Drawing Luis into the first team was also a helpless move by Fernandez. However, during training, the performance of the Algerian central defender made Fernandez's eyes lit up. He was tall and big, had good defense of high-altitude balls, and his speed and reaction ability were also good. The only problem was that the turning speed was average, but this was impossible. This was a common problem for big players.

Therefore, Fernandez was quite satisfied with Luis' performance, which made him feel a little relieved.

However, just two days before the 33rd round of the Ligue 1 game, something happened again. Central defender Alan Cantalel strained his thigh muscles during training. Although the problem was not big, he would definitely not be able to participate in the weekend game.

This made Fernandez's head bigger. Now, there is no one in the centre-back. Could it be that Luis starts? Fernandez is hesitant. The central defender's position is different from other positions. If a little mistake is made, it may cause a disaster. I have to be cautious.

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April 1, 2006, April Fool's Day.

In the 33rd round of the Ligue 1 League, Marseille challenged Marseille away.

Since Lille, who ranked third in the Ligue 1, will fight against Auxerre, who ranked fifth in this round, Auxerre has been in good shape recently and has won three consecutive games. Therefore, Auxerre is completely possible to block Lille, which also provides the possibility for Marseille to surpass Lille. Therefore, in this game, the senior management of the Marseille club has put pressure on the team and must win this game.

This is not a big blame for the club's senior management. Once the points surpass Lille, the points ranked third in the league. Returning to the Champions League qualification area, this will take your destiny into your own hands. As long as the Marseille team does not make mistakes, it is very likely to participate in the Champions League next season. This means a large amount of income for the team.

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Although Nantes Club has not been established for a long time, it is actually a veteran team in Ligue 1. Since he was promoted to Class 1 for the first time in 1963, he has been fighting in the Class 1 for 33 consecutive years. This is a record that no one can beat. In addition, the Nantes team in the 1994-95 season is also one of the best teams in the history of Ligue 1. In that year, Nantes swept the Ligue 1, and throughout the season, the team achieved an impressive record of 21 wins, 16 draws and 1 loss. In addition to setting a record of 32 consecutive unbeaten games, they also scored 71 goals in the season, making the team with the most goals among each team; and conceded only 34 goals, making the team with the fewest goals among each team.

But driven by monetary interests, the club owner sold out all the team's backbones just after the end of the 1994/95 season, which directly caused the team's record to decline in the next few years.

Until now, Nantes has not fully recovered.

However, this does not mean that this team is easy to bully. Nantes' home court, Marsell Sopan Stadium is a relatively difficult home court in Ligue 1. Although it is incomparable to devil stadiums such as the Virrodham Stadium in Marseille and the Princes Stadium in Paris Saint-Germain, it is also one of the more difficult bones to chew.

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It was not until a few hours before the game that Marseille head coach Fernandez finally made up his mind to put Luis, who was promoted from the youth team to the first team, on the starting list of this game.

"Well? We saw a strange name appearing in the Marseille starting list, Fabian Luis. He is 19 years old. This is an Algerian guy. The position on the court is... a central defender." Vesto was also surprised when he got the Marseille starting list. He thought of the young man's name in his mind. "This is a central defender of the Marseille youth team. Now, with Met's injury and Alan Cantalel's injury, he is really stretched. He can only entrust this young man who has never played in the first team to play an important task."

"This can be said to be an adventure." Thierry of France National 1 shook his head and said, "It is really not reassuring that the central defender is to send such a young player in such a critical game, and it is still a first-team debut. Nantes obviously will also notice this, and they will focus on choosing a breakthrough from here."

"Haha, we noticed that after Zhang Yang, Fernandez especially likes to promote talents from the youth team. I won't talk about Zhang Yang who started today, and there is Fabian Luis. In addition, Yacioy Fernandez is on the bench and obviously has tasted the sweetness and is enjoying it."

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In the player corridor at Marsell Sopan Stadium, Zhang Yang saw that Louis was a little nervous, so he patted him on the shoulder to express encouragement and comfort. The latter turned around and expressed his gratitude to Zhang Yang Xiaoxiao, but he was still a little nervous.

Zhang Yang didn't say anything. He knew that everything he said now was useless. Only after the game started, Louis gradually adapted to the game and calmed down.

He hopes that Louis will not make mistakes due to emotional excitement. For a central defender, a slight mistake is fatal. In addition, the most important thing is that Louis is Zhang Yang's friend. He knows how hard and hard he is for the opportunity to play in the first team this time. Once a fatal mistake is made, it will be almost disastrous for Louis, and he will probably completely disappear from the sight of the first team head coach.

Although this seems a bit unfair and young people should be allowed to make mistakes, this is the fact that the competition on the football field is so fierce and the fittest survives. When the head coach gives you a chance, you have to seize it. You must know that opportunities are not so easy to obtain.

The young players’ desperate training and competitions are just to get a chance to appear in the first team! That is their battle for their own destiny and the best opportunity to change their destiny!

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Although Nantes plays at home, given the perception of the attack power of the Marseille attack combination with Zhang Yang as the core of the offense, in the first fifteen minutes, Nantes just made careful tests and performed more cautiously.

Although their head coach Ledezette also saw that the Marseille team sent young central defender Louis and considered using this as a breakthrough point, he did not dare to be careless and decided to focus on defense first.

Sure enough, as he expected, the Marseille team's offensive line, especially Zhang Yang, was very active at the beginning of the game and showed a strong desire to score goals. This was also what Fernandez specifically explained. Fernandez knew that the team's defense line might be impacted in this game, so he asked the team's attack line to be more fierce, and use the offense to suppress Nantes to relieve the pressure on the defense line.

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In the eleventh minute, Ribery took the ball in the frontcourt. He used his skills to pass through the cracks between the defenses with Delhomeo. Before Signolino had time to turn around and chase, Ribery shook his ankle and passed the ball to Nasri in a beautiful arc. Nasri made a little adjustment and took a few steps from the left side of the penalty area to the middle of the penalty area. Suddenly, he passed the ball directly to Taivo who was inserted at high speed on the left rib.

Taiwo made a shot, but dunked the ball back, and passed it unexpectedly. The ball quickly passed the ball against the grass. Zhang Yang fell to the ground and shot. His toes rubbed against the ball. Rondero touched the ball, but the ball continued to roll to the left of the goal. The goal was about to appear, but he heard a crisp sound of "bang". After the football hit the post, it bounced back to the front of the goal. Nantes goalkeeper Rondero quickly threw the ball under him, looked up at Zhang Yang with annoyance, and Rondero was shocked and sweated.

Ronderlo was already desperate just now, but fortunately, Zhang Yang's shovel did not really have the power to shovel. Otherwise, the ball would have been faster and he would not have hit the post.

Nantes fans at Marsel Sopan Stadium also breathed in. Their team survived the disaster and escaped.

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"With beautiful cooperation, the Marseille team's offense is very layered, and Nantes' defense has been completely torn apart. What a pity, if this goal is scored, he will definitely be qualified to win the best goal in this round." Vesto said with great regret.

Opportunities for the Marseille team follow one after another.

Three minutes later, the Marseille team played a wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt. Nasri passed Sesto with an extremely wonderful handover and then passed the football out under the pressing of Hiddins and Sesto. Oruma put the football on the heel and followed Ribery and shot with a kick. Nantes goalkeeper Rondero struggled to lift the football out of the crossbar.

"Wowowwwwwoowo--beautiful save, Ronderlo made a contribution again. Of course, Marseille's offense was also excellent. Zhang Yang and Jankoler restrained Nantes' defense in the frontcourt, while the midfielders completed this exquisite offensive cooperation."

Immediately, Ribery took the corner kick and Zhang Yang headed the ball, slightly off.

The Marseille team's offensive was very fierce, and the Nantes team, which was once oppressed, had no strength to fight back. However, once they got the opportunity to counterattack, they were more threatening.

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Twenty minutes into the game, Sabri Lamochi brought down Letterfaye on the right side of the front of the penalty area. The referee not only awarded a direct free kick with an excellent position, but also showed a yellow card to Sabri Lamochi.

Fernandez saw the referee showing a yellow card to Sabri Lamochi on the sidelines and protested loudly in dissatisfaction. After only 20 minutes of the game, the main midfielder received a yellow card, which had a great impact on the subsequent game. Moreover, Fernandez insisted that although Sabri Lamochi made a foul, the action was not bad, and the original intention was to go for the ball, so he gave a yellow card a little.

Marseille assistant coach Hiltney was afraid that Fernandez's loud protest would attract the attention of referee Cristero, so he quickly pulled the coach back. However, it was too late. Cristero's ears were as good as fox's ears. He ran over to show a yellow card to Fernandez on the sidelines.

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"Haha, Marseille head coach Fernandez took the initiative to apply for a yellow card because of complaining on the sidelines just twenty minutes into the game. Their main midfielder Sabri Lamochi also received a yellow card. Marseille must be careful." Thierry reminded that it seems that the referee Cristero is still partial to the home team in this game. Marseille must be careful.

Because of Zhang Yang's outstanding performance, there are many Zhang Yang fans in France now, and the French media are relatively inclined to allow Marseille to qualify for the Champions League next season. They are still looking forward to Zhang Yang and the Marseille team's future performance in the Champions League.

There are quite a lot of this kind of thought among the commentators, so when commenting, as long as the opponent of the Marseille team is not the team in their city, they are still willing to be slightly inclined to the Marseille side.

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Chapter completed!