Valencia's usual 4231 lineup with Benitez has a fierce central axis and high defensive intensity.

When it comes to the 4231 formation, which is now popular, Benitez has always considered himself the founder of this formation. But as early as the 1994 Premier League, Ferguson's Manchester United used this formation, and then Arsenal and Real Madrid also used it, of course, Benitez's foothold is that he built the 4231 formation into a system, and the four lines are clear.

The goalkeeper is Canizares, the back line is lined up from left to right, Curro Torres, Ayala, Pellegrino and Carboni, and the two backs are Albelda and Baraja,

The attacking midfielder was partnered by Rufit, Aimar and Vicente, with Mista up front.

Hard power pushes, this is Benitez's idea, the La Liga champion will not be weaker than the second place in Ligue 1, not to mention the 13th place in Ligue 1 now.

In contrast, Jiang Shan didn't do much in the formation, he just took over the team not long ago, and he didn't have time to toss him. The 433 formation, a bit biased towards the 451, is also based on defense.

Goalkeeper Roma, the Italian has the quality, but not the top goalkeeper, and is certainly not as good as Buffon and Toldo and others.

The back line is lined up, still the old formula, Evra, Givert, Rodriguez and Ibarra, the three midfielders are Cisse, Zikos, and Bernardi, mainly defending, the three have strong defense and weak organizational skills.

The front trident is Roten, Roundup and Gyuli. The defensive task of the trio today is heavy and against one of the strongest teams, everyone in Monaco will have to defend.

He also wanted to say to Jiuli, "Stay in the front, wait for the opportunity, don't come back", what a nice promotional copy, but no, the team is not strong enough to that extent.

At the beginning of the game, Valencia immediately showed the style of the La Liga champion, the attack and defense were orderly, every link was very tight, the rhythm was not fast or slow, and it was just stepping on the point, which made Monaco very uncomfortable at the beginning.

Jiang Shan sat in the coach's seat and watched the game calmly, "In the last league game, the team practiced defensive tactics for the main team, and according to the opponent's attack power, it should be able to hold out for half a game without conceding a goal." ”

Both Pusauer and Drogba sat on the bench and watched the game nervously. Drogba thought a lot, "Hey, Pusauer, I want to know, what do you think about when you have the ball in the box?" Why is the goal rate so high? ”

"Uh......" This guy just steals the teacher during the game, and he doesn't care about watching the game, "I didn't think about anything, I just poked the ball in with the most reasonable angle and the simplest technique." ”

"Gollum!" Drogba looked at Pusauer's feet and suddenly swallowed his saliva, making a loud noise. Frightened, Pusauer hurriedly covered it with his coat, damn, I heard that Africans eat everything.

On the field, Cisse is full of energy and strong body, and he always follows Aimar. "Little Bug" has excellent skills and unpredictable footwork, and he himself does not know what to use next, but his ability to organize attacks and tear up defenses is undoubted.

This guy carries the title of Maradona's successor, full of spirituality, and his biggest shortcoming may be his slender figure and lack of confrontation.

Therefore, Jiangshan arranged personnel to take care of them, as long as Aimar appeared in the danger area, someone would go up to ask the entrance of the hall, and not give the other party a chance to cheat and play tricks.

Valencia's players played quite hard, with staccato attacks and difficult to tear apart the defence, and even if the ball was distributed to the wings, Patrice Evra and Ibarra were physically fit enough to defend against the opposing Roufitte and Vicente.

In particular, Vicente has not yet developed shooting skills, and the threat has been greatly reduced, and Ibarra has more than enough to do him.

Of course, Monaco wants to open up the situation, and it will not be easy.

Just after half-time, the ball met the most powerful midfield combination, the combination of Baraja and Albelda, the two of them were equally clear-headed, clear on the ball, very predictable of attack, quite reasonable positioning, and filtered countless threats.

As long as they stand in front of the four defenders, it is a high wall, which is difficult to overcome. This back-back combination is actually Valencia's transit station, because of the existence of the two, Valencia was able to hold high the 1:0 doctrine and win the championship last season.

Bang bang bang!

Bumping, slamming violently, the race was quite intense. If ignorant fans see it, they think it's a rugby game, and the ball is not important, but it is to hit people.

Keep falling to the ground, keep getting up, although the referee scale is strict, but weird, the fouls of both sides are well controlled, and there is almost no card eating.

The two sides took turns to thrust near the center circle, which was more intense than enough to watch.

The game was ugly. Many neutral fans kept getting up to pee, full of physical resistance to the game, and they were hot and hot to watch, and their urine was knocked out.

The players on both sides are not aware at all, and they are still happy to do it, which is an attitude.

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Keep ramming, keep getting power, keep tackles, keep intercepting.

Jiang Shan and Benitez tacitly chose to defend, so neither of them cared much about the process of the game, and it must be ugly.

There are definitely fewer chances, the defensive thickness is enough, and whoever can break through the defense may win.

Gyuli was also taken care of, as long as he held the ball in front of the penalty area, two Valencia players followed him and wanted to shoot with him.

Jiuli was also pressed too tightly, his mood was very bad, he reduced the ball, the pressure in the midfield and backfield suddenly increased, and Luo Teng's defensive ability was average, and there were almost no opportunities to get the ball in this game, all of which were helping the team to defend.

"Jiuli, this." Roten scolded, snatched Carboni's pass again, and passed it to Giuli in the front court.

Jiang Shan came out, commanded the team, stabilized every wave of attack, slowed down, and Luo Teng strengthened the lob. There was no high point in the frontcourt, and Roten's lob was a wide transfer.

Move the ball to a less crowded area and organize an attack. Just like Paul Scholes did in the Premier League.

"Roten is on the field, why didn't the coach let me play with Drogba?" Pusauer thought far. Roten's long pass is coquettish, and if there is a high point up front, they will be a big threat.

Of course, Jiangshan will not say that there is no better winger in the team, the young Franck Ribery has not recovered from his injury, and he is really not good defensively. Also, Pusauer is too slow and Drogba is too rough.

The most important thing is that it is not yet time to fight the bayonet.

At the end of the first half, neither side was able to create decent chances, with only one shot hitting the woodwork. Monaco and Valencia went down with an embarrassing 0-0 scoreline.

At the beginning of the second half, Jiang Shan immediately changed his tactics, and added another central defender, three central defenders, and changed to a 352 formation, pushing Jiuli to the forward position.

Monaco's midfield was more numerous and instantly dominated, threatening Valencia's goal.

Benitez's 4231 is easy to use, but the field can't be opened, the side attack is weak, and the lineup of Jiangshan 352 came out, which immediately exposed the shortcomings of Valencia's side attack, and Benitez also has a back hand, so he immediately changed his moves.

"Jiangshan, this guy, has two hits, and he didn't change until the second half." Benitez was proud, he was already hungry and thirsty.