Chapter 39: The Capture of Lyon (1)
Located in the southeast of France, Lyon is a historic and beautiful seaside city that is said to have been in the city since the Roman period and is now a pearl of France. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Schalke 04 has also been a frequent visitor to the European competition in recent years, so he is no stranger to here, but Ai Huan has never been here after all, so he feels very fresh when he looks at it, and what he likes the most is the climate, which is the same as Dalian and Elche, all of which are coastal cities, and this is the most comfortable point for Ai Huan, who grew up by the sea.
The first of Lyon's most glorious periods was in the 90s, when Lyon's team had a large number of good players such as free-kick master Júnior, African beast Essien, Diarra, Govu, etc., who naturally stood out in Ligue 1, and even once set a record four consecutive titles.
The second is that after entering the 20000 years, they once again blew a whirlwind of Lyon in French football, creating a series of unsurpassed results, but even at this time their record in Europe is average, and the best is the final four.
Therefore, the European championship is not only a thorn in Lyon's heart, but also their highest dream, and they will go all out every time they participate in the competition, and this time is no exception.
However, Lyon's recent record is really average, their first five rounds of games with one win, two draws and two losses are not good results, and they also hope to improve their current embarrassing form through this game, especially when they heard about Schalke's recent earthquake, they have more such an idea, they must kill Schalke at the Gerland Stadium, this kind of opportunity will not always appear.
The game started at 8:40 p.m., and at 7 p.m., the Lyon fans cheered for their home team, but in the West Stand there was an expedition of about 3,000 Schalke fans, who unfurled a huge banner "Go and win, Honor Schalke!" These are the most loyal Schalke fans, and they are willing to give everything for Schalke.
Of course, Lyon will not give up this best opportunity, they sent their strongest lineup goalkeeper Lloris, defenders Reviere, Diacart, Lovren and Klojjczak, midfielders Pjanic, Tulalang and Gourkuff, forwards Brian, Risandro and Bastos, put on a look of wanting to swallow Schalke in one bite, in fact, they also have this ability, because Schalke's lineup today is really a bit speechless in comparison.
The goalkeeper is still Neuer, Ai Huan was put at the end as a point for the first time, and then the twenty-year-old Moritz in the back line, the twenty-one-year-old Spanish fullback Escudero guarded two sides, Moritz has made several appearances this season although not very good but has not made any big mistakes, and Escudero is the first time to play for Schalke, his biggest characteristic is speed, and it will take time to verify how the defense is.
The centre-backs are still 21-year-old Hovides and 29-year-old French centre-back Plestam, who have gradually become Schalke's main centre-back team.
The 24-year-old midfielder Jurado and the 19-year-old Cameroonian midfielder Maputi have been playing in the backline since the beginning of the season, and now they are finally back in midfield for the first time.
There were two people unexpectedly sent on the front line, and the thirty-three-year-old Raul stood next to the Swiss striker Gavlanovic who had never played for Schalke, and Lyon didn't understand what this lineup meant, even the most familiar with Schalke was confused.
The two sides walked out of the players' tunnel and immediately resounded with cheers all around, and it was not known whether it was for Schalke or Lyon, but neither side was treated differently at this time. After a somewhat tedious opening ceremony, the game finally got underway, with Lyon taking possession.
They have also watched the video of the last Schalke game, and naturally know Ai Huan's crazy performance within two minutes, so he seems to be very cautious in passing and receiving the ball, which does not give Ai Huan a chance to take advantage of, and Ai Huan does not seem to be interested in the crazy tactics before, and he has stood in the backfield since the opening, completely in a state of wanting to participate in defense.
This is the first European meeting between the two teams, Lyon have qualified for the Champions League group stage for 11 consecutive seasons, but have lost their last two home games against Bundesliga sides, but against Bayern Munich, and the other seven home meetings with Bundesliga sides are unbeaten, with six wins and one draw. Although A-Sissoko, Chris, Delgado, Ederson and other big players were absent due to injury, they were still full of confidence. Schalke returned to the Champions League group stage after two years, and the team had lost their first three group stage games without even scoring a goal, so almost everyone predicted that Schalke would be lucky in this game.
As predicted, Lyon began to attack Schalke after the opening, Moritz misplaced a header back pass, Bastos inserted on the left side of the box, hung his left foot past goalkeeper Neuer, Hovides chased back the tackle but it was too late, and Lyon were already 1-0 up just three minutes into the game.
After the goal, Bastos was very excited to run to the bench and hugged the manager, and the fans on the field were even more happy, cheering one after another.
Moritz immediately hung his head down, and it was precisely because of his mistake that he had conceded the goal just now, and he couldn't help but sit on the ground and shake his head again and again. Suddenly, at this time, he saw a hand stretched out in front of him, and he looked over and saw that it was Ai Huan standing in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a little more timid.
Now Ai Huan is a terrifying existence in the team, and all the people who had opposed him before have been dealt with, and judging from the arrangement of this game, this team is now Ai Huan as the main line, and people who don't agree with him have no future at all.
But who knew that Ai Huan saw him in a daze, so he bent down and pulled him up, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much, this is just our momentary mistake, just catch it back later, you don't need to be so depressed." ”
"I'm responsible for this ball!"
Ai Huan smiled, "Only those who don't do anything are not responsible, if there is a problem, don't do it again next time! Let's chase the score back and capture Lyon!" )