Chapter 839 The Joyful Days Arrive! Europe World Cup Qualifiers Begin! Climb, Conquer!!

It seems that the accumulation of data and honors on the field has already cast a dazzling aura and distance on him.

Undoubtedly, this feeling is quite nice, and it makes him even more eager to achieve greater accomplishments on this front.

group matches, mostly against weaker teams, he hopes to score more goals and get closer to the historical top scorer of the France team!

"Tomorrow’s opponent is Bulgaria, a third or fourth-tier European team."

On the evening of September 7, Deschamps held the final meeting in the Clairefontaine conference room, "I think everyone must be thinking, a third or fourth-tier team must have little competitiveness and will be easy to take down."

He paced back and forth, with the European Cup victory giving him a lot of confidence, making him believe that he is the best choice for this position.

"I do not deny it."

Deschamps first gave everyone confidence, "Facing such a team, we should not only strive for victory but also strive for a complete win at home, or even a beautiful big win.

"Many people may feel that even if you score a lot against such a team, it seems useless and lacks substance."

Pausing briefly, he continued, "But I want to say that the only opponent for people is themselves. You need to perform at your expected level and strive to exceed it, no matter who you face!

"Moreover, many scoring records and big win records are often set against teams and players weaker than you. During strong opponents’ duels, these opportunities are rare.

"If you do not cherish these matches, you will never defeat those who do value these opportunities.

"Because they understand that every match is very important, and performance against weaker teams is one of the crucial reasons that propel them to become top players and top teams!"

Deschamps initially chose a peculiar angle, then moved to the main topic, "Moreover, do not underestimate the opponent, Bulgaria is not weak, their world ranking is around 72.

"Several players in the team are the core of Bulgarian First League giants Ludogorets and Sofia Central Army, along with core players from many Russian Super League giants.

"This time they have great fighting spirit, and their performance might not be weaker than that of the Czech Republic and Denmark.

"If you are slightly careless, they will take points from you, or even hand you a defeat.

"Alright, later the data analysis coach will conduct the final pre-match analysis for you."

Deschamps clapped, and an assistant coach carrying a laptop came to the podium, plugged in a USB drive, and started playing a long video for explanation.

The players listened attentively, learning a lot about the characteristics of Bulgarian players, their recent formations, and tactical approaches, and possible scenarios that might arise in tomorrow’s match.

Not long after, led by Ma’el, the crowd in the conference room shouted together, "France team! Go.....!!"

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The next evening, at half past seven, the Stade de France, which can accommodate 80,000 spectators to watch the game together, was dazzling with lights and fully packed; at least 70,000 French fans had come to the scene.

"France... France!!"

Their shouts were extremely unified, each time they surged like a tidal wave, rolling back and forth within the field, causing a mini earthquake in the stadium.

"Dun dun dun.....!"

As he entered the field to music, Ma’el glanced around the stadium with surprise and awe in his eyes.

On one hand, he had never seen so many fans supporting their team in a national team match. During the European Cup, because many spectators were from the opposing sides, only twenty to thirty thousand French spectators showed up, barely half of today’s number.

Even in club matches, he had never witnessed a scene where more than 70,000 Arsenal fans cheered for him enthusiastically.

Once the cheering number exceeded the 30,000 barrier, each additional 10,000 would double the magnitude of the impact.

You would feel that there are people behind you, giving you a special sense of security and motivation for the match.

On the other hand, he did not expect that even for a European Qualifiers match against Bulgaria, so many fans would come to cheer them on.

In his impression, European Qualifiers matches were not that important, the strength difference was obvious, and weaker teams were just small monsters for strong teams to gain experience from, not arousing much desire for on-site watching.

However, recalling how he valued the Asian Qualifiers in his past life, and how fans of strong Asian football countries like Japan, Korea, Australia took them seriously, he understood.

No matter what, it determines whether the team can appear in the World Cup, and such matches are extremely important to people from any region!

"Go ahead guys... we are right behind you, singing for you, trembling for you.....!"

"Dreams are so wonderful, enough to make us rise... passing, shooting, scoring, let our hearts beat for you.....!"

Not long after, amid the fans’ singing, the players of both sides completed the pre-match rituals, stood in their respective halves, and formed circles to cheer for each other.

"Come on, come on!!"

Ma’el put his hand in the center of the French players, looked around and said: "With so many people watching us, we must deliver a wonderful game! Go climb, go conquer!!

"France team, go.....!!"

French players scattered, ran to their respective positions, and the main referee then blew the whistle to start the match, "Beep!!"

This opening match of the 14 World Cup European Region Qualifiers officially kicked off.

Ma’el, who had already scored 18 goals for the France team, started his new journey with a goal to surpass the team’s historical top scorer Henry, who netted a total of 51 goals for the France team.

It is not a distant goal; maybe, developing along this path, around the 14 World Cup, he could hope to surpass the record.

Now, it is time to lay a solid foundation, he needs to seize every scoring opportunity and get closer to the target!

If he can surpass legendary star Henry’s entire career goal achievements at both the club and the France team levels before 22, then presumably, he is very close to his ultimate goal.

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ps: There is another Chapter to be posted later. I have had a headache and started late today. The next Chapter will complete the writing for two games.