The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 91 Bastia's Double Crown
Valkin, who committed the foul, kept shaking his finger at the referee, "No, this is definitely not a penalty. I touched the ball first."

The Rouen fans at the scene also kept making noises, and even cursed "black whistle" and "fake fall".

The referee was very firm, pointing to his own eyes and saying, "I saw it, it was indeed a foul."

And at the suggestion of the linesman, he ran to the sidelines and gave Quevilly Rouen head coach Philibert a yellow card.

Because Philibert had just yelled at the fourth official.

Philibert spread his hands and muttered again.

He knew he would get a yellow card, and he even knew it was a penalty, but at such an important moment, as the head coach, he had to stand up.

The referee must be put under pressure.

You can't let the players protest and get yellow cards, right?
In this game, their yellow card risk was already very high.

Philibert sat on the bench. Ton-Ton drank two sips of water and sighed heavily. Thinking of Gaio, he asked the assistant coach next to him, "Is there any solution?"

The teaching assistants all shook their heads.

Several people looked a little serious. Bastia is more difficult to play against than Marseille.

Gaio is in a really difficult situation.

Philibert couldn't help but complain, "Where did Bastia find such a talented player? I'm so damn envious. Why doesn't Rouen have such a player?"

No one answered.

On the field.

Maolida held the ball and stood at the penalty spot.

drop!
When the whistle sounded, Maalida shot the ball cleanly into the upper corner, leaving goalkeeper Issa Koulibaly no chance at all.

Football in the net!

0-1.

Bastia takes the lead away from home!

Maolida rushed towards Gaio, picked him up and yelled "Gaio!"

The rest of the players also rushed forward.

Happy smiling.

This is the first step to advance to the finals!
Seeing that the team was leading, Hajibegic celebrated with his fists a few times and then calmed down.

This season, Bastia is the most offensive team in the French Cup, mainly because they played in lower-level leagues in the early stages and had a great time scoring goals.

In the seventh round of the French Cup, they beat Senes-sur-Meint 8-0 away from home. In the eighth round and the round of 16, they won by four goals.

So playing against a French national team, or with Gaio, is one goal a lot?

The players walked towards the center circle.

On the way, Rothen patted Gaio and said, "Be careful, don't get hurt. The quality of their turf is not very good, and the movements are very big, so be careful."

Gaio felt warm in his heart when he heard Rothen's words.

Nodding, "I understand."

drop!
The game continues.

Quevilly Rouen was not in a hurry to attack. They were worried about giving Bastia more offensive space, so they wanted to stabilize the situation.

But Bastia didn't want to give them a chance to ease up.

Increase pressure in the frontcourt.

Davide, in particular, ran very actively. This might be his last experience competing for the cup championship in Bastia, and he wanted to leave something for the Bastia fans.

I don’t want to be the kind of name that is no longer remembered after leaving the team.

So be extra positive.

The players of Quevilly Rouen are not very strong in their footwork.

The ball was intercepted by Bastia before it was even passed a few times.

At Hajibegic's request, Gaio increased his range of movement, which not only suddenly increased the defensive pressure on Quevill Rouen, but also made their players' positioning somewhat chaotic.

They hadn't expected Gaio to run up the middle.

When Gaio got the ball, Rouen was not even sure who was marking Gaio, and could only rely on the nearest player to provide cover.

In the hasty reinforcement of defense, Gaio was wiped away in the first encounter.

Gaio dribbles the ball straight into the middle!

There was a panic at the front line of the Rouen penalty area in Quevilly.

The defensive players rushed towards Gaio, and three people surrounded him, intending to stop him. However, they did not expect that Gaio would suddenly speed up while breaking through with the ball.

Wow!

Even the home fans were shocked by Gaio's move.

Single-handedly, he defeated four people!
Central defender Vanukia panicked and slid down to tackle Gaio.

Gaio paused suddenly and dunked again.

Face the goalkeeper!

He pushed off the ground with his right foot, swung his left foot in preparation for a shot, and at the moment the goalkeeper reacted, his ankle shook.

Kicked in the opposite direction!

Swish!
Issa was powerless.

0-2!

After Gaio scored the goal, he didn't even celebrate, but just smiled and punched his teammates.

"Buuuuut!! Too easy!" exclaimed the French Cup broadcast commentator. "Gaio's dribbling past the defense is becoming increasingly effective. Against lower-level teams like Quevilly and Rouen, his speed isn't a disadvantage; they're simply unstoppable! It's a complete dimensionality reduction attack!"

"Zidane is right, this game is just Gaio's performance before the final!"

Bastia.

There were cheers at the Sunset Cafe.

The TV kept replaying slow-motion footage of Gaio dribbling past four people.

"Geo is so handsome! If his movements weren't in slow motion, I wouldn't be able to see them clearly!"

"I have great confidence in the team now. I feel that under Gaio's leadership, we can definitely repeat the history of winning the French Cup in 1981."

"It's been 31 years! Time flies! My dad was still alive when we won the Coupe de France. It's been 31 years since we won the Coupe de France. If it weren't for Gaio, I don't know how many more 31 years it would have taken."

"Gaio, win this damn French Cup and give us a double crown"

Double crown!
Cheers mixed with the sound of clinking glasses.

Echoing in the hearts of every Bastia fan is the cry of the championship dream.

Conde de Orgaz district in Madrid, Spain.

In Zidane's mansion.

Morientes lamented, "This is definitely not his quality. He should be in the top league instead of wasting time in Ligue 2."

Watching the referee on TV taking out yellow cards again and again.

Morientes was worried about Gaio's opponents. There was really no way to stop Gaio except to commit fouls.

Zidane nodded. "Of all the players I've ever seen, his dribbling ability is among the best. He only lacks physical hardware, and those things can be trained. But if you don't have a good sense of the ball, you won't have it anymore."

"But speed is also innate. He is not very fast, which will hinder his performance in the top league. It is difficult to pass without speed," said Morientes.

Zidane smiled and shook his head, then asked, "Do you really think he's not fast?"

Morientes looked puzzled, "It seems so in the current game."

Zidane stretched out his finger and shook it. "That's what Gaio is for. Let's put it this way. His speed is no less than Di Maria, Kaka and the others."

"Ah, what? Are you sure you're kidding, Gaio? Speed? Not worse than Di Maria, Kaka, and the others?!"

Morientes obviously didn't believe it.

"What Blanco told me, combined with the fact that Gaio had obvious secondary acceleration in many games, I don't think he was lying to me."

Zidane smiled and continued, "Maybe we can bring him to Real Madrid and compete with Di Maria. Whoever is slower will be the substitute."

Morientes pressed on, "Are you sure you can get Gaio?"

Zidane shook his head.

"Then you have to get that Kylian Mbappé here."

Zidane did not answer.

at the same time.

drop!
The referee blew the whistle to end the halftime match during the TV broadcast.

Score, 0-4.

Bastia's advancement to the final is basically secured.

Zidane told Morientes, "I suddenly feel that Gaio might win the double this season."

(End of this chapter)