road to victory

Chapter 46

Baggio and Savicevic stood in front of the ball. After hearing the referee's whistle, Baggio took two steps up and then shot a beautiful curve ball. Although Hual had stretched his body to the maximum, But still no touch to the ball.The ball glides into the net from the upper right corner of the goal.

2:0 AC Milan leads Bordeaux at home.

Fan Shang sat motionless on the bench, his mind was already filled with what the media scolded him for tomorrow, conservative, not enterprising, tactics like a butcher, useless XXX players... Fan Shang shook his head, saying these things Distracting thoughts are thrown out of the mind.He stood up and ordered several substitutes to warm up quickly.

In the 81st minute, Vincent replaced three players in a row, Distin, Gerner and Causi, replacing Dugarry, Weitzger and Lucas.

Vincent has changed the lineup to 550, and Zidane is already at the top of Bordeaux.There are three defensive midfielders and central defenders, and Fan Shang is really afraid of losing one now.It's easy to chase two goals, but it will be different psychologically if you fall behind by three.

Bordeaux survived the last 10 minutes without any danger. Although Caussy and Gernay applied for two more yellow cards, Vincent was very relieved that they were not scored.

In the post-match press conference, Fan Shang said very little. He basically said, "I am responsible for today's loss" when answering questions. At other times, he just stared at the mineral water on the table in a daze.

The next day, the French newspapers really criticized Vincent. For Bordeaux, the only remaining French team in the UEFA Cup, the media and fans naturally hope that he can go further, but the away game lost 2-0 to AC Milan. Afterwards, Bordeaux's path to promotion seemed to have been blocked, which made the media vent their dissatisfaction on Vincent.

"History has proved that Asians, including Asians, cannot achieve good results in football." These are the words of the French right-wing newspaper "Le Figaro" when reporting yesterday's game.

"Bordeaux paid the price for his conservatism and rudeness" This is a report from the French "Team Daily". They believe that intensive defense and frequent fouls are the main reasons for Bordeaux's loss.

"Really, look at that stupid X of Tigana. The UEFA Cup took Monaco into the ditch in the first game, and then the league performance is getting worse and worse. Why is no one talking about him! We are in the top 8 of the UEFA Cup here. (Although I had nothing to do with Fan Shang before), the league is getting better and better, and everyone criticizes me. They are all people of color, so why is there such a big gap!" Fan Shang just felt that the media and public opinion treated him racially. suspicion of discrimination.

"Two goals, we still have a chance" This is an article from Bordeaux's famous media "Southwest News", which predicts the strategy and tactics of Bordeaux's next game.

In this game, Bordeaux, who sent substitutes and young players, played well, but Caen was also very tenacious. In the end, the two teams entered overtime 0:0.In the extra time, the two teams were still anxious. In the end, neither side broke the deadlock, and the game had to enter a penalty shootout.The substitute goalkeeper Fontaine, who performed bravely in the last penalty shootout, did not continue his magic. He was pierced four times in a row, while the player who took the penalty kick in Bordeaux made 4 of 2 free throws.

However, it is not time for Fan Shang to think too much. The home game against AC Milan next week will be a life-and-death battle. If he wins, he can sit back and relax. If he loses, he can only wait for the storm to come.

In this state, Bordeaux ushered in the opponent of the French Cup, the second division team Caen.It should have been a relatively easy game, but in the end Bordeaux was eliminated from the French Cup by Caen at home.

Before the second round match against AC Milan, Fan Shang was always in a state of thinking. Outsiders saw Fan Shang's appearance and sometimes gave a few words of comfort, but more of them waited and watched. They didn't know what Fan Shang was thinking.Needless to say about them, Fan Shang himself sometimes does not know what he is thinking. This may be the nervousness before the competition.

"That's right, I led the team to play so many games, and I lost just one game, and it's the end of the fucking world!" Fan Shang had already scolded these unscrupulous media in his heart. "However, Jacques is quite interesting. I have become a street rat now, and he can still come out to support me and promise to help him. It's worth it."

After reading these newspapers in the office, Fan Shang leaned on the back of his chair when the phone on the desk rang.

"Fan Shang, I'm Francois, are you okay?" It was Francois' call, "Don't read those newspapers, you have to believe in yourself, you have done a good job in the first team, If it weren't for you, we might be relegated now. Don't think too much, just follow your own thinking."

During the game, Fan Shang had been sitting on the coach's bench with his head down, only occasionally looking up at the field.Out of the starting lineup, Bordeaux's on-the-spot command and substitutions, including the lectures during the intermission, were completed by Rolle and Battiston.Fan Shang's role in the game was to play soy sauce, soy sauce for the whole game, and Luo Er went to the final press conference.

"Thank you, and good luck to you too." Fan Shang hung up the phone.

Fan Shang looked at the newspapers again, and under the Southwest News article reporting yesterday's game, there was a short interview, asking Jacquet's evaluation of Bordeaux's performance.Yakai thinks that Fan Shang has no problem. He has only lost this game since he took office. He can't understand that such a good result has been criticized by the media.

"That's good, Fan Shang, if you have anything to do, you can come to me, then you can continue to work. Good luck to you." Francois' tone eased.

"Thank you, Francois, I have no problem," Fan Shang was very pleased with Francois comforting himself at this time, "I only want to play against Milan in the next round, other things will definitely not affect me. "

In the end, after a penalty shootout at home, Bordeaux lost 2:4 to the second division club Caen who came to challenge, and was eliminated from the top 8 of the French Cup.

Bordeaux lost two games in a row in less than a week. The media who criticized Vincent jumped out again in the middle of the week, and they still shot at Vincent. This time it was not only Vincent, but Theo and Afleiro They are all shot.The media thought that the two were ignorant, and it was irresponsible for the team to put an Asian in this position, and they should replace Fan Shang as soon as possible.There are also media who say that in such and such a place they saw Theo and Aflelu meet a certain famous head coach who is at home.

Immediately Theo came out to refute the rumors, saying that Vincent is an excellent coach and that Bordeaux is not planning to change the head coach before the end of this season.Theo's words were deadly, and the media who originally wanted to hype Fan Shang's dismissal were all blocked.

Theo is also angry now, "What a mess of media, we finally found a reliable head coach, Vincent didn't lose a game in the league, and he pulled Bordeaux into the top ten, where did the media go at that time. Now it’s started after losing two games, *** and Luo Er have lost much more than this, how can there be no such formation!”

(End of this chapter)