Champions League matches are usually scheduled on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings, while Europa League matches are scheduled on Thursday evenings.

Thursday is too close to the weekend and could easily affect the domestic league.

Especially when flying abroad to play away, the team has no time to rest all the way.

This is also one of the important reasons why many teams in the big five leagues are not interested in the Europa League, which is too much of a drag on the league.

For Lyon, the advantage of the Europa League round of 16 is that the schedule is home and away, and Lyon play at home in the first leg, so they don't have to go back and forth before playing Marseille.

It is precisely for this reason that the Lyon coaching staff still arranges for the main team to play.

Not to mention that Remy Garde was able to lead the team to the quarter-finals last season, and Fournier may not want to lose to the other side.

On March 12, in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16, Lyon hosted Besiktas.

"We have to play at home to the advantage, otherwise it will be difficult to play in the second leg away from Turkey ......"

Before the match, Fournier didn't say anything about not giving up, just asking everyone to try to play to the advantage in the first leg.

In fact, it can be vaguely seen from his tone that if the home team does not have an advantage in the first leg, it will be difficult to say in the second round, and it is not impossible to give up directly.

For Zhang Chaoqiang's game, the domestic side naturally must broadcast every game.

"In last night's Champions League match, Paris drew 2-2 away to Chelsea and eliminated the Premier League giants by virtue of away goals to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which is good news for Lyon......

Paris came from behind twice to draw twice with one man less to play away from home in the Champions League, and actually miraculously eliminated Chelsea.

The French press praised the performance of the Grand Parisians as they eliminated a Champions League champion for the first time in two decades.

The last time was in the 94/95 Champions League, when Paris eliminated Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League under George Weah.

At the same time, the French media also said that the promotion of Grand Paris is good news for the Lyon team.

Lyon will be distracted when playing in the Europa League, and it is impossible for Grand Paris to play in the Champions League without being distracted.

If Paris are out of the Champions League round of 16, they will only be left with the Ligue 1 champions, the only weight champion.

Therefore, as long as Paris is out of the Champions League, Lyon's sense of pressure in Ligue 1 will definitely increase.

"Besiktas was the third runner-up in the Turkish Super League last season, and because the Turkish Super League champion Fenerbahce was banned from European competition by UEFA for alleged match-fixing, Besiktas qualified for the Champions League."

"In the Champions League qualifiers, Besiktas were knocked out by Premier League giants Arsenal, but they only lost 1-0 over two legs."

"In the Europa League group stage, Besiktas won the group with a home win and an away draw, beating Tottenham to win the group."

"In the Europa League round of 32 knockout round, Besiktas drew 1:1 with Liverpool over two legs and eliminated the opponent on penalties."

"We have faced Premier League giants three times in Europe this season, and Besiktas have conceded just one goal against each opponent......"

The domestic commentator knows the current situation of Lyon, the French League and the Europa League are advancing in two lines, just like walking a tightrope in the air, and the slightest mistake may fall off the high platform.

So they tried to make Besiktas as strong as possible, lest Lyon be eliminated and everyone would be too disappointed.

Since the weekend league only stole a little speed, now Zhang Chaoqiang's stealing day has cooled down.

So before the game started, he first stole some attributes to enrich himself.

[You launch a stealing day against Demba Ba, +2 for Strength]

The Turkish league is one of the senior leagues for European stars, and Besiktas, as a Turkish super giant, often has star players in the team.

Demba Ba is the star of Besiktas at the moment.

Of all his attributes, he is the strongest and most eye-catching, with a whopping 85 points.

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"Lyon!! Lyons!! ”

Amid the frantic cheers of the fans at the scene, Portuguese referee Sosa blew the opening whistle.

Besiktas kicked off the ball first and gradually pressed the attack.

But there were no good chances to pass around, and finally it was the Turkish midfielder Shahan who raised the ball high to find Demba Ba in the penalty area.

Lyon's pre-match preparations were well done, Demba Ba is currently ranked second in the Turkish Super League scorers' list, and Besiktas's most common tactic is to use his strong body to force opportunities with his strong body.

Umtiti was tasked with keeping an eye on Demba Ba, and he immediately stepped forward to fend him.

The Senegalese barely managed to get the football, but there was no chance at all, and the ball was quickly disrupted by Gonalons.

When it was Lyon's turn to attack, Lyon played more patiently.

Tolisso tandem back and forth, playing like a striker.

But when Fekir delivered the last pass, Lacazette was not in time, resulting in a fruitless attack.

Both sides played relatively calmly and were reluctant to give each other a chance.

So the first 20 minutes passed, and the game was very dull.

In the 24th minute, Lyon once again got the ball and advanced to the front.

Alexandre Lacazette swooped into the box to find an opportunity, while Zhang Chaoqiang switched to the left and cut forward.

Fekir pushed the ball and sent it to Zhang Chaoqiang's feet.

Zhang Chaoqiang received the ball and immediately started, facing the oncoming Austrian defender Kafrak quickly stepped on the bicycle twice, and then made a left foot and quickly crossed the opponent's side.

"Pretty!!"

In the cheers of the commentary, Zhang Chaoqiang went straight into the penalty area from the ribs.

Besiktas' full-backs and centre-backs tried to intercept, but the centre-backs were drawn to Lacazette and hesitated.

The full-back stepped forward decisively, but Zhang Chaoqiang knocked his left heel on the way to the goal, and his body came to a sharp stop.

A dozen on the right heel and a direct and powerful push!

The ball raced past the Besiktas full-back and into the underside of the near corner.

Turkish goalkeeper Gonnion had already moved to the near post and was immediately on the ground as soon as Zhang Chaoqiang's shot was made.

The long legs are stretched out to seal the near angle.

But Zhang's super shot was not completely close to the ground, and the ball had a slight float.

The ball hit the upper side of Gonion's calf and bounced into the net.

“Gooooooooal——————”

"Super Zhang!! Attaboy!!! ”

"In a dull start, Super Zhang took advantage of a personal breakthrough to give Lyon the lead, and it was a very beautiful individual breakthrough to score."

Zhang Chaoqiang's goals are beautiful and relatively common.

Many of Ligue 1's leading stars have the ability to score this kind of goal.

Speaking of Lyon, Fekir and Alexandre Lacazette have both scored similar goals this season.

But the domestic commentators were much more excited, because it was Zhang Chaoqiang's goal, and the Chinese players showed off their breakthrough and then scored in Europe.

"Pedal a bicycle quickly, break into the penalty area and knock the ball to change direction, and then accurately push the goal, this is a very, very wonderful goal, which is completely the embodiment of Zhang Chaoqiang's personal ability!"

"After scoring this goal, Zhang Chaoqiang's goal tally in this season's Europa League has reached seven, only one goal away from Alan who ranks first in the scorer list!"

"I think the Lyon coaching staff should give Zhang Chaoqiang more tactical tilt and try to help him win the Europa League Golden Boot."

"If you can really get the Golden Boot, this will be a great achievement for Zhang Chaoqiang himself and for the Lyon team!"