In the top five leagues, the title is always the biggest suspense before the end of the season, but this is not the case in Ligue 1.

Since 2002, Lyon have monopolized the Ligue 1 title, and the difference between each season is only how many rounds Lyon wins the title in advance.

This season they will be the first team in the history of Europe's top five leagues (England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France) to win six consecutive league titles.

But there didn't seem to be much suspense, with even bookmakers closing bets after Lyon's start to a five-game winning streak.

In the current era of Ligue 1 Lyons, most people have long accepted the awkward reality that challengers are hard to find. Last season, the Houllier Army was crowned by a huge 15-point lead, and the giants were silent. Lyon, the upstart of the Rhône (formerly Derby rival Saint-Etienne), is alone in building his own invincible ship. "We're going to win again." "No team can stop us, and of course as before we don't pay too much attention to the other teams, we just focus on ourselves. ”

Some teams pinned their hopes of winning the championship on Lyon's strength being poached by other league giants. However, unlike previous years, Lyon did not lose any important players this summer, instead attracting three Ligue 1 first-class stars: Karlstrom (Rennes, 8 million), Tularan (Nantes, 7 million) and Schirazi (Monaco, 7.9 million). Lyon's squad is clearly not just about defending France's title, but also about winning another European title.

But Lyon's ambitions have nothing to do with Lille, the young Lille aspires to the high honour of the Ligue 1 title, and last season's excellent results have given them the confidence to challenge Lyon, although success is unlikely, but a team does not pursue how to climb higher.

Lille's performance at the start of the season also proved their quality, and at one point the media saw the possibility of causing trouble for Lyon, but they thought it was just causing trouble, and not many people believed that Lille could shake Lyon's dominance in Ligue 1. In the eyes of the outside world, letting Lyon win the championship a few rounds later would be a victory.

It's just that now it seems that Lille can't even cause trouble, and Lille's recent sluggish form has disappointed the outside world, and the media generally believes that Lille will not make a difference in this game.

The headline on the front page of the local Lyon Herald newspaper before the race read: Crush the body of the challenger and achieve the dynasty hegemony of the sixth consecutive championship.

Lyon's captain French international Coupe also stood up and spoke, "Lille? It's a young team, I don't know much about them, but our goal this season is still to get one step closer to the Champions League. ”

Obviously, the opposition did not take Lille to heart, although the Lille team currently sit second in the Ligue 1 table on the basis of their excellent results in the early stages.

The young Lille players were outraged by the contempt of their opponents and expressed their desire to look good at their opponents.

Reeves is very satisfied with the morale of the team, although he is ready to make a big play, if his teammates are afraid of Lyon's strength and perform abnormally, he will be isolated and difficult to perform.

The day before the game, the Lille bus stopped outside the stadium, and Reeves and others were pestered by various media as soon as they got off the bus.

"Do you have the confidence to put a bit of an obstacle on Lyon in tomorrow's game?"

What question does this ask? It's too contemptuous, after all, Lille is not a team in the relegation zone, although it is more difficult to shake Lyon's rule, but a single game is not without the power of a fight.

Reeves looked at the nameplate on the reporter's chest, Rennes's "New Catholic", and was not surprised, Rennes's newspaper was the media with the worst attitude towards the Lille team after Lens Sport.

Reeves didn't open his mouth because he knew that talking to the media was one of Cabaye's pleasures.

Sure enough, Cabaye replied angrily: "We are not satisfied with putting obstacles in the way for Lyon, we will beat him, right here in this stadium." ”

"Oh~ courage is commendable, but even if this game is won, I'm afraid it will have no impact on the championship of this season."

"Champion? It's only October, so it's too early to talk about that. ”

"You mean you have a chance to challenge for the title?"

Reeves saw that Cabaye wanted to boast about Haikou, and quickly interjected. "Anyone can win the title, maybe your team, if Rennes wins all the games in the future." It's good to keep the words of the championship in mind, and it will be a bit troublesome to say it now, after all, the manager's policy is to accumulate and move forward in a low-key manner.

The reporter of the newspaper "New Catholic" was blocked by this sentence, and originally wanted to induce Cabaye to make bold statements to attract the reader's attention, but he didn't expect this damn guy to stand up and stir up the situation and use Rennes to start the game, Rennes' current performance this season is extremely poor, far from the European zone, only three points above the relegation zone.

There was no word here, and the other side continued to ask questions, but the finger was pointed at Reeves.

'Your goals have stagnated since the Champions League game against Milan, are you in trouble?' The question was asked by Butol, from the newspaper Lens Sport.

"Yes, there were some minor troubles, but they have been overcome." As soon as Reeves saw that it was Bhutol, his tone was a little unkind, and it was difficult for Reeves to maintain kindness to this villain in his heart. But for this question, Reeves felt that there was no need to deny it, and answered it truthfully.

However, the opponent obviously didn't just want this answer, and continued to ask Reeves: "Does that mean you have the confidence to break your goal drought in tomorrow's game?" ”

Reeves looked coldly at the expectant Butol, he knew that the other party wanted to get a confident answer from him, so that he could slap Reeves in the face after the game. According to Reeves's personality, he would not answer this kind of question, but seeing Bhutol's disgusting face, Reeves still subconsciously admitted it.

"Yes, I have faith." Reeves's words were contrary to his usual caution, and even Cabaye was a little stunned, and Reeves would only say "I will do my best to complete the goal." and so on. But as soon as the words were spoken, Reeves was not going to take it back, and he was going to continue to cut off the back road, and let the pressure of no way back give him more motivation. "I'm going to score a goal, I'm sure about it, why don't you make a bet with me on this point, if I can't score, I'll practice shooting at the Stade de Lille all night as a punishment; If I can score, then you need to run from Lille back to Lens, which is only 30 kilometres. ”

The reporters at the scene were excited, and it was never a big deal to watch the excitement, no matter who wins or loses in this bet, it is a news breaking point. Definitely catch the reader's eye.

However, Butol was not as excited as his peers, after all, he had to think about the consequences of losing the gamble, and the 30km road was not an easy run, although he thought the odds were high.

After struggling inwardly for a moment, Butor finally agreed, because he thought that if he refused, then his reputation among the media would not be good, and cowardice would definitely be the label that would follow him in the future.

The husband's head can be broken and bleeding can be shed, and his face cannot be lost.

This is Bhutol's life credo.