long live the king

On March [-], [-], Marseille played an away game against Lille.

Lille is definitely not a weak team. This team has been ranked in the middle in the previous few seasons, and it can be regarded as a spoiler in the Ligue 3 league. This season's performance is even more surprising. In the transfer market last year, and this winter , Lille has added a lot of lesser-known players with good strength. They are currently ranked No.[-] in the league, and they are very hopeful to go to the Champions League next season to experience it.

Marseille is now ranked No.5 in the league, because No.3 in Ligue [-] is also eligible for the Champions League next season. In a sense, Lille is Marseille's ticket to the Champions League next season. biggest rival.

Before the game, the media predicted that this would be a close contest, and there would be a fight between dragons and tigers.The process of the game was indeed very anxious, but Marseille still defeated Lille 2-0 in the away game.In the first 10 minutes of the game, the two sides looked evenly matched, no one scored, and the score remained stalemate at 0:0.But at the last moment, the Marseille team made a sudden effort-no, it should be said that the Marseille team's offensive trident suddenly broke out, and it took only 5 minutes to solve the Lille team.

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Nasri received Ribery's right cross in the No.803 minute and scored the first goal with a header.Marseille lead [-]-[-].

Just 5 minutes later, Marseille took advantage of the opportunity of Lille's aggressive attack and launched a quick counterattack. Zhang Yang dribbled the ball from the center to the left, and he attracted the attention of at least three Lille defenders , This caused the Lille team to be empty in the middle, Zhang Yang made a timely pass, and Ribery followed up with a volley and scored the goal.

Two to zero!

The Marseille team broke out at the last moment and solved the Lille team cleanly.

After winning this game, Marseille rose to fourth place, while Lille is still No.3, they have 3 points more than Marseille.

For Marseille, the taillights of next season's Champions League are now in sight.

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A week later, Marseille hosted Le Mans.

In this game, the Marseille team was stubbornly blocked by the Le Mans team at their home court. Throughout the first half of the game, the Marseille team shot more than fifteen times, but did not bring even a single goal.

This is not counting.

At the end of the first half, Marseille central defender Mette made a tackle when he was facing the opponent's striker one-on-one, and shoveled the ball out of the sideline, preventing an attack by the Le Mans team. He was also injured and could not Not to be replaced early.

At that time, Fernandez had a bad premonition in his heart. The weak defense of the Marseille team really couldn't stand the toss. Mette's injury really didn't have a qualified substitute.Alan Cantarell, who is replacing Mette, is even more mediocre. This backup defender who was transferred from Nimes in Ligue [-] last summer has only played seven or eight games so far this season.

At the end of the first half, Marseille and Le Mans were still zero to zero.

In fact, the match between Marseille and Le Mans was relatively late. Lille's away game against Strasbourg, which kicked off at the earliest, had already ended. Lille lost [-]-[-] away to Strasbourg. draw.

This is undoubtedly great news for Marseille. As long as Marseille can win Le Mans in this game, the gap between them and Lille will be reduced to one point.Marseille's hopes of hitting the Champions League title next season will be greatly increased.

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During the intermission, Fernandez yelled at the team, telling them that if they can't win Le Mans at home, they will be sorry for the rare opportunity of Lille's draw. , I can't grasp the good opportunities that come to my door.So no matter how much pressure they are facing now, they must win this game.

The last thing a man can't be said is that he doesn't have a seed.

Fernandez's words are very serious. In fact, Fernandez is also anxious and angry. Lille was tied by Strasbourg. If Marseille can't seize such a good opportunity, this season will be like this.

The Marseille team, which was scolded by Fernandez for a while, burst out with the greatest energy. They held their breath and must win the game. With the support of this spirit, Marseille finally won the Le Mans team 2:1 at home.

Jan Koller's goal broke the deadlock for Marseille, but Le Mans then fought back to level the score.

At the 83rd minute of the game, Zhang Yang took advantage of a corner kick and succeeded in a clever follow-up shot when Jan Kohler's header was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper.The score was finally fixed at two to one.

At the end of the game, the entire Wilrodham Stadium was also thundering with cheers, and Zhang Yang and the players of the Marseille team almost lost their strength. No one expected that this game would be so difficult.This game is even more difficult than when playing against some of the top ranked teams.The Le Mans team's game was completely aimed at a point, and their iron barrel formation made the Marseille team helpless for a while.

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Winning the Le Mans team, Ken took this hard bone, and the whole team of the Marseille team was also very excited. They proved with practical actions that they can still fight tough battles at critical moments. 'Pure men are unambiguous', this is what Zhang Yang said with a smile at the end of the game, which can represent the aspirations of all the players of the Marseille team at this moment.

But on the way back to the hotel, Fernandez finally received bad news.His bad feeling was confirmed.

The team doctor Pardis told Fernandez very clearly that Mette's injury was more serious than expected, and the Ivorian central defender needed to rest for at least nearly three months.If the operation is successful, it will be three months. If the operation is not effective, it is possible to be absent for half a year.

Fernandez, who was in a good mood because of winning this crucial game, suddenly darkened.

Fernandez knows where the biggest shortcoming of the Marseille team is. If the attack strength of the Marseille team with Zhang Yang, Ribery, Nasri, and Jan Koller can now rank among the top three in Ligue [-], Marseille's defense line At most, it can be ranked in the middle of Ligue [-].The team has invested a lot in the offensive phase in recent seasons, but neglected the work of replenishing blood on the defensive line.

Mette is a more practical player, and the other central defender is also the captain of the team, Dehu is also old, and he has more than enough energy when fighting for high-altitude balls. In addition, Dehu's slow turn is also the fault of the Marseille team. The short board of the defense line.Meite did not make up for Dehu in the game.

Now that Mette is seriously injured, there is only one old Dehu on the defense line, and the strength of the two central defenders on the bench is also very average. The Marseille team's defense line is really in jeopardy.

When competing for tickets to the Champions League next season, Mette's serious injury undoubtedly gave the Marseille team a blow.

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The good mood after winning was ruined by this news, and Fernandez obviously realized the seriousness of the situation.

The other players were a little more silent when they heard that Mette was seriously injured.

Of course, they are also very clear about the current situation of the team.This is really a big blow to the team.

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"Damn, what a bad luck..." Ribery cursed in a low voice.

He scored a goal in today's game, scored his No. 20 league goal of the season, and the team won the game. This was originally a very happy thing, but at this moment, Zhang Yang's face is also not very good, and he can't be happy anymore.Obviously, he also realized that the team's difficulty in hitting the Champions League next season has increased.

The team is eager to enter the Champions League next season, first of all in terms of economic benefits, which is a lot of income for the club, and in addition to influence.The same is true for players, especially for young people like Zhang Yang and Nasri, the Champions League match is a good opportunity for them to really make a name for themselves.

"What are you afraid of? The big deal is to score one more goal than the opponent." Zhang Yang said ruthlessly in his heart. Of course, he couldn't say this. This is disrespect for the team's defensive players.Although everyone knows the problem of the back line, but this cannot be said out loud.

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After the training ended the next day, during the extra training, Zhang Yang felt that Luis was weird, and kept giggling.

Ask him what's the matter, don't say anything, just giggle somewhere.However, in the training, he worked extremely hard, and his whole person was extremely active.

"Hey, what's wrong with that kid? Are you in a relationship?" Zhang Yang asked Yaxioyi.

Yashioyi was also a little confused, shaking his head to express that he didn't know, Yashioyi has now returned to the first team and trained with the first team.So I really don't know about Louis in the youth team.

Zhang Yang shook his head and didn't pay attention to it anymore. Judging by the character of this kid, it must be something good. It's probably because Chunxin is in love, as long as it's not a bad thing.Nor is he the type to gossip too much.

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The next morning, Zhang Yang felt the training ground, and saw a guy already there from a distance.He was very puzzled, Zhang Yang had always been the first to come to the training ground, and he was surprised to see someone who came earlier than him today.

When he walked in and saw clearly who that person was, Zhang Yang smiled.

It was Luis. Thinking of the excitement and abnormalities of this guy during the extra training yesterday, Zhang Yang still didn't understand. It must be that when the youth team training ended yesterday, Luis was told by the youth team coach Pierre to go to the first team. reports.This guy is still hiding it.This boring, coquettish guy.

Thinking about it, Mette was injured, and the team's central defenders were short-handed. Now it's not the transfer period, and the head coach Fernandez can only transfer from the youth team or the reserve team.Louis is the best central defender in the youth team, and it is understandable that he was selected for the first team.

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"Hehehe, Louis, did you come to the wrong place? The youth team's training ground is over there." Zhang Yang shouted jokingly.

Louis also knew that he was a little embarrassed to hide it from everyone yesterday, so he smiled, "I'm here to report to the first team."

Seeing Louis's happy and proud expression, Zhang Yang also smiled. He remembered that when he was in the youth team, he was told by the youth team coach Pierre for the first time to report to the first team. Excited, so excited, with a little apprehension, but more of anticipation and yearning for the future.

"My boy, you lied to us yesterday, saying, what should we do?" Zhang Yang went up and punched Louis, and said happily.

"I also want to give you a surprise." Louis scratched his head and said.

"Fuck you, you're still surprised, we're not your lovers." Zhang Yang winked, "Seeing how excited you were yesterday, I thought you were in love."

Unexpectedly, when Zhang Yang mentioned this, Louis' expression became even more embarrassed, with a hint of panic.

Zhang Yang was dumbfounded, no, this big black guy is really in love?

"Really in love? Tell the truth, hurry up and tell the truth."

"No—no." Louis quickly denied, but the hesitant look was very suspicious.

At this time, Captain Dehu also came to the training ground. He greeted Zhang Yang from a distance, and Zhang Yang temporarily let Louis go and introduced Louis to the captain.

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ps: The first update.Today is still three more, and there are two more to come.