Chapter 18: .018 Contrast of Monaco

When Situ Yunbing walked into the Velodrome Stadium, the home of Marseille, he looked up at the magnificent stands, and he really felt "sitting on the well and watching the sky".
Among the courses of the Ligue 1 clubs, the Velodrome Stadium in Marseille is the largest and the absolute top in Ligue 1!
At any rate, Marseille is also the king of the last century. It is also the only team in the history of the French team to win the Champions League. It is not an exaggeration for this honor to be matched with the top court.
Situ Yunbing looked around to see clearly which side of the visiting team coach’s bench was. He saw a group of people sitting on the coach’s bench of the home team. The Marseille coaching staff headed by Gretz, the opponent also happened to look at Situ Yunbing. With a weird smile on his face, he looked at Situ Yunbing while whispering, his eyes were full of jokes, watching Situ Yunbing look like a clown.
Gretz quickly retracted his gaze, even stingy to say hello to Situ Yunbing.
Situ Yunbing turned and walked towards the visiting coach's command area, facing the arena with a cold expression.
The starters of the two teams are already lined up in the stadium for the kick-off ceremony. The Velodrom stadium echoes the cheering of Marseille fans. There is no cheering from Monaco fans at all. Maybe there are no Monaco fans in the stands.
The Monaco generals looked natural, but the Marseille players were indifferent and confident.
The temperament is completely different.
"Good evening, everyone, everyone, welcome to the focus of the sixth round of the first battle, Marseille will play against Monaco at home.
In the new season, Ligue 1 has only finished 5 rounds. Lyon, the top team, performed the most stable. They scored 13 points, while Marseilles performed well, with 11 points in 5 rounds. Monaco is relatively poor. They only have 5 points. It has fallen behind to the leader Lyon by as much as 8 points, and it can be said that it is only one step away from the relegation zone.
Marseille played a Champions League group match at home in the middle of the week. They lost 1:2 to the Premier League giants Liverpool. This may have a certain negative impact on them today. Monaco lost to Lorient at home last week, and the morale of the army fell. In the trough, there was a fierce conflict between the generals and the generals within the team. It was unexpected that Situ Yunbing was not fired by the Monaco club. Now no one is optimistic about his prospects for coaching Monaco.
No one doubts that he continues to coach the team is nothing more than lingering, maybe after one or two losses, he will be replaced.
Before today’s game, the media was optimistic about Marseille. Regardless of the lineup strength, player status, and the team’s recent record performance, Monaco has no advantage over Marseille, and because Situ Yunbing will have as many as 8 players. Decentralized reserves, including several main players, the outside world predicts that Monaco will inevitably lose a fiasco in this game!
Marseille lined up 4231 at home today.
Goalkeeper: Mandanda.
Defenders: Bonat, Zuba, Hilton, Taiwo.
Midfielder: Kone, Cana, Ziani, Xeru, Valbuena.
Forward: Niang.
Due to the Champions League in the middle of the week, Marseille had a certain rotation. For example, Ben Alpha and Mbami are all sitting on the bench.
Monaco formed a 451 formation in the away game today.
Goalkeeper: Rufael.
Defenders: Simic, Modesto, Mongongu, Muratori.
Midfielder: Pino, Perez, Merian, Lecco, Moreau.
Forward: Nimani.
Compared with last weekend’s game, Monaco has undergone a lot of changes in personnel. The first players who were replaced today have been sent to the reserve team by Situ Yunbing. "French Football" made a joke before the game. Question: If this game is lost again, will Situ Yunbing send another group of players to the reserve team?
Then within a month, no one will be available in the Monaco first team!
Hehe, anyway, let's see if today's game will become one-sided. "
From any point of view, Monaco's guest challenge to Marseille today is a life-threatening situation. The turmoil of the team, the replacement of personnel, and the immaturity of the coach, etc., will make those who have expectations of Monaco despair!
However, with the referee's whistle, Monaco showed an unexpected state in the away game!
From the first second of the game, Situ Yunbing shouted loudly from the sidelines to let the players strengthen their defense and actively organize the encirclement!
The players on the field are also very hard to carry out a crazy encirclement and suppression of Marseille!
Situ Yunbing didn't pretend to be indifferent and advanced like the previous game, it was completely the appearance of leading the soldiers to fight with all their strength.
In the 2nd minute of the game, Marseille's midfielder Ziani just received the pass from Xierou. He pulled the ball and turned to get rid of Lecco's defense. As a result, he just turned around and encountered a strong steal from Perez.
Unprepared, the ball was broken.
Perez immediately sent a straight pass forward. Merian seemed to be a bit faster than usual today. While running across in front of Cana, he received Perez's pass and took one step horizontally. Pino quickly moved forward and Merian sent a diagonal kick before the formation of Xeru and Cana's defense.
Pino jumped in front of the wing to lead the ball and then turned inside. Unexpectedly, Taiwo, who returned to the defense, was so fast that he stretched his leg to intercept the ball and broke the baseline.
Although Monaco's fast break on the spot failed to produce a shot, Situ Yunbing still clapped vigorously on the sidelines to encourage the players' performance.
Marseille did not arouse vigilance, believing that it was nothing more than a burst of energy from Monaco's dying struggle.
They only need to play their own level step by step, then Monaco can only kill.
Gretz also didn't put Monaco in his eyes. Instead, he thought that Monaco would be Marseille's dish after the momentum of Monaco's opening was vented.
In the 5th minute of the game, the organization of Marseille’s mid lane continued to be blocked. Nimani withdrew to harass the opponent’s backline, making it impossible for Cana and Xielu to organize and dispatch easily. Ziani in front was in Perez and Lecco. It was difficult to find a suitable response under the staring, so Xielu split the ball and sent it to Taiwo's feet.
Taiwo had planned to push forward from the left, but Pino, who was also not slow, followed him. For fear of losing the ball in the backcourt, he could only pass the ball straight ahead.
Before Valbuena responded, Perez quickly assisted in defending the sidewalk, while Simic stepped forward to maintain the distance from Valbuena, waiting for Perez to take the lead in the attack, and then he took control.
Situ Yunbing shouted at Perez from the sidelines: "Forcing you! If it doesn't work, you will foul!"
Perez's blood surged, and the momentum was ferocious to stop the ball. Valbuena was short, naturally flexible under his feet, and suddenly pulled the ball to get rid of it transversely. When he passed Perez, he thought he could Thoroughly break through the opponent, and then turn to the inside to open up a new situation for the offense.
What I didn't expect was that he had just turned into the middle, and a person was killed from behind and stabbed the ball!
Merian!
Valbuena's expression was surprised. He didn't expect Monaco's midfield defense to be so fast, and Merian's defense was not only timely, but also a big retreat!
Situ Yunbing applauded from the sidelines and shouted: "Good job! Pass the ball quickly to organize an attack!"
Simic stepped forward and sent the ball to the center of the backcourt with a diagonal pass. Lecco took the ball and quickly advanced past the midfield. Marseille was on the offensive side, and Kana and Xeru were in position. On the way forward, Cana took advantage of the situation and grabbed the ball. If it is a steal, then Marseille can turn around and launch a more threatening fast attack against Monaco!
However, Lecco passed the ball through the midfield and saw Cana press forward.
Nimani shot out from behind Kana, and as soon as he stopped the ball and turned around, Xie Lu rushed towards him. Nimani leaped the ball forward and wiped Xie Lu forward, completely relying on the speed and rhythm to make Xie Lu's defensive force miss. !
The Marseille fans in the stands were unbelievable. At the beginning of the game, Monaco had an anti-visit posture!
When Marseille defender Zuba stepped forward and lowered his center of gravity to intercept Nimani head-on, Nimani obliquely stuffed the ball into the left side of the penalty area.
Zuba turned his head to look, and the scene in front of him made him extremely nervous.
Moro made a quick cut inside, and Marseille right-back Bonnet, who was not slow, was behind him!
Bonart is also a quick-witted player, but the physical confrontation is weak!
This means that as long as Moro seizes his position, he can block the opponent from the outside through physical confrontation!
Zuba immediately returned to defense, but he was too slow to interfere with Moro who was inside.
Situ Yunbing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated on the sidelines, and his eyes stared at Moreau expectantly.
All the Marseille fans couldn't help but marvel in their hearts: No way!
Moreau stopped and adjusted a step in the left rib zone of the penalty area, and then shot with his left foot!
Mandanda moved quickly to the near post, but saw that the football flew directly into the stands like a shell from an anti-aircraft gun, and it was close to two meters away from the goal.
call!
The Marseille fans were relieved.
A false alarm!
Although Situ Yunbing was also disappointed, he still clapped his hands and applauded!
Moreau himself has a poor performance in shooting, so the missed shot may be his normal level. If you want to pose a threat, you have to hope that he will perform at a super level!
Moreau felt sorry for his missed shot, but when he turned around and walked back and forth, he saw Situ Yunbing applauding, and he suddenly felt confident again.
Situ Yunbing then waved his hand to let the team retreat and contract. Nimani, Moreau, and Lecco retreated one after another, and Monaco set up a defensive position again.
Gretz frowned slightly at this time, his eyes became slightly solemn.
He felt that Monaco was very different from what he expected!