i am a football star

Chapter 30 The Ligue [-] team most likely to become a giant
In the evening, the whole Bordeaux team went to stay in the hotel, only Miku followed Liu Ting back to his home, not because Liu Ting didn’t invite other people, on the one hand, Liu Ting’s house is not big enough to accommodate many people, on the other hand, those energetic guys staying in the hotel can easily find women.

Miku seems to be in a bad mood, and Liu Ting knows it is because of his retirement. Anyone who has worked in the same job for more than ten years and suddenly wants to retire will feel uncomfortable, even if that job has brought you grief and pain.What's more, football brings not only the sorrow and pain of failure, but also the excitement and joy of success.

Liu Ting brought out two bottles of red wine, and then Miku drank the wine in his heart and vomited the words, Liu Ting listened silently.

"Liu, you must not let people call you someone's successor, the second, just like me. I was very happy when I was called Zidane II. At that time, I was just a young player who was promoted from a low-level league by Bordeaux. Zidane has already moved to a giant like Juventus. It is a great honor to be named Zidane II."

"But then I led Bordeaux to win the Ligue [-] championship. That was something that Zidane didn't even do, but everyone was still saying, look, he played really well, and he really deserves to be Zidane II. At this time, I began to hate this nickname, but after all, Zidane had already led France to win the World Cup at that time. I wanted to get rid of this nickname and needed greater achievements to prove myself, so I went to Italy to play football."

"On the first day in Parma, there were crowds of fans outside the training ground to welcome me. I was very happy at the time, but later I found out that they came to see Zidane II's ability. At that time, Zidane was the most famous star in Italy. The two seasons in Parma were poor. I only won one Coppa Italia in Parma. I had to leave Italy. I think the football environment there is not suitable for me."

"I moved to Germany. In Bremen, I found an environment that suits me just like France. When I led Bremen to win the Bundesliga and German Cup doubles in 04, I found that I still couldn't get rid of the hat of Zidane II, because Zidane had already won the Champions League in Real Madrid. A team like Bremen has no strength to compete for the Champions League."

……

※※※

After playing in Monaco for a day, the Bordeaux team returned to the club quickly. There are still two games before the winter break. The 18th round of the Ligue [-] home game against Marseille and the last Europa League group match against the Greek team Panionios.

Marseille has recently begun to recover, at least not in the relegation zone, and has risen from 19th to 13th. Marseille, which is recovering, may not be easy to play.

Marseille is also the only team in France that has won the UEFA Champions League. Speaking of which, the French are not as enthusiastic about football as the British or Italians, but they have contributed a lot to the development of football. The Ballon d’Or selection was first initiated by the French media. The World Cup and the UEFA Champions League were also proposed by the French. Ironically, after so many years, only one French team has won the UEFA Champions League.After Marseille won the Champions League that year, the match-fixing case broke out. Many people also proposed to abolish Marseille's Champions League, but it was not approved in the end. However, Marseille was forced to relegate.

In fact, Marseille in the early 90s was the only French team so far that had the potential to become the same top giants as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern, etc. At that time, Marseille won five consecutive Ligue [-] titles, and was also the most powerful contender for the Champions League title in the Champions League. It reached the Champions League final twice in three years.Maradona was very brave in Naples, but Naples has limited strength and has never been able to compete for the highest honor of the Champions League. Maradona once told the Naples club that he would be traded to a team that could compete for the Champions League. At that time, the team Maradona wanted to go to was Marseille, because Marseille was the strongest team in Europe.

But when Marseille completed five consecutive Ligue 2 titles and reached the Champions League final for the second time in three years, Marseille's chairman Tapie made the most stupid decision in Marseille's history-bribing opponents.At that time, the Marseille team was triumphant on the two fronts of the Ligue 4 and the Champions League. With two rounds left in the league, they were 0 points ahead of the No.0 Paris Saint-Germain.The chairman of the Marseille team is worried about repeating the mistakes of the Champions League final two years ago. Two years ago, Marseille lost to the Yugoslavian team Belgrade Red Star, which was not optimistic at the time.

This time, in order to allow the team to get more rest to win the Champions League, the president of Marseille sent someone to bribe his opponent Valenciennes in the penultimate round of the league. In this way, Marseille, who sent substitute players to play, defeated Valenciennes 1-0 to win the championship in advance. Marseille's bribery of Valenciennes broke out two days later. Marseille was deprived of the Ligue [-] champion and forced to relegation. The top European players in the team left one after another.

In fact, Marseille could win without bribing their opponents. At least there is no problem in winning the Ligue [-] championship. Even if they really don’t have enough rest in the final, Marseille is more likely to win.Taking a step back, even if it is really defeated by AC Milan, Marseille still has the strength to make a comeback next year. Most of the top players in Marseille Papin went to AC Milan after Marseille was relegated, and then AC Milan reached the Champions League final for three consecutive years.

Speaking of which, Marseille was the team most likely to become a top giant in Ligue [-].

There is also a small detail. Marseille's relegation had a head coach who benefited from it, and that was the head coach of Monaco at the time-Wenger.Marseille was deprived of the championship, but the second-placed Marseille rival Paris Saint-Germain was unwilling to accept the championship, and was unwilling to represent the Ligue 2 team in the Champions League.At that time, the UEFA Champions League was the real UEFA Champions League, and only the champions of each league could participate, so Monaco, who was ranked third, came off the bench to participate in the UEFA Champions League.

※※※

On the evening of December 12th, Bordeaux played against Marseille at home.

"Now in the penultimate round of the first half of the 2007/2008 Ligue 19 schedule, Bordeaux played against Marseille at home. Marseille has had a rough half of the season. They dropped to 2th place in the league. At first everyone thought that the league was not good enough to qualify in the Champions League group stage. Go back to the European competition area to fight for next year's European competition." Adrian Baptiste, who commented on the game, talked about the situation in Marseille.

"In this game, Bordeaux sent a 433 formation. The four backs are Giulieti, Planus, Henrique and Charme. The main central defender Diawara was injured in the training two days ago and could not play. The Brazilian defender Henrique played and partnered with Planus. Bordeaux's captain Diarra also suffered from flu before the game and was unable to play. The midfielders were Micoud, Wendell and Fernando.

When Liu Ting came out, he looked at the Marseille players. Only Nasri and Cisse were players Liu Ting remembered. Nasri had not gone to Arsenal and van Persie to form the North London Four.

"The match between the two sides has already started. Marseille kicked off first. Senegal striker Niang kicked the ball to Nasri. Nasri dribbled the ball and made a direct long pass? Nasri adjusted a step and made a long pass to the front to find Cisse. It’s unbelievable to score a goal in a rush attack, and Marseille’s first move is the first.” There was Baptiste’s roar at the beginning of the game, and the Bordeaux fans who had just turned on the TV saw that their team was already behind. After watching it for more than a minute, did everything go wrong?

The Bordeaux players on the field were also shocked. They were attacked at the beginning and scored a goal!
Marseille coach Eric Gretz was cheering on the sidelines. All of this developed according to his expectations. He arranged for the Marseille team to start a rush. Losing, Gretz wants to ensure his head coach position at least at the end of the season when Marseille gets a European spot, preferably a Champions League spot is the most stable, so every game must be contested.

Marseille’s strength is not necessarily stronger than Bordeaux, and it is still an away game. Marseille happens to be out of the Champions League group stage and the morale is not high. Some methods must be found.

(End of this chapter)