The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 72 Blanco Calls

The home team fans applauded the visiting team players.

such behavior.

It was simply the fans silently protesting against the team's performance.

Arles' players, coaching staff and staff felt terrible when they saw this scene.

The French Ligue 2 commentator said bluntly, "Oh, such a scene is hard to come by. The last time I saw such a scene was at the Bernabéu Stadium in Spain.

That day should be November 2005. Barcelona defeated Real Madrid led by Ronaldo and Zidane 3-0 at the Bernabeu Stadium. Ronaldinho had a perfect performance. Not only did he score twice, but the second goal he scored after breaking through Ramos completely conquered the Bernabeu Stadium.

After Ronaldinho scored, 8 fans stood up and applauded.

In the second half of the game, whenever Ronaldinho got the ball, the Bernabeu fans would cheer.

After the game, Ronaldinho said excitedly, "It was perfect for me to receive applause from the opposing fans. In Barcelona, ​​only Maradona could receive applause from other fans regardless of team."

Now, Gaio of Bastia has done it too!
And in the eyes of most people, Gaio's role model is Ronaldinho."

The Arles fans' voices were getting louder and louder.

"We are worse than the club's U12 team!"

"Sell the stadium and buy some defenders!"

"Ugly competition, ugly management, you're going to take us straight to French Ligue 3... and bankrupt us!"

"The team president? He's just a sideshow clown in Costco clothes!"

Many fan associations could not stand it anymore. All members of the association turned their backs to the stadium and sang the chorus of "La Marseillaise", using this behavior to mock the team for being unworthy of representing French football.

Some fans even yelled at the players, "Why don't you go back to work in the sausage factory!"

Gaio didn't understand what he was saying until Vincent quietly explained, "Arles is famous for its sausages. They're mocking their amateurism."

"Haha."

Gaio laughed out loud. Isn't this what Chinese players in later generations often say: it's better to go to the factory?

unfortunately,

The voices of Arles fans may never be heard by the Arles management, and those who can hear them do not have the power to manage Arles.

soon.

The first half of the game is over.

After arriving in the locker room, Hagibegic had no intention of letting Gio leave the field. Instead, he spoke to him alone, "How do you feel? Can you still play?"

Gaio nodded.

Hagibegic then said, "I'll give you some more time in the second half. Score more goals. You've scored eight goals now. Arles doesn't have much confidence in this game. I hope you can move towards a hat trick."

"hat trick?"

"What? You don't have the confidence? You are the number one player in Ligue 2 now! It would be unreasonable if you don't win the Golden Boot. Haha." Hagibegic smiled.

Gaio also smiled.

The day before the game, when Transfermarkt updated the market value, his first reaction was shock, and then he wondered if Transfermarkt had made a mistake.

How come I am worth 30 million euros?
In this era when inflation has not yet taken into account, a value of 30 million euros is indeed very valuable.

You know, the current market value of Lille's top scorer Hazard is only 3300 million euros.

What is Hazard's current performance?
What is his current grade?
But the reasons given by Chatham and Hacibegic are the same, that Transfermarkt is attracted by Gaio's potential.

Hazard is already 21 years old, while Gaio is only 17 years old.

In the French Cup, facing the Ligue 1 teams, Gaio's brilliance was not overshadowed at all.

This is talent, this is ability!
And Gaio and Hazard had a head-to-head confrontation, and Gaio won in the end.

Another thing is that Gaio is French.

Although no one has said it openly, players from small countries do need to put in more effort if they want their market value to skyrocket.

Of course.

Transfermarkt has already given enough premium to this price. If Gaio does not have better performance, a bigger platform, and more honors, this price will not only decline as he gets older.

This is also a problem for most young players.

He performed well in one or two seasons and his value soared, but then he became a little complacent, and his performance became increasingly struggling, and his value continued to decline.

Currently, the most valuable players in the world are Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.

The two's net worth is far ahead of others.

Messi 1.2 million euros.

Ronaldo 1 million euros.

Iniesta, who is in third place, is only worth 7000 million euros.

In addition, the value of most of the main players of the top clubs is between 4000 million euros and 6000 million euros.

As the Bastia players rejoiced.

In the Arles dressing room, Crutchet was furious.

"You bunch of losers! You lost like this?! You saw your own fans cheering for someone else? How could you possibly hold it in?!" Crutchet even kicked over a water bottle and pointed at D. Balde, who had just been dribbled past by Gaio multiple times. "The way you marked Gaio, you looked like a toothless guard dog! He dribbled past you easier than a revolving door!"

He glared at everyone, "You can't even touch his shadow! The club spent euros to hire you, they might as well buy a few bulls to push people on the field!"

"Play tougher in the second half! If you can't even kick a ball, can you also kick someone?!"

Roars echoed in the Arles locker room.

The second half started quickly.

The players of Arles were a little bit motivated, but when they wanted to take the game seriously and wanted to keep the score at 3-0, or even score one or two goals.

Gaio's actions after getting the ball on the wing directly shattered their confidence.

Gaio takes the ball.

The Arles fans at the scene cheered along with the fans in the visiting area, and even cheered for Gaio.

Facing Gaio, midfielder Ayasser was already in a panic before Gaio even made any move.

Gaio just accelerated and rushed forward.

Ayasser subconsciously reached out and pulled.

Pulled Gaio down, but also received a yellow card.

and,

Some fans in Arles even started booing Ayser.

Head coach Crutchet was on the sidelines with a blank expression on his face. This was definitely the worst experience in his coaching career.

Players booed by their own fans?
The French Ligue 2 commentator was also a little surprised: "I can understand cheering for the opponent's players, but what is the mentality of these fans who boo their own players?"

Bastia doesn't care about that.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him.

Quickly take the free kick and send it directly into the penalty area to find Maolida.

The rest of the players in the midfield and frontcourt all moved forward looking for opportunities.

But Maolida saw that his teammate was in an open position and did not pass the ball. He was looking at Gaio.

Wait until Gaio reaches the wing.

Maolida didn't hesitate and kicked the ball horizontally, passing it to Gaio's feet.

Gaio took advantage of the situation and led it forward.

Arles double-teamed him, and he made a sudden stop and cut inside, but was pushed to the ground by Solo.

drop! !

The referee immediately blew the whistle and gave out a card without hesitation. He could see that the Arles players were in a bad mood.

Got to control the situation.

When Rothen saw Gaio being pushed down, he immediately confronted Solo, "You're trash. You can't play football, you just mess around, right?!"

Although Solo was angry, he also knew that his previous action was wrong.

Thanks to the referee's timely yellow card, Solo didn't dare to confront Rothen, otherwise the scene would have been somewhat chaotic.

Seeing this, Hajibegic seemed to be considering whether to replace Gaio.

After all, the other party is a little too excited.

Anything is possible.

Gaio just stood up and wanted to fight with the other party, but Fan Shang hugged him and prevented him from going over.

"There's Rothen. Calm down. You can't take the card."

Gaio has never been the kind of person who would swallow his anger after suffering a loss.

This time the free kick was from a closer position.

Although the conflict just now did not escalate, the players of Bastia now also want Gaio to stand up.

Before the free kick was even taken, the referee had already stopped the game several times.

Because the Bastia players kept pushing and shoving the Arles players when they were standing.

Rothen even knocked his opponent Ait Ben Idir to the ground.

The referee pointed at his whistle and repeatedly warned both sides, "I can see all your actions. I can give you a yellow card or even a red card at any time."

Bang!
Fan Shang kicked the ball out.

The point we are looking for is Maolida.

His height advantage is very obvious and is also a very important fulcrum in Bastia's tactics.

Maolida jumped up from the crowd and headed the ball towards the goal.

Goalkeeper Bitler made a great save to save the ball.

The ball bounced in front of the goal, causing a huge chaos. Everyone rushed to grab this point, and Gaio took advantage of the fact that the referee and the linesman were not looking, moved forward in the crowd, grabbed the hand, and secretly elbowed Solo in the ribs who had just pushed him.

Ah!
Solo fell to the ground immediately in pain, but there were too many players around him and he didn't know who kicked him.

The ball was quickly cleared.

On the perimeter, Bastia continued to control the ball, and Soro fell in the penalty area, but the game continued and the referee did not stop the game.

The ball quickly came to Gaio's feet.

Gaio deliberately dribbled the ball towards the place where Soro fell, which made the Arles players a little hesitant when defending, and they quickly called Soro to get up.

As soon as Solo got up, he saw Gaio's continuous footsteps, which was so dreamy that he was stunned.

Swish!
Gaio shot through his little goal and the ball went into the net.

There he stood.

It also blocked goalkeeper Bitler's vision, preventing him from reacting immediately to save the ball.

The ball went in again!

4-0!

Bastia won a big away game!
The Arles fans continued to applaud Gaio. Gaio waved to the Arles fans and then put his hands together to express his gratitude.

"Geo!"

"Geo!!"

Gaio's actions even made the Arles fans shout his name.

Solo stood there in a daze, looking at Gaio's name everywhere, a fierce gleam in his eyes.

This round, he was just like a clown.

The rest of the Arles players were protesting to the referee, saying the goal shouldn't have counted, that Soro had been tripped, and that it was a foul. It should have been Bastia's offensive foul.

But the referee disagreed with their statement, "He fell to the ground by himself. We saw it clearly and no one tripped him."

I still stick to my current judgment, the goal is valid.

After celebrating the goal with his teammates, Gaio saw the distraught looks of the Arles players and thought to himself that there was no VAR in this era and even if there was, it would not be used in Ligue 2.

He really wants to keep striving for his hat trick now.

However, Hajibegic was given an urgent order by Chatham - he had to let Gio rest, as the opponent might take action.

Hajibegic also knew that if he lost too much, it would be easy for something to go wrong.

After all, Ligue 2 is not as good as the top league.

The cost of a flagrant foul in the top leagues is very high, but for these second-tier teams, most of the players are at the end of their careers.

It is very likely that some people who are out of breath will make some unprofessional moves.

So after the kick-off, Arles' attack was blocked by Bastia and went out of bounds.

Hagibegic immediately chose to make a substitution.

When Gaio left the field, he received a standing ovation from the fans.

The Arles players felt mixed emotions.

They don't have this treatment.

Seeing Gaio being treated like this in his own home, he always feels like he has never experienced this before, as he is doing things with his wife in his own room while being treated like another man.

Very upset.

But they could only hold it in.

Who told them not to?

Gaio waved to the fans around him, making it seem like he was at the Thessaly Stadium.

Hajibegic hugged Gaio and said, "Although you are one goal away from a hat trick, you have an assist. You can score in the next game."

Although Gaio was off the court.

But the players of Arles are committing more and more fouls.

Eightieth minute.

Soro received his second yellow card for a flying tackle on Rothen and was sent off with a red card.

He was bid farewell to the boos of more than 10,000 fans at the Avignon Sports Park.

See Rothen being tackled.

Bastia fans felt a tightness in their hearts. This season, Rothen can indeed be called the backbone of Bastia's midfield.

The former Paris Saint-Germain player has been reborn in Bastia.

It's no wonder that he and Gaio are so close. After all, he knows what it feels like to be exiled.

Fortunately, the examination showed that there was nothing wrong.

Bastia had no intention of attacking, and Hagibegic used the other two substitutions to replace Maolida and Rothen.

These are the main players of the team.

Gotta use it sparingly.

But with one more player, Bastia still has the advantage, especially since Arles has no ambition at all.

Just before the end of the game, striker Thauvin, who came on as a substitute, scored with a long shot, setting the score at 0-5.

Bastia won a big victory!!

After the game, Hajibegic's comments finally changed. He was no longer concerned about avoiding relegation. "There are still nine rounds of league matches left. I hope we don't let down. Maybe we can try to fight for the last promotion spot."

As for Crutche, he did not participate in the post-match interview at all.

No head coach would be in a good mood if he saw his home team's fans rebel.

While Gaio was taking a shower, he saw that the winning points only increased by 5 points.

I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Scored twice, but only 5 points!
Back in the locker room, he packed up his backpack, glanced at his phone, and found a message from Pierre:

"Call me back when you have time! Blanco's calling!!"

(End of this chapter)