I'm the Red Devil's savior

Chapter 243 Youth Storm
Monaco Football Club is a football club located in the Principality of Monaco near the Mediterranean Sea in the south of France. Although it plays in Ligue [-], it does not belong to France, but to the Principality of Monaco.Since the country is so small and has only one football club, Monaco plays in the French Football League.

The most noteworthy coach in the history of the Monaco team is Arsene Wenger. He made the Monaco team win the league title and the French Cup twice, and reached the European Cup Winners Cup final in the 1991-1992 season and the 1993-1994 season. European Cup semi-finals.

If this kind of achievement is achieved by a veteran team such as Paris Saint-Germain, it may not be worth showing off, but it is naturally worthy of praise that this kind of achievement is achieved by the Monaco team with only 6000 members.

Although the Monaco team is not very impressive, it has rich experience in the three major European cups.Since 1961, the Monaco team has appeared in the three major European cups almost every year. The best result is the 1991-1992 season reached the final of the European Cup Winners Cup. In the final, they lost to the powerful German Werder Bremen team and finished second.

Then in the 2003-2004 season, Monaco performed very well in the Champions League. Under the leadership of Marshal Didier Deschamps, they eliminated Real Madrid and other big powers all the way and broke into the Champions League final. Unfortunately, they lost to Mourinho's Porto, which made Mourinho The reputation of a handsome man.

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Manchester United also has a record of playing against Monaco in the Champions League. It was in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the 1997-1998 season. Manchester United met last season's Ligue 1 champion Monaco.As a result, the two sides drew 1:[-] at Old Trafford in the first leg, and scored a goalless draw at the Louis II Stadium in the second leg. In the end, Manchester United was eliminated because of fewer away goals.

This season, Monaco performed very well. Under the leadership of the Portuguese coach Jardim, they not only made great strides in the Ligue 32 arena, but also beat Paris after 3 rounds, with a [-]-point advantage over Paris. Breaking Paris' monopoly on Ligue [-], they also reached the quarter-finals in the Champions League.

However, now they are facing the toughest test: they will face the current European overlord, the super giant Red Devils Manchester United, in the quarter-finals of the Champions League!

Monaco's home stadium, Louis II Stadium, was named after Prince Louis II, the head of state of Monaco when it was first built. In the 1980s, the new stadium was rebuilt adjacent to the original site and on land created by land reclamation from the sea.The audience capacity of the venue is only 18500 people, which is very small in well-known European stadiums.And due to space constraints, many facilities are located underground, such as the stadium's parking garage is located directly below the pitch turf.

Once, this was the fixed venue for the European Super Cup, but a few years ago, due to UEFA policy adjustments, this stadium is no longer the fixed venue for the European Super Cup.

Monaco is a very young team with Bernardo Silva at 23, Fabinho at 24, Lemar at 21, Bakayoko at 23, and Mendy, these are the top stars who will dominate the European arena in a few years.

In this season, under the leadership of coach Jardim, they set off a wave of youth storms in Europe and shocked the world.

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Because the Tianwangshan battle against Chelsea in the Premier League championship will be ushered in three days later, and this is only the first round of the Champions League quarter-final match, Ye Su did not send the strongest team to play after careful consideration. In this game, instead, a starting lineup of half main force and half rotation lineup was sent.

Goalkeeper De Gea, Luke Shaw, Maguire, Van Dijk and Kyle Walker form a back four, Kanter serves as a single midfielder, De Bruyne and Lingard serve as midfielders, Martial, Harry · Kane and Rashford form a striker trident.

Ye Su sent a starting lineup younger than Monaco!

With the referee's whistle, this world-renowned focus battle finally kicked off.

Manchester United, who took the lead in the kick-off, did as Jardim expected before the game. They took the initiative to press and press. They wanted to speed up the rhythm from the beginning and strive to play a wave of fast-paced attacks.But Monaco seemed to have been prepared for this. With the advantage of passing and possession, they squatted patiently in their own half.

In the opening 2 minutes, after a round of intense fighting between the two teams in Monaco's half, Monaco took the lead in playing a threatening offensive. After Bernardo Silva took the ball twenty meters away from the goal, Dancing past the defender, he shoots with his right foot.

The ball failed to hold down the ball and went higher than the goal.

And Bernardo Silva's long shot came from a pass from Fabinho.

Ye Su began to realize that there was something wrong with the script of this game, and it did not follow the plan of Manchester United. Monaco was obviously well prepared and was not afraid of Manchester United's attack.

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In fact, Manchester United robbed, but did not attack!

If it is said that Bernardo Silva's sudden long shot just now did not create much threat, then the subsequent counterattack made people feel the sharpness of Monaco.

Moutinho passed to Fabinho at the front of the penalty area, and the latter passed into the penalty area. Falcao shoveled from seven meters in front of the goal.Although the ball slipped past the goal, everyone was shocked into a cold sweat.

Everyone at Manchester United also realized that the rhythm of the game was completely wrong.They couldn't grab the ball at all, but exposed their defense.

Ye Su on the sidelines realized that the game could no longer be played like this.So, he quickly made adjustments.

Manchester United's attack failed, and the team entered the defensive counterattack stage ahead of schedule.But even so, Monaco seemed to be hitting a snake with a stick, unwilling to let Manchester United retreat easily, and slowly moved forward.

Soon, the home team produced the most threatening attack since the start.Moutinho crossed the ball into the penalty area and Falcao headed the goal.

De Gea frightened and blocked the ball, but then Bernardo Silva volleyed directly after stopping the ball in the chest.

Luke Shaw made a contribution in this defense. The England left back chased Bernardo Silva all the way. Hit high again.

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After the opening game, the expected rushing attack failed to produce results, but Monaco successively created murderous intentions.Manchester United appeared very passive on the scene, especially the defensive pressure in the midfield was very high.

Kanter, Lingard and De Bruyne are basically stuck in front of the defense, which makes it difficult for the frontcourt offense to create threats.

Manchester United's first shot occurred in the No.18 minute.Rashford dribbled the ball along the right to launch a counterattack, but could not get the support of his teammates. He was forced to the side by the opponent's defender. In the end, he could only kick the ball to the opponent's player and earn a corner kick.

Harry Kane's header from De Bruyne's corner was one-handedly saved by Monaco's Croatian keeper Subasic.

After 2 minutes, Monaco quickly launched a counterattack.Bernardo Silva dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the right and shot directly, which was blocked by the returning Manchester United defender Van Dijk.

But 1 minute later, Monaco made a comeback, and Moutinho once again crossed the penalty area diagonally. Tiger Falcao once again grabbed the spot before Maguire, and headed the goal from close range. Under Maguire's interference, he failed to head straight, and the ball slid past the goal again.

Monaco's continuous attack made Manchester United feel tremendous pressure.

Whether it was Falcao's suppression of the two Manchester United central defenders, Shevchenko's activity, or Kaka's sharp breakthrough with the ball, Monaco's offense made Manchester United exhausted.

In the first 10 minutes, Manchester United only had one shot. This is indeed quite embarrassing for Manchester United, which has always been very strong in the game.

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With Manchester United retreating, Monaco began to control the situation on the field.

Of course, with Manchester United's strength, it is impossible for them to be completely suppressed by Monaco. This is their active retreat, giving up the ball, and intends to deal with the opponent with a defensive counterattack.

When the game progressed to the 24th minute, Manchester United quickly launched a counterattack after stealing the ball in the backcourt.

Maguire sent the ball straight into Monaco's half with a long pass, forcing Monaco midfielder Fabinho to chase it all the way back and pass the ball back to goalkeeper Subasic.

After stopping the ball with his foot, Subasic turned and passed it to centre-back Kamil Glick and then to right-back Almamy Touré.

Martial didn't have time to grab the first shot, so he simply didn't go forward and let Toure take the ball forward.

The Mali quickly dribbled the ball forward along the right, and passed it to Moutinho under the interference of Martial.

Moutinho passed to Bernardo Silva, and then to Lemar near the halfway line, still had no chance, and passed back to Toure.But this time, Toure didn't even stop the ball, and Martial, who had premeditated, had already rushed in front of him.

Almamy Touré had heard about Martial, who had played for Monaco, for a long time. When he saw him rushing in front of him, he was immediately taken aback.

However, Almamy Touré is not afraid of Martial, a fellow student. He wants to stop and pass Martial directly, and then he can continue to dribble forward and participate in the attack. .

Martial obviously expected him to think so. When he received the ball, he got close to him and squeezed him with his body.

Although Almami is very strong, he is only 20 years old after all, and he is naturally at a disadvantage in a physical confrontation with Martial, who has been in the Premier League for two or three years.So when Martial got close and squeezed, Almamy Toureden staggered.

That is, Martial made a decisive move and broke the ball.

As soon as Martial stole the ball, he immediately went straight behind Lei at the fastest speed.

At this time, there was a burst of exclamation at the Louis II Stadium.Fabinho, who was nearby, rushed over immediately, but as soon as Martial accelerated, he immediately caught up with the ball and strode forward.

(End of this chapter)