When Liu Ting was interviewed by Li Yuyang, he knew that he would no longer be unknown in China, after all, "Chinese Football" is also one of the largest sports media in China.

But that's not what to think about now.

In the second leg of the third round of the Europa League qualifying round, Bordeaux, who had been partially rotated, drew 1:1 at home to Tampere United, and defeated Tampere United 4:2 on aggregate to advance to the Europa League group stage.

Liu Ting did not play in this game, Blanco rotated some players in the frontcourt, and he used Obertan and Chamak as partners in the front line.

The day after the match, Laurent Blanco travelled to Nyon, Switzerland, at UEFA headquarters for the Europa League group stage draw. The current Europa League format is 40 teams to participate in the group stage, a group of 5 teams, divided into 8 groups for the group stage, that is, each team and the other four teams in the same group play a game, home and away according to the draw to decide, but each team's four games are two home and two away, the final 5 teams in the top three points, the 24 teams in the group and the Champions League group stage fell down 8 group stage third place together to form the Europa League round of 32, and then draw lots to pair for the knockout round.

This format makes it easy to qualify for the Europa League group stage, with five teams advancing to three, with only two wins in four games required, and there is no link between the group stage standings and the knockout draw, with the first and third teams in the group being treated exactly the same. With all that in mind, it's no surprise that the Europa League hasn't been on the radar.

UEFA has always been dissatisfied with people's attention to the Champions League and not the Europa League, and has been seeking to restructure, and has changed it many times, but it still can't make the Europa League attention. In fact, according to Liu Ting's memory, as long as the Europa League and the Champions League are linked, it will increase attention, just like UEFA will do in the future, to give the Europa League champion the qualification for next season's Champions League, so that everyone naturally cares about who obtains the Champions League qualification, and those giants who have fallen to participate in the Europa League after a poor situation will also pay attention to the Europa League.

In the end, Bordeaux was placed in a group with Turkish side Galatasaray, Swedish side Helsingborg, Greek team Panionhos and Austrian side Austrian Vienna.

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After the Europa League draw, Bordeaux will prepare for the 10th round of Ligue 1 matches, hosting Lyon.

At present, Lyon is ranked 4th in Ligue 1 with 5 wins and 1 draw with 16 points in the case of one less round, Bordeaux is in 2nd place with 5 wins, 3 draws and 18 points, although the top of the list is Nancy, but everyone knows that Nancy is just a dark horse, three seasons ago Nancy was still playing in Ligue 2, and after being promoted, the first two seasons were only ranked 12th and 13th, and now it has become a dark horse, but it will definitely be difficult to last, and it will fall in the middle and late season. There is also the dark horse Valenciennes, who is currently ranked third in Ligue 1, which is also not favored, and everyone knows that this season's title competition still depends on an old powerhouse like Bordeaux in Lyon.

Therefore, this round of Ligue 1 Bordeaux and Lyon's game will attract much attention, which may have a great impact on the ownership of this season's Ligue 1 champions, Lyon is only 2 points behind Bordeaux in one round less, and if the make-up game wins, it will overtake Bordeaux, and the make-up match will be held in October, which means that Lyon is likely to overtake Bordeaux in two weeks, Blanco naturally wants to beat Lyon at home to maintain the score gap, and Lyon also wants to beat Bordeaux away to overtake the score, If you add the supplementary match, you can open up a 4-point gap with Bordeaux.

At present, Lyon has lost two consecutive Champions League group stages, and the qualification situation is already very dangerous, but it is not yet desperate, there are still four games to save Lyon, and there is a two-legged clash with the Bundesliga champions Stuttgart, who have also lost two in a row, as long as they can get all six points, the chance to qualify is back. Naturally, Lyon also wants to beat Bordeaux away to open the score and go all out to qualify for the Champions League.

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After a day's training, Liu Ting walked out of the Clairefontaine training base as usual.

"Old Jacques, how are you doing today?" Liu Ting is now familiar with Jacques Pierre, the janitor.

"It's okay, Liu. You've got to beat Lyon tomorrow because we have a better chance of winning the league this season. We haven't won the league title in 9 years and damn Lyonnais have been dominating the league title!! Jacques Pierre chattered, a little angry.

Although Bordeaux is a Ligue 1 powerhouse and has won 6 Ligue 1 titles, the last time it won the Ligue 1 championship was in the 98/99 season, when Miku led Bordeaux to win the Ligue 1 championship, and now Miku has gone out of Serie A and Bundesliga to turn around, and Bordeaux has not won the 7th league title.

"Okay, Jacques, don't worry, we're going to beat the Lyonnais."

Any league title is dominated by one team for a long time, then the whole league will hate them, and now Lyon has won six consecutive titles, but it is almost time for Lyon to renew, and Juninho Jr., the core of the midfield, is 34 years old.

When Liu Ting walked out of the gate of the base, he was taken aback. It's been a long time since I've seen so many Chinese, and there are a bunch of Chinese media reporters outside the door.

"Hello, Liu Ting, can you tell me why you were abandoned by Barcelona?"

"Liu Ting, will you play tomorrow's game?"

"Do you have the determination to defeat Leon?"

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Liu Ting didn't know why so many Chinese reporters suddenly came?

In fact, these are all reporters who have seen "Chinese Football" dig out Liu Ting, and their sales in China have suddenly soared, and now they have received the news and rushed to report Liu Ting's news, most of them are reporters who report on other foreign players in Europe.

"Okay, let me briefly say that it depends on the coach's arrangement whether I can play in tomorrow's game, but there is a high probability that I will play, our whole team is confident to beat Lyon, and I don't want to talk about Barcelona for the time being."

Liu Ting simply said and left, he knew that if he kept answering there until dark, he would not be able to answer it all, and if the big media with connections and abilities wanted to interview him, he would naturally contact someone to interview him alone.

Now Liu Ting is not very famous, but those big stars have to charge for interviews according to time. So if you don't have a special arrangement to catch a star on the side of the road, you can interview it directly, unless the star is in a good mood, otherwise some birds won't bird you.

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"It's the 2007/2008 Ligue 1 round 10, with Bordeaux in second place hosting fourth-placed Lyon, but Lyon is currently playing one game less, and if they win the play-in round, they will overtake Bordeaux in the standings. Baptiste and his old partner Joseph continue to narrate the focus of the battle.

"The current situation of Lyon is not very good, suffered two consecutive defeats in the Champions League group stage, although it has not completely lost the possibility of qualifying, but it is also very dangerous, Barcelona and Glasgow Rangers in the same group are 6 points, Lyon and Stuttgart are 0 points, Lyon still has a chance to steal points from Stuttgart in the next two games, I think Stuttgart also thinks so, if they lose both, Glasgow Rangers will definitely be able to wake up with a smile, so that their chances of qualifying will be stable." Joseph is lamenting the French team's Champions League results.

"Lyon's Champions League results have always been bad, Ligue 1 has won six consecutive championships, but the Champions League has never reached the semi-finals, this year if France is not good in the Champions League group stage, Toulouse, who won the third place in Ligue 1 as a dark horse last year, was swept by Liverpool 5:0 in the Champions League qualifying round, and the remaining two Marseille and Lyon are not in good condition, it seems that Marseille has a better chance to qualify, mainly thanks to Liverpool's only 1 point in the two rounds of the group stage, But no one in a team like Liverpool knows when he's going to bounce back, maybe in the next round? Baptiste did not hesitate to complain about the French team's European results.

"Okay, now it's not about the Champions League, let's talk about this game, the players on both sides have already played, according to the information received, both teams are using a 442 formation......" Joseph brought the topic to the current game.

Liu Ting also followed the whole team and walked in a relatively backward position, and the appearances are generally important players playing behind.

When Liu Ting played, he turned his head and saw a guy wearing a No. 10 jersey with short hair - Benzema, the man behind the pot!!

Oh, at this time, Benzema is not yet behind the blame, he is still a young talent who is favored by the whole of France, and the future is limitless, and there can be countless pots waiting for him to carry in the future.

Thinking about it like this, Liu Ting suddenly felt that Benzema was really much fresher now, and Benzema looked refreshed and energetic immediately.

Well, now with a little freshness, Benzema really has a different flavor.

Benzema on the opposite side looked at the guy opposite and frowned slightly, the Chinese stared at himself as soon as he appeared, and it didn't look like he wanted to give himself a dismount, but with an unfathomable smile, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, at this moment, Benzema suddenly felt as if the gravity like Mount Tai pressed on his back, almost crushing him down.

Benzema quickly shook his head, what was the situation just now? Is it your own fantasy? Why did you feel like you had thousands of pots on your back just now, and you almost couldn't breathe? All Benzema had in his head was one sentence: I felt like I was going to suffocate.

Benzema suddenly felt that it would be better to find a pot to carry on his back when he played in the future, well, that kind of long-lost sense of security.

Don't take the blame for the uncomfortable !!