Chapter 122: Facing the Mighty Force

To Vincent's delight, Nantes faced a shortage of major generals, especially Claude Makelele, who was suspended for the game against Bordeaux due to the accumulation of yellow cards. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Vincent fielded the same starting line-up for this game as against Slavia Prague in the previous game, continuing to use Sanuno. The absence of Makelele has given Vincent an opportunity in attack.

Nantes has a 352 lineup, goalkeeper Londero, De Cox, Pinior in the back line, the midfield five are Darocha, Ferry, Gurvinik, Leroux, Carotti, the forwards are two Africans, Tunisian number one Salimi and Chad's first star Ndoram. This set of lineups whose names don't sound shiny is definitely a strength facelift in the current Ligue 1. Nantes' head coach is a veteran coach, Suado, who led Nantes to the league championship the year before last, and he also led the team to the top spot in Ligue 1 in 82-83.

This kind of three-back formation is actually rare in France, and Ligue 1 teams are generally based on the traditional 442, but the midfield position is slightly more flexible, which of course has a certain relationship with their national team.

Nantes weren't actually the norm today, with Claude Makelle suspended, and Suado thought he should tighten his control of the midfield against Bordeaux, so he removed a defender and added a midfielder. However, fortunately, Nantes's defensive function is still relatively comprehensive, coupled with Suado's research on Bordeaux, he thinks that the back three is already very sufficient.

After looking at Nantes' starting lineup, Fan Shang's face was not very good-looking, which was obviously a contempt for Bordeaux's attacking power. But on second thought, isn't this a good opportunity? But how do you grasp it?

After the opening, Nantes' main energy was to control the midfield, and Bordeaux didn't even have the intention of fighting, so they just let it go. Nantes began to play through the midfield, looking for opportunities. Bordeaux will not run with the ball like Slavia Prague in the last game, and this time Bordeaux complemented each other and assisted the defense, and did not want to give Nantes a chance at all.

Vincent didn't look much at his back, but kept an eye on Nantes' three defenders, two of whom were jack-of-all-trades, with only De Cox being a regular centre-back, and the other two usually playing full-backs.

"Well, I found it, the flaw should be here" Fan Shang firmly believes that these three people are the targets he focuses on today, but he has not yet found out what method Fan Shang used.

Nantes patiently searched for gaps in Bordeaux's defence, and Bordeaux waited for Nantes to attack them. The two teams are like a tiger and a hedgehog facing off, the tiger is waiting for the hedgehog to let go, and the hedgehog is waiting for the tiger to rush over and defend and counterattack with its own most powerful thorn.

Nantes' back three can be said to have nothing to do on the pitch, standing near midfield and watching their team-mates attack. Bordeaux's most advanced player, Shevchenko, is actually in a similar position to these three, with Papin behind him. Fan Shang observed carefully for a while, and found something new, but he still needed to verify it.

Vincent walked past Le Maire and spoke to another assistant coach, Rohr, who then got up and went to the sidelines to take command. Fan Shang really doesn't dare to go to the sidelines to command casually now, it is easy for people to misunderstand, especially in the current anxious situation. After Luo Er came back, he gave Fan Shang a nod gesture, and Fan Shang smiled evilly, and his eyes continued to be on the field.

In fact, most of the time, Bordeaux's counterattacks come from short passes, direct passes or dribbling and cooperation of one or two people, and rarely go to the back court to directly pass the half. However, after Rohr sat down, Bordeaux changed in the counterattack, and after several consecutive backfield players broke the ball or dead the ball, they directly made long passes to find Pire and Nedved who were running forward at high speed, although the two did not pose any substantial threat to Nantes, but the two of Nantes' three defenders on the side began to consciously lean to both sides to help defend the attack of the two wings of Bordeaux.

After each counterattack, Fan Shang would give a thumbs up to the players on the field, especially for the moth-like sprint that Fan Shang arranged for them, he needed a little praise. But most of his attention was not on either side, and in these few counterattacks from both sides, he saw what he wanted.

After a couple of unsuccessful strikes from Piret and Nedved, the first half was already more than 40 minutes away, and with only about five minutes left in stoppage time, Vincent felt it was time. He stood up, first stretched, then walked to the sidelines, clasped his arms and waited for the chance of the dead ball. It's impossible for him to let go of this opportunity to show his ability, and he wants to continue to be one of the gods in the eyes of the fans.

Sure enough, Vincent didn't have long on the sidelines before Bordeaux broke the ball off the touchline in defence. And this time, the player closest to Fan Shang took the initiative to come to Fan Shang, instead of him calling the player. It was Pa Pan who ran over, Fan Shang was still habitually pulling his arm, and the other hand was constantly changing his posture, and his mouth was quickly instilling his own thoughts into Pa Pan.

At this time, in the away team's fan area behind the goal, some fans who came to the away team with the team had begun to uncontrollably excited, although the voice was not loud, but Fan Shang still heard it.

Papan ran back to the field and conveyed the coach's meaning to his teammates, and Fan Shang silently prayed in his heart, "You must continue to pretend to be successful!" ”

An attack by Nantes, Chadian Ndolam shot was confiscated by Chilavert, and then Chilavert's eyes swept the front, and he drove forward with his big foot, this time the ball went in the middle and flew far, probably almost to the middle circle of the opponent's half and the middle of the penalty area. There was no one in that place now, the three closest players were Londello, the goalkeeper in the Nantes penalty area, and Shevchenko and De Cox, who were chasing the ball from the center circle.

Londello didn't attack this time, he stayed near the small penalty area, which is also his usual style, steady and calm, mainly relying on super reaction speed, this guy is still a good player to save penalties. Without Lendelo, the only people left to fight for a spot are Shevchenko and De Cox, who are now the only full-back in Nantes, and his height of 185 not only gives him an aerial advantage, but also limits his physical agility and reflexes. This weakness of his was noticed by Fan Shang when he observed the situation on the field before.

Fan found that the central defender's pace was obviously half a beat slower than Shevchenko's when Shevchenko retreated several times, but in order to test DeCox's speed, Fan Chen let the team feint on both sides and let Shevchenko run with DeCox. Sure enough, DeCox, as Fan Shang expected, was not Shevchenko's opponent in terms of speed at all, and Fan Shang made the final decision this time to fight behind the middle.

Besides, on the field at this time, the race between Shevchenko and DeCox ended in a few steps, and in a limited distance of more than ten meters, Shevchenko got the ball with a half-step lead, continued to accelerate, successfully threw off Decox, and ushered in a golden opportunity for a single goal. During this period, Shevchenko also successfully dodged Decox's push behind his back, which is also a skill that Shevchenko has only recently developed, because in the first few games he was fouled when he got several good chances to score, either creating penalties or creating red and yellow cards, the young Shevchenko was very embarrassed, he has been studying hard in recent weeks, and has begun to try to avoid these things, and today he relied on a change of direction to avoid the foul.

At this moment, Fan Shangxin on the sidelines had already raised his throat, and he was waiting for the moment when the goal was scored. If Fan Shang is the most nervous person off the field, not to mention Shevchenko and Landelo on the field, the two people who attack and defend slowly approach. Shevchenko's slight change of direction to avoid fouls at high speed shifted Rondelo's center of gravity slightly, but he relied on his quick reflexes to pull it back. But in this slight adjustment, Shevchenko saw an opportunity, and at the moment when Londelo swayed, he kicked the ball in the direction of where Londero's center of gravity had just been biased, and at this time, Rondello, who had just stood firm, had no chance to save again, and could only watch the ball fly past his right side and fall into the bottom of the net.

1:0 Bordeaux played the entire first half and then the first shot in the woodwork changed the scoreline.

When he saw the ball go into the net, Fan Shang raised his arms high, feeling more excited than he was to kick it in again. Shevchenko roared to the sky after scoring a goal, and this time he finally escaped the fate of being fouled in a row in the league.

Just as Vincent was excitedly turning to celebrate with the coaching staff and the players on the bench, he suddenly felt a mountain on his back, and then the weight continued to increase, and he was crushed to the ground, struggling with the bottom layer of weakness.

After Fan Shang was asked out of the stacked players by the assistant coaches, the players dispersed in a hurry, ended the celebration, and continued the game. Only Fan Shang's down-and-out figure was left, and he didn't even catch an accomplice, let alone the culprit.

Fan Shang silently sorted out his clothes and walked back to the locker room first after halftime, waiting for this group of meritorious heroes.

"Who was there just now, hurry up and stand up!" After Fan Shang saw that the players were all done, he said with a gloomy face, "Don't say it? I'll count to three, and if no one admits it then you wait. ”

“1…… 2…… 3…… Very well, don't blame me for that. After Fan Shang counted down three times, he smiled coldly.