On October 23, in the third round of the Europa League group stage, the whole Lyon team came to Turin, Italy.

Lyon came to Torino last season against Juventus.

This time, the opponent was changed to Juventus' city rival Torino.

Lyon's pre-match setup was simple, with Fournier explaining that the team had six points and that qualifying from the group was not a big problem, so it didn't take much effort.

As long as you can qualify from the group, there is not much difference between the first and second.

The attitude of the manager is the same, and the players are naturally not much better.

And Lacazette, Lyon's most dangerous team, was also rested on the bench.

As a result, the Red Bulls scored one goal in each half, and Lyon lost 0:2 to Torino away.

Fortunately, as Fournier said, Lyon still finished second in the group even after losing.

In the other clash in the group, Club Brugge drew 1-1 at home to FC Copenhagen, a favourable result for Lyon.

The current group situation is Torino with two wins, one draw and seven points, Lyon with two wins and one loss with six points, Club Brugge with two draws and one defeat with two points, and Copenhagen with one draw and two losses with one point.

There are still three rounds of group stage in the next round, and Lyon will basically lock up the promotion with three or four more points.

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The away defeat to Torino doesn't matter for Lyon, even the local media in Lyon think so.

As long as it does not affect the qualification of the group, the main task of the team is still Ligue 1.

In the next round of the league, Lyon will host Marseille, the current top team in Ligue 1.

The coaching staff has already begun to make detailed preparations for the game and strive to win the opponent at home.

On October 25, Zhang Chaoqiang's phone began to scream early in the morning.

Take a look at it, it's the broker's number.

"Jacques, what's the matter?"

"Haha, Zhang, I have good news for you."

"What's the good news, do you want to give me a good car?"

Previously, when Citroen and South Korea's Hyundai competed for Lyon's chest advertisement, Citroen released the news to the public, saying that if they successfully sponsored Lyon, they would give a good car to each of the players in the Lyon first team who had not yet bought a car.

Unfortunately, they did not bid as hard as the Koreans, and in the end the competition failed.

And Zhang Chaoqiang is a controversial figure in South Korea, and Hyundai will naturally not send him a car.

"Let me tell you directly, the nominees for this year's European Golden Boy Award have been announced."

Zhang Chaoqiang finally became interested and asked seriously, "Is there my name?" ”

"Of course, you're the super golden boy of Gerland......"

On Friday morning, Italy's newspaper Torino Sport announced the 40 nominees for the 2014 European Golden Boy Award.

Nine players have been selected in the Premier League, the most of any major league.

In addition, there are 6 players in the Bundesliga, 5 in La Liga and 4 in Serie A.

As a holy place for demon leveling, there are also 6 people selected, namely:

Paris Saint-Germain's Marquinhos and Rabiot, Marseille's Mendy, Monaco's Ocampos, Lille's Origi, and Lyon's Zhang Chaoqiang.

Successfully selected for the Golden Boy Award list, Zhang Chaoqiang is of course very happy.

But he knew in his heart that he was just running along.

The biggest favorite for this year's European Golden Boy Award is Liverpool's Raheem Sterling, who was a big hit in the Premier League last season and even almost helped Liverpool fans realize their dreams.

Raheem Sterling, as the youngest of the 3S group, is certainly famous.

And Sterling's performance since the beginning of the season has also been very good, Suarez transferred to Barcelona, Sturridge is plagued by injuries, Liverpool is supported by a Sterling, and he has received a lot of attention.

Overall, everyone agrees that Sterling is the number one candidate for the Golden Boy award.

If there is anyone who threatens Sterling, there are probably only three of them: Marquinhos of Paris, Januzaj of Manchester United, and Origi of Lille, and the threat is not great.

As for Zhang Chaoqiang, his goal was only to be shortlisted.

Want to win?

At least next year.

Zhang Chaoqiang is a player in 1995, and according to the regulations, he will still be within the scope of the Golden Boy Award next year.

So this year, I will be shortlisted to get acquainted, and then I will really hit the trophy next year.

This is the advice given to him by the brokerage company.

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On many football data sites, Lyon is often abbreviated as Lyon or OL.

Lyon is a shorthand for Lyonnais, while OL is a shorthand for Olympique Lyonnais.

Olympic Lyonnais, that's the full name of the Lyon team.

In French football, many teams have the prefix Olympic in their full names.

For example, the full name of Marseille is Olympic Marseille, the full name of Lille is Olympic Lille, the full name of Nice is Olympic Nice, and the full name of Nîmes is Olympic Nîmes.

The reason why there are so many Olympics is because Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, was French.

Many of France's early sports clubs were founded with the Olympic Games in honor of Coubertin.

Among the many Olympic teams in France, Lyon and Marseille are the two most successful.

Lyon won Ligue 1 seven times, while Marseille reached the top nine times.

Therefore, the match between Lyon and Marseille is also called the Olympic derby by the French media.

On October 26, in the 11th round of the French Ligue 1, Lyon hosted Marseille and another Olympic derby.

In fact, Lyon fans are not interested in the so-called Olympic derby, because in their hearts, only Saint-Etienne is the real and only mortal enemy.

But after all, it is a strong battle, and there will still be some attention.

"There are two key matches in Ligue 1, Lyon vs. Marseille is a battle for top and second place, and Paris vs. Bordeaux is a battle for third and fourth place."

"In the shortlist for the 2014 Golden Boy Award announced yesterday, Lyon striker Zhang and Marseille left-back Edouard Mendy were both selected, and the two were exactly opposite each other in this game......

Marseille finished sixth in Ligue 1 last season and failed to qualify for the Europa League.

So in the summer, they brought in Argentine madman coach Bielsa, and the effect was immediate.

Since the start of the new season, Marseille have become the most attacking team in Ligue 1.

In the first ten rounds of the league, Marseille scored 25 goals, one more than Lyon, who won two games 5-0.

And the Marseille players seem to have opened their minds under Bielsa's tutelage, and many of them have improved rapidly.

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The game officially began, and Marseille was not polite at all and quickly started the offensive.

Payet, Ayew, Tovan, Gignac, Marseille's attacking group in the front court is very threatening, and they continue to attack the Lyon backline.

Maniac Bielsa's team has always been good at attacking.

As a last resort, Lyon played a defensive counter-attack at home.

Zhang Chaoqiang thought that he had a lot of room to play, but Mendy, who was also a candidate for the Golden Boy Award, broke out in form, just like Digne in Paris before, stalking him all over the field.

This guy is black and hard, he is fast, and crucially, there is an equally in-form centre-back Nkuru to fill in his position.

Under the attack of the two, Zhang Chaoqiang has very little room to play.

Not only Zhang Chaoqiang, but even Lacazette, who was rested in the middle of the week, was also restricted.

Lyon's forward line was frozen.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Chaoqiang wanted to wait for the critical moment to come and thaw himself with the effect of [Mr. Key].

But I didn't wait.

Seeing that the game was deadlocked, Fournier decisively removed the in-form Tolisso in the second half and replaced him with Gourcuff, who has been in good form recently.

In the last round, Gourcuff came off the bench to score a goal, but this time he did it again.

In the 65th minute, Gourcuff made a flexible pass in front and volleyed, but Lyon, who was suppressed on the field, scored first.

Fournier also knew that this game was not easy to play, so he hurried to the sidelines to arrange defense and try to hold on to the lead that he had won so hard.

So with the efforts of the whole Lyon team, the score was finally held.

"Former Zidane's successor" Gourcuff scored the winning goal as Lyon beat Marseille 1-0 at home to win the Olympic derby.