Chapter 114: The Nemesis of Paris
On December 13, in the 18th round of the French League 1, Lyon challenged Paris away.
Before the start of the competition, Zhang Chaoqiang got the news from his agent that his Golden Boy Award had been secured.
Just wait for the weekend to end in Ligue 1, and the organizers will arrange awards for him.
Zhang Chaoqiang is very happy to win the European Golden Boy Award.
After all, it's a trophy for young players.
So Zhang Chaoqiang came to the Parc des Princes in Paris with excitement.
That's probably the main reason why the agent deliberately told him before the game.
"Tonight's match is between Paris and Lyon, two of the strongest teams in Ligue 1 at the moment."
"Not only are they well ahead of the Ligue 1 table, but they have also done well in the Champions League, and they have all managed to reach the knockout rounds."
In the Ligue 1 standings, Lyon and Grand Paris are indeed far ahead.
Monaco, who are currently third in Ligue 1, have just 28 points, 14 points behind second-placed Lyon.
The fault line is so great that many French media have said that Paris and Lyon have basically locked up the top two of the season.
"But overall, everyone is still more optimistic about Paris at home."
"Since losing away to Bordeaux last season, Paris are unbeaten in 26 consecutive Ligue 1 matches."
The competition officially began, and Grand Paris fielded their powerful trident in their new group this season, Edinson Cavani, Ibrahimovic and Di Maria.
Taking advantage of the gap between kick-offs, Paris immediately launched an offensive.
The ball looped around the Lyon penalty area before Angel Di Maria took possession.
Forcing a break down the flank and then a back-triangle knock back to Cavani scrambled in front of Bisevac, but it was slightly wide.
Although there was no real goal, there was cheering in the Parc des Princes.
Since Di Maria's arrival, Paris' creativity up front has intensified and Parisian fans are very confident that it is time to reap the benefits.
Ligue 1 needs to return to the throne and make a breakthrough in the Champions League, at least to get rid of the embarrassing situation of being in the quarter-finals for three consecutive years.
It was Lyon's turn to attack, and the Lyon players settled up front, patiently passing in search of opportunities.
But the Parisian generals were so aggressive that they didn't give Lyon the chance to organize an attack patiently at all, and began to press frantically.
Valbuena were still a few metres away from the penalty area when Matuidi forced him to turn for his team-mates, and was caught in the middle of Rabiot's attack, so he had to rush the ball back to Tolisso.
Tolisso had already sped up when he saw his teammates being scrambled and ready to step forward.
But the two didn't cooperate at all.
Tolisso was already rushing forward, but Valbuena knocked the ball back hard.
In the rush, Tolisso couldn't handle the ball smoothly, but he didn't dare to miss it.
If the defenders are also unprepared for this pass, then the miss could be an own goal assist for the opponent.
So he lunged forward and pushed the ball into the opponent's penalty area.
You lose possession, but at least it's not dangerous.
Tolisso made a sudden push on the ball and both players were a little ill-prepared.
But Zhang Chaoqiang, who was walking in front of the Paris penalty area, started quickly as soon as possible, and rushed into the penalty area in three steps.
Stretch out your left foot and stop the ball in front of you.
Then he half-turned and followed, and hit the goal with his right foot!
Paris goalkeeper Trapp had just bent his knee to make a save when the ball was already flying like a bullet and swooping into the bottom left corner of the goal.
“Gooooooooal——————”
"Super Zhang!! Beautiful Shot Goal!! ”
"Just four minutes into the game, the Parisian players were aggressive, but they didn't expect to be scored by Super Zhang."
"It was a quick combination of Lyons to create chances, and Super Zhang used his explosion to shake off David Luiz and rush up to score the goal!"
"Every time I play against Paris in a key match, Super Zhang always seems to play well."
"In the 13/14 French League Cup final, Super Zhang came off the bench to help Lyon win the championship with a pass and a shot; In the first leg of Ligue 1 last season, Super Zhang overtook Paris in a corner; In this season's French Super Cup, Super Zhang scored twice to help Lyon win the championship. ”
"Now in this game, Super Zhang scored again."
"Suffice it to say, Super Zhang is a Paris nemesis at all!"
Zhang opened the scoring and the whole Lyon team cheered and celebrated at the Parc des Princes.
The Parisian fans in the stands were very upset, but they could only create all kinds of boos to vent their emotions.
But when the game restarted, the rhythm of the pitch returned to the hands of Grand Paris.
The Grand Paris players are in good form, and they have the home momentum bonus, and they quickly suppressed Lyon.
It looked like the opening goal was just an accident.
So the Parisian fans were happy again.
In the 11th minute, Rabiot sent in a cross from the wing, which was originally not very threatening.
However, Bakari Koné made a mistake with a header and headed the ball directly to Ibrahimovic on the right side of the box.
The Swedish highman scored a beautiful volley to give Paris an equaliser.
'After Super Zhang's goal, Ibrahimovic responded quickly, and the two will continue to compete in the scorer charts.
Grand Paris quickly equalized, and Zhang Chaoqiang cooperated with captain Gonarons to actively calm the emotions of his teammates, hoping to stabilize the situation first and slowly look for opportunities.
But then the big Paris offensive was like a tide, and they continued to hit the Lyon goal.
Lyon's whole team barely held on for twenty minutes, and then they couldn't stand it.
In the 31st minute, Di Maria made a free kick on the wing and drove the ball himself.
Aurier has a forward header and Paris reverses the score.
In the 38th minute, Di Maria crossed in front of the goal after passing on the left, and Cavani swept a shot, and the ball hit the post and bounced into the net.
Although they conceded a goal in the opening game, Grand Paris reversed the score 3:1 in the first half.
Lyon won a free-kick just before half-time, but it wasn't in a good position in the corner of the box.
Zhang Chaoqiang relied on his good form to pull the arc, but in the end he only hit the crossbar.
So at the end of the first half, Lyon temporarily trailed 1:3 to Grand Paris.
Returning from the players' tunnel to the locker room, Zhang Chaoqiang heard the abuse of the Parisian fans in the stands.
"Bullshit Parisian nemesis, you're just lucky to score two goals."
"Zlatan will kill you."
"Let's honestly go home and play your table tennis."
"You don't deserve to be selected for the Golden Globes."
Before Zhang Chaoqiang was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award, the Paris media called Ibrahimovic too aggrieved, believing that the Swede was more qualified than Zhang Chaoqiang in terms of fame and strength.
At this time, the CCTV commentary was also worried about Leon.
'Umtiti is out with injury and it has had too much impact on the Lyon back.
"When Umtiti was there before, Real Madrid didn't have much to do with the Lyon defence."
"Now that he's injured, the Lyon defense line is leaking everywhere, and he can't prevent it at all, so he can't fight back."
Umtiti has grown rapidly in the past two seasons and is now a mainstay in Lyon's defence.
Although he likes to make some moths from time to time to make people worry, but after all, the talent is there.
Without him, the defence is even more worrisome.