Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 23 Chance?

The battle for the top spot is indeed fierce, but it is not so good for Monaco, because Guingamp, who has been in excellent form recently, has turned away from home at the beginning of the game.

In the first [-] minutes of this game, Monaco has been suppressed by Guingamp. Fortunately, Monaco's defense performed well and did not give Guingamp too many opportunities.

Guingamp, who was in power but not scoring, began to decline in physical fitness after nearly 10 minutes of strong attack. Monaco took advantage of the situation to fight back. Guingamp's right back made a fatal mistake and kicked Ocampos' pass into his own goal.

After taking the lead, Monaco set off a frenzy of counterattacks, but under the frenzied attack, there were also mistakes in the defense. As the goalkeeper, Subasic also failed to create miracles. Guingamp chased the score to 1:1 before the end of the first half.

After changing sides, Monaco finally regained their home advantage, but it was their opponent who scored the first goal in the second half. In 1 minute, Guingamp center Jatabarre received a cross from Gilberto and beat Medjani to blast the ball into the goal guarded by Subasic.

The plot of the first half was repeated again, but the offensive and defensive sides were reversed. The lagging Monaco counterattacked frantically and firmly occupied the situation on the field, but they gained momentum and failed to score.

Guingamp, who overtook the score, focused on defense. The head coach of Guingamp is a sensible person, knowing that his team is still not as strong as Monaco, so he immediately focused on defense after the overtake.

Italian coaches have always looked down on coaches from other leagues, but in this game, Guingamp coach Guvenek seems to have taught the well-known Ranieri a lesson.

The first half was anti-offensive, and the second half was a defensive counterattack. Ranieri's Monaco was clearly arranged.

If it weren't for the gap in strength between the two sides, the game might have ended in Guingamp's victory. When the game entered stoppage time, Monaco finally turned the advantage into a goal and fixed the score at 2:2.

The draw is an acceptable result for both parties, although this draw once again allowed Nantes to tie Monaco in the standings, and at their home court, Nantes finally ushered in their first victory in the second half of the season.

With the end of the 22nd round of the league, the competition for promotion places has become more and more intense. This is different from Ligue [-]. The current Ligue [-] Paris Saint-Germain is the best. The former overlord Lyon can only compete with Marseille for the runner-up.

It's a pity that no matter how fierce the competition in Ligue [-] is, it can't attract the attention of fans and the media. Apart from the die-hard fans of the team, most of the fans like to watch the top league and watch the giants, let alone the media. Their pursuit is the hot spot.

The lack of media harassment is actually a good thing for the team itself. The club does not have to worry about the media digging out any messy things about the team, and can concentrate on preparing for the game.

Let’s just talk about Monaco, which is a tiny country with a small number of fans, and the media will not focus solely on football, because Monaco has too many things worth reporting.

Therefore, the pressure on the Monaco players mainly comes from within, from head coach Ranieri. Although a draw is acceptable, Ranieri is still dissatisfied.

Because the club management put pressure on Ranieri, according to Monaco's investment in Ligue [-], the current results are definitely not proportional.

In the eyes of the club owner, Monaco should be like Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue [-], not like it is now.

Since the club owner is dissatisfied, the management will naturally have to do something, so Ranieri is the one who is responsible, and this is also the responsibility that the head coach must bear.

Ranieri was pressured by the club, so he could only express his dissatisfaction with the players under his account. This is football.

So in the following week, the Monaco players can only train carefully and hard, and strive for the next round to help the team return to the winning track.

The best solution to the so-called pressure and conflicts is to win on the pitch. The iron rule in football matches is that the winner is king, and any filth can be covered up under the victory.

"Little guy, your mentality is very good recently." After a day of training, Li Shou and Pellizzaro began to move the training equipment back to the storage room.

"Teacher, I'm just a backup goalkeeper. Whether the team wins or not has nothing to do with me. Besides, I train so hard, even if the head coach is dissatisfied, he can't take it out on me." Li Shou shrugged.

In this more than half a season, Pelizzaro not only often helped Li Shou to practice more, but also taught Li Shou a lot of things, helping Li Shou to move towards a real professional player.

Therefore, the teacher Li Shou called him as sweet as he wanted, and Pelizzaro deserved it, and everyone has feelings. The relationship between them has already surpassed the relationship between ordinary players and coaches.

"Hahaha~~~ That's the reason." Although it has been emphasized that the team is a whole, the team's poor record really has nothing to do with the goalkeeper who can only sit on the bench.

What is the role of the goalkeeper?Try to ensure that the goal you are guarding does not lose the ball, but the victory of a football game depends on scoring. As long as you always score one more than your opponent, you can win the final victory.

"But even so you have the slightest slack," Pellizzaro said.

"Huh? What does the teacher mean?" Li Shou's training situation is clear to Pellizaro, and it is precisely because of this that Pellizaro will never say such a thing.

"When an opportunity comes, it's up to you whether you can grasp it." Pellizzaro's words have already hinted clearly.

"Ranieri is dissatisfied with Subasic's performance?" This was Li Shou's first thought.

Because Pellizzaro will not say this to himself for no reason, and as an absolute confidant of Ranieri and the team's goalkeeper coach, he will definitely get the news as soon as possible.

"But Subasic's performance is not bad." Li Shou couldn't help recalling Subasic's performance, and then got data from Pellizzaro to prove this point.

At present, Monaco has played 22 league rounds, and the goal guarded by Subasic has conceded exactly 22 goals. The average conceded goal per game is not bad.

Li Shou couldn't see any problems, so he stopped thinking about it. Since Pellizzaro told him not to relax, he just continued to train hard.

Besides, although it is impossible for Pellizaro to say this for no reason, it is not absolute. It may be that Pelizzaro feels that the long-term substitute has worn out Li Shou's patience and deliberately said these words to motivate him.

Li Shou wasn't thinking about Pellizaro's words, but he didn't ask either. He didn't want to make things difficult for his teacher. After all, Pellizaro was Ranieri's confidant and even the team's goalkeeper coach.

Li Shou didn't think about it anymore, but the opportunity seemed to really come. In the No.20 third league, Monaco challenged Arles away.

　New week, ask for a recommendation ticket

　　

(End of this chapter)