i am a football star

Chapter 26 Injured
Since Bordeaux gave up the domestic cup early, Bordeaux’s current schedule is not too tight. The next round of the league is only a week after the match against Valenciennes. The opponent is also a dark horse team, and it is also the biggest dark horse this season. It can't occupy a Champions League spot like Toulouse last year, but Toulouse, which occupied a Champions League spot, also had a miserable trip to the Champions League this year. It was sent home by Liverpool in the qualifying round at 0:5. It would be better to let other traditional strong teams play in the Champions League.

Since Nancy is the team where the Chinese player Li Jinyu once played for, the Chinese media has something to say, such as "Bordeaux is about to face Li Jinyu's former club Nancy, the dark horse of Ligue [-]".

Before the game started, Nancy head coach Pablo Correa expressed his confidence in an interview with the media: "We are currently ranked second in the standings, while Bordeaux is only fourth in the standings, and we are still playing at home. We are fully capable of defeating Bordeaux."

Nancy’s Uruguayan head coach Pablo Correa can also be regarded as Nancy’s meritorious coach. Four seasons ago, he led Nancy to the Ligue 05. In the 06/40 season, he led Nancy to the French League Cup.

This season is an important season for Nancy, because Nancy may qualify for the Champions League for the first time, and the whole team is holding their breath. Although Nancy is currently only 1 point behind Lyon and ranked second, Nancy has only one goal, and that is to qualify for the Champions League.At present, the top three in Ligue 2 can qualify to participate in the Champions League. According to the current standings, it is very likely that Lyon and Bordeaux will occupy a place. Then there is still one place left, but Nancy may not be able to get it.

After the head coach of the Nancy team, Pablo Correa, came out to express his determination to win, the other players of the Nancy team also came out to express their opinions. It was nothing at all. The Bordeaux team Nediyara and others also expressed their opinions in front of the media. It’s difficult, I will restrain him in this game, let him know that the Chinese can’t play football well, and I hope he won’t cry when the time comes.”

After Liu Ting knew what the opponent's defender said, he was also baffled. When did he provoke such a guy?Judging by his tone of voice in the interview, it was as if he had a grudge against him.

Liu Ting simply said: "If you only play football with your mouth, that Moroccan must be number one in the world." Still feeling uneasy, Liu Ting continued: "Yesterday when I passed by the side of the road, I saw a bus running frequently, but a dog rushed out and barked for no reason.

Liu Ting was mocking that Chretien barking like a dog.

Liu Ting no longer cared about the Moroccan. He was waiting for Wagner to renew his contract with the club, and soon the match against Nancy would come.

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In the gatehouse of the Clairefontaine training base, Jacques Pierre had just turned on the TV. Today was the day of the match between Bordeaux and Nancy, but Jacques was called to help pack the training equipment at the training base. Originally, Jacques didn’t have to go there. That was not his job scope, but he loved Bordeaux and the team, and he was very happy to do what he could.

The only bad thing is that I just came back after cleaning up all afternoon. The match between Bordeaux and Nancy should have reached the second half.Jacques is not too worried about the match between Bordeaux and Nancy. Even if Bordeaux loses the game, it doesn’t matter, because we are Bordeaux, and the possibility of qualifying for the Champions League at the end of the season is as high as 90%, while Nancy’s probability of qualifying for the Champions League is less than 50%. This is the gap between a strong team and a dark horse.

Although Marseille is now in the relegation zone, many media are hyping the possibility of Marseille's relegation, but by the end of the season, Marseille is likely to be near the European qualification ranking.

The TV turned to the local sports channel in Bordeaux. Bordeaux's away game against Nancy was in progress. Old Jacques looked at the score and saw that it was 1:0. The home game was ahead of the away game, and Bordeaux was one goal behind Nancy in the away game.

Looking at the time, it's almost the 73rd minute of the second half. It seems that Bordeaux has to find a way to equalize the score. Jacques looked at the players on the field, but he didn't see the Chinese boy. Now Bordeaux has three forwards: Obertin, Berlion and Chamark. What's going on?That Chinese kid is currently the most threatening killer in the Bordeaux team. He is in good form recently. Was he actually replaced by Blanco?Or didn't start at all?
Soon the camera came to the sidelines, and Blanco, who was frowning, was dancing and directing on the sidelines, but the Chinese who looked like a movie star was not seen on the bench. Old Jacques had a bad feeling.

Soon the camera was shown on the field. Diarra just overturned Nancy’s Brazilian striker Kim with a flying shovel. After that, the players from both sides pushed each other on the field, and the referee rushed over to pull the two sides apart.Diarra received a yellow card. The Nancy striker seemed to have suffered a little injury and was helped off the field.

Why are the two sides so angry?This is the old Jacques' question. The defense against Diarra just now can prevent the opponent without shoveling.

"Just now Diarra's tackle almost led to a conflict. Now the two teams are very angry. Two players have already been injured. In the 43rd minute of the first half, Bordeaux striker Liu Ting was shoveled off. At that time, the conflict between the two teams was almost triggered, because the one who shoveled him was the Moroccan defender Chrétien who had a quarrel before the game. The whole Bordeaux team believed that the Moroccan did it on purpose, but the referee only gave him a common foul."

Listening to the commentary on TV, Old Jacques cursed angrily, "This damn bastard, son of a bitch."

Then there was a picture of Liu Ting being shoveled on the TV screen, accompanied by the commentary from the local TV station in Bordeaux: "At that time, the first half was almost over. Nancy team relied on aggressive defense to block Bordeaux's attack. For a long-range shot, Chretien shoveled on Liu's supporting foot when he lost his defensive position, and was quickly carried off the field on a stretcher, but the referee ignored the red card and only gave a common foul.

The voice of the commentary continued: "This penalty made the Bordeaux team dissatisfied, but the referee did not change the penalty. At the beginning of the second half, Nancy took advantage of the low morale of the Bordeaux team and scored a goal in the 47th minute. Afterwards, Bordeaux tried hard to attack but never equalized the score..."

The voice of the commentary continued, but Old Jacques was thinking that he hoped that the boy's injury would not be too serious. However, judging from the replay, he was shoveled on the supporting foot when shooting.

(End of this chapter)