Chapter 073: Away Battle Marseille
The Europa League final will not be until May 14, Bordeaux still has 3 rounds of league in Ligue 1, 2 rounds are before the Europa League final, and the last round is after the final, and Bordeaux is currently ahead of the second Lyon 3 points plus 11 goals goal difference, as long as the next two rounds of victory will basically lock the championship, you can play the Europa League final with more confidence.
On May 4th, Bordeaux's away game against Marseille arrived, and the good news for Bordeaux is that Lyon's round of matches has ended, and Lyon was forced to draw by Nice away from home, as long as Bordeaux wins, the score gap can be widened to 5 points, so you only need to win at home in the next round to win the championship in advance.
The bad news is that Marseille is a hard bone, Marseille won the last round and his opponent Nancy draws, Marseille has thrown off the gap of Nancy 2 points, this round of Nancy and draw, Marseille naturally wants to win at home to open the gap with Nancy to 4 points, so that Marseille's third place is stable.
The commentators on the match were Adrian Baptiste and Cesar Joseph.
Baptiste said: "It's a key battle in this round, so to speak, either Marseille or Bordeaux can lock up a place, Marseille wins can lock up third place this season, that is, qualify for next season's Champions League, and Bordeaux win can also lock up the league title of this competition, and it looks as if only a draw is a lose-lose situation." ”
Joseph immediately said: "This game will definitely be won by Marseille, Bordeaux should save more energy for the Europa League final, and it is what they should do to win the first Europa League title for the French team, the league title belongs to Lyon." ”
"Of course you want Lyon to win the title, but I think Bordeaux is the best if they win the double. Speaking of the Europa League, Bordeaux's opponents Marseille have reached two Europa League finals in this game, but failed to win the title, and now Bordeaux has set the same record, becoming the second French team to reach the Europa League final twice, hoping that they can win the title smoothly. ”
Blanco is going all out to win this game, as long as he wins Marseille and returns to his home stadium to beat the desperate Sochaux, Bordeaux can win the championship one round ahead of schedule and go all out to play the next Europa League final.
However, Marseille is not easy to deal with, and can fight from 19th to 3rd place, Marseille has a lot of momentum.
Marseille's two forwards, Niangnan and Cisse, have been the driving force for Lyon, and Nasri in midfield is still good, still a young talent in Ligue 1, and has not become a north London four.
Nasri is not the Nasri who is abandoned by everyone, and he has not yet become a team member who has been told by his teammates that he has a problem with his character.
When Nasri was later sold by Manchester City, Guardiola took Nasri to the United States for training and let him behave well, but his Manchester City teammates asked Guardiola not to take Nasri with him and let him stay in the UK to train alone.
There is no one who can offend people everywhere like this.
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Baptiste said: "The game started more than 10 minutes, the two teams played more openly, Bordeaux seems to have consumed too much energy in the last big win over Bayern, many players are not very good, even Liu Zai just missed a single knife, which is rare, Liu has been famous for his superb shooting skills since his debut." ”
In the 15th minute, Cisse burst into the right side of the penalty area and shot from a small angle was blocked by Lame.
In the 18th minute, Liu Ting's volley was saved by Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda after breaking through the opponent's penalty area in the middle, and Berleon followed up and shot into the net, but was signaled offside by the referee.
In the 27th minute, Nasri crossed from the wing, and Niang's cushion shot from the back post went just wide of the goalline.
In the 31st minute, Marseille midfielder Kana crossed back into the box from the wing, and Nasri fired a long-range shot over the crossbar.
In the 39th minute, Liu Ting switched to the right side to break through and attract a number of defenders before picking up a cross to the middle, and Cavinaghi smashed his header on the post.
The two teams are going back and forth in this way, and it looks like they are conducting offensive and defensive drills.
Baptiste said: "If the two teams still can't take their chances, the first half could have ended 0-0, and I think the last thing the two teams want is a draw, so that neither team can get rid of their opponents. ”
Joseph said: "This time it was Marseille's attack, Niang passed the ball to Cana, who drew the defense and returned the pass and hit the wall!!!" Niang then hit the wall with Cisse in a one-two and hit the goal!! Gooooooal!! Niang! It was his goal again, and he is currently second only to Karim Benzema in Ligue 1, Marseille broke through the Bordeaux defence in a series of small areas, and Niang received the ball with a low shot, which was so sudden that it was too late for Lame to make a pounce. ”
In the 44th minute, Niang's low shot broke the goal, and Bordeaux fell behind Marseille 0:1.
'Being scored near the end of the first half is definitely not good news for Bordeaux.
Joseph immediately said: "This is good news for Lyon. ”
It was not good news for Bordeaux, Blanco on the sidelines looked black, but it could not change the result.
Soon the first half was over, and Bordeaux had to try hard in the second half if they wanted to win.
At half-time, Blanco was a rare hit: "We have to win this game so that we have enough time to prepare for the UEFA Cup final, even if the form is not good, don't you know how to press?" Frontcourt pressing! Even the strikers have to push me and try to find a chance to get the ball into that damn goal. ”
The whole Bordeaux team could only keep their heads down to accept criticism, and everyone was really not in good shape in the first half, and they only conceded a goal if they relaxed in the last moments.
Fifteen minutes of half-time passed quickly.
Baptiste spotted the changes in Bordeaux: "Bordeaux seemed to be more aggressive in pressing as a team, which made Marseille's attack less fluid than in the first half. ”
In the 52nd minute, Diarra steals the ball in the front court and passes to Cavinagy, who gives it to Liu Ting, who cuts the goal and grabs the post out of the bottom line.
"Oh......, it was a pity to have that goal just now, Bordeaux almost equalized, Bordeaux's strengthening of pressing played a role, Marseille is not Barcelona, it is difficult to run the pass smoothly in the face of this kind of pressing, but Bordeaux's physical exertion will be very fast." Baptiste's sigh.
The situation changed on the pitch, and Marseille manager Eric Gretz directed his team to retreat appropriately from the sidelines, which could indeed solve the problem of being pressed by Bordeaux to a certain extent.
Eric Gretz, who has not had a deep influence on Liu Ting, can lead Bordeaux to fight back from 19th place in Ligue 1 to 3rd, at least it is still a little level.
In fact, Gretz coached Marseille for two years, 3rd in Ligue 1 this year and 2nd next year, but was fired for poor European performance, went to coach the African national team for a period of time and then went to Qatar to coach, and led the Qatari team Lekhvia to meet China Guangzhou Evergrande in the 2013 AFC Champions League, and was slaughtered by Guangzhou Evergrande coached by Lippi with a total score of 6:1 over two legs, and Guangzhou Evergrande was the final AFC Champions League champion that year.
It should only be said that it is a bit level, but it is not too high, this year's ability to complete this big reversal is more because Marseille's strength is already very strong, especially the two strikers Niang and Cisse are very capable of scoring, especially Cisse, the achievement will be higher if he is not broken by Zheng Zhi back then, and Marseille's defeat at the beginning of the season is more of a reason for the team's infighting.
Marseille's proper contraction did reduce the danger of being pressed, but the threat to the Bordeaux goal was also reduced, and Bordeaux began to dominate their opponents on the pitch.
Bordeaux's players also warmed up during this period and their form began to recover.
"Bordeaux began to suppress Marseille in reverse, I wonder if Marseille is going to hold on to this 1-0 score or find a way to regain the advantage on the field?"
Bordeaux started to win but could not score, and as the game time dwindled, the Marseille squad were instructed by the manager to keep the scoreline.
Joseph said happily: "About the 70th minute of the game, Blanco has been standing on the sidelines to direct Bordeaux's attack, now 10 minutes have passed, Bordeaux still has not been able to score a goal, it seems that Bordeaux is likely to lose this game, if Bordeaux loses Lyon and Bordeaux The gap will be narrowed to 2 points, and there are two rounds of league games that anyone can win the league title." ”
Baptiste said: "Cesar, the game is not over yet. Look at Bordeaux's attack this time, Diarra split the side, and Bellion broke through the bottom with the ball!! Cross! Kavinagi! Header ferryed back to Wendell in front of the box, Wendel!! Powerful long shot!! ”
“Gooooooal!!! Wendel's long-range shot scores! Powerful!! Bordeaux pulled a goal back, they still had a chance to win, they still had time. ”
In the 82nd minute, Wendel scored from a distance, and Bordeaux equalized, 1:1.
Baptiste said to Joseph: "Cesar, I'll just say it's not over yet, now that Bordeaux have equalised, it may be difficult for your Lyon to compete for the title." ”
Not to be outdone, Joseph said: "You also said that the game is not over yet, and Marseille may score again next. ”
"Now that Bordeaux is gaining momentum, we'll see."
This goal really boosted morale, after the goal, Liu Ting, who was in the penalty area, rushed directly to the goal to pick up the ball and run to the midfield, the game was not much, Wendell did not celebrate the goal, and hurried to the midfield to wait for the kickoff.
Marseille are now looking to hold on for a draw and are now fighting for third place with Nancy, although they have the upper hand for the time being, but they can get one more point to insurance.
In the 85th minute, Liu Ting broke through the cross from the left, and Cavinaji's header was blocked by Marseille defender Taiwo, but then Xerrou's clearance did not kick far, and Diarra got the ball outside the penalty area and shot high.
"During this time, Bordeaux completely pressed Marseille into their own half, and Marseille was in constant danger in front of goal."
In the 88th minute, Bellion's diagonal pass, Cavinaji's 10-yard sweep in front of the goal was blocked by Marseille goalkeeper Mandanda.
The game quickly reached the 90th minute, and the referee gave four minutes of stoppage time, and the 60,000-seat Marseille home stadium, the Stade de la Velodrón, immediately booed the stoppage time as too long.
In stoppage time, Marseille's defence became more resolute and Bordeaux attacked more desperately.
Baptiste didn't know if he knew the Chinese commentator: "The game has been played for 93 minutes, there is only one minute of stoppage time, Bordeaux must seize the opportunity to score quickly, there is not much time left for Bordeaux." ”
"Miku!! He went to the side and dribbled past Mbami and crossed!! The cross was of high quality and there were four Bordeaux players in the box. ”
"Before! Cavinaghi didn't touch the ball and had a chance at the back post!! Liu, Belleon!! Rear point! Header!! Goooooooal!!! Liu!!! It's Liu's header!! He helped Bordeaux to beat Marseille and, if memory serves, his second header of the season, helped him almost book this year's league title. ”