The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 98 We are back to Ligue 1, watch out!
"buuuuut!"

"Geo!"

"It was a beautiful goal, but what was even more beautiful was that he was so calm in the penalty area and made such a beautiful fried meatball. He has a calm heart and a true talent!"

"Ten league games, 16 goals and 3 assists!"

"With this kind of offensive efficiency, Gaio is a complete striker!"

On TV, the commentator of the French Ligue 2 broadcast could be heard exclaiming one sentence at a time.

All members of Lyon's coaching staff were present.

Head coach Gard pointed at Gaio's high-spirited figure as he celebrated with his arms wide open and asked, "Do we have anyone who can defend him one-on-one?"

Everyone on the coaching staff shook their heads.

The current Lyon is no longer the Lyon that won the French Ligue 1 championship for seven consecutive years.

The team's financial situation has deteriorated, and strong players have left one after another. With the strong rise of Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon has lost its former glory.

The French Cup, a trophy that they used to look down upon, has now become a hot commodity.

The team urgently needs such a championship to boost morale and also boost the morale of investors.

In 2007, France amended its law prohibiting professional sports clubs from going public.

Lyon chairman Aulas quickly pushed forward Lyon's listing process and successfully made Lyon the first French team to be listed.

At that time, Lyon had already won the French Ligue 1 title for five consecutive years, but due to the high income tax in France, low salary levels and low attention to the league, Lyon's development was limited.

So with the success of this listing, Aulas is ambitious. His original words were "to create a new Champions League champion club."

Unfortunately, Lyon encountered the global financial crisis shortly after its listing and its stock price plummeted.

This subsequently affected the team's strength, with problems such as declining performance, withdrawal from the Champions League, heavy debts incurred in stadium construction, insufficient operating income, and so on, all of which broke out simultaneously.

After going public, the plan to build a new stadium that can accommodate 6 fans was delayed again and again due to complicated administrative procedures, differences in political interests and opposition from some groups.

No agreement to commence construction has been reached yet.

The final construction cost of the new stadium increased from the original estimate of 2.5 million euros to around 4.5 million euros.

This further affected Lyon's investment in the field.

As a player who came from Lyon's youth training, Garde resolutely took over the coaching position under such circumstances. Now is the season when he has the best hope of leading the team to win the championship!
He must go all out!

He was the first French player to play for Arsenal and the first foreign player to wear the captain's armband at Arsenal.

He is also considered by many Gunners fans to be Wenger's first signing at Arsenal, along with Vieira of course.

He retired from Arsenal, but left his peak to Lyon.

After retiring, he also started as an assistant coach. From 2003 to 2011, his 8-year assistant coaching career witnessed the glory and decline of Lyon.

He has trained under coaches such as Le Guen, Houllier, Perrin and Pierre.

Finally, at the beginning of this season, he successfully took office.

And he lived up to expectations and led the team to the French Cup final. They had been away from the championship for several seasons, and it was time for them to win a championship.

but,

I thought that as the only French Ligue 1 team in the semi-finals, I could easily pass the level.

As a result, after seeing Gaio's performance, Gard became a little unconfident.

"Let's play double team defense, lock down the right side and don't give him any space. We can also commit frequent fouls to cut off his rhythm. Just be careful with your movements and don't get tricked into getting a red card." Garde made the decision while watching the TV broadcast.

Gard added.

"Also, he's left-footed, so let him go outside and focus on defending against inside cuts."

On TV, Bastia had already started making substitutions. After 60 minutes, Gaio clocked out on time.

When Gaio left the field, the Tours players defending Bastia's right side breathed a sigh of relief.

In order to defend against Gaio, they paid the price of two yellow cards, but failed to completely stop Gaio.

The team is still two goals behind.

Davide replaces Gaio.

When leaving the field, Gaio hugged David and also hugged Hagibegic.

"Good boy, you're as good as ever. Have a good rest and save your best form for the next two games."

"it is good."

Gaio sat on the bench, and Fan Shang came over and said, "That goal just now was really cool!"

Gaio smiled slightly.

Fan Shang continued, "Did you see that? That's the cameraman from Bastia Evening News. I just heard we're filming a documentary, and I have a feeling most of the footage in this documentary will be of you. So, when you're on the court and celebrating, be careful about your facial expressions and look really handsome!"

Gaio nodded. He knew about the change, but he didn't know what it meant.

Judging from Chatham’s reaction, perhaps a documentary about Bastia really is in the works.

After all, Bastia has been away from the championship for too long.

Worth recording.

After Gaio left the field, Bastia's offense was not strong, but their defense was solid. Having experienced the bombardment of Ligue 1 teams, they were very confident when facing Ligue 2 players.

In the last half hour, the two sides shook hands and made peace.

finally.

When the final whistle blew, Tours lost 0-2 to Bastia at home.

The French Ligue 2 broadcast commentator said, "Bastia won! The gap between them and Reims has reached 13 points. As long as they win the next game, they can win the French Ligue 2 championship this season four rounds in advance!
Fans, please tune in to our channel. We will broadcast this French Ligue 2 highlight match for you at 7pm on April 22. You can even call it the final match of the French Ligue 2 championship, the night of the champions."

Champions Night!

The fans far away in Bastia had already ignited strong expectations in their hearts the moment the game ended!
French Ligue 2 champions,
This was the highest-level league championship Bastia had won since its founding, but that was in 1968.

More importantly, they are returning to Ligue 1.

After being relegated in the 2004/05 season, they have been wandering around in Ligue 2 and even fell into the French National League last season.

now,

Everything is coming back!

tonight,

How many Bastia fans are haunted by this
Terra-Vecchia Center Building.

After the game, hundreds of fans gathered, holding strong flashlights to illuminate the side of the building with Gaio's picture on it.

Someone took out cold fireworks and lit them among the crowd.

Someone sang a remix of “Avà Bastia”—“On est en Ligue 1, putain de voilà!”

We're back in Ligue 1, watch out!
These scenes were seen by the riot police who were working overtime in a hurry, and they all smiled bitterly at each other.

This is just about to win the championship, not the real championship yet. It will come to the championship night.
They shook their heads.

The captain said, "Go crazy, Bastia deserves to go crazy for once!"

(End of this chapter)