Chapter 103: First Victory
After scoring the goal, Papan first shouted at the fans to vent his frustration in the past few years. Pen "Fun" pavilion www.biquge.info then ran to the coach's seat, jumped on Fan Shang's body, "thank you" Papan said to Fan Shang in a voice that was almost crying.
"Thank you for coming back," Fan Shang said
The game of kick-off again has completely gone into garbage time, and Le Havre knows that there is no hope, so they completely shrink around the penalty area, and Bordeaux has no way to break down the dense defense. Until the end of the game, the only bright spot was a direct free-kick from Chilavet.
4:0, Bordeaux won the opponent at home in the first game, which gave the fans a lot of confidence. At the same time, there have been a lot fewer complaints about the team selling last season's main players.
The post-match press conference was attended by Vincent and Papan, not at all with other teams, but by the head coach and his players. This is considered a player with a manager. However, Papan did not have the slightest intention of trespassing, and always followed behind.
This press conference was Papin's first official appearance in front of the news media since his return to France, so after symbolically asking Vincent a few questions about the team's results, the rest became Papin's one-man show. So much so that in the end, Fan Shang sneaked away, and the media reporters did not react, only Wota, an old friend of Fan Shang of Southwest Daily, said hello to him when he left.
It's just that Fan Shang didn't go far, just at the door to watch how Papan faced those vicious reporters. Use one word to describe Papan as 'the wind of a general', look at people's answers, no matter how you ask, you are not in a hurry, although the expression is more serious, but the tone is calm, that is, no matter how sharp the question is, there is no rise and fall. "This is the so-called demeanor," Fan Shang sighed secretly, "I have to learn from others in the future, and my level of dealing with reporters still needs to be honed." ”
After the first round of matches, Bordeaux was in first place on goal difference. But the next day's newspapers only mentioned Bordeaux's big win, and the headlines were basically a big report about Papin's return to Ligue 1, although he came on as a substitute, but scored a goal. This time, the media trend is very consistent, whether it is Bordeaux's local southwestern newspaper or the mainstream sports newspaper team newspaper, they are all happy about Papin's recovery, hoping that he can regain the form he lost and shine in the local World Cup in two years.
However, Fan Shang has also talked to his boss, the head coach of the French national team, Jacques, who is not very interested in Papan, he tends to focus on Mesozoic players, supplemented by some potential young people, and more importantly, he needs obedient players. Although Papin's temper seems to be quite gentle now, when his daughter was not sick before, this benevolent brother was the one who dared to stare at Mateus at Bayern, and he was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp. If it weren't for the sudden change in his life, Fan Shang would not have tamed this old horse.
At the beginning of the season, the schedule was relatively relaxed, and Vincent made an attempt to put Papin in the main lineup in training, and it felt that the effect was not bad, and Bordeaux had another option when fighting on the third line.
A week later, Bordeaux travelled to Metz for the second round of the league away to Metz. The day before he went, Bordeaux had trained behind closed doors.
Metz is now a strong team in Ligue 1 and will be playing in the UEFA Cup with Bordeaux this year.
Vincent does not dare to underestimate this team at all, although Vincent dug up one of Metz's biggest potential stocks, Pire, in the summer, but it did not have much impact on Metz's overall strength, overall, Metz is a balanced offensive and defensive team, strength is greater than fame.
On the day of the race, it rained lightly in Metz, which is the rainy season for France, which has an oceanic climate. Before going on the field, Fan Shang also deliberately emphasized in the locker room that he should strengthen long-range shots in attack, pay attention to the defense of the 30-meter area when defending, and must give Metz as few chances as possible.
The starting line-up was the same as in the first game, with Papin still on the bench and Vincent wanting to save Papin's first start for the Bordeaux home crowd.
After the opening, Bordeaux was still the premise of the overall defensive line, with the two midfielders sweeping and intercepting near the midfield, and Nedved also retreating slightly in defence, so that the defense basically formed a three-back position.
Metz had obviously studied the last Bordeaux game, so he tangled with Bordeaux in midfield from the start. In this situation where it seems that you come and go, and the scene may be dull, time passes minute by minute.
The first half was 30 minutes into the game, and neither side had yet to have a dangerous shot on goal. Fan Shang felt that if he continued in such a stalemate, he might only waste more physical strength. Fan Shang walked to the sidelines and made a few gestures, calling Lizarazu, who was closest to him.
Within a few minutes, the situation on the field changed somewhat, and the originally evenly matched game gradually passed the initiative to Metz, who was playing at home. Bordeaux retreated to a position close to 20 metres in front of their own penalty area, and the players also reduced their running relatively and mainly started to mark people in the area.
The fist can only be retracted and punched out again, and what Bordeaux has to do now is to retract the fist, and then find the right moment to deal a fatal blow to Metz.
In the 35th minute, Dacourt brought down a Metz player near 30 meters and received a yellow card, the first for Bordeaux this season.
In the 41st minute, Metz got a corner kick opportunity, Song rushed forward with some recklessness, and Metz central defender Karstendo unexpectedly got a chance in the Bordeaux penalty area. Although he lacked preparation, he still subconsciously shook his head and smashed the ball to the right side of the goal, but fortunately, Chilavert was experienced, and he had already moved to the right side of the goal when Song Mao, holding the ball firmly in his hand.
In the 45th minute, there was not much interruption in the first half, so there were only two minutes of stoppage time. This time it was another Metz corner, and his players felt that there was little time for stoppage time, leaving only one full-back to guard behind, and everyone else went into the Bordeaux half. But Maze's corner kick was really unsatisfactory, Chilavert made a decisive attack to hold the ball, looked up and just glanced up, he saw the gap in Metz's defense, and the long pass went to find Pire, Chilavert ranked second in the goalkeeper's footwork, and no one dared to say first, and the ball was loaded with precision-guided cannonballs and flew to Pire. Pire was also unambiguous, unloading the ball and taking a trip to the Metz players who had just reacted back to the defense, and then facing a smooth road on the left, Pire raised his speed to the maximum, and a few breaths approached the penalty area, and in the penalty area, Shevchenko and Wiltord were already waiting in the penalty area, and the defenders were left with a full-back who had just stayed in addition to the goalkeeper.
This defender is the most embarrassing now, the situation of three against one in the backcourt, and the three opponents may not be able to defend one, let alone the current situation. He gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, leaving behind the two strikers and rushing to Pire, without saying a word, he fell to the ground on the penalty line and put Pire to the ground, which was the referee's whistle in time, and after running over, he looked at Pire, who was rolling on the ground with his calves, and gave the defender a red card without hesitation.
Fan Shanggang, who was on the sidelines, wanted to make a statement, and when he saw that the referee was so decisive, he was not embarrassed to say anything to the fourth official, but quickly asked the team doctor to take a look at Pire's situation. The team doctor picked up the medicine box and stood on the sidelines waiting for the referee's gesture, at this time Fan Shang said a few more words to the team doctor, and the team doctor nodded and saw the referee's gesture and ran to Pire.
Fan Shangyan never left the field, and after seeing the team doctor's OK gesture, Fan Shang was relieved, but continued to stand on the sidelines, waiting for the last free kick of the first half.
The free-kick was in a good position, on the edge of the penalty area, a little to the left at the top of the arc, almost in the middle. There were four men standing in front of the ball, Chilavert, Pire, Nedved and Song, while there were only three Bordeaux players in ambush in the box.
After the referee's whistle, Chilavert began to run, and just when everyone thought that Chilavert was going to shoot, he raised his foot and gently crossed the ball with the soles of his feet, and behind him, Pire's feet were also raised, and the attention of the defenders was attracted by Chilavert, who had just come to his senses and hurriedly prepared to meet Pire's shot.