Volume 1: When a Hero Appears, People Pay Attention. Chapter 81: Be Careful of Platini! (Second Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 81 Be careful with Platini! (Second update, please vote for me)

When Platini appeared on the rostrum, the celebrities in politics, business and football who were already sitting in their seats stood up one after another to greet Platini and shake hands. As a legendary star in France and now the president of UEFA, Platini has considerable popularity in the hearts of the French.

Lyon Club President Aulas led Platini to the center of the front row of the rostrum, which is the best place to watch the game.

At this time, players from both sides were still warming up, and the bored live TV footage quickly captured Platini's arrival and the "grand occasion" on the rostrum.

Naples chairman De Laurentiis also followed the team to the away game to cheer the team up. However, he did not sit on the podium. Instead, he chose one of the boxes to sit here and compete with the team's general manager. Let's watch the game together.

They also saw Platini appear on the TV screen.

"What a big scene." Bigang laughed, and there was no respect for the UEFA leader in his tone.

"This is their home court." De Laurentiis shook his head, withdrew his gaze from the TV screen and stared at the players warming up on the court again.

In fact, there should be no pressure on Naples in this game because they have already appeared in advance. Lyon is also relatively optimistic and believes that this game must be friendship first and competition second. Naples, who had already qualified early, sold a favor to Lyon, and the two teams joined hands to qualify. It was a great joy.

But De Laurentiis didn't think so. If you lose to Lyon, your team will qualify second in the group, and then have to fight against a giant like Barcelona in the quarter-finals?

Why should Naples sacrifice itself to help others, send Lyon to the first place in the group, and face those super difficult opponents on its own.

Therefore, he quite agrees with Mazzarri's goal of "striving for first place in the group." We Neapolitans have never been good people who sacrifice themselves to help others!

He thought of something. Before the game, he received a call from a reporter with whom he was well connected, reminding him to pay attention to Platini. He didn't understand why he should be careful with Platini. Is it because he publicly announced his support for Lyon and came to the scene to cheer him up? So what's there to be afraid of? It is impossible for Lyon's players to be like chickens because of Platini's support. Platini does not have such a big influence... If it were Maradona who came to watch the Naples game live, the entire Naples team Going up or down has a greater chance of transforming into Superman.

Platini is not a legend in Lyon. How can his influence on Lyon be compared with Maradona's influence on Naples?

So why be careful about him? Is it possible that he can personally come off the field to help Lyon play?

Hahaha!

De Laurentiis can't help laughing when he thinks about this - it's so ridiculous!

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Platini sat in his seat and chatted with the people around him.

Aulas seemed very happy to have a big man like Platini come to watch the game and publicly express his support for Lyon. It was an honor for Lyon and it was definitely a boost for Lyon's morale. He thinks Lyon can already win this game...

No matter how dark horse Naples is, can they still be dark at our home court in Lyon?

By then we will have a strong home field advantage, and the boos from the home fans alone will be enough to make you unable to stand straight!

Platini just stared at the court intently, although at this time, there was nothing on the court, and the warm-up players from both sides had already left the court.

He stared at the court like a trance, his eyes were deep, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Maybe he is considering the development plan of European football...

But in fact, what Platini is thinking is... there won't be any mistakes in this game, right?

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Aulas thought Napoli would perform poorly on the road, but the reality was completely different from what he thought.

Naples didn't know what they had eaten. From the beginning of the game, they held back their energy and showed no stage fright. They played a defensive counterattack in the away game, which is Lyon's most hated tactic.

Since you want to win, you must have a strategy. You cannot rely on full enthusiasm. You cannot win by fighting hard.

Mazzarri knows that Lyon is eager to win the game, and they have the advantage of home court. Lyon will definitely not choose to retreat tactics, so they will press out and attack, hoping to use a fierce offensive and early goals to silence Naples and accept it as a foil. reality.

After understanding Lyon's strategy, Mazzarri's tactics for the team were defensive counterattacks.

This is definitely not a passive defensive counterattack, but the kind of defensive counterattack in which reinforcements are rushed forward as soon as there is an opportunity, forming a local numerical advantage in a very short period of time, suppressing a certain point of Lyon, so as to achieve the goal of letting them To the point where they have too much time to take care of themselves and are full of loopholes, Naples' offense will be much easier to beat.

So when Naples showed rapid momentum in the counterattack, everyone from the president of Lyon to the Lyon fans were surprised, so it is not that surprising.

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The Italian commentator was very excited: "Naples was not intimidated by Lyon's momentum in the away game. They showed their courage!"

On the other hand, the Lyon team was surprised and unprepared for the momentum displayed by Naples - they believed too much in experience and believed that Naples, who had already qualified in the group ahead of schedule, did not have the common sense to compete with them.

So in the first fifteen minutes of the game, even though Naples was playing defensive counterattack and their possession rate was not as high as Lyon, but in terms of the number of threatening shots, Naples was far ahead - 3:1.

Naples had a total of three shots, all of which were very dangerous. But what about Lyon? There was only one shot in total, and this shot was ridiculously wide...

Mazzarri stood on the sidelines with a calm face, but he was very excited inside - if this situation continues, Naples defeating Lyon in an away game is really not a fantasy!

By finishing first in the group, we can go further in the Champions League knockout rounds!

We want to score! Score a goal as soon as possible! Once we take the lead, the game will completely fall into our orbit!

Mazzarri clenched his fists.

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In the 21st minute, the first climax of the game finally came.

Naples made a reactionary attack in the frontcourt. Hamsik moved forward. Cassano took the ball from the center of the wing and passed the ball to Hamsik. Then he changed his direction and turned to insert into the penalty area.

Just when he was parallel to Lyon's back line, Hamsik passed the ball through. Cassano received the ball behind the defense and then faced the attacking goalkeeper Lloris and shot!

With a flick of his ankle, the football roared, bypassing the attacking goalkeeper Lloris, and then... fell into the goal!

"The ball - the ball has gone in!!!" the Napoli commentator stood up and shouted desperately, as if they had won the game.

In fact, there is a great relationship between taking a lead at the start and winning the game...

The Naples fans in front of the TV and on the scene behaved exactly the same. They raised their arms and cheered loudly with their mouths open to celebrate the team's wonderful start.

The Gerland Stadium was filled with all kinds of noises, so much so that Cassano, who was running wildly to celebrate the goal, did not hear the referee's rapid whistle...

Not to mention him, not even the other Naples players heard it. Chen Yingxiong was the first to run towards Cassano with open arms, intending to hug him in celebration, and then more players rushed over.

But Paul Cannavaro kept waving his hands to signal everyone to return to defense!

The expression on his face was extremely anxious!

Because the referee did not rule that the goal was valid, but ruled that Cassano was offside!

The Lyon players reacted quickly and took a free kick in the backcourt, but at this time, many Naples players were celebrating the goal in the frontcourt and could not return to defense at all!

"Ah...wait...this is it! This is Lyon's counterattack! What's going on?" The Naples commentator was also dumbfounded.

"Naples' goal was ruled out for offside...Lyon seized this opportunity. They quickly took a free kick in the backcourt, and Naples' players were still celebrating the goal in the frontcourt at this time!"

"This is Lyon's chance!!!"

The Lyon fans in the stands changed very quickly from booing just now to cheering now.

But the Naples fans seemed a little unprepared. They were all stunned on the spot, and some of them still celebrated with their hands above their heads.

The Naples players were stunned when they realized something was wrong. Many of them had already begun to chase back, but no matter how fast they were, could they be faster than the flying football?

Lyon came to the goal after passing three passes and two, and then Lyon forward Delgado fired an angry shot, and the football flew into the goal...

In the blink of an eye, a Napoli goal turned into a Lyon goal.

This time there was no sharp whistle to ruin the atmosphere. Everyone turned their attention to the referee, wanting to see how he would make the penalty. I saw the referee pointing to the center circle - the goal is valid!

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!"

Lyon fans roared in celebration of the goal.

The Naples fans held their heads in their hands, as if they were struck by lightning!

The Naples players gave up and rushed to the referee, waving their arms and yelling: "What's going on! We obviously scored the goal!"

"I want you to give us an explanation! An explanation! There is no problem with our goal!"

"Offside? Which position am I offside? You idiot..." Cassano was about to curse when he was pulled out by his teammates. Everyone knows his temper. If he were to say such dirty words, I'm afraid he would get at least a yellow card...

"Even if we were offside, should you wait until we come back before letting Lyon take the free kick?"

"Your penalty is simply wrong!"

"It's absolutely impossible to be offside! It's absolutely impossible for us to be offside!" Chen Yingxiong roared, almost eating the referee. "There is no problem at all with this goal!! Damn it! There is no problem at all! Your penalty is baseless!"

A group of angry Napoli players surrounded the referee and sprayed him with star spray.

I guess this guy has to wash his face several times before he can get rid of the saliva on his face...

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Seeing the Naples players besieging the referee and the Lyon players celebrating the goal, Aurelio De Laurentiis, who was sitting in the VIP box, suddenly thought of the advice given to him by a reporter he knew well before.

Watch out for Platini!

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ps, here comes the second update, ***ah***!