Ligue 1 is the earliest start of the five major European leagues, and this season was unveiled on August 4, 2006.

Therefore, the preparation time for the team is actually only one month. Considering that those players who participated in the World Cup would have to spend an extra week off, it would be less than a month, and it would be good if they could have half a month. The transfer work of the Ligue 1 team will last until the end of August. Basically, the league has played several rounds, and the lineup of this season has been fixed.

Mess is like this. In July, they bought central defender Semi Traore and backcourt versatile Ibrahim Cabo, and midfielder Gabriel Obertan, and have been working hard to negotiate with the opponent's club for several other goals.

The people in the plan have not come yet, but they can't wait for everyone to come before they can do it. Then the league has been played for a month...Sami Traore quickly became the main player after coming to the team, and he and captain Bobby Coni. The four seasons in Nice were very successful for him. He felt that it was time to change places, so he came to Metz. There was also Paris Saint-Germain competing with Metz for him, but Metz was able to participate in the new season's League Cup, which was a very attractive condition. In the end, he chose Metz led by Fernandez. In addition to goalkeepers Wimbi and Marichi, he is the oldest player in the team. After he came to Metz, he also mentioned this in an interview: "Mr. Fernandez hopes that my experience can help the team, and I think so too. Our team is very young and motivated. I also want to use my experience to bring some stability to this team."

As a central defender who is 1.94 meters tall and weighs 85 kilograms, he is not fast and not flexible, but his frontal interception and air defense ability are the top defender in Ligue 1, and he is very aggressive. In comparison, captain Bobby Coni is much weaker in this regard. In many cases, as a central defender, Bobby Coni's defense is too weak and not tough enough.

Ibrahim Kabo is still looking for the best position for him. Too many positions can be played is also a worry, because the head coach will be used as a pure panacea - I am a brick of the team, and I need to move wherever I need to.

Kabo definitely doesn't want to come to Mes to be a panacea. He hopes to be fixed in one position so that he can perform at his best. His favorite position is actually a defensive midfielder, but with Chu Zhongtian and Proman, he is unlikely to play in that position. As for the central defender, he is 1.78 meters tall and shorter, and bounce and heading are also factors that restrict him from performing well in this position.

In the training and warm-up matches in July, he played many positions, including defensive midfielders, center backs, left backs, right backs, and scavengers. Fernandez is still observing which position can not only meet the needs of the team, but also allow him to perform well.

The best solution for Obertan's matter is - he definitely can't play the main force, because he is very strong in his position. Now Frank Ribery, who is popular in France, is well known even Obertan himself, so he took the initiative to show kindness to Ribery and told the news media that he would learn from Ribery. Ribery also likes children who are so good at doing things, and said that he would teach all his abilities to Obertan.

Although Obetan calls Ribery the "Boss", every new player who enters Metz must understand that on the court, there is only one real "leader" of Metz, that is, the Chinese player Chu Zhongtian, who is wearing No. 8 and has a good relationship with his teammates.

During training and competitions, every new player can see Jean Fernandez pulls Chu Zhongtian to talk alone many times, giving advice in person. In tactical training, it also does not hide the approach centered on Chu Zhongtian. Almost all tactics will give priority to whether doing so is suitable for Chu Zhongtian.

Kabo was a little dissatisfied at first because he played the most in Brussels as the midfielder. But soon he saw Chu Zhongtian's ability to lead the team in the warm-up match. Mess, who was there and Metz, were completely two teams. So he was convinced.

Obertan focused on following Ribery, and learned from Ribery how to use his skills and speed to form breakthroughs in the game and threaten the opponent's defense line. It does not pose a threat to Chu Zhongtian's status. Sami Traore is a veteran, and the veteran is very good at dealing with people. He knows who the real boss of this team is, so when he arrives at the team, he integrates into the team in a low-key manner and trains the game. There is no extra nonsense.

No one can threaten Chu Zhongtian's position in the team. Although Ribery is the boss of the locker room, he is Chu Zhongtian's close comrade and it is impossible to do anything against his own people. Promón and Bobbyconi are both people who only follow Chu Zhongtian's lead on the court.

※※After training for about a month, the team ushered in their first match of the new season - on the afternoon of July 30, Cup champion Metz went away to challenge league champion Lyon at the Gerland Stadium to compete for the ownership of the French Super Cup this season.

Lyon is still the overlord of the Ligue 1, but after half a summer of transfers, Metz's strength has also been enhanced. Moreover, another thing that is good news for Metz is because there are too many players in Lyon's team participating in the World Cup, and Lyon almost sent the second team to play in this game.

Nine main players including Kupe, Juninho, Virtod, and Abidal all missed the game, and only Ribery was on the bench on Metz.

The starter of the 17-year-old Gabriel Obertan who had just joined the team for 20 days was the start of the game.

In this game, Sami Traore and captain Bobiconi played the central defender, while Ibrahim Cabo appeared in the right back position, with Frank Signolino and the goalkeeper being the 34-year-old veteran Winby. In the midfield, Fernandez arranged the four-midfield disc position, and Chu Zhongtian and Proman played the midfielder. Their tasks were no different from last season. Proman was the main defender, Chu Zhongtian attacked, Obertan and Oblaniak occupied the right and left roads respectively. Before the test, they were considered as offensive wing forwards. The forwards were Menez and Ibisevic.

Although Lyon is basically the second team, Lyon's chairman Auras still expressed his importance to this game: "We don't want to start the journey of this season with a failure. Although our staff is not intact, this will not be a problem. What is in front of us is a title, and we are Lyon, so we must win this championship!"

Lyon media is also advocating the importance of this game: "... As long as you win this game, Lyon can achieve the great achievement of five consecutive Super Cup championships!"

"... At the same time, this is a revenge of last season! Who gave Metz in front of her to the French Cup last season? It's not someone else, it's us! If we hadn't lost to Metz in the quarterfinals, we should have won the double championship. So this game is a revenge of that game, and Metz must pay the price for it!"

Compared to Lyon's attention, Metz seems to be very relaxed. Metz head coach Jean Fernandez said in an interview: "This is just a super warm-up match, a bit similar to the International Toto Cup... My team is still in the running-in stage. As we all know, in order to strengthen our strength this summer, we have to buy a lot of people. So many newcomers are pouring in at once, which requires time to run-in."

The head coach said this does not mean that the players think so too.

"You have to have some excellence!" Although Ribery could not start in this game, Ribery still cheered his teammates in the locker room. "They lost nine people at once, and relying on the reserve team to play against us, so can we not win? Our goal is to win the championship! Now there is such a championship in front of us, do you plan to turn a blind eye? Let Lyon's five consecutive championships go to hell! No one in the league can defeat them, is it even possible for the Super Cup? Then let us break their monopoly!"

Ribery has always hoped that his teammates can be as eager for victory as he did, ambitious, ambitious and dare to pursue greater goals. Overall, although Mes is not as good as those champion teams, fortunately, there are teammates like Chu Zhongtian and Menez who are full of victory as long as they are, otherwise he would have left long ago.

Many players also think that Lyon has lost nine main players at once, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Besides... "We once defeated Lyon in the French Cup, and we should be able to win again in the Super Cup." Chu Zhongtian spoke.

Head coach Fernandez, who was pushing the door, happened to hear what Chu Zhongtian said, and he looked up at Chu Zhongtian.

When everyone saw the head coach coming in, they turned their eyes to him, wanting to hear what he said. After all, the head coach took the initiative to show weakness before the game.

"First of all, I want to announce something," Fernandez said. "It has nothing to do with this game, but it has something to do with this season. After communicating with both players, the coaching staff decided to let Chu replace Winby as the team's No. 3 captain."

Everyone looked at Chu Zhongtian with some surprise. Chu Zhongtian had known this result for a long time and was not surprised. Like him, goalkeeper Wen Bi was the goalkeeper. This time the captain's substitution was communicated in advance, or he resigned on his own initiative.

Ribery whistled: "Wow! Chu, congratulations!"

The boss spoke, and the others also applauded and congratulated Chu Zhongtian on becoming the team's No. 3 captain. This means that when Bobby Coni and Promón were not on the court, Chu Zhongtian will take over the captain's armband and become a Chinese captain. He may be the first Chinese captain in foreign clubs... If this scene really appears in the game, I believe the Chinese media will be excited to climax at that time, right?

After explaining this matter that had been decided long ago, Fernandez began to talk about the game: "In this game, we still aim to run-in the team and develop tactical understanding."

His words disappointed some people - it seems that we can't win this championship in the face of a second team in Lyon.

"However, on the basis of being able to run-in with the team, why can't we win another championship?" Fernandez's words swept away the worries in many people's hearts - the head coach supports the team in the championship!

Now that the goal is determined, the next thing is simple.

※※After Chu Zhongtian came on the court, he looked at Lyon, who had strange faces in most teams, and thought that it was really a thorough second-tier line, or abbreviated as a thorough second... Lyon Chairman Mr. Olas really thinks that just relying on such a team, he can still complete the five consecutive French Super Cup championships?

I didn't dream of doing this, what do you think of us Metz?

He turned his head to look at the other teammates and found that their faces had similar expressions to him - it was unhappy to be despised.

In fact, Lyon's players did not underestimate them. On the contrary, they were full of fighting spirit and hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of this game to perform well, prove their strength, and hope to get a stable first-team opportunity in the new season.

However, the speeches made by Lyon Chairman Oras still made the Metz players feel very unhappy.

You are Lyon, so you deserve to win the championship? Don’t forget that there are no teams in the football world... After the game started, Lyon’s second-team players performed very positively, but they faced a Metz who was determined to defeat Lyon again in Gerland, which gave people the feeling that they were "strength-free".

Everyone worked very hard, but they didn't use one.

Metz's team performed at a high level. Under the leadership of Chu Zhongtian, they continued to attack Lyon's goal. In addition, Mali central defender Sami Traore also performed very well in the game. He destroyed Ben Alpha's cross again and again, causing Lyon's offense to fail.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Metz scored first.

In the 34th minute, Chu Zhongtian was kicked back to the ground when he was getting the ball from the left side of the penalty area by Ben Alfa, who was kicked to the ground, and the referee gave Mets a free kick. Proman kicked the ball into the penalty area, and the central defender Traore, who joined the team, jumped high and headed the ball! In Lyon's penalty area, no one could compete with this central defender who was 1.94 meters tall, weighed 85 kilograms, and had excellent bounce power.

The football was smashed into Lyon's goal by Traore, and Lyon's goalkeeper Remy Vercoutre had no choice but to watch the football enter the goal.

The leading Metz players congratulated Traore, who had scored goals in the team, while waving his arms to the rostrum of the Gerland Stadium, where Lyon's club chairman Olas was sitting. The master's move to announce victory in advance before the game made Metz players very disgusted. Now it can be considered a chance to revenge.

"Mess leads! Is that scene in the French Cup last season going to repeat? At that time, Lyon faced Mess with no way..."

Metz fans shouted in the stands: "Super Cup Super Cup!"

※※※In the second half, Lyon relied on a controversial penalty to equalize the score.

At that time, Ben Alpha forced a breakthrough and Ibrahim Kabo, who was defending him, stretched out his feet to intercept the ball, but after seeing the football rolling forward from his toes, he immediately realized that this might be a trap... He quickly raised his hands and closed his feet at the same time. Despite this, he still bumped into Ben Alpha, and Alpha rolled and fell into the penalty area.

The referee blew a whistle and gave Kabo a yellow card, and also gave Lyon a penalty.

The penalty kick made the Lyon fans in the stands active, and Benzema sent the penalty amid their cheers.

But the Lyons were not happy for long. The goal did not hit Metz, but instead made them more fighting spirit.

In the subsequent game, Metz turned around and launched a continuous bombardment around Lyon's goal. Every attack seemed to be able to score a goal, which made Lyon fans frightened - how long did they experience this feeling last time? Four years or five years?

Hollier was also dissatisfied with the team being suppressed by Metz. Although he sent many second-team players, Kakapa, Karu and Kallstrom still had to be so weak.

Seeing him anxious off the court, the commentator joked again: "I really don't know if Hollier regrets putting so many main players in the stands..."

Even if he regrets it, it's useless now.

In the 77th minute, Metz launched an attack. After Obetan failed to break through on the right, he passed the ball back. Chu Zhongtian stepped forward to receive the ball and then transferred horizontally, passing the ball to the middle. Menetz, who pulled out, took the ball and turned around, and directly took a long shot!

Lyon goalkeeper Vilcut lost his hand. After the football bounced out, it just fell to Ibisekic's feet. If he had little confidence in the face of an almost empty goal, it would be unreasonable! What's more, after scoring the equalizer goal in the French Cup final, his confidence has also improved to a certain extent.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina forward did not stop the ball, but directly raised his foot and shot, and the football flew into the goal without any suspense.

After the ball entered, a Lyon player raised his hand to the referee. The linebacker complained that Messe's goal was offside first. But the referees ignored him. Ibisek just glanced at the linebacker and saw that the linebacker did not raise the flag, he rushed over to celebrate.

The goal was scored in the first game of the new season, which indicates a good sign and strengthens his confidence.

He yelled at the end, blew the depression of last season.

Although Lyon organized a counterattack after conceding the ball, as many as nine main players were absent. If they could still win back, Metz would not have any goal this season - it would be too embarrassing that the fat he got was snatched away by such a Lyon second team.

Metz defended the advantage of this goal to the end and finally won their first championship of the season - the French Super Cup!

There is nothing more satisfying for the Metz players than this. After winning the trophy, they ran and took a photo in the stadium, and they seemed very excited. The fans of Lyon did not have time to stay here to boo them, but quickly left after the game. Only the cheerful Metz fans were left in the stands at the Gerland Stadium. They sang Metz's team song and shouted: "We are the champions! We are the champions again!"

"Mess broke the four-year monopoly of Lyon's French Super Cup! Olas' dream of five consecutive championships was shattered..." The TV broadcast gave Lyon club chairman Olas a shot at a time. He sat in his position with a gloomy face, obviously not satisfied with the team's result.

But what can I do if I am not satisfied? Who made him say so much before? Is he slapped in the face now?

Hollier's mouth is a little harder: "It's better to lose this game than to lose the league championship. I'm satisfied with the performance of the players, of course Metz played well, and they deserve this championship. Congratulations."

Just looking at his expression, I feel a little sour no matter what... The dream of five consecutive dominances in the French Super Cup was shattered today. It may not affect the final league championship this season, but it has been enough to make the entire Lyon team and their club president feel bad for several days.

The media quickly abandoned the losers and ran to interview the winners and took photos of them by the way.

Someone who is interested compared the changes in Metz's lineup this season and last season, and thought that this team may bring a ray of fresh air to the dead Ligue 1 in the new season.
Chapter completed!