Chapter 60: Distraction in Europe?

After Tolisso completed the stunner, he rushed to the bottom line in a frenzy.

Jumped up and put his arms around Zhang Chaoqiang's neck, roaring angrily and waving his fists at the Monaco fans in the stands.

After Lyon was injured by two players, the Monaco fans kept shouting "Beat Lyon".

Now that they have been counted into seconds, they should be comfortable.

Soon all the Lyon players rushed over, and everyone gathered around the two of them and cheered.

It was not easy to be injured by two players at once.

Fortunately, there is no danger.

The game restarted and the referee gave the home team some more time.

It wasn't until Monaco had two shots on goal that he finally blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"Congratulations to Lyon, who beat Monaco 1-0 away to complete the season double against the latter and extend their unbeaten run to nineteen games."

"Zhang Chaoqiang delivered a stunner assist through a beautiful one-mile walk, which was his eighth assist in Ligue 1 this season."

"Now his stats in Ligue 1 have become ten goals and eight assists, which is very close to a double-double......

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Zhang Chaoqiang, who delivered the assist, was once again named Man of the Match, but he did not attend the post-match press conference.

Fournier took Gonarons with him, and the two kept accusing Monaco of injuring their players.

After returning to Lyon, injury reports for Alexandre Lacazette and Bisevac came out quickly.

Lacazette sprained his ankle and is expected to rest for three to four weeks.

Bisevac suffered a sprained knee and is expected to be out for six to eight weeks, or even longer if the recovery is not ideal.

The French media also reported the news as soon as they got the news, but in their article, Lacazette was out for a month with an injury and was reimbursed for the season by Bisevac.

Now there are more people who are optimistic about Greater Paris.

Both Paris and Marseille won this round, and the difference between the top three has not changed.

However, Lyon injured both the top scorer and the main central defender, weakening both the offensive and defensive ends, and the overall combat effectiveness for a period of time to come.

Compared to Grand Paris, their wounded players have not only recovered, but also regained their form.

If Lyon loses at home to Grand Paris in the next round, the difference will be reduced to six points, which is the distance between two games.

By the time Lacazette returned, Lyon had already dropped to second place in the standings.

With the overall strength of Grand Paris, it is basically impossible for them to give up as long as they occupy the top spot.

The media don't think it's a big deal to see the excitement, and there are all kinds of messy remarks.

The most outrageous thing is that a third-rate tabloid revealed that the next round of Paris will be specifically aimed at Zhang Chaoqiang.

As long as Zhang Chaoqiang is injured again, there Ang will be completely finished.

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In between the next round of the league, there will be a French League semi-final in midweek, with Grand Paris also playing.

This is good news for Leon, it can take some of their physical strength.

Having reached the semi-final stage, Grand Paris really has no reason to give up.

Therefore, they played with all their main force and beat Lille 1-0 away to advance to the final.

In the other semi-final at the same time, Monaco, who had just suffered a stunner, once again played a classic game that was scoreless.

The home team pressed Bastia to kick fiercely for 120 minutes, but they couldn't break through the opponent's goal, and finally fell to the penalty shootout.

Monaco eliminated Lyon and Bordeaux in the French League Cup this season, but unexpectedly made a wedding dress for Bastia.

Grand Paris and Bastia also have a real relationship, starting with a one-time kick injury to three people at the beginning of the season.

"Zhang, are you worried that the bastards in Paris will kick you on purpose?"

"Cut, I'll talk about it when they can catch up."

On February 8, in the 24th round of Ligue 1, Lyon hosted Grand Paris.

Although he was dismissive before the game, Zhang Chaoqiang was really a little worried about the opponent's black feet.

After all, no one can say what is going on the field.

After the start of the game, Grand Paris really defended Zhang Chaoqiang strictly.

Lacazette is not there, and fools know that they have to focus their defense on Zhang Chaoqiang.

Fortunately, it was basically a normal defensive move.

Lyon play conservatively at home, and according to Fournier, as long as they don't lose to Grand Paris and hold on to their nine-point lead, there is plenty of room for error to play slowly with the opposition.

Without Lacazette to help share the firepower, Zhang Chaoqiang's defensive pressure increased exponentially.

He had a vague feeling that Grand Paris was using all its defensive attention on himself.

I didn't expect it to be.

In the 41st minute, Zhang Chaoqiang actually took away all the two central defenders in Paris with a normal run, and Benzia got an excellent vacant opportunity.

Fekir made a decisive pass and Benzia fired a direct volley.

"It was probably the most important goal of Benzia's career...... ' the French commentator commented.

Lyon scored first at home, so they went straight to the iron bucket formation in the second half.

As long as they hold on to this goal, the lead will extend to 12 points, and it will be difficult for even Grand Paris to recover it.

Almost chasing one point per game, this difficulty is definitely not ordinary.

Zhang roamed around the court, trying to find those fleeting counter-attacking opportunities.

But although Grand Paris is taking the initiative to attack, they are not the kind of desperate crazy onslaught, and the defense has been doing a good job.

Especially for Zhang Chaoqiang, they take great care of them.

In this way, the stalemate lasted until the 89th minute, when Ibrahimovic received a pass from Motta in the penalty area, resisted Umtiti and turned and kicked it, successfully helping Paris equalize.

Although there was a bonus of [Mr. Key] in stoppage time, Zhang Chaoqiang never found a chance to change his life against the sky.

The frantically hyped title battle in the French media ended 1-1, with both sides taking one point each.

Amazingly, after the game, both managers said they were happy with the result.

'It was a bit of a shame to be held to a late draw, but to keep the nine-point lead was what we had planned before the game. Fournier said.

Blanco's point was more magical, as he said in his post-match press conference:

'Soon the Europa League knockout rounds are coming and I think that's when we can really chase the points......

The opponent clearly looked down on Lyon, believing that the distraction in Europe would inevitably lead to Lyon losing points.

Not only did you lose points, but you also had to lose the championship in the end.

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After the game, the players went home.

But Fournier gathered the coaching staff together for a post-match meeting.

The theme of the meeting was simple: Will Lyon lose points because of European distraction? If you will lose points, should you decisively give up the European competition and go all out to protect the league?

"I think distractions in Europe are bound to lead to losing points, so it's important to give up on Europe."

"In terms of player fitness, the second half of the season is a period of rapid consumption of players' physical fitness, and the consumption of players' physical fitness in one more event is definitely not as simple as playing a few more games."

Physical trainer Falbo is a direct descendant of Fournier, so he naturally expressed his support at the first time.

The Europa League knockout rounds have not even started at all, and Fournier has held this kind of meeting in advance, and his inner attitude speaks for itself.

Giving up the less-than-important Europa League to win the all-important league title is the answer Fournier wants.

The striker coach, the goalkeeper coach and others did not speak, and they already had a rough idea of Fournier's attitude.

"What do you think, Bruno?" Assistant coach Genesio kept staring at the table and thinking, and Fournier had to take the initiative to speak.

Genesio has a close relationship with President Aulas, and his attitude is important.

"Ahem......" Genesio cleared his throat before he said, under the gaze of everyone:

"I agree with Dimi that it is inevitable that distractions from European competitions will lead to losing points."

"But then to think about giving up, that's an overreaction."

'It's a complete mess for us to give up on European competition just because of a word from the opposing coach and most importantly because our attitude affects the players.

'If that causes the team's overall form to go wrong, it will have a much bigger impact than the European competition.

'I've always been mindful of the attitude of the players, they are very confident in playing Aalborg in the Europa League knockout rounds, because they are just a Danish team and they can qualify with a little bit of seriousness.

"If we say we're going to give up at this point, there will definitely be players who are unhappy."

"Especially Zhang, he seems to take the Europa League very seriously."

"So if you really want to give up, you should wait until you meet a really strong team."

"Besides, even if we do give up on European competition, can we guarantee that we will win the league title?"

"Maybe at the end of the season, we'll have to compete for the only trophy in the Europa League......