Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 160 Free Kick

After the No.30 four rounds of the league ended, the atmosphere in Monaco's training ground was a bit depressing, and the pressure was two-way. Paris Saint-Germain was under tremendous pressure, so why not Monaco.

Especially when the league comes to the end, after 34 rounds, there are only 4 rounds left in Ligue [-], and these four rounds will completely determine the champion of this season.

"Guys, take it easy," even though Ranieri has been trying to relieve the pressure, but the effect is not obvious.

In this atmosphere, the No.30 five-round league kicked off. Monaco will be a guest in Ajaccio, the first team confirmed to be relegated this season. After 34 rounds, Ajaccio only scored 20 points.

It stands to reason that Monaco should win this game steadily, because Ajaccio has already confirmed its relegation, not to mention the player's status, even the morale has been low. Perhaps for the Ajaccio players, they need not to compete, but to find another home in a hurry to stay in the top league.

But facing such a relegated team, Monaco started off quite poorly. The midfield was unorganized, the forwards were like headless chickens, and the only thing left was the defense.

Li Shou's ability to withstand pressure is undoubtedly much stronger than that of his teammates. Even in Li Shou's mind, pressure can be turned into motivation, allowing him to concentrate more on the game, because this guy is eager to be the protagonist and a hero.

In addition to Li Shou, Carvalho and Abidal also performed relatively calmly. After all, these two players are players who have seen big storms. Before coming to Monaco, they have been playing for the top giants in European football.

In the first three and 10 minutes of the first half, Monaco played pretty badly. No, it should be very bad, because Monaco was still suppressed by Ajaccio in the first three and 10 minutes. If it weren’t for Monaco’s defensive performance, Monaco might have conceded the goal.

Especially in the No. 205 minute, Monaco was intercepted in the frontcourt, and Ajaccio made a quick counterattack. Fortunately, Li Shou was standing in front of Monaco.

Faced with Ajaccio's counterattack, Li Shou made a decisive attack, relying on his strong starting speed and explosive power to complete the clearance before Ajaccio striker Tallo touched the ball.

After three and 10 minutes, Monaco's performance began to improve. After all, the strength of Monaco's players was there. As time passed, the players slowly adjusted.

But this only made the scene a little better. Offensively, Monaco still had no achievements before the end of the first half, and the score was still 0:0 at halftime.

"Monaco needs someone to stand up on the offensive," Barr expressed the aspirations of all Monaco people.

But who can stand up?Rodriguez?Or Berbatov, who scored the only goal in the last game and continued to start this game?

"If you can't do it, create a direct free kick for me in the second half," Li Shou said when he returned to the locker room.

Obviously, Li Shou was very dissatisfied with Monaco's performance in the midfield in the first half, but he also had this qualification to be dissatisfied, because Li Shou's defense was impeccable.

"Li, are you sure?" Ranieri looked straight at Li Shou without saying anything to the other players.

In the first half, Ranieri was also very dissatisfied with Monaco's midfield. Although it improved later, it was still unsatisfactory in terms of performance.

"Sure." Li Shou hesitated a little in his heart. His original answer was "I can try", but in the end he gave an affirmative answer.

If you don't believe it yourself, it's just a joke in the end, and since the words have been spoken, then have the determination and confidence to do it.

"Okay, strengthen the breakthrough in the second half and create free kick opportunities for Li." Ranieri chose to believe in Li Shou.

As the head coach of the team, Ranieri has always known that Li Shou will practice free kicks again, although he does not support Li Shou to do so. As a head coach, Ranieri has always felt that the goalkeeper should stand on his own goalkeeper instead of thinking about scoring goals.

But in the current situation, Ranieri has no choice. Instead of looking forward to the frontcourt players in this game, it is better to give Li Shou a chance. After all, Li Shou has used miraculous saves in the past to keep the goal clean.

Ranieri is actually very clear that without Li Shou's incredible saves, Monaco would have fallen behind, especially after Falcao was reimbursed for the season.

Following Ranieri's tactical order, everyone's attention was focused on Li Shou again. As a teammate, the Monaco players also knew that Li Shou had been practicing free kicks in the past month, but Li Shou had never actually kicked in training.

So the only person in Monaco who knows Li Shou's free kick level is the goalkeeper coach Pellizaro. Although Pelizzaro does not accompany Li Shou to practice every day like before, he often helps Li Shou and even helps Li Shou to make records.

"George, what's the level of Lee's free kick?" Ranieri immediately found Pellizzaro after coming out of the locker room.

"The shooting rate is very good in training, but it remains to be seen in the game." Pellizzaro gave a quite satisfactory answer.

Although Ranieri decided to gamble on Li Shou again, he was a little worried about gains and losses when he actually made a decision.

However, it is impossible for Ranieri to regret it, because the players from both sides have re-appeared, and the second half of the game has also begun.

Ajaccio launched an attack, but quickly found an interception by Toulalan. The French midfielder can be said to be the only player with a normal performance in Monaco's entire midfield.

Although Tulalang failed to steal the ball, he also created opportunities for his teammates. Tulalang's press forced the opponent to pass the ball.

Monaco switched offense and defense, and Moutinho passed a direct pass to Rodriguez, who rushed into the hinterland of Ajaccio with the ball, and the whistle sounded when he was about to attack Ajaccio's penalty area.

Then all the Monaco players turned to look at Li Shou in front of the goal. To be honest, Li Shou himself was a little stunned by this situation. Less than a minute after the start of the second half, Ranieri's tactics were still really implemented. Ajaccio sent a direct free kick first.

"This is a long-distance free kick opportunity, 31 meters away from the goal~~~ What's the situation, why do you look behind?"

"Oh~~~God~~~ Li came up, is he going to take this free kick?" Although the opportunity came unexpectedly early, Li Shou still walked forward.

"What the hell is going on? Li really wants to take this free kick?" Barr still couldn't believe this fact.

Or almost all Monaco people don't believe it, because Li Shou has never taken a free kick, and there is no media report that Li Shou will take a free kick.

(End of this chapter)