Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 73 Montpellier

As a manager, Shamali is still very conscientious. During this time, she not only started to learn Chinese, but also went back to Portugal to learn from Li Shou's words.

After Shamali left, Li Shou concentrated on preparing for the second round of the league. Monaco will welcome the 11-12 Ligue [-] champion Montpellier at their home court.

It was a dreamy and magical season for Montpellier. At that time, Paris Saint-Germain had set off a storm of gold dollars in Ligue [-], but this team, which had only returned to Ligue [-] for two seasons, actually overtook Paris Saint-Germain with gold dollars in the middle of the game, and finally won the championship of that season.

However, as a non-rich team, under normal circumstances, such brilliance will not last for too long, and the same is true for Montpellier. At the end of the season, the leading striker was poached by Arsenal.

The departure of the core players made Montpellier lose its true nature as a dark horse. At the end of last season, it only ranked ninth in the league. Without the dark horse, Paris Saint-Germain officially began to dominate Ligue [-].

"Monaco is indeed a newly promoted horse, but in the history of Ligue [-], I don't think that a newly promoted horse will be as strong as Monaco," Montpellier coach Jean Fernandez said sourly.

This is almost the norm throughout the Ligue [-]. The Ligue [-] transfer period is actually not worth seeing at all. Let’s say Montpellier, this summer’s investment is only a fraction of Monaco’s.

"We are indeed a little invested this summer, but this does not change the fact that Monaco is newly promoted," Ranieri habitually kept a low profile.

The head coaches of the two sides did not cause any topic of discussion, and the players of both sides did not initiate the battle, especially those players from their new home Monaco, who all held their own identities.

The Stade Louis II once again broke the attendance record in recent years. There were [-] fans in this game. If you count Montpellier, it would be close to [-].

"Today's Louis II's stands really saw the long-lost excitement," Polanke said with emotion.

The number of locals in Monaco is small. Although there are many tourists, Monaco's performance and lineup cannot attract tourists. However, this situation has changed with the investment in this season.

In addition to the attention brought by the huge investment, Li Shou's debut in Monaco also attracted a large number of tourists and students from China.

No, there is a small corner of the Louis II stand, the skin color of the people there is the same as Li Shou, and the five-star red flag is flying even more.

In fact, not only Louis II had more fans because of Li Shou's appearance, but in far away China, there were more channels for the live broadcast of the match between Monaco and Montpellier.

The last game was only broadcast live by the national sports station, but in the second round, several local sports stations have also broadcast the Monaco game live.

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"Players from both sides are on the field. Compared with the first game, Monaco's formation has changed to 442. Riviere, who performed well in the last game, ushered in the first start of the season." Barr seems to be always full of vitality.

"Rodriguez didn't even make the bench list," Polanke added later.

Rodriguez's performance in the last game was simply horrible, and he was ridiculed by many media after the game.

This is also the only change in Monaco. The other positions are completely unchanged. The starting goalkeeper is still Li Shou, the defense is Carvalho and Abidal partnering in the middle, Kurzava and Fabinho are on both sides, Tulalan and Obadi in the middle, Carrasco and Ocampos on both sides, and Falcao and Riviere in the striker.

In fact, Moutinho would usher in the starting lineup in this game, but Moutinho was injured in a training session. The Portuguese midfielder had to postpone his debut for a month.

Coincidentally, some players in the Montpellier team were also injured, and the impact was much greater than that of Monaco. Although Moutinho is not cheap, he has not played for Monaco after all, so the injury does not affect it for the time being, while Montpellier is the main goalkeeper. Although it is only a week, it has already affected the game.

Playing at home, Monaco showed its home momentum. It took less than 2 minutes to complete the first shot. Carrasco received a pass from his teammate and broke through the sidewalk to complete the bottom pass.

Both Falcao and Riviere rushed into the penalty area. The two forwards of Monaco are not tall, but their headers and physical fitness are good. The two central defenders of Montpellier are also not tall, so the advantage in the header belongs to Monaco.

Riviere, Falcao attracts the attention of defensive players, Riviere fights for the top at the back, staring at 6000 million worth, Falcao is like a light bulb on Monaco's striker, eventually attracting the attention of defensive players unconsciously.

Ranieri is also ready to take advantage of this, which is why Riviere came on the field and Falcao formed a double striker. As for the result, it will be proved later.

Monaco's first attack did not pose any threat, and then Montpellier counterattacked, but the ball was intercepted by Toulalan after half-time.

In the transition between offense and defense, Tulalan passed the ball to Ocampos. Compared with Carrasco, the Argentine genius obviously hoped to solve the battle by himself. After breaking through Thierne, he cut into the penalty area and then shot wide.

Montpellier Pionnier took a goal kick, Carvalho stepped forward to fight for the top, the ball fell to Monaco again, Toulalan received the pass and sent it forward decisively, Falcao took the ball again.

However, Falcao still did not usher in the first shot of the game. When he saw Obadi rushing up, Falcao used himself as a bait to create a long-range shot for Obadi.

"Three shots in 4 minutes, Monaco is a bit violent today." Duan Xuan was stunned by Monaco's strength. Although there are already local sports stations broadcasting Monaco's games, they can be used as the national official station. Naturally, you can't miss it. The national sports station has reached an agreement with France to broadcast Ligue [-] again this season, but there is only one game per week, and this game basically falls on Monaco.

Not only Duan Xuan was stunned, even the Monaco fans in the Louis II stands couldn't react. After all, Monaco fans haven't experienced such a strong opening for many years.

Montpellier was also a little confused by Monaco's opening kick. In the next ten minutes, Montpellier failed to threaten Monaco's goal.

"Should I consider giving up command?" Even Li Shou had the time to think about such a boring question to know the situation in Montpellier.

However, Li Shou's consideration is actually very necessary. Commanding and defusing the opponent's offensive is to reduce the opportunity for the goalkeeper to express himself, but from the standpoint of the team, proper command reduces the possibility of the team conceding the ball.

　Thanks to the two brothers of "Kaikaikaikai" and "Azheng 128" for their rewards

　　

　

(End of this chapter)