Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 17 The Rough Road to Upgrade (recommended ticket)

Just when all the Monaco people thought that the team would go on a winning streak again, Nantes' head-on blow made the Monaco people unable to lift their heads.

In this season, Monaco's biggest enemies on the road to promotion are Nantes and Guingamp. The two teams are currently ranked second and third. Monaco has already defeated Gantt in the fourth round of the league. If they beat Nantes again in this round, then Monaco should be stable this season.

But unfortunately, it was only if, 0:2, this is the score after the game. In his own home court, Stade Louis II, Monaco lost so neatly.

In previous games, even if Monaco drew or even lost, they always had the advantage, but in this game, Monaco was suppressed from the beginning to the end, and the kick was ugly.

It’s not that Monaco’s strength is not as good as Nantes’. If you really want to say that Monaco’s strength is stronger, but if you lose the game, you lose. It’s useless to find any excuses. The most important thing for Monaco now is to know shame and be brave.

Speaking of which, Monaco really did it. After losing to Nantes in the next three rounds of the league, Monaco won all the games. With this wave of three consecutive victories, Monaco once again led Nantes to occupy the top spot in the standings.

The lift system of Ligue 3 is that the top two in the standings are promoted directly, while No.[-] needs to play two rounds of play-offs with the bottom three in Ligue [-]. The winner will appear in Ligue [-], so Monaco can be promoted as long as they keep the top two.

As far as Li Shou is concerned, whether Monaco is promoted or not has little to do with him. Anyway, he has no chance in the league. What really matters to Li Shou is the French Cup in the next week.

According to the starting order of the French League Cup, the first knockout game of the French Cup should fall on Li Shou, and then Ranieri did announce the news.

However, the strength of Monaco's opponent is really not enough. Sporting Toulon from France [-].

Although Li Shou didn't get a chance in the league, in the simulated match, Li Shou hadn't conceded a goal in three consecutive games, and he didn't pose much threat to the opponent after every game.

This is due to Monaco's strong strength and Li Shou's progress during this period. Li Shou's changes during this period are from the inside out, which can be said to be quite large.

Confidence, Li Shou's self-confidence in the past came from having a pair of magical gloves, but now, the gloves have become a system, and they have really become Li Shou's things. After gradually adapting, Li Shou's self-confidence has also diverged from the inside out.

Outsiders can't really see this kind of change. If they can really see it, they must be very close to Li Shou. For example, Pellizzaro, the Italian old man, doesn't know why Li Shou has changed so much.

But this change is a good thing for Li Shou, and Pellizaro has observed this very carefully. Even in Pelizzaro's mind, Li Shou is really qualified to compete with Subasic for the main position.

It's just that Pelizzaro knows Ranieri too well. With the current situation, unless Subasic is injured, it is absolutely impossible for Li Shou to appear in the starting list.

Although there will be no change in the starting lineup, Li Shou has gradually surpassed Sulzak in the choice of the second goalkeeper. Although training is not a game, Li Shou's performance in training is indeed better than Sulzak.

This can be seen from the recent two rounds of the league. In the last two games of the three-game winning streak, Li Shou has always appeared in the 18-man roster. Before that, the two appeared in the roster in turn, especially when Li Shou will start in the French Cup.

Then the match against Sporting Toulon was quite boring for Li Shou, because it was difficult for Sporting Toulon to pose a threat to Monaco's goal due to the crushing of strength.

However, this situation also tests the goalkeeper's concentration and reaction. There is no threat for a long time, which will make people relax their vigilance. If the opponent suddenly makes such a kick at this time, it is likely to lose the ball.

In fact, Athletic Toulon did do such a thing. In the 303rd minute, Athletic Toulon suddenly fired a long shot. Fortunately, Li Shou was focused enough and reacted quickly enough to block the ball.

In the 7th minute of the opening of the second half, Sporting Toulon quickly counterattacked after stealing the ball. It was Li Shou's outstanding performance that finally resolved this wave of offense, trying to keep the goal and helping Monaco break into the next round.

This is another game that few people pay attention to. Not to mention that Monaco is currently in Ligue [-], and the opponent is still Ligue [-]. Even when they are guests, hundreds of Monaco fans come to the scene, which shows the attention of this game.

In the eyes of the media and fans, this game is not important, and they don't bother to pay attention to it. They don't care whether Li Shou performs well or not, but the team's head coach sees it.

So in this game, Li Shou still had some sense of presence in front of Ranieri, especially in those two saves, Li Shou regained his previous concentration.

Li Shou, who returned to the league after the French Cup knockout round, sat on the bench again, and Monaco also won another victory, while Nantes, another stadium, got a draw and Monaco regained the lead.

But Monaco's winning streak did not continue. In the eighth round of the French Cup, Monaco lost to Bourg, another French third team. However, Li Shou was not without gains in this game.

Because of Sulzak who started the French Cup, with the loss of this game, the competition between Li Shou and Sulzak has initially come to an end.

Sulzak also knew that he was going to lose in the competition with Li Shou. After the game, the disappointment on the French goalkeeper's face could not be concealed.

The French Cup lost, and Monaco, who returned to the league, failed to return to the winning track. In the No.17 league round, Monaco challenged Caen away. This game is also Monaco's worst loss so far this season. .

3:0, this game fully reflects the instability of the young players, Monaco is still dominant on paper, but Monaco is beaten by Caen on the court.

What makes the Monaco people even more uncomfortable is the victory of the competitor. Originally, Monaco led Nantes by 2 points, but with this loss, the difference between the two sides became 1 point, but now Nantes leads Monaco by 1 point.

The top two in Ligue [-] are promoted directly, but there is still a gap between the first and second places. Although the champion of Ligue [-] is not a real honor, it is still a champion.

The seventeenth round of defeat had a great impact on Monaco, so that Monaco failed to return to the winning track three days later. Although it did not lose, a draw was not enough for Monaco.

In contrast, Nantes is advancing all the way, and the irony is that Nantes' No.18 opponent just caused Monaco's disastrous defeat in the last round of Caen.

At the same time, Guingamp, who is third in points, has also caught up. Since the tenth round, Guingamp has never lost again, and has achieved an excellent record of 5 wins and 4 draws in the past nine rounds.

(End of this chapter)