Chapter 47: No Pressure

Zhang Chaoqiang scored an extremely beautiful goal at the beginning of the second half, which directly detonated the Gelland Stadium.

The stands were filled with hysterical cheers, indulgent shouting fans.

This season, under Fournier's stewardship, Lyon have focused on young players, and the results have been surprisingly good.

So everyone can see hope in this team.

Fans see the future, but only if they can keep this group of talents.

The management sees the benefits, and as long as they pick the right time to sell these talented players, the income is definitely substantial.

The game restarted and the Torino team quickly launched an attack.

Although Torino are in a good position to qualify from the group at the moment, they do not want to lose.

After all, I have only played in Europe once in 20 years, and I don't know when the next time will be.

Torino took the game more seriously, while Lyon relied on Zhang's speed to counter-attack.

In the 58th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang received a pass from Gonalons and quickly counterattacked near the Torino penalty area.

This guy has a good mentality, and he doesn't seem to be affected by the guy who picked the ball just now.

The two sides go back and forth, and the score remains the same.

With Quagliarella flying a good goalmouth chance, the game entered the 80th minute.

Lyon is leading by the score, and Zhang Chaoqiang's [Mr. Key] will not be triggered.

But Tolisso, the kid, triggered.

In the 82nd minute, Tolisso took the ball in front of him and pretended to pass it to Gourcuff, but took advantage of the distraction of the player in front of him to suddenly pass the ball and went straight into the Torino penalty area.

The teased Italian midfielder Benassi didn't control his left hand and raised his hand to pull down Tolisso.

In the penalty area, the attacking player who broke through with the ball was pulled down, and the referee did not hesitate to blow a penalty.

There was another cheer in the stands of Gerland, as long as the penalty was scored, it basically killed the game, and it was a 2:0 for the opponent.

Lyon's first choice for the penalty was Alexandre Lacazette, but he is no longer on the pitch at the moment.

So who should take this penalty, everyone on the field has no idea for the time being.

Gourcuff was eager to take the plunge and seemed ready to take the penalty.

Although he is a substitute for the team, his foot skills are really good, otherwise he would not have the nickname of Zidane's successor.

But Tolisso didn't give him a chance, and after getting up, he quickly picked up the football and found Zhang Chaoqiang, and directly stuffed the ball into his hand.

"I managed to get a penalty, don't miss it." Tolisso also blinked deliberately when he handed over the ball, and seemed to be proud.

"Don't worry."

Zhang Chaoqiang looked at the sidelines, Fournier did not object to this decision on the field, so he said with confidence.

"Zhang Chaoqiang is standing at the penalty spot, and he will take this penalty on behalf of Lyon, which should be the first penalty of his career."

"This is a penalty that is enough to kill the game, Zhang Chaoqiang must be under a lot of pressure, I hope he can withstand the ......"

The domestic commentator was still worried about Zhang Chaoqiang, but he didn't feel much when he stood on the court.

Isn't it just a penalty?

It's not a World Cup final or a Champions League final, how much pressure can it be?

Set up the soccer ball and take a few steps back.

The referee blows the whistle.

So I got up and ran up, swung my legs hard, and kicked them down!

The ball raced towards the bottom left corner of the goal, but the Torino goalkeeper pounced in the opposite direction.

There are no surprises.

"The ball is in! Zhang Chaoqiang scored with a point!! Complete a personal brace! ”

"It was a game-killing goal, and Zhang Chaoqiang successfully helped the team seal the win!"

"At the beginning of the second half, he broke the deadlock for Lyon with a volley, and now he scored a penalty to kill the game, Zhang Chaoqiang completely dominated the game, and he lived up to the manager's trust in him!"

After the penalty was taken, the game was decided.

Zhang Chaoqiang followed his teammates to the sidelines to celebrate and accept the cheers of the fans.

When the game restarted, the Torino team seemed to have lost their fighting spirit, had no intention of counterattacking at all, and just wanted to run out of game time.

They did come to Lyon with the intention of picking points, but they couldn't afford to lose.

This is not a life-and-death battle for qualifying, the victory and defeat have been divided, and we have to seek a chance to survive through fighting.

Zhang Chaoqiang wanted to take advantage of the last few minutes to try hard to see if he could wear a hat.

But Torino defended him tightly and didn't give him a chance at all.

It's acceptable to lose a game, but it's not acceptable to put a hat on your opponent.

This is the bottom line for the Torino players on the field.

Soon after three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"At the end of the game, we congratulate Zhang Chaoqiang, who scored twice at the Stadio Gerland to help the team beat Torino 2-0 and put Lyon back in top of the group."

"Zhang Chaoqiang has scored twice in the Europa League this season, once in qualifying and once in the group stage."

"At present, Zhang Chaoqiang has scored six goals in the Europa League, three in the qualifying round, and three in the main match, which is more than Lacazette."

"If Lacazette is Lyon's No. 1 core in Ligue 1, then Zhang is Lyon's No. 1 core in the Europa League......"

Because Zhang Chaoqiang scored a lot of goals in the Europa League, the domestic commentary blew again.

In fact, in the Lyon team, everyone values the French league the most.

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After the game, Zhang Chaoqiang, as the best player of the game, was naturally taken to participate in the post-match press conference.

The Chinese reporter was quite happy and took the opportunity to ask a lot of boastful questions.

For example, when did you wear a cap in the Europa League, did you ever think about helping Leon win the Europa League or something?

Zhang Chaoqiang dealt with them one by one, but there was no problem.

Lyon regained top of the group with nine points from three wins and one defeat after beating Torino at home, while Torino continued to drop to second place with seven points.

In the other game in the same group, Club Brugge beat FC Copenhagen 4-0 away to increase the total to five points and have already begun to threaten Torino.

In the next round of the group stage, Lyon only need to beat Copenhagen at home to secure a place in qualification, while Torino will need to play a do-or-die battle with Club Brugge.

At present, four rounds of the European group stage have been played, and the qualification situation of many groups is clear.

Grand Paris did not perform well in Ligue 1, but played well in the Champions League, ranking first in the group with three wins and one draw, and has basically locked up the qualifying places.

There is also a chance of being eliminated, but only in theory.

However, if Paris wants to really win the group, they will have to go to Camp Nou to challenge MSN in the last round.

Monaco is second in the group with one win, two draws and one loss, and also has a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League.

Ligue 1 has had a good overall run of both teams in the Champions League, while the Europa League has been a mixed bag.

Lyon are at the top of the group and have little problem qualifying.

Guingamp is second in the group with two wins, one draw and one loss, which is also not bad.

Krille and Saint-Etienne really can't do it, and they are still hard to win.

Lille has no intention of playing in the Europa League at all, and is completely lying flat.

Saint-Etienne had a heart, but he also had a weak heart.

It was only a matter of time before the two teams were completely out of the tournament.