Montpellier will enter a short winter break after their away game against Ajaccio.

The reason why they say short is mainly because after the New Year, there will be a French Cup match, and the team only has about ten days to rest.

With Montpellier reaching the round of 32 in this season's French Cup, they have had a shorter break than other teams in the second division.

For the second division teams that did not reach the round of 32 of the French Cup, they will not play until January 10.

Montpellier will host a team from the third division on January 4 – Donkkoy.

Everyone thinks that this season, Montpellier can at least reach the round of 16 of the French Cup!

After all, Donkkoy is only a team in the third division, and it is impossible to pose any threat to the Montpellier team, not to mention that Montpellier is still playing at home, and it is simply unforgivable not to win this opponent! Unforgivable! Unforgivable!

Everyone thinks so, especially the supporters of Montpellier.

After the match against Ajaccio, in the away dressing room, manager Gerard Girard ecstated:

'Boys, you've done a great job, with a big win to end the first half of the season, and now we're in third place in the league for the time being, and if the season ends we can stay in the top three and we'll be promoted to the first division next season.'

As soon as the players heard the sound of promotion to the first division, the big guys were all excited.

They are professional footballers, champions, promotion to Ligue 1, that's their professional pursuit.

Most of the players in the Montpellier squad have never played in Ligue 1, and if they do appear in Ligue 1 next season, it will be enough to brag in front of others for a lifetime!

Ligue 1, by any example, is also one of the top five leagues in Europe.

Being able to play in Europe's top five leagues is definitely tempting for a professional footballer.

The team's captain, Roman Pitawu, is 31 years old this year and has been with the team for 13 years, and if he can lead the team to promotion to the first division at the end of the season, it can be regarded as the best reward for his career.

"To reward you for your outstanding performance in the first half of the league, give you a week off!" Coach Girard said magnificently.

Hearing the news of the holiday, the players all let out a roar of excitement, Christmas and New Year are coming soon, and it is definitely a joy to have a week off to spend with their families.

The players' faces were all filled with excitement.

Their leader is a guy who likes to let the players practice, and they thought the team wouldn't have a holiday during the break!

A week's vacation is enough to make them overjoyed.

Wen Jie also laughed along with everyone, although he has no special feelings for Christmas, as a Chinese, he still likes to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Just as everyone was excitedly celebrating, Girard walked up to Wen Jie and said, "Xiaojie, let's go, come with me to the post-match press conference." ”

"Boss, you better let the captain go, I'm nervous." Wen Jie said with bared teeth.

Don't look at him as only 16 years old, but after experiencing the post-match press conference with Angers in the 16th round of the league, Wen Jie's impression of news reporters can be described as very bad.

So, when he heard that the manager asked him to participate in the post-match press conference, he immediately wanted to refuse.

The captain of the team, Pitawu, patted Wenjie on the shoulder and said:

"Xiaojie, don't shirk it, I know what you're worried about, but I know that those reporters are not your opponents at all, whether it's their open guns or hidden arrows, I believe you can dodge, after all, you are the 'demon' in their media mouth. Besides, the three goals of our team are all related to you, and you are the best player in the game, if you don't go, the rest of us are not qualified to go! ”

There was no way, Wen Jie could only obediently follow Girard out in the end.

This time, the reporters in the audience were very kind, and did not embarrass Wen Jie, and all the questions raised were decent.

At the end of the press conference, I didn't expect manager Girard to become the focus of the news.

At the press conference, he even took the initiative to mention the team's goal this season - promotion to Ligue 1!

In an instant, Girard's statement, like a *, ignited the French football press.

After all, before the start of the season, Girard said in front of the media that the goal of the Montpellier team this season is relegation, and the league is only halfway through, and he actually changed his words to say that the team's goal is promotion!

This is a big surprise!

Some experts believe that the overall strength of the Montpellier team is not yet up to the level of promotion, and it is only a fluke that they can now finish third in the league.

If you want to be promoted to the first division, it is absolutely impossible.

Some football experts assert that in the second half of the league, Montpellier will definitely drop the chain.

Historically, there are countless such examples, such as last season's Sedang team, when they won the halfway championship, but the second half of the league played very badly, and in the end they only ranked 4th in the league, unfortunately missed the promotion!

Almost everyone, with the exception of Montpellier fans, is not optimistic that Montpellier will be promoted to the first division at the end of the season.

Everyone thinks it's Girard talking big!

Girard ignored these people and instead seriously discussed the topic with the team's president, Nicklin, and received strong support from Nicklin.

Montpellier need to be promoted to Ligue 1, it's the best season and it's a shame to miss it.

Nicklin is hopeful that this team will be able to rise to the First Division on their own.

During the team's holiday, Wen Jie did not practice at the team base like other players.

With the help of the Great Sage's system, his progress is very fast, especially after unlocking the Bad Luck Dice feature, he needs to accumulate talent energy, and maybe unlock other functions, so that he can help the team win on his own in the field.

To succeed in Europe, he has to be more diligent and work harder.

"System, what is the ranking of my current strength in the team?"

Wen Jie, who was sweating like rain, gasped for breath and asked.

The familiar metal voice sounded again, "Host, after half a year of training, you are now the strength of the team's starting 11 players, but with the bad luck dice, your strength is definitely in the top 5 in the entire team." ”

Being able to rank at the top of a team in the second division was something that Wenjie absolutely didn't expect before he was loaned out to Paris Saint-Ger.

Just as Wen Jie finished training and was about to go back, a familiar figure walked towards him.