i am a football star

Chapter 40 Paris 13th Arrondissement

The match between Bordeaux and Lorient is on January 1, and the next round of Ligue 27 will be on February 2. However, this is not without games in between. There will be a cup match between Bordeaux and Le Mans on February 9 in the top 2 of the French Cup.

Le Mans is also a Ligue 7 team. Bordeaux has won the home court advantage by drawing lots. At the same time, Le Mans is [-]th in Ligue [-] and can have a chance to fight for a place in the European competition. Therefore, Le Mans also played mostly as substitutes in this game, wanting to focus on the league.

Bordeaux, who also came off the bench, defeated Le Mans 1-0 with home advantage and advanced to the top [-] of the French Cup. The substitute players also want to prove themselves in such a game and impress the coach.

The next week is the national team match day. However, in Europe, the European Cup qualifiers have ended and the World Cup qualifiers have not yet started. The national team players are only going to participate in the national team warm-up match, so there is no need to worry about the players being too tired.

The European qualifiers for the World Cup have not yet started, but the Asian qualifiers have already begun. The Chinese team was in the first group match with Australia, Iraq, and Qatar. Liu Ting knew that the Chinese team would eventually be eliminated at the bottom of the group. In fact, the Chinese Football Association is now serving the Olympic team. The national team matches are all part-time.

It would be fine if the Olympic team could achieve good results in the 08 Olympic Games, but the Olympic team lost miserably in the Olympics, losing both games and people. This is why Liu Ting did not want to get involved with the Olympic team.

Those who should go to participate in the national team competition, Liu Ting will go to Paris to find Seydoux. Recently Seydoux’s films have been released one after another, and Léa Seydoux’s reputation has also begun to increase. It may be that Paris and Bordeaux are quite far away. Liu Ting feels that the two are a little estranged.

Emotions are always no match for distance.

However, Liu Ting has no plans to find another girlfriend, that would be too troublesome, so I'd better coax her and make do with it first.

There are still more than ten days until Valentine's Day. Liu Ting has no time to spend with Léa Seydoux for the competition. Liu Ting specially bought a bouquet of roses for her.

"Thank you, my dear." Seydoux happily took the rose and said.

"As long as you like it."

"Where are we going today?"

"Shall I take you to District 13?"

"Why go there? It doesn't seem very safe there?"

"Don't worry, there's no problem at all."

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Liu Ting and Saidu came to District 13 by subway, which is the most convenient way.

"The 13th arrondissement of Paris is the largest Chinatown in France and even in Europe. There are two days before the Chinese traditional festival, the Spring Festival, so driving here may encounter traffic jams." Liu Ting and Saidoux introduced here.

"Didn't Pierre Morey's movie "Violent Neighborhood 13" say that the place is chaotic and full of criminals? It looks very lively now, but it's not like the movie said. Many people go shopping normally and there are red lights hanging everywhere." Seydoux said strangely.

"The movies are all exaggerated. It was true that there was a period of chaos here after World War II. Many drug dealers and criminals hid here. But at that time, the whole of Europe was in chaos, not just here. It has been cleaned up after so many years. Do you think the police in Paris are useless?"

"Oh, well, I've never been here before."

"France is a Catholic country, and 13 is a number that represents bad luck, so the 13th district was assigned to the Chinese to live in, but there is no such taboo in Chinese habits, and soon it developed into the largest Chinatown in Europe."

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The two said as they walked, that the Spring Festival is coming soon, the streets are full of red lanterns, many shops on the roadside have been replaced with red lights, there are also red carpets on the ground in front of the shops, and there are lion and dragon dances on the roadside. At a glance, it looks like celebrating the New Year in a big city in China.

In the 13th district, the shops on the side of the road are written with Chinese and French names. There can be no French name here, but there is no Chinese name. A McDonald’s on the side of the road has McDonald’s written in big Chinese characters, but the English name next to it is very small. The 13th district also has a variety of businesses. Unlike Chinatowns in many European countries, which basically only have Chinese restaurants, there are also various shops, supermarkets, banks, etc., as well as Chinese schools and various churches. It is a complete model of a small city.

Liu Ting and Saidu went to a hot pot restaurant to eat. The hot pot restaurant here is also adjusted according to the taste of Europeans. It is not too spicy, and Saidu has no problem eating it.

At night, the two naturally lived in the same room. Liu Ting held Saidu's face and kissed her, and Saidu kissed her back gently. The two naturally did what they should do.After it was over, he lay on the bed and hugged Leiya, Liu Ting felt that the two of them were very familiar with each other but gradually lost the previous passion and stimulation, not really alienated.

Forget it, I can't think clearly about this kind of thing, let's live with the situation in the future!
In the next few days, Liu Ting took Saidu here to experience the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year, which can be regarded as a Chinese New Year together, and really experienced a strong Chinese taste.

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After playing in Paris for a few days, Liu Ting has to return to Bordeaux to prepare for the next game. However, Bordeaux’s main central defender Pranus was injured in the national team warm-up match. The injury may be serious and he may be absent for 2 months or even longer. This is bad news for Bordeaux.

波尔多接下来的赛程中，2月9日是法甲第24轮波尔多主场和梅斯队的比赛，2月13日是欧联杯32强第一回合的比赛，2月17日又是法甲第25轮的比赛。

At the beginning of the season, Metz has firmly secured the position of deputy squad leader. Now Ligue 23 has played 1 rounds, and Metz's points have not broken through double digits. Currently, 6 win, 9 draws and 15 points. If the team wants to get enough relegation points in the next 18 rounds, they can only pray for a miracle from God.

For such a underdog team, Bordeaux is merciless at home.

At the beginning of the game, the French commentator was cheering for Bordeaux.

"Belion's shot, Metz goalkeeper Maric saves the ball over the baseline. Micoud takes a corner kick, Kavinagi! Header! Almost scored! This header is slightly over the crossbar."

In the 6th minute, Kavinaji headed the ball over the crossbar.

"Liu, he broke into the penalty area, he was so flexible, the defenders of Metz couldn't defend him at all, hit the goal!! Oh, almost, Bordeaux's home post rejected the goal."

In the 13th minute, Liu Ting broke into the penalty area and hit the goal post to pop the bottom line.

"Wendell's long shot, it's Maric again! It is said that a bad team always has a good goalkeeper, because they are always worried about the goal they are guarding being breached, which can make them in a good state. Maric is obviously such a person, and he flew again to make this inevitable long shot."

In the 24th minute, Wendell's long-range shot with a tricky angle was pushed out of the crossbar by Marici.

"Bordeaux's attack made Metz breathless, Liu! He dribbled the ball into the penalty area again, this time with Diarra in a one-two match. Liu dodged left and right, and Metz's defender seemed to have no way to catch him. Oh, pull!! Metz seems to have to pull people to stop him. What will the referee do? Penalty!!! It's a penalty!! No problem! Liu's breakthrough helped Bordeaux get a penalty."

In the 27th minute, Cavinaghi took a penalty kick. The goalkeeper of Metz threw the wrong direction this time. The ball flew directly into the lower right corner of the goal. Bordeaux led 1:0.

"Bordeaux attack is coming again, it seems that they want to beat the opponent in one go. Micoud went straight to the foot of Kavinaji in the penalty area, and Kavinagi assigned to Liu on the wing, beautiful!! Liu made a roundabout in Marseilles and passed Pjanic. Erdo's striker trident is very skilled. And I can say responsibly that Liu is the most skillful and beautiful player in Marseille among all active players!"

In the 33rd minute, Liu Ting's inside cut helped Bordeaux expand the score to 2:0.

Looking at Liu Ting's celebration after scoring, Pjanic, who had just been passed off, shook his head alone. In such a team, even if he had the strength, he couldn't show it. Now Metz's morale is extremely low.

After Liu Ting's goal, although Bordeaux got two good chances again, no one seized them. In the end, Bordeaux entered the second half with a 2:0 lead.

At the beginning of the second half, Blanco was preparing for substitutions to prepare for the Europa League match in the middle of the week. Liu Ting was replaced by Brazilian striker Viela in the 65th minute.After that, Kavinaghi scored another goal in the 73rd minute and scored twice. In the 88th minute, Diarra also scored with a long shot. The score was finally fixed at 4:0. Bordeaux beat the deputy squad leader Metz at home.

After the game, everyone knew that Lyon also beat Sochaux 4:1 at home at the same time. Bordeaux is still only ranked second with Lyon on the same points, but this game recovered 2 goal difference. This is good news that is better than nothing.

(End of this chapter)