Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 33 Copenhagen
Zhang Chaoqiang contributed a pass and a shot in the game broadcast live on CCTV. After the game, he was selected as the best player in the game. He really had a good face.

While bragging about Brother Qiangzi, Chinese fans also know that Zhang Chaoqiang is not alone in Asia as a whole.

On the same weekend, Asian players in other leagues also performed well.

Son Heung-min scored in Leverkusen's 3-3 draw with Werder Bremen, and Shinji Kagawa also scored in Dortmund's 3-1 win over Freiburg, both scoring their first goals of the Bundesliga season.

However, another Japanese player in the Bundesliga, Shinji Okazaki, performed even more fiercely. He scored twice in Mainz's 3:1 victory over Hertha Berlin, breaking the record of five major league goals for Japanese players held by his predecessor Yasuhiko Okudera in one fell swoop. .

It is worth mentioning that one of Shinji Okazaki's goals was an assist from the Korean Koo Jae-cheol.

On the other side of Serie A, Keisuke Honda passed and shot in AC Milan's 5:4 victory over Parma, and he also did not lose to Zhang Chaoqiang.

Therefore, although Zhang Chaoqiang is already the No.1 Chinese study abroad, he is actually the only hope of the whole village.

Among the current five major leagues, Zhang Chaoqiang is the only seedling in China.

And what about Japan and South Korea?

There are fifteen Japanese and Korean players in the Bundesliga alone.

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In Lyon's daily training, Zhang Chaoqiang once again received a prompt from the simulator.

[You have strengthened your body through personal training, reaction +1]

Response increased from 60 to 61, which is pretty good.

On September 9, the Lyon team came to Denmark in Northern Europe to challenge the Danish powerhouse Copenhagen away.

The Europa League group stage begins.

Copenhagen is the team that has won the most championships in the Danish league, but last season they lost to Aalborg in the league championship and could only be runner-up.

But the Danish runner-up is also eligible for the Champions League.

This season, Copenhagen successfully eliminated Ukrainian runner-up Dnipro in the third round of the UEFA Champions League qualifying round, but lost to Bundesliga fourth Leverkusen 2:7 in the play-offs.

Sun Xingmin scored two goals in two games from Copenhagen.

Since Zhang Chaoqiang is often compared with Sun Xingmin recently, Chinese fans also know this.

Since Sun Xingmin can score two goals in Copenhagen, they naturally hope that Zhang Chaoqiang will not fall behind and also score in Copenhagen.

Once Zhang Chaoqiang scores a goal, it will be the first goal of a Chinese player in the European competition.

Lyon has already entered the Europa League and has at least six group matches to play.

As long as there are no major surprises, it is only a matter of time before Zhang Chaoqiang wins the first goal.

But the fans are still a little worried and hope that the first goal will come as soon as possible.

The game officially started. Although Copenhagen is the strongest team in Denmark, they dare not face Lyon head-on, and their tactics are relatively conservative.

So Lacazette played his role.

In the 22nd minute, Fekir made a pass from the left. Lacazette held the opponent's defender in the penalty area and took the ball back. Tolisso followed up and hit the goal and broke the Copenhagen goal with one kick.

This was Tolisso's first European goal in his career, and he was so happy that his face almost died of laughter.

In the 35th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang made a beautiful pass from the right, then quickly went to the bottom, and passed back in an inverted triangle.

Lacazette pushed forward to meet the ball in the middle, and Lyon led the away game by two goals.

The overall difficulty of the game was not high, so after 10 minutes of the second half, Fournier replaced Fekir and Zhang Chaoqiang one after another.

Fekir's body looks solid, but it's actually a bit brittle.

Last season, he had the opportunity to be promoted to the first team by Gard, but he was injured after only two games and was thrown back to the reserve team.

This season is similar, and he was injured once at the beginning of the season.

Fortunately, Fournier admired him and did not despise him because of it.

Zhang Chaoqiang is not physically strong enough, and he is a typical speed player, the one who is most prone to injuries.

So Fournier replaced the two to prepare for the Ligue [-] weekend in advance.

Zhang Chaoqiang is aware of the head coach's intentions, but still feels a little pity.

He has not suffered any injuries since joining Lyon's youth training.

It may be that [Iron Man] talent has a hidden effect bonus, just like [Mr. Key] can improve the status when activated.

Now Copenhagen obviously did not admit defeat because they fell behind by two goals, and will continue to look for opportunities.

As the game time gets shorter and shorter, Copenhagen's offense will become more and more fierce. At that time, he can use his speed advantage to counterattack, and it is very likely that he will have the first goal of the game.

However, since the coach arranged this way, Zhang Chaoqiang could only accept it.

In the 79th minute of the game, Copenhagen managed to win a penalty through a massive counterattack. Unfortunately, Danish striker Cornelius took a half-high penalty and was caught by Anthony Lopez.

So the 2:0 score was maintained until the end, and Lyon successfully scored three points.

During the sideline interview after the game, Zhang Chaoqiang was caught by domestic reporters again.

"Zhang Chaoqiang, don't you feel sorry for not being able to get the first goal in the European competition in this game?"

"A little bit, but Lyon is still playing in the Europa League. I still have a chance, maybe in the next game."

"You only played for more than 60 minutes and were replaced. Do you feel that the playing time is too little?"

"No, the victory of the game has been decided, so I left the game early to rest. The coach said to let me accumulate strength and wait for the next game against Paris."

As Zhang Chaoqiang played better and better, Chinese reporters gradually began to gather in Lyon, apparently to follow up and report Zhang Chaoqiang's news.

But these are all bullshit questions, trying to pick things up, right?

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It is indeed a pity that Zhang Chaoqiang failed to score a goal in Copenhagen.

However, he played a man-to-ball score and sent an assist in the game. This is more or less a consolation prize, which can make domestic fans feel relieved.

Similarly, the fact that he was replaced after only playing for more than 60 minutes was also discussed.

The media likes to take this kind of rhythm.

Fortunately, Zhang Chaoqiang's interview answers were very smooth, so there were basically no problems, and two days passed.

After returning to Lyon, Zhang Chaoqiang followed his teammates to make urgent preparations for the weekend's Ligue [-] match.

In the last two rounds, Lyon has played against Monaco and Paris, and there is a Europa League group match between them, which is barely a little devil's schedule.

Lyon has already won Monaco at home, and the next step is to see how they play Paris away.

If they can win Paris again, Lyon's points ranking can continue to improve.

On September 9, the Lyon team went north again to Paris.

Zhang Chaoqiang played against Paris in the French League Cup final last season, but the venue at that time was the Stade de France, a nominal neutral venue.

This time I went to Paris again, and the venue became Saint-Germain's home stadium, the Parc des Princes.

The Parisian fans were still so excited, they started spraying all kinds of obscenities as soon as the Lyon bus arrived.

Paris has completed two consecutive championships in Ligue [-]. They naturally want to continue to defend their title this year and win three consecutive championships.

Helplessly, they didn't start well this season, and the situation seems a bit bad.

But Parisian fans are confident.

In the 2012/13 season, Paris won the Ligue [-] championship for the first time after the Qatar consortium took over.

At that time, they did not start well, with three consecutive draws.

This caused many French media to criticize Ancelotti at the time, thinking that he was no longer magical.

Until the 9th round of the league, after Paris reached the top of the list in one fell swoop, they basically sat on the high platform for a long time and finally won the championship.

This season also started poorly, but Paris fans are convinced that they will win the championship and complete the three consecutive championships.

After all, they are the most wealthy team in Europe, and their goal is to win the Champions League!

(End of this chapter)