The Ball at Your Feet

Giuly and Zicos each had a red card, and the ten Eindhoven drew the nine Monaco away-this result, although it seems bitter, but Deschamps can only recognize it.

However, from a positive point of view in this game, Monaco scored 11 points, and Deportivo, who was second in the group, defeated AEK Athens and scored eight points. The next game will even be theirs. Winning Eindhoven was just eleven points. Even if Monaco lost to AEK Athens, the two teams would have the same points.

After the UEFA Champions League group stage points, we look at the relationship between victory and defeat. Monaco has one win and one tie, and the record is dominant. In other words, Monaco has secured the top spot in the group.

It is better to qualify first in the group than to qualify second in the group. After all, in the knockout rounds, the group is the first to play the second in the group. If Monaco is lucky, he might be able to draw a weaker group second. In that case, it might be possible to enter the quarterfinals.

But having said that, in the last group stage, Jiuli banned, Zicos banned, Zhao Yaning returned to the country, the three main positions in the front field had to be rotated, or the away game, it is really hard to say whether Monaco can win. If the group loses first to the bottom of the group, that's ugly.

"If there is a problem in this game, the primary responsibility is mine, and the second is Ludovic's. I am the coach and he is the captain. If there is a problem, we are naturally responsible." Deschamps was very firm on this issue. I concluded, "Fortunately, everyone has already realized what I want to make everyone aware of. You are very strong, and I don’t deny that. But if you don’t work hard, you will lose the same game."

This warning has been kept in mind by the players. After all, the victory of a Champions League match is gone, and the players still can't remember this blow.

In the game against Nantes, they played enough serious and careful.

In the first half of the game, Rothen’s corner kick assisted Give to set the record for Monaco. In the second half, Zhao Yaning assisted Cisse from a free kick and scored again. Two set-piece assists helped Monaco defeat the Canary and won again. The victory of a game.

After this game, Monaco also ushered in the last tough battle of the first half of the season.

Blue Coast Derby, against Marseille.

Although Monaco won the Ligue 1 championship last season, they had a big regret: they did not win any of the four Blue Coast Derby games.

Monaco, Marseille, Nice, and the three cities of Cinchona are together, and the three teams in these three cities have now won eight French championships in Marseille. Monaco has won eight times after winning the championship last year, and Nice has also had it. With four league championships-seventy years in the French Ligue 1, two-sevenths of the championships belonged to these three teams.

It is precisely because of this that the teams in the three midfield areas often have very fierce matches when confronted by two. The level of confrontation is also the highest in Ligue 1, because the three teams are all on the Mediterranean coast. , It is called the Blue Coast Derby.

And this season, Marseille's results are quite good. In the summer, they completed an extremely important signing, bought Drogba from Guingamp, and then around him, they started to build their own line of attack again.

And another equally important deal was that they loaned France's main goalkeeper Bartez from Manchester United.

Before the game started, Zhao Yaning was maliciously guessing that Batz’s star card must be a buttery hand, right?

In fact, aside from his inferior and unimaginable games at Manchester United, in other games, his strength is still quite good. In his three seasons at Manchester United, the real poor performance was actually only one season. In the other two seasons, he was a complete world-class goalkeeper, and he was perfect in the national team.

The only problem is that the season when he had a problem was really too much trouble. In addition, the giants can always magnify the mistakes of the players, and the impression he naturally left is the butter hand.

And the reason why he returned to France this year is because he wants to continue to retain his position in the national team. Manchester United cannot guarantee his chance to play. He also wants to play for the national team, so naturally he can only seek a transfer. After all, his competitor has Cooper, who has fought him for almost all his life.

Bartez and Coupet have always been France's No. 1 and No. 2 goalkeepers. The two of them are very similar in body shape, technical characteristics, and abilities, but because Bartez once joined Marseille and later went to Monaco, his highlight moments were more, while Cooper was born in Saint-Etienne and jumped to his rival Lyon, highlight moments Slightly worse, and not well-known, so Bartz has always been crushed.

But Bartez is now starting to make mistakes, and naturally Cooper's voice is also louder. In order to maintain his position, Barthes also gave up competing for a position in Manchester United, but went back to the next best place and returned to France.

After arriving at Marseille, his state is indeed back. In less than half a season, he became the former France's first goalkeeper again. Although Cooper was strong, he was stabilized by him.

And this Marseille, with a strong forward and an excellent goalkeeper, their strength has stabilized.

Because of this, they have the courage to arrogantly face Monaco.

"Monaco has indeed defeated a lot of strong teams. But maybe Deportivo is just out of form? Anyway, I only know that they did not beat Marseille in their championship last year. Our poor results in the European war are because we met Real Madrid and Porto, such a group, Monaco is just as useless as it comes."

Monaco disagrees with the words of Marseille coach Palin. At this time, the best way for provocative enemies is to defeat them.

"To deal with Marseilles, I don't think I need to say anything. Everyone knows how strong they are. Sebas, you go to mark Drogba, he is in good shape lately, you have to work harder. Joey, you Be careful yourself, their latest rookie midfielder Flamini's defense is still good, you have to think about it."

Zhao Yaning nodded, indicating that he heard Deschamps' words.

But at the beginning of the game, Monaco was given a disarm by Marseilles.

A long pass from Marais allowed Drogba to score the first record for the Marseille team in less than ten minutes.

"Monaco has encountered a rare trouble this season." The commentator was still a little excited about such a goal. "Within less than ten minutes into the game, Drogba used his header to break through Monaco's gate. This season. Marseille and Lyon are the only two teams that have beaten Monaco. After they defeated Monaco 2-0 in the League Cup, Marseille took the lead again in this game. Does it mean that the style of the Marseille team is more restrained than Monaco? What?"

Such speculation is more of hope than doubt. Monaco's combat effectiveness is too strong, and now it is still leading the way in Ligue 1, leaving the second-placed Lyon team by as much as five points. Such a situation is very uncommon in Ligue 1. No one has successfully defended the Ligue 1 for many years. This is also regarded as a sign of the prosperity and fierce competition in the Ligue 1 league. If Monaco really succeeded in defending the title, many people in France will be unhappy.

Last year, because Lyon was the defending champion and Monaco was the challenger, most of the media supported Monaco and disliked Lyon. This year, when the offensive and defensive is out of place, the attitude of the media has naturally reversed.

However, the media can influence the outside world, but not on the court. Although the goal was lost, Monaco quickly controlled the situation on the court. Once Monaco cooperated, Marseille could no longer resist Monaco's middle ground. The frontcourt advances.

In football, although there are many different ways of playing, the most respected one is the cooperation in the middle. Especially the small-scale cooperation of a few players is almost the most beautiful football game. And Monaco's style of playing ~www.ltnovel.com~ is also achieved by the cooperation of Zhao Yaning, Maicon and Jiuli. And the cooperation of the three of them quickly brought Monaco's first goal.

After a wing coordination, Maicon succeeded in the bottom, and then made a long pass and sent the ball to the penalty area. Morientes was stared to death, but he still managed to pass the ball to the header. Rothen on the left.

After Roten stopped the ball, he shot the ball into the goal with a long shot.

"Gooooal!!! Monaco equalized the score! A shot from Rothen!!! Monaco restored the scene again!"

This goal boosted Monaco's morale.

At this time, Zhao Yaning was in the middle and was constantly moving forward with the ball. The man responsible for guarding him is the rising star of the Marseille team, Flamini. He made his debut in Marseille this season and played very well, and his defensive ability has been recognized by many people. But his level is still a bit difficult to defend against Zhao Yaning.

At least for now, Zhao Yaning doesn't feel that his defense poses too much threat to him.

After the second half of the game, Zhao Yaning, who was familiar with his defensive characteristics, performed even better. At sixty-five minutes, Zhao Yaning found another chance.

After a sway in the middle, Zhao Yaning passed Flamini and rushed into the penalty area. Faced with a supplement, he slammed the brakes, shook off the defender, and then immediately shot.

Batz jumped up and threw the ball out.

But he threw the ball at the feet of Morientes, Morientes made a supplementary shot, making Monaco reverse the situation.

"2-1!!! Monaco won the game again!! They are completely unstoppable now. This is the strongest team in Ligue 1 and one of the best teams in the world!"