Two Hundred and Forty-Three Strong!
The Louis II Stadium was full of seats. When Situ Yunbing walked into the stadium, the fans in the surrounding stands stretched out their hands and tried to give him a high five. When Situ Yunbing came to the sidelines, he waved to the stands and thanked the fans for their support.
Then he came to the coach's command area and waited for the start of the game.
Van Gaal was still in the dugout with a grim expression, and everyone around him had a similar look.
The starters of the two teams made their debut, and the game began to enter the countdown stage.
"Good evening everyone, and welcome to the second leg of the Champions League semi-final match between Monaco and Bayern Munich at home.
The Champions League starts from tonight, there are only three games left this season, two teams for the final will be decided today and tomorrow night, and then there is one final left!
In the first leg of the semi-final last week, Monaco had an extraordinary performance at the Allianz Arena. They defeated Bayern Munich 3:2 away. If you use other professional terms in ball sports, Monaco has won the match point!
Back at home against Bayern Munich today, as long as Monaco make sure not to lose, or even if they lose 0:1, 1:2, they can still advance to the Champions League final!
There is only one way for Bayern Munich in front of you, score!
At least two goals have to be scored in order to hope to complete the comeback on the road!
The road is difficult, but the green field never refuses miracles. Monaco has made miracles this season. Is it Bayern Munich's turn now? We can only wait and see.
Monaco started 433 today, the same as the previous one.
Goalkeeper: De Gea.
Defenders: Modesto, Benatia, Vertonghen, Muratori.
Midfielders: Perez, Nkuru, Matic.
Forwards: Falcao, Suarez, Gareth Bale.
Bayern Munich starts 442 today.
Goalkeeper: Bout.
Defenders: Lahm, Van Buiten, Bad Stuber, Contento.
Midfielder: Robben,
Van Bommel, Schweinsteiger, Alttentop.
Forwards: Olic, Muller.
Van Bommel lifted due to Ribery's suspension, and Demichelis' poor performance last game, Van Gaal has made some changes in the starting lineup and see if they can turn things around at the Stade Louis II today ! "
Situ Yunbing felt a little speechless about Van Gaal's formation.
In fact, in the second half of the first leg, he basically denied that the combination of Olic and Muller could bring enough threat to Monaco, but after a week, he took this combination out again.
What has changed?
Maybe nothing, just look at the state of the players.
It is undeniable that the performance of the same player when he is in good form and when he is in poor form is absolutely worlds apart, but on the stage of the Champions League, if you are not a superstar, it would be a bit too gambling to pin your hopes on the state.
The Louis II Stadium was noisy, and the spectators in the stands were enthusiastic. With the whistle of the referee, the game officially kicked off!
From the first minute of the game, Monaco actively drove the rhythm to attack Bayern Munich's halftime. Although they invested not many troops, they could bring obvious threats because of their obvious state.
In the 2nd minute of the game, Suarez crossed the ball under the pressure of Van Bommel and swayed the ball to the right in front of the penalty area.
After Falcao killed it, he swayed in front of Bad Stubel and moved to the middle, swayed out of an angle and fired a shot!
The ball from his left foot slid over the Bayern Munich goal crossbar and flew into the stands.
Falcao gritted his teeth secretly, but he was not too disappointed, while Bayern Munich players and fans felt their scalps go numb!
In the last game, Falcao played well and scored two goals. Today, he still looks like a great threat!
Bayern Munich has nothing to hesitate. When they come to the road, they must fight for goals. Even if the defense seems to still have hidden dangers, can the young Bard Stuber and Contento withstand the pressure and perform exceptionally in big scenes? is a question.
In the 5th minute of the game, Bayern Munich quickly shifted the ball to the right after a tentative attack on the left. Robben turned to cross the frontier of the penalty area in advance in front of Murato after receiving a pass from Ram.
Since Matic and Nkuru closely protected the front corridor of the penalty area, Robben directly chose to shoot from the top corner of the penalty area with a small angle!
Not to mention, the soccer ball he shot suddenly flew towards the far corner of the goal!
De Gea swooped and threw a single palm in the fast movement to save the football that was about to fall into the dead corner of the goal to save the bottom line!
There was thunderous applause!
The rhythm of the game is suffocating from the very beginning!
A team like Bayern Munich is bound to have no chance, just like in the first leg of the game, even if their offense was not smooth, they could still score.
Situ Yunbing is not worried about this. Monaco's ability to reach the Champions League semi-finals this season is largely due to their opponents. Strong opponents have made Monaco grow rapidly in the war. Threats and challenges, why does Monaco mature?
In the 8th minute of the game, Gareth Bell slid the ball from the left and drove straight in. When he came to the front of Lahm, Gareth Bell slid the ball and turned into the inward cutting track. However, Reis Bell completed the collision with Matic, who had assisted, and he turned to the outside line.
Gareth Bell stopped and adjusted the ball in front of the bottom line and quickly slammed the ball into the front of the goal.
Seeing that Suarez followed up and grabbed the point in front of the goal and was about to complete the goal, Bout attacked and threw out his fists to hit the ball out.
The football that was blocked from the penalty area flew to the vicinity of Matic again. He took two steps back and stopped the ball in his chest. He took the time difference and shot directly.
It's a pity that this volley was a bit outrageous, as if the defender's clearance went straight into the sky.
Matic shook his head and turned back to defend.
3 minutes later, in Bayern Munich's left attack, Altentop made a 45-degree cross from the wing, and Muller headed the ball forward to the penalty area and ferried it to Olic for the ball.
Olic was in a good position in the middle in front of the goal, but he gradually lost his position in the close confrontation by Benatia. When the football flew, Benatia almost pressed Olic to the ball. Get out of the restricted area.
Olic fell to the ground, and the Bayern Munich fans booed the referee, protesting that the referee did not give them a penalty.
But that obviously has nothing to do with penalty kicks. In a normal physical confrontation, Olic lost to Benatia, which is too normal.
The football that was pushed out outside the penalty area was controlled by Robben. Under the continuous and layered pressing pressure of Nkuru and Matic, Robben dribbled the ball back and then made a cross.
Schweinsteiger followed up with a heavy artillery shot.
The football flew straight to the middle of the goal like a cannonball, and the angle was too positive.
De Gea held the ball in his arms smoothly, his face indifferent.
Situ Yunbing's command frequency on the sidelines has been reduced a lot, but the instructions given are basically related to offense. I hope the team can perform better on offense.
At the Allianz Arena, all he asked for was an away goal, and the result was beyond expectations, but back at home, he also did not change his mind.
Bayern Munich is already behind the total score, plus Ribery can not play, the adjustment of the back line and other factors.
Monaco cannot be divided in thought at home, the team must be unified, that is, on the basis of defense, score as many goals as possible and kill the suspense!
Perhaps the European media is more inclined to think that Monaco is now in a very comfortable situation.
But often times like this are dangerous.
Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself!
He will not repeat the mistakes made by Manchester United. Even if he returns to the home court, it seems that the probability of promotion is higher, and he is willing to take certain risks to improve the probability of promotion!
In the 18th minute of the game, Monaco's frontcourt attack suddenly became patient. When Falcao hit the ball to the right in front of the penalty area, Bad Stuber and Contento formed a joint defense in front of him, and Schweinsch Tiger also returned to the penalty area to prepare to press him, and Van Bommel was staring at Suarez in the middle in front of the penalty area.
Falcao knocked the ball back to Perez who followed up. The latter turned the ball into the front and middle of the penalty area. Suarez moved forward. Van Bommel was unmoved. After Suarez rushed past him, He immediately chose to grab it.
Marking Suarez is no longer his task, he believes in Van Buiten behind him.
He needs to kill the possibility of Perez sending a through ball to Suarez.
At the moment when he grabbed, Perez sent the ball diagonally to the left side of the penalty area.
Gareth Berne cut to the right without making any adjustments and kicked a pass to the right rib area of the penalty area.
Suarez's forward move led to the attack of Van Buiten and Bud Stubel, but after Gareth Bell passed the ball, seeing that the football trajectory flew to the right flank of the penalty area, Bud Stubel immediately turned back. Falcao, who was plugged in front, was blocked.
Falcao made a quick forward move to get rid of Contento's defense. Before Bad Stubel came to block, Falcao took the lead and knocked the falling ball across the front of the center.
Van Buiten was unable to follow and defend Suarez, because Suarez took the initiative to run from the front of the goal to the front to respond, which caused him to pursue from the side and rear and was pulled away.
When Suarez shot, Bout was less than two meters away from Suarez.
Bout made a save directly, seeing that he was about to block Suarez's shooting angle, but the Uruguayan striker shot the ball pad to the lower right corner of the goal first.
Just as Boot landed on the ground, his mouth rolled over from under his palm, maybe less than 1 second slower!
Suarez looked at the football with piercing eyes, and when he confirmed that the football rolled into the Bayern Munich goal, he turned and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate.
Loud cheers erupted from the Louis II Stadium!
Situ Yunbing clenched his fists with a majestic look on his face and his eyes were extremely sharp.
His stance is so strong, as if no one can stop him from leading his team to the top stage of European football: the Champions League final!