The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 85 Do you think no one can replace you?
Clairefontaine revives on an April morning.

Gaio and Giroud went to the restaurant to have dinner together. Over the past few days, he and Giroud have become closer.

Giroud himself has no foundation in the national team and is Benzema's substitute, so he is naturally closer to players like Gaio who are also marginal players, and Gaio deliberately tries to get closer to him.

The two are almost becoming half-brothers.

Gaio thought that if possible, he had to find Kante, but he had no idea where Kante played before joining Fox City.

"Forget it, let's take one step at a time."

Gaio knew that Kante was also a good person and not difficult to get along with.

Reading the morning paper while eating is a breakfast habit for the players.

but,

Gaio frowned after reading today's newspaper.

Le Figaro published an interview with Nasri in which he said sarcastically, "I still say that the current French team is not a monolithic entity. Some people are always trying to create divisions. The national team is a place where we need to achieve results for the country, not a training ground for young people. We need strength, not potential."

This statement was only short of mentioning Gaio.

Gaio sneered. He hadn't dealt with Nasri's little tricks before, so why is he doing it again?

After Gaio silently put down the newspaper, he followed his teammates to the training ground to start the last day of training.

Tomorrow is the team competition, and after it is over everyone can go home.

The April training camp has come to an end, and there will be a friendly match in May.

The end of May is when the final 23-man French team roster for the European Cup will be determined.

In the training ground.

Although almost everyone has seen the report of Nasri's interview, no one seems to care.

Only Blanco's eyes kept wandering over the players, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Hey, Gaio, do you think you can make it to the European Championship?"

Giroud asked after training.

Gaio shook his head. "I don't care whether we qualify for the European Cup or not. That's not something I can control. All I can control is helping the team score as many goals as possible when I'm on the pitch. And, off the pitch, training hard. As for the rest, thinking too much will only cause more trouble."

After saying that, Gaio asked, "Why? Are you worried about not making the list?"

"Yeah," Giroud nodded without evading the question. "I'm almost 26, and this is my first potential international team competition experience. I'm really worried about not being selected."

Gaio shook his head. "Don't worry, you'll definitely be on the roster. It's just that you might not have a stable starting opportunity. That Real Madrid guy will definitely be in the starting lineup."

"Karim? Yes, he's playing alongside talented players like Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid."

Giroud's tone was slightly low when he said this.

He never thought of himself as a genius, and everyone said he was a late bloomer. However, wasn't this the result of his accumulation of time and sweat bit by bit?
Gaio patted Giroud's shoulder heavily and said, "Compared to that arrogant guy, you are the player the team needs most. France can still become the world champion without Karim Benzema, but without you."

Gaio shook his head heavily, "That's not possible."

The reason why Giroud likes Gaio is because of this kid. Even at such a young age, his words always touch the heart.

However, he did not think that what Gaio said was the truth. The French team's world championship seemed to be a long way off.

Giroud wondered if he could see it in his career.

He looked at Gaio.

A thought emerged in my mind, "Is he the future of the French team?"

He doesn't have an answer yet.

the next day.

There were only two or three reporters at the French national team's training ground in Clairefontaine.

This kind of intra-team competition is not open to the public, and these are all reporters following the team.

Even if I take pictures, I won’t send them out.

Unless permitted by the national team.

The players, wearing red and yellow training vests, began to warm up.

Blanco divided the 33 players into two teams, A and B, with several substitutes in each team.

He did not divide the team into the usual main team and reserve team.

Instead, they are divided according to the relationship between the players - for example, Giroud is the main center forward of Team B, his partner is Gaio on the right, and the defense line is Rami, Debuchy and
On the other side, all four little swans were there.

When the players from both teams stood in the center circle, Nasri stared at Gaio with a hint of teasing on his lips.

In his opinion, Gaio, who had never played in the top league, was just here to get food.
The assistant coach acted as the referee, blew the whistle, and the game began.

In-team competitions are generally slow-paced, with the emphasis on team coordination and familiarity with the coach's tactics.

But this match against the French team is a little different.

Both sides put in their best efforts.

Soon after the start of the game, Nasri and Ben Arfa completed a wave of cooperation on the right flank, forced their way into the penalty area, dodged left and right, shook off the defender, and shot a powerful shot.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Carasso reacted in time and saved the ball.

Defuse this attack.

In turn, Team B immediately launched a counterattack on the left, and Ribery quickly advanced with the ball.

However, Ribery didn't know whether he was not in good shape or felt that this game was not important. He wanted to cut inside, but Clichy tackled the ball away.

The opening period was mainly dominated by Team A's offense, and the Four Little Swans were indeed skilled on their feet.

Nasri and Ben Arfa were very active.

Blanco frowned as he watched from the sidelines.

The stronger they are, the smaller their chances of winning. Even in a club, it is difficult for a head coach to completely decide the lineup, let alone the national team.

"Defense!"

Suddenly, Matuidi shouted.

Debuchy cleared the ball with a long kick in the penalty area, Giroud competed for the header and passed the ball to Gaio.

Menez came over to defend immediately and tried to steal the ball from Gaio's feet.

But after Gaio got the ball, he simply pushed and pulled it, completely getting rid of Menez.

Gaio speeds up!
He was definitely not fast, and Mene was able to keep up and try to pull him, but Gaio stopped suddenly and dodged.

The ball was passed to Giroud.

Gaio continued to speed up and rushed forward.

After reaching the maximum speed, Gaio suddenly accelerated a second time!
Get rid of Mene completely.

Giroud also saw the opportunity in front of Gaio at this time and kicked the ball sideways.

At the same time, Nasri returned to defense. In fact, most of the time Nasri does not return to defense, but this time he deliberately wanted to teach Georgio a lesson.

Seeing the ball passed towards Gaio, he immediately blocked the route.

Evra also blocked the other side.

however,
Gaio didn't slow down or stop the ball. He pushed the ball forward and the football went through Nasri's crotch.

Gaio rushed forward with great speed, passing between Nasri and Evra.

Between the lightning and flint.

Neither Nasri nor Evra reacted.

Gaio rushed out, the angle was already very small, but Giroud followed up in the middle.

An inverted triangle kick.

Giroud threw himself out, and took down Mex who was defending him with him, and both of them stretched out their legs.

Giroud's is longer.

Swish!
Mandanda had no time to react.

Team B scored the first goal.

Gaio slowed down a bit, and excitedly shook his finger at Giroud, who stood up and ran towards him, "Well done! Big Giroud!"

"Haha! You made a beautiful pass!"

Gaio was the first person to call Giroud "Big Giroud". Giroud didn't know why he called him that, but it sounded very domineering, so he accepted it with pleasure.

The two hugged each other to celebrate.

The rest of the teammates also rushed over and hugged and celebrated together.

Blanco smiled.

Looking at Nasri who was spreading his hands towards his teammates, he was in a good mood and asked, "Do you think no one can replace you?"

(End of this chapter)