Chapter 90: .090 contest to test strength

Monaco's lead in the away game is not surprising to Situ Yunbing. From the perspective of hard power, Monaco is definitely better than Lorient. At the beginning of the season, the comparison of hard power between the two teams is not the same. .
In the past half-season, the changes Situ Yunbing has brought to the team are not only the improvement of technical and tactical soft power, the team’s own hard power has also become stronger bit by bit, and after a period of polishing it has occurred. After the qualitative change, Monaco is now not only suppressing many teams intangible temperament, but can indeed surpass most teams in Ligue 1 in terms of overall strength!
The coaching style of the old Gourcuff is unpretentious, and it is difficult for Lorient to counter Monaco technically and tactically in the main scene against Monaco!
But Lorient's good point is his mentality, even if the score is behind, they are not as fragile and mentally unbalanced as they thought.
Instead, many teams will immediately change the offensive rhythm after falling behind at home, hoping to quickly equalize the score.
Lorient did not do this.
It’s not that they don’t care about lagging behind, but they know that once they speed up the pace or rely solely on the increase in the number of offensives to counterattack, they will mostly dig their own graves. Monaco was originally a team that relied on counterattack and fast attack. There are three strong defensive players on the field, plus an asymmetric unilateral flying wing configuration.
Matic, Nkulu, and Perez are in the midfield like a chain, and Lorient has some difficulty in breaking through this line of defense!
This was exactly what Situ Yunbing wanted, but the trend of the game made him feel a little helpless.
Lorient's mentality is calm, and after the score is behind, he tightens the fence. Monaco's offensive is like a wave, but he always wins without scoring!
When the game came to the second half for 70 minutes, the score was still unchanged, and Situ Yunbing made a decisive substitution!
Pino replaced Falcao, who had fallen back in today's state, and then replaced Matic with Mangani. Monaco's overall formation retreated to shrink the line of defense!
The old Gurcuff met with a needle to seize the opportunity. At this time, he also made substitutions, trying to increase the success rate of counterattacks by adding a striker.
However, Monaco's defense is more efficient than before, because they compressed the space after retreating the defense, making Lorient unable to make a position to penetrate the offense, and several wing rushing offensives also failed. Monggongu and Modesto controlled the air over Monaco's restricted area very well.
Although the score was 1:0, Situ Yunbing appeared calm and relaxed on the sidelines.
He really doesn't worry, this comes from his confidence in the team's strong defense.
In the last 10 minutes of the game, Monaco delayed the pace and started to slow down the overall game!
After Situ Yunbing used up the last substitution place, he calmly watched the stadium with his hands in his pockets.
After Matic’s goal, Monaco had more opportunities, but did not grasp it. Now the score of 1:0 will be maintained until the end of the game.
For the fans of Monaco, it is really cool for a while, and always cool for a 1:0!
No goals reappeared. Monaco beat Lorient with one goal away. After 4 games in the second half of the league, 1 draw and 3 wins, three consecutive victories!
After the game, Situ Yunbing and Gourcuff shook hands amicably.
He actually admires a coach like the old Gurcuff in his heart. Although he has no great achievements, he has a lot of experience in training small teams. At least he can prevent Lorient from collapsing when facing a strong team. Because of this, Lorient was able to survive in Ligue 1. Major events cannot be expected, but there will be no major disasters.
In the first five teams of this round, Marseille had a direct dialogue with Bordeaux. Marseille defeated Bordeaux by one goal at home, and all the other top three won.
Monaco's lead in the standings is still 6 points.
Monaco, 49 points.
Lyon, 43 points.
Marseille, 40 points.
Bordeaux, 40 points.
Toulouse, 40 points.
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In the new year and new weather, Monaco is advancing in the third line after stepping into 2009, and the fans are naturally overjoyed. Although there has been a farce like De Bondin hiring Cobosla, it is not hurtful.
On the contrary, the outside world has seen Situ Yunbing's key role in supporting De Bondin behind his back and stabilizing the locker room at a critical moment. This has also improved Situ Yunbing's reputation again. Players trust him and fans like him. Now even the club chairman is also Rely on him!
Now Monaco has a special landscape almost every day.
That was when Situ Yunbing rode a road race to and from get off work, the fans on both sides of the road would always greet him with a smile, and ask him to sign and take a group photo outside the club when he waited for him to go to work or get in and out of get off work.
Situ Yunbing will naturally not ignore the fans coldly. As time permits, he will always satisfy every fan. On social media, there are always many photos of Situ Yunbing taking photos with the fans.
But the Chinese media may be a little unhappy, because wave after wave of Chinese reporters to Monaco have not been able to interview Situ Yunbing.
In private, Situ Yunbing’s refusal to accept interviews has almost become the consensus of the media. He will only talk to reporters when he fulfills his duties as a head coach and must attend the pre-match press conference or accept interviews after the match.
This is not Situ Yunbing's maverick, in fact, many coaches in the coaching circle are like this, big coaches are no exception, because most coaches don’t like reporters, and the media always make them troubles of one kind or another , Neither likes the media to criticize them for bringing pressure, nor for the media to tout them to cause irritability.
February 14th, Valentine's Day.
Situ Yunbing wanted to buy a gift for Sigrid, but he was afraid that his wishful thinking would embarrass the relationship. The two would send some simple text messages to greet each other and care about it. Today is this special holiday. Situ Yunbing still has to work, and he doesn't know if there will be a member of the opposite with Sigrid who will accompany her to spend a romantic time.
After Situ Yunbing came to the club in the morning, he put aside the distracting thoughts of mediocrity. After all, he will lead his team to host Marseille today!
Before the game, the French media tried to revisit the old things to make the atmosphere of the game a bit more popular.
In the first half of the match, Marseille coach Gretz despised Situ Yunbing. As a result, Marseille was defeated by Monaco at home. After the match, Situ Yunbing also spoke badly to Gretz!
Did the two resent this?
Situ Yunbing didn't know it himself, because he wouldn't see Gretz every day, and he almost forgot after the game.
But the media always wants to make the game more attractive gimmicks, and the league has developed to this stage, the civil war between the top five teams will inevitably become a key battle!
Situ Yunbing didn't make any comments about Gretz before the game. He didn't like that Gretz was true, but he couldn't really treat the opponent as an enemy.
Respecting your opponent is often also respecting your own work.
Everyone is a person in the football circle. When the sectarian struggle has not yet risen, personal grievances are often not worth mentioning. Too much entanglement will only make it look like a small belly without demeanor.
Naturally, Geritz would not confuse himself and bump into Situ Yunbing’s muzzle. Now the most popular Chinese marshal in Ligue 1 is not good at it. This is also well known, whether it is managing the team's internal or external struggles. The ruthlessness in the bones of Young Marshal Situ still left a deep impression on the outside world.
As night fell, the Louis II stadium was dazzling with lights. The fans entered the stadium early to watch the strong dialogue that will be staged next. Although it is rare for the stadium to be overwhelming, after the Monaco record soared this season, they usually play upstream. The team's game attendance will never be less than 80%, and if you play a strong team, then it must be full!
Situ Yunbing mobilized the team before the game. After running in many games in the second half of the season, Monaco was a small test and achieved good results. Now a strong opponent has finally come to test their true strength. .
This makes the generals of Monaco full of spirits!
They also want to know what level they are in the Ligue 1 championship group!
Although the first half of the season has a good record against strong teams, in fact winning is not very convincing, and some games have not been won, such as playing Bordeaux, and winning Marseille is the opponent lightly, winning Lyon is Lyon trapped in multiple lines Combat and major injuries, only to win Toulouse is convincing.
Playing Marseille today, they want to see whether their strength has improved or whether the past few games are just an illusion.
If it is the latter, then Situ Yunbing must also make technical and tactical corrections!