road to victory

Chapter 55
The days passed day by day in training. On April 4, Bordeaux played against Slavia Prague at home.After Bordeaux won 16:1 in the last away game, as long as they don't lose today, they can enter the final of the UEFA Cup.In this form, Bordeaux tickets are hard to come by.In the stadium, it was full of spectators early on, and now the Recourt Park Stadium, which can accommodate 0 people, is probably too crowded even for a fly to fly in.

In the home team lounge, Vincent started his pre-match lecture again.

"I won't say much about today's tactics. You already knew about it two days ago. I have no requirements for today's game, and neither does the club," said Fan Shang, and saw the players below who looked a bit dazed. , Fan Shang continued, "But, have you seen the fans in the audience? They have demands. They are here to see the Bordeaux club win. They are here to watch the Bordeaux club advance. Do you know how much a ticket sells outside now?" Money? Those ticket dealers have already priced the tickets to close to 3000 francs, which is just an ordinary ticket. The fans spend half a month or even a month's salary to watch our games. If we win, the fans will be very happy. If we lose What will the fans think? Will they come again in the future?"

Seeing the players below begin to encourage themselves secretly, Fan Shang gave a faint smile.

"Okay, I beg you to win this game for the lovely fans, and don't let them walk out of the stadium with regrets. Similarly, I don't want you to walk out of the stadium with regrets." After speaking, he sat on the chair and left It's up to the players to experience it for themselves.

With the heart of repaying the fans, the Bordeaux players walked onto the court with arrogance. Today, they hope to use their performance to give the fans a victory.

Although Bordeaux Lizarazu and Dudial were suspended due to accumulated yellow cards in this game, Bordeaux, which has home court advantage, still made a perfect defense.

Throughout the first half, Bordeaux did not give Slavia Prague a chance. Although Slavia Prague completed 5 shots, it was a pity that none of them were within the goal range.

Bordeaux's counterattack in the first half was impressive.With the support of Zidane and Witzger, Taolot has repeatedly created threats in the penalty area. Unfortunately, he is still powerless when facing the siege of two central defenders and goalkeepers alone.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. Only 1 minute into the game, Slavia Prague failed to attack. After receiving the ball on the right side of the midfield, Taolot quickly dribbled the ball forward. Control the ball firmly under your feet.The players of Slavia Prague did not dare to steal blindly, and could only withdraw to their penalty area step by step following the rhythm of Taolot.After Taolot took the ball to the penalty area, he fell into the pincer attack of three defenders. Before the three surrounded him, he ejected from the outside of his instep.The attacking goalkeeper made a pounce on the ball, but the alert Taolot did not stand still after finishing the shot. Instead, he predicted that the goalkeeper would save and ran to the second point where the ball fell. Taolot rubbed lightly, The ball rolled into the gate. 1:0 Bordeaux took the lead.

Instead, it was Bordeaux's defensive counterattack that shocked Slavia Prague into a cold sweat after another.

In the final minute of the game, Slavia Prague had their best chance of the game.A free kick in the frontcourt from 1 meters in front of the penalty area.Poborski stood in front of the ball and barely ran up an instep free kick.After bypassing the human wall, the ball went straight to the dead corner of the near corner. At the moment when it was about to enter the goal, Hual ignored the danger of hitting the goal post and flew the ball out of the baseline.

After the goal, Bordeaux once again shrunk their defense. The already impatient Slavia Prague made things worse. There was no way to pry open Bordeaux's shell.

boom!The audience was like a volcano erupting, and the fans kept shouting Bordeaux and the name of Taolot who scored the goal.Tao Luote rushed to Fan Shang's back without hesitation. Now as long as players who are close to Fan Shang like to jump on Fan Shang's back after scoring a goal, this has almost become a tradition in Bordeaux.Fan Shang was not hypocritical, and ran to the front of the auditorium with Taolot on his back to celebrate with the fans.

Fan Shang was not happy anymore, "Our players and that goalkeeper are separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, where is there any collision, where is there any physical contact!" Fan Shang ran to the fourth official to complain.

"Merde!" Fan Shang couldn't help swearing, he ran behind the linesman and kept asking him, "Didn't you see that defender dragging behind?" Fan Shang pointed to the defender of Slavia Prague who was defending Wizger , Fan Shang clearly saw that defender dragging behind.

As soon as Hual landed, the whistle sounded for the end of the game.

In the 64th minute, Lizarazu suddenly dribbled forward and passed the ball to Zidane, who was in the middle, just after the midfield.At this time, there was only the goalkeeper 40 meters in front of Zidane.How could Zidane let go of this kind of opportunity. After being brought to the penalty area, he faced the attacking goalkeeper and succeeded in lobbing.Then there was another whistle, and the linesman decided that Zidane was offside first.

The linesman didn't speak, at this time the referee and the fourth official ran towards this side together.The referee warned Fan Shang that if Fan Shang did not return to his position, he would draw a red card.Fan Shang explained a few words, and seeing that the referees were indifferent, he returned to the coach's bench in a self-conscious manner.

In the 58th minute, Bordeaux sent a corner kick. The goalkeeper of Slavia Prague missed the ball. Taolot easily scored the ball in front of the goal.As soon as he looked towards the direction of the coach's bench and was about to pounce on Vincent, he heard the whistle of the referee disallowing the goal.He thinks the Bordeaux player hit the goalkeeper first.Several Bordeaux players ran to explain, but the referee still insisted on his ruling.

The fourth official had a good temper, he didn't say anything serious, he just kept asking Fan Shang to return to his seat.Seeing that the result could not be changed, Fan Shang could only shake his head and return to his seat.

Bordeaux successfully advanced to the final of the UEFA Cup in the 1995-1996 season.

At the moment when the whistle blew, the field was already boiling, and now it seems that Bordeaux has won the championship. Those who ran circles around the stands, some embraced and celebrated each other.The most outrageous thing was Lizarazu. He got a flag of the Basque Country from nowhere, and like an Olympic champion, he put the flag on his body and started to circle the field.

Seeing these crazy players and fans glaring at the boss, Fan Shang felt a little apprehensive, he didn't want to be stripped naked.Just when he turned around and was about to flee to the lounge, several hands grabbed him, and then Fan Shang flew into the air uncontrollably.He was thrown a few times at first, and he was thrown to the ground as soon as he found some feeling. Before he could respond to what the players were going to do, Dudial was the first to push up, followed by others one after another.

"Stop pressing!" Fan Shang shouted hoarsely below the crowd, but the excited players couldn't hear it now.Just when Fan Shang felt that he was about to suffocate, the players finally climbed down one by one.

It's not good for Fan Shang to teach the players a lesson now, so he can only keep it in his heart, and he must run far away next time there is such a celebration.

(End of this chapter)