After losing away to Toulouse, Lyon fell to 10th place in the Ligue 1 table.

However, the season has only just begun, and the position is not so important for the time being.

The coaching staff is most concerned about Fekir's injury.

The Trident has just been formed, and if Fekir is out injured for a long time, they will have to adopt a different set of tactics.

Fortunately, Fekir's injury was not serious, and after returning to Lyon for a detailed examination, it was confirmed that he would be able to recuperate for three to four weeks.

Lyon's defeat was accompanied by injuries to key players, and the happiest were undoubtedly the fans of arch-rival Saint-Etienne.

Saint-Etienne seem to be in good form this season, winning two games in a row and starting two in a row to temporarily sit second in the table.

So taking advantage of Lyon's difficulties, Saint-Etienne fans got up and started to make noise online.

"The Green Legion is rising again!"

"Lyon will never be better than Saint-Etienne!"

In fact, the new season has only started two rounds, and it is indeed too early to say that it will not rise at this time.

However, if you look at the standings, you can see that there are only two teams left in Ligue 1 that have won all.

In addition to Saint-Etienne, the other team that won all of them was Bordeaux in the red wine.

In this round of Ligue 1 strong, Bordeaux played very bravely at home, directly slaughtering Monaco 4:1.

Monaco, runners-up in Ligue 1 last season, have suffered two consecutive defeats in the opening season, including a massacre.

This puts a lot of pressure on Monaco's new coach Jardim.

Many French media have said that the Portuguese coach is much worse than his predecessor Ranieri.

The tinkerer was indeed unlucky, and as soon as he got Monaco on the right track, he was immediately driven away.

So the media is generally sympathetic to him.

And the most talked-about match of this round is still from Grand Paris.

Paris Saint-Germain beat Bastia 2-0 at home to get their first league win of the new season.

But it was only a pyrrhic victory.

The game started off with a tight pitch and soon both teams were on fire, with Ibrahimovic and Donny van der Wiel going off injured.

The two teams continued to clash after the crucial game, and Bastia's Brazilian striker Brandão rushed forward to hit a headbutt, which directly hit Mota's nose and broke the bridge of his nose, causing blood to flow prolonged.

The loss of three main forces in the first battle of Grand Paris can be described as quite tragic.

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After the league weekend, Lyon have started to prepare for the league again, as there will be a European game in midweek.

On August 21, in the first leg of the Europa League qualification play-offs, Lyon hosted Giurgi-Astra.

In Fekir's absence, Fournier made another change to Lyon's formation.

It is still a 442 formation, but the midfield is no longer a diamond-shaped position of double forwards and forwards, but a concave position of double-backs and double-forwards.

Gonarlons and Tolisso were paired in a back two, with Malblanco at the left and Jordan Ferry at the right.

This is a specific adjustment made by Fournier based on the overall performance of the previous games.

Let Tolisso drop back and increase the team's ability to play the ball at the back.

When he started, Zhang Chaoqiang completed another career first record.

It was the first time I met an Asian player in a game.

There is actually a Japanese player in the starting eleven of Kurgiu Astra - Takayuki Seto.

Zhang Chaoqiang has no impression of this guy, and he doesn't know who he is.

The game officially began, and Lyon, who had a psychological advantage at home, quickly launched an offensive with the intention of sweeping away the gloom of the weekend's league defeat.

The opponent was only a Romanian team, and it was the first time in the team's history that they were competing in Europe.

In the face of this kind of rookie team, there is no need to be polite to them at all.

Lyon's first attack, Zhang Chaoqiang received a pass from Tolisso, and the ball accelerated to easily shake off the intercepted Romanian midfielder Budescu.

The opponent was wearing the number 10 jersey and was clearly not good at defending.

The Japanese Seto Takayuki was very active and immediately rushed over to fill the position, but was passed by Zhang Chaoqiang, who accelerated with the ball.

After the pass, Zhang Chaoqiang keenly noticed that Lacazette was actively moving forward, and the timing was very good.

So he pushed it down and stuffed it straight through.

"Good pass!! This is an opportunity!! ”

Amid the cheers of the French commentators, Lacazette successfully crossed the Astra defence, and Zhang's pass was just in front of him.

So Lacazette comfortably picked up the ball and accelerated, took two steps, and then volleyed with his feet.

Boom!

The ball flew straight into the top right corner of the Astra goal.

Everyone thought the ball would fly straight into the goal, but Romanian goalkeeper Glenn stepped up and slapped the ball out with a single palm.

The ball was blocked and fell back into the box, and the Astra defender immediately stepped up to clear it.

But as soon as they took a step, a white figure had already arrived at the landing point.

With a flick of the toe, the ball flew towards the Astra goal again.

No one can stop it this time.

“Goooooooal————”

"The ball is in! Super Strength - Zhang!! ”

"A very timely shot in front of goal, Lyon took the lead in the opponent's goal!"

"It was a combination of two shots up front, with Zhang's through ball winning a one-on-one chance for Lacazette, who was saved and Zhang followed up in time to score the goal."

'Lyon scored in just four minutes and it was a standard dream start.

At this time, in the football live broadcast room far away in China, the real-time broadcast is underway.

"Zhang Chaoqiang scored a goal and scored his first goal in Europe."

"After Sun Jihai and Wang Chu, the third Chinese player to score in the European competition was officially born."

Soon, a large number of "Brother Qiangzi Cow Criticism" were brushed up in the live broadcast room.

The goal record of Chinese players in European competitions is very simple, just two goals and three goals.

Sun Jihai's goal and Wang Chu's two goals both occurred in the Europa League qualifying round.

Now with Zhang Chaoqiang's grain, it has become three people and four balls.

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On the Gelland pitch, the game continues.

Lyon, who scored the opening goal, became more and more courageous, completely pressing the away team to the point of not being able to lift their heads.

In the 6th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang fed Lacazette the ball after passing again, and this time he shot the ball directly into the stands, not giving a chance to make up for it at all.

In the 11th minute, Tolisso cut in a long-range shot and hit it well, but it was saved by the Astra goalkeeper.

In the subsequent corner kick attack, Zhang Chaoqiang successfully hit the football, but unfortunately he didn't make a force.

Finally, in the 24th minute of the game, Jordan Ferry picked a pass to find Lacazette, who probably knew that he didn't feel good about shooting today, so he didn't force the goal, but went back to the goal.

Malblanco followed up with a powerful shot and the ball found the Astra goal again.

"Lyon are 2-0 up halfway through the first half, so it looks like it's going to be a game without suspense......

The home fans cheered and went crazy for the home team's back-to-back goals.

The whole Lyon team also continued to attack on the pitch, trying to completely break down the opponent.

However, although there was a lot of noise in front of the goal, Astra stubbornly held on.

Until the end of the first half, the score was still 2:0.

At half-time, Fournier had nothing to say.

Playing an Eastern European weak team and already leading by two goals at half-time, then just play casually in the second half.

Just don't make a mistake.

But a lot of times what I'm afraid of will come.

In the 56th minute of the second half, Lindsey Rose was recklessly stretching his foot behind when defending Astra striker Fatai in the penalty area and kicked the opponent's heel.

Fatai exaggerated his legs and lay on the ground, and the referee blew the whistle decisively.

Yellow card plus penalty!

Astra's No.10 midfielder Budescu hit the penalty and pulled a goal back.

The two teams are in a delicate equilibrium.

Lyon continued to attack, but not as resolute as in the first half.

Everyone was worried that if they conceded another goal, the score would change from 2:1 to 2:2 and it would be even more embarrassing.

Astra defended aggressively, they got an away goal and felt it was a good situation at the moment.

In this way, both teams survived the rest of the second half.

Lyon got off to a good start at home and ended the game with a score of 2-1.