One Hundred and Eighty Ninth Hand in Hand

In the league before the final match of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Situ Yunbing carried out a rotation, with the purpose of leading a well-prepared main lineup to Stamford Bridge to see if he can get the first place in the group.

If the Champions League group stage can get the first place in the group, it will definitely be more beneficial to Monaco, and it can go further in the knockout stage from the perspective of probability.

As a result, Monaco played poorly in the 16th round of the league against Lille at home!

Nowadays, the middle and upper reaches of Ligue 1 teams basically adopt defensive and counterattack tactics when playing away games against Monaco. Basically, no team has the fluke mentality of surviving the counterattack.

Because if the defense is not strengthened, it is likely to usher in a disastrous defeat. Apart from defense, there is only one way left to counterattack.

Lille led by Rudy Garcia has also had a youth storm this season. Hazard, Gervinho, Melo on the front line, Cabaye in the midfield, Rami and Debusch on the back line, Lille's cards are the envy of many teams.

But youth means instability, and it is absolutely difficult to be as strong as Monaco. In other words, there are many clubs that build teams mainly with young players, but basically it will only take a few years to produce a team that can really make a difference. A deep team.

Lille's record is not stable, but playing Monaco at the Stade Louis II today is very exciting!

The extremely talented Hazard turned Monaco's defense upside down, coupled with another fast horse Gervinho, Monaco's defense system almost collapsed!

If it weren't for Nimani to catch the opponent's mistake, and Matic's world-wave goal, Monaco's undefeated golden body may be broken.

2:2

To be precise, Monaco drew with Lille at home.

When the players thought that Situ Yunbing would be furious after the game, he took the initiative to praise Lille's performance in an interview.

This is a game that is enough to sound the alarm for Monaco, but it is not enough to make Situ Yunbing lose his temper. He doesn't like losing his temper and it doesn't make much sense.

It must be realized that Lille's lineup is indeed not bad, plus Hazard, who has been tempered last season, has begun to provoke the team this season, plus Gervinho, Cabaye, Debusch, etc. The young players also played bravely. It is reasonable for them to almost overthrow Monaco, which is half the team's main force and half the team's substitute.

After all, Monaco is not a top team and can come up with two strong lineups.

After the league match, Situ Yunbing led his team to the British capital West London to challenge Chelsea.

At the pre-match press conference, Situ Yunbing shook his head to the reporter's point of view about Monaco's away game revenge.

"I don't think there's that much hate in football, we're just competing, revenge is overblown, we want to win games, Chelsea want to win games, but there's only one winner, so it's a normal game .”

Regarding Monaco's rapid progress after losing to Chelsea in the second round, Situ Yunbing also said frankly, "Monaco has indeed improved a lot since that game. We learned a lot from the loss to Chelsea. In addition to our own efforts, the improvement of the team is of course also learning from the opponents in the game. Against opponents of Chelsea’s level, winning or losing is sometimes secondary, but experience is more important!”

Ancelotti was still full of praise for Monaco before the game. He believed that Monaco's performance in Ligue 1 and Champions League was unparalleled!

Chelsea must also want to secure the top spot in the group and advance to the top 16, so the last round of the game is definitely not a formal game, but it may not allow the two teams to dedicate a world-shattering battle to the fans.

Although the capacity of Stamford Bridge is nearly twice that of the Louis II Stadium, but because the stands of the British football team are very close to the stadium, the interior of the stadium is more compact. Much smaller than he imagined.

However, the cheering momentum in the stadium is very scary. Perhaps because the stands are too close, the cheering momentum of the fans can be conveyed to the stadium at a closer distance.

At the same time, the momentum reverberating in the stadium is also more magnificent than imagined.

Situ Yunbing stood in front of the coaching bench of the visiting team, and he could hear many fans in the stands pointing at him behind him. A woman is in command of a man's team.

Situ Yunbing didn't change his face, and stared at the field with a calm expression.

Chelsea, who are only 1 point ahead of Monaco, certainly don't want to lose the top spot in the group at home. Ancelotti's formation can show how much he attaches importance to the game!

Goalkeeper Cech.

Defender Ivanovic, Terry, Carvalho, Ashley Cole.

Midfielder Essien, Joe Cole, Lampard.

Forwards Anelka, Drogba, Malouda.

Chelsea can be described as the main force.

Especially Drogba, who was absent in the first game, also returned to the starting lineup.

Monaco also put out their current strongest lineup.

Goalkeeper De Gea.

Defenders Modesto, Benatia, Vertonghen, Moreau.

Midfielder Witsel, Perez, Nkuru, Matic.

Forward Suarez, Gareth Bale.

After the start of the game, Monaco, who was playing in an away game, shrank the defense as much as possible to avoid being attacked by the opponent's fast break, but Chelsea did not immediately increase the pace of the game. They organized the offensive slowly and patiently looked for flaws in Monaco's defense.

Chelsea, who occupy the initiative on the field, take turns trying to attack from different directions. If Ashley Cole does not assist in the left attack, it will be difficult for Malouda and Joe Cole, who played as the midfielder today, to penetrate Monaco. In terms of the defensive line and the middle lane, Joe Cole was in a mediocre state. He tried to break through but failed to pass Nkuru. This made Ancelotti a little unhappy on the sidelines and pointed at him to remind him.

Probably because he felt that this way of losing the ball was a bit stupid.

How confident are you that you can make continuous breakthroughs in a narrow range?

So what if it passes Nkuru?

Matic and Perez protect the front of the penalty area well, and it is not wise to break through.

Only the attack on the right has a slight advantage. After all, Anelka has first-class ball-handling skills. Create chances, or pass the ball back to Lampard and Essien for long shots.

Basically, Chelsea's back line will not attack rashly. As in the first match between them, Ancelotti still asked the team to remain invincible before considering threatening the opponent's goal.

Drogba is really strong, and he has the advantage in the physical confrontation with Benatia Vertonghen. Basically, it is difficult for Monaco to encounter opponents who can withstand the confrontation from the defenders in the Monaco penalty area and at the same time smoothly Protect the ball and make technical moves.

Even the Hulk had some difficulty, but Drogba was able to do it.

Guardiola once commented on the top centers in European football who can control and protect the ball in the opponent's penalty area, including Didier Drogba and Inter Milan's center Diego Milito.

Compared with other centers, such centers may be slightly weaker in skills, but the advantage of physical confrontation is too strong to make them special, while other centers, such as Torres, Villa, Eto'o, Carlos Tevez Wait, they are better at running positions, capturing space, or changing the direction of the ball to break through. In terms of type, a central defender like Drogba is even more terrifying to defenders.

Because the defender itself relies on confrontation based on defense, but if even confrontation is useless, it is basically abolished by half!

So in the Premier League, Drogba has indeed become a nightmare for many team defenders, and has brought a huge psychological shadow to many young defenders, such as Arsenal's former defense star Senderos.

Monaco's defenders are full of excitement about playing against Drogba. Should they be timid and shrink back when they can compete with the top center forward?

Drogba was really a little bit helpless. Chelsea's several attacks that seemed clear at a glance relied on Drogba's strong advantage in the penalty area to form a shot.

Compared with many teams that need to play miracles in offense and catch opponents off guard, Chelsea's style of play is very simple and unpretentious. When they see Anelka's cross, they are looking for Drogba, but they just can't defend Drogba!

Bennetia lost in several physical confrontations, which at best interfered with Drogba. Fortunately, De Gea played well today, and Chelsea's shots were not too tricky. Monaco was able to protect The city gate is not lost.

Monaco's counterattack threat is not strong. Although Gareth Bale is very excited to return to England, he can only shoot long shots in Essien's crazy sweep.

Suarez is also a little quiet. I don't know if his state has begun to decline. Suarez's state when he touched the ball recently is obviously not as good as the first two months of the season.

Situ Yunbing carefully supervised the battle from the sidelines, and the situation was 40-60. Chelsea, who occupy the home court, had the advantage. In Monaco, apart from Bale's long-range shots, Witsel occasionally advanced into the penalty area. It can still bring some panic to the opponent's defense.

It's just that the two teams seem to be a little far away from scoring, and they still need to work harder.

Monaco is actually determined to catch Chelsea's counterattack, but Chelsea is very restrained even in attacking. Ancelotti has no ambition to double play against Monaco at home and away. What's the point even if it can be done? All Chelsea want is to be first in the group.

And doing so is very risky.

Monaco is still somewhat passive today, but at least the overall situation is not at a significant disadvantage even in the away game. If Chelsea did not have Drogba, the dominant offensive point in the penalty area, I am afraid that Chelsea's offensive data would be ugly.

The two teams still mainly restricted each other, and the game was more than intense, but not exciting enough.

Stamford Bridge is not so easy to conquer. Situ Yunbing was conscious before he came, but he did not expect that in the 90 minutes of the game, Monaco only created a very threatening shot, which was from Witsel. - Bell's cross was made from a small angle. Cech played bravely to save the ball. Monaco never created a threatening offensive at other times.

On Chelsea's side, only Lampard's long-range shot was infinitely close to scoring. As a result, the football hit the crossbar and bounced towards the stands. Chelsea also missed the goal.

In the end, the two teams shook hands after a 90-minute battle.

Chelsea ranked first in the group with 4 wins and 2 draws with 14 points.

Monaco is second in the group with 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss with 13 points.

The two teams join hands to advance to the last 16 of the Champions League!

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