Less than a minute into the game, Matuidi's shot gave Saint-Etienne a 1-0 lead. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

If it is replayed in slow motion after the game, Zhang Lihua will find that Matuidi's shooting skills are not accurate. He didn't touch the ball with the arch of his foot, but he shot with just the right amount of power. The highlight of this goal is also the movement.

Ayman Riverlier, who attracts the bag, is a "breakthrough striker who relies on his body and combines technology". This type of player is the most talented in AC Milan Pato,

Usually against those teams in the middle and lower reaches of the defensive formation is relatively loose, it has a unique tearing power.

Therefore, part of the credit for the goal goes to Riverier, and if it weren't for his "Pato run" to open up the gap and shrink the opponent's defensive focus, Matuidi might not have been able to predict the rebound of the ball in the first place. And a goal does not fully measure Matuidi's overall quality, it can only be said that his ball quotient has just reached the level of employment of top giants.

A closer look reveals that this must be a powerful midfielder with good forward awareness and excellent running ability. In a league at the level of Ligue 1, being the heart of the midfield is already like a fish in water.

The way he stuck his position, his very soft upper body movements and explosiveness, he looked very strong in the face of the two men marking the bag. In just a split second, he was able to determine the exact landing point of the ball after the goalkeeper pounced, and then evaded the physical interference of the opposing defender to grab the shot at the best time. Excellent physical fitness and sense of struggle were on full display in this confrontation.

After the goal, he just gave Rivelier a light high-five, and there wasn't much crazy celebration. It seems that he has a very introverted personality, and he is low-key but not impetuous.

Lens fell behind just one minute into the game, but coach Jean-Guy Wallemme was stunned on the sidelines.

Reims is a typical mid-to-lower tier team in Ligue 1 that was built on the youth level, and there are a large number of talented young players in the team. For example, Raphael Varane, who sat on the bench with a serious face and looked young, was another key target of Zhang's visit.

It seems that Zinedine Zidane, who is deeply loved by French fans and former World Footballer of the Year, is also watching the progress of the game in the center of the stands, and from time to time he picks up a pen and makes timely record reports. Zinedine Zidane is rumoured to be at Real Madrid as head of youth and a scout for the youth team. Due to his long-term involvement in the most elite leagues such as Serie A and La Liga, Zidane's forces are no longer FSU.

Back to the game. The central defenders of Lens were 18-year-old Darnel Situ and 32-year-old Eric Chelle. This old and young duo has a clear fatal flaw in the face of a speed-impacting striker.

Cito is physically outstanding and has a very good command of headers, but he is inappropriately positioned, indecisive in tackles, and has almost zero defensive value on counter-attacks or quick positional battles. Celle has a lot of experience, but he also relies too much on small movements to interfere with defensive targets, and his feet are fierce but not good, and he is trampled by Riverier step by step, which is full of disappointment.

In the seventh minute of the game, Saint-Etienne's wide player Kevin Mirallas combined with Matuidi, who was very frequent, and the Moroccan Adil Hermach, the defender of the Lens team, was too late to get into position, and was forced to bring him down with his feet, and the ball rolled to the feet of Matuidi.

This time, the youngster Situ, who was furious for discarding Celle's blame, threw a frantic pounce on the gun, and soon led the left-back Serge Aurier to fill in the position, and the two chased down the dribbling Matuidi in the form of an accelerated run.

Matuidi hastily looked up at his teammates. To his left, Ayman Riverlier had fallen into the ground grip of Helmach and Cella. Mirallas stepped back, only to be entangled in the opponent's midfield. The only man with enough space to handle the ball was veteran Christophe Landrin.

Landlin is an old man, and in the central midfield position, he is a little lacking in forward ability to get rid of, and his passing is not very secretive, so it is easy to be overlooked tactically. At this time, Landlin happened to make a slow detour outside the big penalty area, waving for the ball without interference.

It just so happened that Matuidi remembered Landlin's area of activity with a fleeting memory, and this was the time to test the accuracy of his long passes.

When grabbing in a pair, it is not suitable to push the ground. If you go three ways, you can only transfer a wide range and rub a cross over the top.

Say it's too late, then it's fast, start the ball on the side, poke the pass with your toes, and the ball doesn't hurry and draw an arc! The speed at which the ball fell was very clever, and Landlin took a collar on his chest and fell halfway down to the waist to volley!

Landlin's volley was also very particular. Pumping and pulling, exerting enough force, the ball drawn out is like an elevator and falling sharply from the air. Isn't this Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick stunt?!

Unfortunately, the ball went around the crowd and hit the crossbar, and the score was still 1-0.

Both Matuidi and Landlin stuck out their tongues with a slight regret, and from a certain distance, the two winked in friendship. I'm afraid, this will be the last collaboration of the two in their careers.

In the 38th minute of the game, Landlin broke the ball and distributed it to Matuidi, who had recovered his position.

This time, Matuidi also fired an elevator volley from 10 yards out of the penalty area. As a result, he also won the face door of Situ.

Situ fell to the ground on the spot. The game had to be interrupted.

When the team doctor said the players were okay with their injuries, Lens picked up the ball on the sideline and prepared to launch a quick counter-attack. However, before the ball could pass half-time, Matuidi, who was in too good form to solve, blocked Helmacher's advance with one kick and once again sent a high-quality transfer ball. In the 40th minute of the game, the score was finally rewritten again. This time, it was Mirallas who scored the goal from inside from the wing!

Milaras was under the close watch of two defenders and forced the ball down with his unfamiliar left foot. He turned very dexterously, and the ball was carried less than two meters, and he took advantage of the situation to rub the outside of the instep arc. The ball swirled into the top left corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper didn't react!

The first half ended. Matuidi, the heart of the Saint-Etienne midfield, who scored a goal and provided an assist, covered a total of 6,3 kilometers. 13 passes, including three threats, and not a single error! The most important thing is that he didn't have a single foul in the first half, it's just a god!

If you want to compare the top three defensive midfielders in European football today, Matuidi played in this game in no way inferior to the likes of Mascherano, Yaya Toure and Sergio Busquets.

Newcastle coach Zhang Lihua, who was carefully watching the game, habitually squatted at the front of the VIP box on the pitch, tracking Matuidi's every touch and run with a telescope. Throughout the first half of the game, even Wang Di, the most powerful boss in the FSU League, almost didn't say a word, smoked a cigar, and silently admired the precise calculation of the "horse retreats from the enemy's core processor".