Chapter 057: The Pride of French Football
Stevens' substitution only suppressed Bordeaux to a certain extent on the field, but his own defense was always on the lookout.
In the 65th minute, in Bordeaux's counterattack, Liu Ting received a pass from Berrion, shook off Boateng, who was entangled with him, and the shot was still interfered with and hit the side netting.
In the 68th minute, Hamburg striker Guerreiro received a through ball from Van der Vaart and fired a low shot, and Giuletti reacted quickly to block the dangerous shot with his thigh.
In the 75th minute, Blanco replaced Liu Ting with Diavala, Blanco believes that the game has been basically won, and Hamburg needs to score three goals in a row to reverse and advance to the next round, and Bordeaux's full defense is impossible to give the opponent such a chance.
Liu Ting hugged Blanco after getting off the field, and then was pulled by Blanco to sit next to him.
Blanco said to Liu Ting: "Liu, I have decided, we have the ability to fight on two fronts, and we should go for the double crown." ”
"Great, Laurent, this must be the best decision you made this year, and we won't let you down." Liu Ting is indeed very happy, if the head coach is bent on giving up the Europa League, Liu Ting will not be able to fight with the coach, but after all, he still attaches more importance to European competitions.
"Liu Ting seems to be talking to head coach Blanco on the sidelines, and it seems that Liu Ting is very important in the Bordeaux team." Liu Ting, who had the best performance in this game, will often go to the sidelines to find Liu Ting, and Liu Jianhong also took the opportunity to talk about Liu Ting, who is interested in Chinese fans.
The game went on and on, and in the 81st minute, Van der Vaart burst into the box with the ball and fired into the far corner, and Hamburg pulled a goal back, but the goal was a little too late and Hamburg was powerless.
Liu Ting, who was sitting on the sidelines, also applauded his opponent, and the person who won the first European Golden Boy Award was not in vain.
Hamburg has never been able to reverse, even if there is no equalizer, at the end of the 90 minutes, the score is still 1:2, the home team Hamburg in front of the away team Bordeaux, Bordeaux defeated Hamburg 2:1 away, and the aggregate score of the two legs is also 2:1 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Europa League.
"At the end of the game, Bordeaux drew 0:0 at home with Hamburg, defeated Hamburg 2:1 away and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup, we congratulate them, we congratulate Liu Ting, Liu Ting is a well-deserved best in the game, we hope Bordeaux can go further, we hope Liu Ting can achieve better results, I hope they can draw a good opponent in the next draw, goodbye to the audience and friends, we will see you in the next game." Liu Jianhong said at the end of the game.
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Blanco is going to fly to the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland the next day to draw lots, and the whole Bordeaux team will get a day off, and then return to Bordeaux tomorrow, you can have a good time in a big German city, although there is a Ligue 1 league this weekend, but the schedule is too tight recently, Blanco is worried about injuries and has to take a day off to let everyone relax for a day, although Blanco is traditional, but also from the player era, know the combination of work and rest.
Liu Ting wanted to hang out with Miku and Diarra, but received a phone call.
"Hi, Léa." As soon as Liu Ting saw that it was Léa Seydoux's call, he answered it directly.
"You've just done so well, I can see it all." Seydoux's voice came out on the other side of the phone.
"You just watched the ball at the stadium?"
"Yes, I'm in the restaurant near St. Nicholas' Church, can you come here?"
Where is this question, it is clearly a direct imperative sentence, Liu Ting just needs to say goodbye to his teammates.
"John, Arau, Léa is in Hamburg, I'm going over, I can't hang out with your mom,"
When Liu Ting came to a place called the Eagle Restaurant in St. Nicholas Church, the Germans were more serious and stereotyped, the name of the hotel restaurant was simply more earthy, and the roadside was full of signboards such as Hamburger Restaurant, Post Office Restaurant, Muller Restaurant, Mark Hotel, Country Hotel, etc., and I also saw a town hall restaurant, I didn't know and thought that only government personnel went there to eat, but in fact, I just took such a name next to the city hall, it is said that it is still a very beautiful high-consumption restaurant, and the name is simply not too hasty. Of course, Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and the city with the largest number of Chinese in Germany, and there are also Chinatown hotels, Hong Kong hotels, and Shanghai restaurants.
In the restaurant, Liu Ting saw another person sitting with Saidou, who was still a beauty.
"Honey, this is Lena, Lena Gelk, my friend." Seydoux introduced.
"Hello, I'm Leia's boyfriend." Liu Ting shook hands with the other party, feeling a little impressed.
"I went to see your game with Lena tonight, but I didn't inform you in advance." Seydoux said.
"Mr. Liu, your performance tonight is perfect." The one named Lena Gelk also complimented.
"Thanks for the compliment."
The three of them had a meal together, and it turned out that Seydoux went to Hamburg, Germany to shoot an advertisement, and the German woman he met, and they seemed to be able to talk about it, so they went to watch Liu Ting's game together. This woman has only become famous in Germany in the past two years, she is sweet-looking, and her age is not the same age as Liu Ting, she is very popular in Germany and has earned the nickname of German sweetheart.
After eating and drinking some red wine, Liu Ting and Seydoux went back to the hotel where she was staying, and Gelk was picked up by her agent.
In the hotel room, the two were fighting each other, and Seydoux suddenly asked, "Do you think Lena is beautiful?" ”
"What's my business with her pretty?" Liu Ting continued to work hard and did not answer positively.
"You were so close when you broke up and hugged just now?"
"No, it's just a normal hug."
When everything subsided and the rain stopped, Seydoux was already asleep, but Liu Ting was thinking that when she broke up and hugged the German woman just now, she secretly put a note in her trouser pocket, and then saw that it was her phone number, was she teasing me? ?
But it's really pretty.
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Liu Ting returned to Bordeaux with the team, and Seydoux still had to stay in Germany to shoot commercials with that German sweetheart.
At the gate of the Clay Fontaine training base, Liu Ting saw old Jacques reading the newspaper with a smile on his face.
"Hey, old Jacques, what are you so happy to see?" Liu Ting walked over to say hello.
"Look." Old Jacques handed the newspaper to Liu Ting.
Liu Ting took the newspaper and took a look, "Bordeaux Sports", a local newspaper in Bordeaux, specifically speaking for the Bordeaux club, there is an article on it "Bordeaux is the pride of French football", which is actually a report on Bordeaux eliminating Hamburg and reaching the quarterfinals of the Europa League, but the newspaper has sublimated to the point of representing French football.
Of all the French teams that competed in European competition at the start of the season, Bordeaux has not yet been eliminated. Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Rennes, Bordeaux, Sochaux, and Lens participated in the European competition, and Lyon was eliminated by Manchester United in the group stage of the Champions League; Marseille fell third in the Champions League group to participate in the Europa League, and was also eliminated by the Russian team Zenit St. Petersburg in the first round; Toulouse was eliminated 5:0 by the Reds Liverpool in the direct Champions League qualifying round, and fell to participate in the Europa League and failed to qualify for the group stage; Rennes and Sochaux eliminated from Europa League qualification; Lens qualified for the Europa League through three rounds of the Toto Cup, but unfortunately failed to make it through.
Now only Bordeaux is still insisting on the French team, as long as today's draw can draw a good sign, it can even advance to the semi-finals or even the final, the article does not say anything about winning the championship, now Bayern is the first favorite, in fact, most people have booked the Europa League championship to Bayern, this year Bayern is in good shape and has not encountered any challenges in Germany, and the Europa League championship is definitely their intended goal.
In this way, Bordeaux was touted as the pride of French football, although it was blown out, but at least Bordeaux fans like Jacques the old were very happy to see it, at least justified, right? Now Bordeaux is the only one who is still playing in Europe.
The happy old Jacques asked Liu Tingdao: "Liu, why did you come to the training base?" Aren't you having a holiday today? ”
"Well, I played in Germany for a day yesterday, and today I'm going to train my strength." Liu Ting felt a little unhappy that the game with Hamburg was bullied by Boateng with his body, in fact, Liu Ting has been insisting on practicing physical fitness, but there is no fierce practice for a period of time, but a slow practice, and I just come to practice by myself when I have time today.
"I'll come over and watch the draw later, Liu." When Liu Ting left, the voice of Old Jacques came from behind him.
When Liu Ting trained for two hours to find Old Jacques, he was staring at the TV with a serious face.
"Come on, Liu, now that the Champions League draw is over, it's going to be the League Cup soon." Old Jacques hurriedly beckoned Liu Ting over.
Now the teams in the quarterfinals of the Europa League are Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Getafe in La Liga, Fiorentina in Serie A, Bordeaux in Ligue 1, Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League, PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie, Glasgow Rangers in the Soviet Super League, and Zenit St. Petersburg in the Russian Premier League.
The current Champions League and Europa League quarterfinals are drawn in the upper and lower halves, that is, only this draw is needed, and the opponents who will advance to the next level will already know, and there will be no more draws. In the future, it will be changed by UEFA to not divide the upper and lower halves, so that the top four UEFA can come to the draw to show its presence.