Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 7 Gard's Employment
Coming off the bench to help the team tie, Zhang Chaoqiang thought that his situation in the team would improve greatly.

Like a starter or something.

But it turns out that's not possible at all.

On April 4, in the middle of the week, Lyon will host Juventus in the first round of the Europa League quarter-finals.

In fact, Lyon and Juventus are both teams participating in the Champions League this season, but they were both selected to participate in the Europa League.

Lyon was brushed in the Champions League qualifying match, and Juventus was brushed in the Champions League group stage.

Although Zhang Chaoqiang entered the squad for the competition, he did not get a chance to play.

Rémi Garde used up his three substitutions in the 80th minute, trying to defend a home draw.

But the Bianconeri scored with Bonucci's corner kick in the 86th minute and successfully beat Lyon 1-0.

On the weekend of April 4th, in the 6nd round of Ligue 32, Lyon challenged the relegation team Valenciennes away.

Zhang Chaoqiang still entered the squad, but still failed to start.

Fortunately, this time he got the chance to come off the bench.

Lyon took a 2-0 lead early with the goals of Gomi and Brion in the first half, and Zhang Chaoqiang got more than ten minutes of playing time in the second half.

It's a pity that he couldn't find any good opportunities.

Not only did he fail to find a chance, Lyon also conceded the ball after he played.

In fact, the conceded goal had nothing to do with Zhang Chaoqiang at all, it was a gift from the defense's mistakes.

But domestic sunspots don't care, and they force him to put on the hat of "substitute appearance caused Lyon to lose the ball".

However, Zhang Chaoqiang was not without gains in the game. After careful selection on the field, he stole 2 points of strength from Ghanaian striker Varys.

The 5-point burst he stole last time has been fully absorbed, so he can steal attributes again.

At present, Zhang Chaoqiang has a total of four attributes below 60 points, which are 56 for strength, 54 for burst, 53 for reaction, and 56 for bounce.

As long as these four attributes are raised to sixty, he can unlock professional-level skills and awareness.

Through these two games, Zhang Chaoqiang has figured out his self-positioning, and he can only be a substitute under Gard.

So don't fantasize about anything else either.

Honestly playing as a substitute, by the way, find an opportunity to fill up those four attributes to [-], and then unlock professional-level skills and awareness. Only then can he be truly competitive.

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After the weekend league, it will soon be midweek again, and the European competition will come.

On April 4, the Europa League quarter-finals second round match day.

Zhang Chaoqiang came to Turin with the team to challenge the famous Serie A class bully Juventus.

Speaking of Juventus this season is a bit embarrassing. They had a big upset in the Champions League group stage and were eliminated by Turkey's Galatasaray.

The most important thing is that they performed poorly in the Champions League, but they are far ahead in Serie A.

This is more or less a bit of a nest.

So Juventus also want to prove themselves. Anyway, the Champions League is out, and they just take advantage of the situation to win the Europa League. Maybe they can take this opportunity to change their luck, and they will have the Champions League luck in the future.

In addition, this season's Europa League final happens to be held at Juventus' home court.

So after the upset in the Champions League group stage, Juventus shouted the slogan of vowing to win the Europa League.

I hope to win the championship at home, so that the fans will be happy.

In the pre-match locker room, Tolisso was a little embarrassed: "Haha, it's finally my turn today."

"Zhang, just sit obediently on the bench and watch my performance."

"It's just playing a full-back, what's there to be happy about." Zhang Chaoqiang bluntly pointed out the soft flesh of the opponent.

Sure enough, Tolisso stopped taunting.

Although he started this game, he played as a guest right back.

Soon the game officially started, and Juventus performed like a rainbow amidst the shouts of the home fans.

Only 4 minutes into the game, Carlos Tevez was tripped with the ball in the front court, and Juventus got a free kick in a good position in front of the penalty area.

Pirlo himself took the knife and broke the Lyon goal with the iconic deciduous ball.

Immediately after the 28th minute, Marchisio took the ball in front of the penalty area and took a long shot. The football hit Tolisso and then refracted into the net.

This kid made his first appearance full of interest, but he didn't expect to directly become the background board for other people's goals.

"The game time is less than 30 minutes, Juventus has taken a 2-0 lead, it seems that there will not be much suspense in this game."

"The next step is to see if Zhang Chaoqiang can get a chance to play and usher in his personal European debut."

On the domestic side, most fans are concerned about whether Zhang Chaoqiang can play.

Just after the Chinese player's first goal in Ligue [-], Zhang Chaoqiang's enthusiasm has returned.

In recent days, "strong blows" have begun to appear in China, specifically appearing among major football websites.

After all, Zhang Chaoqiang is the only Chinese face in the five major leagues, and he can attract countless fans with a little performance.

Of course, black fans are definitely indispensable.

Even if a player like Ronaldo Messi has a lot of black fans, Zhang Chaoqiang is no exception.

To be serious, the current situation of Zhang Chaoqiang is not even as good as that of Wu Sanshi in the Spaniards in his previous life.

Wu Sanshi in the previous life could be blackmailed by domestic fans in various ways, and Zhang Chaoqiang in this life should not even try to hide.

Those dazed black fans stared at him all the time.

Just wait for him to make a slight mistake, and immediately make up a joke.

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Zhang Chaoqiang sat on the bench for 45 minutes, and finally the first half ended 2:0.

After the intermission, Lyon still had no improvement.

"Zhang, hurry up and warm up."

The assistant's ordinary words made Zhang Chaoqiang see the hope of playing, and ran to warm up.

While busy warming up, Zhang Chaoqiang also took the opportunity to despise his head coach.

Juventus is indeed very strong, but Lyon will not be beaten helplessly.

At present, this Lyon team has many potential new stars, Lacazette on the front line, Tolisso on the midfielder, Umtiti on the back line, all three are future star players, and at this stage Already demonstrated a strong combat effectiveness.

To be honest, the above three people are enough to form a very good central axis.

In addition, there are powerful players such as Gomi, Marblanco, Gonarones, Anthony Lopez, Zhang Chaoqiang on the bench, and Fekir in the reserve team.

As long as these players are well matched, Lyon may not have the strength to challenge Paris in Ligue [-].

But under the leadership of Remy Garde, Lyon couldn't even squeeze into the top three in Ligue [-].

In fact, some clues can be seen from Gard's employment.

As Lyon's fast-rising supernova, Lacazette's tactical status is actually not as good as Gomi.

Because in Gard's 442 main tactics, Gomi, who is not efficient in scoring goals, is the absolute core, and Lacazette can only accompany him.

But even so, Lacazette has grown into the team's top scorer this season.

In addition, the potential midfielder Tolisso is often arranged to play right back, and the potential central defender Umtiti actually plays the left back.

From the perspective of a reborn person, Gard's employment is simply terrible.

It has to be said that DNA coaches are not harmful.

So it's not surprising that Lyon was educated by an old woman in the Europa League.

After Zhang Chaoqiang warmed up on the sidelines for more than ten minutes, he was brought in front of Gard by the assistant coach.

"Zhang, after you play as a right winger, first help Tolisso keep an eye on Asamoah, and then use your speed to rush behind him."

"Remember, the Ghanaian already has a yellow card, if you can get him off, we still have a chance in this game."

Gard's tactical arrangement was decent, but the last sentence was automatically ignored by Zhang Chaoqiang.

At present, if Lyon wants to reverse this situation, it will have to score three goals in a row.

You must know that they are facing an old woman tonight, and it is impossible for them to give Lyon a chance to score three goals in a row.

But Zhang Chaoqiang still nodded seriously, at least the superficial work must be done.

"Lyon applied for a substitution, and Zhang Chaoqiang was standing on the sidelines preparing to appear."

"This is a historic moment. Zhang Chaoqiang participated in the European war for the first time in his career, and it was also the first time a Chinese player appeared in the Europa League knockout round..."

Before he knew it, Zhang Chaoqiang made another record.

(End of this chapter)