Chapter 61: Flat Records
"What does the coach ask you for?"
The training session is about to begin, and Zhang Chaoqiang, Tolisso and Jordan Ferry have all changed into training clothes and are walking together.
"I don't know, he just had a casual chat with me, asked me how I've been doing lately, and then said that the Europa League knockout round is about to start, so I should adjust my condition and play well."
Zhang Chaoqiang really didn't know what Fournier's intentions were in finding him.
Before training, I called myself over, but I was just a simple cheerleader, and my speech was completely unfocused.
It's a bit inexplicable.
"Superstars are just different, the coach never asks me how I'm doing......"
Tolisso, the kid is starting to get sour again.
"Okay kid, training is about to begin." Even Ferry couldn't look at it, and slapped him on the back of the head.
Unbeknownst to the Lyon players, the coaching staff had a debate about whether to give up European competition two days ago.
If Zhang Chaoqiang knew about this, he would only use an idiom to describe it.
Frightened!
Although Lacazette and Bisevac are injured, Lyon have such a big lead.
Giving up on the Europa League just because of a taunt from a competitor would definitely make the whole team nervous.
At that time, if there is a little bit of trouble, it is likely to collapse immediately.
It can only be said that Fournier coached a strong team like Lyon for the first time, and he played a highlight in his first season, and he inevitably thought a little too much in his head.
Fortunately, Genesio has not been in the team for nothing for so many years, and he knows how to deal with this situation.
Incidentally, Lyon drew with Paris at the weekend, but Marseille failed to take advantage of the opportunity to chase the points.
They drew 1-1 away at Rennes and maintained their form very well.
So Lyon's lead remains unchanged, still eight points ahead of second place and nine points ahead of third place.
After the training began, Zhang Chaoqiang was another "harvest" day.
During his pre-match warm-up training, he received a message.
[You strengthen your body through personal training, and your injury resistance is +1]
Separate intensive training after the training session, another message was received.
[You strengthen your body through personal training, burst +1]
Recently, in the matches against Monaco and Grand Paris, Zhang Chaoqiang has stolen two points of explosion and two points of physical strength.
Since all the attributes have reached more than seventy, Zhang Chaoqiang is ready to steal some speed attributes when he has the opportunity, after all, speed is his biggest advantage.
But for two games in a row, I didn't find any players who were faster than me.
Even Martial's speed is a little lower than his own.
In addition, the last time he stole Martial's attributes, his burst was 87 points.
This time he steals again, and finds that his burst has dropped to 86 points.
According to the simulator, it is likely that he did not exercise in time after the last time he was stolen, so he shrunk.
A player will experience a brief drop in stat for a few days after being stolen, but will soon return to the original level as soon as normal training resumes.
If there is no normal training during the stat drop, it is likely that there will be a permanent stat drop.
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On February 14, when young men and women were enjoying Valentine's Day, Zhang Chaoqiang traveled to the northwest of France with his teammates to challenge Lorient away.
The Africa Cup of Nations has come to an end and African players are returning.
Although only Cameroonian left-back Bedimo is the main player in the Lyon team, at least the depth of the bench can be restored.
Lorient are currently 16th in Ligue 1, just four points clear of the relegation zone, and can be considered a relegation team.
So they also play a lot like a relegation team at home.
Zhang Chaoqiang was once again heavily defended, and he also created opportunities for Benzia through personal involvement, just like in the previous game.
In the last game against Grand Paris, the Algerian performed well overall, and seemed to be trying to take advantage of Lacazette's absence to rise.
Unexpectedly, in just one week, he immediately wasted opportunities like a different person.
In the first half, Zhang Chaoqiang and Tolisso gave him good balls in a row, but they were all kicked away by him.
No wonder the Algerian national team is reluctant to take him to the Africa Cup of Nations, this guy is simply useless.
Soon the law of punishment for wasted opportunities came into effect again.
Just five minutes into the second half, Ghanaian striker Ayew, who had just returned from the Africa Cup of Nations final, managed to score against Lyon.
Next is the offensive and defensive drills, the exclusive time to break the dense defense.
played until 80 minutes later, Zhang Chaoqiang relied on the bonus of [Mr. Key] to find an opportunity.
After breaking through on the wing, he crossed in front of the goal, trying to find Fekir who followed up on the other side.
French defender Rautoa got stuck in position early and cleared the ball with a header to push the ball back to the original path.
But when the football came, the route was very smooth, and there were people when I went back.
Ghana defender Koné chased back to goal, caught his team-mate's clearance ball with his head, and headed it straight into the goal.
In this way, relying on the header relay of Lorient's two central defenders, Lyon finally equalized.
In stoppage time, Zhang Chaoqiang couldn't help his opponent who held on to the draw.
However, Benzia wasted another good pass from Fekir and missed the chance to kill.
"Lyon, after falling behind at the start of the second half, managed to equalize with an own goal by creating an own goal from Super Zhang, and finally drew 1-1 away to Lorient."
'The draw caused Lyon to drop points, but at least they didn't lose.
"Including this game, Lyon are now unbeaten in 21 consecutive matches in Ligue 1, which equals their record of unbeaten league record set in 04/05 and is the highest in team history."
"Lyon have a chance to challenge for the longest unbeaten run in Ligue 1 next up, which was the 32-game un......beaten run that Nantes created in the eighties"
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On the return bus, the atmosphere of the whole team in Lyon was not high.
Because everyone already knows that Grand Paris defeated Caen 3:2 at home and successfully recovered two points.
But Marseille drew again.
But everyone in Lyon only has big Paris in their eyes, and they don't care about Marseille's life or death at all.
"Hey, everyone, relax, it's Valentine's Day, and we're tying the team record."
Seeing that the air was a little dull, Captain Gonarons took the initiative to stand up and liven up the atmosphere.
"The captain is right, it's not a big deal to be chased by two points, we are still seven points ahead." Zhang Chaoqiang echoed.
"Actually, there is no difference between seven points and nine points, they are both two games ahead, so you don't have to worry about it at all." Genesio also came up with a set of rhetoric.
"Alright, let's sing a song together......"
Under the leadership of the captain of the team, the whole Lyon team began to sing in unison, singing and dancing home.
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"Sen Nan is good? Is that what you say? ”
"Almost."
After returning to Lyon, Zhang Chaoqiang took the time to record a video in addition to preparing for the game.
February 19 will be the Chinese Lunar New Year, and the Lyon Club asked Zhang Chaoqiang to take someone to record a New Year's greeting video to brush up on favorability.
Joining him in the video were captain Gonarons and Tolisso, who dressed in festive red outfits and bowed their hands to the New Year.
It feels weird, Zhang Chaoqiang has never done such a thing before.
After the video was recorded, it was released simultaneously on Lyon's official and Zhang Chaoqiang's Weibo.
There is no doubt that Zhang Chaoqiang's Weibo is much more popular, and soon a bunch of fans will come to watch.
"Brother Qiangzi, Happy New Year."
"I'm about to be twenty years old after the New Year, Brother Qiangzi will make persistent efforts."
"Remember to prepare a New Year's gift."
"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, don't forget ......"
After Zhang Chaoqiang saw the comments, he understood the meaning of the fans in seconds.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it happened to be the first leg of the Europa League round of 32.
Zhang Chaoqiang is definitely going to make his debut, and domestic fans are waiting for him to score a goal to greet the New Year.