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When the time entered July, Monaco's several transfers were also completed.

Abidal went to Lyon, Panucci returned to Serie A.Adebayor from Metz, Maicon from Cruzeiro in Brazil, and Yaya Toure from Bivalen in Belgium have all been signed by Monaco.At the same time, Monaco also formally proposed to Real Madrid to loan Morientes.Although Morientes doesn't really want to leave Real Madrid on loan, because of his inappropriate transfer issues and no position in Real Madrid, the loan method is not completely unacceptable to him.

On the one hand, they were talking about the deal. On the other hand, the Monaco players returned to the team one after another, and the team also began to try a new formation. The biggest change was that Maicon became the main right back.

Didier Deschamps was going to see who was more suitable for this position after Maicon came, he or Givet.But after watching Maicon play football, Deschamps immediately decided on the candidate for the main right back.

"300 million... I found a treasure." [

Deschamps was very satisfied with Maicon's performance, but when the team trained again after the team assembled, Zhao Yaning was a little overwhelmed.He has adapted to Panucci's style of play before, and suddenly replaced him with another person. This change made Zhao Yaning feel very uncomfortable. He played on the right, directly in front of Maicon, and the full-back After the substitution, he suddenly felt that his playing style was much different from before.

"I don't know the specifics. I just feel that the defense behind me is not as good as before. I don't dare to force too much, for fear of causing defensive mistakes by the players behind me. And there seems to be some problems in the offensive movement. When the ball is on the ball, the running space has changed a lot..."

Just ask if you don’t understand something, this is the best way Zhao Yaning thought of, and for his question, Coach Petit immediately gave him the answer, “That’s because you used to play as a winger, and there is a defender behind you.” A full-back is more suitable for you. Now you have to play a full-back, because the full-back behind you is an attacking full-back, so naturally you need to play more securely. You need to participate more in defense And the midfield organization can meet the needs of the team."

Petit's idea was not implemented. After learning about Zhao Yaning's problem, Deschamps made a change immediately and moved Zhao Yaning to the middle.

"I hope you play in the middle, but don't stick to the position of the midfielder." When Deschamps and Zhao Yaning explained, they still didn't use the word "yingfeng". You can move forward more, and you can shoot more. After all, Dado is not as threatening as Chris when facing the defense alone. You need to use more offensive defenses to create enough opportunities for him. .It will be more difficult to play in the middle, I hope you can adapt as soon as possible."

Petit still has some doubts about Deschamps' arrangement for Zhao Yaning to play this position.However, he has something to say about Deschamps' arrangement.Maicon's excellent offensive and defensive strength on the wing is enough to meet the team's needs on the right.It would be a waste for two players with the same ball ability to be placed on the same wing. It would be better to let Jiuli go to the side to connect, and let Zhao Yaning go to the center to attack the opponent's defense.

Zhao Yaning himself is very satisfied with this arrangement. Zhao Yaning has been eager to try this for a long time, so he naturally agreed to it. During training, his enthusiasm for investment is even higher.

Compared with the happiness of Maicon and Zhao Yaning, Yaya Toure was a little depressed.Although he was considered good by Didier Deschamps, he was disliked by the fact that his defense was too frizzy and his offensive mentality was too strong, so he was allowed to sit on the bench, hoping that he could adjust his mentality before playing.Such an arrangement made Yaya Toure a little unhappy.

And in mid-July, Zhao Yaning also received good results in various technical training.His short pass success rose to 15, while his long pass and corner kicks reached 14, his shooting skills rose to 12, and his penalty kick skills also rose to 12.

Except for the improvement of the long pass, which did not meet his plan, the improvement in other aspects has achieved the expected effect.Although Zhao Yaning was dissatisfied with such training results, he could reluctantly accept it.

As time went by, Deschamps also brought new news to the team.This news is still very necessary for the team, because there has indeed been a lot of confusion in this season's competition system, and the upper management of the team now also needs to increase management.

Ligue 03 was restructured last season, and this season, the European Champions Cup will be restructured.The UEFA Champions League was restructured in the 04-[-] season. This time, the previous two rounds of the group stage were changed to one round, and the original method of competing for the quarter-finals in the second round of the group stage was changed to sixteen teams. Started to fight each other.This has greatly shortened the length and pressure of the game, which has reduced a lot of pressure on the giants and allowed them to deal with multi-line battles more calmly.However, this approach has also made the competition in the Champions League even greater. In the original two rounds of the group stage, the strongest team must have qualified, but now, the second round of the group stage has become a knockout round, and the game has more variables. up.

But even so, the highest odds of the Champions League are still Real Madrid, which has alternately played in the Champions League and the league in the past six years, and won the Champions League three times.After all, this is 2004, and Real Madrid has always won the championship in even-numbered years.

This odds caused the Monaco players to discuss intensely for a while.Monaco is a gambling city, and the odds of the Champions League are just an important topic for the players here, but few players are really willing to believe in these things.

"It's understandable that Real Madrid is first, Manchester United is second, and Chelsea is third? Is this a comparison of who spends more money?" Giuly sneered at the odds, "And there is no controversy about Juventus' fourth, Arsenal Why are the odds higher than Milan? Have they played decent European games in recent years? And the way Milan was last year, how can there be any weaknesses?"

"And our odds are not as high as Stuttgart, isn't it too shameful?"

Monaco ranks tenth in the Champions League odds, Bayern, Deportivo and Stuttgart are all ahead of Monaco.Behind them are Lyon and Porto, tied for No.11.

Among the top nine teams, Serie A, La Liga, and Bundesliga each have two teams, and the Premier League has three teams.And this is basically the top few of the four major leagues. Of course, the odds of La Liga runner-up Real Sociedad and Serie A runner-up Inter Milan are not high. After all, it is the first time for Real Sociedad to play in the Champions League, and Inter Milan's performance in these years is really bad .The same is true for Newcastle. Their European war is not optimistic.

Monaco's Champions League odds reached 28, which means that people think they have less than 4% chance of winning, while Real Madrid's Champions League odds are 33, which means their chance of winning is 27%.And Lyon is worse than Monaco, their chances of winning the championship are less than 3%, the same as Porto in the Portuguese Super League. [

Such an estimate is a bit frustrating, but the players didn't take him to heart.

This stuff has way too much moisture.For example, Milan, although they were the European champions last season, because they defeated Juventus in the final by penalty kicks, and because Juventus' core Nedved was not present, they are also considered to be defending the title. The probability is not high.And Real Madrid put too much energy into the league last season because it was their centennial celebration, and they lost to Juventus because of Nedved's outstanding performance. The failure is regarded as an accident, and they believe that Real Madrid can still win the Champions League this year with their superstars. Therefore, they are also considered by many people to be the favorites to win this year.

And for some other teams, such as Manchester United, Chelsea, and Arsenal, the top three in the Premier League, their rankings are a bit overestimated.Arsenal's Champions League record in recent years is actually not very good. Their ability to achieve such a high ranking has nothing to do with the attractiveness of their artistic football.Manchester United's ranking has always been high, but considering that they are in a transition period, this ranking really doesn't explain anything.Not to mention Chelsea, no matter who said it, they think that their odds of being third in Europe are the inevitable result of spending 12 billion euros. They are too rich.

As for the others besides them, Deportivo's performance in European competitions has been very good in recent years, so they will naturally rank very high. Although Bayern Munich has said goodbye to the era of green Hollywood, they rely on Ballack's support. , has not yet fully shown signs of decline, and is naturally supporting his reputation.Another team in the Bundesliga, Stuttgart, has also attracted the attention of many people, and it is because of the particularity of their youth team that they attract attention.

In fact, Monaco is unconvinced, and there are even more unconvinced than Monaco. For example, Inter Milan, they were still the semi-finals of the Champions League and the runner-up of the league a year ago, but because they fired Cooper, the team had another big battle. In exchange, their ranking is not even as high as Monaco.

Not to mention teams like Liverpool and Barcelona, ​​they are still unable to qualify for the Champions League.

But such things as odds are not credible after all.In football matters, the outcome is not determined by strength or weakness. Otherwise, how did Bayern, who was defeated by Manchester United in 99 and lost to Real Madrid in 00, lose?

After everyone discussed it, they put it aside and didn't care about it anymore.As for the football game, do your best and obey the destiny. Who dares to say success or failure until the last moment?

And soon, a new arrangement for the Ligue [-] league came out.

"Our first game of the season has been set, at the end of this month, on July 26, the French Super Cup match against Auxerre."

The French Super Cup is a match between the league champion and the UEFA Champions League. Last season, the league champion was Monaco, and the French Cup champion was Auxerre. These two teams will have a match.The last French Super Cup was held on May 27. At that time, Ligue 34 had not yet been restructured, and there were still 27 rounds of the league, so it was natural to play like that.However, Ligue [-] was just restructured last season, so when the French Super Cup should be played after the restructure also needs to be changed accordingly. Ligue [-] moved this game from the end of the season to the beginning of next season, and finally decided to play it on July [-]. Contest.

This allowed Monaco to start the official game a week earlier than other teams, and the task was also heavier.

"Because we started the game at the end of July, so this year's friendly match will only be played once. Anyway, the French Super Cup is also a friendly match in a sense, but there are only multiple cups. But there is one good news. , We have already contacted the target for the friendly match." Deschamps looked at the team, "The strongest team in Europe."

"Real Madrid?" Giuly asked back.

"Of course not. I'm talking about the strongest team, not the most famous team." Deschamps shook his head, "Can you guess where it is?"

"Milan." Zhao Yaning said, "It's Milan."

"That's right." Deschamps nodded, "It's Milan. Our opponent this offseason is Milan."

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ps: This odds ranking is the real odds ranking for that year.