i am a football star

Chapter 18
When Liu Ting was interviewed by Li Yuyang, he knew that he would no longer be unknown in China. After all, "Chinese Football" is also one of the largest sports media in China.

But these are not things to consider now.

In the second round of the third round of the Europa League qualifying round, Bordeaux played a partial rotation at home and tied Pere United 1:1. They defeated Tampere United 4:2 on aggregate to advance to the Europa League group stage.

Liu Ting did not play in this game. Blanco rotated some players in the frontcourt. On the front line, he used Obertin and Chamark as partners.

The day after the game, Laurent Blanc went to UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland for the Europa League group stage draw.The current Europa League system is that 40 teams participate in the group stage, 5 teams are divided into 8 groups for the group stage, that is, each team plays one game against the other four teams in the same group, and the home and away games are determined by drawing lots.

This system makes it easy to advance to the UEFA Europa League group stage. 5 teams advance to 3 teams, and only need to win two out of four games. Moreover, the ranking in the group stage has nothing to do with the knockout round draw.Based on these, it is not surprising that the Europa League has not received much attention.

UEFA has always been dissatisfied that people pay attention to the UEFA Champions League and not the Europa League. They have been seeking reforms, and they have been reformed many times, but they still cannot attract attention to the Europa League.In fact, according to Liu Ting’s memory, as long as the Europa League and the Champions League are linked, attention will be increased. Just like what UEFA will do in the future, the Europa League champion will be eligible to participate in the Champions League next season, so everyone will naturally care about who will qualify for the Champions League.

In the end, Bordeaux and the Turkish team Galatasaray, the Swedish team Helsingborg, the Greek team Panionios and the Austrian team Austria Vienna were divided into a group. In the group, only Galatasaray is stronger, and the group qualification is not a problem at all.

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After the Europa League draw, Bordeaux will be preparing for the 10th round of Ligue [-], a home game against Lyon.

At present, Lyon is ranked 5th in Ligue 1 with 16 wins, 4 draw and 5 points. Bordeaux is ranked 3nd with 18 wins, 2 draws and 12 points. Although Nancy is at the top of the list, everyone knows that Nancy is just a dark horse. .Also currently ranked third in Ligue 13 is the dark horse Valencienne, who is also not favored. Everyone knows that this season's championship competition still depends on a veteran team like Lyon's Bordeaux.

So this round of Ligue 2 match between Bordeaux and Lyon will attract much attention, and it may have a great impact on the ownership of the Ligue 10 champion this season. Lyon is only 4 points behind Bordeaux in one less game. If they win the make-up match, they will overtake Bordeaux. [-] points difference.

At present, Lyon has lost two games in a row in the Champions League group stage, and the qualifying situation is already very dangerous, but it is not yet desperate, there are still four games to save Lyon, and there will be a two-round match against the Bundesliga champion Stuttgart who also lost two games in a row. As long as they can score all six points, the chance of qualifying will return.Naturally, Lyon also wants to beat Bordeaux in an away game to open up the score and try their best to qualify for the Champions League.

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After a day of training, Liu Ting walked out of the Clairefontaine training base as usual.

"Old Jacques, how are you doing today?" Liu Ting is now very familiar with Jacques Pierre, the gatekeeper.

"It's okay, Liu. You must beat Lyon in tomorrow's game. As long as we beat Lyon, we will have a better chance of winning the league championship this season. We haven't won the league championship in 9 years, and the damned Lyonnais have been occupying the league championship!!" Jacques Pierre babbled, with a little anger.

Although Bordeaux is a strong team in Ligue 6 and has won 98 Ligue 99 championships, the last time it won the Ligue 7 championship was in the [-]/[-] season. At that time, Micoud led Bordeaux to win the Ligue [-] championship. Now Micoud has gone out of the Serie A Bundesliga and returned. Bordeaux has not yet won the seventh league championship.

"Okay, Jacques, don't worry, we will definitely beat the Lyonnais."

If any league championship is occupied by one team for a long time, then the entire league will hate them. Now Lyon has won six consecutive championships, but Lyon is about to be replaced. The core midfielder Juninho is 34 years old.

When Liu Ting walked out of the gate of the base, he was taken aback.It's been a long time since I saw so many Chinese people, and there are a bunch of Chinese media reporters outside the door.

"Hello, Liu Ting, can you tell me why you were given up by Barcelona?"

"Liu Ting, will you play tomorrow's game?"

"Do you have the determination to defeat Lyon?"

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Liu Ting didn't know why so many Chinese reporters suddenly came?
In fact, these are all because of the fact that "Chinese Football" discovered Liu Ting, and its sales in China suddenly increased. Now that they have received the news and rushed to report Liu Ting's news, most of them are journalists reporting other overseas players in Europe.

"Okay, let me simply say that whether I can play tomorrow's game depends on the coach's arrangement, but I have a high possibility of playing. Our whole team is confident to beat Lyon, and I don't want to talk about Barcelona for the time being."

Liu Ting left after speaking briefly. He knew that if he kept answering there, he would not be able to answer until dark. If a big media with connections and capabilities wanted to interview him, he would naturally find a contact person to do an interview alone.

Now Liu Ting is not very famous, but the interviews of those big stars have to be charged by time.So if there is no special arrangement and you want to catch a star on the side of the road, you can directly interview it. Unless the star is in a good mood, some birds will not bird you.

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"Now is the focus of the 2007th round of the 2008/10 Ligue 2 season. Bordeaux, which is currently ranked second, is playing at home against Lyon, who is ranked fourth. However, Lyon has one less match. If they win the make-up match, they will overtake Bordeaux in the standings. It can be said that Bordeaux and Lyon are the most likely to compete for the Ligue 4 title so far." Baptiste and his old partner Joseph continued to explain the focus of the battle.

"Currently Lyon's situation is not very good. They have suffered two consecutive defeats in the Champions League group stage. Although they have not completely lost the possibility of qualifying, they are still very dangerous. Barcelona and Rangers in the same group both have 6 points. Lyon and Stuttgart both have 0 points. Lyon still has a chance to grab points from Stuttgart in the next two games. I think Stuttgart thinks the same way. Steady." Joseph was sighing for the French team's Champions League results.

"Lyon's performance in the Champions League has not been good. Ligue 5 has won six consecutive championships, but they have never reached the top four in the Champions League. This year, Ligue 0 will be wiped out in the Champions League group stage. Last year, Toulouse, which finished third in Ligue 1 as a dark horse, was swept by Liverpool [-]-[-] in the Champions League qualifier. Do you know when he rebounded, maybe in the next round?" Baptiste complained about the French team's European results without hesitation.

"Okay, now we're not talking about the Champions League. Let's talk about this game. Players from both sides have already played. According to the information we got, both teams are using a 442 formation..." Joseph brought the topic to the current game.

Liu Ting also played with the whole team, walking in a relatively late position. Usually, important players play late.

When Liu Ting was on the field, he turned his head and saw a guy with a short head in the No. 10 jersey——Karim Benzema! !

Oh, at this time, Benzema is still not blamed. He is still a young talent who is favored by the whole of France. His future is boundless, and there will be countless blames waiting for him in the future.

Thinking about it this way, Liu Ting suddenly felt that looking at Benzema is really much fresher now, and Benzema looks refreshed and energetic immediately. It is unknown that he will go to Real Madrid to take the blame, with a face full of hardships and hatred.

Well, Benzema, who is a little fresh now, really has a different flavor.

On the opposite side, Benzema looked at the guy opposite and frowned slightly. The Chinese stared at him as soon as he came out, and he didn't seem to want to give himself a warning. Instead, he had an inscrutable smile on his face, with a faint smile on his mouth.

Benzema quickly shook his head, what happened just now?Is it your own fantasy?Why did it feel like there were thousands of pots on his back at that moment, making him almost out of breath?What Benzema thinks in his mind is one sentence: I feel like I am about to suffocate.

Benzema suddenly felt that it would be better to find a pot on his back when he played in the future, um, that would give him a long-lost sense of security.

Don't take the blame and feel uncomfortable, Ski! ! !

(End of this chapter)