Although Belgium and France are adjacent to each other and share the same language, it is almost always difficult for the French and Belgians to maintain absolute harmony, and mutual ridicule between the two countries is the norm.

The French thought the Belgians were stupid, and the Belgians thought the French were arrogant and rude. There are a lot of jokes about each other circulating in the people of the two countries.

The French mocked the stupidity of the Belgians:

How to drive Belgians crazy? (Must know: Belgians are especially fond of french fries)

Put the Belgian in a rotunda and tell him that there is a french fries in one corner!

The Belgians ridiculed the arrogance of the French:

"Do you know why there is no lighting system on the French national roads?"

"Because they think they're lights!" (In French, lumières means both "illuminator" and "genius", which is a satire on the self-righteousness of the French.)

But when he arrived in Brussels, Reeves found that the Belgians were not stupid at all, but rather smart, but clever in the wrong place. From his hotel to the training ground, the Belgian has resorted to a number of off-the-beaten-path tactics in an attempt to influence Lille's preparations.

After arriving in Belgium, the Lille team stayed in a star-rated hotel not far from the training base, but the Anderlecht team asked to change to another hotel on the grounds of safety hazards, and the hotel was too far away from the training ground and the transportation was inconvenient.

Then there is the training ground, according to UEFA regulations, the team can only use the playing field for training the day before the game, so the rest of the time Lille's training needs the home team to provide a rental training ground, but the whole Lille team arrived at the designated place only to find that the training ground is extremely simple, there is no dressing room, can only change clothes in the aisle, the stadium is half sand and half grass, the goal is nowhere to be seen, and the lights for night training cannot be provided.

Puel did not dare to arrange confrontation training in this kind of venue, but simply warm-up training.

Even if it was a warm-up, Puel was not very relieved, so the whole team went back to the locker room and changed into AG sneakers (artificialgrassground), also known as HG sneakers (Hard Groud), which are suitable for hard (dirt or gravel) courts or very thick artificial turf fields. ]

Generally, away from home, the team has a variety of spikes of shoes, SG, FG, AG, HG, TF, IN and other spikes are prepared, different venues need to match the appropriate spikes, otherwise slipping is a trivial matter, and breaking the foot is a big thing.

Puel was glad she was well prepared.

Reeves, this kind of half-sand, half-grass stadium is no stranger to at all, and it was often encountered when playing wild football in the past life, which is not a good memory, but I didn't expect to see it now.

Fortunately, the team only practiced for half a day before the whole team returned to the hotel.

That evening, Reeves was again taught the Belgian methods.

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, all the power on their floor went out, in early September, the sky has not completely cooled down, Belgium is a little hot these days, Reeves can't sleep without air conditioning, and the same goes for others.

The next morning, the whole team made up for sleep on the bus with dark circles under their eyes, and Cabaye, who woke up, snatched Debich's mirror and found that the dark circles had not faded, and finally couldn't hold back his anger and scolded the meanness of the Belgians.

Reeves was also annoyed and decided to go back to Lille to settle accounts with Hazard, who made him also Belgian.

This is the second time Reeves has experienced off-field tactics on the road, the last time was at Rennes, but that was just a spontaneous act of the fans, and it happened after the game.

This is the first time Reeves has encountered this kind of pre-game official trouble.

Reeves has been to the French domestic away stadium, the home team is very restrained before the game, will not use any criticism, at most to fight the mouth, the reason is very simple, unless the club is a mortal enemy, then there will always be a relationship or transfer cooperation, one more friend is more useful than one more enemy, so there will be room to do things.

But foreign opponents have no scruples, naturally they have used all means, no matter how bad the relationship is, they won't care, anyway, they are not in the same league, and it is difficult to have anything to do with this season.

The whole Lille team was ignited by Cabaye's powder keg of anger, and they all rose up to denounce the Belgians' despicable methods.

Milares didn't dare to speak, for fear of being angered by everyone at his Belgian identity.

Puel looked at the angry players, and instead of being infected by the angry atmosphere, he was happy.

Because Puel saw that the players were in good spirits, and they didn't have to worry about those off-the-field means affecting the team's state, they couldn't help but sigh, young is good, and the spirit will be restored after a sleep, look at Weis, there is no energy at all in the morning, and now he is shouting the most fiercely, there is no sleepiness at all, and he can go down and run 10,000 meters.

Although the players are fine, Puel has been affected, he is not a young man, he didn't sleep well last night and he is not energetic now.

Puerto found a private training ground in the local area, although it was not large, but the quality of the turf was very good, and the whole Lille team finally had a place to train.

The accommodation for the night has also changed places, changed to a private resort, a little far away from the course, but you can rest in peace.

In a media conference before the game, Puel protested to the home team about what had happened in the past few days.

Home coach Frank Faircourten looked innocent and the off-field tricks weren't his arrangement, but he was happy to see it happen. Victory, who doesn't love it?

He didn't have the slightest affection for the arrogant French. Faircourt said he didn't know about it, saying only that maybe it was a mistake on the part of the staff, or maybe it was a misunderstanding caused by miscommunication.

Puel didn't continue to dwell on it, no matter how much of this kind of was in vain, it was enough to show his attitude, and the rest would be left to the players on the field to ask for an explanation.

Puel didn't want to make trouble, but the media wouldn't let go of the news.

As the team left the stadium and returned to the bus after acclimatizing to the playing field, Cabaye and Reeves, who were at the end of the line, were caught by ESPN reporters.

"How are you doing in Brussels?"

"We're having a bad time!"

"Can you elaborate on that?"

"Despicable ....." Cabaye was covered by Reeves before he finished speaking, trying to stop him from starting the scolding battle, Reeves knew that Cabaye would definitely point the finger at the other party, and the wording would definitely not be subtle, which would drag the Lille team into an endless war of words, which was not good for the obviously stronger Lille team, but played into the hands of the home team.

"We didn't come to Belgium as guests, we didn't expect to be treated as guests, and if we had been warmly received, we would have been happy to win here, but now that we don't have any worries, I think we can give it a go." Reeves said it very tactfully, this kind of words would not touch the other party's nerves, but the anger in his words could be heard by everyone.

The ESPN reporter, who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, still wanted to follow, but Reeves had already dragged Cabaye into the car.

"Those guys did those things, so why can't I say a few words?"

"What's the use of what you say? Can it hurt them? I don't think it does anything other than make the media happy. ”

"Huh?" Cabaye knew Reeves too well, his friend was not a magnanimous person, and he must have other plans, "Tell me, what are your plans?" ”

Reeves pulled Cabaye and whispered his thoughts in his ear.

"Cut, the routine is too old."

"But it's the most effective, you say?"

"Well, indeed." Cabaye nodded, and continued, "But I'll have to say those things then. ”

"Yes, I didn't say a word at that time."

With Reeves' promise, Cabaye let the matter go with satisfaction.

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In the Anderlecht club's conference room, head coach Frank Faircourtren and his assistant coach discuss the tactical arrangements for tomorrow's game.

Anderlecht is no stranger to the French team that came to Brussels, because the two sides are too close, Lille is on the French border, next to Belgium, which is extremely convenient for the Anderlecht team to collect intelligence.

After the results of the grouping came out, Faircourt sent someone to Lille to collect footage of several games.

Having watched all the footage of Lille's games this season, Faircourt is already very familiar with Lille.

So there were a few more names on the whiteboard next to it.

Reeves' name is prominently listed, and it is also circled, which is very eye-catching.

Reeves' performance since his debut is impossible to ignore, and although some media have slammed Reeves' future, for now, Faircourten as an opponent will definitely not take a goal-scoring striker lightly.

As for the characteristics of Reeves, anyone who has watched a few games will have a general understanding, and the same is true for Faircourtren.

The individual skills are good, and the ability to seize opportunities is very strong.

The disadvantages are headers, long-range shots, teamwork.

Then the defensive approach comes out.

Faircourt decided to abandon the tall defender and use a fast, reflexive defender to mark Reeves, prevent breakouts from outside the box, and interfere with shots in the box; An experienced defender is in charge of defending Reeves, with the other players taking care to cut him off from his teammates.

The method is simple and not new, the key is the degree of execution.

Ligue 1 defenders have always relied only on physical defense, and it is difficult to follow the coach's arrangement throughout the game, which Fercotlen disdains.

Faircourt believes that his players, although not as physically fit as the black and hard defenders in Ligue 1, are absolutely good at executing tactics, and as long as there are no accidents, this point will not be a problem.

Faircourt drew Reeves' name diagonally and began to discuss the next name.