The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 150: The French Emperor's Grand Appearance

The draw for this season's Europa League took place at the end of the month.

Bastia is the French Cup champion and can directly enter the Europa League group stage.

A total of 48 teams participate in the Europa League.

Seven teams directly qualified for the group stage, including defending champions Atletico Madrid.

There are 31 teams that need to go through four qualifying rounds.

In addition, 10 teams eliminated from the Champions League play-off stage will also qualify for the Europa League group stage.

So we have to wait until the end of the month, when all the team places are confirmed, and the draw ceremony will begin at the Grimaldi Forum Monte Carlo in Monaco.

Another thing is the team classification.

The teams are divided into different tiers based on the total European competition points accumulated in the past five seasons.

Bastia, which has never had any European points before, is naturally a fourth-tier team.

So no matter which group Bastia is assigned to, it will be a group of death.

All Gaio could do was let it be.

Next time.

The French team's training continues.

As the match against Uruguay approaches, Deschamps gradually determines the starting lineup.

"Giroud, Martin, you two are the forwards. Giroud will be the fulcrum, and Martin, you run more."

"Left winger and right winger, Ribery, Gaio, you are our offensive trump cards, come on."

"Midfielders, Mavuba and Valbuena"

"The defenders are Sakho, Mbiwa, Varane, and Reveille"

"Goalkeeper Lori."

This is Deschamps' starting lineup for the first game.

Pogba was a little disappointed.

He has tried hard to show himself in training, but Deschamps did not give him a chance to play.

Yes,

Not only was he not in the starting lineup, he wasn't even on the final 23-man roster.

When Deschamps called up the players, he called up three more players for training and observation.

Pogba was not selected.

In fact, if Zidane hadn't mentioned Pogba to Deschamps, Deschamps wouldn't even have wanted to call up Pogba.

Although he also saw Pogba's talent, in Deschamps' eyes, Pogba still needed some time to settle down.

This time may not last long.

But it’s definitely not possible to play now.

8 month 7 number.

In the morning, the entire French team gathered and set off from Clairefontaine. They will head to the Marine Stadium in Le Havre.

The Marine Stadium was officially opened on July 12, 2012. The first game was a friendly match between Le Havre and Marseille, where Le Havre lost 0-1.

The Marine Stadium replaced Le Havre's old home and became their new home in the future.

When the entire French team arrived at the Marine Stadium.

Many fans had already gathered around.

The Ocean Stadium can accommodate 25,000 spectators, and all tickets for this friendly match were sold out.

French fans come here not just to watch a high-level national team match.

More importantly, they want to see how far Deschamps will take the French team in his first game in the post-Blanco era.

2 p.m.

Players from both teams entered the court to warm up.

In the player tunnel, Diego Forlan saw Gaio and took the initiative to say hello, but no matter whether he spoke in Spanish or English, Gaio didn't understand.

It was Giroud who came up to help Gaio translate, "He said he knew you, and Inter Milan thought about bringing you to the San Siro Stadium in the summer."

Gaio smiled friendly at Fran and replied, "Everything is open."

Giroud relayed it.

Fran smiled too.

Then Suarez and Cavani came over and greeted Gaio in a friendly manner.

but,

Due to language barriers, we didn't have a deep conversation, which made Gaio think about whether he should add language learning to his schedule.
At least English should be learned.

Gaio decided to start learning English.

soon.

The players entered the Ocean Stadium to warm up, and almost half of the fans had already arrived.

The atmosphere began to heat up.

Modoso and other die-hard Ultras Bastia fans come to the scene and will not miss any game of Gaio.

"Geo!"

"Geo!!"

During the warm-up, whenever Gaio got the ball, Modosso would cheer along with the fans.

Other French fans at the scene looked at them.

Reminds me of Gaio's performance in the European Cup.

This adds another layer of anticipation for Gaio's game.

Gaio saw the familiar Moorish flag and knew they were Bastia fans.

Wave at them.

Modosso became even more excited. They had already started waiting for their first home game in Ligue 1.

They prepared a grand ceremony for Gaio.

Exclusive treatment for the core of the Triple Crown!
As the players finished warming up.

In the locker room, Deschamps finally emphasized to the players, "Rafael, and Yanga, your task is very difficult. You must block the attacks of Suarez and Cavani."

Then he looked at Mavuba.

This is the player that Deschamps had his eye on since 2007 when he was still at Juventus.

Juventus had already agreed to a 700 million transfer fee to bring in Mavuba and a five-year contract.

However, at the end of May that year, Deschamps suddenly resigned, causing the deal to fall through.

Eventually went to La Liga Villarreal.

So when Deschamps took over the national team, the first midfielder he called up was Mavuba.

He particularly likes hard-working and strangling midfielders like Mavuba.

Players like Mavuba may not be very talented, but they are definitely hardworking and very willing to run.

This is Deschamps' favorite type of player.

"You must entangle Diego Forlan!"

Deschamps gave Mavuba only one task, to keep a close eye on Fran.

"it is good!"

Ma Wuba nodded vigorously.

Gaio also has a slight impression of Mavuba, and can be regarded as a inferior version of Kante.

There is also an interesting fact about Mavuba: Mavuba was born on the high seas and had no nationality until he was 20 years old. It was not until 2004 that the French national team coach Domenech wanted to recruit Mavuba and discovered that he had no nationality.

Urge the French Football Federation to resolve Mavuba's nationality issue.

Deschamps continued to talk about precautions.

But it's all about the defensive end.

Talked a lot.

It can be seen that he is afraid of the Uruguayan trident.

Cavani in Napoli and Suarez in Liverpool are both core players on the offensive end.

Although Fran left the top five leagues, he transferred from Inter Milan to Internacional this summer.

But what people fear most about this kind of veteran is his experience.

"This is Didier Deschamps' first game as France's head coach! Can the former French captain and World Cup winner bring a new look to the Blues? His tactical philosophy is highly anticipated, and everyone wants to see where he will lead the French team."

TF1 broadcast the entire match, with the players waiting in the tunnel.

The commentator continued, "Deschamps has inherited Blanc's style of boldly using new players, with Gaio and Rafael, two players around 18 years old, entering the starting lineup."

"I believe everyone is familiar with Gaio, he has proven himself in the European Championship."

In the camera, the French players come on the stage.

Gaio got a close-up.

The commentator yelled, "Look! The French star makes his grand entrance!!"

(End of this chapter)