Zhang Chaoqiang contributed one pass and one shot in the game broadcast by CCTV, and was selected as the best in the game after the game, and he really grew his face once.

While Chinese fans are boasting about Brother Qiangzi, they also know that Zhang Chaoqiang is not alone in the whole of Asia.

On the same weekend, Asian players from other leagues also performed well.

Son Heung-min scored in Bayer Leverkusen's 3-3 draw with Werder Bremen, while Shinji Kagawa also scored his first Bundesliga goal in Borussia Dortmund's 3-1 win over Freiburg.

However, Shinji Okazaki, another Japanese player in the Bundesliga, was even more aggressive, scoring twice in Mainz's 3-1 win over Hertha Berlin, breaking the record held by his predecessor Yasuhiko Okutera for a Japanese player's top five league goals.

It is worth mentioning that one of Shinji Okazaki's goals was an assist from South Korean Gu Ji-cheol.

On the Serie A side, Keisuke Honda passed and shot in AC Milan's 5:4 victory over Parma, and he also did not lose to Zhang Chaoqiang.

Therefore, although Zhang Chaoqiang is the first person in China to study abroad, he is also the only hope for the whole village.

Among the current five major leagues, Zhang Chaoqiang is the only seedling in China.

And what about Japan and South Korea?

In the Bundesliga alone, there are fifteen Japanese and Korean players.

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During Lyon's daily training, Zhang Chaoqiang once again received a prompt from the simulator.

[You strengthen your body through personal training, +1 reaction]

The reaction has increased from 60 to 61, which is pretty good.

On September 18, the whole Lyon team came to Denmark in Northern Europe to challenge the Danish powerhouse Copenhagen away.

The Europa League group stage has begun.

FC Copenhagen have won the most titles in the Danish league, but last season they lost to Aalborg in the league title race and finished as runners-up.

But the Danish runners-up also qualify for the Champions League.

This season, Copenhagen successfully eliminated Ukrainian runners-up Dnipro in the third round of Champions League qualification, but suffered a heavy 2-7 defeat to Bundesliga fourth Bayer Leverkusen in the play-offs.

Son Heung-min's two goals in two games were brushed from Copenhagen's head.

Since Zhang Chaoqiang has often been compared to Sun Xingmin recently, Chinese fans also know about it.

Since Son Heung-min can brush two goals on Copenhagen's head, they naturally hope that Zhang Chaoqiang will also score on Copenhagen's head after not falling behind.

Once Zhang Chaoqiang scores, it will be the first goal of a Chinese player in the main draw of the European competition.

Lyon have already reached the Europa League main stage and have at least six group games to play.

As long as there are no big surprises, it is only a matter of time before Zhang Chaoqiang wins the first goal.

But the fans are still a little worried and hope that the first goal will come as soon as possible.

The game officially began, and although Copenhagen was the strongest team in Denmark, it did not dare to attack Lyon head-on, and its tactics were relatively conservative.

So Lacazette played his part.

In the 22nd minute, Fekir crossed from the left, Lacazette withstood the opposing defender in the penalty area and took the ball back, Tolisso followed up and hit the goal, and scored the Copenhagen goal.

It was Tolisso's first European goal of his career, and he was so happy that his face was almost smiling.

In the 35th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang played a beautiful ball on the right side, and then quickly went down to the bottom and passed back in the inverted triangle.

Alexandre Lacazette cut forward in the middle to meet the ball and give Lyon a two-goal lead.

The overall difficulty of the game was not high, so after 60 minutes of the second half, Fournier replaced Fekir and Zhang Chaoqiang one after another.

Fekir looks strong, but it's actually a bit brittle.

He was given the chance to be promoted to the first team by Gard last season, but was injured after just two games and was thrown back into the reserves.

This season is about the same, with an injury at the beginning of the season.

Fortunately, Fournier admired him and did not dislike him for it.

Zhang Chaoqiang is not strong enough to look at his body, and he is also a typical speed player, the most prone to injury.

So Fournier replaced two and prepared ahead of time for the weekend in Ligue 1.

Zhang Chaoqiang knew the manager's intentions, but he still felt a little pity.

He has not suffered any injuries since joining the Lyon academy.

It may be that the [Iron Man] talent has a hidden effect bonus, just like [Mr. Key] can increase the status when activated.

Now Copenhagen clearly did not concede defeat because they were two goals down and will continue to look for opportunities.

As the game time runs out and Copenhagen's attack becomes more ferocious, he can use his speed advantage to counter-attack, and it is likely that the first goal of the game will be there.

However, since the coach arranged it this way, Zhang Chaoqiang could only accept it.

In the 79th minute of the game, Copenhagen finally won a penalty through a big counterattack, but unfortunately Danish striker Cornelius took a half-high kick and was saved by Anthony Lopez.

So the score of 2:0 was maintained until the end, and Lyon successfully won the three points.

During the post-game sideline interview, Zhang Chaoqiang was caught by domestic reporters again.

"Zhang Chaoqiang, if you can't get the first goal of the European competition in this game, will you feel sorry?"

'A little bit, but Lyon are still playing in the Europa League and I still have a chance, maybe in the next game.'

"You only played 60 minutes before you were substituted, did you feel like you had too little playing time?"

"No, the game is decided, so I just went down early, and the coach said let me accumulate strength and wait for the next game to play Paris."

As Zhang Chaoqiang got better and better, Lyon gradually began to gather Chinese journalists, apparently to follow and report on Zhang Chaoqiang's news.

But it's all bullshit questions, and you want to stir things up, right?

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Zhang Chaoqiang couldn't score on the head of Copenhagen, which is a bit regrettable indeed.

But he played a man-to-man ball in the game to give an assist, which was somewhat a consolation prize and could make domestic fans feel more comfortable.

Similarly, the fact that he was substituted after only playing more than 60 minutes was also brought up and discussed.

The media likes to bring this kind of rhythm.

Fortunately, Zhang Chaoqiang's interview answer was very tactful, so there was basically no problem, and it was only two days after that.

After returning to Lyon, Zhang Chaoqiang followed his teammates to urgently prepare for the weekend's Ligue 1 competition.

In the last two rounds, Lyon has faced Monaco and Grand Paris, and there is a Europa League group stage in between, which is barely a little devil's schedule.

Lyon have already won at home to Monaco, and the next step is to see how they play away from Paris.

If they can win again against Grand Paris, Lyon can continue to improve their standings.

On 21 September, the whole Lyon team headed north again for Paris.

Zhang Chaoqiang played against Grand Paris in the French League Cup final last season, but the venue at that time was the Stade de France, nominally a neutral venue.

This time in Paris, the venue was changed to the Parc des Princes, home of Saint-Germain.

The Parisian fans were still so excited, and as soon as the Lyon bus arrived, they began to spray all kinds of foul language.

Grand Paris have already won two consecutive Ligue 1 titles, and they are naturally keen to defend their title this year and win three in a row.

Unfortunately, they have not had a good start to the season, and the situation seems to be a bit bad.

But the Parisian fans are confident.

In 2012/13, Paris won the Ligue 1 title for the first time since the Qatari consortium took over.

At that time, they did not start well, drawing three in a row.

This led to many French media criticizing Ancelotti at the time, believing that he was no longer magical.

Until the 9th round of the league, after Paris reached the top of the table in one fell swoop, it basically sat on the high platform for a long time and finally won the championship.

The season has also started poorly, but the Parisian fans are confident that they will win the title and complete the third in a row.

After all, they are the most local team in Europe, and their goal is to win the Champions League!