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Chapter 173 An unusual match! [45]

Monaco won the league championship, which is definitely big news that the whole of France and even the whole of Europe will pay attention to.

But for the players of Monaco club.

Now is not the time to celebrate the championship.

Because they have two important finals coming up:

French Cup final, Stade de France, opponent: Nice.

Champions League final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, opponent: Real Madrid.

As long as we can win these two games.

Then Monaco's season will be perfect.

As for the league.

Monaco will face Saint-Etienne at home and Rennes away in the last two rounds of the league.

For the entire Monaco team, these two games were basically just a formality.

But not for sunlight.

His current league goal tally is 39 goals.

He was also thinking about breaking records - he wanted to break Scoblar's record of 44 goals in a single season.

With this ambition.

In the 37th round of the league, Monaco played against Saint-Etienne at home. Although the team made some rotations, Sunshine still started the game.

finally.

Monaco drew 2-2 with Saint-Etienne at home.

The sun shines twice.

He raised his goal tally to 41 goals.

This means that in the last round of the league, he only needs to score a hat trick to break the record that has been sealed for many years.
The whole of France is paying attention to this matter.

After all, the battle for the league title and the top three and top four spots has been settled.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Yangguang.

At the end of last season, Sunshine announced that he would set his own record this season.

just now.

He is three goals away from this record.

but.
There is only one game left in the French Ligue 1.

This season, Sunshine's goal efficiency in the league is actually higher than last season, but why is the current number of goals only 41, one less than last season's 42?

The answer is because the team is distracted by the Champions League and two cup competitions this season.

With a great advantage in the league.

The Suns rotate a lot in the league.

This season, in 37 league rounds, Yang started in 28 games, came on as a substitute in 8 games, and rested in games.

Last season, he started in almost every one of the 38 league games and was rotated in only three games - in these three games, he came on as a substitute and played for at least minutes.

Before this, Yangguang was more concerned about whether he could win the championship.

Until the time came for him to focus on his "personal record".

League games have become few and far between.

The last round of the league.

Monaco will go away to challenge Rennes.

This is not an easy opponent to deal with.

Rennes is ranked seventh in the league this season.

The results are still pretty good.

And because they are fighting at home, their combat capability has a home field bonus.

If the goal is to lead Monaco to win.

Then not many people would question whether Sunshine can do it.

But here's the key.
Sunshine is going to break records.

This means that he has to score four goals to break the record - even if he scores a hat trick, he will only tie the record.

The match against Rennes.

Jardim also did not plan to let all the main players play.

He joins several reserve team players in the squad.

This is the last game before the French Cup final.

Considering that this game is on May 5th and the French Cup final is on May 25th.

The purpose of this game is to allow the first-team players to find their form, while also making good rotations to avoid injuries to some of the main players who are prone to injuries.

As for supporting Sunshine's record-breaking.
Jardim actually talked to Yangguang. He will not replace Yangguang, but he will not change the team's preparation plan for his personal record.

Sunshine understands this.

There is no way the team would risk exhausting the energy of its main players in a game that has basically no impact on the overall situation just to break the record.

The most important thing is to conserve your energy and prepare for the French Cup final.

not to mention.

After the French Cup final, six days later, the Champions League final will be held.

At this time, how could the head coach take risks with his main players?

He knows how difficult it is to break the record.

Not to mention that now there is a group of substitutes and reserve players playing with him.

Even if it's all the main force.

It may not be able to be broken.

After all, a hat trick is not something that can be done just by saying it.
What's more, it's a big four.

But this is his own business.

The greater the difficulty, the more challenging he finds it.

"Of course I know that Yang is only three goals away from that record."

Rennes head coach Gourcuff said at the pre-match press conference.

"We won't let him get his wish. It's amazing to score 41 goals in a single season, but we won't let him score 44 goals. This is about the dignity of Rennes!"

For Gourcuff.

He had to say that.

These days, the French media has been hyping up "Yang's record" every day, which has aroused the rebellious psychology of Rennes fans.

They launched a campaign on social media to "boycott Chinese record-breaking".

It aroused widespread response from Rennes fans and Marseille fans.

It is understandable that Rennes fans responded to this event.

Because if the sun breaks the record.

In the future, when the media reports, they will definitely mention: "Yang scored four goals against Rennes, breaking Scoblar's record."

The reason why Marseille fans responded was very simple: Monaco is their mortal enemy, and the record that Sunshine wants to break belongs to former Marseille star Scobral!

Rennes players can hear their fans’ shouts at the training ground these days: Don’t let that Chinese score!

Since the fans have such a request.

The Rennes players naturally would not resist. On the contrary, they were actually very happy to be the "hero" who "prevented Sunshine from breaking the record."

For Rennes players.

They also don't want to become a background plate for a record.

"We will stop him from scoring at all costs!" Rennes captain and center back Danze said bluntly at the pre-match press conference.

"At any cost?" A reporter was surprised.

"Does that include fouls?"

"Fouls are part of the game, aren't they?" Danzer said. "We won't allow him to tie the record in front of us!"

These words made the Chinese reporters at the press conference somewhat worried.

Listen to what this Frenchman means.
He might resort to some "non-football" means to block the sun.

For example, a big foul.

Or just hurt Sunshine and let him get injured.

Just think of the consequences.

Many Chinese journalists began to stay away from this record.

"Well, with two finals coming up, it doesn't really matter whether I break the record or not."

"Yeah, yeah, for the sake of a record. What if I get injured and miss the Champions League final? It would be a small loss for a big one."

All the reporters felt that breaking the record was too difficult, so it would be better to just let Yangguang have a good rest.

In fact, they know it too.

Danzig's statement of "stopping the sunlight at all costs" is actually a form of "strategic deterrence."

The purpose is to make Monaco and Sunshine give up.

Reporters quickly asked Yangguang about this question.

"I don't care about my opponent, and I won't just let things take their own course. That's not what I believe in. I have to follow my heart. I just want to break the record and create a record that belongs to me, a history that belongs to me!"

Yangguang said when facing the reporters.

"I won't back down. I will try my best in the game. If the Rennes players think they can stop me, then let them try!"

Sunshine is very confident.

He was in high spirits.

This kind of confidence makes many Chinese journalists uncomfortable.

This is the Chinese.
They are indeed rare.

Many French reporters looked unhappy.

Because Yangguang's self-confidence is annoying. He is a little arrogant and doesn't take his opponents seriously.
Danzig: We will stop him at all costs!

Yang: If they think they can do it, then just give it a try!
This kind of explosive "dialogue across the air" has attracted a lot of attention to the match between Monaco and Rennes in the last round of the league.

that's it.

When Monaco players arrived in Rennes.

They received a "warm welcome" from local fans.

Various slogans filled with swear words and dirty talk fully expressed the feelings that Rennes fans wanted to express.

When they saw Monaco's bus driving towards the Parc de Rozon Stadium, they all raised their middle fingers at the Monaco bus.

Although Parc Roazon is not a large stadium, it is about the same size as the Stade Louis II.

But being small also has its advantages.

That is, you can clearly hear some fans cursing something.

As players from both teams lined up to walk off the field.

Yangguang once again felt the "Northwest dialect swearing culture" of the French Northwest people.

He grinned.

He waved toward the stands.

This immediately caused an even sharper booing.

“Will sunlight perform well in this environment?”

He Wei said with some worry.

After the game starts.

Various commentators are paying attention to Yang Guang's condition.

Because it is rare for the entire court to be targeted at just one player, as it is now.

The entire stadium was filled with people cursing at him. There were slogans and posters humiliating him throughout the stadium, and cartoon pictures that vilified him were everywhere.

So, they are all worried about how sunlight will perform in this situation.

But Yangguang himself didn't think there was anything wrong.

He is very motivated.

While lining up in the player tunnel, he was already thinking about how he would celebrate his goal.

So after the game starts.

His behavior was normal.

Catch the ball, pass it, dribble it, shoot it.

Exactly the same as usual.

This made all the commentators admire his big heart.

"This Chinese person has a very strong psychological quality"

"Can you imagine that he is not yet twenty years old?"

"I now feel that it's not too strange that Sunshine has really tied the record."

The game begins.

Monaco launched a fierce attack.

In this game, Monaco basically didn't consider retreating to defense, just attacking.

Anyway, victory or defeat means nothing to Monaco.

Now the only goal of the players on the field is to help Sunshine score goals.

And the home team Rennes.

Winning or losing doesn't mean much to them.

and so.

Their goal is to defend.

To be precise, it is to defend the sun.

Because they all know it.

The other Monaco players will definitely pass the ball to Sunshine.

Let the sunshine complete the score.

Thus.

Rennes’ defensive purpose is very clear: just keep a close eye on the sun.

This is also the reason why many media were not optimistic about Yang Guang before the game.

Because this is not a normal game.

The normal goal of a game is to prevent the opponent from scoring while trying to score goals yourself.

And this game is completely centered around one player.

The goal of the attacking team changed from "scoring a goal" to "letting a certain player score a goal."

The goal of the defense has become "It doesn't matter if we lose the ball, as long as we prevent someone from scoring a goal!"

therefore.

This is a game that deviates from the normal logic of the game.

(End of this chapter)