The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 90 Zidane said it was just Gaio's performance before the final

Rouen.

A thousand-year-old famous city in Europe, one of the top cities in the Middle Ages, and the city second only to Nantes in northwestern France.

Rouen is the capital of the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region.

unfortunately,

However, no top team was born here.

Quevilly Rouen was once the best team in Rouen. It once entered the French Ligue 2, but now it is just playing in the French League.

There is hope for promotion to the second division this season, but promotion to the first division is a distant prospect.

On the contrary, the Le Havre club in Le Havre, the sub-capital of Seine-Maritime, can often enter the French Ligue 1.

Therefore, this season, Rouen's ability to reach the French Cup semi-finals has already exceeded the expectations of Rouen fans.

What a surprise!

On the night they defeated Marseille, they stayed up all night and drank to their heart's content, enjoying the night breeze from the English Channel.

They are eager to go further.

finals?

We've reached the semi-finals, so why not?
As Quevilly Rouen head coach Philibert said before the game, "No one thought we could beat the double champions Marseille, no one thought we would reach the semi-finals. They would say, ha, Rouen is just a French league team. But we are in this position now, we are fighting towards the French Cup final, and those who doubted us have gone home."

This season's French Cup may be the least valuable one.

There is only one Ligue 1 team in the semi-finals.

but,
It still attracted the attention of many French fans, especially the match between Quevilly, Rouen and Bastia.

There is no other but Gaio.

Today, Gaio's titles - 30 million euros worth, Ligue 2 Golden Boot, French national team player, young genius, problem youth, etc. - are attractive enough.

When Bastia arrived in Rouen a day in advance, their bus was surrounded by Bastia fans who arrived early.

“.We are Bastia!
The blue ocean is filled with our songs,
We are always on the road of battle."

"Fight, Bastia!!"

On the streets of Rouen, the Corsican language was heard.

This attracted the attention of Rouen fans.

Bastia and Rouen are far apart, and there is no historical conflict between the two sides, so they are relatively friendly.

If Bastia were singing this on the streets of Ajaccio, a fight would probably have broken out by then.

For the match between Bastia and Ajaccio, security measures were at full capacity.

Sometimes away fans are even prohibited from attending games.

Too many things have happened.

The management of this aspect of French football is somewhat lax, or in other words, the fans cannot be controlled at all.

November 4th, 12pm.

The game didn't start until eight o'clock, but Rouen fans had already surrounded the Robert Diochamps Stadium.

Modosso organized the UB members to sing Bastia's cheering songs loudly at the entrance of the stadium.

This time Rouen only gave Bastia 800 away tickets.

And for individual tickets, we have already made arrangements, and you must have a local ID to purchase them.

This aborted Modosso's plan to "invade" the stands.

However, 800 places are enough for Ultras Bastia to organize enough momentum.

At the stadium entrance, they sang songs and shouted at each other with the Rouen fan association.

7:30 p.m.

The French Cup broadcast has begun.

The commentator introduces the promotion journey of both teams and looks forward to the possibilities of this game.

He also emphasized Gaio, "He is the only active French international in the game and will definitely be the key man in this game. Bastia needs him to attack, and Quevilly Rouen needs to stop him."

"Before the game, Zidane said in an interview that this was just Gaio's performance before the final. More people are optimistic about Bastia and Gaio. Especially with the rumors about Gaio's performance in the national team recently, his ability is becoming more and more recognized."

"Bastia has shown good form in both the French Ligue 2 and the French Cup this season.

Quevilly and Rouen narrowly eliminated Marseille, but Bastia eliminated three Ligue 1 teams in a row: Valenciennes, Lille and Rennes. It can be said that although Bastia is still in Ligue 2, no one regards them as a Ligue 2 team. "Bastia locker room.

All the players stood in a circle in the middle of the locker room, led by captain Rothen, and shouted:

"Fight, Bastia!"

Walk out of the locker room.

Geo high-fived and hugged Hajibegich, Chatham, and Dominic one by one.

"Come on, win this game!"

boom!
Boom boom! !
When the players stood in the player tunnel, loud cheers had already been heard in the small Diochamps Stadium.

As the players entered the field.

The momentum reached its climax - Rouen fans set off red fireworks and the whole stadium was filled with red flags waving.

All I see is red!

Only in the visiting team area, there is a small amount of blue mixed in.

Like a blue boat in the red ocean, it is shaky and about to collapse.

No matter how hard the UB members tried.

But eight hundred people, in front of more than ten thousand people, could not make a sound.

This is the home court of Rouen!

drop! !

Amidst red fireworks and smoke, the opening whistle sounded.

Bastia kicked the ball out.

Gaio came to the right side, and the smoke made it difficult for him to see his teammates in the distance.

But that's French football.

The players on the field couldn't see the situation clearly, and the fans watching the broadcast couldn't see it even more clearly. The broadcast camera could only try to find close-ups and not long shots.

French fans have become accustomed to this kind of broadcasting experience.

In Turin, Marotta was watching TV and complaining, "What a crap live broadcast."

A matchup between lower-level teams.

But it has attracted the attention of many top teams from Spain, England and Italy.

And Lyon.

Head coach Garde and the coaching staff were watching the game. Although their French Cup semi-final will also start tomorrow night, they don’t think they will be upset.

This is considered as getting familiar with the opponent in advance.

Especially familiar with Gaio.

Gard looked at Gaio holding the ball in the camera, his expression becoming more solemn.

Is this really possible to defend him without fouling?

Rouen head coach Philibert of Quevrey is very pragmatic and defends at home, but the defensive pressure on the right side where Gaio is located is extremely heavy!
On TV.

In just thirteen minutes, Bastia had already won several free kicks on the right, and Rouen's left-back received a yellow card.

"Gaio."

Gard muttered the name unconsciously, and the figures of his team's defensive players flashed through his mind one by one.

But not one was left.

Garde shook his head. This was really impossible to defend. It seemed that he could only foul.

drop! !

On TV, a whistle sounded.

The referee's hand pointed firmly at the penalty spot, and Gaio fell in the penalty area, covering his calf.

Penalty kick.

Gard sighed heavily.

(End of this chapter)