Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 149 The Game Begins

"If I remember correctly, Paris Saint-Germain's last victory at the Louis II Stadium was seven years ago." Due to the active media, players on both sides gradually lost control of themselves.

With the appearance of other players, Li Shou and Ibrahimovic quieted down, but this was enough. The popularity of this game has surpassed the first round, and even attracted the attention of many fans.

According to the latest ticket sales, the Louis II stadium is likely to be full for the first time this season. Although the attendance rate in Monaco this season exceeds [-], the stands have never been full.

When was the last time it was full, I am afraid that few people can tell the specific time, which shows that the football market in Monaco is really not very good. Although the population of Monaco has a lot to do with it, there are countless people who come to Monaco to travel every year.

To put it bluntly, Monaco is not attractive to tourists. It is thanks to Li Shou that the attendance rate of Monaco has exceeded [-] this season. In other words, China has always been a big tourist country, plus there are overseas Chinese students who were originally in France and Europe.

For this game, France did not spare any effort, and also invited George Weah, a retired African star who played for Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain, successively.

The day before the official start of the game, the African superstar, who has retired from politics, visited Monaco and Paris Saint-Germain successively to cheer for the two teams.

"Guys, if we win this game, the championship must belong to us." Ranieri is a restrained coach, and such straightforward words are rarely said in the locker room.

"Champion~~~champion~~~champion" But what happens after the end of the season, at this moment, the Monaco players have only one thought, and that is to defeat Paris Saint-Germain and defend their home court.

Monaco's lineup has not changed much in this game. The goalkeeper is still Li Shou. The defense line is from left to right. Kurzawa, Carvalho, Abidal, Fabinho. The midfielder Ocampos ushered in his first start in the second half of the season. The remaining three are Toulalan, Moutinho and Rodriguez.

In the last round, Brother Chisa made his debut in Monaco, but the result was not very good, so Berbatov could only return to the bench in this game.

In fact, there is no need to arrange any tactics before the game, because the tactics have already been arranged, and the real thing to do before the game is to mobilize the interest of the players.

On the other side, the starting goalkeeper of Paris has not changed. Sirigu, who was crushed by Li Shou, the defense Maxwell, Thiago Silva, Alex and van der Weil, midfielder Thiago Motta, Matuidi and Verratti, striker Lucas Moura Jr., Pastore and Ibrahimovic.

With the appearance of players from both sides, warm cheers and boos broke out at the Louis II Stadium, cheers for the team they supported, and boos for the opponent.

In the VIP room of King Louis II, Prince Albert of Monaco came to the scene again, but unlike the first round, the boss of Monaco did not come this time. Coincidentally, neither did the boss of Paris.

However, there is an essential difference between the two who did not come. The boss of Paris is really busy, and although the boss of Monaco is also busy, the meaning of being busy is different.

Before the game actually started, the Luis II stadium fell into silence, and there was a moment of silence before the game, for Monaco's former president Pastore who had just passed away.

Of course, the silent mourning has little effect on the game. When the game really starts, how to play or how to play, and when it is time to shovel, it will never be soft.

The silence ended, George Weah walked in with the ball, and then under the whistle of the referee Lannoy, the game officially started, and Paris, which was playing away, took the lead in attacking.

Motta distributed the ball to the wing, Maxwell took the ball across the half and gave the ball to Pastore. Then Argentine Kaka was intercepted by Argentine Ronaldo.

It is rare to usher in the first game, and it is such an important focus of the game. Ocampos was very active, and his retreat also forced Pastore to pass the ball.

Ibrahimovic in the middle, Carvalho rushed up the first time the Swede got the ball, but Carvalho could not stop the Swede, who forced Carvalho away and shot a long shot.

"Oh~~~ It seems that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is greeting Li Shou." The Swede's long-range shot is still good, but the ball was confiscated by Li Shou directly.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's long shot and Li Shou's save reminded countless people of the first round. At that time, Li Shou still needed to prove himself in the game, and facing Paris Saint-Germain and Zlatan Ibrahimovic was undoubtedly the best opportunity.

Now, Li Shou still doesn't need to prove himself anymore, because he has already used his performance to tell everyone how good he is.

Li Shou threw the ball to Kurzawa, Monaco launched a counterattack, Kurzawa found Toulalan with one kick, and the latter gave the ball to Moutinho.

Moutinho passed the ball directly to Rodriguez. The latter dribbled the ball himself, but immediately passed it to Ocampos on the wing after attracting the defensive players.

In the cross, Ocampos did not break through with the ball after receiving the pass, but directly sent the ball into the penalty area at a 45-degree angle, but unfortunately, Monaco's striker failed to compete for the header.

Alex, this Brazilian defender has an individual name, a one-dollar defender. In the early years, Alex was favored by Chelsea, but he was sent to Eindhoven by Chelsea because he could not get a labor permit. Chelsea reached an agreement with Eindhoven. If Chelsea wanted to reclaim Alex, it only needed a symbolic payment of one dollar.

Alex's physical fitness is very good. Even if he is over [-] years old, he can still crush Germain. Monaco's first attack was finally cleared by Alex.

The offensive and defensive transition, the ejected ball fell at the feet of Verratti, who found Ibrahimovic with a long pass, but this time the Swede did not take the ball hard by himself, but passed the ball to Silvamora after attracting the defense.

The Brazilian wanted to break into the Monaco penalty area with the ball, but was strongly blocked by Kurzawa. Mora, who missed the best opportunity, could only pass the ball back to the center.

Pastore, although the Argentine was placed on the wing in this game, in fact he is more used to playing in the middle, otherwise he would not be called Argentine Kaka.

"Long shot~~~Li~~~ The ball was blocked by the Monaco goalkeeper again." Pastore's shot was powerful, but the angle was a bit lacking.

(End of this chapter)