Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 24 Youth Army

At [-] pm local time in France, the first round of Ligue [-] Lyon vs. Rennes at home is coming.

Rennes is a veteran team in Ligue [-]. It has been operating on a small budget for a long time and basically relies on the ability of youth training to make blood itself.

It is precisely because of this that Rennes has been in the middle and lower reaches of Ligue [-] for a long time, and the most honorable honor in team history is the two French Cup champions.

不过最近几年雷恩倒是有所起色，10/11赛季和11/12赛季都排名法甲前六，12/13赛季打进法联杯决赛，13/14赛季打进法国杯决赛，可惜都只得个亚军。

Facing such an opponent in the first round, Fournier did not dare to be careless, and formed a new lineup he carefully tuned, striving for a good start in Ligue [-].

Starting goalkeeper Anthony Lopez.

The back four, from left to right, are Henry Bedimer, Samuel Umtiti, Lindsay Rose and Christopher Yallai.

The midfield four are Maxime Gonerones, Jordan Ferry, Corentin Tolisso, Naby Fekir.

Among them, Gonarones served as the defensive midfielder, Fekir served as the attacking midfielder, and Ferry and Tolisso served as the left and right midfielders respectively.

The striker is the duo of Zhang Chaoqiang and Lacazette.

"There is no doubt that Fournier wants to build a more dynamic team. Eight of his starting 11 are players born after 1990. This is an obvious youth army."

"If this youth team can really run in place, it may be able to make a certain name in Ligue [-]."

The French commentator pointed out Fournier's team building ideas.

Reuse young players and engage in the youth army.

Except for the left and right full-backs and midfielder Gonerons, Lyon's other starters are all post-[-]s players.

Zhang Chaoqiang, who is only [-] years old, is among them and is the youngest one in Lyon's starting lineup.

But not the youngest in the game.

Because Rennes' starting striker Wesley Seid is also 19 years old, two months younger than Zhang Chaoqiang.

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[You start stealing the sky from Abdoulaye Dukulei, reaction +3]

In the handshake session before the game, Zhang Chaoqiang stole 3 points of reaction from Rennes midfielder Dou Curé after careful selection.

After using Stealing Sky and Changing Days continuously, Zhang Chaoqiang has figured out the rules of stealing Sky and Changing Days each time how many attributes are stolen.

When the opponent's attribute is 1 to 10 points higher than your own, you can steal 1 attribute each time.

When the opponent's attribute is 11 to 20 points higher than your own, you can steal 2 attribute each time.

When the opponent's attribute is 21 to 30 points higher than your own, you can steal 3 attribute each time.

以此类推，高31到40点属性时能偷4点，高40点属性以上时能偷5点。

Dukulei's reaction was as high as 79 points, a full 22 points higher than Zhang Chaoqiang, so he could steal 3 points at once.

In last week's UEFA Europa League qualifying match, Zhang Chaoqiang once used a steal.

Reluctantly, Boleslav's players are all a bunch of low attributes, so he can only make do with stealing 1 point of bounce.

Now that he has stolen 3 reaction points from Dukulei, Zhang Chaoqiang has filled up all attributes to 60 points.

Just waiting for him to go to bed at night, he will be able to unlock professional-level skills and awareness.

After the pre-match handshake, the game quickly began.

Lyon took the lead.

The football made two turns in midfield and was quickly sent to Fekir by Gonalons.

Fekir and Tolisso sought to kick the wall and immediately split sides. Zhang Chaoqiang quickly started to catch up and directly kicked the pass.

Lacazette took off and headed the ball in the penalty area, but was unable to get it under the interference of the Rennes defender.

During the training and preparations, Fournier emphasized the trident in the frontcourt the most, so Lyon's first attack followed this routine.

Although there was no threat, Fournier still smiled and applauded on the sidelines to show encouragement.

After the exchange of possession, Rennes launched their first attack.

Zhang Chaoqiang retreated deeply with his teammates, because he knew that his head coach attached great importance to defense. If he was lazy on defense on the court, he might leave a bad impression on the coach.

Rennes' offense is relatively rough, basically only supported by a Brazilian striker Henrik.

After Fournier's continuous training, Lyon's defensive skills have greatly improved, and it is relatively easy to deal with it.

After several consecutive offensive and defensive transitions, everyone in Lyon has figured out that Rennes' offensive threat is not great.

So Lyon began to launch a siege mode.

In the 12th minute, Lacazette retreated, Fekir passed by and sent a pick pass in time, and Zhang Chaoqiang stuck in front of the goal and pushed.

It's a pity that I didn't control my footwork well and pushed the ball out of the bottom line.

In the 19th minute, Jordan Ferry hit Rennes defender Armand's arm with a long-range shot from the outside, but the referee believed that it was a handball and the defensive player's arm was close to his body, not a penalty.

In the 30th minute, Zhang Chaoqiang successfully delivered a cross from the side to Lacazette's feet, but the latter adjusted too much after receiving the ball and missed the opportunity.

Lyon launched waves of offensives amidst the cheers of the home fans, but failed to break through Rennes' goal until the end of the first half.

During the intermission, the French commentator commented: "This is a problem that the youth army often encounters. The scene is very lively, but the scoring efficiency is not high."

"A football game always needs to end with a goal. Fournier should take advantage of the rest time to make appropriate adjustments."

In fact, Fournier did not make any adjustments in the locker room during the intermission, but only praised the players of the team, and then asked everyone to continue to play in the same way as in the first half.

So Lyon continued to siege in the second half of the game.

In the 62nd minute, Lyon attacked again.

Fekir received the ball in front of the penalty area and seemed to want to find Lacazette again.

At this time, Zhang Chaoqiang just changed position to the left, one step inside the penalty area.

Without any hesitation, Fekir pushed the inside of his foot and sent the ball over.

"Strike! Chance for Lyon!!"

Zhang Chaoqiang caught the ball steadily amidst the exclamation of the commentator, and dunked lightly.

Rennes midfielder Ma Kong was directly shaken away.

Zhang Chaoqiang kicked up decisively and shot with the instep of his right foot.

The moment the football flew out, Zhang Chaoqiang felt it.

Because at this time the Rennes goalkeeper is positioned to the left, and the football is flying towards the upper right corner of the goal in an arc.

This goal has been unstoppable!

Lyon fans behind the goal are slightly bent their legs, ready to cheer and celebrate.

but.

Snapped! !

A crisp sound.

On the goal line, Mozambican defender Michael Ser raised his hand on tiptoe and blocked the football with a volleyball smash.

"Wow--"

Lyon fans have already mentioned that the cheers in their throats were blocked, which quickly turned into awe.

The French commentator also shouted: "What happened? Is this playing volleyball?"

"The Mozambican killed a good goal and he has to pay for it."

The referee immediately whistled for a handball foul by Michael.

The Mozambique defender was sent off with a handball to prevent the opponent from scoring, and Lyon won a penalty.

Soon Lacazette scored a penalty on behalf of Lyon, and wild cheers resounded from the Gerland stands.

This is Lyon's first goal in Ligue [-] this season.

Zhang Chaoqiang also celebrated with his teammates, but his face was somewhat resentful.

"Is that guy out of his mind?"

"This kind of player who must score a goal and stretches out his hand to block it deserves a red card!"

If it wasn't for that guy's stupidity, Zhang Chaoqiang should have scored the first goal.

Now a call is transferred and it is directly changed to Lacazette's name.

The only good news is that Rennes played one less player, and the game is stable.

After the game restarted, Lyon was still under siege.

In the 80th minute, Marblanco, who came off the bench, shot and scored, directly killing the game.

"Lyon won a good start with 2:0 at home, and the youth team's first show was a success."

"However, the season has just begun, and their true quality still needs time to be verified..."

(End of this chapter)