The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 5 Corsican Youth Derby

Chatham nodded, agreeing to this.

His eyes were still following Gaio on the field. He didn't have absolute strength or speed, but the defense line in front of him was like paper and was easily cut through.

There is no need to continue.

Chatham asked Tavernot to stop the match. He knew very well that Gaio had suffered an adductor injury when he was at Chelsea last year. When Gaio left Chelsea and joined Nantes' youth training camp a few months ago, his old adductor injury relapsed, so he was abandoned by Nantes.

Now we must protect Gaio.

"It was a beautiful performance, the French talent is back."

When Gaio left the field, in addition to the praise from his teammates, there was also praise from Chatham.

Gaio nodded slightly without saying anything more.

He had to try his best to conform to the habits of his predecessor.

Chatham was not at all dissatisfied. For him, it was a blessing that Gaio could play football seriously now, and he just hoped that he would not go to jail again.

"Are you physically okay?" Chatham continued to ask with concern.

Gaio shook his head.

"Okay!" Chatham smiled and said to Tavinot, "Gaio must play in the next match against Ajaccio U19. As for whether he'll start or be a substitute, it's up to you to decide based on the tactics."

After only half an hour of competition, Gaio became the future core of Bastia in Chatham's eyes.

Gaio himself understands that the next game is particularly important for whether he can enter the first team.

Before leaving, Chatham gave Tavinot another word of instruction, "No matter what, you must limit Gaio's playing time. He has had two injuries to his adductor muscles. Be careful."

Chatham didn't need to say much, Tavinot now had to treat Gaio as a treasure.

Professional football is such a reality.

If the team can see the future in you, they will naturally be willing to bet on you. If they can't, then sorry, you don't belong here and please find another job.

There are still three days left for the match against Ajaccio U19.

During these three days, Tavinot had gotten a good understanding of Gaio's strength through training and small-scale competitions.

Really strong!
At least in the youth team, his dribbling ability, as well as his finishing touch, are extremely good.

After all, this is a talented player who was able to enter Chelsea's first team.

Otherwise, Chelsea's ace scout in charge of France, Ilion, would not have insisted on signing Gaio, who was only fourteen years old.

Time flies.

1 month 14 number.

Stade Armand Cesari is the home stadium of Bastia. Due to the team's financial difficulties, they are unable to build or rent a separate stadium for the youth team, so the stadium has to be used for both youth team matches and matches.

The capacity of the Thessaly Stadium is very small and can only accommodate 16,000 fans.

And today, there were only more than a thousand people present at the youth team's match.

This is because most of the tickets were given away for free by the team, which is why there were less than two thousand fans on site.

The fans who came to the scene still provided some atmosphere.

After the game started, there were some cheers from time to time, and some fans even secretly hid cold fireworks, but they didn't use them for the time being.

Gaio sat on the bench.

Tavinot did not start Gaio, he thought to wait a little longer and it would be nice to have him as a substitute in the second half.

Behind the bench, Chatham was sitting, waiting for Gaio to come on.

This season, if Bastia wants to be promoted to the first division, squad depth is essential. If Gaio can join the first team, it will be a great addition to the team.

With just over three months left until the end of the season, Chatham is a little nervous.

Bastia is now fighting on two fronts, which is definitely too much for them. According to Chatham's plan, the French Cup can be put aside and they can concentrate on Ligue 2.

Now that Gaio has recovered, the abandoned French Cup is just the right time for Gaio to take over.

Bastia just defeated Sochaux 4-1 last week and advanced to the French Cup round of 16.

They will face Valenciennes away. The French Cup is a single-elimination tournament, so there is a tradition of upsets, and many teams from Ligue 2 have reached the final.

But Bastia was not interested in that.

Promotion to the second division is the real thing.

Therefore, this French Cup tournament is an opportunity for Gaio to quickly integrate into the team.

In the league, Chatham wouldn't dare train Gaio like this.

Unless it is garbage time when we are leading by a large margin.

Overthinking.

Chatham didn't even notice that the first half was over. This half can be said to be dull and boring. How exciting can we expect the U19 league to be?
He came to the scene simply for Gaio.

So it wasn't until the 70th minute of the second half, when Gaio came on, that Chatham perked up and turned its attention to the field.

The score is still 0-0.

Obviously, neither the coach nor the players of Ajaccio U19 had any special feeling about Gaio's appearance.

Gaio's initial fame was only among those who paid attention to young French players.

These people don't know.

What's more, in the youth team, the player changes are very large, and many times the head coach will not deliberately arrange tactics for the opponent.

They are not playing to win, they are just playing to train the players.

But regardless of whether Gaio was known before.

In the third minute after Gaio came on the pitch, everyone in Ajaccio U19 was taught a lesson by Gaio.

Gaio is still on the right side.

After he got the ball, the opponent adopted a regular defensive stance, preventing inside cuts and letting the outside line play.

Gaio suddenly accelerated forward with the ball, and when the opponent followed up, he suddenly paused, then dribbled the ball and cut inside.

All in one go!
Wow!

The fans in the stands who had been lured in with free tickets and were already a little drowsy were instantly awakened when they saw Gaio's handling of the ball.

Are there any experts?

The fans couldn't help but turn their attention to Gaio.

Gaio was seen as having no one to lose in the face of these players whose physical strength had almost declined and who were not on guard seriously.

The two lines of defense were completely broken through by Gaio's few fake moves in a short time.

They even dribbled past opponents through the crotch.

This made the Ajaccio U19 players a little angry. The feeling of being humiliated continuously was unbearable.

The action inevitably became bigger.

But Gaio was like a loach, making it impossible for them to find anyone to fight him, and he was easily avoided.

On the contrary, this reckless attack left the penalty area wide open.

Bang!
How could Gaio miss such an opportunity? Facing the goalkeeper who was still hesitating whether to attack, he raised his foot and shot without any hesitation.

Although the angle was not opened, the shot was decisive.

The football rolled into the net before the goalkeeper.

The ball went in!
1-0.

Bastia youth team, with Gaio taking the lead first.

clap clap clap!
There was applause at the scene and the fans' eyes were filled with tears. They finally saw a goal and a wonderful moment.

This ticket is worth it!

(End of this chapter)