The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 204 We've Got Money, Winter Window Plans
Wow!

This kick elicited gasps from the entire stadium, who rose to their feet, eagerly awaiting the next move.

Gaio volleyed a shot with the instep of his left foot.

The soccer ball soared into the sky.

It passed everyone in the middle of the road, and when it reached its highest point, it suddenly plummeted!

Like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

This curve,
This deprived goalkeeper Eder of the opportunity to anticipate the ball; by the time he saw it, it was already in front of him before he could react.

He then lunged to save the ball.

It's too late.

Eder, in mid-air, seemed to already hear the "whoosh" of the football hitting the net.

He fell heavily to the ground.

He quickly turned to look at the net, where the football bounced around until it landed steadily on the grass.

Edel slammed his hand on the grass in front of him, then stood up.

boom!
That volley ignited the entire stadium.

"Geo!"

Everyone cheered and raised their arms in celebration, their faces filled with disbelief.

What did they see?
My mind was filled with images of Gaio's kick.

The football went into the net.
It also resonated deep within their hearts.

Before Gaio could even turn and run onto the field, Rothen, who was closest to him, rushed over and hugged him tightly. "That was beautiful! Gaio!!"

Rothen was so struck by the ball that the usually eloquent Rothen could only utter the word "beautiful."

The other players followed suit and walked together toward the stands.

this moment,
Gaio stood at the very front, and his teammates behind him also opened their arms and faced the north stand.

Modoso was flushed with excitement as he shouted to the fans behind him, "Get hyped!"

The fans jumped up and cheered.

Boom!
dong dong! !
The drumming was intense.

Flags fluttered in the wind.

Blue filled the stadium, and the usually gentle sea was now raging with towering waves.

"3-0!"

Hagi Bejic excitedly raised his hands in celebration. At that moment, he wasn't the head coach; he was just like an ordinary fan, celebrating for Bastia.

Chatham and the others also stood up and cheered for Gaio.

Bondi.

"Willian! Did you see that?!" Mbappe jumped up excitedly when he saw the ball.

Saliba didn't answer him, but instead kept saying to himself, "Awesome, so awesome! That goal was so awesome!"

Etang was also there, yelling, "Whoa! Gaio scored again! Gaio even scored a goal that Kylian can't learn!!"

Mbappe patted his younger brother with a smile and laughed heartily.

The living room outside the bedroom.

Faisa and Wilfred exchanged a smile and looked at the photo of them together on the TV cabinet.

Wilfred said, "Next year we can buy a house in Paris. Caen will have to pay at least 15 euros in signing fees, and Kylian will finally not have to worry about playing football anymore."

Faisa listened to her husband.

Sometimes she still finds it hard to believe that her child is going to become a professional athlete.

However, this tradition has been passed down through generations.

Wilfred was a football player in her youth, while she herself played basketball when she was twelve or thirteen years old, and later switched to handball because she was more talented in it.

At the time, she played as a right winger for Bondi Handball Club in the French Women's Handball First Division.

Genes are truly amazing.

An amateur midfielder who never made it to professional football, and a professional winger/handball player.

She gave birth to "a supercar".

Now that wonderful days are just around the corner, Faisa exclaimed, "Our lives will be so much better from now on. We'll have homes with 24-hour hot water, everyone will have their own bedroom, and we'll have large studies instead of using the living room as a study, activity room, dining room, or reception room."

Wilfred hugged Faisa, "We'll all be alright."

He also remarked, "Do you remember? When Kilian was born, Pierre brought him a mini football as a gift. I think that's when Kilian's connection with football began."

Pierre is Wilfred's younger brother.

In France, he's called Pierre, which is similar to how in China, he's called Wei.

Faisa, feeling her husband's broad embrace, said nostalgically, "Yes, back then Pierre said, 'Just wait and see, one day this child will become a great player.'"

Time seemed to stand still in the living room.

The children's noise in the bedroom made the small room cozy and charming.

I do not know how long it has been.

Mbappe's voice rang out once again—

"Won!!"

His excited voice made it sound like he was a die-hard Bastia fan.

But if you ask him, he'll definitely answer, "I'm not interested in Bastia, I'm just a die-hard Gaio fan."

Saliba laughed too, lowering his voice, "Let's go to Spain!"

Mbappe beamed, "Great!"

The two boys made a pact to travel to a foreign country.

Thessaly Stadium.

The moment the final whistle blew, the stadium was filled with singing—

"Bastia! Bastia!"

Blue blood is forever hot.

From the old port to the new battlefield

Two generations of captains carrying the same dream

From the darkness of 1978 to the brilliance of 2012
Moorish flags flying

We are returning to the European battlefield.

The Bastia players hugged and high-fived each other in celebration.

Everyone had a smile on their face.

3-0.

A resounding victory.

The players of Hapoel Tel Aviv walked back to the locker room dejectedly and in silence.

Their group stage might have ended from this moment on.

Tier 3 in the group.

But they came in last place.

At the same time as this match, Viktoria Plzeň also finished their away game against Atlético Madrid.

Ultimately, Atletico Madrid secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Viktoria Plzeň at home.

Viktoria Plzeň and Hapoel Tel Aviv are in similar dire straits, both failing to score a single point after two rounds.

Atletico Madrid and Bastia both have six points.

Bastia are currently leading the group on goal difference.

At the end of the match, the TF1 commentator said, "This is the strongest fourth-tier team in this Europa League group stage. After two rounds of matches, Bastia is the only fourth-tier team with the highest ranking!"

"Other high-profile teams include Inter Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, Napoli, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Liverpool, and Udinese. Group A truly lives up to its reputation as the Group of Death, with the situation becoming increasingly chaotic."

Bastia will not sleep tonight.

After the commotion at the Thessaloniki stadium subsided, fans flocked to pubs, drinking until they were completely drunk.

The pub's TV was playing a replay.

Everyone reviewed tonight's game together.

Even if you already know the process, even if you already know the result, but when a goal is scored...

The fans were still fired up, chanting, "Bastia! Bastia forever!!"

On the bus.

De Bruyne and Gaio sat together.

The two chatted.

De Bruyne said nonchalantly, "If we beat these two teams again, we'll be able to advance."

Gaio knew what De Bruyne meant as soon as he heard his words.

He shook his head and said, "The match against Atletico Madrid will be difficult, but we are not without a chance."

De Bruyne remained noncommittal.

He gave Gaio a thumbs up, "Your volley tonight was awesome."

Gaio was about to answer.

but,

De Bruyne immediately followed up, "But your previous cross was very ugly."

Gaio laughed, "Lend me your right leg, then I'll be balanced."

De Bruyne shrugged. "Let's practice."

He added, "I also practice with my left foot regularly, so we can practice together."

"it is good."

Both Gaio and De Bruyne are aware of their weaknesses and shortcomings.

However, in media reports, they were portrayed as divine intervention.

The Corsican Daily News wrote, "Kevin and Gaio combined to break through Hapoel Tel Aviv's defense on offense, leaving their tight defense vulnerable to attack."

L'Equipe also reported, "A youth storm is brewing in Bastia – Gaião, De Bruyne, Lukaku, Kante."

And much, much more.

During the second day of training, Hagi Begic reviewed the results of the past two months with the players.

Second in the league.

They are currently in first place in their Europa League group.

"We should applaud ourselves. Everyone did a fantastic job, and I believe that when this season ends, everyone on the team will be proud of what we've done!"

The players all smiled.

As a newly promoted team, they really didn't expect the team to perform like this.

The new signings are now finding themselves increasingly more attached to the team.

Lukaku said this in a post-match interview last night: "Every time I hear the fans chanting the battle song in Corsican after scoring a goal, I feel like I've become half an islander. I love it here. We have the best teammates, the best fans, and we are the best team."

Training is over.

However, De Bruyne and Gaião did not leave.

"let's start."

They need to do reverse foot training.

Ordinary players practice their weaker foot, including basic ball control drills, passing and shooting training, and match simulations, starting from the basics and gradually progressing to more complex movements, which are then combined with real-game applications.

But professional players, especially top talents like Gai and De Bruyne.

More specialized training methods are needed, such as combining resistance bands, training in dynamic environments, or rapid decision-making exercises under high pressure.

Gaio and Hagi Begic have said they need to practice their weaker foot more.

Therefore, a coaching assistant helps the two train.

It saves a lot of trouble.

When Gaio is dribbling, he mostly uses his right foot as an auxiliary foot. When shooting or crossing, he sometimes prefers to use the outside of his left foot to flick or push with the outside of his left foot rather than his right foot.

I'm not used to the training.

But to have top-notch ball control, all he needs is to train continuously and improve his muscle memory.

Reversing more than a decade of playing habits.

An extra hour of practice.

no more, no less.

But I still felt like I hadn't had enough.

However, increasing the intensity of training midway through the season would be detrimental to match performance.

Football training is a long-term process that takes years.

It's not a sudden epiphany.

You would become someone who can crush everyone else; such a character only exists in novels and short dramas, not in reality.

Gaio recalled his experiences in China in his previous life.

At that time, the most common thing Chinese fans said was that we should pay attention to youth training, not be impetuous, and be down-to-earth.

However, Chinese football has consistently violated the objective laws of football development through successive changes in the leadership of the Football Association.

They need political achievements and can't wait ten or twenty years for youth training development.

After helping the teaching assistant pack their things, the two headed towards the cafeteria.

hungry.

The afternoon sun in Bastia is incredibly gentle, golden and radiant.

Sprinkled on the training field,
It also landed on their shoulders.

"When I was 12 and selected by Gent, I was too scared to even make a tackle, but the coach said, 'Play your own football,' and I got used to it. You are much better than me."

"Positioning isn't about rushing forward, it's about creating space."

"If you dare put onions in my beef, I'm sure all the good qualities I have will disappear at that moment."

De Bruyne was talking to Gaio in a disjointed manner.

The two became increasingly familiar with each other during the two months of competition and training.

De Bruyne would often say to Gaio, "You have far more experience than I do."

At times like this, Gaio would say, "Yes, at least I've seen the interior of a juvenile prison, you haven't."

I only practiced for one extra day.

De Bruyne and Gaio's lines now have five more people.

It didn't look like extra practice.

It looks like normal training.

Gaio addressed Lukaku, Mane, Kanté, Klose, and Rothen, who had joined the extra training session, saying, "We're just practicing our weak foot, nothing too intense. You can practice, but don't push it too hard. Otherwise, Hagi and Begic will hate me!"

De Bruyne echoed, "Sadio is the most qualified to speak on this. Didn't you suffer a muscle injury from extra training recently, which actually delayed your match?"

Hearing their words, Lukaku grinned and said, "Haha, no, no, I don't know about them, but you've misunderstood me. I'm not here to train; I'm just here to have fun with you guys. There's nothing fun on this island."

Others also stated that they would not escalate the situation.

Gao and his group naturally caught the attention of Haji Begitch and Chatham.

Hajibejic shook his head helplessly, "I'm really worried about them getting injured, these are all key players."

Chatham saw another side to it: "Haven't you noticed that Gaio always manages to be at the heart of a circle?"

Haji Begitch nodded. "Yes, he can chat with anyone, and the other person seems to enjoy it."

Chatham seemed thoughtful. "When someone can make anyone feel happy and have people unconsciously gravitate towards them, isn't that the mark of a natural-born captain?"

However, Haji Begitch did not discuss this issue in detail with Chatham.

Chatham called him over, saying the team had more money and planned to make more signings in the winter transfer window.

"I asked a friend to find a list. If you have time, take a look at the video compilation that comes with the list. It contains training and match videos of these players."

Chatham handed Haji Begitch a list.

"Most of them are defenders and goalkeepers, with a small number of midfielders and forwards."

Haji Begichi took it.

I took a quick look—

Ronnick Voss, Damian Martinez, Virgil van Dijk, Arne Sloter
(End of this chapter)