The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 125 Falling apart
Blanco looked unhappy when he saw Ben Arfa's behavior.

Since he took over as coach of the French team, what has made him different from his predecessor Domenech is that he has placed great emphasis on the team's overall discipline.

In the early days after taking office, he did not call up the protagonists of the internal strife in the South Africa World Cup, such as Evra, Anelka, Ribery, Toulalan, and Abidal. In this European Cup, he only brought Ribery and Evra, and gave the captain's armband to Lloris.

At this time, Ben Arfa was sitting on the bench in a depressed mood.

Blanco has not had any attack for the time being. Now that the team is behind, he needs to focus on how to turn the game around.

but,

Even though Blanc made substitutions, France's offense did not improve.

Alou Diarra even started to throw his hands up at his teammates.

He was quite dissatisfied with the forwards' independent and lazy playing style.

The French team pressed Sweden until the 80th minute.

There is no improvement yet.

French fans are really going to fall asleep after seeing such a French team.

Even the French broadcast commentator said helplessly, "Benzema, Ribery, and Nasri are still fighting on their own. Ribery's weak breakthrough, Alou Diarra's anger when his teammate's pass was misplaced, and even Blanco's helplessness when Mexes was given a card. I just can't see any hope of winning."

Does the French team always have to rely on people like Platini or Zidane?

You know, a person like this only appears once every twenty years or so.

The French team's problem of over-reliance on core players has existed for 30 years. I dare not imagine how far such a French team can go in the cruel knockout stage. I even doubt whether a French team in this state can enter the knockout stage.

The senior officials of the French Football Association and French celebrities in the stands also frowned.

Football Association President Le Graet looked at Blanco on the sidelines and already had an idea in his mind.

Blanc, who has been in charge of the French national team since 2010, has not yet renewed his contract with the French Football Federation. His current contract will expire on June 30.

This European Cup is a very important consideration.

It doesn't seem to be up to standard at the moment.

Maybe the team needs a better coach, Zidane? Or Didier Deschamps?

Bastia, Corsica.

Whether watching the game at home or in the pub, fans were all cursing Blanco, "Stupid X, put on Gaio!"

There were also a small number of fans at the scene, shouting Gaio's name.

But Blanc looked at the scoreboard above the field and recalled his decision in his mind - the French team needed a major cleanup.

Blanco tried, but ultimately he couldn't completely control the locker room.

But he has found his way.

Just like what I thought when I watched Gaio's game and chatted with Zidane before.

Do not break or stand.

He wants to leave a super core like Zidane for the French team!

We also need to remove the rotten bugs for the French team.

Blanco turned to look at his assistant coach and said, "Get Menez and Giroud ready to play."

The teaching assistant was a little surprised to hear this.

What he was thinking was, why not play Gaio? He could already hear the fans' cries.

soon.

83 minutes, dead ball.

Giroud and Menez stood on the sidelines, while Nasri and M'Vila were substituted.

The three substitutions have been used up.

Gaio cannot appear.

Bastia fans were a little disappointed.

but,

Even more disappointing is the French team!

When the French team had just made a substitution and had not yet made any changes, the Swedish team relied on Granqvist to make a long pass from the right side of the backfield to Williamson, who broke into the right side of the penalty area and crossed.

Holman's left-foot volley from the back post hit the crossbar, and Sebastian Larsson volleyed into the empty net in front of the goal.

2-0!

The Swedish players celebrated excitedly as they saw hope of advancing.

The French team has lost all fighting spirit.

Shhh!
The fans booed.

The familiar faces of the fans in the stands also shook their heads and left the stands.

There's no need to read any further.

The French team lost.

When the final whistle blew, the situation in the entire group suddenly became unclear, and England defeated Ukraine in another venue.

In this way, all four teams have 3 points!
Anyone has a chance to qualify!
The French players returned to the locker room dejected.

Gaio and Giroud walked together, "Congratulations, your European Cup debut."

Giroud forced a smile, "But I wasn't able to score a goal like you."

"Very good." Gaio did not comfort Giroud. After he came on the pitch, he had a great chance, but his shot was slightly off the goal and he almost scored.

When Gaio and Giroud walked to the locker room door.

But I could already hear the quarrel coming from the locker room.

"What kind of game was that? 24 shots and not a single goal! That's how inefficient you are! Those last ten minutes or so, if you didn't know, you'd think we were ahead. You were still controlling the ball when you should have been attacking, and you were shooting recklessly when you should have been controlling the ball. You didn't even fight back after we lost the ball, so we were left to clean up the mess you had in front of you!"

As a veteran, Alou Diarra has sufficient experience and can produce a lot of results.

But Nasri refused to do it.

He was a troublemaker to begin with, and after winning the Premier League, he was in high spirits. "You're a French player who hasn't even won a championship, so what qualifications do you have to judge us?!"

This statement was like a map cannon, and some other people were also dissatisfied with Nasri.

Gaio and Giroud went in and sat quietly in the corner.

When Blanco saw that the situation was getting worse, he happened to see Ben Arfa looking at his mobile phone.

Blanco immediately said, "What are you looking at? If you want to see something, go home. Is this the place for you to look at your phone?"

Ben Arfa exploded. "If you are not satisfied with me, I will go home immediately!"

This also made the atmosphere in the locker room suddenly tense.

Nasri naturally stands on Ben Arfa's side. As players who both play in the Premier League, they are naturally close.

The other players also quietly formed some factions.

Premier League gang, Ligue 1 gang, French white gang, black gang
Gaio silently watched the quarrel between the group of people in the corner. The undercurrent was turbulent and the group was almost falling apart.

Of course.

In this European Cup, the internal strife of the French team is not the most chaotic, the Netherlands is the biggest internal strife.

After the first group match, the locker room collapsed.

Basically secured a spot to go home after the group stage.

The tense atmosphere in the French locker room quickly dissipated as the players left.

But everyone's heart is filled with dissatisfaction.

Gaio didn't take any action.

He fully practices what Zidane said.

Now it seems that Gaio feels that Zidane has long seen the problems of the French team and is trying to keep him safe.

but,

He didn't want to do anything, but someone wanted him to do something.

Blanco once again found Gaio and asked him directly in front of Giroud: "Who do you want to start with in the next game?"

(End of this chapter)