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Monaco's schedule at the beginning of the second half of the season was relatively easy. Although the schedule was dense, the opponents were not strong.

In the 21st round of the league, Monaco was a guest to challenge the relegation team Caen.

The outside world saw a change that surprised them. Situ Yunbing removed Pino in the starting lineup and set up an asymmetrical 451 formation.

Goalkeeper: Ruffer.

Defenders: Simic, Modesto, Mongungu, Muratori.

Midfielders: Perez, Nkuru, Merian, Matic, Moro.

Forward: Falcao.

Caen was struggling at home. They wanted to get a life-saving 3 points from Monaco, and they were afraid that they would be killed by Monaco, so they took a defensive counterattack at home, but put two strikers in front.

When Situ Yunbing stood on the sidelines to supervise the battle, he actively instructed the team to speed up the rhythm and conduct frequent offensive transfers.

After 20 minutes of grinding and adaptation, Monaco gradually showed a threat of strong contrast to the previous one on the pitch!

Muratori and Simic's assists were very large, and they almost stayed in the frontcourt on the wing and never went back!

The left side was originally an area of ​​Monaco's offensive advantage, which led Caen's defense to concentrate on this side and take strict precautions. After the left side could not create opportunities, Monaco would quickly move through the midfield to attack, and Simic on the right assisted and killed. When attacking the dangerous area, Merian will also take the initiative to approach to meet, or Perez will meet from the side, while Merian will slam into the penalty area to form a threat!

Caumbu placed heavy troops to defend Falcao and Moro. When they saw that Monaco's full-backs were so aggressive, they naturally wanted to counterattack to take advantage of the emptiness of Monaco's wing defense.

However, this was taken into consideration when Situ Yunbing changed his formation.

With fast speed and strong sweeping ability, Nkuru frequently defends the flanks!

Strictly speaking, Monaco's midfielder is Nkuru and Matic in the double midfield, and it is still divided into front and back. Nkuru is behind, Matic is in front, Nkuru is more flexible, staying in the middle or assisting on the wing. , it depends on the opponent's offensive development direction and whether the local area is weak in strength.

Perez is a central midfielder, responsible for tandem and back insertion to form a threat in front of the penalty area, Merian is an attacking midfielder, and Moro is a wing avant-garde. This asymmetric formation is mainly to make full use of the width of the field and strengthen the midfield scheduling. The speed of the transfer attack also makes the midfield more flexible, not only allowing the wings to fly, but also allowing the rear players to form a more hidden threat.

Merian will move forward in the penalty area, and Perez and Matic can take turns to kill the opponent's penalty area to form a long-range threat.

In addition to the well-established defense line in the backcourt defense, Nkuru is a key role in delaying or even stifling the opponent's counterattack.

When Caen's counterattack was repeatedly cut off by Monaco, Monaco's attacking threat was straight up and caught them off guard.

In the 34th minute of the game, I thought that Monaco would move the attack to the right side of Simic. Unexpectedly, Simic quickly returned the ball diagonally when responding. Perez stepped forward and knocked the ball horizontally to the left. Latori did not hesitate, and sent the ball straight to the baseline with one kick.

After Morrow made the bottom, he changed the direction of the ball and smashed into the penalty area. When restraining the opponent's defender to block, Morrow passed the ball diagonally to the right of the penalty spot in the penalty area.

Falcao flanked in front of the goal to form a cover, and Merian plugged in and easily pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal in the penalty area!

Situ Yunbing couldn't help nodding when Merian scored!

The Monaco generals ran to celebrate the goal, and the Caen generals looked a little ugly. They didn't want to get even 1 point at home.

Before restarting the kickoff, Situ Yunbing gestured to the players, asking them to strengthen the oppression of the midfield counter-attack!

Caen will certainly not sit still, and Monaco will have to play to their advantage at this time.

Anti-robbery oppression!

It can be said that after changing the formation, Monaco's anti-robbing ability has improved!

In the 42nd minute of the game, Simic made a pass from the right and was cleared by the opponent's defender. Seeing that a counterattack from the backcourt was about to be formed, Muratori forced the opponent's fullback to change the direction of the ball in the counter-attack. Matic immediately. Going forward to make a precise steal.

After stealing the ball, Matic protected the ball to block the opponent from the outside, and then sent a diagonal pass after seeing Merian's position.

When Merian touched the ball on the right side in front of the penalty area, he directly used his outer instep to pass the ball to the right rib area of ​​the penalty area.

Falcao took advantage of the situation and stepped forward to lead the ball for a kickback, wiped off the anxious defensive back, and took advantage of the situation to rub his left foot and shoot the far corner of the goal!

The Caen goalkeeper was powerless and stood motionless in front of the goal line, but to the disappointment of the Monaco fans, Falcao's shot hit the crossbar and bounced back!

Falcao is trying to keep his mind steady, and his luck is really bad!

However, the bounced football was headed by Moro from the left side of the penalty area to Perez, who then sent a through ball!

Falcao was in an offside position and the retracement was slow, but Merian moved forward but was not offside. After such a pass and cut, it directly penetrated the entire defense line of Caen.

Before the penalty spot, Merian deftly flicked the ball with his left foot to the upper corner of the goal, and the goalkeeper of Caen, who had lowered his center of gravity to block the angle below, gave up the goal and tried to block the ball but was unsuccessful.

The football flew into the goal!

Caen is two goals behind at home!

Situ Yunbing raised his fists high on the sidelines and looked extremely excited!

If in the first half of the season, Monaco tried its best to use the successful defense to speed up the transition from attack to defense to play the ultimate counterattack and succeeded, then in the second half of the season, especially the two goals in this game, it reflects the technical and tactical level of Monaco. Another progress!

Their offensive is like a tidal wave, repeatedly hitting the opponent's defense line after wave after wave, often making the opponent sleepless even after a successful defense!

The most important thing is that the midfield is full of new vitality, and the attacking methods have become richer!

Of course, if Falcao can become more confident by scoring goals and integrate into the team system faster, then the team's combat effectiveness will definitely be on a higher level!

During the intermission, Situ Yunbing made tactical changes and counterattacked in order to allow Falcao to have more shooting opportunities!

The team's formation retreated to put Falcao at the top and Caen was two goals behind. They would definitely form a premise for scoring goals. Situ Yunbing gave them this opportunity. At the same time, Monaco will have more chances to counterattack. Then it's easier to get some good chances at Falcao at the front.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. The situation developed as Situ Yunbing expected. Caen had to attack as a last resort, and Monaco's tight midfield defense never allowed the opponent to get a good shot. However, Situ Yunbing was a little helpless. Yes, Falcao performed very well in the counterattack, but it was a little unsatisfactory at the door!

In the open environment, Falcao wins almost every one-on-one, but the quality of his shots inside and outside the box has yet to be improved!

Situ Yunbing can only be anxious about this. His player cards are now used up before each game. At the end of the first half of the season, there are only two left, although the past two games have won one game and one draw. , but basically maintained the rhythm that was used up before the game.

What can be given to Matic is given to Matic, and what can be given to Benatia is given to Benatia. The rest are Moro, Nkuru and the others. Before these three games, Situ Yunbing did not have any in his hands. I have seen the cards of Benzema and Nion, otherwise they will definitely be used by Falcao.

It’s not going to go on like this. If he doesn’t score, Falcao will have less and less confidence. Just relying on Situ Yunbing’s encouragement off the field will cure the symptoms but not the root cause. The striker still needs to score in the final analysis.

Unfortunately, this was not a match for Falcao, and Monaco wasted a slew of chances in the second half and could not rewrite the score again.

In the end, Caen lost to Monaco 0:2 at home.

In the standings, the top five teams in this round have all won, and Monaco's lead is still 4 points. After Lyon drew in the last round, Bordeaux caught up.

Monaco, 43 points.

Lyon, 39 points.

Bordeaux, 39 points.

Marseille, 37 points.

Toulouse, 36 points.