road to victory

Chapter 262 A Simple Ceremony
The semi-finals of the two cups went relatively smoothly, and Bordeaux finally made it to the finals of the two domestic cups.

Both finals will be held in mid-to-late April. In the final of the League Cup, Bordeaux will face their old rival Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade de France, the final venue of this year's World Cup.

The final opponents of the French Cup are also no strangers. The team led by Le Maire also passed all the way and finally advanced to the final. The venue of the competition is also the Stade de France, and the two games are separated by a week.

Fan Shang looked through the schedule of the league, "I'll wipe it!" Fan Shang couldn't help shouting after reading it.

"It can't be such a coincidence." The league between the two games happens to be Bordeaux's away game against Paris Saint-Germain, so Bordeaux will live in Paris for a while. It was like this last year. The league and the cup are crowded together. Bordeaux had two solid weeks in Paris, and this year it seems to be doing so again.

I also looked at the time of the Champions League. Fortunately, the two games were in early April, but the eight consecutive games in April are a great test for Bordeaux. Fortunately, in the Ligue [-] In Bordeaux, there is no need to be distracted and think about it. It is fine to pull out the reserve team. Anyway, the championship has already been won.

Sure enough, in the next home game against Toulouse in the league, Vincent formed a lineup that combined the first team and the reserve team.

In fact, after Bordeaux won the championship in advance, there is still a task. Vincent hopes that Papin can defend the French Golden Boot. Still at 15, Monaco's Trezeguet and Auxerre's Lars Lande are slowly approaching behind him. One scored 14 goals and the other scored 13 goals, ranking first in the scorer list 2, 3 digits.

Last year's silver boot Jivas, this year due to psychological problems, has been stopped at 9 goals, and then he can no longer find shooting boots.

Before the game against Toulouse, Vincent clearly told the players that the goal today is to pass the ball to Papin and let him score, and ignore everything else.

In the game, Papin was also quite tough, kicking his head and kicking to complete a hat-trick.However, Bordeaux's defense was too lax today, allowing Toulouse to score 3 goals, becoming the game where Bordeaux conceded the most goals this season.

After the game against Toulouse, the Ligue [-] champions will be awarded. Although Bordeaux is very excited about this championship, but as Vincent mentioned, it is only an award and there is no celebration ceremony. After all, there are important games ahead, and it is not suitable for large-scale competitions now. celebrations.

Mayor Alan Jupe, who was going to give the city another holiday, listened to the opinions of the club this time and postponed the city-wide celebrations after the end of the season.

The award presentation was very simple. Everyone accepted the blessing of the Chairman of the Football Association Claude Simonet, hung up the gold medal, and then Lizarazu once again lifted the French League trophy.

This time it was really dull. Even Claude Simonet wondered if Bordeaux didn't pay much attention to the Ligue [-] league. Vincent could see that the chairman's face was not very good.

"Mr. Simonet, we still have two cup finals and the Champions League. In order to perform well in these events, especially the European Champions Cup, it is my decision not to hold the celebration ceremony now. Players cannot If your nerves are a little relaxed, the strings in your brain must be tensed." Vincent approached Simonette and explained.

At this time, Simonet's face eased a lot, "You have performed very well in the European arena this year, keep working hard, if you have any questions, call me, our Football Association will give you some green light."

Fan Shang was a little flattered, he really didn't expect such a good thing to happen, Fan Shang hurriedly expressed his thanks.

The award ceremony came to a hasty end after the players took a few photos with the trophy.

This 1 point is nothing to Bordeaux, but it is a very precious 1 point to Toulouse. With this 1 point advantage, they squeezed Guingamp into the relegation circle, and temporarily escaped from the bitter sea. The power is in his own hands.

The former Bordeaux veteran Giresse, who is the most Toulouse coach, also understands that Bordeaux is really letting go today. After the game, he invited Vincent and a few teammates from the coaching staff who had worked with him at the restaurant he often went to as a player.

While eating, Fan Shang heard a rather shocking news, and at the same time, Fan Shang saw a business opportunity from this news.

What news would shock Fan Shang?It is Giresse who is negotiating with Paris Saint-Germain. If nothing else, the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain next season should be the gentleman in front of him.

It's easy to talk about Luo Teng. When Fan Shang heard that Giresse said that he was going to be the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain, the first thing he wanted to do was how to sell Luo Teng.

"Alan, if we beat Paris Saint-Germain in the League Cup final, you won't have any objections?" Vincent asked half-jokingly.

"I have to be happy, so next year's requirements for me will be much lower. If I win the League Cup, if I don't win a championship next year, I guess I will leave the next year." Giresser disdainfully explain.

Both of Fan Shang's eyes widened, but thinking about it is right, Giresse's idea is actually the most professional, taking over a team with good strength but relatively poor results for the time being is more stressful than going directly to a championship team Much smaller, less hair loss.

Then Fan Shang asked if Giresse had heard of Roten, and hoped that he could be there in the League Cup final, first to see Paris Saint-Germain, and second to inspect Roten.

Giresse thought about it and felt that he had no reason to refuse, but he said that he would go to the scene to watch the game through the senior management of Paris Saint-Germain, instead of sitting in the free ticket seats of the Bordeaux hosts.

Fan Shang doesn't care about this, as long as he can watch Luo Teng's performance, Fan Shang's goal will be achieved.

When Fan Shang was going to find a coach to know about Luo Teng's excellence, Fan Shang discovered that there was no such talent in Bordeaux. Among the assistant coaches, Luo Er was in charge of coordinating the overall situation to provide Fan Shang with advice, and he was also the one who checked for omissions and made up for vacancies. Tiston was mostly on defense, Zenga was on defense and Allofs was on the strikers.

In terms of technical training, to be honest, Bordeaux is behind, and it can get to this point basically relying on defense, and the efficiency of offensive players in counterattacks is very high.

(End of this chapter)