Chapter 012: Mace
Liu Ting sat on the bench for the first time in an official game, and his bored appearance soon attracted the attention of the TV director.
France has TV 4 and TV 5 are sports TV stations, the four are mainly comprehensive sports TV stations, such as tennis, racing, basketball, etc., which are concerned in Europe, and various large-scale sports events such as the Olympic Games and the European Games will also be broadcast live, and the important matches of European football will also be broadcast live.
TV Channel 5 is the live broadcast of key football.
The match was broadcast live on France Télévisions 5 and the football aspect is mainly important matches in Ligue 1 and other European leagues, as well as important matches in Europe.
There is really nothing to explain in this game, Saint-Etienne is only defense-oriented at home, and he almost has to put a bus in front of the goal, Bordeaux has been changing formations since Blanco came to power, and the final formation has not been determined, so the cooperation between Bordeaux players is not skilled enough, and it is difficult to break through the opponent's goal.
The live commentators of France Télévisions 5 are Adrien Baptiste and his partner César Joseph, who are the gold medal partners of France Télévision's football commentary.
"Oh, look at the Bordeaux bench, when the camera just skimmed, I seemed to see a Hollywood star." Adrian Baptiste, who always likes to be surprised, exclaimed, and the camera returned to the Bordeaux bench very cooperatively, "You see, there is a mixed-race face on the Bordeaux bench, just now I thought it was Hollywood star Keanu Reeves." ”
"Okay, you should see your ophthalmologist, that apparently a substitute in a Bordeaux jersey, obviously an East Asian face, maybe a little mixed-race, I wonder when Bordeaux signed an Asian player? Or is it Asian? César Joseph, who always seemed calm, retorted.
"Can't Reeves be a Bordeaux fan? What about him wearing a Bordeaux shirt to support Bordeaux live? And you see that kid's face is really like Reeves, he obviously chose the wrong profession, and being a star is his way out, so it's not good to sit on the bench like this. Baptiste immediately retorted.
"It's just that the face shape is a bit similar, and becoming a big star won't be less famous than Keanu Reeves." Joseph was always at odds with Baptiste.
"It's so hard to talk to an old antique because he hasn't seen a movie at all, and he doesn't even know about classics like 'The Matrix,' let alone which movie stars are famous."
"Okay, Adrian, you should focus on the game of commentary, not looking for the player who looks like a star."
"It's a boring game, one team wants to attack but has a terrible attack, the other team doesn't want to attack and the defense is good, okay, I'm done."
The two of them sang and harmonized, which added some fun to the fans in the boring game.
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The game ended 0:0, Liu Ting still didn't get the chance to play in the end, coach Blanco still doesn't seem to believe in his strength, the second half substitution is replaced by Chamak, Liu Ting's only good thing is that French fans began to recognize him as a person, even Bordeaux fans didn't know Liu Ting's number before.
In the fifth round of Ligue 1, Liu Ting sat down again, Bordeaux played against Lorient at home, Bordeaux was scored by Wendel in the first half, and then Lorient equalized in the first half, and the second half was unable to attack for a long time, Blanco has called Liu Ting and Chamak to warm up, and when he planned to change people if he couldn't score, Wendel scored twice to help Bordeaux lead again, at this time the game had been 75 minutes, Blanco hesitated again, he considered whether to change the defensive player on the field, and kept the score of 2:1 to the end.
Blanco finally replaced striker Viera with midfielder Miku, wanting to strengthen the midfield control and keep the score until the end, but unfortunately it fell short, Lorient equalized in the 90th minute, and Blanco just wanted to change people to attack and had no time.
After the opening two consecutive wins, Bordeaux has three rounds of no wins, after five rounds of Ligue 1, Bordeaux 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss and 8 points, ranked 7th in Ligue 1, but because of the Champions League one less round of Lyon has 6 points, if Lyon wins the supplement, it will squeeze Bordeaux to the 8th position, this result is obviously not good, the French media began to doubt Blanco's coaching ability, after all, Blanco is the first time to coach Bordeaux, a Ligue 1 powerhouse.
"French Football" reported: "After five rounds of Ligue 1, Bordeaux's 2 wins and 2 draws are not too bad, but they are obviously not ideal, the first team that Laurent Blanco officially coached after retiring is a strong team like Bordeaux, which is not necessarily a good thing for him, and now 5 rounds of league games have passed, plus 6 warm-up games before the season, Blanco has not yet determined his main starting lineup, although there are reasons why the main striker Cavinaghi is absent due to injury, But Blanco's coaching ability is really up for debate. ”
The sixth round of Ligue 1 is coming, and Bordeaux has to cross France to challenge Metz in the northeast, Metz is a weak team and has never won the Ligue 1 championship.
Blanco fielded a 433 formation in this game and wanted to get a win away from home. Although Blanco is a low-key head coach, he doesn't like to speak out in front of the media, and is more like an academy coach.
In Liu Ting's impression, Blanco's management of the locker room is also very average, unlike another French young marshal Deschamps, who is iron-blooded and resolute, and if there is a master who dares to stab, Deschamps dares to kick people, regardless of whether you are called Ribery or Benzema.
Blanco is not an iron-blooded coach, but the fundamentals of coaching are still very good, this one he knows that he needs a win to end the three-round winless streak, and Mace is a soft persimmon again, so he naturally attacks boldly.
The front three ended up with Blanco bringing on Bellion, Chamak and Obertan, with Liu Ting once again on the bench.
Metz who plays at home is also very satisfied, and their wish is to get points at home, regardless of three points or one point, so Metz used relatively large actions to defend at the beginning, and then talk about winning after the tie.
Bordeaux really didn't have a good solution, under the tenacious struggle of Metz, Bordeaux's frontcourt players made frequent mistakes and couldn't find good offensive opportunities, but Obertan was fouled by the opposing defender in the 34th minute of the first half and got angry and pushed the opponent to eat a yellow card.
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"It looks like Bordeaux are likely to come to terms with a four-game winless streak, with Metz defendingly fierce at home and Bordeaux having no clue and not looking like there's much to be done unless manager Blanco can make effective adjustments." Adrian Baptiste, who was commentating on the match on TV 5, spoke about the game.
The Bordeaux fans who stayed in Bordeaux to watch TV were so angry that this bastard commentator always likes to play tricks, but he is not talking nonsense a lot of the time, and the current situation on the field is really not good for Bordeaux.
At this time, it was the 70th minute of the game, the score was still 0:0, how long did Bol not attack, but Metz began to look for opportunities to counterattack, and Bordeaux may suffer a defeat away from home.
Blanco on the sidelines naturally saw the situation on the field, very anxious, this game is to win in order to close the mouth of those media, if you draw or even lose, there will definitely be countless media who will start to attack him, who calls him a young and ambitious young marshal, always get attention, and will always be easy to criticize.
"Let's, tell Liu to warm up." Blanco finally made a decision.
"You should have believed that Chinese kid, he will never let you down." Assistant coach Jean Gassett seemed to be comforting Blanco and optimistic about Liu Ting, and then turned to the bench and shouted: "Liu, go warm up, it's your turn." ”
"Oh, Blanco is going to make adjustments, he just called that Chinese kid to warm up, it seems that he is going to replace him, this kid is called Liu Ting, a Monegasque Chinese, born in the Barcelona academy, it is said that he failed to get a professional contract in Barcelona, signed by Blanco this summer." Liu Ting listened to the assistant coach explain his tasks and adjustments to the team after he came on the field, while Baptiste was giving him a free introduction, as a dutiful commentator, after Liu Ting appeared on the bench last time, Baptiste collected Liu Ting's information.
Finally, in the 78th minute of the game, the ball finally died on the field, and Liu Ting came on the field to replace Obertan.
Liu Ting clapped his hands with Obertan, who had a sad face, jogged on the field, and first told his teammates about the coach's arrangement.