Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 68 Two Heels

After Zhang Chaoqiang broke the deadlock, Besiktas suddenly became conservative.

The opponent is obviously preparing for a small number of wins, just like when the top 32 faced Liverpool.

If they only lose one goal in the away game, then they believe they have the ability to return to the home court to comeback.

Playing until the end of the first half, Lyon failed to find another chance to score.

At half-time, Fournier was satisfied with the overall performance of the team in the first half.

The team's first priority in the second half is not to concede the ball.

In the case of not allowing the opponent to get the away goal, go for the goal.

But Besiktas seemed to have predicted Lyon's tactics. They played more conservatively in the second half, and they just wanted to stick to this 0:1.

Facing Liverpool, they can make a 0:1 away game and return home to comeback. Facing Lyon, they are more confident.

After playing for more than ten minutes in the second half, Lyon had the advantage but didn't have a good chance.

Fournier is still hesitating, should he replace Gourcuff and others to strengthen the offense?
But Besiktas is very decisive and is already strengthening its defense through substitutions and adjustments.

Lacazette's state in this game is very average, which may be related to his game attitude.

He still ranks first in the Ligue [-] scorer list, and the lead is obvious, so he wants to focus on the Ligue [-].

If Lyon wins the Ligue [-] championship, he himself will win the Ligue [-] Golden Boot.

That season was definitely an extremely successful season for him.

As for the Europa League?
It doesn't matter at all, as far as you can go.

Lacazette was not strong enough, Zhang Chaoqiang had to take on more tasks.

Left, center, right.

He interspersed back and forth, running non-stop.

But never found a good opportunity.

Besiktas are not fools. They can see that Lacazette is not very motivated, so they naturally leave most of their attention to Zhang Chaoqiang, who is active.

After the game time entered 10 minutes, the fans basically accepted the score of 1:0.

A small victory at home, and the opponent did not score an away goal, this result is not bad.

Even the Lyon coaching staff accepted the score and replaced Fekir with veteran Marblanco.

This is Lyon's most common time-delaying substitution this season, and by the way strengthen the defense.

But Zhang Chaoqiang is still trying his best to find opportunities.

Liverpool's future is not far away, and the score of 1:0 is really unsafe.

In the 84th minute, Tolisso and Jordan Ferry finally found an opportunity after passing back and forth in the frontcourt, and sent the ball through the gap into the right side of the Besiktas penalty area.

Zhang Chaoqiang started to step forward immediately, but the Besiktas players marked him very closely.

At the same time that Zhang Chaoqiang started, Turkish defender Usar immediately followed.

The space in the penalty area is very small, and Zhang Chaoqiang's explosive power is not outstanding enough, so he can't get rid of his opponent in an instant.

Moreover, the Turk kept pulling with small movements, which made it more difficult for him to distance himself.

Zhang Chaoqiang caught up with the football, and the Turkish defender arrived almost at the same time.

Without any hesitation, Zhang Chaoqiang stepped forward.

Lift your right foot and slam it back!
"Zhang Chaoqiang! Great shot!!"

People were still rushing forward, but the football was forcibly knocked back into the middle of the penalty area.

The Turk, who was desperately chasing Zhang Chaoqiang, did not expect him to handle the ball like this, and took two steps forward to react.

Slow down and stop, look back.

The football has quickly rolled into the middle of the penalty area.

Gonalons, who was ambushing on the periphery, followed up and pulled hard, and no one interfered at all.

The football flew straight into the Besiktas goal like a cannonball.

"Goooooooooal———"

"The goal is scored! Gonalons scored a goal!! Lyon leads by two goals!!"

"This is an exquisite coordinated goal by the Lyon team. Tolisso's sharp through pass successfully sent the ball to Zhang. Zhang knocked the ball back with his heel under the interference of the defensive player. It was very imaginative. Then the captain of Lyon was accurate. seize this chance."

"Gonalons, as a defensive midfielder, has rare quality shots."

"Exerted full strength but successfully held down the football, without knocking it into the air!"

The football flew into the opponent's goal for the second time, and the Gerland stadium boomed and boiled instantly.

Originally, everyone was prepared to accept a small victory, but suddenly there was an unexpected surprise.

Gonalons, who scored the goal, rushed towards Zhang Chaoqiang cheering and hugged him hard.

"Haha, it's a great pass!"

For a defensive midfielder who averages just two goals a season, every goal deserves cheers.

What's more, tonight's goal is particularly beautiful, and it is likely to be the best goal of his career.

At this time, the broadcast screen began to replay Zhang Chaoqiang's knock back pass, and the domestic commentary started blowing up again.

"Zhang Chaoqiang is like having eyes in the back of his head. He raised his foot while running quickly and knocked the ball accurately in front of Lyon captain Gonalons, helping the latter score a goal."

"For the previous goal, Zhang Chaoqiang also used his heel, but with his left foot."

"And this time, he's using his right foot."

"It can be said that Zhang Chaoqiang completed a pass and a shot with two heels, allowing Lyon to successfully beat Besiktas with a score of 2:0. This is something that Arsenal, Tottenham and Liverpool have not done before... ..."

The game restarted and Besiktas failed to make a difference in the final minutes.

So the score of 2:0 was maintained until the end.

"It's a 2-0 win at home, which is a good lead."

"Although Turkey's away game is called the devil's home game, we believe that the advantage in the first leg is enough to help Lyon advance smoothly..."

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After the game, Croatian coach Slaven Bilic, who is the coach of Besiktas, expressed their confidence in returning home to make a comeback.

In the history of European wars, it is not uncommon for cases of two goals behind in the first round but successful comebacks in the second round.

At the same time, Bilic also highly praised Zhang Chaoqiang.

"The Chinese Superman really showed top performance tonight. I have never seen such a good Chinese player before, even such a good Asian player, but we are confident to freeze him at the Vodafone Stadium..."

On the night of the game, Lyon's "Progress" highlighted Zhang Chaoqiang in the game report because he tied the team history record.

The Lyon player who scored the most goals in the Europa League in a single season.

The previous record holder was French striker Alain Carvaglia, who scored seven goals for Lyon in the Europa League in 98/99.

Now Zhang Chaoqiang has tied the record and has a good chance to break the record.

Speaking of which, Zhang Chaoqiang's situation is somewhat similar to that of the opponent. Both of them wore hats in the Europa League, both scored seven goals, and both ranked second in the scorer list.

Cavaglia was the final No. [-] finisher.

That season's Europa League Golden Boot was jointly won by Parma's Chiesa and Real Sociedad's Kovacevic, both scoring eight goals.

And now Zhang Chaoqiang is also ranked second with seven goals, and the number of goals in the top scorer is also eight goals.

However, Zhang Chaoqiang still has a chance to continue scoring goals and strive to win the Golden Boot.

(End of this chapter)