i am a football star

Chapter 57 St. Petersburg's Dismissal
On the evening of April 4th, Bordeaux captain Diarra organized many players to visit his house together. In fact, it was to eat barbecue together to exchange feelings and watch the match between Marseille and Lyon. Many players brought their female companions. Sai Duyuan went alone in Paris Liu Ting.

Someone suggested drinking some wine, but Diarra vetoed it. The head coach Blanco repeatedly ordered him not to drink and go to nightclubs in the final sprint stage to keep fit, but Diarra finally brought out two bottles of champagne to satisfy everyone's hunger.

It was a good night, the barbecue was delicious, and the game was enjoyable. In this game, Lyon was completely defeated by Marseille. In the first half, Marseille led 2:0. In the second half, Marseille scored two more goals, but one goal was an own goal. In the end, Marseille defeated Lyon 3:1 at home.

里昂输球，波尔多就借此坐到了积分榜首位，目前波尔多32轮20胜6平6负积66分，里昂32轮20胜5平7负积65分，接下来就是南锡的55分和马赛的52分，他们根本威胁不到波尔多和里昂的位置了，冠军就是看接下来的6轮联赛波尔多和里昂争夺，南锡和马赛争夺一个第3的欧冠资格。

In the next two days, the entire Bordeaux team was very happy. The league returned to the top of the league table again, and the Europa League also beat their opponents 3:0. It seemed that the two champions were waving to Bordeaux. Even Blanco was very optimistic about the current situation, but Liu Ting was a little worried.

On April 4th, the whole Bordeaux team arrived in St. Petersburg the day before the match, and received a disqualification.

A large group of Russian fans came to St. Petersburg Airport, with banners everywhere and curses everywhere. Liu Ting could hear all kinds of voices such as "soft Frenchman" and "no seed Frenchman". The banners they carried were also about things during World War II.

During World War II, Germany attacked France, the Netherlands, and Belgium at the same time. At that time, France, which was considered to have the strongest army in the world, was destroyed after only holding on for more than a month. This must be a great shame for France.However, Hitler’s army, which was killing all directions in Europe, was held back in the cold Moscow and St. Petersburg (called Leningrad at the time) in the Soviet Union. The Soviet-German War became a huge turning point in the victory of the anti-government war.

Up to now, the St. Petersburg law still stipulates that couples who have a second child will be rewarded with a house, and those who have a third child will be rewarded with a villa. This is the tradition left over from that time.

The Russians have always been very proud of their death rather than surrender, and France was instantly defeated by Germany, and now they use such banners to stimulate Bordeaux.

This kind of excitement is nothing to the Bordeaux team. After all, less than half of the Bordeaux team is French. Even the French players have no special memories of what happened back then, but the weather in St. Petersburg gave everyone a big blow.

It's already April, it's spring in France, and it's still winter in St. Petersburg.St. Petersburg is the only big city in the world that is within the Arctic Circle. There are only two seasons a year, 4 months of short summer, and the rest of the time is winter.

After leaving the airport, the whole Bordeaux team was shivering from the cold. Although they knew it was cold in advance, no one knew how cold it was.

Everyone was well prepared in the hotel. The coach agreed to go to the field at 4:4 p.m. to get used to the field. But when we left at 4:4 p.m., we found out that it was getting dark, and the cars on the roadside were driving with their lights on. After asking, I found out that the weather in St. Petersburg is like this. It gets dark at 12:11 p.m.

Although Blanco has played for giants before, he has never played in Russia. He only knows that Russia is difficult to play away games. In those years when Blanco played, the Russian team was very weak and it was difficult to enter the European competition.Now that the strength of the Russian teams has increased, coupled with the extreme weather and the frenzied home atmosphere here, the rich teams are not too afraid of being strong, and ordinary teams will be in trouble if they come to Russia accidentally.

In his first year as a coach, Blanco was unprepared for these and was caught off guard.

The whole Bordeaux team could only bathe in the street lights at 4 pm to step on the Petrovski Stadium, Zenit's home stadium, and there were Zenit fans cursing along the way.Back to the hotel at 6:[-] p.m. after stepping on the field, the whole St. Petersburg was already brightly lit like it was midnight. No one could adapt to playing football in such weather.

Bordeaux was caught off guard by St. Petersburg's dismounting, and morale was low.

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It was almost 4 o'clock in the middle of the night when Zhang Qiming returned home. Recently, the company has been busy working overtime for three days. Fortunately, after working overtime for one night, he can rest for the next day.

I remember that there is a Europa League match in Bordeaux tonight. It should not be over yet. Although Bordeaux is not a problem to advance, I still want to see the results. Turn on the computer and watch before going to bed.

When Zhang Qiming found Tongxun's live broadcast website and clicked on it, he was stunned.

3:0
The home team is at the front and the visiting team is at the back. Check the time at 76:46, that is to say, after playing for more than 70 minutes, Bordeaux has already been kicked 3:0, the total score is equalized, and the game is over in about 20 minutes.

Zhang Qiming never thought that this would be the result, it was a little hard to believe, at this time Liu Jianhong's voice was heard in the earphones.

"Just now Zenit's attack almost created a good opportunity. Liu Ting shoveled Arshavin who was dribbling the ball and got a yellow card. Now it seems that Liu Ting is reprimanding his teammates, hoping that they will not fight among themselves. The performance of the Bordeaux team in this game was simply terrible. Their legs seemed to be frozen. They conceded two goals in the first half. Erdo was still suppressed by Zenit, just now Liu Tingdu received a yellow card for defending."

"Perhaps the cold weather in St. Petersburg has affected the Bordeaux team. It is said that there was a heavy snowfall in the local weather last night. This kind of weather made Bordeaux perform poorly. Zenit has been playing in this environment for a long time, but it is like a fish in water."

"Zenit St. Petersburg star Arshavin performed just as well as Liu Ting in the previous game. He first helped the team open the scoring and then assisted his teammate Pogrebnyak twice in a row. He simply dominated the game. Bordeaux couldn't restrain him at all."

Bordeaux is indeed very difficult now, being suppressed by Zenit throughout the game and evening the total score. From the perspective of the scene, Bordeaux is likely to lose the ball in the remaining time. Liu Ting obviously felt that the team's morale was too low. He just received another yellow card and couldn't help cursing. He didn't want to be the core of a team whose three-goal lead was reversed. This would be a lifetime of shame and be remembered.

What the hell! !
"Fxxk!!! If you can't defend, just shovel! Break their legs and never let them score again. We only need to score one goal in the away game to kill the game. If we can't score, even if it is a penalty shootout, it is [-]-[-], bastards!! Keep up the spirit!!"

Maybe Liu Ting's scolding played a little role, maybe everyone started to feel warmer after halftime, and the situation in Bordeaux began to improve.

"The referee blew the whistle at the end of 90 minutes. The home score between Zenit and Bordeaux was 3:0. The total score was equalized to 3:3. Neither team scored an away goal. The two teams will take a break for 30 minutes of overtime."

Liu Jianhong only guessed that Bordeaux might be unsuited to the cold weather in St. Petersburg, but those who have not experienced it personally would never have imagined how difficult the weather is. The Bordeaux team brought only ordinary winter jerseys without thickening, which could not withstand the cold weather in St. Petersburg.

The rest period before overtime is very short and is determined by the referees, but it is basically a few minutes of rest before overtime begins immediately. The two teams can only take a break on the sidelines and eat something to replenish their energy. The head coach can also take the opportunity to say something.

But at this time, Blanco can't say much, and now more depends on the willpower of the players.

At the start of overtime, Bordeaux is an orthodox defensive counterattack. Zenit St. Petersburg may also see that Bordeaux is in a slightly better state, and they no longer aggressively press the offense.

(End of this chapter)