road to victory

Chapter 107 The Beginning of the European War

The games in August are all over. Bordeaux performed very well, with three wins and one draw in four rounds of the league, but they ranked second in the league. The first place in Ligue [-] is Lens, which has won four consecutive victories.

What makes Vincent and Bordeaux most unacceptable is that the head coach of Lens turned out to be Muslin, an old Yugoslavian who was dismissed from Bordeaux last season There is no friendship here.

"Do you think there is any reason? Mu Silin's team is ranked first in the league." Fan Shang and several members of the coaching staff said, "But this old guy always starts off well, and then gets worse and worse. Life after Lance was hard."

If you don’t talk about anything, just after telling people about it, immediately before the start of the fifth round of the league, when interviewed by the media, Le Figaro and other media that had a normal relationship with Fan Shang raised the issue. this problem.

"Mr. Fan Shang, this year Mr. Muslin led Lens to four consecutive victories, while Bordeaux's record is only three wins and one tie. What do you think?"

"Then what do you think?" Fan Shang didn't want to answer this question that was obviously looking for trouble. It would be fine if he and Mu Silin were friends, but the key is that they didn't see each other in the team before. He also suppressed Fan Shang, so Fan Shang must not be able to compliment this guy, it is inappropriate to belittle him now, so he simply kicked the ball to the reporter again.

This time, it was probably a reporter friend who was stunned this time. After so many years of interviews, it was the first time someone asked a question, and I was stunned on the spot.Then his face turned red, "Mr. Fan Shang, let me ask you another question."

"Your answer is what I want to say." Fan Shang didn't remember any good performances from Lens this year, and it was probably a flash in the pan. There will be some situations, you can take a closer look at the next game." After speaking, Fan Shang turned around and flashed into the club's gate.

"Come on, Monaco, we must work hard in the next round and win Lens," Fan Shang thought as he walked.

Vincent sent a lot of substitute players for this game, because he was going to Valencia to play the UEFA Cup in the middle of the week.

On the day of the game, Vincent announced the starting lineup. The goalkeeper's defense remained unchanged. The midfielder withdrew Pires, who was originally in charge of counterattacking, and directly put three players in the midfielder, Dacourt, Dudir, Lucas, Dacourt controlled the rhythm a little bit, and the other two were intercepting, pressing and fouling. The reason why Fan Shang didn't sell the three old midfielders Dudir, Lucas and Caussy in the summer was that there was no suitable person. The second is that the professionalism of the three people is really exemplary. Fan Shang's requirements are followed directly, without nagging, let shovels shovel others, let fouls, and the main substitutes don't care.Nedved is placed in the front midfielder, and the position is relatively free. What Vincent means is that as long as you can play a role, I don't care where you go, just run around on the court.The forwards are still Wiltord and Shevchenko. They are young and impactful, and they are more capable of creating threats in counterattacks.

Vincent sent Papin and Gernay in this game, and hid Wiltord and Shevchenko in the snow. The central defender also changed a bit. He put his love general Distin in the starting lineup, and changed the midfielder. Sanuno, Vincent's confidant, appeared on the lower back with the veteran Causi.

Fan Shang and several assistants studied various videos of Valencia for two nights in a row, the obvious traditional Spanish tactics, flying with both wings and penetrating with short passes, relying on control to control the game.What Bordeaux is most afraid of now is being passive. Since Vincent coached, unless the real strength has a great advantage, it is the same as Italy, defending in the half court and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.In the UEFA Cup final with Bayern last year, the possession ratio almost reached 2:8.Two days later, Fan Shang directly made a decision. The two days were wasted, and in the end it was the same as before, sticking to it!

Valencia's current head coach is Aragones, the founder of the Spanish dynasty. The tiki-taka tactic is his best theory, which mainly uses delicate techniques to use the ball to overcome rigidity with softness.And Valencia just fits this tactic. Under the leadership of Aragones last season, Valencia won the No.2 result in the league, beating Real Madrid and Barcelona.Although Mijatovic left this season, the structure of the midfield and backcourt is still there, and the overall strength is still there.

Sanuno's goal also created the record of the youngest goal scorer in the history of Bordeaux, 16 years and six months old.

Bordeaux's next opponent is Bastia, a team from the island of Corsica.There are two teams on the island of Corsica, one Bastia and one Ajaccio. B in-depth tour, has been mutual conversion.Corsica is a bit like an overseas country to the mainland of France. Vincent knew nothing about Corsica except Napoleon.

Bordeaux defeated Bastia 3:0 at home without bloodshed. Although this was an inconspicuous game, it is very rare to create two records in team history.

This game almost followed the script prepared by Fan Shang, defense + counterattack, Bastia rushed to attack when he came up, and under the command of Chilavert, the defense line firmly defended Bastia's attack .Turning around, Bordeaux seized the opportunity. In the 23rd and 37th minutes, Papin and Sanuno won two consecutive cities, especially Sanuno. After Vincent added potential to him several times in a row, he has arrived His limit can barely compete with Nedved, and his ability has also improved rapidly, from the level of the reserve team to the average level of Ligue [-]. If he improves his running ability, Vincent will Will put him in the main lineup.

In fact, does Fan Shang like to play this kind of team with a balanced offense and defense? It is better than playing a team with a big bus.As long as you have an offense, then I can fight your counterattack here.

In the second half, Vincent replaced several main players one after another. Pires, Lizarazu and Nedved all left the field early to rest. Before the end, Bordeaux got a penalty kick and Chilavert became the first goal of Bordeaux. goalkeeper with the ball.

Of course, after being promoted from Ligue [-] in recent years, they have performed well. Although there are no stars, the victory lies in the balance of offense and defense, and the strength of the players is average.Their head coach Antonetti is also the coach who brought the team up from Ligue [-]. He has a stable control over the team and performed well with two wins and two draws in the first four rounds.

What followed was a fierce battle. Valencia is actually very close to Bordeaux. It takes two or three hours to drive. Except that the spoken language has become Spanish, the rest is actually similar to Bordeaux.So there is no problem of not adapting to the climate.

The away game against Valencia this time is definitely extremely difficult. Needless to say, the stars on the field, the one sitting on the coach's bench, is not a good person to get along with.

Before the game, Fan Shang specially instructed the players to strictly guard against sticking to the ground, and would rather not hit a counterattack than concede the ball.

Valencia's starting lineup, the goalkeeper is the Spanish national goalkeeper Zubizarreta, the four defenses are Garcia (Spanish people are called Garcia), Otero, Ferreira, Romero, midfielder Ngong Plus, the remaining three are Menteta, Moya, Karpin, striker Lopez, and Vlaovic.

Contrary to Vincent, Vincent has 31 positions in the midfield, while Valencia has 13 positions. It is obvious that he wants to make a head start at home.

After the opening, this was also verified. Bordeaux set up the bus in front of the penalty area directly according to Vincent's intention. Valencia kept walking on both sides. The bottom is almost always looking for the high point in the middle, but where is the high point in Valencia? Lopez and Croatian striker Vlaovic are not strong centers. The first point is almost grabbed by Song, and the second Bordeaux will not give up on the landing point. Whoever goes to the area will fight desperately. Fortunately, the Bordeaux players are physically stronger than the technical Valencia players, which protects the second landing point very well.In fact, Fan Shang also instructed the two full-backs before the game that the defense should stick to the offensive players, and would rather let them cross than let them cut inside.

(End of this chapter)