Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 66 The first round opponents of the league

In the game against Niort, Li Shou started the game. This kind of treatment has never been seen before. Li Shou also told Ranieri with his wonderful performance that his choice was not wrong.

3:0, Niort still failed to break through the goal guarded by Li Shou. Counting this friendly match, Niort has failed to break through the goal guarded by Li Shou in three games.

Stimulated by Li Shou, Subasic also played very well, helping the team beat an opponent also from Ligue 2 with a 0:[-].

The opponents Ranieri arranged for the team are not strong. This is mainly because Monaco now has too many new players and their tactics have changed. The need is not to test the strength of strong enemies, but to run the lineup through friendly matches.

Next there are three opponents, Li Shou occupies two starting games, and Subasic plays one. The starting players arranged by Ranieri also discovered the change in the position of the goalkeeper.

In the third game, Abidal also appeared in the starting lineup. He and Carvalho formed the Monaco central defender partner.

Seeing this situation, Caguemacha took the lead in proposing to leave. Except for the two veterans, Caguemacha is actually the strongest. However, this former Uruguayan genius was not very willing to serve as a substitute for the team, and finally went to Valenciennes on loan to continue to be teammates with Medjani.

"What do you think of Lee and Daniel?" After five friendly matches, Ranieri called two veteran players, Carvalho and Abidal, to his office.

"Both of them are very good," said Abidal, the captain, after Abidal and Carvalho glanced at each other.

"Get straight to the point" Ranieri did not call the two to his office for the sake of being bureaucratic. If Monaco wants to achieve good results this season, the defense is particularly important.

"If we really talk about cooperation, Li and I feel better," Carvalho said.

"Actually, I also think that Li is more suitable for us two old guys." Now that Carvalho has expressed his opinion, Abidal stopped playing bureaucratic.

"Yeah, Li has a very broad vision. He can often judge the opponent's offensive line and direct us. Seriously, this helps us a lot." Carvalho is 35 years old and Abidal is 34 years old. For veteran players, experience is an advantage, but reaction and speed are disadvantages. Li Shou's command can make up for this to some extent, allowing the two to respond in advance.

"Daniel is more focused on defending in front of the goal," then Abidal said.

"I see." Ranieri nodded.

Although Abidal and Carvalho have cooperated with Li Shou in several friendly matches, Ruolun's understanding of Li Shou is definitely not as good as that of Ranieri himself. The reason why he asked the two was to express his importance to these two veterans, and to listen to objective evaluations.

Both Carvalho and Abidal have just joined the team and have worked with Li Shou and Subasic, so they should be able to maintain an objective evaluation.

With the end of the next five friendly matches, the time has come to August unknowingly, which also indicates that the journey of the new season is about to kick off.

At this time, the training arranged by the coaching staff will be gradually reduced. This is done to avoid any injuries and to allow the players to recharge their batteries and prepare for the upcoming new season.

Even Ranieri gave the players two days off, which is the last holiday before the start of the season, but Monaco's task this season is actually not heavy.

As a newly promoted team, Monaco does not have the task of intercontinental competitions, and as a Ligue [-] team, it does not need to participate in the first few knockout rounds of domestic cups, so Monaco needs to focus on the league in the early stage.

No, it should be said that Monaco's main focus this season is the league. Why did the Russian oligarchs invest so much money?Isn't it just to break the wrist with Paris Saint-Germain?

In fact, the French media has not yet started the league and has begun to expect and hype Monaco against Paris Saint-Germain. This is the most watched game in Ligue [-] in recent years, and even attracted the attention of other European media.

The two teams are piled up with gold dollars. Monaco has spent 4000 million this season, and Paris Saint-Geres is not to be outdone, spending more than 1000 million.

These two teams invested more than a lot of giants in the transfer market, and they also attracted the attention of the whole of Europe, but this attention did not last long, because the major European giants followed closely.

But this has nothing to do with Li Shou. Li Shou, who has a rare vacation, does not plan to cook at home anymore. After all, the new season is about to start, and he also wants to take advantage of the time to relax.

So Li Shou and Sha Mali's lunch and dinner meals were settled outside during the two-day holiday. It is said that this was the first time Li Shou ate outside for two consecutive days.

To be honest, Li Shou is not as familiar with Monaco as Samari. In the past season, Li Shou spent all his time on the training field. After Son Yejin returned to Monaco, the team started training again, but he failed to take Sun Yezhen out. In addition, there is another reason, that is, this guy can never drive.

During these two days off, Li Shou could have gone to study, but then he thought that the next period of time would be relatively free. In the next two months, Monaco will have one game a week, and there will be an international game day after the fourth round, which is enough for him to get his driver's license. After all, Monaco is not a domestic country, and there is no need to queue for a driver's license.

After the two-day holiday, Monaco assembled again. There are only five days left before the first round of the league, and Monaco's opponent in the first round is the Ligue [-] powerhouse Bordeaux.

Bordeaux's red wine is famous all over the world, and the Bordeaux football team also plays a pivotal role in Ligue [-]. The seven consecutive championships of Lyon, the former overlord of Ligue [-], came to the end of Bordeaux.

Although Bordeaux started to have some ups and downs after winning the championship, even so they have not fallen out of the middle and upper reaches of the standings, which is unmatched by Monaco.

Monaco's historical background is not worse than Bordeaux. The last championship before Lyon opened the era of seven crowns was won by Monaco. In the Ligue [-] championship record, Monaco also has one more championship than Bordeaux.

But in the past two years, Monaco has not been able to compare with Bordeaux. Even though Monaco has invested heavily this season, Monaco is still just a newly promoted team.

Of course, no team really dares to treat Monaco as an ordinary newly promoted team. The 4000 million in the transfer market is not for nothing. Those players are preparing for the first round of the league right now.

"Bordeaux is a strong opponent, it is a test for this brand new Monaco," Ranieri said in an interview.

What Ranieri said is the truth. Although Monaco's goal is Paris Saint-Germain and the Ligue [-] champions, the upcoming first round is indeed an important test for Monaco.

　The new season is about to start, Li Shou said that he needs the support of his brothers

　　

　

(End of this chapter)