Chapter 70: Golden Boots and Two Guns

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During the team's training, Zhang Chaoqiang unconsciously increased his attributes.

Fournier sat on the sidelines, watching the Lyon players who were training seriously, his eyes switching back and forth between the two guns in the front line.

Lyon have been able to achieve such a great result this season, and the two guns have been the most important thing.

In yesterday's conversation, chairman Aulas has set the tone for the team, with the goal of a double this season.

Fournier has repeatedly said that if he wins the title on both fronts, he is not guaranteed to win either title.

But if he focuses on Ligue 1, he can guarantee that he will win the league.

But Olas insisted on a double.

As a fledgling young coach, Fournier could not refuse the chairman's request, especially when the opponent had been in charge of the team for nearly three decades and was full of prestige.

Aulas believes that it is the forward double gun that can support the team.

Even if the impact fails, you can get a pair of golden boots and two guns.

Alexandre Lacazette has seen his goalscoring efficiency drop since his injury, but thanks to his previous cumulative advantage, he is still well ahead of Ligue 1's top scorers.

Marseille centre-forward Gignac, who is currently second in Ligue 1's scorer list, has scored 16 goals, while third-placed Ibrahimovic has scored 13 goals.

And the top-ranked Alexandre Lacazette has scored 25 goals

It can be said that Lacazette has basically locked up the Ligue 1 Golden Boot.

In the Europa League, Zhang Chaoqiang ranked second with 7 goals.

As long as Lyon continues to move forward, it will not be difficult for Zhang Chaoqiang to score another goal to rise to the top of the table.

So even if they fail to win the double, Lyon has a good chance of getting a pair of golden boots and double guns.

For a team like Lyon, even if they don't win the title, it's very good that the players can perform and sell for a high price.

If Lyon wins the Ligue 1 Golden Boot and the Europa League Golden Boot with the other gun, it will definitely be full of gimmicks.

If the dream is a little bigger, while the two guns win the double golden boots, the double crown will also be successfully obtained.

That doesn't have to be profitable?

What's more, with Lyon's current results, next season's Champions League qualification has been secured.

This was the original goal of Aulas when he invited Fournier to coach.

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On March 19, in the second leg of the Europa League round of 16, the whole Lyon team came to Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, to challenge Besiktas away.

The three giants of the Turkish league are all gathered in Istanbul and have accumulated a lot of grievances for many years.

So when the Lyon team arrived, there were Besiktas fans who provoked and cursed them, as well as fans of the other two teams who supported them in beating their opponents.

In order to avoid an away overturn, Fournier only arranged for Fekir to rest in rotation, and the other main players all played.

Two days ago, the Lyon coaching staff held a team meeting and announced that the team's next goal is to win the double.

This is to avoid trouble for Zhang Chaoqiang.

Originally, he was a little worried that the team's abandonment of the Europa League would affect his fight for the Golden Boot.

After all, it's only one goal, so of course you have to work hard.

The gold content of the Europa League Golden Boot is far less than that of the Champions League, and many players are still not famous after winning the Europa League Golden Boot, and their strength seems to be mediocre.

But it's still a very important personal award for Zhang.

Agent Jacques Freello has specifically reminded him that winning the Europa League Golden Boot will help him compete for the European Golden Boy award.

Before the start of the match, Zhang Chaoqiang stole two more strength points from Demba Ba and increased his strength attribute to 76 points.

After the official start of the game, Besiktas, who returned to the home court, really increased his momentum, and both offensive and defensive ends were significantly improved.

The key referee also blew the home whistle, and all kinds of plausible decisions were biased in favor of the home team.

This allowed Besiktas to score an early goal in the first half, and it looked like there was a real trend of turning the tables.

Fortunately, in the second half, Lyon created chaos in front of the goal with a corner kick opportunity, and Lacazette had a keen sense of smell and scored with a follow-up shot, completely breaking the opponent's dream of turning the table.

In the end, the two teams drew 1:1, and Lyon eliminated the opponent with an aggregate score of 3:1 to advance by virtue of the advantage of the first leg.

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Zhang Chaoqiang couldn't score away from home, but Lyon made it through and he had at least two games to look for.

In the other group matches played at the same time, Inter Milan were eliminated by Wolfsburg, Villarreal were eliminated by Sevilla and Roma were eliminated by Fiorentina.

Many of the top five league teams have been eliminated one after another, which has invisibly increased the chances of Lyon hitting the double.

In addition, Everton, the only seed in the Premier League, was eliminated by Dynamo Kiev 4:6 in two legs, and Toffee's leading goalscorer Lukaku scored two goals in two legs but failed to save the team.

With these two goals, Lukaku's Europa League goals tally this season also totaled eight, tied with Allan for the top spot.

However, this has little impact on Zhang Chaoqiang, because his situation remains unchanged.

The next goal is tied for the Golden Boot, and the Golden Boot is exclusive for two goals.

So far, the top eight teams in Europe have all appeared.

The Champions League is La Liga Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Ligue 1 Paris, Monaco, Bundesliga Bayern, Serie A Juventus, and Portuguese Super League Porto.

The Europa League is Serie A Napoli, Fiorentina, Ukrainian Super League Dynamo Kiev, Dnipro, Ligue 1 Lyon, La Liga Sevilla, Bundesliga Wolfsburg, Russian Premier League Zenit St. Petersburg.

The list is clear and there is not a single Premier League team.

This is the first time since the European restructuring that there are no Premier League teams in the Champions League and Europa League quarter-finals.

Then UEFA organized the draw for the quarterfinals, and the next opponent in Lyon's draw was the Ukrainian dark horse team Dnipro.

The French media all thought it was a good signing, and Lyon had a good chance of continuing to advance.

If Lyon do qualify for the semi-finals of the Europa League, they can really fantasize about the title.

Coupled with the fact that Lyon are currently top of the Ligue 1 table, they have a good chance of challenging for a double this season.

What the media may not know yet is that Lyon has already hammered in on the goal of a double.

On the side of the Champions League draw, Monaco drew Juventus, the Serie A team, and Paris drew the La Liga giants Barcelona.

Both teams will have a difficult opponent to deal with and will likely make it to the quarter-finals.

However, having two Ligue 1 teams qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season is already a huge achievement.

For the big four leagues, it would be a shame that no team has made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

For example, in this year's Premier League, I was ridiculed for being able to watch the Champions League at home.

If two teams qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, it won't be a special achievement.

But for Ligue 1, no team has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which is commonplace.

And if two teams make it to the quarter-finals, that's a huge achievement.

After so many years in the Champions League, this season is the third time in the history of Ligue 1 that both teams have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League at the same time.

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Returning from Turkey, Zhang Chaoqiang and Lacazette were taken by chairman Aulas to a promotional event.

The three of them wore work clothes and hard hats on their heads, and walked leisurely on the construction site.

The team reporters who followed on the side kept taking pictures, and Zhang Chaoqiang picked up the shovel and pretended to pose.

Behind him was a tall, imposing pitch skeleton that was about to take shape.

"Zhang, Alexander, don't let down the expectations of the fans, this year we will bid farewell to Gerland with a double and welcome the new ......stadium," Aulas looked at the soon-to-be-completed stadium, and his uncontrollable excitement appeared on his face.

"Don't worry, Mr. President, we will work hard." Zhang Chaoqiang held the shovel in his hand and replied loudly.

This is the construction site of the new stadium in Lyon, which is nearing completion, so Aulas brought two of the team's most popular stars to inspect the site and take photos to promote the new stadium.

Lyon's current Terrain stadium is more than 100 years old, and although it has been expanded several times, it has never been ideal, with a capacity of only 40,000 people.

Aulas had always wanted to build a stadium for Lyon, but for financial reasons, it was always a vision.

Fortunately, in the past few years, the French Football Association bid for the European Cup, and the French government has various subsidies for new stadiums in various places.

So Olas seized the opportunity to build the Lyon Olympic Stadium.

The five-star stadium with a capacity of 60,000 people, surrounded by large shopping malls, amusement parks, bars, cinemas and other facilities, can provide a steady stream of blood for the Lyon club.

It is also the investment of too much money in this stadium that has led to Lyon's financial situation being strained in recent years.

Now that the stadium is about to be completed, Aulas is relieved.