With two consecutive wins in the Champions League and the league, the precarious battleship Monaco has finally stabilized.

Jiang Shan became the interim head coach of the season, and the captain's position was temporarily secured, and he only fine-tuned the team and did not dare to make big moves. There weren't even assistant coaches, Sacchi's coaching staff all left, and he asked the youth team's assistant team to come up and help, make a transition.

Jiangshan wants to build a new Monaco, and this season must produce results. They have their sights set on the winter transfer window, ready to recruit assistant coaches while continuing to strengthen the squad.

It's a pity that Monaco was out of the French Cup and the French League Cup ahead of schedule, otherwise the domestic cup is a good breakthrough, the league has no hope, and the Champions League does not dare to hope for extravagant results, good results, difficult.

The first round of the second round of the group stage of the Champions League was held on November 27, at home against Valencia, the old acquaintance of the country, after facing Cooper, and then against Valencia, the wheel of fate, brought all the coincidences together, and smashed them again.

After Cooper terminated his contract, Valencia invited Benitez, who was promoted to La Liga with Tenerife, to coach. Benitez was not favored originally, but he did not expect to directly overturn Real Madrid, Barcelona and Super Laco in the first season to win the 2001-02 La Liga championship.

After Cooper left Valencia, the team's squad is still there, with the white-headed goalkeeper Canizares, the defensive three old Ayala, Pellegrino and Carboni are getting stronger, and the "bug" Aimar and Atletico Madrid's introduction of Baraja have become the team's new midfield core.

After taking office, Benitez made several good deals, buying Carlos Marchena from Benfica to gradually replace Pellegrino; Kuro Torres returned on loan and gradually took the place of Igloma.

Most importantly, Benitez recruited the veteran Mista from Tenerife to show his power in La Liga and can be called a first-class goalscorer.

Rafael Benitez won the league title last season, conceding just 27 goals and defending very well, a number more than the 19 goals conceded at Hoffenheim.

Compared to the defence, Valencia have a poor attacking force, scoring just 51 goals last season, the worst of the top five teams.

Valencia have been a little more attacking this season, but their defence has been loose and they have not been able to maintain a 1-0 score in countless games like last season, so they are only second in La Liga so far this season.

Jiang Shan knows that facing Valencia in the Champions League must be two very boring and ugly games. Benitez is on the defensive, and he is now on the defensive, and the scene can be good-looking.

Before facing his old club, Jiang Shan led the team to the Manabéu Stadium to challenge Strasbourg, ranked 16th, a real relegation team, who has only scored 21 goals so far this season, and their offensive ability is particularly weak.

Prince Albert was thrilled and thought it would be a big win, and the French media were also excited about Monaco's reinvigoration, and all eyes were on Monaco as well, with a big win inevitable.

Monaco is already the only seed in Ligue 1 in the Champions League and must be praised.

This is not the case, Jiangshan's team smashed everyone's eyes.

The game was so ugly that I couldn't bear it.

Monaco has a strong squad that could have swept Ligue 1, but for most of the game they were cowering in the midfield, defending and counter-attacking, what the hell?

Against Strasbourg, which is weak in attack, do you defend and counterattack? Can there be a lower limit? Neither side was able to score in the first half, and Gyuli and Luo Teng were clearly holding on.

They seemed to be shocked by the fate of Ribery on the field, Ribery buried his head in the car, collided with the other party, broke his skin and broke blood, not to mention a slight concussion, and spent a day in the hospital.

I can't even sit on the bench in this game, young man, give you a chance, you get injured too hard, you can't grasp the opportunity, and no one is to blame.

Ten minutes before the second half, Monaco was still tepid, enjoying the thrill of defense, taking tackles and interceptions as fun, and constantly tossing the pace of the game.

In the last half hour, Monaco finally got into action, and the pace of the game was several times faster. Rounda received a pass from Gyuli and scored a brilliant lob, followed by substitute Pusauer's header.

After winning 2-0, Monaco reverted to their turtle roots, returning to half-court and waiting for their opponents to attack, before happily stealing and intercepting the defence.

The whole game, pinching the head and the tail, only takes 5 minutes of two goals, and it can be directly regarded as a wonderful replay without even editing.

The fans wanted to curse, but they couldn't, and the team won the game, and won by 2 goals, which was much better than at the beginning of the season.

The mental state and the coordination of the players has obviously gone up a notch, and this is the right way to open up for Monaco, but the process of the game, it was ugly, very ugly.

'Strasbourg is very strong, we are always looking for chances, and it was only thanks to the flash of inspiration from the stars that we got chances, otherwise the result of this game is not easy to say. Jiang Shan said shamelessly in the face of the reporter's interview.

'As for the Champions League, we don't have a lot of ideas, just look at our group, Arsenal, Valencia and Roma, they're all very strong teams and we don't have any advantages. So far, Monaco is only 13th in the league. ”

Jiang Shan shrugged his shoulders and showed weakness.

After the 16th round of the league, there will be a four-day break for the first game of the group stage in the second round of the Champions League, when Monaco plays Valencia at home.

The theme is that acquaintances meet, the old boss of the country.

Benitez didn't seem to be very friendly to Jiangshan, and in the pre-match interview, he expressed his confidence in winning and felt that Jiangshan was lucky.

'We are La Liga champions, yes, La Liga is the best league, we are far above Monaco, there is nothing to say about that. Of course, you say that Valencia has to win, but that's not true, football is round, it's hard to predict the outcome of the game. All I can say is that we have more than 70% of the wins, and that's it. ”

'I feel like I'm very lucky, a few years ago as a scout for Valencia and now as the manager of Monaco, I don't know what he did, maybe it's a great achievement to lead a German team in the fourth division to the Bundesliga.

Benitez smiled, "I also led the team in La Liga to La Liga, so I don't feel that Jiangshan is working hard, I'm sorry." ”

"I've heard that Jiang Shan is considered a champion of data analysis, but that's not true. When I was an assistant at Real Madrid, I paid a lot of attention to data analysis, and then I went to study all over the world and collected a lot of data. When it comes to data analysis, I think I'm more vocal and authoritative. ”

Oh! It turned out to be a competition for the title of data analysis master, Jiangshan never thought about this thing, it was just a tool, what does it matter who comes first and who comes later? It's important to serve the team and win.

Obviously, Benitez didn't think so, and the praise that should have belonged to him was inexplicably won away. Benitez is ready to teach the country a good lesson on the pitch.