Chapter 264: A Simple Ritual
The semi-finals of these two cup competitions went relatively smoothly, and Bordeaux finally made it to the finals of the two domestic cups. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Both finals will take place in mid-to-late April, with Bordeaux facing old rivals Paris Saint-Germain in the Carabao Cup final at the Stade de France, the venue for this year's World Cup final.
The French Cup final was no stranger to opponents, and Le Maire's team also made it all the way to the final, also at the Stade de France, a week apart.
Fan Shangyou flipped through the league schedule, "I'll wipe it!" Fan Shang couldn't help but cry out after reading it.
"It can't be a coincidence," the league between the two games coincided with Bordeaux's away game against Paris Saint-Germain, so Bordeaux will be in Paris for a while, as was the case last year, the league and cup competitions were crowded together, Bordeaux stayed in Paris for two weeks, and this year it seems to be the case again.
I looked at the game time of the Champions Cup again, fortunately, both games were in early April, but this April eight consecutive games, it is a great test for Bordeaux, fortunately, in the French league, Bordeaux no longer have to be distracted, you can pull out the reserves, anyway, the championship has been won.
Sure enough, in the next league home match against Toulouse, Vincent lined up a combination of the first team and the reserves.
In fact, Bordeaux still has a task after winning the championship in advance, that is, Vincent hopes that Papin can defend the Golden Boot of Ligue 1, but Papin has not had a good chance to play several times in the recent league, and now his goal count is still stuck at 15, behind him Monaco's Trezeguet and Auxerre's Laslande have slowly approached, one of the two scored 14 goals, one scored 13 goals, ranking 2nd and 3rd in the scorer list.
Last year's Silver Boot Givash has been stuck at nine goals this year due to psychological problems, and then he has never been able to find a shooting boot again.
In this match with Toulouse, Vincent made it clear before the game that the goal today is nothing else, which is to pass the ball to Papin and let him score, and nothing else.
In the game, Papin was also quite tough, with an overhead kick to complete a hat-trick. However, Bordeaux's defense was too lax today, allowing Toulouse to score three goals, becoming the most goals conceded by Bordeaux this season.
After the match with Toulouse, the award of the Ligue 1 champion, although this championship made Bordeaux very excited, but in Vincent's mention, it was only the award, there was no celebration, after all, there are important games ahead, and it is not appropriate to have a large celebration now.
Mayor Alain Jupe, who was supposed to give the city a holiday, listened to the club this time and put the city-wide celebration until the end of the season.
The award was very simple, and everyone accepted the president of the Football Association, Claude Lee. Simonette's blessing, hung up the gold medal, and then once again lifted the Ligue 1 trophy with Lizarazu.
This time it was really bland, even Claude. Simonette felt that Bordeaux did not attach importance to the Ligue 1 league, and Fan Shang saw that the chairman's face was not very good.
'Mr. Simonette, we have two cup finals and Champions Cup matches ahead of us, so in order to perform well in these competitions, especially the European Cup, it was my decision not to have a celebration now, not to let the players' nerves relax a little bit, the strings in their heads must be tightened. Fan Shang leaned over to Simonette and explained.
At this time, Simonette's face softened a lot, "You have performed very well in the European arena this year, keep up the good work, if there is any problem, call me, our football association will give you some green lights." ”
Fan Shang was a little flattered, he really didn't expect that there would be such a good thing, and Fan Shang hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
The award ended hastily after the players took a few photos with the trophy in hand.
This point is nothing for Bordeaux, but it is a very valuable point for Toulouse, and they used this one-point advantage to squeeze Guingamp into the relegation circle, temporarily out of the sea of misery, and at the same time hold the initiative of relegation in their own hands.
The former Bordeaux coach of Toulouse, Giless, also understood that Bordeaux was really out of water today, and after the game, he invited Vincent and a few teammates from the coaching staff who had worked with him at the hotel he often went to as a player.
During the meal, Fan Shang heard a shocking news, and at the same time, Fan Shang saw a business opportunity from this news.
What news will shock Vincent? It is Girese who is negotiating with Paris Saint-Germain, and if nothing else, the manager of Paris Saint-Germain next season should be the gentleman in front of him.
Then Luo Teng is easy to say, when Fan Shang heard Gireser say that he was going to Paris Saint-Germain as a head coach, the first thing was to think about how to sell Luo Teng.
'Alain, if we beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Carabao Cup final, you wouldn't have any opinion, would you?' Fan Shang asked half-jokingly.
"I still have to be happy, so that next year's requirements for me will be much lower, if I win the League Cup, then if I can't win the championship next year, I guess I will leave the year after." Gireser said dismissively.
Fan Shang's eyes widened, but it was right to think about it, Girese's idea was actually the most professional, taking over a team with good strength but relatively poor results for the time being, it was much less pressure than going directly to a championship team, and his hair could lose a lot.
Then Fan Shang asked if Girese had heard of Roten, and hoped that he could be there in the League Cup final, one is to see Paris Saint-Germain, and the other is to inspect Roten.
Giresse thought about it and felt he had no reason to refuse, but he said he would be watching the game through PSG's top brass rather than sitting in the Bordeaux seats.
This Fan Shangcai doesn't care, as long as he can watch Luo Teng's performance, Fan Shang's goal will be achieved.
When Vincent was about to find a coach to know Roten's excellence, Vincent found that Bordeaux did not have this kind of talent, several assistant coaches, Rohr belonged to the overall situation to provide advice to Vincent, and the missing ones, Battistone was mainly defensive, Zeng Jia was also defensive training, and Alofs was in charge of the strikers.
In terms of technical training, to be honest, Bordeaux has fallen behind, and it has been able to get to this point, basically relying on defense, and the offensive players are very efficient in counterattacking.