Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 47

Nimes' tactics are mainly defensive, and Monaco is also good at defense, even Monaco is better than Nimes, because the head coach of Monaco is from Italy, so the last thing Monaco is afraid of is playing a team that is good at defense.

Not to mention that Monaco's starting goalkeeper in this game is still Li Shou. Li Shou's wide vision is almost abnormal, and he is most afraid of opponents who counterattack with this kind of defense.

Or this is why Ranieri chose Li Shou in this game, and Li Shou did not disappoint Ranieri.

In the 5th minute of the game, Nim launched the first wave of offensive, but under the command of Li Shou, Nim's first offensive ended in failure.

In the 13th minute, Nim got a very good counterattack opportunity. Monaco's attack was interrupted. Granik made a long pass to Kone. The latter forced Medjani away with a header. In the end, before he could catch the ball, Li Shou rushed out to make a big clearance.

No. In the 20th minute, Nim seized the gap put in by Chavelas and launched a counterattack. Rober received the incoming ball and crossed into the penalty area obliquely, but Li Shou made a shovel to clear the siege again.

Li Shou didn't attack out of his mind. When Rober received the pass, Nimkone hadn't followed. In this case, most players would choose to rush into the penalty area with the ball, so Li Shou rushed out directly.

"God, Nimes didn't hit the goal in the first 10 minutes. They set a record this season," Barr joked.

In fact, Nim's first shot was delayed by 6 minutes. It was not until the No. 206 minute of the game that he actually completed the first shot, and the shot was not within the range of the goal frame.

Nimes was so limited that it could never really threaten the goal guarded by Li Shou, while Monaco was completely opposite. In the first 25 minutes, Monaco had six shots, but only two shots were within the range of the goal frame.

Nimes did a good defense, but in fact Monaco's offense is also good. The main reason why they did not really threaten the opponent's goal is that Monaco's striker did not perform well enough.

Germain has been out for a long time. Ocampos has good skills at his feet, but there has been no improvement in shooting skills.

This situation did not change until the end of the first half. Throughout the first half, Monaco took ten shots and four corner kicks, but they did not score a single goal.

On the other side, Nim was going to be miserable. Under Li Shou's command, Nim shot twice throughout the first half, and the only two shots were not within the range of the goal frame.

"Although Monaco's goal is not very good, but Monaco's defense is very good" This sentence is the best interpretation of Monaco's first half situation.

"Replacing Li is undoubtedly the right choice. Looking at Monaco's performance in the first half, and then looking at the previous few games, it is completely two levels." The first Li Chuan started again.

In fact, Ranieri was very satisfied with Li Shou's performance, but the Italian coach was very dissatisfied with Monaco's attack in the first half, and Ranieri went back to the locker room with a straight face.

"In the second half, I hope we will play more patiently." With the current situation, the only way Ranieri can think of is to substitute, but the midfield substitution will be a blow to the players personally, especially the Argentine genius Ocampos who started this game.

In fact, Ranieri is quite tolerant in his bones, and it is precisely because of this that he has been interpreted as weak by the media. If a tougher head coach is replaced, Monaco may be replaced at halftime.

Somewhat dissatisfied with the midfielder, but satisfied with Ranieri's defense led by Li Shou, and the observation of this half of the game also made Ranieri even more satisfied with Li Shou.

But at the same time, it also made Ranieri more vigilant, because he found that Li Shou was getting better and better.

In fact, people are like this. When you hate a person, no matter what the person does, you feel disgusted, but when you appreciate a person, the situation will be completely reversed.

This is the situation of Ranieri now. He started to appreciate Li Shou gradually after looking squarely at it, thus gradually magnifying Li Shou's advantages. Coupled with the pressure brought by the imminent promotion to the first division, Ranieri is a little worried about gains and losses.

After the 15-minute intermission, the two sides returned to the court, and there was no change in the lineup. Although Nimes performed poorly in the first half, the head coach did not plan to make adjustments from the lineup.

With only three rounds left in the league, Nim basically has nothing to desire this season. The league points rank in the middle, and there is no hope of promotion and relegation.

In the second half, Monaco had the kick-off right and quickly completed the first wave of attack, but the situation was similar to that of the first half. Although the shot was completed, it never posed a real threat.

Nimes on the other side is actually the same. They still didn't complete such a kick in the first 10 minutes of the second half, and even waited for 10 minutes and still didn't shoot.

Faced with this situation, Ranieri couldn't sit still. In the 705th minute, Ranieri used center Toure to replace Ocampos, and Monaco started the two-wing mode.

Monaco's offense began to change after flying down from both wings. Toure is tall and strong and has excellent header ability. Although Germain is only 1.8 meters tall, his header ability is also good with the blessing of physical fitness.

Seeing that Monaco's offense gradually threatened his own goal, the head coach of Nimes also began to change players, but the height of Nimes' central defenders was not outstanding, so the coach began to start from the midfielder.

Two defensive midfielders came on the stage, and the coach of Nimes tried to use the defensive midfielder to contain Monaco's two sides, but the effect of this was still good, and Monaco's two wings were slightly contained.

However, after replacing the defensive midfielder, Nim's offense became more difficult, so that Nim only had a poor shot in the second half.

This shot was right on target, relying on the cooperation of Granik, Rober and Kone to tear open Monaco's defense, Granik rushed into the penalty area and completed a strong shot.

I have to say that the quality of the shot was good, and the goal went straight to the upper right corner, but the goal that Nim was expecting did not happen in the end, because the hands of the goalkeeper wearing the No. 11 jersey were in front of the ball.

"Wow~~~ Li~~~ He actually caught the ball with both hands." Barr is not exaggerating this time. Granik's shot is not weak. Normally, the choice is to push it out of the baseline, but Li Shou chose to catch it directly.

Yigaoren's boldness may describe Li Shou at this moment, and the Nim players did not expect Li Shou to catch the shot directly, which gave Monaco almost a fast break.

Li Shou immediately passed the ball to Chavelas, who sent it to Carrasco. Monaco took the ball and went down the side. Toure and Germain desperately followed and rushed into the penalty area of ​​Nimes.

(End of this chapter)