The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 66 The French Boy
boom!
Amid the cheers that filled the Cesari Stadium, no one paid attention to the sound of a water bottle hitting the grass.

But it surprised the players on the Rennes bench.

Antonetti smashed the water bottle to the ground, still not satisfied, and angrily sprayed at the players on the field -

"Upam! Are you sleepwalking?! When Gaio slipped past you, you looked like a tourist on vacation in Corsica! Did you even offer him a glass of lemonade? Huh?!"

"Boye, the way you're marking Gaio, you look like a castrated goat! Even the oldest shepherd in Corsica knows how to block a road better than you do!"

He also yelled at everyone.

"Do you know how much Gaio earns a week? Less than half of what you earn! But tonight he played like a king, and you—like a bunch of beggars on the dole!"

The Rennes players were silent.

As for Antonetti, they were already used to his style.

He has a very hot temper.

He even often criticizes the referee's decision-making after Ligue 1 matches: "If the referee needs to wear glasses, I suggest he get a pair first!"

So many Rennes fans joked that Antonetti's tactical board only has two tactics: yelling at the players; yelling at the referee.

There was even one time when he kicked a water bottle in anger on the sidelines because of the change in the situation on the field, and accidentally injured the caddy. The fans jokingly called him "Antonetti-style penalty kick, the accuracy depends on luck."

Now, he was really furious!
He is from Bastia and is a former player and head coach of Bastia.

But this doesn't mean he wants to lose to Bastia!

As he said before the game, he hoped that he would end Bastia's French Cup journey.

But now, they lost the ball first.

So Antonetti was furious.

Even the commentator, after praising Gaio's goal, saw the camera turn to Antonetti and said, "I wonder what Antonetti will say after the game today."

In the stands, many people—Zidane, Leonardo, Ilion—looked at Gaio with approval.

They saw the talent in Gaio.

And there is Wenger who is far away in London.

He looked at the high-spirited French boy on the screen, and his heart was constantly fluctuating with Bastia's cheers.

He thought he had experienced so many games, so many wins and losses, and so many goals.

There will be no more fluctuations on a goal.

but,

When Gaio's figure overlapped with that goal, Wenger recalled his time in Monaco, when there was also a young Frenchman full of high spirits.

They created and experienced Arsenal's heyday together.

What a pity, time.

His hair has turned grey, and the young man's love is no longer there. When he looks back at Highbury, all he sees is his former self.

Wenger couldn't help but look forward to it. In the last few years of his coaching career, will there be such a French teenager who will lead him to dominate the world?

On the sidelines of the Cesares Stadium.

At this moment, Hagibegic is no different from the fans, with the same excitement and the same performance.

There was jubilation in front of the Bastia bench!
Chatham laughed from behind the bench, "Geo! So beautiful!"

In his ears, countless voices echoed around the shouts of Bastia fans.

"Geo! Your goal is engraved in the sky of Cesari!"

"You will become a Bastia legend!"

"Gaio has taken us to the semi-finals, we want to reach the French Cup final!"

A thousand words.

If you were in the stadium, you might be able to hear what the fans were shouting, but Gaio, who was in the stadium, could hear nothing at all.

He just saw Mbappé's family.

Gaio waved at them.

Mbappé's face turned a little red with excitement, but his dark skin covered it up a lot.

"Come on Gaio!"

Mbappe shouted with all his might. At this moment, he was no different from the fans in the stands.

Players from both teams returned to the center circle.

The game continued, but as the score changed, the tempo also gradually changed.

Ryan's attack is even more fierce!

However, they also left more opportunities for Bastia.

Hagibegic obviously wanted to go one step further and give David in front a chance to counterattack quickly.

However, the teammates behind could not keep up.

Bastia consumed too much energy in defense and could not keep up on the offensive end.

After Gaio scored the goal, the opponent had completely watched him.

After being scolded by Antonetti, Apam simply stuck to Gaio like a dog-skin plaster.

But it doesn't matter to Gaio.

Hajibegic's tactics this time were not to attack continuously, so it didn't matter whether Gaio was defended or not.

Bastia just needs to wait for the opportunity to counterattack.

It doesn’t matter if you miss an opportunity once, twice, or even four or five times. As long as you seize one opportunity, you will succeed.

Just like it is now.

Therefore, Hagibegic was determined to let more people participate in defense, and the frontcourt attack was almost only Davide and Gaio.

The more fierce Rennes' attack became.

The more impetuous they are.

Bastia players, in particular, are particularly good at committing minor fouls, constantly disrupting Rennes' offensive rhythm.

It makes them even more excited.

Even because Rothen was very experienced and passed by, he "accidentally" touched the ball.

The ball rolls farther.

The opponent was about to pick up the ball and kick off, but was delayed.

Rennes midfielder Tete was so angry that he pushed Rothen hard.

This is what Rothen was waiting for.

"what!"

He screamed, then fell to the ground, holding his shoulder and wailing.

Tetai spread his hands helplessly towards the referee.

The referee warned Tetai, "Don't make any more unnecessary moves, otherwise I will not tolerate it."

He also warned Rothen, "Get up, if you waste any more time I will make up for it."

Rothen rubbed his shoulders slowly and stood up with Gaio's help.

After Rothen stood up, he passed by Gaio and whispered to him, "Later, when you don't have a chance to break through, look for a foul, a penalty, or just lie down on the grass and waste time. Don't be too honest. Many of us may not have the physical strength to defend for a full 90 minutes."

Gaio nodded slightly.

To win.

When you don't have absolute strength, you can only rely on small moves within these rules.

The first half passed quickly.

The referee indeed gave a long extra time, a full four minutes.

To a certain extent, it is also a warning to Bastia.

However, this did not affect Bastia's defense. They had been defending with high intensity for more than 40 minutes, and even iron would become soft.

Antonetti kept shaking his head.

He shook away the time.

drop!
When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game, Antonetti walked into the locker room with a gloomy face and without saying a word.

The Rennes players had even darker faces.

They didn't know how to deal with Antonetti in the locker room.

They already had a premonition of what was to come.

(End of this chapter)