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Chapter 176 Just pass it to him and it's over

Sunshine broke the French Ligue 1 single-season goal record.

It has become the biggest news in the entire European football world in the past two days.

The name Sunshine has become the most frequently mentioned name in sports media around the world.

As for Nice's head coach Favre.

He has been almost obsessed with the name Sunshine these days - they are going to face Monaco in the final of the French Cup.

And the world-class problem of "how to deal with sunlight" was placed before Farf.

On Favre's desk, every newspaper headline is sunshine.

Various photos of Sunshine, footage of his goals.

These days are always on the mind of the French coach.

Nice had a great start this season, but was eventually overtaken by Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain and ranked third in the league.

In theory, this is already a very good result for Nice.

Why would I need a bicycle when I'm going to play in the Champions League next season?

But who would be willing to give up the chance to win a championship trophy?

Favre listed Monaco's strengths:

1. The overall lineup is stronger!
2. The recent status is very hot.

3. The barrel of the top shooter's gun is hot.

4.
Falff listed several.

Then he looked aside.

Advantages of Nice:
1.
Uh.

Laugh
Can't think of one.
Finally he wrote another line on the other side.

Monaco's weaknesses:

The idea came to me immediately.

1. Monaco needs to be distracted by the Champions League!
2. Yang has to play two games in three days, so his physical fitness is questionable.

After writing these two, Farf fell into deep thought.

His assistant came in and saw the words that Falff had written on the whiteboard.

“Distracted from the Champions League.”

When Farf heard his assistant's words, he turned his head and looked over.

"Yes! They want to distract themselves from the Champions League."

"But the Champions League game is a week later, which is enough time for them to rest."

"No, no, no, what if we act tougher?"

"You mean"

Falfe's assistant suddenly realized.

"That's right!" The more Favre thought about it, the more excited he became. He felt that he had found the strategy for this game.

"They're worried about getting hurt!" Falff said.

"Old man, if it was you, before the Champions League final, would you worry about getting injured and missing the Champions League final?"

His assistant didn't even think twice: "Of course. I think we have some ideas."

"That's right. We can make something of this!"

Favre circled the words "They want to distract themselves from the Champions League" again and again.

“Sunny State.”

"It's hard to predict. I hope he's not in such a good condition." Favre shrugged. "But we can't pin our hopes on this."

His assistant nodded when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "In fact, we have another advantage!"

Seeing the look Falf was looking at me.

He pointed to the newspaper on the table: "All of France, even the whole of Europe, is not optimistic about us. Everyone thinks that Monaco will win."

Upon hearing this, Falfu nodded seriously.

“This is indeed our advantage!”

Jardim is also preparing for this game.

Of course he knew that Monaco was the favorite in the French Cup.

Not many people thought Nice could beat Monaco.

Now Monaco has won the League Cup and the League Championship.

If they win the French Cup again, it will be an unprecedented Ligue 1 treble.

If they can win the Champions League.
That would be horrible.

Monaco will become the first team in history to win four titles.

Although before that, he had won five or six annual championships.

But that's just to make up the numbers with the Super Cup and the Club World Cup - since the champions of the European Champions League are far more powerful than the champions of other continents, it's a complete dimensionality reduction attack for the Champions League champions to play in the Club World Cup, and under normal circumstances the championship will not be lost to others.

In the history of football, the truly significant "Triple Crown" refers to winning the Champions League, league championship and domestic cup championship in a single season.

If the definition is stricter, it would be the Champions League champion, the league champion, and the first domestic cup champion.

This "first domestic cup championship" is mainly aimed at situations like England and France where there are two cup competitions in the country at the same time.

Specifically, in England it means winning the FA Cup, and in France it means winning the French Cup.

Historically, if we calculate according to the strict definition of the Triple Crown.

获得过三冠王的球队只有1966/67赛季的凯尔特人、1971/72赛季的阿贾克斯、1987/88赛季的埃因霍温、1998/99赛季的曼联曼联、2008/09赛季的巴塞罗那、2009/10赛季的国际米兰、2012/13赛季的拜仁慕尼黑、2014/15赛季的巴塞罗那这几支球队。

Of course.

Theoretically, a team from England or France could win the "quadruple crown".

But there has never been a team that won four championships in history.

Therefore, Monaco has the opportunity to make history.

Jardim actually treated the French Cup final as a warm-up match for the Champions League final.

Falff was right.

For Monaco.

The Champions League final is indeed more important.

But this does not mean that Monaco will take this game lightly.

During the training time open to the media, Yang Guang, in response to reporters' questions, bluntly expressed his desire to win the French Cup.

"This proves that our season will be the most successful season in the history of Ligue 1, right?" Sunshine said, "So, we will definitely not relax at all!"

“We’re going to win the championship.”

Reporters have become accustomed to Yang Guang's style.

He said, "We're going to win the championship," rather than something like, "Give it our all and see what happens," which leaves a lot of room for error.

He never leaves himself any wiggle room.

He said he wanted to break a record, and that meant he wanted to break a record.

If he says he wants to win the championship, then he wants to win the championship.

Many people interpret his character as "arrogant" and "conceited".

But in fact, he is just more straightforward.

The local media and fans in Nice must think Yang Guang is arrogant.

The game hasn't started yet.

You just say something like, "We're going to win the championship."

Doesn't this clearly show that they don't take Nice seriously?
What's more, the two sides are neighbors and rivals in the Cote d'Azur derby.

New hatred and old hatred.

These days the Nice media has been emphasizing how arrogant Yangguang is, how arrogant he is, and how much he looks down on Nice.

So when Yang Guang and his teammates appeared at the Stade de France to warm up.

Nice fans began to boo Sunshine.

But Yangguang didn't think there was anything unusual.

He has even been to a stadium like Camp Nou that seats 100,000 people.

Half the Stade de France fans were booing him.

What does this mean?
Half of Monaco's fans are still supporting him.

After warming up.

The players returned to the locker room and began to make final preparations before the game.

Jardim looked at his players and said: "Guys, this is the final. Any final means that our opponents will definitely go all out like mad dogs. Don't imagine that this is an easy game. Don't underestimate our opponents!"

"Don't forget, at the beginning of the season, Nice was always ranked first in the league!"

These words made the faces of Monaco players become serious.

"They didn't win any championship this season. The French Cup is their last hope, so they will definitely try their best and be mentally prepared for a tough battle, and then play to our strengths!"

For the Nice players.

Sunshine is definitely a "living legend".

These days, the news that he broke the French Ligue 1 single-season goal record can be seen in the media every day.

For the players of Nice, beating Monaco and Sunshine has another meaning: we defeated a legendary player!
In the locker room.

Falfe told his players.

"Monaco is going to play in the Champions League! This is the best thing for us because it means that their players will be reserved"

"They are the League Cup champions, the League champions, and the French Cup champions are the icing on the cake for them, but for us, they are our only ones!"

"So, I ask you to show enough aggressiveness! Let the Monaco players realize that we are here to fight to the death at the Stade de France!"

"If they want to fight us, they should be prepared to miss the Champions League final!"

To be fair.

Nice players felt that what the head coach said made sense.

If it were me instead.

With the Champions League final coming up in a week.

Facing a group of aggressive "crazy guys" in the French Cup, will they risk getting injured?

The answer is obvious.

If you go visit the players at Monaco.

Ask them: Are you afraid of facing your opponents in the French Cup final?
They will definitely say they are not afraid.

But subconsciously, Monaco's players will definitely think that the Champions League final is more important than the French Cup final. They will definitely think: I must play in the Champions League final, and I have to avoid some actions that may cause me to get injured.

This subconsciousness allowed Nice, who had been playing for their lives from the beginning of the game, to quickly launch the attack they wanted.

In midfield.

Nice steals the ball.

"Nice steals the ball and passes it to the penalty area. Balotelli!!"

to the exclamations of the commentators.

After receiving the ball in the penalty area, Balotelli dribbled the ball to prepare for going to the bottom line. Germerson rushed over, took a step forward to block the position and separate Balotelli from the football.

But he was a step too slow, and Balotelli suddenly changed direction, allowing Germón to kick his ankle with his outstretched foot.

"Balotelli...fell to the ground!"

Accompanied by the commentators' exclamations.

The referee blew the whistle and pointed to the penalty spot!
"Penalty! Penalty!!!"

"Nice gets a penalty!"

"It's only been three minutes since the game started and Nice got a penalty!!!"

The commentary box was filled with excitement.

The entire Nice fans in the Stade de France jumped up and cheered.

before this game.

Everyone is talking about it.

Monaco is going to win, Monaco is going to win the treble
Nice fans were quite unhappy about being so neglected.

"Monaco! You can't possibly win the treble!"

"Go ahead and dream!"

"Get lost, Monegasques!"

"Ohhhhh! We are Nice! Long live Nice!"

"Mario! Great job!!"

In the stands.

Nice fans cheered with their fists clenched.

On the sidelines, Nice head coach Favre hugged his assistants.

Their strategy was successful!

That’s right, Monaco’s overall strength is stronger!

But the outcome of a Jedi football match is not just about the strength on paper!

Balotelli stands in front of the ball.

He faced Subasic.

A run-up, a shot, and the ball easily entered the goal - Balotelli had a terrifying record.

Since his debut, he has never missed a penalty kick.

This dark-skinned Italian guy doesn't seem to know what nervousness is.

His whole body was filled with a sense of relaxation.

after all.

People who are not relaxed would not do something like playing with fireworks in the bathroom and causing a fire.
anyway.

Nice scored a goal.

They then continued to adopt a "strong confrontation" strategy.

Monaco's players are aware that there is a problem with their form, but they need time to become tense from the relaxation before the start of the game.

And during this time.

Nice team frequently completed steals and counterattacks.

They have the advantage in offensive threat!

This made the Monaco fans in the stands look worried.

The state of the team.
Losing the French Cup is still acceptable.

If we are still in this state in the Champions League.
How to kick then?
The camera locked onto the sunlight.

"Monaco is in poor form and Sunshine didn't receive the ball much. But now is the time for him to stand up."

Omar, the narrator, said.

Sunshine is Monaco's top star.

What is the number one star?
That’s the guy who has to lead by example in these situations and help the team turn things around.

Yangguang stood at the front of the penalty area with his arms raised.

He saw it.

My teammates had some problems in confrontation today.

But he didn't think much about it, he just felt that his teammates were not in good condition.

So he quickly came to the front of the penalty area, raised his hand, and told his teammates to stop wasting time in the midfield and backcourt.

Hurry up, just pass the ball over and it's done.

The midfield and backcourt are in poor condition and are always intercepted.

What's the point of spreading that?

Just give the ball to Sunshine and that's it.

Dante was in charge of staring at the sun.

This Brazilian international - or former international - who once played for Bayern Munich.

After a disastrous performance in the World Cup where Germany lost 7-1 to Brazil, his self-confidence was severely damaged. He eventually lost his position in Bayern and also in the Brazilian national team.

However, after several seasons of "treatment" in Ligue 1.

Dante's confidence was restored somewhat.

Now he also dreams of returning to the Brazilian national team.

If you can protect yourself from the sun
Maybe I can get the attention of the head coach of the Brazilian national team?
Dante is full of fighting spirit for this game.

At this time, the football was passed from the backcourt.

Dent tried to interfere with the sunlight.

But Yangguang just pushed his body back, which made Dante very uncomfortable. He was pushed away by a huge force.
Then the football fell from the air.

While confronting Dante, Yangguang stretched out his foot and stopped the ball.

"Sunshine, nice stop!"

Dante wanted to continue to exert force, but Yangguang suddenly withdrew his force, causing his body to sway and his knees to fall directly to the ground.
Then he watched the sunlight turn around.

"Sunshine! He had his back to Dante, Mendy was not far away, they could have done a one-two, but Sunshine didn't do it, turned around... beautiful!"

As the commentators yelled.

Sunshine makes full use of his strength advantage.

Lean your back, squeeze, and then suddenly release the force.

Dante, who was responsible for defending him, knelt down in greeting.

The sun was not polite at this time.

He turned around and rushed into the penalty area.

at this time.

B Silva, Mbappe and Falcao are all running into the penalty area.

They occupy the front, middle and back points respectively.

As long as Yang Guang passes the ball, it will be a very threatening attack.

therefore.

Being held back by three other Monaco attackers.

Nice's defense did not dare to act rashly for a while.

They were worried that if they went directly to catch Yang Guang, Yang Guang would pass the ball to B Silva or Mbappe.

Just a moment of hesitation.

The sun has entered the restricted area.

Of course Dent couldn't stay on his knees forever.

He quickly stood up and chased after him, gritting his teeth.

The sunlight seemed to be waiting for him on purpose and its speed suddenly dropped.

Dante was overjoyed when he saw this, he knew that his chance to make up for his defensive position had come!

He didn't care that this was a penalty zone, he just wanted to steal the ball and rushed forward for a direct collision.

"careful!"

"Dant!"

The commentators all roared.

The sun didn't seem to see what was happening behind him.

In the stands, Nice fans showed a glimmer of hope in their eyes. They hoped to see Dante block the ball.

There were boos and cheers mixed together.

The eyes of fans from both sides were focused on the penalty area.

The sunlight directly passed over a central defender!

Now there is only a thin line of defense left in front of him.
Sunshine was prepared for Dante to catch up from behind.

He put the ball under his feet and leaned back.

Dante rushed over and bumped into Yangguang's back, causing his body to stagger.

At this moment.

Yangguang pushed the ball away with the outside of his foot.

Swing your right foot and shoot!

The football flew up like a cannonball and headed straight towards the goal.

Nice goalkeeper Yoan Cardinal instinctively raised his hand.

But his reaction was still too slow.

The football hit the bottom edge of the crossbar with a bang, and bounced back and hit the net.
Boomstick!

(End of this chapter)