Chapter 011: Marseille Maneuver

After Liu Ting came on the court, he didn't have time to show his foot skills, but he kept making mistakes. The main reason is that Liu Ting cooperated with his teammates for the first time, there was no tacit understanding, and he couldn't perfectly control his power, he always seemed to be very flexible on the field, but when he passed the ball to his teammates, he was either too strong or too weak, and low-level mistakes were made one after another.

When Liu Ting first came on the field, Blanco was still bright, but he was soon disappointed, as if he couldn't cooperate with his teammates at all, no wonder he would be given up by Barcelona. And Obertan, who was sitting below, was happy, thinking about how such a good thing could compete with him, and how to say that he was also a genius of Bordeaux.

Liu Ting also knew that his performance was sloppy, and he had to think of a way, otherwise he would have to beat himself to the youth team in this training.

Once again, Liu Ting received a pass from the substitute midfielder Francia, and could have made a collision with the wall, but Liu Ting decided to dribble the ball himself. Liu Ting took a trip with his right foot, dribbled the ball forward, and wiped past the defensive midfielder Fernando of the main team with speed, facing Diarra, who followed up, Liu Ting jumped directly with both feet, stepped on the ball with his right foot and turned around at the same time, and then followed with his left foot to pull the ball directly past Diarra.

Marseille slalom !!

Everyone who saw it could see what it was, Zidane's famous stunt, Zidane began to make a name for himself during his time in Bordeaux, leading Bordeaux to the UEFA Cup final, and he used this Marseille maneuver many times.

Marseille turned around Diarra, and immediately the main team defender Prannus came up to grab it, and Prannus had a good timing to grab it, seeing that Liu Ting was about to be cut off, at least it would destroy the attack.

Liu Ting immediately turned around again in an instant, and pulled the ball left and right, which was basically the same action as just now.

It's Marseille maneuver again!!

After Prannus and the goalkeeper was already faced, Liu Ting chose to hit the goal directly. He suppressed the low flat ball he played, afraid that he would jerk off directly if he exerted too much force. The ball was fast and went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, and the main goalkeeper Lame did not react.

After the ball was scored, the field fell into a brief silence, and no one expected Liu Ting to score a goal like this. The main reason is that the contrast is too great, everyone thinks that Liu Ting is a commodity who has come to play soy sauce, or he will be thrown into the youth team in a few days, but such a person scored another goal with two consecutive Marseille maneuvers, and everyone fell into a brief shock.

The first to react was the coach on the sidelines, Blanco applauded on the sidelines, and his teammates on the field also came to celebrate with Liu Ting.

The game restarted, Liu Ting began to gain the trust of his teammates on the bench team, received more balls, Liu Ting also chose to carry the ball by himself for most of the time, and the main team began to pay attention to this newcomer.

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On the sidelines, head coach Blanco and his assistant coach said, "Let's find out the kid's information and I'll take a look." ”

The information sent to the Bordeaux club by Mondil's agency, Blanco didn't pay attention to it at all, just glanced at it casually and threw it to the assistant coach, he thought that the information of a kid who was abandoned by Barcelona was nothing to see, but now he needs to take a good look.

Soon assistant coach Jean Gassett found Liu Ting's information, and Blanco took it and looked at it seriously.

Liu Ting, Monegasque Chinese, height 178cm, birthday December 25, 1988, now 18 years and 7 months, weight 68kg, joined the La Masia academy at the age of 14, was very optimistic in La Masia in the early days, but later drove high and low, was considered 'wasted' and abandoned by La Masia. The technique at the feet is very good, and the speed is also very fast, but they can't cooperate well with their teammates, and there will always be some low-level mistakes.

This is the basic conclusion that Blanco came to based on the information sent by the Mondil agency and some simple information found by his own assistant coach, combined with the performance he had just achieved on the training ground.

"Let him stay in the first team for a while and watch a little more." Blanco finally changed his mind and will not send Liu Ting to the youth team anytime soon.

"Well, okay. But then we have a bit of a crowded forward line, with six strikers. The assistant coach said that he was worried that there would be too much competition and cause conflicts in the locker room.

"We need two strikers or three strikers to play every game, Liu and Obertan can play fairly, keep the good ones, and the other goes to the youth team, so we only have five strikers and they all have a chance to rotate." Blanco said his own way.

"But Obertan is a youth product of the team, and sending it back to the youth team will not make the management of the team unhappy." In fact, Liu Ting's performance just now says a lot, as long as Liu Ting is familiar with his teammates, he can be qualified for a rotation position, and Obertan is more likely to be sent back to the youth team.

'I'm the manager of the team, so there's nothing wrong with that. Blanco has the final word.

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Although he didn't know what the coach on the sidelines was talking about, Liu Ting knew that he could add a lot of points to his performance just now. Obertan, who was also sitting on the sidelines, was not in such a beautiful mood, and after Liu Ting's pass, his face was not good-looking, and he knew that he was at a disadvantage in the competition.

The confrontation practice match ended soon, and there is still the first round of Ligue 1 matches tomorrow, and it is impossible to train too much, although Liu Ting performed well, but he did not cooperate well with his teammates, and the problem of force was not completely solved, and the substitute team lost to the main team 3:5, but Liu Ting's flexibility on the field left a deep impression on the whole team.

After eating a nutritious meal at the club at noon, Liu Ting was ready to go back to the house he rented. At the gate of the Clay Fontaine training base, he saw the old man who stopped him in the morning.

"Hello, Jacques, I hope you don't think I'm a fan trying to get in next time." Liu Ting already knew that this old janitor was named Jacques Pierre, who had been guarding the gate in Clairefontaine for 16 years, and was also a die-hard Bordeaux fan, and many players and fans called him Jacques Old Man.

"Hello, 'old', you did well today, you used the Marseille slalom very well, I hope you become the next Zidane." The old man Jacques said to Liu Ting.

"Thank you for your blessings." The old man Jacques didn't know if he had just watched the training, and knew that Liu Ting used two very beautiful Marseille maneuvers, but Zidane is a midfielder and a striker, and Liu Ting is a striker, so it can't be directly compared at all.

Jacques old man has watched the door for 16 years, speaking of which, the first year he came to the club to watch the door was the year Zidane came to Bordeaux, four years after Jacques watched the doorman, Zidane went to Juventus, Jacques was also here in the porter watching the transfer news about Zidane on TV, Jacques watched the door for nine years, Zidane transferred to Real Madrid at the world's first price, Jacques still guarded the door of Clay Fontaine, and after another five years, Zidane retired, Jacques still stood here to watch the door.

Jacques was at the door of Clairefontaine, watching one by one with and without talent enter Clairefontaine, and leave one by one, but the janitor Jacques became an old man Jacques.

This is the story of Old Man Jacques.

Liu Ting sighed with emotion and heard the story about the old man Jacques, but Zidane is indeed the greatest player in the history of Bordeaux, but Zidane was too young when he was in Bordeaux, and the only thing he could do was to lead Bordeaux to the final of the UEFA Cup in the 95/96 season, but the final was lost to Bayern Munich, which is also Bordeaux's best result in Europe, and the French team has always been weak in Europe.

There was no training in the afternoon, but Liu Ting still came to the training base by himself to practice shooting and free kicks, which can speed up his adaptation to the changes in his body.

The next day, at 8 p.m. on August 4, Bordeaux hosted Lens in the first round of Ligue 1.

Liu Ting was unsurprisingly excluded from the squad, and finally won 1-0 at home with a goal from Bellion in the 30th minute of the first half, and scored the first three points of the new season.

Soon a week later, the second round came with Bordeaux winning 2-0 away at AJ Auxerre, with midfielder Wendel scoring twice.

In the third round of Ligue 1, Bordeaux lost at home to the middle and lower reaches of the team Le Mans, the score was 1:2, Bordeaux led in the first half, but goalkeeper Lame was sent off for a foul in a sortie, and was reversed by the opponent in the second half by scoring two goals in a row.

Head coach Blanco has been looking for a suitable striker partner, and now he is the main double striker, Berleon is a starter in three games, Chamak and Viera have been given the opportunity to start, even Obertan is in the squad for three games, and there is also a substitute appearance, except for the injured Cavinagui, only Liu Ting has not played in the front line, and he has not even entered the squad.

Recently, Obertan saw that Liu Ting's nostrils were about to roll up, and Liu Ting was afraid that if the sphincter loosened and pulled the when a bird flew in the sky, would it fall directly into his nostrils. No wonder Obertan is going to Manchester United in the future, it turns out that he is looking for Ashley Young, who has the same love for 'poultry droppings' as he is.

Obertan's attitude Liu Ting didn't care, as long as he adjusted himself, he would get a chance.

In the fourth round of Ligue 1, Bordeaux challenged Saint-Etienne away, and Liu Ting entered the squad for the first time. Saint-Etienne was once the dominant side of Ligue 1, but has now been relegated to the middle of the league. Saint-Etienne have won Ligue 1 10 times in their history, the most of any team in France, although the last time Saint-Etienne won Ligue 1 was in the 80/81 season.

Historically, Saint-Etienne is indeed unbeatable, and Saint-Etienne is still the only four teams in Ligue 1 to have reached the Champions League final, along with Reims, Marseille and Monaco. As one of the top five leagues, only four teams in Ligue 1 have reached the Champions League final six times, only Marseille have won the Champions League once, the Netherlands have won eight finals six times, and Portugal has nine finals and four times. Marseille's title was also suspected of bribing opponents, and AC Milan, who were defeated by Marseille at the time, has always expressed dissatisfaction.

The weakness of the European competition of the French team can be seen from the times, the French league has not even completed the European Grand Slam, only Marseille has won the Champions League once in the three major European cups, Paris Saint-Germain has won the European Cup Winners' Cup once, and the French team has never won the UEFA Cup, and European giants such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich have already collected the three major European cup championships, and the French Ligue 1, one of the five major leagues, is indeed shameful enough.

Saint-Etienne was once wide, but now it is gone, and it is only a mid-table team, inferior to Bordeaux.

Blanco used the duo of Bellion and Viera, with Liu Ting, Obertan and Chamak on the bench.