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Giuly and Zikos each received a red card, and the ten-man Eindhoven drew an away draw with nine-man Monaco-although this result seemed a bit bitter, Deschamps could only accept it.

But from a positive point of view of this game, Monaco has [-] points, and Deportivo, the second place in the group, has reached [-] points by defeating Athens ek. The next game will count as them Even if Monaco loses to Athens ek, the two teams still have the same points.

After the Champions League group stage points, it depends on the relationship between victory and defeat. Monaco has one win and one tie, and the record is dominant. That is to say, Monaco has secured the top spot in the group.

Qualifying first in the group is better than qualifying second in the group.After all, in the knockout rounds, the first team in the group will play the second team in the group. If Monaco is lucky, they may be able to draw a weaker second team. In that case, they may be able to enter the quarterfinals.

But having said that, in the last group match, Jiuli was suspended, Zicos was suspended, Zhao Yaning returned to the country, and the three main positions in the frontcourt had to be rotated. It was still an away game. It is really hard to say whether Monaco can win.If the first place in the group loses to the last place in the group, that would be ugly. [

"If there is a problem in this game, the primary responsibility is mine, and the secondary responsibility is Ludovic's. I am the coach and he is the captain. If there is a problem, it is naturally our responsibility." Regarding this issue, Deschamps was very firm. I concluded, "Fortunately, everyone has already realized the problem I want everyone to realize. You are very strong, and I don't deny that. But if you don't work hard, you will lose."

This warning made the players keep in mind.After all, the victory in a Champions League game is gone, and the players will not forget this blow.

In the game against Nantes, they showed enough seriousness and care.

In the first half of the game, Roten's corner kick assisted Giver to open the scoring for Monaco. In the second half, Zhao Yaning assisted Cisse and scored again with a free kick. Two set kick assists helped Monaco beat the Canary and won again. A game of victory.

After this game, Monaco also ushered in the last tough battle of the first half of the season.

Blue Bank Derby against Marseille.

Although Monaco won the Ligue [-] championship last season, they have a big regret: they didn't win any of the four Blue Coast Derbys.

Monaco, Marseille, Nice, the three cities Cinchona are together, and the three teams in these three cities have now won eight Ligue 70 titles in Marseille, eight times after Monaco won the championship last year, and Nice also has With four league championships-the Ligue [-] has won [-] years, and two-sevenths of the championships belong to these three teams.

It is precisely because of this that when these three teams in the midfield area confront each other, it is often a very fierce game, and the level of confrontation is also the highest in Ligue [-], because the three teams are all on the Mediterranean coast, so , Also known as the Blue Bank Derby.

And this season, Marseille's results are quite good.In the summer, they completed a very important signing, bought Drogba from Guingamp, and then built their own attack line around him.

Another equally important deal is that they loaned France's main goalkeeper Barthez from Manchester United.

Before the game started, Zhao Yaning had a malicious guess in his heart. Barthez's star card must be a buttery hand, right?

In fact, aside from his unimaginably inferior games at Manchester United, in other games, his strength is quite good.In his three seasons at Manchester United, he actually performed poorly in only one season. In the other two seasons, he was a complete world-class goalkeeper, and in the national team, he was even more perfect.

The only problem is that the season when he had problems was really too much trouble, plus the giants can always magnify the mistakes of the players, he naturally left the impression that he was a buttery player.

And the reason why he returned to France this year is also because he wants to continue to retain his position in the national team.Manchester United cannot guarantee his chance to play. He still wants to play for the national team, so naturally he can only seek a transfer.After all, one of his competitors was Cooper, whom he had fought almost his entire life.

Barthez and Coupe have always been France's No. [-] and No. [-] goalkeepers.The two of them are quite similar in size, technical characteristics, and abilities, but because Barthez joined Marseille and then went to Monaco, he had more highlight moments, while Coupe was born in Saint-Etienne and jumped to his arch-rival Lyon. Slightly inferior, and lack of reputation, so he has always been overwhelmed by Barthez.

But Barthez is now making mistakes, and naturally Kupe's voice is also louder.In order to maintain his status, Barthez also gave up competing for a position at Manchester United, but retreated to the second best and returned to France.

After arriving in Marseille, his state has indeed returned.In less than half a season, he became the former No. [-] French goalkeeper. Although Coupe was strong, he was firmly suppressed by him.

And this Marseille team, with a strong striker and an excellent goalkeeper, their strength has also stabilized. [

It is precisely because of this that they also have the courage to be arrogant against Monaco.

"Monaco has indeed defeated many strong teams. But maybe Deportivo is just out of shape? Anyway, I only know that their championship last year did not beat Marseille. Our European results are not good because we met Real Madrid and Real Madrid. Porto, such a team, Monaco is also useless."

Monaco did not take seriously Marseille coach Palin's words.And at such times, the best way to deal with provocative enemies is to defeat them.

"To deal with Marseille, I don't think I need to say anything more. Everyone knows very well what their strength is. Sebastian, you go to mark Drogba. He is in good form recently. You have to work harder. Joey, you Be careful yourself, their latest rookie midfielder Flamini's defense is still good, you need to pay more attention."

Zhao Yaning nodded, indicating that he had heard Deschamps’ words.

But at the start of the game, Monaco was given a slap in the face by Marseille.

Marley's long pass over the top made Drogba effortlessly open the scoring for Marseille in less than 10 minutes.

"Monaco has encountered rare troubles this season." For such a goal, the commentator is still a little excited, "In less than 10 minutes, Drogba broke the goal of Monaco with his header. This season , Marseille and Lyon are the only two teams that have beaten Monaco. After defeating Monaco 2-0 in the League Cup, Marseille is leading again in this game. Does it mean that Marseille's style of play is more restrained than Monaco? Woolen cloth?"

Such speculation is more hope than doubt.The fighting power shown by Monaco is really too strong. Now it is still far ahead in Ligue 2, leaving the No.[-] Lyon team by as many as five points.Such a situation is very uncommon in Ligue [-]. No one in Ligue [-] has been able to successfully defend the title for many years. This is also regarded as a sign of the prosperity and fierce competition in Ligue [-].If Monaco really succeeds in defending the title, there will be many people in France who will be unhappy.

Last year, because Lyon was the defending champion and Monaco was the challenger, most of the media supported Monaco and hated Lyon.This year, when the offense and defense are out of position, the attitude of the media will naturally be reversed.

But the media can influence the outside world, but not on the pitch. Although Monaco lost the ball first, Monaco quickly controlled the situation on the pitch. Once Monaco cooperates, Marseille will no longer be able to resist Monaco's central goal. The frontcourt came in.

In football, although there are many ways to play, the most respected one has always been to cooperate and advance in the middle.In particular, the small-scale coordination of several players is almost the most beautiful way to play football.Monaco's style of play is also achieved by the cooperation of Zhao Yaning, Maicon and Giuly.And the cooperation of the three of them soon brought the first goal for Monaco.

After a cooperation from the wing, Maicon succeeded in going down, and then made a long pass to send the ball into the penalty area. Morientes was watched closely, but he still successfully diverted the header to Rothen on the left.

After Roten stopped the ball, he shot the ball into the goal with a long shot.

"gooool!!!!!! Monaco equalized! Shot from Roten!!! Monaco saved the game!"

This goal boosted Monaco's morale.

At this time, Zhao Yaning was in the middle and was also controlling the ball and constantly moving forward.The person in charge of guarding him is Marseille's new star Flamini. He made his debut in Marseille this season and played very well. His defensive ability has been recognized by many people.But at his level, it is still difficult to defend Zhao Yaning.

At least for now, Zhao Yaning doesn't feel that his defense poses too much threat to him.

After the second half of the game, Zhao Yaning, who was familiar with his defensive characteristics, performed even better.At 65 minutes, Zhao Yaning found another chance.

After a shake and change in the middle, Zhao Yaning passed Flamini and rushed into the penalty area in one step.Facing the replacement, he slammed on the brakes, shook off the defender, and immediately shot.

Barthez jumped up and saved the ball.

But he threw the ball to the feet of Morientes, and Morientes' supplementary shot made Monaco reverse the situation. [

"2-1!!! Monaco won the game again!! They are completely unstoppable now, the best team in Ligue [-] and one of the best teams in the world!"