The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 46: One goal to the top!
The fans' support for Gaio makes other players envious.

Even jealousy.

This is the case with Reims midfielder Gisolfi.

He started this game, and his primary task, in addition to organizing the midfield, was to cooperate with his teammates to keep an eye on Gaio.

When he saw the familiar Thessaly Stadium, filled with Gaio's name, a sour feeling rose in his heart.

These cheers should have belonged to him.

But now he only gets boos occasionally, and more fans ignore him.

Gisolfi kept his thoughts to himself, perhaps because the fans felt it was not decent enough for him to leave.

He left Bastia as a free agent in the summer of 2010 and joined Reims on a free transfer.

At that time, Bastia was relegated to the third level that season.

So he did not choose to renew his contract with the team.

Instead, he chose to leave as a free agent and join the French Ligue 2 team Reims on a free transfer.

As a young player, it is normal to have your own pursuits, right?

You can't just accompany the team to struggle at a lower level at your peak age, right?
Who knows when Bastia will be able to return to a higher league, right?
So Bastia fans resented that he left the team at its lowest point and didn't even get a transfer fee.

But he felt he had done nothing wrong.

Are you saying he has no feelings for Bastia?
There must be!

He is from Corsica and has been a player trained in Bastia's youth training system since childhood.

Not to mention the years in youth training, he played for Bastia's first team for seven years.

From 18 to 25, isn’t this love?

109 appearances, three goals and one assist.

The statistics are poor, but he is mainly a defensive midfielder and offense is not his strong point.

This is also the reason why Fournier started him in this game, to use his defense to restrain Gaio!

Gisolfi looked at Gio, who was waving to the fans.

There was a burning fighting spirit in his eyes.

soon.

The players returned to the court after regrouping in the locker room.

drop!
With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Even louder cheers erupted at the Thessaly Stadium.

The formations of Bastia and Reims in this match were both 4-3-3, with Reims appearing to be more cautious away from home.

Even when they kicked off, they did not push forward the attack, but waited for Bastia to come and press.

But Bastia had already played four games this February, and the players were a little tired. In order to conserve their energy, they did not press.

The opening scene.

The pace was slow for both sides.

Hagibegic and Fournier were on the sidelines, both with gloomy faces, and no one knew what they were thinking. Perhaps they had both expected such a scene.

Bang!
It wasn't until the tenth minute that the first shot from either side came from Bastian Rothen's long shot attempt outside the penalty area.

The football flew into the stands.

Hagibegic shook his head. Lance didn't give much space in this game and was very cautious.

"It's not easy to kick." Hajibegic muttered to himself.

at this time.

Happy Beans players were furious.

"God, please teach Gaio how to play football. He was so fierce in the last game, but he turned invisible at the beginning of this one. He must be trying to scam us!"

"Why? I always manage to go against Gaio. If I don't buy him, he kills people indiscriminately. If I buy him, he doesn't appear. Now I buy him again, and he's invisible!"

"Hurry up and cover your position Lance! Or break even!"

Gaio really didn't stand a chance.

The few times he touched the ball in the early stages were not ideal, so he simply retreated a little.

He received the pass from Rothen.

After Gaio got the ball, he just subconsciously faked a move with his feet, but Gisolfi immediately came over and bumped into him.

Gaio staggered two steps and passed the ball back.

Frowning slightly.

Gaio also learned about Fournier's words before the game through Vincent.

It seems that this is the other party's way of restraining himself.

Gaio didn't pay much attention to it. He was mentally prepared for this level of defense. No team would allow a player to have his way on their wing.

It would be strange if they didn't defend.

But as the game progressed, Gaio discovered that this was not the case.

Gaio is spending more and more time with the ball.

The opponent's No. 24 midfielder, Gisolfi, whenever he got the ball, his defensive moves were relatively large, and some of them were not even directed at the ball, but at people.

Moreover, he kept muttering to himself.

"Hey, you Parisian, you want to get through here? Dream on."

"You're a little thin."

"You're just a weakling who can only dodge and kick! Didn't your dad teach you how to play football?"

Gaio would not give in to him. When the two men got close to each other, Gaio suddenly flicked the ball with his feet, then turned halfway, and when Gisolfi caught up, he knocked the ball past his crotch with his heel, turned around and rushed away from Gisolfi.

Completed the get rid of.

But today Reims did pay enough attention to defending the right side. When he got rid of Gisolfi, Reims full-back Takalfred immediately rushed up and cleared the ball out of the sideline.

Gaio turned and walked inside. When he passed by Gisolfi, he said, "You are right, but you are easier to deal with than the road."

"Merde! You can't score a goal today, and you won't have a chance to assist. I'm watching you." Gisolfi also retorted.

While his teammate was serving the ball, Gaio said nothing, just repeating, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, but you're easier than the road. Listen, I'm going to dunk over you with a fried meatball and then cut inside to shoot. Remember?"

Trash-talking him?

He was also a powerful talker who had studied in Zuan. Without some real strength, how could he protect his household registration booklet?

"T'es con!"

Gaio automatically became immune to Gisolfi's words, since he only knew the same few sentences over and over again.

soon.

Teammate Sanz threw the ball to Rothen from the wing, and Rothen immediately moved forward.

Gaio followed immediately.

Gisolfi seemed to think he had him beat today. During Bastia's offensive phase, he was wherever Gaio was.

Bastia made a series of passes in the frontcourt.

at last,

Gaio found an opportunity and received the ball on the right flank. Gisolfi had been in front of him. When he saw Gaio get the ball, he immediately wanted to get close to him.

Gaio looked at his steps.

Immediately, he lowered his shoulders and faked a move to the right. Gisolfi ignored Gaio's fake move and just ran towards him. In his mind, as long as he could stop Gaio, it didn't matter where the ball was.

After several confrontations, Gaio had already figured out his habits.

The fake move to the right turned into a real move when Gisolfi was not fooled.

Gaio took a step to the right.

Gisolfi immediately went towards Gaio's footing, but Gaio never broke his promise!

Then he flicked the ball to the left and stopped abruptly to avoid Gisolfi's leaning. Gisolfi pretended to continue moving forward, but Gaio didn't even have the ball to stop yet, so he pushed the ball to the right again.

The increased cadence was very useful at this time. Gisolfi couldn't keep up with Gaio at all.

The steps are messy.

At this moment, he suddenly realized what Gaio was doing. Fried meatballs!!

He's going to cut inside!!
Gisolfi didn't care about his unstable center of gravity, and forced himself to turn around on the inside of Gaio, trying to stop Gaio one step ahead.

But Gaio's pace was too fast!

Instead, when he reacted, he was still one step ahead of Gisolfi and completed the cut inside.

Gisolfi became anxious and reached out to pull Gaio's jersey.

However, his center of gravity was unstable at this time and his body was not completely twisted.

Gaio just pushed forward slightly.

Gisolfi lost his balance instantly and fell to the ground.

Wow!

When the Bastia fans at the scene saw this scene, they were all stunned!

Directly knocked down by Gisolfi? !
After cutting inside, Gaio saw that the opponent's defense line was neat and there was no further opportunity, so he simply tried a long shot.

Bang!
The long shot went around the near corner, hit the outside of the goal post and flew out of the bottom line.

boom! !

The fans at the scene exclaimed again. This was their best chance to score in the first twenty minutes of the game.

Gaio shook his head and continued to retreat.

Gisolfi had already stood up by this time, and Gaio smiled contemptuously at him.

Gisolfi's face turned pale.

He couldn't help but think of Gaio's words, which made him extremely angry.

But he could do nothing about it.

Gaio certainly lived up to his words and even came close to scoring a goal.

The French Ligue 2 broadcast commentator, upon seeing Gaio's series of actions, said, "If Bastia wants to break the deadlock, it really depends to a certain extent on the individual strength of the players, and Gaio is clearly a very good explosive point. The scene where Gaio just knocked Gisolfi down showed his personal dribbling ability to the fullest."

Courtside.

When Hajibegic saw that Gaio's kick hit the outside of the post, he looked up and sighed.

Chatham, who was standing behind the bench, slapped his thigh in regret.

“It would be great if we could get in!”

Although Bastia fans didn't see the goal, they were still happy -

"Alright, alright, we're going to severely humiliate Ji Suo Erfei. What an ungrateful bastard! The team has wasted over ten years training him!"

"When the team was relegated, he was the first to leave, and he was also the one who didn't renew his contract!"

"This kind of person is all about himself. Ever since he didn't renew his contract that year, I felt something was wrong. Sure enough, he left as a free agent at the end of the season. He was only 20 years old at the time, but the team gave him a starting position and used all their resources to train him. In the end, this is what the team got."

Fournier didn't really care about Gisolfi's mistake this time.

It is normal for defensive players to be knocked down by offensive players.

What he really wanted was for the team to launch an attack. He had already seen that Bastia's defense was far less strong than their offense.

So he gestured to the players to step up the attack a little.

After Lance intensified his offensive.

Bastia responded immediately and retreated to defense.

Hagibegic had no awareness of playing at home and just wanted to play utilitarian football.

After all, in his mouth, Bastia is just a newly promoted team aiming to avoid relegation.

Lance didn't dare to really press forward.

As a result, neither side had many opportunities in the first half and the game ended in a draw.

Gaio's long shot was the closest to scoring among all the opportunities for both sides.

During halftime.

In the locker room, Hagibegic continued to emphasize, "Defense must be done well. We can not score, but we must not lose the ball!"

Fournier told his players much the same thing.

The coaches of both teams were at least satisfied with the first half.

After reviewing the entire first half, the French Ligue 2 commentator analyzed the possibilities for the second half. He said, "Reims' midfield players are stuck and the offense is well organized. Forwards Gilas and Faul also had good chances. Reims will definitely continue to play around this combination in the second half."

"Bastia had relatively few chances, and the forwards weren't cooperating well. Rothen hadn't played for a year, and while he's in good shape, he still doesn't have the quality he had at Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain. Our attack completely relied on Gaio on the right.

Gaio had a shot that hit the post, which was a shame, but it wasn't really an opportunity; it was an opportunity Gaio created himself. Perhaps in the second half, Bastia's chances will still come from Gaio."

Fifteen minutes is neither short nor long.

The players quickly returned to the field.

When he appeared on the stage, Gisolfi still looked at Gaio with resentment in his eyes.

Although he was not criticized by Fournier in the midfield, he could feel a slight change in the eyes of his teammates.

And he suffered too much ridicule from Bastia fans as he passed back and forth through the player tunnel.

Gisolfi blamed all of this on Gaio.

He wanted to make Gaio look good!
drop!
The second half begins!
Bastia kicked the ball out, Gaio got the ball on the wing, and Gisolfi appeared as usual.

Gaio didn't stick to the ball and passed it back to Rothen.

Bastia started to take possession of the ball.

Although they said they were controlling the ball, in fact the players' footwork was far from being that delicate, with Rothen just fiddling with it back and forth.

But it still works.

Let the players of Lens come out to press actively, and Bastia passed the ball and retreated.

Rothen suddenly kicked the ball towards Maolida.

As a result, Maolida did not seize the opportunity.

The ball was intercepted.

Reims stepped up their attack in the second half, and Bastia could only continue to retreat.

Gaio was always on the move, looking for an opportunity.

However, the opponent's defense on the right side did not weaken at all.

Fournier really wanted him to not score a single goal in this game.

however,
Just in the 52nd minute, Gaio's eyes were stern, the opportunity came!

Bastia intercepted the ball in the backcourt and kicked it towards the middle, but Maolida counterattacked with the ball.

Gaio quickly followed up on the wing.

And he ran diagonally towards the middle. Although he was always active on the right, he could play in the middle or as a front midfielder.

With Maolida's quick counterattack, the football was quickly brought to a position eight or nine meters in front of the penalty area, and the opponent's defender had already double-teamed Maolida.

Gaio moved inward to gain some space, and started early to completely get rid of Gisolfi.

"Hey!"

Gaio pointed ahead of him.

Maolida understood what he meant and kicked it straight forward!
The defender quickly turned around and gave chase.

Gaio received the ball at the edge of the penalty area, took a step forward, avoided the tackle of Takalfred who was defending on the right, and then made another pass, then a dribble, and shook off the defender who was chasing back.

At the same time, move the ball to your dominant foot.

Bang!
Gaio used his thigh to launch a low shot!
It went straight through the goal guarded by Agassa.

Wow!

The whole place was excited! !
(End of this chapter)