The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 164: Teach Me How to Play Wing

The Rennes fans at Lorient Road were stunned by Lukaku's "black whirlwind" impact.

The Rennes players did not expect Bastia to be so powerful from the beginning.

The key is that head coach Antonetti made too little preparation for other players of Bastia. Sixty percent of the preparations before the game were all on Gaio.

In last season's French Cup, Antonetti always believed that the loss was due to Gaio.

As long as Ryan can limit Gaio, he will not lose!

M'Vila, who played as the defensive midfielder, and the two central defenders, Boye and Biike, formed an inverted triangle, surrounding Lukaku in the middle.

Lukaku had waited so long for this opportunity to make a big run with the ball, and he didn't play any tricks on them.

Just charge!

It’s all about speed!

M'Vila saw something was wrong and reached out to pull Lukaku before he could get rid of the gap.

He pulled off his jersey, but his hand slipped due to the force of Lukaku's forward rush, and he fell to the ground.

Wow!

Another exclamation.

Lukaku rushed forward with the ball and was about to reach the penalty area. He had been rushing forward with his head covered, but when he was really about to reach the goal, he started to have random thoughts - I push with my left foot. I kick with my right foot. I...
Eh? !

Where's my ball!
Boye and Biik kept following Lukaku. When he hesitated, Boye stretched out his foot in time to block the ball, and the football was intercepted.

This player, who was brought by Rennes from the Heart of the Ghanaian Super Lions, made many Rennes fans feel a little relieved at this moment.

but,

A blue figure once again made Rennes fans nervous.

Gaio!

He was also sprinting when Lukaku was rushing forward. When he saw Lukaku subconsciously aiming at the goal, Gaio knew that something bad was going to happen.

Who is Lukaku?

He kicked here and there, and the defender fell down as soon as he leaned over.

So he immediately cut inside to receive the ball, but instead of waiting for Lukaku's pass, he received Boye's "pass".

Gaio dribbled the ball to the right and immediately moved forward.

Wow!

When fans saw Gaio catch the ball, an unpleasant memory came to mind.

Last season, Gaio also broke through Rennes' defense on his own.

"Geo!"

The TF1 commentator exclaimed Gaio's name.

At the Sunset Cafe, everyone stood up and stared at the only screen.

Biick quickly approached Gio, trying to block Gio.

Gaio subconsciously pushed the ball with his feet and moved his body a little further to avoid such direct confrontation.

People outside say that he plays like Ronaldinho. In fact, Gaio knows that his dribbling ability is similar to Ronaldinho. When he really gets on the field, he does not have Ronaldinho's super confrontation ability or Ronaldinho's instantaneous explosive ability.

You can only rely on technology.

Gaio lowered his shoulders towards Biik, and when he saw Boye approaching from the left, he immediately moved to the right.

Biick saw Boyer coming to defend.

He immediately judged that Gaio was going to break through from the right, so he took a big step forward.

Gaio suddenly snapped.

Push forward again.

He immediately rushed between the two of them. When Biike realized that he had been deceived, he immediately turned around and tried to catch up, but the step he took just now was too big.

He staggered a bit as he followed.

Boye didn't think twice and just made a tackle. If he had been slower, Gaio would have entered the penalty area!

He had to take down Gaio!
The left-back Theophile who came back had the same idea as him.

Slide down to the ground at the same time.

One to the left and one to the right.

Bang!
Gaio passed the ball to Lukaku who was making a forward run on the other side. Gaio attracted all the defenses in front of the penalty area, and Lukaku was almost in mid-air.

So when Gaio made a lob pass, Lukaku could head the ball directly into the goal.

When the ball flew towards Lukaku, he instinctively stepped back a little and stopped the ball with his chest.

Adjust your feet before shooting.

But M'Vila, who was returning to defense, had already approached him and challenged him.

Lukaku's center of gravity shifted slightly.

He still completed the shot!
Bang!
The shot was powerful and went straight to the far corner!
The shot was of high quality.

unfortunately,

Because Lukaku needs more time to adjust, goalkeeper Costil is ready.

Flying to save the ball.

Costil had already reached his limit in saving the ball, and he couldn't lift the ball over the baseline.

The football flew towards the goal.

Gaio and Boye arrived at the scene almost at the same time, but Gaio's footwork was faster. Boye was a central defender after all, and his movements were slow.

Gaio took the lead and kicked straight to the middle with his left foot!

Swish!
The football hits the net.

Gaio was knocked down by Boye who also kicked out, and fell to the ground at the same time.

"Geo!"

At this moment,

The same name resounded throughout the Sunset Cafe and the streets of Bastia.

Startled seagulls in the harbor.

Lorient Road Stadium.

Gaio got up from the ground and rushed towards the corner flag area. The Bastia away team area was far away in the corner and very small.

Gaio pointed at them.

This caused Modoso and others to shout wildly.

Shhh!!

But what was even louder was the boos from the Rennes fans. Gaio turned a deaf ear to them and celebrated with his teammates.

Lukaku ran over and high-fived Gaio, "Luckily you were in position, this ball is mine, I was too slow."

Gaio smiled, "My, it should be passed to the feet."

After all, Lukaku is a "professional winger" who is "stupid, big, 1.90 meters tall and can't head the ball."

De Bruyne and Gaio hugged and high-fived to celebrate, and patted his head, "Nice move."

He slowly moved forward from behind, and during these few seconds, he saw Gaio's entire movement process. He had to admit that Gaio was indeed very capable in becoming the core of Bastia and France's wing.

De Bruyne rarely thinks that others are talented, and Gaio can barely be considered one now.

Courtside.

Antonetti spread his hands and wanted to ask, what the hell are they defending against?
So many people, can't you keep an eye on one person?!
"It's Gio again!"

Antonetti said this angrily, and at the same time stood on the sidelines, waving to the Rennes players to intensify the attack.

At home, he can't defend stubbornly.

We have already suffered two consecutive defeats at the start, we cannot lose this game!
Antonetti prepared a 451 tactical system for this game, and the two wingers were extremely flexible.

Antonetti analysed the Bastia defence.

Kante's coverage in the middle is a bit too large, so Rennes tries to strengthen the attack on the flanks as much as possible.

This winter window, Rennes spent 660 million euros to buy center forward Eldinqi from Paris Saint-Germain to serve as a central fulcrum.

now.

The TF1 commentator was still praising Bastia's early start. "Gaio broke his personal record for the fastest goal, 69 seconds! It's a far cry from Michel Leo's 8-second goal in 1992, but with this goal, Gaio showed us Bastia's strength this season."

The sound from the TV came out.

The sounds of clinking glasses and discussions mixed in with the sounds of the Sunset Cafe.

It seems a bit noisy.

"Geo is so handsome! If he hadn't made a timely run forward, the big guy would have lost the ball again." "This Belgian is really good and bad. If you say he's good, he always wastes opportunities and makes some very low-level mistakes; if you say he's not good, he can always break through the opponent's defense, create opportunities for his teammates, and score goals in every round."

"Yeah, the most ridiculous thing is that he wastes so many chances, but he always scores."

Martin patted his stomach and burped. "Whose child cries every day? Whose player's team plays every game? That's enough. Don't be too demanding. We can't even buy players like that. We rent them anyway."

Speaking of this, the fans also sighed.

As Paris Saint-Germain received capital injections from the consortium, French fans gradually saw the tip of the iceberg of money-driven football.

Bertrand kept walking among the crowd, serving them wine.

Listen to what everyone says.

I couldn't help but say, "Everyone, please watch and cherish it. I dare say that this season's lineup is already the strongest lineup in our team's history. There won't be a stronger lineup."

Someone retorted, "We've reached the Europa League final before. I think this season will be difficult. There are so many top European teams in this year's Europa League."

Bertrand shrugged, noncommittal. "We'll see."

Place the wine tray on the bar.

Bertrand looked at the screen and saw Gaio being brought down by the defender again.

He cursed angrily, "All he knows is to commit fouls!"

Simultaneously,

He recalled what he had just said in his mind. He really thought that this season's lineup was the strongest in Bastia's history.

There will never be another dream lineup like this again.

Gaio cannot be kept.

Such a brilliant talent was destined not to stay long in Bastia, a small Corsican island.

When the trajectory of fate so fortunately brings the two sides together, those crazy, passionate and hot-blooded moments are enough to be engraved into eternity.

Just like Gaio's graffiti on the Terra-Vecchia center building, it will remain forever in the hearts of everyone in this city.

"Geo!"

At the Lorient stadium, Sioni struggled to pick up the ball. He shouted Gaio and wanted to pass the ball to the retreating Gaio.

As a result, the ball was intercepted before it was passed.

Rennes' left winger Alessandrini intercepted the ball and went straight into the left penalty area.

Rothen makes up the defense.

When the time is right, slide down and tackle.

Alessandrini gave up cutting inside, stopped the ball, avoided Rothen, and made a cross.

The football flew over Erdinqi's head, and the latter headed the ball into the goal.

Play the Earth!
The angle of the shot was very straight and there was no threat.

Novis hugged the ball.

But when Novis wanted to get up, his hand suddenly slipped and the ball fell.

Eldinqi reacted immediately and stretched out his foot to poke the ball.

Fortunately, Joplin was very focused and quickly kicked the ball out of the sideline.

Novis felt a chill in his heart and a little scared.

He almost gave his opponent a goal because of this low-level mistake.

When Hagibegic saw this scene on the sidelines, he almost fainted.

This is so scary!
Hagibegic shook his head helplessly. Novice's performance in the past ten minutes made him a little worried. When they meet a stronger team in the future, Novice may become the weakest link.

Novás is really struggling in Ligue 1.

We have to find a way to get a goalkeeper.

But the summer transfer window will end in a few days, and Chatham is not prepared for this.

We can only use Novávez first, and then look at Bastia's performance in the winter window before making any signings plans.

Rennes takes the ball from the sideline.

Right winger number seven Pitroipa tried to receive the ball but was blocked by Sidibe who took it away.

Burkina Faso international Pitroipa is super fast, but his body is thin.

It not only limits the development of his personal career, but also prevents him from gaining any advantage in the confrontation with Sidibé.

Pitroipa is fast and Sidibé is not slow either.

This time,
Sidibe got the ball and Pitroipa wanted to counterattack, but was blocked by Sidibe behind him.

Sidibe pushed the ball forward again and advanced quickly.

Bastia strikes back!

De Bruyne turned his head to observe the situation around him and followed up in the middle.

Sidibe rushed all the way to the front from the left and was not stopped.

Palmieri took the initiative to move inwards, giving the outside to Sidibe, while also taking away M'Vila's defense.

There is only one full-back, Danzig.

The entire left side of Rennes' defense was actually very empty, and Antonetti arranged at least four defensive players on the right to prevent Gaio from getting the ball.

Sidibe and Palmieri cooperated on the left.

Sidibe knew that Lukaku in the middle didn't like heading the ball, so he didn't kick the ball up, but passed it back.

Want to give it to De Bruyne.

However, Palmieri was on the route, intercepted the ball, cut inside two steps, and shot!
The football flies toward the goal.

Kostil was well prepared and easily tipped the ball over the crossbar.

This foot is not of high quality.

Palmieri reached out to his teammates apologetically. He was a little anxious about this ball, but anyone who saw such a big gap on the left would not be able to help but want to take a kick.

Corner kick from the left.

De Bruyne kicked the ball out, and Joplin, who came up to compete for the header, headed the ball and headed towards the goal.

As a result, Lukaku did not jump and stood in the middle, and Joplin's ball hit Lukaku's head.

Reflecting the restricted area.

Gaio was lying in ambush at the front of the penalty area. When he saw the ball coming, he stopped it.

Paruo slid and tackled without thinking.

Gaio took a step sideways to the left to avoid Paro, and the other Rennes players were already rushing towards him.

Gaio didn't waste any more time.

Bang!
He went straight to the far left corner of the goal.

This is not a shot.

Sometimes he is not so confident about his shooting skills, this is a pass!
De Bruyne passed the ball back on the left, and when he saw Gaio get the ball, he quickly moved forward.

Ryan's left side was originally empty.

De Bruyne's return run was helped by Palmieri's pick-and-roll.

No defense at all!

Big open!
The football flew towards the small penalty area on the left and everyone looked over there.

Goalkeeper Costil initially thought Gaio was shooting, but when he saw the ball was not going in the right direction, he quickly turned to the left.

De Bruyne is not Lukaku.

Facing Gaio's pass, he didn't stop the ball, but turned sideways and volleyed with his right foot!
Kostil flew out.

He felt that his fingertips had touched the football, but just a little bit short.

Swish!
0-2!

De Bruyne scores!

Rennes fans were stunned for a moment. Why was Bastia’s counterattack so fierce?
When De Bruyne saw the ball go in, he turned around and pointed at Gaio with a smile on his face.

He didn't rush off the court to celebrate.

Just punch it.

Then he opened his arms and celebrated to his teammates who were rushing towards him.

"Beautiful! Kevin!"

Teammates praised him one after another.

On his way to celebrate, Lukaku explained to Joplin, "I didn't notice, I didn't dodge, I wanted to dodge."

(End of this chapter)