Soon the draw results came out, Bordeaux's quarter-final opponent was Zenit St. Petersburg of the Russian Premier League, and Bayern Munich and Getafe were in the semi-finals of Bordeaux, which means that the winner of Bordeaux and Zenit St. Petersburg was the winner of Bayern Munich and Getafe in the semi-finals. The other half is PSV Eindhoven v Fiorentina and Sporting Lisbon v Rangers.

This result makes the old Jacques a little bit I don't know whether to be happy or sad, the quarterfinals opponent is the Russian team Zenit St. Petersburg, which is a very good opponent to solve, but after Zenit, it is likely to be Bayern Munich, which is definitely a giant for Bordeaux, even Bordeaux supporters like Jacques old do not think that Bordeaux can fight Bayern, 12 years ago Bordeaux reached the Europa League final was a 1:5 defeat to Bayern.

Liu Ting was thinking on the side, how unlucky is Bordeaux? Is Zenit St. Petersburg easy to deal with? Liu Ting's memory of this year's Europa League champion is Zenit St. Petersburg, the Russian team even slaughtered Bayern 4:0 at home in the semifinals, which shocked Europe at the time, and now the quarterfinals are drawn to Zenit, even if you have to meet Bayern after the semifinals of Zenit, Zenit can slaughter Bayern for various reasons, Bordeaux may not be able to pass. It would be nice to draw to the other half, where the team is much weaker.

When Blanco came back from Nyon, he saw a few newspapers on his desk, the first one was the article "Bordeaux is the pride of French football" from "Bordeaux Sports", Blanco just looked at it casually and threw it aside, and the others were also some touting Bordeaux, Blanco even saw that Lyon's newspapers were helping Bordeaux to tout, Blanco knew that it was Lyon who wanted him to continue to fight on two fronts, so that Lyon would have more chances to reverse Bordeaux.

Blanco read the newspaper and knew that it was given to him by assistant coach Gasset, who always likes to find some newspapers related to the team to show him.

"Jean, what do you think of the outcome of our lottery?" Blanco asked Assistant Coach Gassett.

"I think ......" Gassett had just begun to speak, when a knock on the door interrupted him.

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Liu Ting watched the draw results and planned to talk to head coach Blanco.

When I entered the coach's room, I saw that assistant coach Gassett was also there.

"Liu, what's the matter with you?" Gassett asked first.

"Coach, I'm here to tell you what I think of the results of this draw."

Blanco didn't expect Liu Ting to take the initiative to come to him and say this, so he said, "Tell me what you think." ”

Liu Ting said: "I don't think our signing is good, even the current quarterfinals opponent is not easy to deal with, I know that after the results of the Europa League quarterfinals, the mass media gave the championship rankings, Zenit St. Petersburg is only ranked second-to-last, everyone thinks that the Russian team is not strong, just relying on home advantage to advance round by round, but we can't look down on this opponent, their star Andrei Arshavin is actually very strong, he is fully effective in the strength of the giants." ”

In the Europa League championship ranking given by the mass media, Bayern is unsurprisingly ranked first, the second is Fiorentina, Bordeaux is ranked third, Zenit St. Petersburg is ranked seventh, only higher than the Portuguese team Sporting Lisbon, Zenit barely qualified in the group of the Europa League group stage, and after entering the knockout round, Zenit's promotion path is to beat the yellow submarine Villarreal of La Liga 1:0 at home in the round of 32, lose 1:2 away, rely on away goals to advance, and the round of 16 is also away 1: 3 lost to Marseille in Ligue 1, returned to the home court to defeat Marseille 2:0 or rely on away goals to advance thrillingly, even in the group stage Zenit is the third in the group and barely qualified for the knockout round, which is also the reason why most people are not optimistic about Zenit, Zenit Europa League only defeated the Greek team Larissa away in the group stage, and all the other away games lost, such a team that lost away and relied on the home team to turn the tables is indeed difficult to convince.

But no one thought that this team would beat Bayern 4:0 at home after reaching the semifinals, of course, now Liu Ting's qualifier does not know if Zenit still has such a chance.

Blanco said: "Then according to what you mean, we may not be able to pass this hurdle of Zenit, so don't we just give up concentrating on the domestic league in advance?" ”

Liu Ting immediately said: "Of course not, I mean we still have to fight on two fronts, but we can't underestimate Zenit, especially when we go to Russia away, it's absolutely difficult to play, where it's cold and snowy, we have to win enough in the first leg, and we have to be careful when we get away, otherwise Marseille is a lesson for us, winning 3:1 at home is already a big advantage, and it was accidentally overturned when it came to the away game." ”

"Okay, I know what you mean."

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On the second day of the draw, there was a lot of analysis of Bordeaux's Europa League prospects, most of them believed that it was not difficult for Bordeaux to advance to the semi-finals, mainly because it was difficult to pass Bayern after the semi-finals, and some even said that Bordeaux should give up the Europa League directly now, the Europa League is not like the Champions League Each round can have a large bonus share, according to the Europa League and the Champions League bonus share, Bordeaux even if it wins the championship is not only the Champions League round of 16 Lyondo. Anyway, the possibility of Bordeaux winning the championship is very small, and giving up concentrating on playing in the league to ensure the championship is the right way. Some media are advocating that Bordeaux continue to forge ahead and help Ligue 1 strive for European points, although the current Europa League is less than the prize money for each round of promotion, but the European points obtained are not less than the Champions League, although the French League is one of the five major leagues, but the Portuguese Super League and the Russian Premier League have caught up with the European points, and there is a danger of being surpassed at any time.

No matter what anyone says, the game has to go on.

On March 16, Bordeaux's home game against Strasbourg arrived. Bordeaux's promotion to the quarter-finals of the Europa League was reported by the media, and whether it was ulterior or not, the fans were delighted, and the Bordeaux team received huge cheers when they played.

Strasbourg has been hovering around the European line for a long time in the first half of the season, that is, 6th and 7th positions, but now the situation is bad and it has fallen to 15th, and it is not easy to be relegated, which is also common among promoted horses, and at the beginning of the season, everyone is not familiar with him, and after everyone is familiar with it, it will not work, such a team has not caused any trouble at Bordeaux's home stadium.

"Strasbourg doesn't have the same start-up of the season as they did at the start of the season, they were the best of the three promoted teams, but now they don't know if they will be relegated."

"Let's take a look at the ball, Bordeaux's attack advanced to the front, Diarra passed the ball to Cavinaghgi, Cavinaghi crossed to Liu, Liu flexibly denied Pasley and shot !! Got pounced!! Strasbourg goalkeeper Casade saved the shot and Bordeaux won a corner. ”

'Miku takes the corner, Henrik!' Gooooal！！！ Henrik scores with a header over Santos!! The goal was not a surprise at all, Bordeaux was in great form, and Strasbourg couldn't stop it. ”

In the 25th minute, Henrique took advantage of a chance to score with a header, Bordeaux 1:0 Strasbourg.

"This is Bordeaux's counter-attacking opportunity, Liu Ting is advancing quickly with the ball in the middle, beautiful passing!! Bellion received the ball into the box and hit the goal hard!! Goooooal！！！ Goal from Baryon, Bordeaux expands the score! Liu passed diagonally to the follow-up Berlion in the middle of the dribble, and Strasbourg's defense was attracted to Liu, who had a good chance to score calmly. ”

In the 39th minute, Liu Ting assisted Bellion to score, Bordeaux 2:0 Strasbourg.

The score remained at 2-0 in the first half, and in the second half, Bordeaux slowed down and Blanco began to prepare for substitutions.

In the 70th minute, the veteran Miku was replaced by Fernando.

In the 81st minute, Liu Ting was replaced by Chamak.

In the 85th minute, Cavinaghi used his personal ability to break through, and successively passed Strasbourg's Rodrigo and Szelles and hit the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal, locking the score at 3:0.

Bordeaux beat Strasbourg 3-0 and Lyon also beat Monaco 3-0 away, with Bordeaux continuing their one-point lead over Lyon.

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Bordeaux had another game three days after Strasbourg, but Liu Ting did not have to play, and this was the knockout round of 16 of the French Cup. Blanco's two-line operation is already the limit, he will never agree to the three-line operation, and the three-line battle Bordeaux really can't afford it, as far as the two-line operation of Bordeaux is concerned, the two-line operation is trembling, and the third-line is a doomed tragedy.

Bordeaux, who came off the bench, couldn't help each other at home and Lille in the same Ligue 1, so they could only exchange blank tickets and finally decided the winner on penalties, and Bordeaux lost the game 3:4. Blanco, who lost the game, breathed a sigh of relief, if Bordeaux continues to move forward, it will be the quarterfinals of the French Cup, and the quarterfinals draw is lucky to enter the semifinals, and you can't just say that you can give up, at that time, you can only win a championship in two games, and you will definitely be criticized if you give up, Blanco doesn't want to fight on the third line at all, he thinks that he will be very satisfied with winning a championship in the first year of his coaching career.

No one blames Bordeaux for losing this game, after all, Bordeaux is still in the Europa League.

The good news for Bordeaux is that Lyon is still in the French Cup, and now there are three French B teams in the quarterfinals of the French Cup, the two strongest are Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon is likely to reach the French Cup final and win the championship, Perrin is probably not worried about the league, not sure that he can win the league championship, and now the Champions League is out anyway, if he can get a French Cup, it will still help him a little bit.