The resume of the coach of the giant club is like a hanging.

The same goes for Lyon boss Claude Pierre.

He was a famous star of the Monaco club when he was a player, and also played for Monaco in his career, and later after hanging up his boots to retire, he began to serve as the coach of the Monaco reserve team, and officially became the coach of Monaco three years later, and led Giuli, Gallardo and other stars to win the Ligue 1 championship in 2000.

When his contract expired in 2002, Pierre was unable to get a contract extension and left Monaco FC after 24 years of service, and subsequently became the manager of Lille.

In French football, Lille can also be regarded as a strong team, but there is still a certain distance from the championship, but Pierre led this Lille, which won the second and third places in a row, and reached the quarterfinals of the European Champions Cup in 2007, creating the best result in the history of the Lille club in Europe.

Pierre was named France Coach of the Year by French football in 2005 and in 2006 by CANAL+ and UNFP as the official manager of the year in Ligue 1.

In July 2008, Pierre was appointed head coach of Lyon.

There will be a lot of pressure on any manager to coach a French club in Lyon in 2008, because in the past seven years, Lyon has won the Ligue 1 championship in a row, and the alternative 'seven crowns' represent Lyon's dominance in Ligue 1, and the new manager will not be able to continue the glory, and may be considered unqualified by the club and fans.

Pierre failed to deliver satisfactory results, having led Lyon to a third-place finish in the league last season, nine points ahead of first-placed Bol.

After his first season in charge, which was considered a failure, Pierre also knew he had to show results in order to be recognised, and the Champions League became the place to show his talents, and he led Lyon to the group stage to top the group stage and reach the round of 16 against Real Madrid, which was a heavyweight test after the group stage.

"Lyon must eliminate Real Madrid!"

Real Madrid is the biggest focus in Europe, their squad is too gorgeous, and when they meet Lyon, not many people are optimistic about Lyon.

The French media's coverage is biased towards Lyon, but only because they are French media, and from a heart point of view, they must be optimistic about Real Madrid.

"If I can successfully knock out Real Madrid and get close to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, my coaching will be more recognized by the fans, because what Lyon needs most is not the league title, but the European results!"

Pierre knew this.

He and the coaching staff put in 100 per cent of their energy against Real Madrid and even neglected a couple of league games for it.

The game is about to begin.

Everything was ready, Pierre was a little impatient for the game, he was full of confidence, but he didn't expect something to happen, he couldn't figure it out.

"Zhen Shaolong, why do you want to say thank you to me?" When Pierre met Zhen Shaolong, until he returned to the locker room, he was thinking about this problem, he really couldn't think of the reason, but he had a bad premonition in his heart.

Ultimately.

Pierre suppressed the doubts in his heart and explained the game to the whole team normally.

"Be serious!"

"Shrink the line, we will fight back!"

"The counterattack must be fast, if the situation is not right, retreat immediately, and defense is more important!"

"Pay attention to Real Madrid's stars, Zhen Shaolong, C-Ronaldo, and Kaka, I believe you all know how dangerous they are!"

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The time before the game passed quickly.

The starters of the home team Lyon and Real Madrid ran into the field in a row, they stood face to face, and also looked at each other, compared to the excited eyes of the Lyon players, the Real Madrid players seemed very indifferent, because they were the more famous side, as for the opposite Lyon players, some could not even name them.

That's the difference between the two sides.

But the gap in the squad is not entirely a good thing for the dominant side, everyone in the Real Madrid squad knows that if they can't pass the level of Lyon, they will definitely become the laughing stock of European football and even world football.

Lyon don't have that to worry about, they want to win the game, but even if they lose to Real Madrid, the outside world takes it for granted, they themselves take it for granted.

Take a look at Real Madrid's squad!

One Zhen Shaolong is worth more than 250 million euros!

All the members of Lyon's first team, including the reserve team and the youth team, are not worth 200 million euros together.

Real Madrid also has C-Ronaldo, Kaka, Alonso, Ramos, Casillas and other superstars in the team, and they can add up to one or two Lyon, with such a huge gap, is it not natural to lose to Real Madrid?

This gap in the squad gives Lyon a better mentality to play, and they just want to do their best to play well.

Lyon's overall tactical execution ability is very strong, and winning the Ligue 1 title for seven consecutive years has already made them a mature team, even if the current squad tends to age, their experience and coordination are problematic, and they are a whole on the field.

Pierre asked the whole team to shrink and release the line, and Lyon paid great attention to defense, and as soon as the game began, they kept retreating, and the formation was stacked on the edge of the big penalty area, and the airtight defense would give any opponent a headache.

It's the same with Real Madrid.

Real Madrid's tactical formation is 442, the midfield needs space to play, and in the opening two waves of attacks, Real Madrid only hit the penalty line, and the third wave was simply tackled on the side.

Lyon, on the other hand, took the opportunity to play a sharp counter-attack, and the cross from the wing almost created a chance, but Ramos's solid defense forced the opposing striker Lopes to barely come to the goal with a shot on goal, and did not pose any threat to the goal.

Ten minutes into the game, the overall situation and the numbers were revealed.

Real Madrid has no good way to defend Lyon for the time being, because the opponent's defense is very backward, they still have the advantage of possession, 60% possession, which cannot be said to be absolutely suppressive of the opponent, and it can be regarded as a passing statistic.

But the threat of goal dominance is in Lyon.

Lyon had two shots, one of which hit the woodwork, while Real Madrid had only one shot on goal, a wave shot from the edge of Cristiano Ronaldo's perimeter that flew straight off the line.

At this time, the managers of both sides can also see some problems.

Pierre's face was confident, his expression relaxed, and so far the game had been about the same as he expected.

Real Madrid can have the advantage of possession, but they can't do anything against Lyon's defense, and the dense defense limits the play of the opposing star, Zhen Shaolong, C-Ronaldo, and Kaka have no performance.

C-Ronaldo, Kaka were better, they had at least some passes, and C-Ronaldo had a barely shot.

Zhen Shaolong......

Pierre only saw Zhen Shaolong make a pass and take a very long set-piece, which can be said to have no performance.

"No matter what star is, the technique and strength are strong, and they respond with dense defense, and if they don't give room to play, the opponent can't do anything."

"Just fight like that!"

"As long as you can persevere, the outcome will depend on whether you can break through the goal!"

The other side.

Pellegrini frowned tightly, he also saw the problem, knowing that the other party was shrinking the line to limit the performance of the Real Madrid star, but he couldn't think of any way to deal with it.

The other party is a fair contraction pay-off!

Real Madrid's problem is obvious, as long as anyone who has studied Real Madrid knows that the frequent changes in the squad and the frequent change of managers make Real Madrid not mature at all, they are a team of scattered stars.

Manuel Pellegrini worked hard to lead the team and get the players to adapt to tactics and cooperation, but half a season was still too short.

Any mature team must take a few seasons to run in well, and if Real Madrid wants to really complete the rebuild, it will take two or three seasons to slowly adapt the players in the team.

It's like Manchester City, actually.

Manchester City's squad is no worse than the giants, but they can still only compete for the top four, and there is almost no hope of competing for the title.

Real Madrid are not much better, they have just undergone a rebuild, the only thing is that they are more flashy than Manchester City's squad and can play a little better.

That's Real Madrid's problem.

Real Madrid is not a whole on the field, and the goals in the game mostly rely on the star play, rather than detailed tactics and routines, and most of the goals have nothing to do with the cooperation, which is completely the embodiment of the player's individual ability.

Now Lyon is shrinking the line at home, limiting the performance of Real Madrid's stars, and they can't think of a way to deal with it.

Of course.

There are also solutions.

Since Lyon uses dense defense to limit the play of Real Madrid stars, it is okay for Real Madrid stars to play better, let their restrictions fail, and Real Madrid can win the game, it's as simple as that.

Pellegrini smiled wryly and hoped that the team would play more consistently.

And then.

He looked at Zhen Shaolong.

If there are stars on the field who can break through Lyon's defense, he can only pin his hopes on Zhen Shaolong, C-Ronaldo and Kaka, C-Ronaldo and Kaka are relatively worse, but Zhen Shaolong is not easy to defend, even if he has not performed so far, as long as there is a chance, he may be able to help the team complete the goal.

on the field.

Zhen Shaolong behaved very casually, he didn't look like a Real Madrid teammate, he kept trying to run and look for opportunities, his expression was not in a hurry at all, and even looked a little lazy.

Next to Zhen Shaolong stood Bumsson for a long time.

Bumsson took over the task of defending Zhen Shaolong, he didn't need to follow Zhen Shaolong for a long time, but when defending, he was more inclined to limit Zhen Shaolong.

At the beginning of the game, Boumsson Love was nervous, even if he was thirty-one years old, he was the main central defender of Lyon, and he was also an international player of the French national team, defending the 'world's No. 1 striker', he would feel huge pressure, he even knew that the camera camera kept pointing over, he was standing next to Zhen Shaolong, he would definitely get a lot of shots, a small detail of the action may be captured, and maybe it will become the object of discussion among fans?

Huge attention is good news, but it can also be a lot of pressure.

Now that the game has been played for fifteen minutes, Bumsson has not had much pressure, because he found that Zhen Shaolong is not in very good shape, and he is not active at all, as if he has come to the court to mix time, and he is not in a hurry if he does not receive the ball for a long time.

"Is this guy out of shape?"

"It must be out of state, seeing that he is not active at all, he is lazy all over, and he didn't take the initiative to grab the position just now......"

Bumsson thought, "That's good. I took on the job of defending Zhen Shaolong, no matter what the opponent's state is, as long as I don't let him perform, my defense will be considered successful. ”

"When the time comes, there will definitely be a lot of my coverage."

"So, for this kind of defensive genius of the front, I still need an experienced veteran like me to come out......"

Bumsson suddenly felt a wave of confidence.

Compared with a very small number of talented stars, the vast majority of players in world football have very ordinary careers, and without particularly outstanding technical ability, they can only rely on experience to maintain their careers.

Bumson is one such player, he can play as the main defender of Lyon, he can enter the French national team, thanks to his consistent technical ability, and more importantly, he has a lot of defensive experience, and he will be very solid on the field.

Of course.

This level is difficult to be favored by the giants, and it is difficult for players without outstanding characteristics to be remembered by fans.

So Bumson can only get a wealth of experience, he played for Le Havre, Auxerre, Newcastle United, and also played for Juventus for a year, but Juventus was forced to be relegated that season, he played in the Italian second division, and the next year because the strength could not keep up, the bench stayed for a whole year, and could only choose to leave to join Lyon.

The only thing that Boumson is proud of is experience, and he will naturally think that experience is the most important, and any genius is blown out, and without rich experience, genius has no meaning.

See?

is like Zhen Shaolong in front of him, who is recognized as a super genius, but the result is not limited by himself?

Suddenly.

Bumsson's expression was tinged with a sense of arrogance.

Zhen Shaolong was puzzled by the Leon defender next to him, the other party didn't know what was going on, and his expression suddenly became weird?

Is that pride?

Why be arrogant?

Bumsson seemed to have discovered Zhen Shaolong's puzzlement, and then held his head high and said confidently, "Don't think about acting today, I will always pester you." ”

"I want to say this to a woman, a beautiful woman. But you're not. ”

Zhen Shaolong rolled his eyes, and found that Leon's counterattack ended with a wave of shots, so he ran forward and continued, "So I'm going to score, let me remind you first, you must pay attention to it!" ”

Bumsson immediately gritted his teeth, he completely understood, the other party looked down on him at all, and bluntly said that he wanted to score?

Is there anything more arrogant than that?

"Look at me and kill you!" Bumsson followed Zhen Shaolong very seriously, and kept using his body to entangle.

That's a real entanglement!

It was very difficult for Zhen Shaolong to run, and the continuous collision with the opponent's body made the muscles in his arms a little painful, I have to say that the black players are really strong.

And then.

Zhen Shaolong seemed to have given up, so he simply didn't run, just stood on the edge of the penalty area, watched C-Ronaldo rush over with the ball, and then ran lazily.

"Pass it over!"

Zhen Shaolong shouted at C-Ronaldo, and C-Ronaldo immediately kicked the ball over.

Bumsson defends alone, and no matter how hard he tries, it is impossible to restrict the reception, especially the receiving on the side, he can only squeeze behind Zhen Shaolong to prevent the opponent from accelerating and rushing.

Zhen Shaolong didn't mean to rush up at all, he stuck his position and waited on the penalty area line on the right side, and when the football rolled over, he stretched out the ball against the ball.

As the ball rolled down his toes to the top of his foot, he followed up with a backward pick-and-roll motion.

It's like a simple ball, like a backward barb pass, and no one is going to associate action with a shot.

But......

The next moment everyone was amazed to find that the football flew high, jumped over Boumson's head, rushed to the highest point and fell down, and the route turned out to be towards the goal?

"Danger!"

"Attention!"

"Loris!"

Several Lyon players reminded goalkeeper Lloris with shouts.

Lloris didn't expect the football to suddenly rush over, he was still standing on the right side just now, and when he saw that the football was falling towards the far corner, he hurriedly ran back a few steps.

He still underestimated the speed of the ball.

By the time Lloris had stepped back into the middle of the goal, the ball had already rushed over, and he raised his hands to intercept it, but the ball was fingered upward.

When he turned his head again, he saw that the ball had fallen into the goal.

"Hula......"

As the football crashed into the goal, the surrounding stands suddenly fell into an uproar.