Compared with the situation that giants have repeatedly won championships and monopolized a certain league, many fans, especially neutral fans, are more looking forward to the team that has never been the favorite to win the championship in people's hearts, overthrowing the hegemon and finally succeeding in counterattacking, which is a very touching thing just thinking about it.

When Saint-Etienne struggled away from Montpellier, the domestic screen was full of slogans such as 'Ding Yue is invincible' and 'Saint-Etienne champion'. Ding Yue has a kind of sadness when he looks at it, and the general public yearns for myths and is keen to watch jokes. It's like the ending of Frozen: the poor boy who picks ice marries a beautiful princess, and the noble prince is just a clown to be laughed at, a villain who is spurned, as if this is the aesthetic trend.

I feel that if I really win the championship, this is the first choice of chicken soup in the circle of friends, but this is about a miracle, but the word miracle itself hints at its extremely difficult replication, after drinking a bowl of chicken soup, it is better to return to reality.

But the tout will not dissipate because of Ding Yue's chuckle in this life.

The next day, an analysis article was hung on the Sina homepage.

“… Ding Yue....You can see the shadow of many players in him, his skills are enough to support him to play winger and midfielder. And his no-go movement and shooting skills make him more than enough to play as a shadow striker. Let's take a look today to see why he was able to shine in Ligue 1 and attract the attention of many giants. ”

Before coming to Ligue 1, Ding Yue was unknown because he was only an amateur player. A series of chances led him to Saint-Etienne. When he first came to France, everyone thought he was weak. Until Galtier noticed him. ”

"In the beginning, Ding Yue played as a technical and mobile right winger in Saint-Etienne, which fits well with Galtier's tactical concept, so there is a certain element of luck here. Later, after Galtier insisted on using his favorite 4-3-3 formation, Ding Yue's position was more mobile, and he frequently changed positions with Payette, E-Revelli and others, and more mature colleagues also sharpened his skills and psychological endurance. ”

In Galtier's ideal of offensive football, Ding Yue's task is to break the rigid system through running and make the formation flexible. In the matches that have been played, we can observe that Ding Yue is very good at using speed and technique to tear down the opponent's defense in counterattacks. The weakness is that the ability to hold the ball with the back is very weak at the beginning, and it is not possible to better connect teammates with the ball with the back to the ball. However, in the last two games, there have been obvious improvements. Therefore, his strong learning ability and self-adjustment ability are also one of the reasons why everyone pays attention to him. ”

"Ding Yue is very good at creating space while changing positions, and he is also able to calmly receive the ball in uncomfortable positions, which is due to his extremely superb foot skills and what we commonly call basic skills unlike other Chinese players. This is almost a necessity for survival in the five major leagues with high confrontation and high operation. ”

"What's even more fascinating or puzzling is his physicality, which he can run from deep into the opposition penalty area (against Montpellier he even used himself as a B2B midfielder).

And when Ding Yue cooperates with another teammate, he will make himself stronger as well, which is a skill that makes scouts even hotter. Whether it is E-Reveli, Sako or Payet, who has been injured, in the presence of Ding Yue, he will obviously play even better. ”

Under Galtier's tutelage, Ding Yue learned how to defend, or rather, he was originally very active in defense, and learned how to integrate into the whole team, and even save the team's defensive system. All Ligue 1 teams now know that Saint-Etienne likes to press high, drop in stamina or fight back against strong opponents. But usually they will press frantically in the first minute of conceding the ball, frantically pressing the opponent, Ding Yue's physical strength is enough to support him to spare no effort to intercept and force the nearest opposing defender to make a long pass transfer every time. Even the most demanding commentators can't help but admit that in defense, Ding Yue is a 100% committed player. ”

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Ding Yue has some face, but people are like this, they always like to watch something that makes them happy.

Brush the forum every day, train hard. Ding Yue felt that life actually passed quickly.

Cen Long's occasional chat also showed the 'Ding Yue Fan Club' organized by him, which will be organized every weekend to watch the game, and it is good to be young. Ding Yue passed thirty in his previous life, and basically he almost didn't dare to touch the ball in the early morning.

The game on February 13th, judging from Cen Longna's various information feedback, this is the biggest football viewing event they have organized this season.

Therefore, this race may decide the championship of this season!

Saint-Etienne vs Lille!

A surprise draw at Lille's home to Saint-Etienne on 23 December last year gave Saint-Etienne a real glimmer of hope. And this time, both sides have experienced more and walked longer, and what will be the ending of the story. will be revealed one by one in the early morning of the 13th.

In fact, on Friday, Ding Yue felt the psychological oppression that this game brought to Saint-Etienne was completely different from the past.

Everyone's nerves in the base were tense, and even the massage doctor was holding on to his muscles a little heavier than usual. Galtier also changed his previous ruffian style at the pre-match press conference, answered a few questions from reporters seriously and simply, and left in a hurry.

After a day of training, Ding Yue returned home and slept well.

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Saturday, February 13th, it's another race day!

Since it's at home, there's no need to travel to another country to play. Ding Yue wakes up at 6:30 and does a slight stretch first, because sometimes I feel stiff in the morning, and moving can help relax my muscles. Then it's time for breakfast. After arriving in France, Ding Yue's breakfast is generally rice porridge and fruits, strawberries, pineapples, watermelon or oranges, with some bread, and a cup of tea or orange juice after the meal, which is perfect.

At 8:30, Ding Yue was already on his way to training, at this time, he began to replenish his water, and tried not to think about football, after all, this is a very rare relaxing time of the day.

When you arrive at the training base, let's have a 30-minute yoga training first. In the past, Ding Yue also had similar training, but after arriving in Saint-Etienne, yoga was taught by professional teachers, in fact, many famous players in the world have a fanatical preference for yoga. But, obviously, this kid Sacco didn't, his body couldn't be twisted, and if he had to finish it, his body might be broken.

The yoga instructor teaches 26 movements, but Ding Yue will only focus on 5-6 movements to stretch the muscle groups used in football.

After yoga, it will be gym time, and Ding Yue will first ride a bike for 10-15 minutes at a speed of 70/80RPM. Jump the ladder for 20 minutes, keeping your knees and feet sharp. This will be useful when accelerating from a variable gear. This is simply the foundation of Ding Yue's life.

After that, the team will do some warm-ups with the ball, grab circles, 3v1, 6v2, or 5v2. Then there is the 4v4 offensive and defensive practice, the defender's purpose is to defend a line, usually the middle line, the attacker has to take the ball across the line to win, and the defender has to grab the ball before the opponent crosses the line. 11:45 a.m. is Galtiye time, and he will give some tactical explanations and then another analysis for the afternoon game.

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This season, there is perhaps no more important game than this one. Galtier knows, Ding Yue knows, his teammates know, and the fans know. Everyone knows that if they lose this game, Saint-Etienne may be in ruins, and all dreams of this season will be gone.

Therefore, Galtier's first sentence after everyone gathered around him named the importance of the game, "Guys, if we win this game, we can really say that we can go for the championship!"

Every player and staff in the room breathed a lot heavier, winning the championship! At the beginning of the season, it was a word that was far away from them, but now, they can do it, just win this game!

"There will be people who want to see our jokes, yes, that's right, I can already hear their voices holding back so hard! But after the game, whether it will be laughter or tears, these are not up to anyone else! Our fate should be in our own hands!"

Galtier's voice grew louder and louder, and there was no sound in the entire training arena except his voice.

"I know that none of us, including ourselves, have the experience of winning championships, but it doesn't matter, history is made by people, and we are no worse than others, especially when we have proven ourselves for most of the season!"

"Do you have faith?!"

"There is !!"

Everyone in the audience answered Galtier's somewhat incendiary/intoxicating questions. Ding Yue was also very excited, and put his hand on Sacco's shoulder, which made Sacco's back hurt a little.

"Dude, don't get excited!" Sacco grinned, smiling ugly.

Maybe Sako's sensitivity to this game is really not high. Looking at the other teammates, even if they laugh, they laugh seriously, that's an attitude towards the next game.

Behind some smiles is the soul that grits its its teeth.