Chapter 256: A Critical Moment

What I just said is not the point, in fact, the most important thing is that the victory or defeat of Bordeaux in this game is related to whether they can win the Ligue 1 championship again in advance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bordeaux now have 70 points, while the current second place is Metz, with 53 points, and the difference between the two sides is 18 points. With six rounds left in the league, if Metz wins all and Bordeaux loses, then Metz still has the possibility of overtaking Bordeaux in theory, but as long as Bordeaux can get one point in this match with Nantes, it will lock up the top spot in the league and keep the championship trophy in Bordeaux.

For this kind of thing, Fan Shang does not need to mobilize in the team, the players already know what they need to do in the next game, so the atmosphere on the training ground in the past few days is more serious, although Nantes is now ranked only 11th in Ligue 1, but Bordeaux attaches great importance to it both tactically and strategically.

Nantes also understood their role before this game, and they now want to prevent Bordeaux from celebrating on their own turf, if Bordeaux win at Nantes' home stadium, how can Nantes, the former Ligue 1 champion, be embarrassed.

So, while Bordeaux was actively preparing for the game, Nantes did not relax either, they were even more serious than Bordeaux, and they were all training behind closed doors in the first three days of the game.

Nantes really did their best for this game.

In the players' tunnel before the game, the atmosphere between the two teams was like the final of a major tournament, although there were many familiar with each other, but they really didn't say a word to each other.

Especially Claude Makelele, the former Nantes captain, like the rest of the players, stood there with his mouth closed and serious, not even looking at his former teammates around him.

Fan Shang was also taken aback by this solemn atmosphere, and he now regrets that he put so much pressure on the players for this game.

After all, they have six chances, and with one point in six games, Bordeaux will be able to reach the top. You really don't need to care so much about this one, it's better to find a game at home to fight for a point and then celebrate directly at home.

Before this game, the Football Association also contacted Bordeaux, regardless of the victory or defeat of Bordeaux, after the game, the Football Association will not directly award Bordeaux with the league championship trophy, if the championship is won, the Football Association will find a Bordeaux home game in the following game for the award ceremony. If you don't win the championship in advance, you can only take one step at a time.

Nantes from the beginning of the season, until the winter break, is a state of outflow, in the summer of Chad stars Ndolam and Pinior left Nantes to join Monaco, during the winter break, Tunisian international Selimi and Swiss player Giaranza also left the club successively, if you add to last year's winter break by Vincent poached to Bordeaux Makelele, now Nantes has lost most of the main squad when they won the championship that year.

And they have brought in little-known players, such as a Cameroonian striker named Suko who bought from Barcelona II, which looks quite big and gives a lot of opportunities, but so far, he has played 20 games and only scored 3 goals. The other signings, except for one named Levi, can still play, and the rest are almost all the kind that can't even be on the bench.

Their starting lineup is goalkeeper Landelo, four defenders, Levi, De Cox, Xanare, Guyan, midfield five, Darocha, Lehu, Savino, Ferré, Govenec, and the single striker is the aforementioned Suko.

Fan Shang was also puzzled, just this striker Sukonant used him as a Husky, but there was an Owen next to Husky, and Nantes actually used this kind of coolie forward as a single arrow, which was really too many goals.

Nantes' top scorer so far in the league has been their midfielder Gavennech, who has scored eight goals so far, the most of any Ligue 1 midfielder so far.

And Nantes' overall goalscoring ability is also really average, so far, Nantes has only scored a total of 27 goals, Ligue 1 is now 29 rounds, an average of a game can not score a goal, the league has scored fewer goals than them are in the relegation zone.

Bordeaux scored more goals than them with just three strikers, Shevchenko scored eight, Wiltord scored 10, and now Bordeaux's top scorer and Ligue 1's top scorer so far Papin has scored 15 goals.

So after watching Nantes's starting lineup, although Fan Shang is still very serious on the face, he has let go of a lot in his heart, and a striker who can't score has created many prerequisites for Bordeaux to get at least one point.

As long as Govinac, who plays a central role in their attack and defence, is locked, Nantes could play awkwardly.

Bordeaux's lineup doesn't need to be mentioned, it's a very regular 442, and the players are not injured, that is, those players. 、

After the start of the game, Nantes showed a lot of enthusiasm, and the distance and speed of the attack and defense were clearly above what Vincent knew. Nantes, who is united in this game, can't be underestimated!

In the 3rd minute, Suko took the ball and gave the ball to Govenic, who shot directly at the goal without looking at 15 meters outside the penalty area, although the ball was a little high, but Bordeaux still suffered under Nantes' desperate run.

In such an important game today, Fan Shang must remind the players on the field in time that after this ball, Fan Shang stood on the sidelines early, and made a downward motion with both hands, asking the players to slow down the speed and not run with Nantes, except for Makelele.

Fan Shang asked the former captain of Nantes today to target his former teammate Gauvinac, who was originally the central axis of Nantes' attack and defense, and now the two still have a certain point of view.

Makelle was really careless about the ball just now, but he didn't expect Nantes to start fighting hard from the first minute. From the fourth minute, Makelle followed Gowinic, although it is not inseparable, but as soon as Govenic crosses the half, Makelele's eyes will follow and his body will move.

Govenic also saw his predecessor (Govenec is now the captain of Nantes), today is to fight with himself, with his understanding of Makelele, today he is afraid that he is more than lucky, "Take advantage of the opening physical strength to fight, if Claude has not yet entered the game, I still have a chance." Govineci cheered himself up in his heart.