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After a 1-1 draw with Rennes, Monaco also ended the first half of the season.

Eighteen rounds, 43 wins, four draws and one loss. After half a season, Monaco has [-] points and is firmly at the top of the list.

And No.2 is Monaco's biggest rival Lyon.

The Lyon team also had one round less, followed by 36 rounds with [-] wins, six draws and two losses with [-] points.

It's not too much to get rid of seven points in half a season.But 43 points is enough to make people dumbfounded.The half-time champion can score 43 points, not many even in the five major leagues. [

This is still a case of missing one round, and it is also the result of kicking out the team's main forward lying in the hospital.If Roundup recovers smoothly in the next season, and Monaco can also play at such a rhythm, doesn't it mean that Monaco can get [-] points in the season?

Such a score makes people feel a little scary.

But considering Monaco's dominance in the league, such a result is not surprising.

"In winter, I hope you know what you should do. We have a heavy task in the second half of the season. If you can train, you should spare some time and do some training." Didier Deschamps was not in the team. He didn't say much nonsense, he knew very well that his players didn't need too many exhortations.

And just as he expected, during the entire winter break, no one had a rest.Everyone is preparing very hard. After all, in the second half of the season, they still have the Champions League to play.

In fact, the draw of the Champions League is the reason why everyone worked so hard-in the draw of the first round of the Champions League knockout round, Monaco was lucky to draw the opponent Lokomotiv Moscow.

"Our opponent is probably the weakest among the opponents that can be drawn. One of the only four fourth-tier teams in the entire Champions League that advanced to the knockout round was drawn by us. It has to be said that it is a good thing-as for the bad thing , Their luck is obviously better than ours, we have a three-seventh chance to draw the fourth tier team, but they only have a one-seventh chance to draw the fourth tier team, and they did it..."

It can be said that this time the Champions League reported a lot of upsets. Among the fourth-tier teams, Stuttgart, Real Sociedad, Monaco and Lokomotiv Moscow all advanced to the knockout round. Such upsets are indeed extremely rare.

And Monaco is a team in the fourth tier, qualifying first in the group, and it is the biggest upset among all the upsets.

Although Deschamps' ridicule was a joke, what is frustrating is that all the runners-up in the group before the game really wanted to draw to Monaco.After all, Monaco is indeed a big piece of fat for the first time with other teams.Although Deportivo's bones are not cold, Monaco is more popular than Real Madrid, Juventus, and Milan.Therefore, when Lokomotiv Moscow drew to Monaco, many people indeed believed that it was the luck of Lokomotiv Moscow.

But Monaco's luck is indeed good.Among the four fourth-tier teams that have advanced, only Lokomotiv Moscow is not a team from the five major leagues, and it should be slightly weaker.And the strengths of their opponent Lokomotiv Moscow... In fact, except for the fact that Russia is cold, they know everything about the strength of Lokomotiv Moscow.

But it shouldn't be very strong.

In fact, before the draw, Monaco had little hope for the knockout round of the Champions League.After all, there are quite a few strong teams in the second place in the group.But after the lottery result came out this time, they were all extremely excited.After finally getting an underdog, it is natural to play a good game with them.

He has advanced to the quarterfinals, but there is a lot of money to take.

In contrast, the fate of Deportivo, who was squeezed to the second place in the group, is very interesting.What they met was their old rival Juventus again.In the past few years, they met Juventus three times with two wins and one loss. Except for the time when Tudor shot a long shot, they squeezed into Juventus at other times. They met again this year. I don’t know if it’s luck or fate. .

This result made Deschamps feel a little bit emotional: If Monaco meets Juventus, it is really possible that they will be exhausted.

Fortunately, they are the first in the group, playing against Lokomotiv Moscow.

"It shouldn't be very strong." But Deschamps is optimistic, "Their group stage results are good, in fact, it's just because their group is relatively weak. Arsenal, Inter Milan, such a group, it is normal for a dark horse to come out. "

Arsenal's performance in the European war has not been very good, but this year's European war has rarely erupted.In the last two games of the Champions League group, Inter Milan was swept away by Arsenal 5-1 at home, giving Henry a gluttonous feast, and then tied with Dynamo Kiev in an away game in Kiev, scoring eight points with Lokomotiv Moscow. [

And because Lokomotiv Moscow has a 3-0 Inter Milan at home and a 1-1 Inter Milan away record, they advanced to the knockout round.

"To be honest, when I heard such news, I didn't know how to prepare you for the game. Could it be that you should eat more food and prepare some fat to withstand the severe cold in Moscow? Other ways, I really don't know. Unexpected." Didier Deschamps didn't hide his lack of information, "When I played in the Champions League before, there was only one way. When I met this kind of team, I just crushed it. But you guys are almost there. gone."

There is nothing wrong with Deschamps saying that.The teams he played in all his life were very strong. Marseille reached the Champions League final twice, Juventus reached the Champions League final three times, and he also reached the Champions League final once in Valencia in his later years.His club honors are extraordinary, even when he was playing for Chelsea in the Premier League, he still won the FA Cup anyway.It's just that compared with the World Cup and European Cup as the captain of his national team, these honors are relatively minor.

He said that his team directly crushed teams like Lokomotiv Moscow because of his confidence, and the reason why he mentioned this was naturally that he hoped that his achievements could inspire the players.

"Don't worry, if you can crush them, we can do it too." In this regard, Jiuli was full of confidence, "Isn't it just a shitty home court advantage? Relying on this dawdling team is not a skill at all. "

The confident Monaco soon passed the winter break. On January [-]th, they also ushered in the first game of the second half of the season.It's just that in this game, Monaco still didn't pay attention to the seventh round of the French Cup against Metz. Although it was an away game, they didn't care because of their outstanding strength.

Zhao Yaning, Morientes and Roten all got a rest in this game, while Adebayor started again.

And the game really developed in the direction expected by Monaco.Less than 15 minutes into the game, Giuly assisted Adebayor and scored the first goal for Monaco.

This goal made Metz all booed at home: Adebayor was still playing here last year, and this year he even ran to his own stadium to celebrate the ungrateful goal. Of course, they will be very dissatisfied.

But Adebayor turned a deaf ear to these boos. For him, scoring a goal is more important than anything else.

And his appearance made Deschamps a little dissatisfied.No matter how you put it, he was facing his old master. Such a nonchalant performance was a bit too much.

Therefore, in the second half of the game, he replaced Adebayor.Let Purshaw play.And Pursau lived up to his trust and scored another goal, which continued to expand the lead for Monaco.

This goal also sealed the victory for Monaco.

"There's something wrong with Emmanuel, but I believe he's just too happy and it always excites young people to be able to express himself in front of his academy club. It's not a big mistake."

Although he said this to the media, Deschamps directly announced the ban when he arrived at the club, "Emmanuel was suspended for three games in the team, and he should reflect on his actions."

"But the African Cup is coming, and the suspension in the team cannot be enforced." Jiuli argued.

"Then remember first, you will continue to be banned after you come back."

Seeing Deschamps' firm attitude, no one dared to express objections.And they really didn't care about the opposition, because they also ushered in the first game of the second half of the season.

Monaco vs Bastia.

This game is Bastia's home game. Their home record has always been good. Monaco did not dare to underestimate the enemy and sent their strongest lineup to play.

In this game, Bastia persisted for seven or 10 minutes without being scored by Monaco.

It was not until No. 70 minutes, when both sides ran the whole court, and the speed slowed down, that Monaco finally found a chance. [

After a sway in the middle, Zhao Yaning pulled horizontally and kicked the ball into the penalty area.After Morientes received the ball, he did not immediately head the ball. Instead, he pulled the ball and quickly returned it.

This coordinated goal scored three points for Monaco, and when he arrived in the locker room, Zhao Yaning also confided his thoughts.

"I just remember that Raul seemed to play like this..."

Of course, he didn't tell the truth. This is the result of Raul's repeated training in the training space. Otherwise, where did he come from such a tacit cooperation?

"Just follow Raul. Sooner or later you will be like the group in Madrid. You will be satisfied if you are suspected of being gay." Giuly complained next to him, and the sneakers were thrown over by Morientes immediately interrupted.Now everyone is familiar with each other a lot, and sometimes they will make some exaggerated jokes with each other, especially when the team wins the ball, they are naturally more reckless.

But at this time, Zhao Yaning completely restrained his smile after taking out his phone and looking at it for a few times.The content on the phone was something he had been worrying about for a long time.

Beibei is coming to France.