Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 102 Reasons for Average Behavior

Li Shou took a goal kick and the ball came to Moutinho's feet. Portugal found Carrasco, who was resting in the previous game, and the latter found Falcao with another kick.

However, Monaco's first shot was not Falcao, but Riviere. It is said that Monaco's first shot has been Riviere several times.

Riviere's shot posed little threat to Reims' goal, and ended up over the bar before Reims scored again into the Monaco half.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, Lance took the absolute initiative, but except for the second shot that almost broke the goal, none of the other attacks could pose a real threat to the goal guarded by Li Shou.

No.13 minutes, Monaco made a quick counterattack, Reims midfielder sent an over-the-top long pass and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area, Li Shou attacked decisively.

"The conceded goal against Paris Saint-Germain did not affect Li at all." Some media spread rumors that Li Shou was afraid to attack because of the shadow of the conceded goal in the Paris Saint-Germain game.

"Counterattack, this is Monaco's chance." Li Shou punched the ball to the feet of Moutinho, who found Falcao with a direct pass.

After receiving the pass, Falcao immediately turned around, but when Falcao turned around, a figure suddenly appeared, and a direct shovel wanted to break the ball under Falcao's feet.

"Foul" Lance left back Turan.

"Red card" Monaco fans shouted and did not let the referee take out a red card, but a yellow card is indispensable, and gave Monaco a direct free kick opportunity.

Li Shou is obviously still a long time away from taking the free kick, so now he can only watch his teammates take the penalty. Moutinho and Falcao stand together at the penalty spot.

"GOOOOOOOOOOL~~~Goal in~~~ Monaco scored the first goal of the game, Falcao feinted and Moutinho scored."

Falcao took the lead, but the Monaco striker did not kick the ball, but Moutinho, who started with his back foot, completed the shot. The ball drew an arc and went straight to the lower right corner of the Reims goal. Agatha was obviously deceived by Falcao of Monaco and failed to make any saves.

"Li's attack once again created this opportunity for Monaco to score." Although it was Moutinho who scored the goal, Li Shou also had a lot of credit. Without his attack to clear the siege, Monaco would not have this quick counterattack and this free kick opportunity, so Barr, who is Li Chuan, will naturally not forget the credit of Li Shou.

Lance, who was behind, was obviously not reconciled, and immediately scored into Monaco's half after the game restarted. Unfortunately, under Li Shou's command, Lance's attack failed to complete the shot in the end, and even Monaco played another wave of counterattack.

Perhaps Lance himself didn't realize that they gradually lost their initiative with this conceded goal. No. 20 minutes, Ocampos's shot hit the side net.

Two minutes later, Monaco once again entered the Reims penalty area. Falcao hit the crossbar after receiving a cross from Carrasco. Monaco missed the opportunity to expand the game.

No. In 207 minutes, Obadi's long-range shot threatened Lance's goal again. Fortunately, Agatha performed well this time and flew to keep the ball out.

From No. 15 minutes to 32 minutes, Lance didn't even take a shot, and the ball was at the feet of Monaco most of the time.

No. In the 303rd minute, Lance completed his first kick for a long time, but the kick was a bit expensive. Forward Attar was injured because of this. De Préville's final shot was not threatening, and flew directly into Li Shou's arms.

Lance was forced to make a substitution, and this kick was Lance's last shot in the first half. When the first half ended, the score was still 1:0.

Although Monaco had an absolute advantage, in fact Monaco failed to expand its advantage, and this situation seemed to continue into the second half.

For this reason, Ranieri made a substitution in less than 10 minutes, Riviere was replaced, and the Colombian midfielder Rodriguez who came on the bench for Riviere.

Rodriguez's debut has brought about a lot of changes to Monaco's offense, but today's Monaco does not seem to have any luck in scoring goals.

Whether it was Falcao's shot from inside the penalty area, Rodriguez's long-range shot from outside the penalty area, or Ocampos and Carrasco's shots from the side, they still failed to break through the goal guarded by Agatha.

In addition to Monaco's own poor performance, it was also because of Agatha's outstanding performance. When the game came to No.804 minutes, Turan fouled again and got the second yellow card of the game and gave Monaco a free kick again. But this time Agatha blocked Monaco's free kick, so Agatha scored the highest after the game.

In contrast, Li Shou looked much inferior. In the second half, Li Shou also made several saves, but these saves were quite satisfactory. The most exciting save in a normal game was Lance's second shot in the 4th minute of the game.

However, there is a statistic that seems to be mentioned after the game, that is, the number of shots by Lance is only 9. In all the games that Li Shou started, Paris Saint-Germain's shots exceeded double digits.

This can also reflect how Li Shou's first start has improved Monaco's defense. In addition to the number of shots, there is also the most intuitive data to express the importance of Li Shou to Monaco.

That is conceded goals. Li Shou only conceded one goal in the first six games in the eight rounds of the league, and then compared with Subasic, it is even more obvious. At present, Monaco is also the goal with the fewest conceded goals in the Ligue 8, with a total of 4 goals conceded in the eight league rounds.

So Li Shou did not have any outstanding performances in these two games, but that was because the defense line under Li Shou's command resolved the opponent's many attacks.

In fact, this phenomenon is caused by the problems of Ligue [-] itself, that is, the strength of Ligue [-] teams is generally not strong, and they have not been able to create enough pressure to make Li Shou have no time to command, and even command is useless.

This can be seen from the Paris game. Facing the powerful Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco's defense could not withstand the impact of the Paris striker. In that case, they could only rely on Li Shou's saves to resolve the Paris attack.

Although Li Shou conceded a goal in that game, it did not affect Li Shou's score after the game. He was still the best player in Monaco.

Therefore, if you want to really threaten Monaco's goal and force Li Shou to make more saves, you need the opponent to be strong enough. In the last two rounds, the opponent obviously does not have such strength. This is the fundamental reason why Li Shou's performance is not as active as facing Paris.

(End of this chapter)