At half-time, Zinedine Zidane appeared in the tunnel – very close to the Lens bench. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

As the absolute leader of French football in the past, Zidane will inevitably be worshiped by countless players and fans.

Almost all of the young players of the Lens team saluted them with reverence and a kneeling face.

Zhang Lihua, who is not far away, can already deduce that the purpose of Zidane's trip - that absolute B is to preemptively contact Raphael Varane.

At this time, Matuidi had been invited to the VIP seats at the stadium by the club's staff. Sure he won't play in the second half. FSU league leader Wang Di only introduced the situation of Newcastle United to the "horse retreat" as a former professional scout. It is expected that Newcastle will invite him to dinner with Varane later.

Zhang Lihua wanted to take advantage of the half-time break to meet with Varane's agent. Unexpectedly, Zidane preemptively found Varane himself. Even, Zinedine Zidane, the former World Footballer of the Year and winner of the European Ballon d'Or, put everything aside and conveyed the wishes of the Real Madrid coaching staff to Xiaowa.

It is said that Real Madrid's new coach admires the fighting style of the 17-year-old supernova at the back.

Outside the players' dressing room, in a corner close to the players' tunnel, Zidane spoke to Varane like this:

"Interested in trying out at Real Madrid, Rafael? I'm sure you can play an absolute role in Real Madrid-Castillo. Our manager, Mr. Jose Mourinho, admires you. He even thinks you can rotate Pepe and Carvalho into the starting line-up. ”

"Oh my God! Of course I'd like to go, Mr. Zinedin. But are you kidding? Go to Real Madrid, you can play football with Cristiano Ronaldo! Vala was overjoyed and excited. But the emotion that reflected on his face was more than just excitement.

As everyone knows, the deaf and clear-sighted young marshal Newcastle can see clearly, and the young man's pair of glowing eyes are burning with extremely confident ambition!

Zhang Lihua has no intention of considering the attitude of Zidane and Real Madrid, but only feels that the huge power contained in Varane's body is enough to make him become a talent at a rate much higher than that of ordinary top players. With a single look, Varane strikes an extraordinary one.

At this moment, Zidane took out a confidentiality agreement on behalf of Real Madrid and asked Varane to sign it as soon as possible.

Zidane, a middle-aged uncle in a suit and leather shoes, is dressed in formal clothes, and his slightly awkward appearance is accompanied by a smile of ease and relief, which looks inexplicably naïve.

With the sixth sense of a top midfielder, Zidane seems to be able to feel the presence and threat of Zhang Lihua and the Newcastle team in the dark. Unexpectedly, the leader of the Lens team suddenly took the small tile away.

Raphael Varane will come on in place of Celle in the second half. So, he trotted back to the locker room and signaled to Zidane - "Mr. Zinedin, I will behave well!" ”

However, Zidane did not have the previous smile on his face.

That agreement was snatched away by the Lens leader. This person must have received Wang Di's secret instructions, and he actually admonished him a little arrogantly:

"Mr. Zinedin. Our players have to be ready for the game. Can you inform the club first? Let's talk to you, shall we? I'm the team leader of Lens, you should know him. ”

"Listen, I'm here to ask Rafael to try out at the Bernabeu on behalf of Real Madrid. Naturally, I would say hello to the management of Lens. Let's put it this way, the compensation for youth training is sure to be more than 10 million euros. Do you understand? ”

Zidane talked directly about money, thinking that 10 million euros is enough for Lens to maintain a capital turnover for more than half a year, and money is more sincere than anything else.

Zidane, who is highly respected and famous, is hard to imagine the other party's unpositive way of responding. It simply made him angry.

The Lens team leader was almost indifferent, very different from what Zidane had in mind. Without even thinking about it, the man simply refused: "Raphael is more than that. Everyone is optimistic about him, and now the exchange rate of the euro is not as good as before. Why don't you go with me to the manager of the team? It's right at the Rosa Hotel. ”

"What do you say?! Actually...... All right. Let's take a look at Raphael's performance in the second half. On behalf of Real Madrid, I can only assure you that there will be no shortage of money, and the decision is of course up to you. ”

After saying that, Zidane sighed and turned around to return to the stands. Directly in front of him, the personable young marshal of Newcastle - with a grin on his face - was actually waving to him.

Even, a face that was very familiar to Zidane appeared next to Zhang Lihua almost at the same time.

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Varane excitedly ran back to the dressing room and ran straight in front of Cito. He pressed Situ's slippery round head and said affectionately with relief: "Hey! 0We still have a chance in the second half! I'm on the scene, so don't be discouraged. I'm going to be able to bring something to the team by working with you. Come on! ”

Seeing his smile like a spring breeze, Situ raised his head and smiled.

This pair of good friends at the back are like Thierry Henry and Trezeguet, who high-fived each other tacitly, and even cheered on his partners on behalf of the manager who has become obsessed. Even if Celle and others don't appreciate it.

At the start of the second half, Saint-Etienne was the first to make adjustments. Argentine center Gonzalo Bergessio replaced Matuidi, the MVP of the half. Technical striker Dimitri Payet pulled off Hamid Draoui, who was not effective in his breakaways. Riverlier moved to the left flank, with Mirallas, who had been hot in the first half, still on the right. Moustapha Bayal and veteran Landlin were paired in the back.

This style of play is not used many times in Ligue 1. It is usually only used for the last fight when you are behind in the game.

In a 2-0 situation, five attacking players were piled up in the front court, and almost only Bayar was left behind!

Obviously, the game will be reduced to an offensive and defensive drill without suspense. You know, the only adjustment for the Lens team is the introduction of Varane.

Raphael Varane has made 14 appearances in Ligue 1 this season, starting just five. It's often when the team is behind that the substitutes bring unexpected attacking firepower to the backline.

Yes, this very young defensive supernova has extremely high offensive attributes.

In the first 10 minutes of the second half, Payet and Mirallas took turns playing in the Lens midfield, penetrating the ball into the most dangerous positions of the defence several times through a continuous one-two. Payet alone made four passes for centre-forward Bergio – a threatening ball in front of goal from outside the penalty area.

Bergio's shot was much more accurate than Riverier's, but the Lens team was replaced by the French U18 team's "Beckenbauer"!

In the 67th minute of the game, Riverier took the ball and pulled out and went down, almost pinning down the entire right side of the Lens team. However, the ball that should have been ready to cross was strangely passed back to the top of the penalty area. As a result, Landlin, who was standing almost unmarked outside the box, would repeat his elevator volley again. The speed and direction of the ball falling are more erratic. It was too late for the Lens midfielders to push the ball away, or for the goalkeeper to quickly anticipate the back position.

Seeing that the score was about to be rewritten to 3-0, Varane, who had been using his memory and mental arithmetic ability to observe the position of the opposing players, suddenly changed his marking of Bergio. He started as fast as he could, getting ahead of the goalkeeper and kicking the ball out of the touchline through the gaps of the attackers and defenders.

What makes everyone feel incredible is Varane's explosive power that is almost a powerful center forward grabbing points!

In this ball, Varane stared at its prey like a lone wolf, flashing out like a thunderbolt in the vast desert, and this terrifying and brave orange thunderbolt undoubtedly shocked everyone's hearts. It is no exaggeration to say that since the second half, he has done the work that should have been done by the goalkeeper and the midfielder. A total of 5 grabs, 5 long passes, 3 accelerated breakthroughs from the middle of the backfield, and there were zero mistakes!

Soon, after disrupting Landlin's long-range shot, Raphael Varane began to dictate his players' movements in a decent manner.

In the 73rd minute of the game, in the face of the forward pressure of the Saint-Etienne team, the Lens team almost retreated to the penalty area. In the next ten minutes, Saint-Etienne's style of play was fixed with long-range shots, crosses, and continuous corner kicks, and constantly creating physical contact in the penalty area.

However, Varane was there every time someone needed to clear the ball, overheading, stabbing with his feet, and even flying to block and disrupt Riverlier's shots. With this shocking control, it dismantled the fighting spirit of the Saint-Etienne team bit by bit.

In the last minute, the Lens goalkeeper cleared the ball and sent the ball to the feet of his own midfielder, and the energetic Varane even rushed past the midfield before the opponent could recover the whole line!

This guy stretched out his foot to take the ball, and rushed to the opponent's penalty area without raising his head in the way of a midfielder. Eventually, he was able to hit the referee before the whistle and fired a fierce shot that flew just slightly over the crossbar. The home fans and the Saint-Etienne goalkeeper were undoubtedly in a cold sweat.