In terms of outline, the French territory is almost a regular hexagon, facing the sea on three sides: due west, northwest and southeast, and land on three sides due east, northeast and southwest.

In terms of topography, most of France is a plain and hilly area suitable for farming, especially the Paris Basin in the north, which is the cradle of the French nation and the heart of the whole France.

However, the best access to the sea in France is not on the Atlantic coast due west and northwest, but on the far southeast Mediterranean coast.

Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, the best port cities in France are all gathered here.

Among them, Marseille has developed into the second largest city in France after Paris as early as the Industrial Revolution by virtue of its unique geographical location.

The special geographical location has created a special national situation.

Paris is the heart, and Marseille is the gateway, so between Paris and Marseille, a transportation artery has slowly formed, and it is also the economic artery of France.

And Lyon is at the middle point of this artery.

From south to north, west to east, Lyon is the most suitable transit point.

This is the main reason why Lyon is the third largest city in France.

The Lyon bus came out of the city and headed north.

Zhang Chaoqiang and Tolisso sat together, and both of them followed the advice of the coaching staff and took the opportunity to take a lunch break.

The distance between Lyon and Paris is about 400 kilometers, which is not too far.

Just after three o'clock in the afternoon, the bus from Lyon had already entered the southern suburbs of Paris.

But instead of entering the city, the bus made a detour and slowly drove towards Saint-Denis, a suburban town north of Paris.

Saint-Denis was originally a well-known mixed district near Paris, where a large number of foreigners, most of whom were of African descent, tried to break into Paris.

France has long had a huge influence on African countries, and many African countries respect France, which has led to many Africans naturally considering France as their suzerain.

So whenever they have the opportunity, they will do everything possible to go to France and try to make a career.

In the early days, when these African Americans came to France, they were all centrally resettled by the government, and Saint-Denis was the main resettlement area near Paris.

However, with the rise of the affirmative action movement, African Americans began to spread everywhere, and now French cities are full of blacks, especially Paris.

This is where the blackening of France comes from.

In fact, in terms of population structure, more than eighty percent of the current population in France is still white, and the proportion of blacks is only less than two percent, which is far from the degree of blackening.

However, since blacks are mostly concentrated in major cities, it is easy to give people the illusion that France has been occupied by blacks.

But blackening is not alarmist, because white people have fewer children.

More than half of all births in France are black children each year.

So in the long run, there is indeed a crisis of blackening in France.

In fact, there are similar situations in European countries, but France is the most serious.

European governments are ambivalent about this: on the one hand, blacks can effectively solve the problem of insufficient fertility, but on the other hand, they will cause various social contradictions.

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After arriving at Saint-Denis, the whole Lyon team is seriously preparing for tonight's final.

Soon it was six o'clock in the afternoon, and Lyon began to make his way to the largest building in town, the Stade de France.

The Stade de France is the largest stadium in France, with a capacity of 80,000 spectators, and is also the home of the French national team.

In the 1998 World Cup final, it was here that France defeated Brazil 3-0 with Zinedine Zidane's brace and won the first World Cup title in the history of the French team.

Outside the Stade de France, Zhang Chaoqiang found that there were significantly more fans wearing dark Paris jerseys than white Lyon jerseys.

The Stade de France is nominally a neutral venue, but due to its location in Paris, it is half of Saint-Germain's home stadium.

When entering the stadium with the team, Zhang Chaoqiang vaguely heard a French insult similar to that of a "Lyon hillbilly".

It seems that the people of Paris, like most of the capitals of the world, are hillbillies except for themselves.

At the same time, accompanied by all kinds of French abuse, Zhang Chaoqiang also accurately received the Chinese words mixed in it.

"Brother Qiangzi, come on!!"

Once on the pitch, Remy Garde began to schedule his starting XI in the home team's dressing room.

The pre-match draw had already been decided, with Lyon using the main dressing room.

Garder's starting line-up was still his usual 442 formation for three years.

Goalkeepers: Anthony López;

Defenders: Henri Bedimo, Samuel Umtiti, Milan Bisevac, Colantan Tolisso;

Midfielders: Maxime Gonallons, Stede Malblanco, Jordan Ferry, Arnold Muwenba;

Forwards: Alexandre Lacazette, Bafetimbi Gomi.

Tolisso remained at right-back, but Umtiti returned to centre-back.

Speaking of which, Umtiti did play at left-back in the early days of Lyon's academy, as he was small and fast.

But as the body grew stronger and stronger, people have long since switched to playing at centre-back.

But after entering the first team, Remy Garde always likes to arrange for him to play at left-back.

At 7 p.m. local time in France, Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain entered the Stade de France together to officially begin the 2013/14 French League Cup final.

Paris Saint-Germain's starting formation is 433, which can be described as elite.

Goalkeepers: Nicholas Dorchez;

Defenders: Maxwell, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Van der Wiel;

Midfielders: Matuidi, Motta, Verratti;

Forwards: Ravic, Cavani, Lucas Moura.

Such a line-up, except for goalkeeper Dochez, is full of star players.

And that's in the absence of the star of the house, Ibrahimovic.

"Welcome to the game, this is the Stade de France."

"As the 20th edition of the French League Cup, tonight's match is between Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon, so it's an interesting pair of rivals."

"With tonight's final, Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain have both reached five Carabao Cup finals, and they both hold the record for the second-most finals, behind Bordeaux who have reached six finals."

"But in the previous four finals, the situation was completely different between the two teams."

'Paris have won three times and if they win again tonight, they will be the team that has won the most Carabao Cups.'

"Lyon, on the other hand, have lost three of their previous four finals and if they lose again tonight, they will be the team with the most runners-up in the Carabao Cup."

"It's worth mentioning that the last time Lyon reached the Carabao Cup final was two seasons ago, when they were managed by Remy Gaard, but they lost to Marseille in the final and missed out on the title......

The on-site commentary has just finished reading the data of the two teams, and the situation on the court has changed abruptly.

Motta and Verratti split in midfield after passing together, and Ravic received the ball and immediately went straight forward.

Tolisso's lack of grip led to Parisian left-back Maxwell getting down the edge and picking up the ball in front of goal.

Cavani in the middle squeezed past Serbian defender Bisevac and rushed into the six-yard box and crashed into the Lyon goal with the ball.

At this time, the timer on the electronic screen on the scene is marked - 02:45.

Just two minutes and forty-five seconds into the opening period, Grand Paris had already taken the lead.