i am a football star

Chapter 61 Munich

In any case, the Ligue [-] game will continue.

On the evening of April 4th, the 20th round of the Ligue 34 Bordeaux away game against Toulouse came. In the already concluded game, Lyon defeated Strasbourg 2:1 away, pushing the 'University City' into the abyss of relegation. Now Bordeaux will also strive to win and continue to suppress Lyon.

Toulouse was the third place in Ligue 3 last season, but after being slaughtered by Liverpool in this year's Champions League qualifiers, it has been sluggish. It is currently ranked 16th in Ligue [-] and has not yet escaped the threat of relegation. Toulouse, who is playing at home, naturally has to fight for every point.

The weather also helped them, it rained heavily all day in Toulouse and it was still falling when the game started.

The entire Toulouse Municipal Stadium has become a rotten field. Players from both sides will slip and fall if they are not careful on the field. In addition, they will go to an away game against Bayern Munich 4 days later. Blanco also rotated some players before the game. Veteran players Micoud and Berlyon were both rotated. Bordeaux could not score the opponent's goal in such a situation.

"The game has reached the 60th minute of the second half, and the score between the two sides is still 0:0. It seems that the heavy rain has caused a lot of trouble for Bordeaux. The jerseys that the two teams changed at halftime are already dirty. This is simply a wrestling match."

Blanco also kept shouting and commanding against the heavy rain on the sidelines. If this game is tied, wouldn't the gap with Lyon be narrowed to 1 point?This is a very dangerous score gap. After that, as long as there is a mistake in a game, they will be overtaken. The 3-point gap plus 10 goal difference over Lyon is relatively safe. With only 4 rounds left in the league, it will be difficult for Lyon to recover the 10 goal difference. It is impossible for Bordeaux to stand without scoring for him to chase.

"Just now Liu Ting was fouled by Barteles of Toulouse outside the penalty area and got a free kick in a good position. This is a free kick 27 meters away from the goal. Regardless of the position or distance, it is very suitable. However, the Bordeaux team who took the free kick, Berlyon and Micoud, are not on the field. This is not good news for Bordeaux."

"Bordeaux discussed for a while. Both Liu and Kavinaji stood in front of the ball. I don't know who is the real player. Liu has never taken a free kick in the game, and Kavinaji has taken four free kicks."

Toulouse lined up the wall, and Toulouse goalkeeper Dochez looked at the penalty spot, thinking that it should be Cavinaghi who took the penalty. The Chinese kid had never heard of a free kick.

Standing in front of the ball, Liu Ting wiped the rain off his face with his hands, thinking about his cooperation with Kavinaji.

"The referee has already blown his whistle to signal that Bordeaux is going to take a free kick. Sure enough, Cavinaghi made a run-up!! Uh..., Cavinaghi jumped over and it was Liu!! He hit the goal directly!! Goooooooal!!! A beautiful goal!! Liu's right foot pulled out a beautiful arc. Doches watched the ball fly into the goal without any reaction. He seemed to have the heart to destroy such a beautiful free kick." The exclamation of the French commentator.

In the 74th minute, Liu Ting scored a direct free kick and Bordeaux led Toulouse 1:0.

"This is really a beautiful goal. No one knew beforehand that Liu would have another free kick. Now they caught Toulouse by surprise. They thought that Bordeaux's free kicker was not on the field and they didn't have to worry about fouling in dangerous positions. Now they have paid a heavy price for their comeback."

Liu Ting, who scored the goal, ran to the sidelines to hug Blanco to celebrate. Blanco arranged this tactic during the intermission. If there is a free kick in a good position, Kavinaji will cover Liu Ting and take the penalty.

Blanco was also thankful. He had seen this kid practice free kicks before, and he looked decent. Now that he couldn't start the game, he chose to trust this kid. He really didn't disappoint him.

As the game continued, another advantage of turning the stadium into a rotten vegetable field was that after taking the lead, the opponents were restricted from counterattacking. They fell like mud monkeys on the field and could not threaten the Bordeaux goal. The score of 1:0 was maintained until the end.

"At the end of the game, Bordeaux struggled to get the three points in the away game and continued to suppress Lyon in the standings. With only 4 rounds left in the league, Bordeaux is getting closer and closer to the championship."

After the game, Liu Ting was asked about free kicks and replied: "Free kicks have always been an important means of scoring goals. I have been practicing. This time I am very happy to show what I usually practice. I am very happy to help the team. I also want to thank the coach for giving me this opportunity."

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Bordeaux returned to Bordeaux soon after the away game against Toulouse. Blanc arranged for everyone to have a good rest. After 4 days, they will play Bayern away. Now that they are in the semi-finals, Blanc is not willing to give up easily.

On April 4, the entire Bordeaux team boarded a flight to Munich, and it is well known that they left one day earlier.

At this time, Zidane, who was far away in Madrid, Spain, was also interviewed by reporters. The question was naturally about the match between Bordeaux and Bayern in the semi-final of the Europa League. Back then, Zidane managed to bring Bordeaux to the Europa League final in Bordeaux but was slaughtered by Bayern. Zidane left Bordeaux in the summer of that year and went to Turin, Italy.

Zidane replied: "I believe Bordeaux will achieve a good result in Munich. Bayern is not that strong. Bayern's hidden dangers have emerged in the second half of the schedule. Their defense is not good. Bordeaux only needs to get a good score in the first round to be able to return to the home court. The Bordeaux Trident is currently the strongest attacking combination in France."

Finally, Zidane added: "No matter what the score of the first round is, I will go back to France to cheer for Bordeaux in the second round!!"

After retiring, Zidane spent most of his time in Spain, and occasionally returned to France in Paris or his hometown Marseille. In fact, he rarely went to Bordeaux. Now he wants to go back to cheer for his old club Bordeaux. This is also a highlight of this year's Europa League.

Liu Ting also went to Germany with the team to cheer for the team. When he came out of Munich Franz Strauss International Airport, he could see many Munich fans waiting for Bordeaux. German fans have always been very passionate.

Fortunately, the German fans are passionate but generally do not easily cause conflicts. They just curse some words like "French, wait to be blown up!", but there are many Munich fans holding signs at the scene.

The sign reads: Bayern Munich 5:1 Bordeaux, they are not predicting the score, but Bordeaux reached the Europa League final 12 years ago and were slaughtered by Bayern 5:1, they are using this score to humiliate Bordeaux.

The group of players who made it to the final is gone now. Micoud came to Bordeaux after Zidane left. He didn’t feel much about the score, but the face of Bordeaux chairman Trio turned black. He was sitting in the box watching Bordeaux being massacred.

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Arriving at the reserved hotel, Blanco took the whole Bordeaux team to the Allianz Stadium to step on the pitch. The weather in Germany is similar to that in France, but it is a little colder at most, and everyone can get used to it.

Liu Ting stayed in the hotel, he couldn't play tomorrow, he just came to cheer.

Bored, Liu Ting took out his phone and made a call.

"Hi Lena."

"Liu, have you come to Germany?"

"Yes, Lena, are you in Germany?"

"I'm in Munich now, you should be in Munich, right?"

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There is an English park near the Allianz Arena, which is a wetland park formed by the Schwabing River flowing through the urban area of ​​Munich. To the west of the English park is not only the Allianz Arena, but also many universities, research institutes and government agencies. There is a Chinese tower in the English park.

Liu Ting met Lena Gerke in the beer garden next to the Chinese Tower. I don't know why she chose such a place to meet, but the beer inside is really good.

Liu Ting pointed to the round tower not far away and asked, "Why is this tower called the Chinese Tower? Does it have anything to do with China?"

"I don't know either, maybe it was designed by a Chinese."

That tower does have a taste of Chinese architecture, but no matter how it looks, it looks a bit like Thai architecture.

Gerke asked: "You can't play tomorrow's game, right? I also bought a ticket, which is in a box. You can come and watch the game with me."

"Uh, thanks, but I might have to sit on the sidelines and cheer on my teammates, so I can't go over to your side."

"Okay. This year's German teams are really disgraceful. As soon as Bayern fell and couldn't participate in the Champions League, other German teams did nothing in the Champions League. Last year's Bundesliga champion Stuttgart was beaten to the ground. Only Schalke barely qualified in the Champions League in 04, but lost to Barcelona in the quarter-finals. Now only the match between Bayern and Bordeaux is worthy of attention." Even female stars in Europe care about football.

"The Champions League is always dominated by the giants, and other teams can only go as far as possible to get more bonuses."

The two just chatted and drank beer. The smallest beer here is one liter per glass. Munich beer is still very safe and tastes good. After a while, the two of them drank almost ten glasses.

No wonder Oktoberfest is still so popular after 200 years!

(End of this chapter)