Football: From becoming a god-level striker

The Principality of Monaco is located in the southeast of France. Like San Marino, it is a small country in the true sense. Many people even confuse Monaco with Morocco.

This pocket country has a famous team in France, Monaco.

The Principality of Monaco is too small, and there is only one team in the whole country, so the Monaco team has been participating in the French Football League after completing professionalization.

This team was established by the Monaco royal family, so it is a real royal and noble team.

The country of hesitation is small, so there are only more than 6000 members.

But that didn't stop them from becoming a powerhouse in the French league.

In the early 60s, the Monaco club won the French Cup consecutively, and after the Ligue [-] championship, it became a pivotal presence in the Ligue [-].

This small club has produced world-class stars such as Henry, Abidal, Petit and Trezeguet.

It is one of the most successful professional clubs in Ligue [-].

After the team experienced a financial crisis, it was briefly relegated to the second division. However, after Rybonovlev injected capital and became the new owner, Monaco became the second local team in Ligue 2.5, investing [-] million in a single season Buying players in euros, this amount even exceeds the transfer fee when Abramovich took charge of Chelsea.

It is the total transfer fee spent by Arsenal in the past ten years!

Last season, the investment finally paid off. They worked hard to end the four consecutive championships of the local tycoon Paris, and regained the Ligue 16 championship after 38 years. They scored 110 goals in [-] rounds throughout the season. They are the only team in Ligue [-]. The team with more than [-] goals.

The team's new star Mbappe scored 30 goals and sent 15 assists, and was successfully selected as the best team in Ligue [-].

This season, they have made a comeback. In the Ligue [-], the offensive firepower is more fierce, and they are playing a Ligue [-] duo with Paris.

And their performance in the Champions League was a little worse. As a first-tier team, they made mistakes in two consecutive games and were overtaken by Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. They came in second and met Manchester City.

Monaco's best record in the UEFA Champions League was the 2003/04 season, when they went all the way to the Champions League final.

Encountered Porto, a strong team in the Portuguese Super League, and lost the European Champions Cup.

That Champions League final was also the famous work of the madman Mourinho. It started from the Champions League in Porto. Mourinho began to enter the top European leagues and became a champion coach with full of personality.

Although Monaco in this period of time has not reached the historical peak in the European war, its combat effectiveness must be the strongest in the history of the entire Monaco team.

The local boss has created a very competitive offensive line, and the supernova Mbappé is on the rise again. Any team that encounters this young and impactful team will scratch their heads.

And Manchester City's opponents in the first knockout round are them.

Although Manchester City is now in the league with great momentum, they are also making great strides in the Champions League.

However, they are missing three important main players, and only Gabriel Jesus can appear on the field as a new aid in the winter window. The attack power in the frontcourt is greatly reduced.

The biggest feature of Monaco's attack line is its extremely fast speed and strong impact.

Now Manchester City, if they fight against this Monaco team, not only will they not take advantage of it, they will probably suffer a disadvantage.

Those media who were waiting for Manchester City to stumble, finally had a definite objective analysis for the first time.

Manchester City, this time may be the strongest blocking in the Champions League.

When they faced Real Madrid, although their overall strength was a bit weaker at the time, they had a neat lineup and a fierce frontcourt attack, and they were not afraid of confronting Real Madrid.

In the current situation, there is a lack of main players in the midfield and frontcourt, so the attack power is naturally not the same.

Guardiola kept explaining the tactical points against Monaco in the conference room.

On the front line of Monaco, there are two very fierce impact.

In addition to the famed Mbappé, there is also a Colombian striker with a strong body, superb shooting skills and excellent headers, Tiger Falcao.

Falcao in the Atlético de Madrid period is definitely a world-class striker. He once scored a hat-trick in the UEFA Super Cup against Chelsea and also scored in the Copa del Rey, helping Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid to win the championship.

His outstanding performance in the 12/13 season also made him selected for the best team of FIFA and the International Professional Football Players Federation.In La Liga, this is a super striker who can be compared with Messi and Ronaldo!

Subsequently, Falcao joined Monaco with a transfer fee of 6000 million, breaking the historical transfer record of Ligue [-].

With age and injuries, his impact has dropped a bit, but the connection between him and Mbappé last season made almost all defenders in Ligue 30 miserable. With his excellent performance, [-] shortlisted for the Golden Globes.

This season, the chemical reaction between him and Mbappe has become more intense, and the offensive power still exceeds that of Paris, leading Ligue [-].

If it weren't for the backline being a bit stretched, the probability of Monaco winning the Ligue [-] championship this season is very high.

And Monaco's midfielder, in a sense, is not weaker than Manchester City with a full lineup.

Judging from the midfielders that Manchester City can play now, the overall strength even surpasses Manchester City.

Among them is a player that Zhao Gang is very familiar with. If the original timeline is followed, he will become Zhao Gang's teammate.

Bernardo Silva, that is, seat b.

The core of Manchester City's midfield in the future, Guardiola's confidant and favorite player.

In the timeline before Zhao Gang, Monaco was in the Champions League, eliminated Manchester City in two rounds, and defeated Manchester City with powerful attack power.

Bernardo Silva played an important role in it. At the end of this season, Guardiola spent money to buy it for others.

Similar to Kyle Walker, he was spotted by Guardiola after playing against Manchester City and bought it.

Guardiola's performance in the Bundesliga Bayern was not good, but he learned how to behave as a Bundesliga giant, that is, poaching the wall and poaching people from the opponent's lineup.

Being able to become the midfielder that Guardiola relies on and the main player of the Portuguese national team shows that Bernardo Silva's strength is extraordinary.

Another super midfielder who will log into the Premier League in the future, Fabinho is also in the team.

Transfer to Liverpool for 5000 million euros in the future and become the core midfielder for Liverpool to achieve a great revival. As a midfielder, it is almost difficult to see Fabinho in the attack, but he can be ranked No. .14, which shows its defensive role in the team.

Klopp once said that he is fast, good at intercepting and is an ideal defensive midfielder.

Lawrence, a well-known football expert in France, believes that he is one of the smartest players in European football, with very strong tactical intelligence and quite reliable ball control ability.

There is also an equally outstanding midfielder, Thomas Lemar.

A member of the French national team, he will be worth 7000 million in the future to join Atletico Madrid in La Liga.

It is also an important member of the future French team to win the World Cup.

His style of play is somewhat similar to that of Iniesta, with superb dribbling ability, not a show of skill, but a real service to the team. He can create very good space and opportunities for himself and his teammates.

He is also the most comprehensive attacker on the field, with his ball-playing skills, high-frequency continuous touch breakthrough, small-scale dribbling and shooting ability, all of which are extremely powerful.

Especially his crossing and positioning ability, although the speed is not fast, but the accuracy is excellent, the strength is excellent, it can make it very easy for the striker teammates to control the football, and the player can head the goal without too much adjustment. , volley!

He can solve the battle by himself, and he can also help his teammates improve. From this point of view, he is also very similar to Zhao Gang's playing characteristics.

Compared with these three future first-class midfielders, the last one is a little less famous, Bakayoko.

But he is also a frequent visitor to the French national team in the future, and because of his excellent performance in Monaco, he joined Chelsea for 4000 million pounds.

The worth is not much worse than Bernardo Silva.

And if fans who are familiar with Serie A will be very impressed with him, he did not perform well at Chelsea, was loaned out by Milan and Naples, and played extremely well in the top Serie A teams.

He performed quite well on the defensive end, and he also has good creativity, stable ball protection, fierce steals, and concise passing.

Such a star-studded midfield lineup, and they are all extremely young and impactful, are not inferior to Manchester City's midfielders.

If there is no Zhao Gang, Manchester City's midfielders, Sterling and De Bruyne, really can't compare with these new stars who are about to shine in the world football.

Although the overall defense of Monaco's back line is not very good, but the name of one of the defenders is not far behind the midfielder.

There is another Monaco player who was poached by Guardiola. Manchester City now has Kyle Walker at the right back. Naturally, they poached the left back at the end of the season, Mendy.

He was selected into the best team in Ligue 5000 last season. After the season, Guardiola bought Manchester City for [-] pounds.

It is also one of the members that France won the World Cup.

These starting players are not famous enough now, but their strength is obvious to all.

In Zhao Gang's original timeline, after eliminating Manchester City, he went all the way to the top four of the Champions League!

In the end, they lost to the Bianconeri in Serie A.

Facing the remnant Manchester City this time, they didn't have too much pressure, and they had already sharpened their swords.

Monaco is also strong offensively and weak defensively, which is a bit similar to Manchester City now.

So this game, in the eyes of many media, will be a confrontational battle.

If the two sides want to advance, they must score more goals than the other side, rather than relying on defense to concede one less goal than the other side!