Chapter Fifty-Three: The Captain's Armband Brings Strength

After Lyon scored the third goal, the game was almost over.

The referee waited until the Lyon team had finished celebrating, allowing Saint-Etienne to kick off again, and then quickly blew the final whistle.

'At the end of the game, congratulations to the great Lyon, who came from three goals down to equalise and stubbornly take a point away from the Stade Gichar.

'Of Lyon's three goals, the first came in the 80th minute, the second and the third were found in stoppage time.

"Super Zhang once again showed his strength as Asia's No. 1 fast horse, and it was his substitute appearance that allowed Lyon to set off a counter-offensive climax."

"In addition, after winning this draw, Lyon completed a 10-game unbeaten run in Ligue 1, tying the fourth-longest unbeaten unbeaten record in team history."

"Lyon are against a weak opponent in the next three league games and they have a good chance of improving their unbeaten ......"

When watching the technical statistics after the game, Zhang Chaoqiang knew that the equalizing ball in the last moment of the game was counted on Pogba's head.

It's a little bit of a pity.

Zhang Chaoqiang thought that the ball would be counted as his refraction goal.

It is true that it is not easy to distinguish between a deflected goal and an own goal in many cases.

According to the official explanation, the refracted goal is that the attacking player is shooting at the goal, and the football is towards the goal, but there is a refractive change of direction after hitting the defender.

An own goal is an attack on the part of an attacker, not a shot, but a pass, but is touched into his own goal by a defender.

Zhang Chaoqiang really wanted to pass the ball at that time, but the trajectory of the football was very close to the goal, which is often referred to as passing and shooting.

So it doesn't matter if he shoots or passes.

In general, it is harmless.

It was always Zhang Chaoqiang who made three goals to lead the team to a tie, but the data changed from one shot and two passes to two assists and an own goal.

At the post-match press conference, Zhang Chaoqiang was asked by reporters about his recent form.

"Zhang, you seem to be in a dip after the national team break, why did this one suddenly usher in an outbreak?"

"It was probably the captain's armband, and when Maxim put the captaincy on my arm, I knew what I had to do."

"It's the Rhône derby, it's the most important game in Lyon and we have to fight until the end!"

"In that moment, I felt like my whole body was full of strength, and all my forms came back......"

There is no doubt that the theory of "captain's armband brings power" has made Zhang Chaoqiang widely acclaimed, not only praised by the media, but also many Lyon fans left messages on his social media to support him.

Even many fans went to Gonarons' social media to suggest that as long as Gonalons left the game early in the future, the captain's armband would be given to Zhang Chaoqiang.

However, in terms of Ligue 1 points, Lyon's draw away to Saint-Etienne was a lose-lose game.

Saint-Etienne dropped out of the top six, while Lyon was also squeezed out of the top two.

Marseille and Grand Paris both won this round, and the latest standings are:

Marseille 34 points, Grand Paris 32 points, Lyon 31 points.

Fortunately, Bordeaux, who was chasing behind him, only had 27 points and could not threaten Lyon for the time being.

In addition, in the match with Saint-Etienne, Zhang Chaoqiang also took the opportunity to steal two reactions.

His reaction stat has been increased from 66 to 68.

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After the Rhône derby, Zhang Chaoqiang took an opportunity to take a look at the team history.

Lyon's longest unbeaten league run is 21 games, set during a seven-game winning streak that year.

That should be hard to chase.

However, the third-longest unbeaten record is 13 games, which is a good chance.

As long as the next three games are won safely, it will be tied.

December 3, midweek, Ligue 1 round 16.

Lyon host Reims, Fournier's old club.

Although Lance has been in decline for many years, when it comes to history, their ancestors are quite wealthy.

On its own, he has reached the Champions League final twice, which is second only to Marseille in the history of Ligue 1.

Marseille also reached the final twice, but they managed to win the next one, the only one in Ligue 1 history.

Korance lost in both finals to Real Madrid, who were at the top of the game at the time.

Juster Fontaine, who scored 13 goals in a single World Cup, was a famous legend in Reims, and under his leadership, Reims still couldn't beat Real Madrid, and he also had Raymond Copa, France's first Mr. Golden Ball, as a teammate.

But that's all old history.

The current Reims is a mid-to-lower Ligue 1 team, and it is not surprising that the strength is mediocre.

Riding on the momentum of the weekend's draw against their bitter rivals, Lyon won comfortably at home.

Just six minutes into the opening period, Tolisso burst into the opposition penalty area and scored with a powerful shot, and in the second half, veteran Yalai also scored a long-range shot.

In the final moments of the game, Reims took advantage of Lyon's slackening chance to pull a goal back.

It can be regarded as giving the head coach's old club a face.

In this way, Lyon beat Reims 2-1 at home to extend their unbeaten league run to 11 games.

There are also windfalls after the crucial races.

First, Grand Paris drew 1-1 away to Lille, and then Marseille led by two goals and was held to a 2-2 draw by Lorient.

The two teams in front of him lost all points and Lyon returned to second place in Ligue 1.

Marseille currently has 35 points, Lyon 34 points and Grand Paris 33 points.

Everyone returned to the delicate distance of a point.

The French media has begun to make predictions, the French league schedule is nearly halfway, who of the three teams can win the halfway championship?

And who will be able to hold out until the end and win the Ligue 1 title this season?

Soon a few days later, it was another weekend race day.

In the 17th round of Ligue 1, Lyon challenged the relegation team Ivian away.

Ivian is a newcomer to Ligue 1, having only been promoted to Ligue 1 for the first time in their history in 2011 and have been relegated every year since.

They played well against Lyon at home this time, taking the lead early on.

But Lyon was in good form, winning 3:1 in the second half thanks to Lacazette's brace.

Zhang took advantage of his speed to create a penalty in the 80-plus minutes, and then Lacazette converted it to seal the win.

With the win over Ivane, Lyon's unbeaten run now stands at 12 games, just one game away from the team's all-time record.

In this round, Marseille and Grand Paris all won smoothly, and the score difference between the three teams remained unchanged for the time being.

In addition, Zhang Chaoqiang stole two bounces from the opposite goalkeeper in the game, increasing his bounce attribute from 63 to 65.

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As a more reliable player value website, the German transfer market will basically update the player value at the beginning of every month.

But not every player will be updated.

There are only a few games in a month, and even reliable websites can use it to judge whether a player's strength is improving or declining.

Therefore, as far as a single player is concerned, his value is often updated every six months or even once a year.

Of course, for players who are in a period of rapid rise or rapid decline, there are also updates every two or three months.

For example, Zhang Chaoqiang, his worth dropped from 1.5 million to 1 million in early January this year, then rose to 2.5 million in early June, and then rose to 4 million in early September.

Now that three months have passed, the German transfer market finally adjusted Zhang Chaoqiang's value again in early December.

Domestic fans have been looking forward to it for a long time, waiting to see Zhang Chaoqiang's value rise.