Ahead of the winter break, Lyon have a domestic cup game to play.

On December 17, the day of the round of 16 of the French League Cup, Lyon hosted Monaco.

In order to win the winter break title, Fournier once again rotated the team.

At the moment, Lyon are in good shape on both fronts in Ligue 1 and the Europa League, and the coaching staff does not think it is appropriate to start more battles.

After all, Lyon relied on a starting lineup to win the world, and there were really no good players on the bench.

Now that Monaco has been drawn in the round of 16, it is not a shame to lose to the other side.

So Lyon, who played in rotation, lost 0:1 to Monaco and happily ended this season's French League Cup journey.

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On the evening of December 21, the Lyon team traveled to Bordeaux, a city in southwestern France, to prepare for their final match of 2014.

Bordeaux is one of the world's most famous wine producing regions, and the wines produced here may not be the best, but they are certainly the most famous.

The famous Lafite is produced in Bordeaux Château.

The owner of the Bordeaux football club is actually a wine merchant.

"Marseille have beaten Lille 2-1 at home in the early afternoon match."

"So if Lyon want to win the half-way title, they can't afford to lose."

The French commentator was succinct about Lyon's current situation, winning the halfway title without losing.

Because Lyon have several goal difference advantages over Marseille.

It is for this reason that Fournier arranged for the team to play defensive counter-attacks on the road.

The goal is to win in a draw.

[You launched a stealing day against Ramine Sane, strong +2]

Before the start of the game, Zhang Chaoqiang first stole two points of strength from Senegalese defender Sane on the opposite side, and added his strength attribute to 70 points.

Now he's just 5 bounces away from reaching 70 at all.

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

Lyon are looking for the halfway title and Bordeaux are also looking to pick up points to secure their fourth place in order to try not to fall too far behind the top three.

Both sides played politely in the first thirty minutes and it seemed that both teams were content with a draw.

But Leon is really satisfied, Bordeaux is just pretending to be satisfied.

With just one point, Bordeaux simply couldn't hold on to fourth.

Sure enough, thirty minutes later, Bordeaux began to try more and more to take the initiative, while Lyon tried to find opportunities to counter-attack.

However, Bordeaux's midfield interception did a good job, and Lyon's counter-attacks were always in vain.

So the two teams played until the end of the first half, and the score was still 0:0.

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"Let's not be in a hurry, we have to be more patient."

"Bordeaux is definitely the more anxious side, we can pass more on the counter-attack and don't have to shoot rashly......

At half-time, Fournier summed up his team's performance in the first half.

The defense was good, but the counter-attack was too rough.

It may be that the hat of the halfway championship still puts some pressure on the players, so the overall performance of the whole team is not as expected.

After some verbal guidance from the head coach, everyone in Lyon felt much better.

At the start of the game, the two sides were still testing each other for the first few minutes.

But soon Bordeaux couldn't hold back and began to attack the Lyon defense in succession.

In the 54th minute, Lyon defended Bordeaux's attack at the back, and Umtiti got the ball and immediately transferred it to Tolisso, who in turn gave it to Fekir.

Fekir stopped the ball and turned and took two steps, and three Bordeaux players immediately pressed towards him.

But he decisively kicked diagonally and straight to the plug, and the football crossed more than 30 meters and came directly to the feet of Zhang Chaoqiang, who was at the very front.

"Good opportunity, Zhang Chaoqiang!"

"There's only one guard in front of him!!"

Zhang Chaoqiang accelerated forward with the ball, and the French defender Palos in front of him chose to respond reflexively.

But Zhang Chaoqiang simply changed direction with the ball, first to the left, then to the right, with his fast speed, straight past the opponent.

It's a one-man meeting in an instant!

Bordeaux goalkeeper Carrasso dropped the goal, and Zhang Chaoqiang saw the opportunity to shoot with a pick.

The ball arced over the head of the Bordeaux goalkeeper and flew into the net against the underside of the crossbar.

“Goooooooal——————”

"Super Zhang! Nice one-knife goal!! He broke the ice for Lyon!! ”

"It was a very fluid counter-attack, Lyon sent the ball to Zhang's feet through three consecutive passes, and Zhang beat the only defender left in front of him and scored straight away!"

"It's totally a textbook quick counterattack!"

Lyon opened the scoring and Bordeaux booed at home.

But this did not stop the cheers and celebrations of the Lyon generals at all.

Zhang Chaoqiang's goal brought Lyon's half-way championship one step closer, and it was a big step.

The game restarted, and Bordeaux really refused to admit defeat and launched another onslaught.

But nightmares followed.

In the 59th minute, Tolisso broke the ball in the middle of the field and made a long pass over the top, sending the football directly behind the Bordeaux defense.

Zhang Chaoqiang rubbed his strength at his feet, quickly surpassed the Czech old defender Prasil who was chasing back, chased the football near the bottom line, and made a strong cross, and the football crossed the front of the Bordeaux goal and went straight to the other side of the goal.

Lacazette, who followed up, met the ball and the Bordeaux goal was once again committed.

"It's in again! Lyon scored again! Two goals away from home!! ”

"In just five minutes, Lyon have found consecutive chances to score and they have already sealed the halfway point of the season!"

"Super Zhang was very active, he used his speed advantage to create chances for his team in a short period of time, and he completed the pass in five minutes and completely penetrated the Bordeaux defence!"

Once again, Bordeaux's home stadium has become a sea of joy for Lyon's players.

Everyone in Lyon hugged and cheered together, shouting the name of the champion!

Even the Lyon coaching staff on the sidelines were embracing passionately, because the halfway championship was already secured.

Not only did the halfway championship hold, but Lyon had to take three points to keep the lead on.

The Bordeaux players were a bit confused.

Originally, everyone played back and forth, but Lyon suddenly made a force and scored two goals in five minutes, which made them unable to do so.

After the restart, Bordeaux was really disheartened and could not organize a counteroffensive at all.

Bordeaux coach Sagnol on the sidelines made a quick substitution, and finally after 80 minutes, they were attacking again.

But it's better than nothing.

Bordeaux's attack was very scattered, and there was a noticeable disconnect between the front and back, as if it had been chased to the shelf.

So Lyon seized the opportunity to go two more times, with Alexandre Lacazette and Jordan Ferry scoring a goal each to turn the game into a slaughter.

Boos rang out at the Stadio de la Sabondel Mar, with home fans unhappy with their home team's performance.

I was hoping to win a strong opponent at home so that I could have a better chance of qualifying for the Champions League in the second half of the season.

But who can stand the massacre at home?

In fact, after Lyon scored the third goal, there were already Bordeaux fans who began to leave.

By the time of the fourth goal, the empty space in the stands was clearly visible.

Soon the game was over and the Bordeaux players were finally relieved.

"Congratulations to Lyon, they beat Bordeaux 4-0 away to welcome their half-way title with a big win!"

"This is the first time in six years since the 08/09 season that Lyon have won the Ligue 1 half-leg title."

"Maybe as the Lyon media say, the Lion King of Ligue 1 is returning!!"