Chapter 85: .085 Changes new vitality

Monaco had a relatively easy schedule at the beginning of the second half of the season. 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 formed an asymmetric 451 formation.
Goalkeeper: Rufael.
Defenders: Simic, Modesto, Mongongu, Muratori.
Midfielder: Perez, Nkulu, Merian, Matic, Moro.
Forward: Falcao.
Caen was struggling at home. They both wanted to score a life-saving three-pointer on Monaco, but were also afraid of attacking and being put to death by Monaco. So they took a defensive counterattack at home, but put two forwards in front.
When Situ Yunbing stood on the sidelines and supervised the battle, he actively commanded the team to speed up the pace and frequently make offensive transfers.
After 20 minutes of hard work, Monaco gradually showed a strong contrast with the previous threat on the court!
Muratori and Simic's assists were very large, almost staying in front of the wing and never going back!
The left side was originally Monaco’s offensive advantage area, which led Caen’s defense to concentrate forces on this side to take strict precautions. After the left side was unable to create opportunities, Monaco would quickly move through the midfield to attack and transfer, and Simic on the right assisted and killed When attacking the dangerous zone, Merian will also take the initiative to approach to respond, or Perez will respond from the side, and Merian will advance into the penalty area and then insert a threat!
Caenbu heavily defended Falcao and Morrow. When they saw that Monaco's full-back was so aggressive, they naturally wanted to fight back to take advantage of the emptiness of Monaco's side defense.
However, this was taken into consideration when Situ Yun changed his army.
Nkuru, who is fast and capable of sweeping, frequently replenishes the side lanes!
Strictly speaking, Monaco's midfielder is Nkulu and Matic's double midfielder, and it is still divided, Nkulu is behind, Matic is in front, Nkulu is more flexible, staying in the middle or assisting in defense , It depends on the opponent's offensive development direction and whether the local area is weak.
Perez is a central midfielder, responsible for series and post-insertion to pose a threat in front of the penalty area, Merian is an attacking midfielder, and Moro is a full-back. This asymmetric formation is mainly to make full use of the width of the field and strengthen midfield scheduling. The speed of shifting the offense also makes the midfield more flexible, allowing both wings to fly up, but also allowing players to be inserted behind to form a more concealed threat.
Merian will advance in the penalty area, Perez and Matic can take turns to kill their opponents in the penalty area to form a long-range threat.
In addition to the defensive line of defense in the backcourt, Nkulu 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 offensive threat was so high that they caught them off guard.
In the 34th minute of the game, I thought that Monaco would shift the attack to Simic on the right side. Unexpectedly, Simic quickly passed the ball back diagonally when receiving it. Perez stepped forward and knocked the ball across the left. Latori did not drag the ball, and sent the ball straight to the baseline.
After Morrow went to the bottom, the ball changed direction and went to the penalty area. When the opponent's defender was restrained to block, Moreau crossed the ball diagonally to the right of the penalty area.
Falcao outflanked the goal to form a screen, Merian then inserted in the penalty area and easily directly pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal!
Situ Yunbing couldn't help nodding when Merian scored!
The generals of Monaco ran to celebrate the goal, and the generals of Caen looked a little ugly. They didn't want to lose even one point at home.
Before kicking off the ball again, Situ Yunbing gestured to the players, asking them to strengthen the oppressiveness of the counter grab in the front field!
Caen will certainly not sit still, and Monaco must play to their advantages at this time.
Anti-grab oppression!
It can be said that Monaco's anti-grab ability has improved after changing the formation!
In the 42nd minute of the game, Simic made a pass from the right and was cleared by the opponent's defender. Seeing to form a counterattack from the side of the backcourt, Muratori made a counter-attack and forced the opponent's full-back to change direction. Matic immediately Stepped forward and successfully tackled with precision.
After stealing the ball, Matic protected the ball to block the opponent from the outside, then spotted Merian's position and sent a diagonal pass.
When Merian touched the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he directly used the outer instep to pass the ball to the right side of the penalty area.
Falcao took advantage of the opportunity to advance the ball to get the kickback, wiped out the panicked defensive back, and took advantage of the left foot to shoot the far corner of the goal!
Caen's goalkeeper was already powerless and stood motionless in front of the goal line, but to the disappointment of Monaco fans, Falcao's shot hit the crossbar and bounced back!
Falcao tried to keep his mind stable, his luck is really not good!
However, the rebounded football was headerd by Moreau to the left of the penalty area to Perez, who then sent a through kick!
Falcao was in an offside position, and his retreat was slow, but Merian moved forward but did not go offside. After such a combination of pass and cut, he directly penetrated the entire defense line of Caen.
Before the penalty point, Merian slid the ball with his left foot into the upper corner of the goal, and then abandoned the goal to lower the center of gravity to block the lower angle. The Caen goalkeeper reached out to try to block the football but failed.
The football flew into the goal!
Caen trailed by two goals at home!
Situ Yunbing raised his fists high on the sidelines, his expression was extremely excited!
If Monaco used the defensive success as much as possible to speed up the offensive and defensive conversion in the first half of the season to achieve the ultimate counterattack success, then the second half of the season, especially the two goals in this game, reflects Monaco's technical and tactical level Another improvement!
Their offensive is like a tide, and they repeatedly hit the opponent's defense line after another. They often make their opponents sleepless even after a successful defense!
The most important thing is that the midfield is radiated with new vitality and the offensive methods have become enriched!
Of course, if Falcao can become more confident by scoring goals and integrate into the team system faster, then the team's combat effectiveness must have gone to a higher level!
During the intermission, Situ Yunbing adopted a tactical change to allow Falcao to have more shots and counterattack defensively!
The team's formation retreated, leaving Falcao at the forefront, and Caen two goals behind. They will definitely form the premise for the goal. Situ Yunbing gave them this opportunity. At the same time, Monaco will have more chances to counterattack. Then Falcao, who is at the top, will get some good opportunities more easily.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides to fight again. The situation developed as Situ Yunbing expected. Caen had to attack. Monaco's tight midfield defense never allowed the opponent to get an excellent shooting opportunity, but Situ Yunbing was somewhat helpless. Yes, Falcao performed very well in the counterattack, but he was a bit unsatisfactory when he came to the door!
In the open environment, Falcao almost won one-on-one, but the quality of shots in or outside the penalty area needs 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 and a tie. , But basically maintained the rhythm that was all used up before the game.
The one who can give Matic to Matic, the one who can give Benatia to Benatia, the rest is Moro, Nkulu and the others. Before these three games, Situ Yunbing had none of them. I have seen "Benzema" and "Niang" cards, otherwise they would definitely be used by Falcao.
If this continues, Falcao will become less and less confident if he doesn't score a goal. Situ Yun's off-court cheer is only needed to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. The striker still needs to score in the final analysis.
Unfortunately, this is not a game that belongs to Falcao, and Monaco wasted a basket of opportunities in the second half and failed to rewrite the score.
In the end, Caen lost to Monaco 0:2 at home.
In the standings, all the top five teams in this round won, Monaco's lead is still 4 points, after the last round of Lyon tied with Bordeaux to catch up.
Monaco, 43 points.
Lyon, 39 points.
Bordeaux, 39 points.
Marseille, 37 points.
Toulouse, 36 points.