The Ball at Your Feet

Two days after the end of the match against Ajaccio, Monaco ushered in another match: the seventh round of the French Cup began. Monaco's luck was very bad. In the first round, they met the French giants Marseille. .

After all, the French Cup is different from the League Cup. The League Cup is just an event with little attention. Most of the teams sent youth teams to play, and few people really paid attention. The French Cup is different. It has a higher reputation and status. After all, this competition started very early, and the annual awards are presented by the French president himself. Although Zhao Yaning has been in France for more than a year, I don’t know who it is. The French president, but he is still willing to fight for such an honor.

Naturally, Deschamps would not give up easily. He had already said that he would fight for the third line to fight for a complete victory. His stubborn temper would not change because of the team's poor performance and the team's shortage of manpower. He still chose to let The main players of the team play this game. .

But the game was not so pleasant: Unlike the Monaco team, the Marseille team obviously did not have much interest in winning the French Cup. For them, they entered the European theater this season and sought a place in the European war. Is the top priority. They almost gave up their playing style. Not only did they put half of the team on the bench in one go, but they also looked half-dead in the game, with no will to resist.

However, the players of Monaco are very happy: there are not many times when they can meet the unresisting Marseille team. After all, the Marseille team is the No. 1 club in the French Ligue 1 and it has not been disastrous for so many years. In addition, the two sides are originally the Blue Coast Derby, which made the Monaco team full of morale, and the whole game played extremely happy.

Although the game finally won a 3:0 victory, Deschamps was troubled by his position: the double matches in a week were a major problem for Monaco. How tired to play on weekends?

Fortunately, the consecutive victories have indeed improved the players' spirits a lot. This is also the reason why Deschamps clearly saw that they were tired, and he was unwilling to let them rest.

Sure enough, as Deschamps had expected, when they were away against Strasbourg at the weekend, they were no longer brave. It is difficult for many of them to adapt to double matches in a week. Coupled with the fact that Rothen, who has just returned from injury, started to play, he can only say that his performance is average. No one of the Monaco players is particularly outstanding, and there is no merit in the whole game.

Zhao Yaning is naturally one of them. He also tried several times to break through, but he was blocked very tightly by the defenses of Strasbourg. This made Zhao Yaning in the game doubt several times: How did such a team that can't shrink out of people like Wenger back then?

The final result of the game ended in an ugly 0:0. Strasbourg was unable to attack, and Monaco was unable to attack. The double kick was a mess and ended in a tie.

"It seems that Monaco's victory is just taking the underdogs to show their strength. After encountering a slightly resistant opponent, they once again fell into a situation where they could not win."

The most violent criticism of Monaco is no one else, but the core authoritative structure of sports in France and the whole world, the winner of the Golden Globe Awards, the "Team Daily".

For a team, to be able to make the "Team Daily" speak out and criticize, it can be said that it has played very badly. After all, as the most authoritative media, in order to maintain its authority, "Team Daily" rarely fires at people. Since the beginning of the season, they have questioned the possibility of Lyon's succession and have not published any reports on any team in Ligue 1 Blamed.

But at this time, they stood on the opposite side of Monaco with a clear-cut stand.

"At the beginning of this season, Monaco showed us their excellent fighting ability, and even made us feel that they are a team with hope of winning. But now, we have to say that Monaco's lineup is thicker than Lyon's lineup. The thickness is still too insufficient. Deschamps obviously ignored the impact of injuries on the team. Moreover, at the same time, Deschamps’ refusal to give up the French Cup and the French League Cup makes people feel that his confidence has developed. It has become arrogant. The Ligue 1 league has just been restructured. Each team is groping for the rhythm of the game. At this time, even strong teams like Lyon have selectively given up on the cup. Monaco's lineup is not deep enough. There is no star like Paris who can determine the outcome with a single blow. What they should consider is to adjust their strategic deployment in time, rather than insisting on unnecessary multi-line combat."

The team newspaper’s comments have caused a lot of repercussions: they are the most authoritative newspaper in France and the world, and they are also the most objective when commenting. The teams that have been criticized by them will generally accept their opinions.

But that was just the reaction of others. The media everywhere will care about the views of the team newspaper and begin to criticize Monaco. The head coaches of all regions will care about the views of the team newspaper and comment on Monaco, but for Monaco, they don't care about this.

"Don't pay attention to the media, what the media say is always inaccurate. When you play well, they treat you as an angel. If a game is played badly, they will call you rubbish... if they want to fight back. , The best way is to win the next game instead of wasting saliva with them."

In his locker room, Deschamps spoke with a little contempt, "Believe it or not, when we get good results at the end of the season, they will definitely say that I am a far-sighted, outstanding young coach, extraordinary strength, and outstanding means? "

This remark caused a burst of laughter in the locker room, and also made Zhao Yaning a little bit emotional.

Isn’t all the media in the world the same? At the time of Manchester United's exchange of blood, not only Alan Hansen made a big deal, but CCTV also made a similar program, which was broadcast on China Central Radio’s “World Sports Report” under the name “Man United Enters Winter”. At the end of the season, after Manchester United won the double crown, CCTV made another program called "Manchester United into the spring".

The media is such an unscrupulous thing, they speak purely for fun.

"We still won't give up multi-line combat. Why? Because I want you to try to learn how to multi-line combat!"

"I know that you are young people. You don't know how to distribute your physical strength, and you don't know how to cherish the opportunity to run. But remember it to me, only this time. Next season we are going to play in the Champions League, if even the physical strength is allocated No, how can you play in the Champions League?"

Monaco is now only fourth in the league and still hasn't surpassed Marseille, but at this time Deschamps regarded the Champions League spot as something in his pocket, which encouraged the players.

"Why does the "Team" support Lyon? What answer do you give me? Because Lyon is stronger? But they were already very strong at the start of the game, and at that time "LaTeam" was bad for them. What's the reason? Because Lyon played away. Fighting, defeated Inter Milan 2:1, the Inter Milan with Vieri. They have become the pride of French football and will naturally be loved. Do you want the support of the media? Then, give me the The ability to multi-line combat has been developed. Next season, let's go to the European arena to do something!"

Inter Milan this season is the strongest Inter Milan in several seasons. Although Cooper's play style is not good, it does make Inter Milan a strong team. In the first half of this season, Vieri played a terrifying scoring efficiency of more than one goal per game, which made people look at Inter Milan for a while.

But such Inter Milan was defeated by Lyon away. It is precisely because of this that "Team" will still support Lyon even when no one defends their title in Ligue 1 for many years.

They are the pride of French football.

Now, what Deschamps has to do is to let Monaco embark on that path.

But the conversation in the locker room failed to inspire the major media.

"We can see that Monaco will be in a very unfavorable situation in the next few games~www.ltnovel.com~ Their next opponents will have Guingamp, Montpellier, Paris, Marseille, four teams. There will also be a French League Cup match against Auxerre. This schedule is really very unfavorable. Maybe Monaco will start to fight for relegation again when the second half of the season begins. Deschamps I still don’t understand the difference between being a coach and being a captain. You can’t criticize the players casually when you are a coach, they are not your teammates anymore.”

The most violent criticism of Monaco is the "Liberty Southern".

"Free South" is published in Montpellier, mainly facing the southern region of France. The reason why they are targeting Monaco is also because the next game will face Montpellier. The meeting of the two teams made the "Liberty Southern" start the evaluation of Monaco.

However, the war of words caused by this kind of evaluation was not a big deal for Deschamps. He casually dealt with this matter. "Five games? Guingamp is the only strong team, Marseille, Paris, Auxerre Not bad, Montpellier? They won’t break out before the end of the season to relegation."

Such an answer made the Montpellier Club very angry. It is true that they are a relegation team, but the relegation team also has its own dignity!

"Monaco should first consider how to defeat Guingamp. Compared to us, they are the enemy that Monaco needs to consider most."

Montpellier immediately made a counterattack, and Deschamps said nothing more about this counterattack.

Team Guingamp...

Ranked fifth in the league this season, strong, and drew back and forth with Lyon, Bordeaux, Marseille, and the giant killer Guingamp of many strong teams?

Let me see how well Drogba and Malouda are, the well-known striker combination of Guingamp.

The Monaco team can't wait.