long live the king

"Haha, you know, Adebayor is the masterpiece of our boss." Ribery said with a smile.

Zhang Yang looked up at Fernandez who was sitting in the front row of the bus. He didn't know that Adebayor was actually trained by the head coach Fernandez.

"Our boss is really good at spotting geniuses." Ribery snapped his fingers.

Zhang Yang nodded.He laughed, and Ribery also grinned. Aren't these two guys also discovered by Fernandez?

"Your opponent is him." Ribery clicked on the name of Monaco left-back Evra. "His defensive ability is very strong, and his explosiveness is also good."

"Evra." Zhang Yang whispered the name softly.

"That's right. It is said that the old man from Manchester United has taken a fancy to him." Ribery continued, with a lot of envy in his words.For anyone, to be favored by a giant like Manchester United is simply a dreamlike thing.

"There is also this Brazilian named Maicon, who is also very good. He is accurate, explosive, and fast. If you want to change positions in this game, you may have to face this difficult guy." Then He lowered his voice, leaned close to Zhang Yang's ear and said, "However, I still think that you should be more likely to score goals than the Senegalese. He is too slow." He pointed to the Senegalese striker Niang who was sitting not far away. Said that when he played for Strasbourg last season, Niang was completely contained by Monaco's super defense in the game against Monaco, and even had only two shots in the whole game.

Hearing that Ribéry spoke highly of Monaco's defense, Zhang Yang became more interested. He is not afraid of difficulties. It is because of difficulties that they are more challenging and fun.Who is interested in doing and trying easy things?

In addition, Monaco's midfielder Capo introduced from Juventus did not appear in the starting list, he may come off the bench.This gentleman has a fierce defense and is a tough guy. He was once placed high hopes by Juventus fans and was considered to be Nedved's successor.

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In an environment like Ligue [-], Monaco's starting roster is full of stars, and you can dazzle your eyes just by looking at it.Although the Marseille team is also a Ligue [-] giant, and the head coach Fernandez also recruited this summer, but compared with Monaco's lineup, it is still a level behind.

Le Figaro, which has a grudge against publicity, took the opportunity to mock and said, "Monaco's strength is more than one level higher than Marseille's. Just look at their forward line. When the players' identity became regular children, the combination of Adebayor and Chevanton could almost sweep all the opponents in Ligue [-]. This is the gap."

Anyway, "Le Figaro" is fighting Zhang Yang to the end. They are gearing up now, hoping that Monaco's super defense line can freeze Zhang Yang, then they can counterattack.I couldn't hold it anymore.

"Monaco's starting lineup is really strong, and they are also in good form recently. From this point of view, our game is really difficult to play. I understand the thoughts of my teammates..." Ribery shrugged. "Football is not a game of paper, though. Besides, I don't think we are much worse than the Monaco."

Zhang Yang also laughed. "That's right, you won't know who is the winner until you play." He remembered the match that Marseille youth team assistant coach Mark Levi told him about the game that Coach Levi had always been proud of. talked about it.

"In the memory of Coach Levi, the most memorable game he experienced in Marseille was the Ligue 1998 game against Montpellier in the 1999-0 season." At that time, I was a goalkeeper coach in the Marseille team. We fell behind 4-5 at halftime, and at the end of the game, we won 4-[-]. This is Marseille, this is the magic of this club.’” Zhang Yang shook his fist, “That’s what he said , Just listening to it, you know that this is a really exciting game. Now, let us continue this magic!"

"That's right." Franck Ribery also looked fascinated, "We want to show some color to the Monaco people. This is the Villerodham Stadium, how can we allow them to be rampant." Then he touched his chin and looked at his own Teammates, "We should get some more helpers..."

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"Here we are, get out of the car quickly."

"Frank, Zhang, what are you two doing, hurry up."

When we arrived at the team's cooperative hotel, the assistant coach Hiltney shouted to the players to get off the car quickly. Seeing Zhang Yang and Ribery still muttering something, he had to shout at them.

"Oh, here we come." Zhang Yang waved his hand.

The whole team will stay at the hotel tonight, continue training tomorrow morning, adapt to the venue in the afternoon, and play in the evening.It is said that it is to adapt to the venue, but it is not too intense training.This is his own home court, and the players are still not familiar with the Wilrodham Stadium.

After training the next morning, Jean Fernandez attended the pre-match press conference.In the press conference, he talked about the opponent of Monaco, and naturally he praised the team greatly. He praised Monaco's "young coach" Didier Deschamps, saying that Didier Deschamps is doing a good job and he is fully capable of coaching bigger balls in the future Yes, even coaching the French national team.Said that although the Marseille team is playing at home in this game, it will be very difficult for the Marseille team to win Monaco.

Hearing what Fernandez said, the media in Monaco were very happy. The Monaco people were in a good mood to receive such praise from the 'magic godfather' Jean Fernandez.

Zhang Yang, as the most outstanding player of the Marseille team in these two games, of course Monaco knows.Monaco is very confident in their super defense line. They didn't sarcasm or praise Zhang Yang. This attitude is just ignoring it. They don't think Zhang Yang will pose a threat to their defense line at all.

Moreover, the general opinion and prediction in the Monaco media, and even some French media, is that in this game, Fernandez is likely to adopt a single striker style of play, and will station more troops in the midfield, trying to put Monaco's center forward. field chaos.The most publicity of scoring consecutive goals may be sitting on the bench in the first half, and coming off the bench in the second half, hitting Monaco's defense with speed.This is also a tactic recognized by many brick-and-mortar experts. They don’t think that Zhang Yang’s first start can bring any threat to Monaco’s super defense line. On the contrary, he came off the bench in the second half. line of defense.

However, in a pre-match survey conducted by "French Football" for fans, 80.00% of the fans expressed their desire to see Zhang Yang start.It is worth mentioning that among the fans surveyed, not only Marseille fans, but also many Monaco fans.Of course, Marseille fans still have high hopes for Zhang Yang, expecting him to make new contributions to the team, while Monaco fans do not believe that Zhang Yang can pose too much threat to their team.They are curious about how this young man will perform against Monaco's super defense.

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Two hours before the start of the game, the Marseille team's starting list has been sent to various media reporters, and Zhang Yang's name is impressively listed.

Zhang Yang's appearance in the starting list certainly satisfied the audience's wishes, but it also aroused a new round of suspicion from the media—they wondered whether Zhang Yang's appearance in the starting lineup in this focus battle was because Fernandez received a request from the club's senior management exert pressure.

Now there is a rumor slowly spreading that Marseille signed Zhang Yang in the first place more because of the need to develop the Chinese market. Fernandez also had no choice but to sign Zhang Yang, but he didn't expect Zhang Yang to be lucky. Excellent performance in two games.

This is a bit of the meaning of Black Fernandez. The implication is that this is not because of your good vision. This is the meaning of the club's senior management.

The Chinese journalists were furious about the rumors that suddenly broke out in the French media. They knew that this was the kind of complacency in the heart of the proud French. They looked down on Chinese football and Zhang Yang. of the contract.In fact, this kind of rumor is completely nonsense, and it is easy to break through. If the Marseille team wants to develop the Chinese market, they will also choose a player with a better reputation in China, preferably a Chinese international. How can they find a Chinese amateur player? ?

However, these French media ignored this, and they talked about it for themselves.

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While the team was warming up, Fernandez was blocked by reporters in the mixed area for interviews.

A reporter asked Fernandez maliciously whether it was because of the pressure from the top management to develop the Chinese market when he signed Zhang Yang and Zhang Yang won consecutive starts.

Asked this question, Fernandez was furious: "I don't understand how such stupid remarks can be made! Did you say that?" he confronted the reporter.

Seeing Fernandez's angry look, the reporter was actually a little scared. He stammered, "It's said."

"Don't tell me this! It's not you guys who spread rumors." Fernandez said unceremoniously, "I have the final say on who to play and who not to play. What kind of pressure from the club's top management? Even the French president is in front of me. There is no point in dictating the team lineup!"

"Is Zhang's goal fake? Is his performance fake? Or is the person who said these words blind." Fernandez put down these words and walked away angrily.

He was really angry.What made him angry was not only the media questioning his vision, but what made him most angry was that some media were chasing Zhang Yang fiercely. Before, they used his status as an 'amateur player' to talk about things. Now that Zhang Du has performed well, he still doesn't agree. Forgive me, spread rumors about this kind of thing again.This is very unfair to this young man who has been working hard.

Fernandez is a very protective head coach. He may be able to tolerate the media coming towards him for the time being, but is it coming towards my disciples?no!

But these doubts from these media are more due to the bad impression of Chinese football, which also made Fernandez clear that it seems that it is still very difficult for Zhang Yang to gain a firm foothold in Ligue [-] and make these rumors and doubts disappear completely. The bad impression of Chinese football that the outside world has formed for a long time cannot be changed overnight and in just two games.

Zhang Yang can't represent Chinese football, and he certainly doesn't want to represent Chinese football. He just wants to play well, but the French don't think so.

If Zhang Yang's performance is not good, these messy remarks will definitely be flying all over the sky again.Now that his performance is good, he still has some doubts, let alone if his performance is not good.

Fernandez hopes that Zhang Yang will give him some confidence on the court, and use his excellent performance to prove that his vision is right, and also prove Zhang Yang's own strength!

Young man, this game must be played well. Everyone is looking forward to it. Countless pairs of eyes are watching this focus game.Some people are waiting to take a magnifying glass, waiting to find fault with your game, and then magnify it countless times in the media, and bash it.

Zhang Yang, don't give those people a chance.

On the Wilrodham Stadium, Zhang Yang was warming up. He received a pass from Nasri and volleyed the ball. The ball missed. Ribery next to him laughed heartlessly.Zhang Yang also scratched his head in embarrassment, and turned to Nasri to signal——

Go on, come again!

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ps: Ask for a few red tickets, so as to be on the classified red ticket list~ ouch.