Lord of Greenery

Chapter 64
If you win, you will blow, if you lose, you will lose. This is how competitive football started.

The job of professional football is to win. In this world, there has never been a loser who is more glorious than a winner.

When Cannes is in full swing and tops the league table, praise will be on everyone's lips.

In contrast, after a two-match winless run and a second place behind Clermont again, the criticism came.

Jacques is too young and inexperienced, Catron is too old and has no speed, Touré is too reckless to position, Angulo is too independent to pass, Paul is too stupid to run...

Including head coach Du Suye, including Li Ze, who had performed well before, no one could escape.

"Their performance in the second half of the season will not be so good." Cheborg coach Herbert is confident, "Their weaknesses have been exposed."

In the 24th round of the league, it was Cheborg's away game against Cannes.

The current Cheborg, who ranks in the middle and lower reaches of the standings, needs to fight for relegation.

Such a team came to the home court of Cannes, and their head coach had the guts to step down, which really made many Cannes fans angry.

But immediately, the Cannes fans themselves did not have much confidence.

I have to say that the overall state of Cannes recently is really bad.

Even a team like Pau, which has a high possibility of relegation, can't win. It will lose against a team like Chateleroux. Cheborg's ranking is slightly higher than Pau's, and Chateleroux's rank is slightly higher. Ranked about the same.

At this time, Cannes fans no longer have the idea of ​​surpassing Clermont to occupy the top spot. The team has a more practical goal, which is to ensure the promotion quota.

With three points of annoyance and seven points of worry, Cannes's home court is still full of fans.

At the beginning of the game, Cheborg put up an iron barrel formation.

In this game, Cannes' original starting center Traore has recovered from injury.

However, considering that he had just recovered from injury, Dusuye still did not let him start.

Facts have proved that Dusuye's approach is quite correct.

Facing Cheborg's iron barrel formation, what Traore can do is very limited.

Looking at the tortoise-like opponent, the players on the bench in Cannes had a toothache.

In the previous two games against Pau and Chatelero, the opponents also played iron barrels for a long time.

Cannes is currently ranked third in the league, but Clermont has not opened a big gap.

When Cannes lost the chain, Clement's performance was not very good.

Most of the season has passed, and Cannes can still have such a performance. The opponents of France [-] have to agree with the strength and even dominance of Cannes.

When many relegation teams faced Cannes, they didn't even consider the issue of offense at all, and they defended with all their strength from the beginning.

Cannes has not won the first two games. Of course, there are problems with the poor state of the players, and it is also true that the opponents are too tortoise.

The best way to deal with the iron barrel formation is actually to send a strong center forward.

Place a powerful center in the opponent's penalty area, even if it is an iron barrel formation, it is easy to have accidents.

Otherwise, even for Barcelona at its peak, it would not be easy to break through the iron barrel formation.

Cannes naturally also has a center forward, namely Traore, who has just recovered from injury, and Paul, who is now starting.

How should I put it, the abilities of the two of them...

It can only be said that it is not satisfactory.

They both serve as fulcrums, but their ability to create and seize opportunities can only be described as unsatisfactory.

Therefore, Cannes players don't actually have much to do against the iron barrel formation.

If you are unlucky and in poor condition, it is normal that you cannot win.

Of course, if you are lucky or in good condition, it is another matter.

In the 33rd minute, Li Ze suddenly kicked his foot 35 meters outside the penalty area. Although the speed was not fast, it happened to hit the dead corner on the right.

Goalkeeper Tristan was unexpected and watched Li Ze's cold shot break the goal.

1: 0!

Just 1 goal behind, Cheborg's formation was completely messed up.

The iron bucket array has such flaws. The iron bucket array is not afraid of being overwhelmed on the field, but afraid of falling behind.

Being behind in the score means that the iron barrel formation cannot be placed, and the team must attack to equalize the score or even overtake.

However, putting up an iron bucket formation at the beginning itself symbolizes that the strength of one's own team is not as good as that of the opponent.

In such a situation, I insist on attacking...

In the 42nd minute, the defensive midfielder Anthony stole the opponent and passed a straight pass to Paul. The latter received the ball to form a single-handedly, breaking through the gate of Cheborg again.

2: 0!

After falling behind by two goals in the first half, the morale of the Cheborg players was completely shattered.

In the 78th minute of the second half, with a corner kick, Li Ze accurately found Catron in the crowd. The Cannes veteran leaped high and scored with a header over his opponent.

3: 0!

Without suspense, Cannes easily won this game.

"Herbert said they found our weakness, now?" Facing the reporter's interview, the Cannes fans laughed while being excited.

Herbert and his Cheborg could only swallow the bitter pill, who let them lose.

In the same game, Clermont drew 1:1 with Angers at home.

After this game, the point gap between the two sides has been narrowed, and now there are only 2 points left!
Obviously before this game, Cannes was still half-dead. After winning the game, it was inexplicably like seeing the sun through the clouds and mist. Everyone once again saw the possibility of competing for the championship!
"It's not time to relax." Du Suye promptly poured cold water on the optimistic atmosphere within the team.

"They are also unbeaten in two games in three games. The teams they tied are Nimes and Angers. These two teams are now ranked 3rd and 7th in the league."

The opponents faced by Cannes in these three rounds are all relegation teams.

Although Du Suye didn't say this, everyone knew what he meant.

Now is not the time to relax, far from it.

After rejecting his teammates' victory party, Li Ze practiced for an extra hour alone.

In this game, he regained the best of the game.

But as Dusuye said, now is far from the time to rest assured.

In the 26th round of the league, perhaps the victory over Cheborg made the Cannes players relax too much. At the end of the first half, Cannes fell behind FC Paris 0:1.

The latter is now ranked in the middle of the league, but it is the relegation team that Fading came up with.

During the intermission, Dusuye cursed almost all the players.

"We're not champions yet, but you're acting like we're going to win it tomorrow!"

"Who's performance is still so bad in the second half, I invite you to sit on the bench!"

Jacques, who served as a substitute at halftime, unconsciously puffed up his chest.

That's what I said, but in fact, Dusuye changed players during the intermission.

Traore came on and replaced Paul. This is a counter-substitution.

In the few limited games that Paul started, he has scored 3 goals, and this goal efficiency is already very good.

But, apart from scoring goals, he really doesn't help the team because he's basically standing in the box.

In other words, if he can't score, there is no difference between Cannes and one less person.

In the second half, Traore's appearance had an immediate effect on Cannes, and Cannes' offense became much smoother.

In the 55th minute, Li Ze attracted the attention of two people. He pretended to pass the ball to Michael on the left, but actually passed the ball to Angulo on the right. The latter made a cross to find Traore. The player headed the ball, and this time it was really given to Michael.

Michael, who was almost facing the empty goal, did not have a weak foot, and pushed the ball with his right foot to score the ball steadily.

1: 1!

In the 77th minute, Traore received a high and long pass from Li Ze, and once again broke through the gate of FC Paris with a header.

2: 1!

Cannes overtook the score.

And relying on the data of one pass and one shot, Traore also won the best of the game in the first game after returning from injury.

(End of this chapter)