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Chapter 166 We All Underestimated Bastia

Chapter 166 We All Underestimated Bastia
Bastia continued to expand their lead away from home.

The few hundred fans in the away area were celebrating wildly. Since away fans were not allowed to bring flags, they took off their jerseys and waved them wildly.

Scream of passion!
Lukaku rushed to the sidelines and opened his arms like Gaio.

But what rushed towards him were the obscene words of the Rennes fans. He felt bored and turned to his teammates.

His teammates rushed up to hug him and celebrate.

Lukaku was very proud, "I told you, give it to me, Gaio, great pass!!"

Gaio came up and high-fived him, then replied, "Keep up the efficiency."

Although Lukaku wasted a lot of opportunities, those were actually opportunities he created through hard work. If it were someone else, they might not be able to convert them into such opportunities.

So, have fun, joke around, but don’t make fun of Kaku.

He can really score goals.

Courtside.

Fournier curled his lips and quietly watched the expressions of the players on the field.

He didn't expect to be defeated so badly by Bastia at home.

This Bastia is stronger.

Last season he thought losing to Bastia was just an accident, but this time, he really saw the gap in the players' strength.

On the Bastia side, not to mention Gaio, Lukaku and De Bruyne alone caused a lot of trouble for Rennes on the offensive end.

In addition, on the defensive line, Kante and Sidibe also made Rennes' attack very difficult.

Fournier was thinking about how to break through Bastia.

Hagibegic, who was not far away, had already started thinking about how to score points after scoring the goal.

After this game, Bastia will face a tough schedule in September.

In 31 days, there will be seven games to play, including the league, Europa League and French League Cup.

Moreover, there are two weeks of international match days at the beginning of the month!
Hagibegic made a prompt decision and made a substitution.

Submit another defender to replace Gaio.

Thinking of the international match day, Hagibegic couldn't help but secretly curse Deschamps, "Can't you use Gaio sparingly?!"

at the same time.

Deschamps was actually present at the game, but he and the national team's chief assistant coach Guy Stephen watched the game together in the box.

Deschamps and Stephen said, "Look, who else can I use to replace Gaio? Alas, there is no one. The World Cup qualifiers will be in two weeks. I guess the people of Bastia will scold me again."

Last time, Hagibegic said in a post-match interview, "Deschamps is optimistic, this is how Gaio is used", and Deschamps saw this interview.

He actually knew that it was not a good idea to use Gio all the time.

But who else?
Who can be used?

No one in the whole of France could replace Gaio's tactical role.

Stephen nodded and said, "I'll have Cyril develop a physical fitness plan and a recovery plan specifically for Gaio."

Cyril Moin, assistant fitness coach of the French national team.

Deschamps watched the game continue and then said, "We may have underestimated Bastia. The players on this team are not ordinary. Their defensive midfielder Kante and left back Sidibé are worth keeping an eye on. If they can continue to perform so steadily in important matches with Bastia, we can call them up to the team in the next national team cycle."

Stephen replied, "Okay, I'll take note of their situation and follow up."

drop!
In the 67th minute, the ball was dead.

The referee blew the whistle.

Pointing to the sidelines, Bastia made a substitution.

No. 10 Gaio was substituted.

The player on the field was defender Martial, who was just signed for free from Saint-Etienne this summer.

Martial came from Metz's youth academy and because of this, he has a good relationship with Mané within the team.

When Martial was young, he represented Metz in defending Ronaldinho, who was making his debut in European football.

But it wasn't defended.

He said in an interview, "I can't defend Ronaldinho at all. He is a pure genius. His dribbling past the defense, stopping the ball and passing the ball all demonstrate his extraordinary strength.

Every time I faced Ronaldinho's breakthrough, I had to give 200% of my effort to keep up with him. Every time I could only pray that he had just finished going to the nightclub and came to the game. "

It’s just that Martial came to Bastia and participated in joint training.

This fear that was dominated by Ronaldinho appeared in Gaio again.

Fortunately, Gaio is a teammate this time.

Gaio walked to the sidelines and Marshal hugged him.

"come on."

Marshal nodded and said, "I will defend it."

Gaio exits.

Deschamps in the box shook his head slightly, "Bastia is really protective of Gaio."

This also made him think about how to optimize Gaio's playing time.

But more importantly, we must make good training and rest plans for Gaio.

He didn't know what Bastia was like, but he felt that Bastia should hire a professional personal trainer for Gaio to take care of all this.

Deschamps said this, but then changed the subject, "But with a player like Gaio at our disposal, it's really hard to control ourselves from using him."

He also talked about Zidane, "Don't look at Zinedine now, who stays in Real Madrid all day and seems to be hidden from the fans' sight. In fact, that guy has always wanted to be the coach of the French team and wanted to coach Gaio. This time he felt that the time was not right and did not want to delay the French team.

Otherwise, he would be in my position.

As for now, he just has to wait, haha, until I don’t want to do it anymore.

Winning a championship isn't that easy. Let him fail more often and gain more experience. Otherwise, this guy, who had it so easy as a player, will think being a head coach is easy and will keep coveting my position."

Deschamps finished.

He seemed to be talking to himself, "Now all the teams in France are eyeing Gaio and want him. Many European giants are also eyeing him. Zidane will definitely want to coach Gaio. So which team can he go to? Real Madrid? But I don't think Real Madrid will use a coach who has never coached a first-team team."

Stephen listened with a smile but said nothing.

Deschamps and his old teammate Zidane, both French legends, can joke with each other, but it's not his turn.

Another bald man appeared in Stephen's mind.

It seems that Barcelona has set an example.

Maybe Real Madrid will use it too?

But he did not refute Deschamps' words.

drop! ! !
At the Lorient Road Stadium, the stands were silent, making the referee's whistle seem very loud.

The whole game is over.

Rennes lost 1-3 to Bastia at home, suffering three consecutive defeats at the start of the new season.

Fournier hurried into the locker room with a sullen face.

The players were also dejected.

Silent.