For many years, Saint-Etienne, who had lost his former glory, was mired in the mire of Ligue 1, unable to go up and down.

The pragmatism of previous coaches has led to a conservative and lethargic approach to Saint-Etienne's football, which has been slow to start Ligue 1, with only four wins in 2009 in the first ten games of Ligue 1 since 2005.

Saint-Etienne has continued their old habit of slow heat this season, but when you look at the Ligue 1 table at this point, you may even suspect that you have gone in the wrong time.

"Ding Yue is a fantastic player, and if he continues to perform like this, he will shine in the world. ”

On the official website of Ligue 1, in an article analyzing Saint-Etienne's dazzling results this season, this passage was deliberately blacked.

Among the players under the age of 21 in Ligue 1, Ding Yue is the player with the most assists, goals, successful dribbles, and the most touches in the opponent's penalty area.

These statistics represent the birth of a well-rounded player, especially at such a young age, which is even more shocking.

The French National Sports Channel has made two special programs about Ding Yue to analyze Ding Yue in the program of Ligue 1 Observation, and the latest episode has invited French football legend Giuli as a guest to analyze Ding Yue's characteristics.

The point of view of fast, ruthless, and running Jiuli is not much different from everyone's feeling about Ding Yue, the speed is extremely fast, and the attitude of fighting hard in every game is very correct, and he is always in a mobile state when attacking, looking for opportunities all the time.

This is a very rare quality for a young player, especially when compared to young players now. Ding Yue's light finally shined to other leagues.

The meteoric star has caught the attention of Borussia Dortmund, the Manchester giants, Liverpool and La Liga's Atletico Madrid, and their list of new additions is rumoured to have Ding Yue's name on it.

What started out as a rumor was just a few inconsequential newspapers, but when Marca, Squad and Bild all published articles about it, everyone realised that these clubs were playing for real.

"Hey, it's okay to talk about it privately. I won't talk to anyone else!"

Ding Yue rubbed the soap, and Sako poked his head out in the next compartment, without any scruples about the thoughts of others, and inquired with Ding Yue about the transfer issues that have been rumored a lot recently.

Ding Yue hummed a little song, thinking to himself I believe you are a ghost, just this big mouth, the whole team will know it in less than two days, and then, the whole world will know it.

"Play well and think about it at the end of the season. ”

"Rest, prevaricate me with words against stupid reporters!"

Sacco doesn't seem to be that stupid?

"Get out!"

Simplicity and brutality are sometimes a good solution to a problem.

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Some of the media that reported seriously were gone, and some of the outrageous newspapers and websites were back in the limelight.

Ding Yue also knows that these people are cheap, and they will do everything for sales and click-through rates. Their code of doing things is to pursue starry, fishy, and sexual.

In short, in order to attract attention, any news can be written.

In this case, Ding Yue followed the advice of Galtier and the relevant personnel of the club, and played football with his head down, except for the results, no one would care about what you did in the end.

On 6 March, Saint-Etienne, who still had plenty of rest, played Caen away. Revelli scored the winner in the second half and my only goal. Ding Yue assists.

On March 12, Saint-Etienne played at home against the weak team Bresie, 30, and Ding Yue had two assists.

On March 20, away against Lorient, Ding Yue still only had one assist in this 21-reversal game.

On April 3, in the home 41 match against Valencies, Ding Yue once again had only two assists on the two posts.

On April 10, Ding Yue defeated Ousterre 10 away from home, and Ding Yue did not score or assist.

Five consecutive goal droughts.

But no one criticized Ding Yue's performance, even the most demanding fans.

Six assists in five games, suddenly brushed himself to the second place in the Ligue 1 assist list.

After a terrifying winning streak, Saint-Etienne finally extended their lead to three points in the 30th round after Lille drew a game, but the goal difference was still three goals behind Lille. Therefore, if a match is lost and the two sides end up with the same number of points, Lille is still the champion.

"We can't take it lightly, we can't waste opportunities, and we can't destroy the Great Wall!"

In short, with eight rounds left in the league, Galtier lectured the players in this way.

On April 17th, the home team once again beat Nancy, and Ding Yue finally scored the team's third goal in this game, although it was the icing on the cake, but it was also a small goal drought.

The following week, away to Bordeaux, Saint-Etienne finally faced the toughest test in recent games, and it was not until the 85th minute that Bordeaux still relied on a goal from centre-forward Modettes in the eighth minute of the first half to take the lead. At the critical moment, it was another individual performance by Ding Yue on the left side, winning a set-piece in a very good position. Ding Yue took the penalty, and Ebondo at the back point put the ball into the net and barely forced Bordeaux to draw.

And Lille also took the opportunity to close the points to just one point again.

This also made everyone in Saint-Etienne nervous again, there was a lot less jokes in training, and everyone was working hard to prepare... There are no parties, no weekend dinners, no nightlife... For the highest glory they can strive for, for the current players of Saint-Etienne, perhaps this is the first and last chance in their lives to compete for the French football league title, and whoever wants to stop them is the enemy.

Those who want to get a raise, stop moving, make a transfer, there is no sound..... atmosphere in the team is unprecedentedly harmonious.

In this tense mental state, conservative scoring has become a tacit way of playing, first of all, to ensure that no points are conceded, in order to ask for victory.

Against Monaco, Arles, Toulouse, and all three games, Saint-Etienne only won by one goal. In two games, Ding Yue scored the winning goal. In both games against Germain and Sochaux, Saint-Etienne drew both games. Fortunately, Lille is also not competitive, and in the last five games with Saint-Etienne, they also won three and drew two.

Under pressure, everyone makes mistakes.

The one-point deficit continued into the final round on May 30.

Saint-Etienne at home against Rennes!

Lille at home against Monaco!

A win for Saint-Etienne would have them win the country's first top-flight title since 1981!

Three days before the game, Saint-Etienne's star Michel Platini visited the team's training base to visit the players, and all kinds of encouragement went without saying.

Ding Yue was very excited to see the legend in person. Platini himself did not dare to judge what he did as UEFA president, but as a player, Platini deserves the admiration and learning of all players.

With Platini's voice, Ameacé, Jacques Sandini, Laurent Blanco and other celebrities who have played in Saint-Etienne have also spoken out in support of Saint-Etienne, saying that they will come to Saint-Etienne's home stadium on May 30 to cheer for the most important game in nearly 30 years.

When the dream is close at hand, some people will pass by with a wonderful result because of fear, while others will be more enthusiastic and strive to leap forward and grasp the tail of success.

Ding Yue doesn't know what kind of person he belongs to, because he works hard, but he... Insomnia can also occur.

On the night of the 29th, Ding Yue stayed up until three o'clock in the morning before letting himself fall asleep in a daze.

The next morning, it was the alarm clock instead of the biological clock that woke him up for the first time.

This is such an important day.