Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Golden Twin Guns
Higuain, Insigne, Callejon.
Napoli's attacking trident is very powerful, and it is not at all inferior to Lyon's forward double gun.
So judging from the game scene, Lyon and Napoli are evenly matched.
The two sides have their own offense and defense, and they do not give in to each other.
In the 34th minute, Tolisso sent the ball into the Napoli penalty area, Zhang Chaoqiang ran and involved, and Lacazette got a chance to face Albiol one-on-one.
Although he shook off the angle and hit the goal directly, he had no choice but to hit the angle too right, and the ball was confiscated by Argentine goalkeeper Andujar.
In the 42nd minute, Callejon and Hamsik collided with the wall and crossed, Higuain was entangled by Umtiti and could not be in place, but Insigne at the back point followed up with a push and was extremely threatening.
Fortunately, Anthony Lopes did not relent, flying to the side to save the ball from the bottom line.
The two teams went back and forth in attack and defense, and soon the first half of the game ended, and the score was still 0:0.
'Everyone played well in the first half and if we keep playing like that, we will definitely win at home to Napoli.'
At half-time, Fournier kept his players on the go.
Including this game, Lyon have five games left this season.
If you make it to the Europa League final, then add one more.
Five or six races will determine the final result of a season in Lyon.
What Fournier can do is prepare for the game and try to keep the mentality of the players.
With each more win, Lyon could have a better final result.
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"Lyon!! Lyons!! β
At half-time, the home fans welcomed the return of the Lyon team with a collective chant.
As they knew each other well in the first half, Lyon launched an offensive immediately after kicking off in the second half.
Both forwards ran towards the opposing half, but the two came to a cross-switch.
Zhang Chaoqiang crossed the pitch diagonally and ran to the left wing.
Lacazette leaned to the right to give both of them plenty of room to play.
Tolisso took the ball in midfield, got up decisively, and played a long pass over the top directly over the first line of Napoli defence to send the ball to the left side of the front.
"Good shot!!"
Fans watching Lyon for the first time may feel that this pass is a bit too big.
But the familiar commentary has already shouted a good ball, and this pass is just right.
Zhang Chaoqiang, who was accelerating the sprint, quickly passed Jorginho and strode forward.
Lift your foot and stop the ball in front of you.
Take a trip under your feet, accelerate and rush forward!
Napoli's other defender, David Lopez, took advantage of Zhang Chaoqiang's catch to quickly chase back and chased the two side by side.
But as soon as Zhang Chaoqiang accelerated, the distance between the two widened again.
"Zhang Chaoqiang! It's speeding up again! β
Zhang Chaoqiang drove straight in, sprinted to the left corner of the penalty area, and gradually slowed down.
Napoli's midfield defence had collapsed, but the back line was still intact, so he didn't rush in.
Seeing Zhang Chaoqiang slowing down, the Napoli defenders began to move closer to him.
Zhang Chaoqiang controlled the football at his feet, cut a step horizontally, and directly swung his leg to hit the goal.
Napoli right-back Maggio, who was approaching quickly, immediately fell to the ground to block, only to find that the opponent had only feint his shot.
Zhang Chaoqiang took another step inward, pulled his body apart, and swung his legs again.
At the same time, a sideways movement is added to facilitate the exertion.
The experienced Spaniard Albiol judged that it was a real goal.
But teammate Britos, who was closer to the Chinese striker, didn't immediately step forward to block, probably due to a feint on goal from the last shot.
The Spanish centre-back had no choice but to take a step forward and reach for his long legs to intercept the opposition's shot.
"Stopped?"
Albiol felt the first thing he felt when his calf hit the football.
"Oops!"
But he immediately reacted that the interception was very bad and probably something bad.
Look back.
Really!
The straight ball that originally hit the bottom left corner of the goal was refracted by his calf and turned into a high curve ball.
The Argentine goalkeeper, who had already bent his knees to adjust his center of gravity to make a save, could not react at all, and could only watch as the football flew over his head and grazed the crossbar into the goal.
βGooooooooalβββββββ
"Super Zhang!! Pretty!!! β
"Super Zhang breaks the opponent's goal! Goal through a refraction!! β
"Although there is some luck in this refracted goal, it uses speed to quickly cut through the opponent's midfield, which is Zhang's talent!"
"If it wasn't for this quick break, there would have been no chance to shoot on goal, let alone a refraction!"
At the same time, the Chinese commentator was shouting the number of goals.
"Ninth goal! Zhang Chaoqiang's ninth goal in the Europa League!! β
"After scoring this goal, Zhang Chaoqiang successfully surpassed Alan and Lukaku in the Europa League scorer list and took the lead!"
"And Zhang Chaoqiang increased his lead over Higuain to two goals, and the possibility of him winning the Golden Boot has greatly increased!"
"From the replays, we can see that the goal hit the calf of Spanish defender Albiol and reflected into the net."
"It's fair, it was his interception in the first half that blocked Zhang's shot at the post, but this time, luck was on Zhang's side."
The moment the football world flew into the net, there was a bang in the stadium of Gerland, and it instantly boiled.
Zhang Chaoqiang rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, and the shouts from the stands poured down on him.
"Super Zhang!! Super Zhang!! β
"Super Zhang!! Super Zhang!! β
Zhang Chaoqiang's goal gave Lyon a big step towards the Europa League final.
Never before in Lyon's history have the team come so close to a European final!
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Zhang Chaoqiang scored a Napoli goal in the 46th minute of the second half, causing the whole stadium to fall into a frenzy.
By the time Lyon's celebrations were over and the game resumed, Napoli quickly set off an attacking spurt.
Based on their performance in the first half, they believe that their overall strength is not inferior to Lyon.
There they can score and they can find a chance to equalise.
In the 54th minute, Callejon's cross managed to get the ball over Higuain's head, who jumped in front of goal and flicked his header.
The action looks handsome, but the football is high above the crossbar.
The Lyon fans behind the goal took the opportunity to sing.
"Higuain, you'll never be as good as Super Zhang ......"
The Argentines didn't seem to understand French, and they just walked back disappointed.
In this game, Higuain has already missed two good chances to score.
In the 61st minute of the game, Benitez, who was dissatisfied with the score on the field, used the first substitution and let Uruguayan defender Gargano come on to replace Spanish defender David LΓ³pez.
"Zhang is going back and forth on the left and right, which makes the Napoli players tired."
"So they brought on Gargano, the Uruguayan who was known as the South American Gattuso when he was younger, and Benitez clearly wanted to use his coverage to limit him as much as possible."
"But Gargano is 31 years old, and he was badly injured in his early years, so I don't know if it will have an effect."
In the 63rd minute, the commentators of various countries were still interpreting Napoli's substitution adjustments, and Lyon broke the ball at the back again.
Gonarons and Tolisso teamed up to cut the ball away from Hamsik's feet and immediately kicked it to Zhang.
This is the most common routine for Lyon's quick counter-attack.
Zhang Chaoqiang stepped forward to receive the ball near the halfway line, and Jorginho, Insigne and Gargano all rushed towards him with great momentum.
Especially Gargano, who had just come on the field, had a fierce face on his face.
Zhang Chaoqiang didn't have a head iron, but just swept the incoming ball with the instep of his instep, didn't stop the ball at all, and sent the ball out smoothly and directly, so that the other three people could save it.
The three of them had no choice but to stop, only to find that the football had already passed through the sparse line of their own backs and reached behind them.
At the same time, Fekir accelerated forward and successfully completed the anti-offside!
Of Napoli's four defenders, some are raising their hands for offside, and some are desperately chasing back.
But no matter what they do, nothing can change the fact that Lyon has another great opportunity.
Fekir dribbled quickly into the box, drew a defence and poked it with his toes to send the ball to Alexandre Lacazette, who was following laterally.
With a gentle push from Lacazette, the ball rolled into the Napoli goal again.
"The ball is in! Lacazette pushes and scores! Lyon leads by two goals!! β
"It was a delicate goal, and Zhang's push was like a sharp blade that cut through the Napoli defence."
'Fekir was a one-on-one against offside, but he didn't take credit for it, but gave the football to Lacazette, who was in a better position, to make sure the goal was scored steadily.
"Lyon scored a goal from each of the two guns, they completely beat the attacking trident of Napoli, it is a pair of golden guns!"