On November 6, at 8 p.m. local time in France, Lyon hosted the challenge of Serie A Torino.

The coaching staff made big rotations for this game for strategic reasons, but the thinking of the fans was simple.

The first leg was lost to Torino, so this time the home team must try to win back, otherwise Lyon is not as good as the opponent?

Domestic fans also attach great importance to this game, because this is Zhang Chaoqiang's European competition.

"The visitors to Torino are as elite as they are and obviously take this game very seriously."

"But the home team Lyon did not have their usual starting line-up this season, which may have been a special tactical consideration, so they rotated the three key players of Alexandre Lacazette, Fekir and Umtiti, and also changed the starting formation to 4231 ......"

Although the Torino team has experienced the era of Torino in its history, it has been in decline for many years, and now it is an ordinary Serie A team.

Last season, thanks to the excellent performances of Immobile and Cerci, they finally played a good season, which was not easy.

Immobile won the Serie A Golden Boot, Cherci won the Serie A assist king, and the two thighs worked hard to help Torino climb to the highest ranking in Serie A for 20 years - seventh.

It stands to reason that seventh in Serie A is not played in Europe, but Parma, who is sixth in Serie A, was denied European qualification due to financial problems, so Torino will participate in the Europa League.

It took two decades for Torino to finally appear on the European stage, so they value every game.

A team like Lyon, who plays European games every year, doesn't understand the hardships of the other side at all.

But one thing to say, Torino reached the Europa League final during the Serie A Mini-World Cup in the 90s, while Lyon have never reached any European final in their history.

Fournier changed Lyon's starting XI to 4231, with Zhang Chaoqiang playing as a lone striker, Malblanco playing at left midfield, Gourcuff at midfield, and Burkina Faso's Bacari Koné starting in place of Umtiti at centre-back.

Lindsey Ross has completely lost Fournier's trust and is now largely out of the squad.

Torino's start was exactly the same as it was in the first leg's two-goal win over Lyon, with the 532 formation, with Amaury and Quagliarella partnering as two strikers.

Immobile and Cerci, who were instrumental in Torino last season, were sold by Torino management in the summer for money.

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The game officially began, and both sides played somewhat conservatively.

Lyon's lineup has changed dramatically and key players are rested, so they will naturally not attack rashly.

Torino themselves are a lower-middle Serie A team and they came to the Stadio Gerland for a draw.

As long as the two sides draw, Torino can continue to hold on to top of the group.

This led to the first ten minutes of the opening ten minutes when both teams were grinding and looking cautious.

In the 14th minute of the game, the first threatening attack finally arrived.

Gourcuff was forced to grab the ball in front of the field, so he knocked it to Zhang Chaoqiang in front of the penalty area.

Zhang Chaoqiang knocked the ball with the inside of his foot, and flicked the outside of his instep to make a posture of swinging his leg to hit the goal.

The eyes of the Torino players were attracted by Zhang Chaoqiang's movements, and they immediately prepared to respond to his long-range shot.

But Zhang Chaoqiang paused slightly, paused, and then stabbed the football forward.

With a change of rhythm between movements, Zhang Chaoqiang won himself a short time to enter the opponent's penalty area.

Stepping into the penalty area, decisively kicking up.

The Torino penalty area was full of people, and it was simply unrealistic to continue dribbling the ball, so take advantage of the space to make a quick kick.

Boom!!

The ball flew to the bottom right corner of the Torino goal.

Torino goalkeeper Pedri fell to the ground in a panic to save, but couldn't touch the ball at all.

The football approached the goal on turf, but it grazed the post and flew off the bottom line in the surprised eyes of the Lyon fans as they prepared to witness the goal.

Oh————

Countless Lyon fans hugged their heads and exclaimed, didn't score this goal?

"It's a pity, Zhang Chaoqiang took the ball very smoothly and easily let him find a chance to shoot, but unfortunately it was a little bit worse."

'If it can be scored, it will definitely be an amazing goal.'

"A simple pause creates chances, and it can be seen that Zhang Chaoqiang is in good shape tonight......"

The domestic commentators kept boasting about Zhang Chaoqiang, but Torino coach Ventura was quite unhappy and was loudly scolding his players.

was kicked by Zhang Chaoqiang soon after the opening, which is not a good sign.

Ventura's coaching philosophy is different from that of traditional Italian coaches, and he doesn't believe in defensive football, preferring to have his players train all kinds of offensive combinations.

Torino are playing well under his tutelage at the moment, and it was in this way that they beat Lyon in the first leg.

But this time their little cooperation was not so good.

Lyon's overall strength is not inferior to the other party, and this game has the bonus of home momentum, even if the three main forces are rotated, they still play well with the opposite side.

So the two teams played four or six on the field, and Torino had a slight advantage.

But the real threat to attack is more for Lyon.

In the 27th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang attracted three players from the opponent in a quick counterattack and then went straight forward, and the veteran Malblanco received the ball on the left side of the opponent's penalty area, an excellent position for unguarded shots.

He had no choice but to hit the ball on the outside of the side-netting.

In the 42nd minute, Zhang Chaoqiang and Jordan Ferry cooperated in the front court, and suddenly raised his foot near the line of the big penalty area.

The shot was very hidden, but unfortunately it was a little farther away, and the Torino goalkeeper reacted and held the ball down.

At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0, and both teams were unable to score for the time being.

But neither team changed their tactics, let alone made any substitutions.

Because the managers of both teams are quite happy with the current situation.

At the start of the second half, the scene was still the same.

In the 48th minute, Lyon got the ball for the first time and hit near the opponent's penalty area.

Zhang Chaoqiang saw the opportunity to run and look for opportunities in the area in front of the opponent's goal.

At the moment when he stepped forward into the penalty area, Malblanco had a tacit understanding of picking and passing.

So Zhang Chaoqiang grabbed a step to the landing point and prepared to catch the ball.

But Torino's defense was in place, as soon as Zhang Chaoqiang stepped forward, Torino central defender Maksimovic immediately started, and arrived almost at the same time as Zhang Chaoqiang.

At this moment, Zhang Chaoqiang was a little embarrassed, if he stopped the ball and dealt with it, the attack would definitely be destroyed.

In a hurry, he didn't think much about it, and directly stretched out his foot and lightly paddled it.

The ball bounced off Zhang's instep and returned to the air again, passing over Maksimovich's head in a small arc.

"Pick the ball!!" The Lyon fans who were watching the stadium exclaimed.

Maksimovich, who was on the court, was also shocked by Zhang Chaoqiang's handling and hesitated to know how to respond.

However, Zhang Chaoqiang did not hesitate, and immediately let Maksimovich quickly rush behind the opponent, facing the falling football, and swing his legs directly!

Volley!!

Boom!!!

This time, Torino goalkeeper Pedri didn't react and stood in front of goal, as if he didn't know what was happening.

But behind him, the ball was already bouncing around the goal.

"Gooooooal————————" The second the football entered the goal, the world's commentators began to roar hard.

"China Super Zhang! Very beautiful goal!! ”

"Pick the ball and volley! It was a super brilliant goal! It's a little unreal! ”

"Shouldn't this kind of goal be performed by South American talents?"

"Now there is a wonderful Chinese player who has shown us a different world of football in Europe, China also has its own talent, Asia also has its own talent!"

At this moment, Zhang Chaoqiang has been elevated to the height of representing the whole of Asia.

He was a little confused after the goal.

He was in good form tonight, but he never thought he would score such a goal.

To be precise, in the technical consciousness that the football simulator transmitted to him, there was no such goal option at all.

This goal was completely scored by him on his own!

After being stunned for two seconds, Zhang Chaoqiang remembered to celebrate the goal.

But a little too late.

He had barely taken a few steps before he was grabbed by Tolisso, who rushed madly at him, and slammed him twice.

"This ball is so handsome!"

"Well done!"

"It's amazing."

"It's like Maradona possessed."

"The Italians must have been frightened by you......"

Soon the teammates rushed over and everyone cheered and celebrated.