Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 12 Fighting Paris Again
Judging from the outline, the territory of France is almost a regular hexagon, with three sides due west, northwest and southeast facing the sea, and three sides due east, northeast and southwest facing land.

From the topography point of view, most of France are plains and hills suitable for farming, especially the Paris Basin in the north, which is the cradle of the French nation and the heart of the whole of France.

But there is one thing, the best sea outlets in France are not on the Atlantic coast due west and northwest, but on the far southeastern Mediterranean coast.

Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, the best port cities in France are gathered here.

Among them, Marseille, relying on its unique geographical location, has developed into the second largest city in France after Paris as early as the Industrial Revolution.

The special geographical location creates special national conditions.

Paris is the heart, and Marseille is the gateway, so a transportation artery has gradually formed from Paris to Marseille, and it is also the economic artery of France.

And Lyon is at the middle point of this artery.

From south to north, from west to east, Lyon is the most suitable transit point.

This is also the main reason why Lyon can become the third largest city in France.

After the Lyon team's bus came out of the city, it turned all the way north.

Zhang Chaoqiang and Toliso sat together, and both of them followed the advice of the coaching staff and took the opportunity to take a lunch break.

The distance from Lyon to Paris is about 400 kilometers, which is not too far.

Just after three o'clock in the afternoon, the bus from Lyon had already entered the southern suburbs of Paris.

But the bus did not enter the urban area, but took a detour and slowly drove towards Saint-Denis, a suburban town north of Paris.

Saint-Denis was originally a well-known mixed area near Paris, where a large number of foreigners trying to break into Paris lived, and most of them were of African descent.

France has long had great influence on African countries, and many African countries respect France, which has also caused many Africans to regard France as their suzerain.

So as long as there is a chance, they must do everything possible to go to France and try to make a career.

In the early days, when these Africans came to France, they would be resettled by the government, and Saint-Denis was the main resettlement area near Paris.

However, with the rise of the affirmative action movement, African-Americans began to spread, and now blacks can be seen everywhere in French cities, especially in Paris.

This is the origin of the blackening of France.

In fact, in terms of population structure, over [-]% of France's population is currently white, and blacks account for less than [-]%, which is far from reaching the level of blackening.

However, since blacks are basically gathered in major cities, it is easy to give people the illusion that France has been occupied by blacks.

But blackening is not alarmist, because whites have fewer children.

Every year in France, more than half of all newborns are black children.

So if things go on like this, there is indeed a crisis of blackening in France.

In fact, there are similar situations in all European countries, but France is the most serious.

The governments of European countries are very contradictory about this situation. On the one hand, blacks can effectively solve the problem of insufficient fertility, but on the other hand, they will cause various social conflicts.

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After coming to Saint-Denis, the Lyon team is seriously preparing for tonight's final.

Soon time came to [-] pm, and Lyon began to head to the largest building in the town - the Stade de France.

The Stade de France is the largest stadium in France, which can accommodate 8 spectators. It is also the home stadium of the French national team.

In the 1998 World Cup final, it was here that the French team defeated Brazil 3-0 with Zidane's brace and won the first World Cup championship in the history of the French team.

Outside the Stade de France, Zhang Chaoqiang found that the number of fans wearing dark PSG jerseys was significantly more than those wearing white Lyon jerseys.

The Stade de France is nominally a neutral venue, but because it is located in Paris, it seems to be half of Saint-Germain's home court.

When entering the stadium with the team, Zhang Chaoqiang vaguely heard French abuse similar to "Lyon bumpkin".

It seems that the people of Paris are the same as the people of most capitals in the world. Except for themselves, the people in other areas are all country bumpkins.

At the same time, along with all kinds of French abuse, Zhang Chaoqiang also accurately received Chinese words mixed in.

"Brother Qiangzi, come on!!"

Once on the field, Rémi Garde began arranging the starting work in the home team's dressing room.

The pre-match draw has been decided and Lyon will use the main dressing room.

Gard's starting lineup is still his most commonly used 442 formation in the past three years.

Goalkeeper: Anthony Lopez;
Defenders: Henry Bedimo, Samuel Umtiti, Milan Bicevac, Corentin Tolisso;
Midfielders: Maxime Gonerones, Steed Marblanco, Jordan Ferry, Arnold Mwemba;

Forwards: Alexandre Lacazette, Bafetimbi Gomi.

Tolisso still played right back, but Umtiti returned to the central defender position.

Speaking of which, Umtiti did play left back in the early days of entering the Lyon youth training camp, because he was small and fast at that time.

But as his body got longer and stronger, he had already switched to playing central defender.

But after entering the first team, Remy Gard always liked to arrange him to play left back.

At 2013:14 p.m. local time in France, Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain entered the Stade de France together, and the French League Cup final of the [-]/[-] season officially began.

The starting lineup arranged by Paris Saint-Germain is 433, which can be described as the best.

Goalkeeper: Nicolas Dochesz;

Defenders: Maxwell, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Van der Wiel;
Midfielders: Matuidi, Motta, Verratti;

Forwards: Lavezzi, Cavani, Lucas Moura.

Such a lineup, except for the goalkeeper Dochesz, is all star players.

And this is still in the absence of the head star Ibrahimovic.

"Welcome to the game site, this is the Stade de France."

"As the No.20 tournament since the French League Cup was held, tonight's game is between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon, a very interesting pair of competitors."

"Including tonight's final, both Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain have reached the League Cup final five times, and they both hold the record for the second most finals, second only to Bordeaux, which has reached six finals."

"But in the previous four finals, the situation was completely different for the two teams."

"Paris has won three championships. If they win again tonight, they will become the team with the most League Cup titles."

"And Lyon have lost three of the previous four finals. If they lose again tonight, they will become the team with the most runners-up in the League Cup."

"It is worth mentioning that the last time Lyon reached the League Cup final was two seasons ago, when their coach was Remy Gard, but unfortunately they lost to Marseille in the final and missed the championship..."

Just after the on-site commentary finished reading the statistics of the two teams, the situation on the court changed suddenly.

Motta and Verratti passed through the midfield and then split the side. Lavezzi received the ball and immediately went straight forward.

Tolisso's lack of tightness caused Paris left-back Maxwell to slip to the bottom and take the ball to the goal.

In the middle, Cavani squeezed away Serbian defender Bicevac and rushed into the small penalty area, and dribbled the ball into the Lyon goal.

At this time, the timer on the on-site electronic screen marked - 02:45.

In just two minutes and 45 seconds of the opening, Paris had already taken the lead.

(End of this chapter)