The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 60: Both are newly promoted teams, but the gap is quite big
【Happy New Year everyone! 】

"Well done, but you should be careful of their little tricks." Rothen patted Gaio, and while being happy for his goal, he also reminded him.

Gaio nodded.

He's well aware of these things on the court.

In professional football, not everyone can truly abide by sports ethics.

Playing dirty tricks and ruining an opponent's career is all too common in professional football.

Perhaps the most typical example is the 2001 Manchester derby. Manchester United captain Keane, due to a long-standing grudge with Haaland, deliberately kicked the side of the opponent's knee with his studs when he was off the ball, causing Haaland to be seriously injured.

This incident forced Haaland to retire at the age of only 30 due to a cruciate ligament injury in his left knee.

Keane was only fined 150,000 pounds and suspended for five games. Later, Keane admitted in the first edition of his autobiography that this was deliberate revenge, which caused an uproar in public opinion. Finally, under Ferguson's reprimand, he revised the relevant content of his autobiography "I Am Not a Bad Man".

In addition, Gaio knew a joke that was said by Chinese fans in his previous life - Nanbo Seven sent a fruit basket.

In the 2019 China Cup warm-up match, Nanbo Seven tackled Uzbek player Shukurov from behind, causing the latter's ankle to be severely deformed. Later, Nanbo Seven went to the hospital to deliver a fruit basket, which was filmed and became a classic scene.

At Lens' home ground, Bastia players didn't celebrate for long.

Appropriate provocation is fine.

If the home fans are allowed to get too excited, it will be bad for both sides, and there are many examples of both sides suffering losses.

More than ten minutes left.

Jean Garcia seemed to have lost the idea of ​​attacking and asked the Lens players to try their best to defend the half.

After seeing Gaio's series of dribbles, he kept shaking his head. This was not the kind of striker a French Ligue 2 team could have.

Losing to the top team is acceptable.

At present, it is difficult for Lens to be promoted or relegated.

The Lens players had no intention of giving up at first. They always felt that they had a lot of anger that they couldn't vent. Whether it was from the score or the confrontation on the court, they all suffered a loss.

Especially Ben Saada.

The chaos of this game was caused by him, but he was also the one who suffered the most.

Being targeted by Bastia players.

When he moved forward with the ball, the opponent would always make some additional moves intentionally or unintentionally.

The key is those actions, which are neither big nor small, and they just happen to be in the referee's hesitation zone.

At eighty-three minutes.

Jean Garcia brought on Ben Saada for a calm and composed performance.

After Bensaada's contract with Nice expired, Lens signed him for free, intending to train him as a core player, and gave him the No. 7 jersey.

Unfortunately, it can't be helped.

He has started 20 times in the league this season, with zero goals and zero assists.

The three years he spent in Nice were three years of wasted time.

He had originally joined the French U17 team and won the U17 World Cup with the team.

Otherwise, Nice wouldn't have taken a fancy to him.

The result was water.

When he came off the field, he looked at Gaio who was being adorned by all the stars in Bastia, and he felt indescribably depressed. He felt like he had a breath stuck in his chest, unable to breathe.

Comparing yourself with others is really frustrating. Now he has only one word to describe himself - uncomfortable!
With both sides intentionally slowing down the pace, the game only seemed a little chaotic during that period of confusion.

After Gaio's goal, the situation stabilized.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

drop! !

A long whistle.

Lens 0-2 Bastia. Hagibegic, his assistant coach, and the players celebrated by hugging each other. Lens maintains their lead in the standings.

There are 11 rounds left.

They maintained the initiative to win the championship.

After the game.

Hagibegic had a stern face when he was interviewed. He did not answer other questions, but focused on the fact that Gaio was fouled maliciously.

"Of course I trusted the referee's decision, and I was also sure that the referee's glasses had enough power - after all, he accurately spotted that we were 3 centimeters offside, but he missed that someone was using lumberjack skills on a 17-year-old player!
Yellow card?

No, that's definitely a red card move.

Of course, the referee may have his own reasons for the penalty, but you can't say it was his mistake when the player is out for the season."

"My blood pressure is still soaring! That wasn't football, it was lumberjack work! Check out the slow-motion replay—the studs first made contact with his shin and ankle, not the ball! Our medical team will conduct a further comprehensive examination of Gaio."

On the other hand, Jean Garcia ignored the foul and said, "Such chaos is the result of the players' irrationality. We should focus on the court."

"As for the game? If we lose, there's nothing much to say. I've lost a lot in my life, but they're all in the past and no longer important. I'll only focus on the next opponent and how we win."

In the locker room.

While Gaio was taking a shower, he counted his winning points, which were 15 points.

The current total is 25 points.

Sure enough, after his strength gradually improved, the points he earned in the second-tier league were very limited.

Bastia after the match.

Although the team won.

However, there are still many people who criticize Bensaada and even delete his account on social media.

A Bastia player who was a product of Bastia's youth training system, he was expelled from Bastia by Bastia fans.

Someone even threatened him, "If you dare to return to Bastia, I will make you feel the flying tackle that Gaio felt."

Fans felt sorry for Gaio.

On the return flight, his teammates also talked to him about how to protect themselves.

Gaio himself doesn't think it's a big deal, because malicious fouls are also part of football.

As long as it doesn’t happen to me, it’s fine.

Bastia's next game will be in three days, on the 17th.

The players had no extra time to rest.

Hagibegic, after careful consideration, is preparing to make a major rotation in this game.

Their opponent is fellow newly promoted team Amiens.

As a French team with a long history, Amiens has no other highlights except its long history.

The team's proudest achievement was probably in April 2001.

As a third-tier French team, Amiens, under the leadership of then head coach Trochet, conceded only 2 goals in 7 games in the French Cup, with a particularly outstanding defensive performance.

In the French Cup semi-finals, they eliminated French Ligue 1 team Troyes 4-2 in a penalty shootout and entered the French Cup final for the first time in history.

Although they lost 0-1 to Strasbourg in the final and failed to win the championship.

But this achievement has created a legend for amateur teams.

Unfortunately, that is all old news.

After being promoted to French Ligue 2 this season, Amiens has played 27 games so far, with four wins, twelve draws, and eleven losses, ranking last with 24 points.

Both are newly promoted teams like Bastia.

Echoing the beginning and the end.

(End of this chapter)