i am a football star

Chapter 23
In the visiting team's locker room, Blanco is making tactical adjustments.

"In the second half, Mikudo was in charge of the organization of the team. Diarra was your assistant. We must strengthen our offense to win this game. Otherwise, Lyon will widen the gap, and this season's league championship will become difficult." Blanco continued: "Liu, you have more freedom in the frontcourt in the second half. You can move where you see opportunities and don't need to go back to the backcourt to defend. You use your speed to go back and forth and stir up the opponent's defense.

Blanco obviously wanted to fight to the death in the second half, letting veteran Micoud take over the task of organizing. Diarra, who was not in good condition, was used as an engineer midfielder, and he also strengthened assists on the wing, trying to completely destroy the opponent's defense.

At the beginning of the second half, Bordeaux aggressively attacked and asked Micoud to organize the midfield. Diarra, who was not in good shape, was able to assist from the side, and the effect was much better. However, it is impossible for the 35-year-old veteran to let him be in charge of organizing every game. It is still possible to give relief occasionally.

"Bordeaux was not reconciled to failure and started a counterattack in the second half, but Strasbourg also played a defensive counterattack. It seems that Strasbourg is very satisfied with being able to score a goal ahead of Bordeaux."

A team like Strasbourg, as a newly promoted team, even if they are temporarily ranked 7th in Ligue 7, their attitude is still very low. Relegation is their goal, unless they can still be ranked [-]th in the second half of the schedule, maybe they will look forward to the European game.

Bordeaux began a continuous attack.

In the 48th minute, Bellian used his speed to break into the penalty area, but his shot missed.

In the 53rd minute, Liu Ting advanced quickly from the left and cut inside to hit the goal. The opponent's goalkeeper Kassad bravely saved the shot.

In the 55th minute, Micoud made a straight pass to find Liu Ting. Liu Ting dribbled the ball to attract the defense and then picked a pass to Bellion.

Blanco on the sidelines is also furious. If he fails to score for a long time, it will encourage Strasbourg's determination to defend and counterattack, and it will become more and more difficult to play.

"Since the start of the second half, Bordeaux has been on the offensive for more than 10 minutes. If they can't score again, Bordeaux's momentum will definitely drop. They can only withdraw temporarily and wait for the next attack. It is impossible to keep attacking continuously on the field. The players need to rest and take a breath." The French commentator Bordeaux is worried.

"Bordeaux's offense came again, Giuletti passed the ball to Diarra, Diarra passed it to Micoud, Micoud passed it straight to Liu, good ball!!! Liu didn't turn around to catch the ball, and directly kicked the ball with his back and heel, and knocked it to Berlyon who went into the penalty area obliquely. Berlyon temporarily had no defensive player to follow him and hit the goal!!! Unfortunately, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced back. It was not over yet. Corner, Strasbourg goalkeeper Kassad, who has just made a save and has not gotten up, has nothing to do but watch the ball roll into the goal."

After scoring the goal, Liu Ting ran over and hugged Berlion to celebrate. This kind of heel kick was learned from Ronaldinho in Barcelona, ​​and it was really useful.

In the 60th minute, Liu Ting's supplementary shot helped Bordeaux equalize the score, 1:1.

"After this goal, Strasbourg will be more difficult to play in the future. I don't know what adjustments their head coach will make." The French commentator was still cheering for Bordeaux's goal just now, and immediately worried about Strasbourg.

In fact, he overestimated Strasbourg's determination. Even if he could only score one point at home, Strasbourg would not be unhappy.

After Bordeaux scored, Strasbourg's recovery defense became more determined. It seemed that they were trying to prevent Bordeaux from scoring again.

Strasbourg defended tightly, Bordeaux attacked for a while and couldn't score, and began to slow down.In this way, the score of 1:1 was deadlocked for 80 minutes, and Blanco on the sidelines also became anxious. This game must be won.

Facing the bus in front of Strasbourg, Bordeaux has no good solution for the time being. Blanco directs more passes to Liu Ting, hoping that Liu Ting's breakthrough will give him a chance.

Liu Ting began to keep getting passes from the left. He knew that his breakthrough at this time was a way to break the opponent's crowd tactics. At present, Bordeaux, who has the ability to grab points in the penalty area, is injured.

Liu Ting received a pass from Micoud again, advanced quickly, and cut in near the penalty area. Strasbourg's defense was very simple, just blocking the penalty area, and Liu Ting easily got the opportunity to cut in.

As soon as he entered the penalty area, two defensive players came to defend Liu Ting. Liu Ting dribbled the ball past one, but was cut off by the follow-up defense.

Sure enough, breaking the dense defense is a problem for teams all over the world.

Liu Ting broke through twice and couldn't enter the opponent's penalty area. Blanco on the sidelines jumped even more.

After another 5 minutes, Liu Ting dribbled the ball again, this time switching to the middle. Liu Ting dribbled past Strasbourg midfielder Pascal Johansen, and immediately two Strasbourg defenders came to press. Liu Ting dribbled the ball to face French defender Manuel Santos.

"Liu dribbled the ball at the front of the opponent's penalty area and dunked past Santos, oh!! Then he dunked it back and dodged Brayd, who came up to cover up and press. Long-shot-hit-goal!!! Goooal!!! The ball went in!! Beautiful long shot, bounced in front of the goal and then flew into the goal. Although Strasbourg goalkeeper Kassad made a save, he could only watch the ball fly into the goal from above his hands."

"The Chinese boy is in good form recently. He has scored goals in two consecutive rounds of the league. In the last round, he scored a super goal against five players in a row. This time he scored twice. The last one he scored was a long shot that dunked two players. This is a lore goal, which can help Bordeaux get all three points in the away game." The French commentator was cheering for Liu Ting.

After Liu Ting scored a goal, he ran on the lawn excitedly. This was his first time scoring twice, especially when he saved the team when the team was in trouble. It felt so good, as if he could fly with his hands open.

Liu Ting celebrated on the field, and Blanco on the sidelines also waved to celebrate. This goal is really important, and it can help Bordeaux cling to Lyon and not fall too far behind in the league title.

On the court, Liu Ting and his teammates celebrated until the referee intervened. The celebration time was too long and too late. Now it is the 88th minute of the game. Bordeaux only needs to keep the advantage of this goal.

After the game restarted, Strasbourg's counterattack came. If they had a share at home, they would be satisfied, but they would not be satisfied if they could not score points.

Blanco also began to stall for time with the remaining substitutions, replacing Argentine midfielder Alessandro Alonso with defender Diawara.

In the end, Bordeaux defeated Strasbourg 2:1 relying on Liu Ting's brace in the away game. Although the process was difficult, fortunately they got three points.

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After the game, the Bordeaux team will fly back to Bordeaux soon. Five days later, Bordeaux will host the Turkish team Galatasaray in the first round of the Europa League group stage. Blanco will take everyone back to recover, especially Diarra. The midfield organization cannot always be on Micoud.

After the end of this round of Ligue [-], Liu Ting's lore goal against Strasbourg once again became the best goal of this round of Ligue [-]. He won the best goal in two consecutive rounds. Although it is not a great honor, it also made Liu Ting's reputation growing.

Back in Bordeaux, the whole team is preparing for the Europa League.Bordeaux was lucky. The match against Galatasaray, the Turkish team in the same group, was not drawn to the away game. Galatasaray’s home stadium, Ali Samiyan Stadium, is definitely a famous devil’s stadium in Europe.

In this devil home, Galatasaray has defeated Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​AC Milan and other top giants. The most famous is the 99/00 UEFA Champions League defeat of AC Milan. At that time, there was only the last round of the UEFA Champions League group stage. However, at the devil’s home stadium in Turkey, AC Milan was sleepy all night before the game because of Galatasaray’s fans beating gongs and drums outside the hotel. On the second day, AC Milan, who was in low spirits, performed poorly in the red lights and smoke of the Hell Stadium.

In that year, Galatasaray participated in the Europa League for the third time through this Champions League group, and finally won the Europa League championship that year.

(End of this chapter)