Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 18 Contrasts in Monaco
When Situ Yunbing walked into the Velodrome Stadium, Marseille's home stadium, he looked up at the majestic stands, and he really felt like "looking at the sky from a well".

Among the stadiums of Ligue [-] clubs, Marseille's Velodrome Stadium is the largest and the absolute top of Ligue [-]!
Anyway, Marseille is also the king of the last century, and it is also the only team in the history of the French team to win the Champions League. It is no exaggeration for this honor and the top stadium.

Situ Yunbing looked around to see which side of the visiting team's coaching bench was. He saw a group of people sitting on the coaching bench of the home team. The Marseille coaching staff headed by Gretz was also looking at Situ Yunbing. With a weird smile on his face, he was sizing up Situ Yunbing and whispering, his eyes were full of jokes, looking at Situ Yunbing was like looking at a clown.

Gretz quickly looked away, and was even stingy to say hello to Situ Yunbing.

Situ Yunbing turned around and walked towards the coach command area of ​​the visiting team, facing the field with a grim expression.

The starting players of the two teams have already lined up in the stadium for the kick-off ceremony. The Velodrome Stadium echoed with the cheers of the Marseille fans. There was no cheering from the Monaco fans at all. Maybe there were no Monaco fans in the stands.

The generals of Monaco look natural, but the Marseille players are calm and confident.

The temperament is quite different.

"Good evening, all viewers, welcome to the 6th round of Ligue [-], a focus match, Marseille is playing at home against Monaco.

In the new season of Ligue 5, only 13 rounds of matches have been played. Lyon, the top team, performed the best and stably. They scored 5 points, while Marseille performed well, scoring 11 points in 5 rounds. Monaco was relatively poor, with only 8 points. It has already fallen behind to the leader Lyon by as many as [-] points, and it can be said that it is only one step away from the relegation zone.

Marseille played a Champions League group match at home in the middle of the week. They lost 1:2 to the Premier League giants Liverpool. This may have a certain negative impact on them today. Monaco lost to Lorient at home last week, and the morale of the army fell In the trough, there was a fierce conflict among the generals within the team. It was unexpected that Situ Yunbing was not fired by the Monaco club. Now no one is optimistic about his prospect of coaching Monaco.

No one doubts that his continued coaching is nothing more than lingering, and maybe after another loss or two, he will be replaced.

Before today's game, the media was overwhelmingly optimistic about Marseille. Regardless of the strength of the lineup, the status of the players, and the team's recent record performance, Monaco has no advantage compared with Marseille, and because Situ Yunbing will have as many as 8 players. Decentralization of the reserve team, including several main players, the outside world predicts that Monaco will inevitably suffer a disastrous defeat in this game!
Marseille formed a 4231 formation at home today.

Goalkeeper: Mandanda.

Defenders: Bonat, Zubba, Hilton, Taiwo.

Midfielders: Kone, Cana, Ziani, Cherrou, Valbuena.

Forward: Niang.

Since the Champions League was played in the middle of the week, Marseille has carried out a certain rotation. For example, Ben Arfa and Mbami are all sitting on the bench.

Monaco played a 451 formation in the away game today.

Goalkeeper: Rufael.

Defenders: Simic, Modesto, Mongongu, Muratori.

Midfield: Pino, Perez, Merian, Lecco, Morrow.

Forward: Nimani.

Compared with last weekend's game, Monaco has undergone a lot of personnel changes. The starting players who were replaced today have all been transferred to the reserve team by Situ Yunbing. "French Football" made it out in a joking tone before the game Question: If this game is lost again, will Situ Yunbing send another group of players to the reserve team?
Then within a month, no one will be available for the Monaco first team!

Hehe, no matter what, let us see if today's game will become one-sided. "

No matter from any point of view, Monaco's challenge to Marseille today is a near-death situation. The turbulence of the team, the replacement of personnel, and the immaturity of the coach, etc., will make those who have expectations for Monaco feel desperate!

However, after the referee whistled, Monaco showed an unexpected state in the away game!
From the first second of the game, Situ Yunbing shouted loudly on the sidelines to ask the players to strengthen their defense and actively organize the siege!
And the players on the field also worked very hard to siege Marseille frantically!
Situ Yunbing didn't pretend to be indifferent and profound like in the previous game, he was completely as if he was leading troops to fight with all his strength.

In the second minute of the game, Marseille's midfielder Ziani had just received a pass from Sherou. He pulled the ball and turned around to get rid of Lecco's defense. As soon as he turned around, he encountered a strong steal by Perez.

Caught off guard, the ball was cut off.

Perez immediately sent a straight pass forward. Merian seemed to be a little faster than usual today. While running across from Canna, he received Perez's pass and took a step laterally. Pino quickly moved forward, and Merian sent a diagonal ball before Sheru and Cana formed a flanking attack.

Pino took the ball forward from the wing and then turned to the inside. Unexpectedly, Taiwo, who returned to the defense, was extremely fast, stretching his legs to intercept the ball and destroying the bottom line.

Although Monaco's on-the-spot fast break failed to form a shot, Situ Yunbing still applauded the players' performance from the sidelines to encourage them.

Marseille didn't raise alarm, thinking it was nothing more than a burst of energy from Monaco's dying struggles.

They just need to play their own level step by step, then Monaco can only kill with their necks.

Gretz also didn't put Monaco in his eyes. Instead, he thought that after the momentum of Monaco's opening was exhausted, Monaco would be Marseille's meal.

In the 5th minute of the game, Marseille's central organization continued to be hindered. Nimani retreated to harass the opponent's midfielder, making it difficult for Canna and Sherou to organize and dispatch easily. Ziani in front was in Perez and Lecco It was difficult to find a suitable space to respond under the marking, so Sheru split the ball and sent it to Taiwo's feet.

Taiwo originally planned to push forward from the left, but Pino, who was also not slow, followed him everywhere. For fear of losing the ball in the backcourt, he could only pass the ball straight forward.

Before Valbuena responded, Perez quickly assisted in defending the sidewalk, while Simic stepped forward to keep a distance from Valbuena, waiting for Perez to take the lead in pressing, and then strike later.

Situ Yunbing yelled at Perez from the sidelines: "Forcing! If you can't do it, you will foul!"

Perez's blood was surging, and he stole the ball fiercely. Valbuena was short in stature and naturally flexible on his feet. He suddenly pulled the ball and changed it to a crosscut. Completely break through the opponent, and turn to the inside to open up a new situation for the offense.

What I never expected was that just after turning into the middle, a person came from behind and stabbed the ball away!

Merian!
Valbuena's expression was surprised. He didn't expect Monaco's midfield defense to be so fast, and Merian's return to defense was not only timely, but also retreated greatly!
Situ Yunbing applauded from the sidelines and shouted: "Good job! Pass the ball quickly and organize the attack!"

Simic stepped forward and sent the ball to the middle of the backcourt with an oblique pass. After taking the ball, Lecco quickly moved forward and passed the midfield. Marseille was in the attack. On the way forward, Canna took advantage of the situation and grabbed the ball. If he steals the ball, then Marseille can turn around and launch a more threatening fast break against Monaco!

However, Lecco passed the ball straight when he saw Canna pressing forward after passing the midfield.

Nimani sprinted out from behind Karna, and as soon as he stopped the ball and turned around, Xielu rushed towards him. Nimani forced the ball forward and wiped Xielu. It was entirely due to the difference in speed and rhythm that Xielu's defense failed. !

The Marseille fans in the stands couldn't believe it. In the opening stage of the game, Monaco showed an anti-customer attitude!

When Marseille defender Zubba stepped forward and lowered his center of gravity to intercept Nimani head-on, Nimani slanted the ball into the left rib of the penalty area.

Zuba turned his head to look, and the picture that caught his eyes made him extremely nervous.

Morrow made a fast inside cut and blocked the not-so-slow Marseille right-back Bonnat behind him!

Bonat is also a small and quick-spirited player, but his physical confrontation is weaker!
This means that as long as Morrow seizes the position, he can block the opponent from the outside through physical confrontation!
Zuba returned to the defense immediately, but he was too slow to interfere with Morrow who cut inside.

Situ Yunbing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated on the sidelines, and his eyes stared at Mo Luo expectantly.

All the Marseille fans couldn't help but marvel in their hearts: No way!
Morrow made a stop on the left side of the penalty area to adjust a step, and then shot with his left foot!
Mandanda moved quickly towards the near post, but saw the football flying straight into the stands like a shell fired from an anti-aircraft gun, and it deviated from the goal by nearly two meters.

call!
All Marseille fans breathed a sigh of relief.

A false alarm!
Although Situ Yunbing was disappointed, he still applauded!
Morrow himself is poor in shooting, so it may be his normal level to miss the shot. If you want to pose a threat, you have to hope that he will perform at a super level!

Mo Luo regretted that he missed the shot, but when he turned around and walked back, he saw Situ Yunbing applauding, and suddenly he felt a little more confident.

Situ Yunbing then waved his hand to signal for the team to retreat and shrink. Nimani, Morrow, and Lecco retreated one after another, and Monaco re-arranged their defensive posture.

Gretz frowned slightly at this time, his eyes became slightly dignified.

He felt that Monaco was very different from what he expected!

(End of this chapter)