greenery is king

Chapter 438 Capture of Lyon ([-])

Lyon is located in the southeast of France. It is a seaside city with a long history and beautiful scenery. It is said that the city has already seen its scale in the Roman period, and it is now a pearl of France.

Schalke 04 has also been a frequent visitor to European competitions in the past few years, so he is no stranger to this place, but Ai Huan has never been here before, so it feels very fresh to see here. What he likes most is the climate. Here and Dalian It is the same as Elche and Elche, they are all seaside cities. For Ai Huan who grew up by the sea, this is the most comfortable point.

Lyon's most glorious period was first in the 90s. At that time, the Lyon team had a large number of good players such as free kick master Junior, African beast Essien, Diarra, Govou, etc. Naturally, they were also unique in Ligue [-]. Even a record four consecutive championships.

The second is that after entering 2000, they once again created a whirlwind in French football, creating a series of jaw-dropping unsurpassable achievements, but even at this time their record in Europe is also average. At best, it's just the top four.

Therefore, the European championship is not only a thorn in Lyon's heart, but also their highest dream. Every time they participate in a competition, they will go all out, and this time is no exception.

However, Lyon's recent record is really mediocre. In the first five rounds, they had one win, two draws and two losses, which is not a good result. They also hope to improve their current embarrassing state through this game, especially when they hear It is said that after the recent earthquake in Schalke, they decided to make such an idea, and they must kill Schalke at the Gerland Stadium. This kind of opportunity does not always appear.

The game started at 3000:[-], and at [-]:[-] p.m., there were already no empty seats in Gerland. Lyon fans also cheered for their home team with their own singing, but there was still a sofa composed of about [-] people in the west stand. The expeditionary legion of Schalke fans, they played a huge banner "Go ahead and win, honor Schalke!" These people are the most loyal Schalke fans, and they are willing to contribute everything for Schalke.

Of course Lyon will not give up this best opportunity, they sent their strongest lineup goalkeeper Lloris, defenders Revier, Diakat, Lovren and Klodjack, midfielder Pjanic, Toulalan and Gourcuff, forwards Briand, Lisandro and Bastos, put on a look of wanting to swallow Schalke in one bite, but in fact they also have the ability Yes, because in comparison, Schalke's formation today is a bit speechless.

The goalkeeper is still Neuer. For the first time, Ai Huan was placed at the end as a point, and then the 20-year-old Moritz on the back line, and the 21-year-old Spanish full-back Escudero guarded the two sides. Moritz He has played a few times this season, although he is not very good, but he has not made any big mistakes. It is the first time for Escudero to play for Schalke. His biggest characteristic is his speed, and how is his defense? It will take time to verify.

The central defenders are still the 21-year-old Howides and the 29-year-old French central defender Plestan. These two people have gradually become Schalke's main central defenders.

The 24-year-old midfielder Jurado and the 19-year-old Cameroon midfielder Maputi are double midfielders. Since the beginning of this season, Maputi has been playing in the back line. Now he has finally returned to the midfield for the first time. , the only forward forward is Holtby, and almost no one will have any objections to this point.

On the front line, two people were unexpectedly sent. Standing next to the 33-year-old Raul was the Swiss striker Gavranovic who had never played for Schalke. What does this lineup mean? Don’t say that Lyon doesn’t understand. , even those who are most familiar with Schalke are at a loss.

The two sides walked out of the player channel, and cheers rang out all around immediately, and it was not known whether it was for Schalke or Lyon, but at this time neither side was treated differently.After a somewhat tedious opening ceremony, the game finally started and Lyon won the ball.

They have also watched the video of the last Schalke game, so they naturally knew Ai Huan's crazy performance within 2 minutes, so they seemed very cautious in passing and receiving the ball, which did not give Ai Huan an opportunity to take advantage of it, but Ai Huan also seemed not interested in the previous crazy tactics. He stood in the backcourt from the beginning of the game, completely in a state of participating in defense.

This is the first time the two teams have met in Europe. Lyon has been shortlisted for the UEFA Champions League group stage for eleven consecutive seasons, but has lost all of its last two home games against Bundesliga teams. However, the opponents are Bayern. The other seven home games against Bundesliga teams have remained unchanged Lost, with a record of six wins and one tie.Although A-Sissoko, Chris, Delgado, Ederson and other generals were absent due to injuries in this game, they are still full of confidence.Schalke returned to the UEFA Champions League group stage after two years. The team lost the first group stage three times before, and even did not score a goal. Therefore, almost everyone predicted that Schalke's game would be bad or bad before the game.

Sure enough, as predicted, Lyon began to attack Schalke after the opening. Moritz made a header and returned a mistake. Bastos inserted on the left side of the penalty area and hung his left foot past goalkeeper Neuer. Howard It was too late to chase the tackle back, and Lyon had already led 3-[-] in just [-] minutes of the opening.

After the goal, Bastos ran to the bench and hugged the head coach very excitedly, and the fans on the field were even more happy, cheering one after another for a long time.

Moritz immediately became dejected. It was his mistake that caused the ball to be conceded just now, and he couldn't help sitting on the ground and shaking his head for a while.Suddenly at this time he saw a hand stretched out in front of him, he followed the hand to look over and saw that it was Ai Huan standing in front of him, he couldn't help feeling a little more timid.

Now Ai Huan is a terrifying existence in the team, all those who opposed him before have been dealt with, and judging from the formation of this game, this team is now Ai Huan as the main line, no People with his mind have no or future at all.

But who knew that Ai Huan saw him in a daze, so he bent down and pulled him up, then patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much, this is just our temporary mistake, just catch it up later, no Needs to be so downcast."

"The responsibility for this ball lies with me!"

Ai Huan chuckled, "Those who don't do anything don't have to be responsible. If there is a problem, just don't do it again next time! Let's recover the score and capture Lyon!"

(End of this chapter)