Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 81 The Lion King Returns
[You have strengthened your body through personal training, physical strength +1]

On the training ground, everyone in Lyon is seriously preparing for the battle.

Zhang Chaoqiang managed to gain a little stamina.

The Lyon team currently has only one opponent, and that is Bordeaux.

They must defeat each other at home and win the Ligue [-] championship.

As for the Europa League final opponent Sevilla, that will have to wait until Bordeaux is won.

Fournier watched the training cooperation of the players on the field, and he could clearly feel the team's recovery.

A week of rest and adjustments really works.

But at the same time, he is also very clear that Bordeaux is definitely much more difficult to play than Rennes.

After the training, everyone in Lyon waved goodbye amidst laughter and laughter, and went home to rest.

In this critical period, even Umtiti, who is the favorite in the team, is preparing for the game honestly and resting seriously.

Zhang Chaoqiang drove out of the training ground and immediately heard special shouts.

"Brother Qiangzi, this way."

With the arrival of the last round of Ligue [-], the number of Chinese fans in Lyon seems to have suddenly increased.

In the last two days after Zhang Chaoqiang's training, he was asked to sign at the gate of the base.

Zhang Chaoqiang pulled the car aside and skillfully signed autographs for several people.

"Brother Qiangzi, come on and win the double championship."

"As long as you win the double crown, you will be No. 1 in Chinese football history!"

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A week is neither short nor long.

On the morning of May 5, Zhang Chaoqiang woke up normally.

Get up, wash up, eat breakfast.

Although it was the match day of the first big decisive battle, everything was as usual for Zhang Chaoqiang.

After more than a year of continuous training, he has long since lost the nervousness he had when he participated in the French Federation Cup final.

"Ahli, come here, I'll take you downstairs to play."

After breakfast, Zhang Chaoqiang saw that nothing happened for the time being, so he went downstairs for a walk with the kitten in his arms.

Some time ago, on a whim, he went to a pet store and bought a tabby cat to raise.

She has a docile personality and is named Ari.

As soon as he came downstairs, Zhang Chaoqiang's eyes were immediately attracted by the three-meter-high flagpole erected in the center of the community park, on which hung a huge Lyon team flag.

Tonight will be a decisive battle, and every household in Lyon will hang out the team flag to support their home team.

In European countries, there will be such practices on important match days, or football culture.

The more important the game, the more numerous and distinctive flags are hung.

According to the normal game day schedule, Zhang Chaoqiang drove to the team when the time was almost up.

Lyon will arrive one after another, the coaching staff and management are there.

"Guys, just treat this as a normal league game, don't be too nervous."

"But if you can win the championship, the club promises to prepare bonuses for everyone."

The team chairman Aulas just said a few words, and then left time for the players and coaches.

In fact, the coaching staff has nothing new to say.

The preparations that should be made have already been done.

Now, even if he has any temporary ideas, Fournier dare not try again easily.

Everyone knows that this game has a lot to do with it.

The coaching staff re-emphasized the previously prepared content, and the time is almost up.

"Let's go, my brothers!"

At the order of team captain Gonalons, all Lyon members stood up, walked out of the locker room in an orderly manner, and entered the player channel one after another.

Players from the opponent Bordeaux also gradually entered the channel, but the players on both sides had a tacit understanding of raising their heads and chests, without squinting.

If it was an ordinary game, the players who both sides knew would have greeted each other long ago.

But today is different.

The atmosphere in the player tunnel suddenly became tense, and there was already tension before the game started.

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"Leon!! Leon!!"

"Leon!! Leon!!"

Amidst the frantic shouts of the fans at the scene, players from the two teams entered the field.

In the stands of Gerland, various championship slogans emerged one after another.

In the center of the grandstand is a huge colorful TIFO - The Lion King is back! !
At eight o'clock in the evening, French time, ten games in the last round of Ligue [-].

Open at the same time!
"Welcome to the Stade Gerland, here is the 2014th round of the 15/38 Ligue [-] season, the match between Lyon and Bordeaux at home."

"Needless to say the importance of this game, Lyon can win the Ligue [-] championship this season as long as they win at home."

"And if Bordeaux want to qualify for the Champions League next season, they must also win, and at the same time they have to satisfy both Marseille and Monaco."

The game officially started and Lyon kicked off first.

Zhang Chaoqiang followed his teammates to the frontcourt, kicked up three meters in front of the penalty area, and tried a long shot.

The football successfully passed the defender and went straight to the goal, and it was a bouncing ball.

But the angle was too straight, and he was firmly hugged by Bordeaux goalkeeper Carasso.

The opponent's defensive position is very good, forcing Zhang Chaoqiang to only play this angle.

Just 2 minutes later, Bordeaux broke into the left side of Lyon's penalty area to form a goal.

There was still no threat, but there was clearly a tit-for-tat trend.

"Judging from the first few times of mutual offense and defense, the players on both sides were in good condition, focused and did not give the opponent any chance."

In distant China, it was already three o'clock in the morning, but there were also many fans who were paying attention to the final match of Ligue [-].

Since Zhang Chaoqiang's rise in Lyon and CCTV's broadcast of Ligue [-], the attention of Ligue [-] in China has risen rapidly, and it is now the third most popular league after the Premier League and La Liga.

On the court, Bordeaux is indeed prepared.

They played very well both offensively and defensively at the Gerland Stadium.

Not only to compete for the Champions League qualification, but also to avenge the four-goal massacre by Lyon in the first round.

It was not until the 22nd minute of the game that Lyon really found their first good chance.

Lyon quickly counterattacked, and Jordan Ferry's through ball helped Zhang Chaoqiang slip to the bottom and cross the goal.

Lacazette outflanked a close-range shot in front of the goal and sent the football directly into the opponent's goal.

The commentator was about to cheer for the goal, but the linesman raised the flag and signaled that it was offside first.

A slow-motion replay will soon be shown on the rebroadcast screen.

"It was indeed an offside kick, Lacazette was a little too anxious."

"Before Zhang passed the ball, he had accelerated forward, and the Bordeaux defender obviously intended to create an offside, so he led by half a body, and the goal was invalid."

The Lyon fans were preparing for a wave of cheers, but they were suppressed by the referee.

So there were sparse boos at the Gerland Stadium, to the disappointing referee.

But most Lyon fans are confident and not worried.

The game has only started for 10 minutes, and they believe that in the next time, their team will definitely be able to defeat the opponent and successfully win the championship.

The game restarted, and Bordeaux is still making steady progress, hiding the needle in the cotton.

This made Lyon very uncomfortable.

In the 32nd minute, Bordeaux striker Diego Roland passed Jalais and then sent a diagonal pass from the side. The Czech midfielder Placiel suddenly went forward with a low shot, which caused the Lyon fans in the stands to exclaim.

Fortunately, Umtiti was focused and stepped forward in time to interfere.

At the same time, Anthony Lopez stood firmly in front of the goal and blocked the kick with his chest.

As the game progressed, both the fans and the commentators could see that Lyon had encountered a tough bone.

If it is not handled well, it is really possible to lose the championship at home.

Fortunately, for the rest of the first half, Lyon's goal was not threatened again.

Instead, in stoppage time in the first half, Zhang Chaoqiang dribbled the ball and made a free kick in a very good position.

Fekir took the penalty, and the free kick went directly to the goal, with the football slightly higher than the crossbar.

Until halftime, the score was still 0:0.

"When they challenged Bordeaux in the first round of this season, Lyon also drew 0:0 at halftime, but after breaking the deadlock in the second half, Lyon scored goals one after another, and finally beat their opponents 4:0 in the away game."

"Hopefully the Lyon players can bring us the same script this time."

The players of the two teams returned to the locker room, and the CCTV commentary was still reviewing the first round, hoping to bring good luck to Lyon.

But many fans don't think so.

They were worried that this guy would talk nonsense and end up with poisonous milk.

(End of this chapter)