On the evening of April 6, Bordeaux captain Diarra organized many players to go to his house as a guest, in fact, it was to eat barbecue together and exchange feelings by the way to watch the game between Marseille and Lyon.

Someone proposed to have some drink, but Diarra vetoed it, and coach Blanco repeatedly ordered him not to drink alcohol and go to nightclubs in the final sprint to stay in shape, but Diarra finally took two bottles of champagne out to satisfy everyone's hunger.

The night was not bad, the barbecue was delicious, the game was also refreshing, this game Lyon was completely beaten by Marseille without a fight, Marseille led 2:0 in the first half, Marseille scored two more goals in the second half, but one goal was an own goal, and finally Marseille defeated Lyon 3:1 at home.

Lyon lost, Bordeaux took this opportunity to sit at the top of the standings, Bordeaux 32 rounds of 20 wins, 6 draws, 6 losses and 66 points, Lyon 32 rounds of 20 wins, 5 draws, 7 losses and 65 points, followed by Nancy's 55 points and Marseille's 52 points, they can't threaten Bordeaux and Lyon's position at all, the championship is to see the next 6 rounds of league Bordeaux and Lyon competition, Nancy and Marseille compete for a third Champions League qualification.

In the next two days, the whole Bordeaux team was very happy, the league returned to the top again, and the Europa League also beat the opponent 3:0, as if the two champions were beckoning to Bordeaux, even Blanco was very optimistic about the current situation, Liu Ting was a little worried, Zenit can win the Europa League this season, it will definitely not admit defeat like this, and Russia is not so easy to conquer.

On April 9, the Bordeaux team arrived in St. Petersburg the day before the game and received a dismount.

A large group of Russian fans came to St. Petersburg Airport, banners were waved everywhere, and there were curses everywhere, and Liu Ting could hear all kinds of voices such as "soft Frenchmen" and "unseeded Frenchmen", and the banners he carried were also about the events of World War II.

During World War II, Germany attacked France, the Netherlands, and Belgium at the same time, and France, which was considered to have the strongest army in the world at that time, only lasted for more than a month before being wiped out, which must have been a great shame for France. The Soviet-German war became a huge turning point in the victory of the anti-fascist war, which was fought by the Soviets, and after the end of World War II, St. Petersburg began to recover after the war.

To this day, St. Petersburg law stipulates that couples will be rewarded with a house for the second child and a villa for the third child, which is a tradition left over from that time.

The Russians have always been very proud of their unyielding death, and France was beaten by Germany in an instant, and now they are using such banners to stimulate Bordeaux.

This kind of excitement is nothing for the whole team of Bordeaux, after all, there are less than half of the French in the Bordeaux team, and even the French players have no special memories of the events of that year, but the weather in St. Petersburg gave everyone a heavy blow.

It's already April, it's spring in France, and it's winter in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg is the only large city in the world located within the Arctic Circle, with only two seasons a year, four months of short summer, and the rest of the year all winter.

Out of the airport Bordeaux the whole team was shivering with cold, although they knew in advance that it was very cold here, but no one knew that it was so cold, and hurried to the hotel booked in advance, and the whole Bordeaux team was in trouble again.

Everyone was almost prepared in the hotel, the coach said that at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, we would go to the field to adapt to the venue, but when I went out at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I found that it was already dark, and the cars on the side of the road were driving with their lights, and I asked to know that the weather in St. Petersburg was like this, it was dark at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still in April, and if it was winter in December, it would be dawn at 11 o'clock in the morning and dark at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Although Blanco has played for giants before, he has never played in Russia, only knowing that Russia is difficult to play away, and the Russian team was very weak in the years when Blanco played, and it was difficult to enter the European competition. Now that the strength of the Russian team has increased, coupled with the extreme weather and the frenetic home atmosphere here, the strength of the giant team is not too afraid, and ordinary teams will be killed if they come to Russia carelessly.

Blanco, who was in his first year as a coach, was unprepared for these and was caught off guard.

The Bordeaux team could only bathe in the street lights at 4 p.m. to step on the pitch at the Petrovsky Stadium, the home of Zenit, and the Zenit fans cursed along the way. After stepping on the field and returning to the hotel at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the whole St. Petersburg was already brightly lit like the middle of the night, and everyone could not adapt to playing football in such weather.

Bordeaux was taken by surprise by the dismount of St. Petersburg, and morale was low.

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When Zhang Qiming returned home, it was almost 4 o'clock in the middle of the night, and the company had been busy working overtime for three days recently, but fortunately, he could rest for a day the next day after working overtime.

I remember that there is a Europa League match in Bordeaux tonight, and it should not be over yet, although Bordeaux is not a problem to qualify, I still want to see the results, turn on the computer and go to sleep.

When Zhang Qiming found the live broadcast website of Pain Xun and clicked in, he was stunned.

3:0

The home team is in front, the away team is behind, looking at the time 76:46, that is to say, after more than 70 minutes, Bordeaux has been kicked 3:0, the aggregate score is equalized, and there are about 20 minutes to go.

Zhang Qiming never thought that this would be the result, and it was a little hard to believe it, but at this time, Liu Jianhong's voice came to the earphones.

"Just another Zenit attack almost created a good chance, Liu Ting shoveled over Arshavin with the ball and got a yellow card, now it seems that Liu Ting is reprimanding his teammates, hoping that they will not have infighting, the performance of the whole Bordeaux team in this game is simply terrible, their legs seem to be frozen, they conceded two goals in the first half, midfielder Blanco has adjusted, more or less effective, but soon conceded another goal in the 64th minute, and now the aggregate score has been equalized, But Bordeaux was still suppressed by Zenit, and Liu Tingdu just received a yellow card for defense. ”

"Maybe it's the cold weather in St. Petersburg that affected the whole Bordeaux team, and it is said that the weather there was a heavy snowfall last night, which made Bordeaux not perform well, and Zenit has been playing in this environment for a long time."

"Zenit St. Petersburg's star Arshavin was as good as Liu Ting in the last game, he opened the scoring and then assisted team-mate Poglebnyak twice in a row, he simply dominated the game, Bordeaux couldn't contain him at all"

Bordeaux is really difficult now, was suppressed by Zenit and equalized the total score, Bordeaux is likely to concede the ball for the rest of the time, Liu Ting obviously feels that the morale of the whole team is too low, just received a yellow card, can't help but scold, he doesn't want to be the core of a team that has a three-goal lead and is reversed, this will be a lifetime of shame to be remembered.

What the hell!!

“Fxxk！！！ If you can't prevent it, shovel! Break their legs, never let them score again, we can kill the game if we score a goal away from home, if we can't score, even if it's a penalty shootout, it's half against half, bastards!! Cheer up!! ”

Maybe Liu Ting's scolding played a little role, maybe it was because everyone started to warm up after playing the half, and Bordeaux's situation began to improve, at least not scored again in the next time.

"The referee blew the whistle at the end of the 90 minutes, Zenit scored 3-0 at home to Bordeaux, and the aggregate score was 3-3, no one scored away goals, and the two teams will take a short break for 30 minutes of extra time." Liu Jianhong also breathed a sigh of relief, Bordeaux has not been eliminated at least now, and there is still a chance for extra time.

Liu Jianhong just guessed that Bordeaux may be because of the cold weather in St. Petersburg, but he never imagined how difficult that weather was if he didn't experience it personally, and the whole Bordeaux team brought just ordinary winter jerseys that were not thickened, and they couldn't withstand the cold weather in St. Petersburg at all, and the temperature was lower at night, and the legs were like being wrapped in ice, and the whole Bordeaux team couldn't play at all.

The rest before overtime is very short, and it is all controlled by the referee, but basically a few minutes of rest before the overtime will start immediately, and the two teams can only rest on the sidelines to eat something to replenish their strength, and the head coach can also take the opportunity to say something.

But at this time, Blanco can't say much, and now it's more about the willpower of the players.

At the beginning of extra time, Bordeaux is an orthodox defensive counterattack, Zenit St. Petersburg may also see that Bordeaux is in slightly better shape, and no longer presses on the offense, even if it is a goal in extra time, it must be counted as an away goal, Bordeaux's goal now is a top two, Zenit must try not to concede goals, and soon the two teams will become a positional battle.