Lyon's draw at home to Lens and the failure to pick up three points from the promoted side were a disappointing result.

However, in the Ligue 1 standings, Lyon has improved their ranking, from tenth to eighth.

Bordeaux are currently at the top of the Ligue 1 table, beating Nice 3-1 away in this round to continue their winning streak.

With Saint-Etienne's home draw against Rennes in this round, Bordeaux is already the only team left in Ligue 1 to win all.

The last round of the loss of three generals in the big Paris is not good, this round of away draw at the bottom of the team Ivyan, the overall record is one win and two draws, not much better than Lyon.

However, Monaco beat Nantes 1-0 away and finally got their first win of the new season.

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Immediately after the league weekend, Lyon began preparations for the upcoming second leg of the Europa League qualification play-offs.

On the domestic side, Zhang Chaoqiang's long-range world wave naturally brushed another wave of heat.

And the media also listed a new record for him.

In the ranking of the total goals scored by Chinese players in the top five leagues, Zhang Chaoqiang has risen to third place.

When Zhang Chaoqiang saw this record, his head was full of question marks.

What are the total goals scored by Chinese players in the top five leagues?

How many players in China have landed in the top five leagues?

How many people have scored again?

Up to now, there are just ten players in China who have landed in the five major leagues, and Zhang Chaoqiang must also be counted.

Among the previous nine players, Li Tie, Hao Junmin, Li Jinyu, Dong Fangzhuo, and Li Weifeng did not score.

The four people who scored goals were, Yang Chen scored 16 goals in 65 Bundesliga games, Shao Jiayi scored 4 goals in 67 Bundesliga games, Sun Jihai scored 3 goals in 123 Premier League games, and Zheng Zhi scored 1 goal in 12 Premier League games.

The four combined scored a total of 24 goals.

Now Zhang Chaoqiang has made 10 appearances in Ligue 1 and scored 3 goals.

If you have to join the rankings, it is indeed ranked third, comparable to Sun Jihai.

But this kind of record doesn't mean much at all.

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On August 28, the whole Lyon team traveled to Giurgi, Romania, to challenge Giurgiu Astra away.

Fournier took the game very seriously and made a lot of tactical arrangements before the game.

Lyon are not playing well in Ligue 1 at the moment, and if they are eliminated from the Europa League, then the pressure on him will be really high.

However, the game went pretty well.

In the 26th minute of the first half, Astra pressed the attack, and Lyon intercepted the ball and counterattacked quickly.

Zhang Chaoqiang received a pass from Malblanco at the front of the center circle and started quickly.

Accelerate and rush forward!

At present, Zhang Chaoqiang's 65-point burst is still relatively average, but Astra's defense line is loose, and no one can stop him at the first time.

Soon he increased his speed to the maximum and instantly transformed into a sports car.

Step on your feet and the wind blows!

The feeling of charging at high speed made Zhang Chaoqiang extremely excited.

Since his debut, he has been relying on speed to eat, which is what he is best at.

Astra's midfield defense has not yet been organized, and Zhang Chaoqiang has already passed through it easily.

The remaining two defenders were waiting in front of the penalty area, and Zhang Chaoqiang's speed did not decrease, and he squeezed past the two of them in a straight direction.

The Romanian fans all watched the pitch with stunned eyes.

At this time, Zhang Chaoqiang had already faced the goal and decisively kicked up.

A powerful shot went straight to the bottom left of the goal, the angle was not very awkward, but the speed was fast enough.

The Astra goalkeeper had just made a save, and the ball had already crashed into the net!

“Goooooooal————”

"Very beautiful run to break the goal, Zhang scored the Astra goal again!!"

"Zhang showed his talent for speed again, and when he accelerated his charge, no one in the audience could keep up with him."

"Zhang has scored in three consecutive games recently, and he is already another rising star in the Lyon team!"

After Zhang Chaoqiang's goal, the game became a lot easier.

In the 38th minute, Jordan Ferry had great luck with a long-range shot, and the ball bounced off the opposing player.

It was a goal that killed the game straight away.

Lyon lead 4-1 on aggregate and also have an away goal advantage.

If Astra wants to turn it around, he will have to score four goals in a row.

Seeing this situation, the Astra player symbolically struggled twice, and then decisively chose to lie down.

So in the second half of the game, both teams played very easily, and everyone had no psychological pressure.

In the 81st minute of the game, Tolisso created a free kick on the left side of the field, Malblanco drove the free kick, Lacazette jumped in front of the point, and the football flew to the back of the penalty area.

Zhang Chaoqiang, who was in the position, smiled and accepted the gift, swooped into the goal against the football, and scored a goal again.

Zhang Chaoqiang scored twice for the first time in his career!

In this way, Lyon defeated GirdjuAstra 3-0 away and eliminated the opponent with a two-legged aggregate score of 5:1 to advance to the Europa League.

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After returning to Lyon, Zhang Chaoqiang knew that he had broken the record again.

The Chinese player with the most goals in Europe.

With three goals in the two legs against Giorgiu Astra, Zhang Chaoqiang is already the Chinese player with the most goals in Europe.

The previous record holder was Wang Chu with two goals.

In addition, Zhang Chaoqiang scored twice in the game, and Zhang Chaoqiang also became the first Chinese player to score two goals in Europe.

I have to say that the record of Chinese football is really fragile and will be broken at every turn.

But if you think about it, there is no need to be afraid of fragile records, as long as someone breaks them.

I'm afraid that the record is fragile, but no one can break it at all.

That's the saddest thing.

In this season's Europa League qualifiers, there were quite a few overturns in the five major leagues.

Hull City in the Premier League was eliminated by Loqueren in the Premier League, Real Sociedad in La Liga was eliminated by Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League, and Mainz in the Bundesliga was eliminated by Tripoli Starfish in the Greek Super League.

It is true that the teams in the five major leagues do not pay enough attention to the Europa League, which is the main reason why UEFA wants to implement a restructuring to allow the Europa League winners to automatically qualify for the Champions League.

On the side of the highly regarded Champions League qualifiers, the teams from the five major leagues also lost two.

La Liga Athletic Bilbao eliminated Serie A Napoli 4:2, which is a civil war in the five major leagues and is a force majeure.

But Lille in Ligue 1 was beaten 0:3 by Portuguese Super League Porto, which is a simple matter of strength.

Lille will be dropped out of the Europa League group stage after being eliminated.

So the next Ligue 1 will have Lyon, Lille, Guingamp, and Saint-Etienne to participate in the Europa League together.

Saint-Etienne also qualified for the Europa League, drawing 1-1 over two legs and eliminating Sporting Calabic on penalties.

Soon after the European qualifying rounds, UEFA organised the draw for the group stage of the European competition.

In the first Champions League draw, both Ligue 1 teams had good luck.

Grand Paris was drawn to compete with Barcelona, Ajax, and the Greeks in a group, and the standard sitting two looked at the same situation.

Monaco, as a fourth-pot team, could have easily drawn the group of death, but they were lucky enough to draw a group with Benfica, Zenit St. Petersburg and Bayer Leverkusen.

It's hard to say that Monaco can consistently progress from the group, but the chances are not small.

The Europa League group stage draw is much simpler, and there are basically no dead groups.

Lyon were finally placed in Group B, with the other three teams in the same group being Serie A Torino, Serie A Club Brugge and Dan Super League Copenhagen.

Joining hands with Torino to qualify, this is the simple advice given to Lyon by the French media.