Chapter 125: Blocking the Champion!

The Parisian press praised the victory, believing that Saint-Germain had their destiny in their own hands and would not allow a repeat of last year's situation. The whole team of Saint-Germain is very united, Pauletta froze his transfer application, and Saint-Germain aims to pull Lyon off the horse and stand on the championship podium himself.

Lyon's media found the reason for the defeat, believing that the racist language of the home fans had stimulated Essien, causing him to change his mood and allow the Chinese striker to find two chances in the final moments of the game.

They blamed the defeat on the home fans.

They also believe that Lyon still have the upper hand on the way to the league title. The Lyon players are sure to create a fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title. No one can stop it.

The media analysed the match from different angles and analysed the form of this season's Ligue 1 title.

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In the following time, Tang Jue played alongside his teammates, fighting against opponents in the French Cup and Ligue 1.

There is no hope of a league title, there is no hope of a Champions League place, and at the French Cup, the Ligue 1 teams burst out with amazing energy.

Saint-Germain are very tired from playing almost all cup and league competitions in their goal of a double. After thrilling knocks out Nantes and Auxerre, Saint-Germain finally made it to the cup final. On May 10, they will compete with Sochaux for the title at Marseille's home stadium, the Stade Velodrome.

Compared to the cup competition, they have not caught up with Lyon in the league.

In the 34th round of Ligue 1, Lyon defeated AJ Auxerre 3-0 away, and Saint-Germain also beat Nice away from home, with a score of 3-1. In this game, Wayd Alilozik kept his promise and started Pauletta and played the whole game, and Tang Jue sat on the bench for the whole game.

In the 35th round, Lyon beat Ajacc 2-1 at home, and Saint-Germain beat Lille 1-0 at home. Tang Jue came on in the twentieth minute of the second half, and he played the savior again. In the 40th minute, he used his sharp breakthrough to give Reinaldo an assist, and Reinaldo made it all in one fell swoop.

Saint-Germain and Lyon definitely did not think about how difficult it would be for those teams who missed out on the title and the Champions League place to play in the next games.

Lyon have been on a standout this season with four consecutive titles. Towards the end of the season, Lyon and Saint-Germain are in contention for the title. The small ball will have the face of the small ball club, have its own pursuit, block the two heroes from competing for hegemony, and do not let them pass the test easily, in order to reflect their own value!

There are still three rounds in the league and the difference between Saint-Germain and Lyon is still one point. Lyon are focused on the league, while Saint-Germain are on two fronts.

On May 7, the 36th round of the French Ligue 04-05 season began. Three days later, Saint-Germain will play Sochaux in the final of the French Cup at Marseille's home stadium, the Stade Velodrome.

Saint-Germain's opponent is Ajacc, and Ajacc sent all the main forces in order to stop Saint-Germain. In the game, they adopted a strategy of defending and waiting for the opportunity to attack. Amid the shouts of the home fans, Saint-Germain stepped into the Ajacc half with vigorous steps, and pounced on Ajacc with wave after wave of ferocious attacks.

The tenacious Ajacc withstood Saint-Germain's attack, allowing Saint-Germain to blossom in the first half. They also took advantage of counter-attacking opportunities and scored in the first 31 minutes of the first half.

With the unfavorable situation of falling behind 0-1, Saint-Germain changed their strategy in the second half, taking the initiative to pull back the defensive line and try to open up space for attack. However, Ajacc was not fooled at all, and they continued to cower in their own half.

This was a big headache for Wayd Alilozik, but fortunately Saint-Germain still had Tang Jue and Boskovic as a free-kick master. In the fifteenth minute of the second half, Tang Jue was brought down by the Ajacc central defender when he broke through. It was Boskovic's third direct free-kick of the game.

Boskovic equalised from 10 yards out with a pinpoint direct free-kick that went straight to the top right corner of goal.

This goal inspired the Saint-Germain players, and in the thirtieth minute of the second half, Reinaldo took a corner kick opportunity and scored Ajacc's goal with a header, and Saint-Germain took the lead.

Just when the home fans thought their team was going to win the game, Ajacc launched a ferocious attack. In the 37th minute of the second half, the Ajacc striker took advantage of a mistake by Sack to intercept the ball from outside the box and shoot with his foot, and the ball flew past Letizi's fingertips and into the net. Ajacc stubbornly equalised.

Saint-Germain had less than ten minutes left, and the commentator on Paris TV even suggested on the microphone that Pauletta should be replaced.

Wayd Alilozik did not make substitutions, he knew the value of the Dao Tang, and at the same time he also knew the character of the Dao Tang. He knew the genius boy's determination to win.

The game restarted, Tang Jue gave full play to his ability, he continued to tear apart Ajac's defense with sharp breakthroughs, and the Ajac defenders put Tang Jue to the ground again and again. In the 39th minute of the second half, Ajacc centre-back Bolf was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards.

Before the game restarted, the Ajacc head coach replaced a striker with centre-back El Fakiri.

Boskovic's direct free-kick in front of the box was blocked by Ajacc's goalkeeper. Saint-Germain was not discouraged. In the forty-first minute of the second half, Tang Jue took advantage of the fact that El Fakiri, who had just come on the field, had not fully adapted to the game, and broke through from him. Tang Jue fell in the Ajacc penalty area!

After just two minutes on the pitch, El Fakiri was sent off with a red card by the referee. The referee awarded a penalty to Saint-Germain. Captain Deu withstood the pressure and made it all in one fell swoop to overtake the score.

The nine-man Ajacc could no longer threaten Saint-Germain and the match ended 3-2 with a hard-fought home win over Ajacc. This battle made the Saint-Germain players realize that it is not as easy as imagined to compete with Lyon for the most difficult title.

Of course, it wasn't Saint-Germain who had such a tough battle, and Lyon faced their biggest challenge at the same time. Meanwhile, in Ligue 1 at the Stade Gerland, Lyon were stubbornly blocked at home by Bordeaux.

Lyon suffered the same situation as Saint-Germain, only they were worse off, having been unable to attack for a long time in the first half, and were attacked twice by Bordeaux. With a score of 0-2, Lyon launched a Jedi counterattack in the second half.

For a time, the blue and white wave overwhelmingly rushed to the Bordeaux half. The tenacious Bordeaux made a mistake after 30 minutes in the second half. Govu found an opportunity in front of the box and fired a shot wide of Bordeaux.

Equally down by one goal, Saint-Germain have the sharp weapon of Tang Jue, who can tear apart the opponent's defence with a sharp breakthrough and win the team a free kick or even a penalty. Lyon don't have such a figure and they can only threaten the Bordeaux goal with long-range shots.

The controversial decision came in the fifth minute before the end of the game, when Bordeaux midfielder Plasil was awarded a direct free-kick for a non-obvious foul on Essien in front of his own box.

The Bordeaux players laid a very irrational siege on the referee. Plasil was the most agitated of these, explaining to the referee that he had not committed a foul. The referee gave Plasil a red card directly!

At this critical moment, Lyon had a free kick master, and Juninho's direct free kick flew over the wall and into the Bordeaux goal.

Lyon struggled to equalise five minutes after the game's finale. This is something that no one expected!

Bordeaux played 11 out of 10 in the last five minutes. But they stubbornly kept the score 2-2 until the end of the game.

(There's one more chapter in the afternoon!) )