Chapter 33: Sudden Force

Monaco's head coach Tigana can't sit still right now, and he has not had a good time lately, and it seems that the fifth place finish is good, but in fact, they slipped to 11th place in the previous rounds, and only caught up in the last few rounds. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Info If they lose today, they could have to slip to around ten in the rankings again, which is an unacceptable result for Tigana.

Tigana called Petit to his side from the sideline and told Petit to play the ball at Sonny Anderson's feet. It is necessary to reduce the number of crosses from the wing, and focus on the penetration of short passes. The two strikers, Ikmaba and Sonny Anderson, are both technically delicate players who are not tall and pass the ball is the best option.

After Tigana had finished explaining, Monaco's attack went to the middle, and as far as possible to the feet of Ikpeba and Sonny Anderson, as requested by Tigana.

In the 38th minute, Sonny Anderson and Ikpeba played together, Ikpeba passed the ball from under the crotch of Dudi Ear, and Sonny Anderson, who was ambushed in the penalty area, did not adjust after getting the ball and shot directly at the goal. Yu Al Yuyue only rubbed the ball slightly, and the ball hit the outside of the goal frame and went out of the bottom line. Sonny Anderson knelt on the lawn with his face covered, frustrated that he had missed such a great opportunity.

Monaco's attack in the past few minutes has been around the middle, and Vincent was not slow to react, signaling the two full-backs to close in the middle, trying to harass the players who got the ball in the middle of Monaco.

In the 43rd minute, Bordeaux's most threatening counter-attack of the first half appeared. Lizarazu cut off the ball from the Monaco wing-back and played it straight to Witzger, and the Dutchman relied on his excellent technique to drive all the way to Zidane in the middle before Thuram could press up. Zida picked up the penalty area with the instep of his foot inside and outside, and Bancarel who successfully countered offside only needed a header to form a goal. But at the same time as Bancarel jumped, Barthez, who likes to attack, rushed to knock the ball out and defused Bordeaux's counterattack.

Until the end of the first half, there were no more good chances for both teams.

At half-time, Vincent was satisfied with the score. However, they were not happy with the lack of threat to the opposing strikers from the two midfielders. He demanded that the two midfielders be ferocious in the second half, regardless of fouls, and that Sonny Anderson and Ikpeba fear possession in front of the Bordeaux penalty area.

The Monaco dressing room was filled with only the roar of Tigana, who was unhappy with his team's performance in the first half, missing a lot of chances and failing to establish an advantage. Even top scorer Sonny Anderson didn't escape Tigana's count.

As soon as the second half began, Bordeaux suddenly attacked. Before Monaco could react, Zinedine Zidane's long-range shot from in front of the box hit the post. After five minutes of fruitless attack, Bordeaux stepped back to continue the defensive counter-attack. The five-minute offense is what Fan Shang specially advised, every game should be like this, the first five minutes of the second half to attack, it is better to have goals, and then defend if not.

After five minutes of trance, Monaco finally realized that Bordeaux was attacking with all their might, and when they were about to organize their defense, they suddenly found that Bordeaux had retreated again. Monaco could only continue the first half of the battle, sending the ball to the feet of the two strikers. Monaco's two strikers don't have the same ease of receiving the ball as in the first half, and Bordeaux's defenders will look for opportunities to make small physical movements whenever they pass by them, which is a bit unusable but it is a good idea. Under constant harassment, they will stop the ball or miss a pass when they receive the ball. Even when they receive the ball, Bordeaux's two midfielders will step forward and tackle fiercely. In this case, Monaco's attacking quality in the second half dropped significantly, and by the 55th minute of the match they did not produce a single dangerous shot on goal.

In the 58th minute, Ikepeiba ran back and retreated to receive the ball 10 meters in front of the penalty area, and just stopped, Dudiel brought the ball to the ground from the diagonal side. Ikpeba was lying on the ground clutching his calves and the referee ran over to award a free-kick and showed Dudière a yellow card. In fact, Dudière did not foul, he tackled the ball first, and then hit Ikpeba, but the action was a little big, and the referee had to give a warning, so he received a yellow card.

After being carried off the field, Ikmaba got back on his feet, but moved his legs and sat down. Tigana consulted with the team doctor and called Henry to warm up.

After a free-kick flew off the line, Thierry Henry came on to replace Ikpeba. Fan Shang was nervous when he saw Henry playing, although Henry is young now, but the talent of the future King of Highbury when he was young also worried Fan Shang. So Vincent ordered the two substitutes, Kaussi and Fernandez, to warm up.

Vincent's heart was not superfluous, Henry had just come on and had a chance to get a pass from the midfielder before the Bordeaux defenders had paid enough attention to him, and he shot from the left edge of the penalty area, from a good angle, but with little power, which was held by Yuar. Fan Shang hurriedly walked to the sidelines and asked the players to pay attention to Henry and not let their guard down.

In the 65th minute, Vincent replaced Dudière with Kausi, who had already been burdened with a yellow card, and was likely to foul again in the face of Henry's onslaught.

In the 67th minute, Vincent made another adjustment, and Bancarel, who had been waiting for his chance in the front of the whole game, was replaced, replaced by the fast and short striker Taurot. He came on and whispered a few words to Zidane and Witzger before running away.

In the 70th minute of the game, Monaco replaced the veteran Sifo, who could no longer run, and replaced it with a striker Madal. At this time, Monaco's lineup became 433, and Tigana was going to give it a go.

Fan Shang didn't move, just silently watched the field, hoping that he would tell the players what Taurot had said.

In the 75th minute, Bordeaux reacted and counterattacked, and Zidane did not dribble forward after taking the ball, but dribbled horizontally to the left side. Lizarazu was behind Zidane, Taurott was in front of Zidane, and right midfielder Castetan was in the middle, all of Monaco's defensive attention was attracted by Zidane's sudden left lean, completely unaware that Witzger, who should have been on the left, secretly ran to the weak side of the Monaco defense. Zidane felt that his attention was almost attracted after a few steps, and suddenly the long ball was transferred to the right, and after Witzger easily won the ball, there was an open field in front of him. Witzger dribbled at high speed, picked the ball over the head of the opponent when facing the Monaco left wing-back, flashed the opponent, and unloaded the ball that fell from the air and continued to move forward.

Vincent stood up after Witzger took the ball, saw him pass the opposing defender beautifully, unconsciously clenched his fists, and his eyes were fixed on Witzger.

After getting past the full-backs, Witzger cut diagonally into the box, and the only people in front of him were centre-back Dumas and goalkeeper Butters. Seeing Dumas running over, Witzg made a shooting move, Dumas didn't think much about it, instinctively shoveled towards Witzger, and when he saw Dumas fall to the ground, Witzger's left ankle that was about to shoot turned around, turned the shot into a horizontal stroke, and then jumped up to avoid Dumas who was shoveling. Vitzger's two beautiful dribbles showcased the talent of the Dutch winger and Vincent awaits his final action. After Witzger landed, he made a slight adjustment, which was that Butters had abandoned the goal, and he was only about 5 meters away from Witzger. Instead of continuing to pass, Witzger fired a powerful shot into the top right corner of the Monaco goal, where Butters simply stretched out his hand and watched the ball go into the net.