Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 185
The weather is not beautiful, Monaco has more than 300 days of sunny days a year, but it rained lightly at night in the fourth round of the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Under the continuous drizzle, the Louis II stadium was full of enthusiasm. Situ Yunbing and Ferreira shook hands before the game. Originally, meeting in European games was a small probability event for many teams. Situ Yunbing and Ferreira were originally Strangers, but when we meet on the field, mutual respect comes from the heart. Respecting opponents is also self-respect and the most basic attitude towards this job.

After this confrontation, regardless of victory or defeat, there is a high probability that Monaco and Porto will end here in the short term. If they want to meet again in this season's knockout round, there will be a faint hope unless Chelsea loses to Atletico Madrid today.

The starting players of the two teams walked into the Louis II Stadium with great determination, and the fans in the stands immediately gave deafening cheers.

"Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the fourth round of Group D of the UEFA Champions League group stage. Today, we will broadcast a live commentary on the match between Monaco and Porto at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. In the last round of confrontation between the two teams, Porto was defeated at the foot of Monaco at home. Now Monaco leads Porto by 3 points in the group standings. It can be said that if Monaco can beat Porto at home today, and Chelsea does not lose to Atletico Madrid, then Monaco will advance to the top 16 of the Champions League two rounds ahead of schedule. , because Monaco will lead Porto by 6 points, even if Monaco loses all in the last two rounds, Porto wins all, the two teams have the same points, but because Monaco has an advantage in the battle record of the two teams, Monaco will still beat Porto to advance to the top 16 .

So this game is a life-and-death battle for Porto. Not only can they not lose, they must win at the same time, because even if it is a draw, Monaco only needs to win one of the last two rounds, or Porto cannot win both rounds. Only one draw is needed to advance to the round of 16.

The situation sounds a bit complicated, but it is actually very simple. Porto must score 3 points in the away game today!
But Monaco, which has created a 13-game winning streak in Ligue [-], may not give them such a chance.

Let's take a look at the starting lineups of the two teams.

Monaco starts 433.
Goalkeeper: De Gea.

Defenders: Modesto, Benatia, Vertonghen, Moreau.

Midfield: Perez, Nkuru, Matic.

Forwards: Falcao, Suarez, Gareth Bale.

Since the beginning of the new season, Monaco's offensive trident has performed high and high. First, Suarez and Falcao provoked a large number of offenses. In the past month or so, Gareth Bale ushered in a big explosion. He made Monaco's trident The halberd has become the top attack combination in the top five European football leagues.

Porto started today with 442.
Goalkeeper: Helton.

Defenders: Sapnaru, Alves, Rolando, Perea.

Midfield: Berluski, Fernando, Meireles, Rodriguez.

Forwards: Hulk, Farias.

The starting lineup arranged by Ferreira today is somewhat surprising. Italian midfielder Belluschi served as the right midfielder, Argentine striker Farias entered the starting lineup, and Romania international Sapunaru was used at the right back position.

In such a life-and-death battle, the offensiveness of Porto's formation is clear at a glance. They are at least more active than at home.

Well, the pre-match kick-off ceremony is over, let us wait and see who will win this game! "

Situ Yunbing, the commander of the European war, has never been more focused, because if he leads a team to play Ligue [-] for a long time, the homogeneity of the team style is too obvious. The teams in the same league are very similar in style, but the European war Not to mention the hard power of the opponents, there is a strong foundation for guaranteeing the bottom line. The difference in the coaching style, team style, skills and tactics are all obvious.

Such a confrontation will make Situ Yunbing look forward to it, but at the same time be wary.

For fear of being beaten dizzy by the opponent and turning to myself, I still don't know the reason.

Even though Ferreira doesn't see anything outstanding in his resume, it's always right to be cautious.

When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Porto took the lead to kick off.

Passed the organization from the midfielder and split the ball from the wing. Just after halftime, before entering the dangerous zone of attack, Rodriguez kicked a pass!
This made Situ Yunbing frown. Will the effect of crossing like this be good?
meeting!
Because Porto has a high center forward, Hulk, who is strong in confrontation and can hold his position!

He won the confrontation with Vertonghen, took off from the front of the penalty area and then headed the ball to Farias who advanced forward.

Seeing that Farias went forward and entered the penalty area, he had a chance to form a shot. Before the football landed, Benatia turned around and took a step, then took off and raised his leg to barely clear the ball out of the baseline.

If he didn't kick this kick, then the Argentine Farias would definitely go it alone!
call!
Situ Yunbing heaved a sigh of relief. Although he is still not sure of the inference in his heart, it is absolutely true that Porto's style of play has changed significantly from the previous game at the Dragon Stadium.

In the 4th minute of the game, Monaco instigated a fast break from the backcourt. Morrow dribbled the ball from the left and just arrived near the center line, but saw Belluschi and Sapunaru in front of Gareth Bale forming a pincer attack. It seemed that Porto It is also clear at a glance to focus on Gareth Bell in defense today.

Moro played the ball to Matic in the middle, who pushed forward quickly. After attracting Meireles to defend, he passed the ball short to the feet of Suarez, who was pressing behind Fernando. He quickly cooperated with Perez to hit the wall. After the ball was delivered, he turned and advanced. The through ball sent by Perez was controlled by Suarez just in front of the penalty area. He smashed the ball and changed direction but was destroyed by Rolando stretching out the ball. go out.

Porto defended successfully. Meireles passed the ball obliquely to the right in the backcourt. Berluski quickly advanced through halftime and then made another cross to hoist the ball into the Monaco penalty area.

This time it's not Hulk, but Farias.

It seems that their style of play is somewhat similar to that of Monaco. They all try to hit the opponent's penalty area as quickly as possible during the counterattack. The difference is that Porto's offensive style is a bit similar to the British style of punching and hanging, just go to the opponent's penalty area The high-altitude ball is delivered here, while Monaco is much more flexible and delicate, and different methods will be adopted in different situations.

Because the ball flew in the air for too long, it gave Monaco's back line time to fully adjust. Farias had no problem moving, but Benatia took the lead to stand in his position and easily cleared the ball with a header.

After 3 minutes, Porto tried another cross from the left. This time, Perea assisted Rodriguez and made a 45-degree pass from the wing. Hulk crossed the penalty area and then nodded. The ball hits the goal and De Gea hugs the ball smoothly.

At this time, Situ Yunbing can basically determine what Porto is thinking about today.

First of all, Porto learned the lessons of the previous game and paid more attention to protecting the space behind the back line to avoid being hit by Monaco.

Furthermore, although they had a lot of players in the middle in the last game, the offense was ineffective and the defensive interception efficiency was not high. Today Ferreira removed a midfielder in the middle and replaced him with an extra striker.

The advantage of this is that it can share the pressure of Hulk, allowing Hulk to have more room to play.

The last thing is to attack, completely abandoning the attack in the middle. It is a bit similar to the offensive tactics of Bordeaux against Monaco. The difference is that Bordeaux plays more delicately on the offensive end. Chance.

Porto is a little rougher. Using Hulk as a bridgehead, Farias is more flexible and faster. In fact, the configuration of most Premier League teams in the past ten years is basically the same: two forwards, one high and one fast.

Compared with Bordeaux wanting to give full play to its physical advantages, it is logical that Porto wants to take advantage of the Hulk's advantage of being tall and strong.

In the 12th minute of the game, Porto made a clearance from the backcourt. When the football flew to the frontcourt, Vertonghen and Hulk took off at the same time to compete for the header. As a result, their heads collided!

After landing, Vertonghen fell to the ground and held his head, while Hulk also touched his head, which seemed to be in pain.

Although the football was controlled by Nkuru, the referee stopped the game and signaled for the Monaco team doctor to come in to check Vertonghen's situation. When a player's head is suspected to be injured, the game must be suspended.

When the team doctor entered the field, Situ Yunbing called Modesto to his eyes. He briefly passed tactical instructions to Modesto, and then asked Modesto to pass on to his teammates on the field.

Vertonghen has no problem, but the collision just now made his head a little bit blind, and it really hurts!

After Modesto conveyed Situ Yunbing's tactical instructions to his teammates on the field, the game continued.

When Porto turned from defense to offense again and wanted to push forward from the wing, it became a little difficult!
Berluski on the right was robbed by Morrow just after halftime!
Moro was obviously far away from the full-back defense zone, but this made Berluski flustered. He subconsciously crossed the ball to the center and wanted to give it to Meireles, but the ball was cut off by Matic halfway. .

Meireles also didn't expect that Porto's offensive would be stopped by the opponent before halftime!
Matic pushed forward after stealing the ball, which shocked Porto's defense.

He had just defended a wave of offense, and before he had a short rest, he was about to encounter another attack from his opponent.

It would be a little nervous to change anyone.

Matic hit the ball [-] yards in front of the goal, and Fernando blocked it from the front. At this time, Gareth Bale quickly cut in, and Matic passed the ball short to the front left.

Alves and Sapunaru tightened up the inside defense and tried to close the goal against Gareth Bell on the left rib of the penalty area, but Gareth Bell kicked the ball horizontally!
Suarez, who just entered the right side of the penalty area, faced the cross pass from Gareth Bale. He used his right foot to pick the ball to the left side of the penalty area!
The moment Gareth Bale took the ball, Alves moved to the middle of the penalty area. As a result, Bell continued to advance after the ball was taken, and Suarez sent a pick pass that just flew diagonally over Alves' head.

When he turned back to the front of the goal again, Gareth Bale jumped high in the top corner of the small penalty area and shook his head to return the ball!
Falcao followed the goal behind the center of the goal and drove Rolando to follow up. Alves also returned to the left of the center in front of the goal. Gareth Bell shook his head and returned the ball this time. The football landed It is the penalty spot in the middle of the penalty area.

Both Alves and Rolando had no chance to defend against them again. Stopping and turning quickly in a short period of time is not their strong point as a tall and mighty central defender.

What caught my eye was that Suarez volleyed the ball without making adjustments from five meters away!

In order to keep the football from flying, Suarez deliberately tilted his body and swung his legs more widely, and the downward pressure trend was obvious.

When he shot the football straight to the left of the small penalty area, Suarez himself felt a little bit drummed.

This ball seems to be heading for Alves!

But because the ball was too fast, Alves couldn't react. The football bounced off the ground less than 20 centimeters from his feet, then bounced quickly and went straight to the lower left corner of the goal!

Goalkeeper Helton rushed on the spot in a hurry, obviously beyond his reach!

The football flew directly into Porto's goal!

Suarez breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled and pointed to Gareth Bale.

At this stage, Gareth Bell sent more shells to the striker than he fired himself, which is also deliberately requested by Situ Yunbing, because obviously from the perspective of seizing opportunities, Suarez and Falcao are stronger, and Gareth Bell can The sudden shooting is true, but the team's current best configuration is to concentrate the firing power on Suarez and Falcao. Just continue to persevere, and only when training in the domestic battlefield will Bell be given more freedom to grow.

(End of this chapter)