Chapter 108: The European War Begins

The August season is over, with Bordeaux doing well, winning three and drawing one of four league games, but they are second in the league, with Ligue 1 topping Lens with four wins in a row. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The most unacceptable thing for Vincent and Bordeaux is that the head coach of Lens is actually the old Yugoslav man Mouslin, who was dismissed from Bordeaux in the middle of last season (the previous three words have been harmonized, and now they have been replaced), this old man has no friendship with Vincent.

"Do you think there is still a reason, Mousselin's team is actually ranked first in the league," Fan Shang and several members of the coaching staff said, "but this old guy has always started well, and then got worse and worse, and it is estimated that Lens will have a hard time in the future." ”

Either he didn't talk about anything, just after telling people about it, immediately before the start of the fifth round of the league, when he was interviewed by the media, Le Figaro and other media who had a general relationship with Fan Shang raised this question.

"Mr. Vincent, this year Mr. Mousslin led Lens to four consecutive victories, while Bordeaux only had three wins and one draw, what do you think?"

"And what do you think?" Fan Shang didn't want to answer this obviously question, if he was friends with Mu Silin, it would be good to say, the key is that the two of them looked at each other in the team before, Mu Slin also suppressed Fan Shang, then Fan Shang must not be able to compliment this guy, and now it is inappropriate to belittle him, so he simply kicked the ball to the reporter again.

This time, it is estimated that the reporter friend is a reporter, and after so many years of interviewing, it is the first time that someone else asks a question, and he was stunned on the spot. Then his face turned a little red, "Mr. Fan Shang, I'll ask you another question." ”

"Your answer is what I want to say" Fan Shang didn't remember what Lens did well this year, I guess it was a flash in the pan "Okay, we can move on to it, I remember that Mr. Mousslin always has some situations when playing against strong teams, you can take a closer look at the next match." After saying that, Fan Shang turned around and flashed into the door of the club.

"Come on, Monaco, you must give your strength in the next round, and win Lens," Fan Shang thought as he walked.

Bordeaux's next opponent in the round is a team from Corsica, Bastia. There are two teams on Corsica, one Bastia and one Ajaccio, and the two teams are proper lifts, Ligue 1 in-depth tours, Ligue 2 day trips, Ligue 1 day trips, and Ligue 2 in-depth tours, which have always been converted to each other. Corsica is a bit like an overseas island to mainland France, and Vincent knows little about Corsica other than Napoleon.

Of course, after being promoted from Ligue 2 in recent years, the performance is not bad, although there are no stars, but the victory is in the balance of attack and defense, and the strength of the players is average. Their head coach Antonetti is also the coach who brought the team from Ligue 2 and has a solid control of the team, with two wins and two draws in the first four rounds.

In fact, does Fan Shang like to play this kind of team with a balanced offense and defense, it is better to play than a team that plays the bus. As long as you have an attack, then I can fight your counterattack here.

Vincent had a number of substitutes on the bench for the game as he travelled to Valencia in midweek to play in the UEFA Cup.

Vincent sent Papin and Gernay in this game, hiding Wiltord and Shevchenko, and the central defenders also had some changes, putting the love Distin in the starting lineup, and the back was changed, and Vincent's henchman Sanunno partnered with the veteran Kausi to appear in the back.

This game almost followed the script prepared by Fan Shang, defense + counterattack, Bastia came up to attack, and under the dispatch and command of Chilavert, the back line steadily blocked Bastia's attack. Turning his head, Bordeaux seized the opportunity, in the 23rd and 37th minutes, by Papin and Sanunno in a row, especially Sanuno, after Fan Shang added his potential to him several times in a row, he has reached his limit, and he can make do with Nedved, and his ability has also improved rapidly, has improved from the reserve level to the average level of Ligue 1, if he is strengthening his running ability, Fan Shang will put him in the main lineup.

Sanuno's goal also set a record for the youngest player to score in Bordeaux's history, at the age of 16 years and six months.

In the second half, Vincent made several substitutions, with Pire, Lizarazu and Nedved all coming off early, and finally before the end, Bordeaux was awarded a penalty opportunity, and Chilavert became Bordeaux's first goalkeeper.

Bordeaux won 3-0 at home to Bastia, and although it was an unremarkable game, it was a rare achievement to set two all-time records.

What followed was a fierce battle, Valencia was actually very close to Bordeaux, and it was a two- or three-hour drive away, except that the words spoken became Spanish, and the rest was actually similar to Bordeaux. So there is no such thing as not adapting to the climate and the problem.

This away game against Valencia was definitely extremely difficult, not to mention the stars on the field, the one sitting in the dugout, who was not a good person to work with.

Valencia's current manager is Aragonés, the founder of the Spanish dynasty. Tiki-taka tactics are his best theories, mainly through delicate techniques to use the ball to overcome the rigid tactics. Valencia fit that tactic perfectly, and last season under Aragonés, Valencia finished second in the league, beating Real Madrid and Barcelona. Although Mijatovic is gone this season, the structure of the midfield is still there, and the overall strength is still there.

Vincent and several assistants studied various Valencia footage for two nights in a row, obviously traditional Spanish tactics, flying on both wings and penetrating with short passes, relying on control to master the game. Bordeaux is not afraid of passivity now, since Vincent coached, unless it is really a big advantage, it is the same as Italy, defending at half time, waiting for opportunities to counterattack. In the final of the League Cup with Bayern last year, the possession ratio was almost 2:8. Two days later, Fan Shang made a decision directly, and the two days were wasted, and in the end, he was still the same as before, and he stuck to it!

On the day of the game, Fan Shangcai announced the starting lineup, the goalkeeper back line remained unchanged, the midfielder was originally responsible for counterattacking Pire, and directly put three people in the back, Dacourt, Dudielle, Lucas, Dacourt controlled the rhythm a little, the other two are interception, forcing and fouling, the reason why Fan Shang did not sell the three old backs Dudière, Lucas and Cowcy in the summer, one is that there is no suitable person, and the other is that the professionalism of the three people is really exemplary, Fan Shang's requirements are directly followed, do not chatter, Let the shovel man shovel the man, let the foul foul, and the main substitute doesn't care. Nedved was placed in the midfield, and the position was more free, and what Vincent meant was, as long as you can play a role, I don't care where you go, you run around on the field. The strikers are Wiltord and Shevchenko, who are young and impactful and more capable of creating a threat on the counter-attack.

Fan Shang specially instructed the players before the game to guard against death, and would rather not be able to counterattack than concede the ball.

Valencia's starting lineup, the goalkeeper is the Spanish international Subisareta, the four people in the back line are Garcia (the Spaniards are all called Garcia), Otero, Ferreira, Romero, midfielder Ngonga, the remaining three Menjeta, Moya, Calpin, forwards Lopes, Vlaovic.

Contrary to Vincent, Vincent has 31 positions in the midfield, while Valencia has 13 positions, which is obviously to take the lead at home.

After the opening, this was also verified, Bordeaux directly set up a bus in front of the penalty area in accordance with Fan Shang's intentions, Valencia is constantly walking on both sides, Menjetta, Moya, continuous bottoming, but almost all of the bottoms of the two are looking for the middle high, but where does Valencia come from, Lopes and Croatian striker Vlaovic are not strong centers, the first drop point is almost all grabbed by Song, the second drop point Bordeaux does not give up, to whose area will go to desperately grab, Fortunately, the Bordeaux players are physically stronger than the technical Valencia players, and they protect the second landing point very well. Fan Shang actually instructed the two fullbacks before the game that the defense should stick to the attacking players, and would rather let them cross than let them cut inside.