road to victory

Chapter 30 First Victory
The first half ended after Bordeaux scored twice, leading Guingamp 2-0.

Fan Shang praised the team fiercely in the locker room, "You guys did a great job today, guys! Look at Guingang, they were all stunned by you, you performed really well." Fan Shang then Started to praise Zidane and Witzger who scored goals, "Richard and Zizou's goals are so beautiful, if you two goals today are not among the top five goals of this round, I will go to Victory Square to parade tomorrow !"

The following players are laughing
"However, everyone must continue to work hard in the second half. I won't talk about the tactics. Just like the first half, continue to defend and don't make random steals. Guingamp will definitely be impatient now, and will attack aggressively at the beginning of the second half. Don't Hurry up, stand in your position, do what you need to do, they speed up, we just need to wait for their impatience to make mistakes." Fan Shang continued his defensive counterattack, "On the counterattack, Qi Zu took the ball to find space, Christopher, your shot should be close to the goal, it’s better not to shoot if you don’t reach the penalty area, and focus on possession of the ball.” Vincent has given up hope for Dugarry’s shot, and only hopes that his dribbling can control the rhythm of the field.

After the opening of the second half, Guingamp really attacked aggressively. Although they still lacked some tricks, the impact was not small.Bordeaux's two defensive midfielders were not of the mopping type, and they were already panting under the impact of Guingamp.

Minutes later, Guingamp's backcourt player passed the ball to 15 meters in front of the penalty area. After Guingamp's offensive player took the ball easily, he glanced at the goal and shot from a long distance. Obviously did not keep up with the rhythm of Guingamp's offensive players.Gernai, who used to be a central defender, can't compare with the midfielder in terms of physical fitness. In Vincent's tactics, the covering running of the midfielder is very important. Gernai's physical fitness can last up to 70 minutes.Seeing this, Fan Shang signaled the substitute players to warm up.

Fortunately, Guingamp's offensive quality is really nothing to say. In the 65th minute of the second half, Guingamp only hit the goal.This is a substitution for Bordeaux. Midfielder Jean-Yves De Blassi comes on for François Guernay.De Blassi can play in the positions of defensive midfielder and central midfielder. Vincent hopes that he will complete the task of Gernay in the first half and continue to sweep the midfield.In the 75th minute, Vincent replaced Weitzger with a speed striker, Didier Taurot. At the same time, Zidane was replaced with a midfielder Philip Lucas.Vincent let the left midfielder Castertan come to the center, Dugarry retreated to Zidane's position and participated in the defense, so the formation became 4321, Taolot was at the front alone, Dugarry and Castertan were behind him , and then there are three defensive midfielders, and the last is the defense line.

Such a pure defensive lineup gave Guingamp no chance at all, 2:0, the game ended, Bordeaux defeated Guingamp at home.This is also Bordeaux's first victory after four consecutive defeats in the league.

After Vincent won his first professional game as a head coach, he stood on the way back to the locker room and thanked every player.Then he praised the players in the locker room, and finally reminded the players that the ranking is still very close to the relegation zone, and they must continue to win.

Afterwards, Fan Shang went to the post-match press conference. There were not many reporters. When Fan Shang saw Guingamp's bitter expression, he secretly smiled.But he still went up and greeted the Guingamp coach warmly, but the Guingamp coach could only barely respond.

After Vincent and the head coach of Guingamp sat down, the reporters started to ask questions.

"Yes, I really didn't expect Bordeaux to use this tactic today." Guingamp's head coach looked at Fan Shang with resentment, "Bordeaux has always been a traditional strong team in Ligue [-], although it ranks a little bit in the standings this season Unstable, but I really didn't expect Bordeaux to adopt the same defensive tactics as us, I thought only a weak team like ours would do this, I was wrong today." Guingamp's coach has been running on Fan with that Yet.

"Hello, Mr. Fan Shang, I am a reporter from L'Equipe. I would like to ask you, what do you think of being the first Asian head coach in Ligue [-]?"

After asking Vincent, a reporter asked Guingamp's head coach to answer the question, "Hello, are you uncomfortable with Bordeaux's intensive defense today? I see that your players are at a loss on the field."

Although Fan Shang at the press conference spoke cautiously, he was very egotistical, not impulsive, but explosive.Fan Shang answered the reporters' questions basically without any flaws.After a press conference, the reporter felt that Fan Shang was utilitarian, too utilitarian.

"Mr. Fan Shang, do you think your tactics today are reasonable?" The reporter asked Fan Shang following the words of Guingamp coach

On the other hand, Fan Shang's face is not red and his heart is not jumping, as if it should be taken for granted.

"Of course it's reasonable. Because we won!" Fan Shang said firmly but indifferently, "There is an old saying in China, 'It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice'. I am a person who only cares about the results. It is important, but the result is more important. If I were given two choices, winning the result and losing the process, or winning the process and losing the result, I would choose the former without hesitation. Thank you.” Fan Shang is the kind of person who only pursues the result .

"It depends on the situation, and it's not convenient for me to tell you the specifics." Although Fan Shang believed in his heart that this year he would rely on counterattacks to conquer the world, he still had to be perfunctory on the surface.

"It feels good. Let me emphasize the following. I am of Chinese descent." Fan Shang felt that he should still be a member of the Celestial Dynasty
"Will Bordeaux's intensive defensive tactics continue today?" the reporter from L'Equipe continued to ask.

When Fan Shang returned home at night, he still felt unreal. He really became the head coach of the five major league teams!This may be the mentality of the legendary novice.

The victory of this game has raised Bordeaux's ranking by one, but Vincent knows that the next game will be the highlight, and Bordeaux will challenge Monaco away.

Monaco is a standard Ligue 80 veteran team. It has won the Ligue [-] championship five times in history.Now there are two French forwards in the team, Henry and Trezeguet. Although they are only substitutes now, their talents cannot be ignored.In the main lineup, there are Barthez, Thuram, Petit, Ikpeba, Belgian veteran Schiff, and the most worth mentioning is that Sony Anderson, the top scorer in Ligue [-] so far this year, is also playing for Monaco.Compared with Bordeaux, where only Zidane and Lizarazu can get it out, Monaco is not a bit stronger.

But before facing Monaco, Bordeaux still has a French Cup match in the middle of the week, and they will play away against the amateur team Wilrom.

(End of this chapter)