kill the Qataris."

At this time, the commentator of the French TV station was summing up after the game, and he explained everything clearly.

"Although this game was a strong battle, in fact, both sides had reservations and did not give their best."

"Paris arranged for key players such as Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, and Verratti to take turns. Lyon did not send Lacazette, Umtiti, Marblanco, and the recent form is very good. Zhang."

"It looked like both sides were aiming for the Carabao Cup final in a week's time, they both wanted to fight for that title, so they both gave up on the game strategically."

"Thus, although Lyon beat Paris by one goal at home, the real reference value is not that great..."

(End of this chapter)