On September 23, in the middle of the week, in the 7th round of Ligue 1, Lyon hosted Bastia.

Before the game, Zhang Chaoqiang successfully stole a little strength and filled up his strength attribute to 80 points.

Now Lyon's tactics require him to constantly attack the penalty area, and it is good to supplement the benefits of strong attributes.

In the end, Lyon won 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Tolisso and Malblanco to continue to dominate Ligue 1.

On September 26, in the 8th round of the French league, Lyon challenged Bordeaux away.

Bordeaux were beaten twice by Lyon last season, and both games made it difficult for them.

In the first leg, he lost 0:4 at home, and in the second leg, he wanted to prevent Lyon from winning the championship away, and was killed by Zhang Chaoqiang's ultra-long free kick.

This time at the new home, Bordeaux fans once again chanted revenge.

Bordeaux also got a new stadium, called the Stade Atlantic.

Like the Stade Olimpico in Lyon, it was renovated to take advantage of next year's European Championship in France, and was only officially put into use two months ago.

This time in their new home turf, Bordeaux has truly achieved revenge.

Alexandre Lacazette missed a must-score chance in the opening period, which gave Bordeaux hope of revenge and began to attack in succession, leading Lyon 3-0 in the first half.

Zhang Chaoqiang made a good arc with a free-kick opportunity before the end of the first half, but it was rejected by the post.

This is the goalpost of Bordeaux after all.

In the second half, Bordeaux took the initiative to control the tempo and firmly held on to the victory.

It was only in the final moments that Lyon pulled back a face-saving goal.

Zhang Chaoqiang sent a cross after passing on the side, and substitute Cornet grabbed the point to score.

In this way, Lyon lost 1-3 away to Bordeaux and suffered their first defeat of the season.

In other matches in the same round, Paris beat Guingamp 3-0 away from home thanks to Di Maria's cross, and overtook Lyon to the top of the table by one point.

In fact, Di Maria also converted a penalty in the game, but it was missed by Ibrahimovic.

I have to say that after coming to Ligue 1, the Argentines began to be alive again, and they no longer made many mistakes and played lifeless like during the Manchester United period.

He also activated Eevee by the way.

You must know that before Di Maria joined, Ibrahimovic couldn't score in five consecutive games, and many French media said that the Swede was old and couldn't do it.

It is for this reason that the media are bullish on Lyon in their predictions for the Ligue 1 title this season.

Last season, Lyon were able to beat Paris to win the title, and a large part of the reason was that Ibrahimovic missed too many games.

If Ibrahimovic slips into a goalscoring drought for a long time this season, there is a good chance that Aang will have a chance to replicate last season's miracle.

However, with the arrival of Angel Di Maria, Ibrahimovic began to score goals again and has now managed to reach the top of Ligue 1.

The Parisian press congratulated Grand Paris after the game, saying: "Lyon's top experience card has officially expired!" ”

Lyon topped the table after the second round of Ligue 1 and stayed for six rounds before being ousted by Grand Paris.

"As long as Paris maintains its form, there will be no chance for Ang to be at the top again."

Many French media outlets agree with this view.

Although the difference between the two teams is only one point.

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'Don't worry, our main goal this season is the Champions League.

"As long as we get to the knockout stage of the Champions League, then we have achieved our basic goal and we have to stay in the top three in the league."

The Lyon coaching staff organized an intra-squad meeting dedicated to the removal of the top spot.

Last season, relying on two guns, and Paris had its own various situations, Lyon took the opportunity to snatch a Ligue 1 title.

But the Lyon management is sober-minded and knows that this kind of good thing doesn't happen every season.

So the most important game is to prepare for the Champions League with peace of mind.

The Champions League is not only lucrative, but also has a great impact on the player's reputation.

On September 30, in the second round of the Champions League group stage, Lyon challenged Shakhtar Donetsk away.

Lyon's nominal adversary is from Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border.

But in reality, the real destination in Lyon is Lviv, a place in western Ukraine near the Polish border.

Because of the unstable situation in the Donetsk region, Shakhtar moved their home stadium to Lviv.

There is a famous saying in football circles that football has nothing to do with politics.

But it's always been.

The situation of Shakhtar Donetsk is a direct proof of this.

Ukraine has been a very divided country since it broke away from the Red Empire, with the region led by Kyiv in the west being pro-American, and the region led by Donetsk in the east being pro-Russian, and the two sides have been at odds for a long time.

In 2010, the leader of the Donetsk region, Viktor Yanukovych, was elected president of Ukraine, which became the trigger for the direct division of Ukraine.

Speaking of which, Yanukovych was elected president by a narrow margin, or relying on football to help.

Because Shakhtar Donetsk won the Europa League in 2009, and Shakhtar owner Akhmetov is not only the richest man in Ukraine, but also one of Yanukovych's allies.

This greatly increased Yanukovych's influence.

In early 2014, when Yanukovych was finally ousted from power under long-term pressure from the United States, Akhmetov, after careful consideration, decided to turn to Kyiv and, at the same time, to the United States.

It's hard to make money.

After all, the benefits promised by the West are too many.

Shakhtar Donetsk instantly became traitors, and Donetsk fans boycotted them.

Soon the flames of war broke out again in the Donetsk region, and various local organizations declared their independence from Ukraine in solidarity with Yanukovych.

So the misfit miners had to move their home stadium away from Donetsk and temporarily settle in Lviv.

Now it's a team that can't go home.

At 8:45 p.m. local time in Ukraine, the match between Lyon and Shakhtar Donetsk officially began.

In the stands of the Lviv stadium, it was a bleak one.

The stadium with a capacity of 35,000 people only appeared in the stands with a sparse few thousand, obviously less than 10,000 fans.

You know, this is a hugely influential Champions League game.

If it is a Ukrainian league, the number of fans may have to be cut in half again.

This is the situation of the minkhtars who have relocated to the west, where the fans in the east no longer support them, and the fans in the west do not recognize them, resulting in a chronic lack of fans at home.

However, although there are few fans, the overall strength of Shakhtar Donetsk is not weak.

After all, the boss has money, and the team has a lot of Brazilian reinforcements.

Teixeira, the core of the midfield, Fred at the back, and Tyson at the front are all strong Brazilian foreign aids.

This is also in the last two years when the turmoil has led to the departure of many Brazilian foreign players.

At their peak, more than half of Shakhtar's starters were Brazilians.

It is precisely because Shakhtar Donetsk is not weak that Lyon responded with a defensive counterattack away from home.

Lyon are in a situation where they join hands with Real Madrid to qualify in the group, and if anyone has the ability to squeeze out Lyon's qualification, it must be Shakhtar Donetsk.

So it's important to play directly over two legs, and Lyon came with the intention of winning away from home.

In the first 30 minutes of the game, both sides played with relative restraint.

In the 33rd minute, Shakhtar Donetsk was no longer satisfied with paddling each other and tried to speed up the pace of the game.

Shakhtar's players are well aware that squeezing out Lyon is the only option to qualify from this group.

So they have to try to beat Lyon at home.

But as soon as they picked up the pace, Lyon found an opportunity.

Gonarlons tackles the opponent's pass, Valbuena sends a long diagonal pass, and Zhang Chaoqiang accelerates on the left side.

Chest stop, go forward, and quickly shake Fred away.

Approach the opponent's penalty area and slow down slightly.

Pluck the ball with your feet and kick it back, and your body resets with the tilt of the ball.

"Beautiful!! Super Zhang!! ”

Changing direction with a heavy shoulder past Croatian veteran Srna, Zhang Chaoqiang burst into the corner of the penalty area and immediately volleyed into the far corner.

Ukrainian goalkeeper Pyatov reached out in time to intercept and his toes also managed to touch the football.

But that wasn't enough to stop it, and the ball flew into the net with a slight turn.

“Gooooooooal————”

"Super Zhang!! Very nice quick counter-attacking goal! ”

"Super Zhang has scored in two consecutive Champions League games, and Lyon is temporarily leading by one goal away from home!"

After the goal, Zhang Chaoqiang rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.

There were actually many fans in the stands applauding him.

These people seem to just come in to watch the excitement, and they don't care who wins or loses.