Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 26 What should come will always come

After the away loss to Toulouse, Lyon's ranking in the Ligue 10 standings dropped wildly, dropping directly to No.[-].

But the season has just started, and the ranking is not that important for the time being.

The coaching staff is most concerned about Fekir's injury.

The Trident has just been formed, and if Fekir is injured for a long time, they will have to develop another tactic.

Fortunately, Fekir's injury was not serious. After returning to Lyon for a detailed inspection, it was confirmed that he could recuperate for three to four weeks.

Lyon lost while key players were injured, and the happiest were undoubtedly the fans of arch-enemy Saint-Etienne.

Saint-Etienne seems to be in good shape this season, winning two games in a row and directly starting two consecutive victories, temporarily ranking second in the standings.

So taking advantage of Lyon's difficulties, the Saint-Etienne fans started to shout and began to create momentum on the Internet.

"The Green Army is rising again!"

"Lyon will never be as good as Saint-Etienne!"

In fact, the new season has only started two rounds. It is really too early to say whether it will rise or not.

However, if you look at the standings, you can find that there are currently only two winning teams left in Ligue [-].

In addition to the Celtics Saint-Etienne, another unbeaten team is Red Wine Bordeaux.

In this round of Ligue 4, which has attracted much attention, Bordeaux played very bravely at home and directly slaughtered Monaco 1:[-].

As the runner-up of Ligue [-] last season, Monaco suffered two consecutive defeats at the beginning of the new season, including a massacre.

This puts a lot of pressure on Monaco coach Jardim.

Many French media have said that the Portuguese coach is much worse than his predecessor Ranieri.

The tinker was indeed unlucky, and was immediately kicked out as soon as he put Monaco on the right track.

So the media generally have sympathy for him.

And the most topical game in this round is still from Paris.

Paris Saint-Germain defeated Bastia 2-0 at home and finally won the first league victory of the new season.

But it was just a miserable win.

The game was played very fiercely at the beginning, and soon the two teams were angry, so Ibrahimovic and Van der Weil were injured and left the field successively.

After the crucial game, the two teams continued to clash. Bastia's Brazilian striker Brandon rushed forward with a header, which directly hit Mota with a broken nose and blood flowing.

The loss of three main players in the Great Paris War was quite tragic.

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After the weekend league, Lyon began to prepare urgently again, because there will be a European game in the middle of the week.

On August 8, the first round of the Europa League qualifying play-offs, Lyon's home game against Giurgiu Astra came.

Due to Fekir's absence, Fournier made another adjustment to Lyon's formation.

It is still a 442 formation, but the midfielder is no longer a diamond-shaped position with a double midfielder and a forward midfielder, but a concave position with a double midfielder and two forwards.

Gonarones and Tolisso partnered with double midfielders, Marblanco left midfielder, and Jordan Ferry right midfielder.

This is a targeted adjustment made by Fournier based on the overall performance of the previous games.

Let Tolisso retreat to increase the team's ability to play the ball in the backcourt.

When starting the game, Zhang Chaoqiang completed another career first record.

It was the first time I met an Asian player in a game.

There is actually a Japanese player among the starting 11 players of Jiuerjiu Astra - Takayuki Seto.

Zhang Chaoqiang has no impression of this guy, and has no idea who he is.

The game officially started, and Lyon, who played at home and had a psychological advantage, quickly launched an offensive, intending to sweep away the haze of the weekend's league loss.

The opponent is only a Romanian team, and it is the first time in the history of the team to participate in the European war.

Facing this kind of rookie team, there is no need to be polite to them.

Lyon's first attack, Zhang Chaoqiang received a pass from Tolisso, and the ball accelerated and easily threw off the intercepted Romanian midfielder Budescu.

The opponent wore the No. 10 jersey and was obviously not good at defending.

The Japanese Takayuki Seto was very active and immediately rushed over to make up for him, but was passed by Zhang Chaoqiang, who accelerated and dribbled the ball.

After the pass, Zhang Chaoqiang keenly found that Lacazette was actively advancing, and the timing was very good.

So he pushes with his foot and directly plugs the ball through.

"Good pass!! This is an opportunity!!"

Amidst the cheers of the French commentator, Lacazette successfully crossed the Astra defense line, and Zhang Chaoqiang's pass was delivered just in front of him.

So Lacazette comfortably accelerated the ball, took two steps, and then volleyed.

Bang!
The football flew straight to the upper right corner of Astra's goal.

Everyone thought the ball would go straight into the goal, but Romanian goalkeeper Glenn stepped forward and slapped the ball away.

After the football was blocked, it fell back into the penalty area, and the Astra defender immediately rushed to make a clearance.

But as soon as they took a step, a white figure rushed to the landing point.

With a light tap of the toes, the football flew towards Astra's goal again.

This time no one can stop it anymore.

"Goooooooal——"

"The ball has been scored! Super power - Zhang!!"

"A very timely supplementary shot in front of the goal, Lyon took the lead in breaking the opponent's goal!"

"This is a cooperation between the striker's two guns. Zhang's through ball won Lacazette a single-handed chance. Lacazette's shot was saved, and Zhang followed up with a supplementary shot in time to score."

"Lyon scored in just four minutes. It's a standard dream start."

At this time, in the football live broadcast room in China, the real-time broadcast is going on.

"Zhang Chaoqiang made a supplementary shot and scored his first goal in the European war."

"What should come will always come. After Sun Jihai and Wang Chu, the third Chinese player to score goals in the European competition is officially born."

Soon, a large number of "Brother Qiangzi Niubi" appeared in the live broadcast room.

The scoring record of Chinese players in the European war is very simple, just three goals for two people.

Sun Jihai scored one goal and Wang Chu scored two goals, both in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

Now with the addition of Zhang Chaoqiang, it has become three goals and four goals.

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On the Gerland Stadium, the game continued.

Lyon, who scored the goal in the opening game, became more and more courageous, completely overwhelming the visiting team.

In the 6th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang fed the ball to Lacazette after passing again. This time he shot the ball directly into the stands without giving a chance to make up shots.

In the 11th minute, Tolisso made a good long shot, but was saved by the Astra goalkeeper.

In the subsequent corner kick attack, Zhang Chaoqiang successfully hit the football, but unfortunately he failed to exert his strength.

Finally, in the 24th minute of the game, Jordan Ferry picked a pass to find Lacazette. Lacazette probably knew that he didn't feel good about shooting today. Instead of forcing the goal, he took advantage of the situation.

Marblanco followed up with a strong shot, and the football pierced Astra's goal again.

"Lyon took a 2-0 lead in the middle of the first half. It seems that this will be a suspenseful game..."

The home fans cheered and went crazy for the home team's consecutive goals.

The Lyon team also continued to attack on the court, trying to completely crush the opponent.

However, despite the turmoil in front of Astra's gate, he stubbornly defended it.

Until the end of the first half, the score was still 2:0.

Fournier had little to say at half-time.

If you are playing against a weak Eastern European team, and you have already led by two goals in the half, then you can play casually in the second half.

Just make no mistake.

But most of the time, what you are afraid of will come.

In the 56th minute of the second half, Lindsay Ross stretched out his foot recklessly behind Astra striker Fatai in the penalty area and kicked the opponent's heel.

Fatai hugged his legs exaggeratedly and lay down on the ground, and the referee decisively blew his whistle.

Yellow card and penalty kick!
Astra No. 10 midfielder Budescu made a penalty and successfully pulled back a goal.

Now the two teams are in a delicate balance.

Lyon continued to attack, but not as decisively as in the first half.

Everyone was worried that if another goal was conceded, it would be even more embarrassing if the score changed from 2:1 to 2:2.

Astra defended actively, they scored an away goal, and feel that the current situation is quite good.

In this way, the two teams finished the rest of the second half.

After a good start at home, Lyon played anticlimactically and ended the game with a score of 2:1.

(End of this chapter)