Chapter 238: How Can It Be Monaco?

However, before the league, Vincent received bad news, the French Cup round of 32 match has just been drawn, and Bordeaux's opponent turned out to be Monaco. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info This really made Fan Shang a little unexpected, usually less than the top 8 will not meet the team of the first division, but I didn't expect that this time it would start the dead mode here, which made Bordeaux, which was originally going to fight on the fourth line, even worse.

Matches will be played one game at a time, with Bordeaux hosting one of Vincent's favourite opponents in Ligue 1, Strasbourg.

The biggest surprise of this game was that Strasbourg sent their summer Korean player Seo Jung-won today, which was the first time Vincent had met an Asian face in Ligue 1.

Of course, a South Korean can't change the game, and Bordeaux at home to Strasbourg certainly can't let them be presumptuous at the Parc de Recour.

After 90 minutes, Bordeaux won 2-0 against Strasbourg, and although Song, Chilavert and Gamarra were absent, the back line did not give Strasbourg any chance. The two scorers were centre-back Distin and Papan, who is definitely in great form right now, and has been almost as efficient as a one-goal goal at a time even after nearly a month as a substitute.

The next headache for Vincent is how to play against Monaco in the absence of the main force at the back. And the game is still away from home. Chilavert and Gamara are sure to make it back, but they won't get off the plane until the day of the game, and Vincent has already flown back to Bordeaux to rest, and this game will need to take on Monaco with the remnants.

Of course, Monaco's squad is not so neat, Ikpeba, Ndoram, Ndiaye, Dior and Benabia are all in the middle of the African national teams, but these people are not the absolute main force except for Ikpeba, so the two teams should be said to be equal now.

Even though this game is a knockout match for the round of 32 of the French Cup, the TV station still broadcasts this game, and now the match between Bordeaux and Monaco should be the top game in France, after all, the performance of the two teams in the Champions Cup this year is obvious to all.

On the day of the match, Bordeaux and Monaco both showed the strongest line-ups they can play at the moment.

Bordeaux started with goalkeeper Zenga, a back four, Lizarazu, Gallas, Materazzi and Sagnol, four midfielders, Makelele, Darkett, Pire and Nedved, and forwards Papin and Wiltord.

Monaco's starters were goalkeeper Barthez, defenders, Dumas, Cristanbal, Pinior, Lilian. Martin, midfielder, Collins, Costinha, Legwinski, forwards, Henry, Trezeguet, Gyuli.

Vincent added Papin and Wiltord in the starting line-up today in order to put them up against their national team rivals Thierry Henry and Trezeguet.

But after the opening, Bordeaux still played their usual defensive counterattack, in fact, today's Monaco formation looks like an offensive formation, a closer look at their player list will find that this is also a defensive counterattack formation, their three midfielders are defensive midfielders, the three forwards look good, but the midfielders can give them much support is unknown.

Sure enough, there was a clear difference between the two teams soon after the opening, with Bordeaux counter-attacking through the flanks of midfield and then into the middle. Monaco, however, is looking for three strikers directly in the backfield to find who counts.

Fan Shang was speechless when he saw Monaco's style of playing like a middle school student, and originally wanted to start an offensive and defensive battle with Monaco, but who would have thought that it would be the current situation?

Vincent also wondered, how did Monaco reach the knockout round in the Champions Cup? The answer is individual combat ability, look at the Monaco goalscorer, either Henry or Iqpeba or Trezeguet, the other players combined did not score two goals. As long as Henry and Trezeguet don't play, Monaco will be finished.

Henry Vincent was handed over to Makelelele, because Henry often returned to midfield to get the ball, and his favorite thing was to shoot after dribbling.

For Trezeguet, Vincent puts Materazzi in charge, both of whom are about the same height and weight, and for the young Trezeguet, Materazzi's ferocious defensive moves are a difficult chasm to overcome.

The game turned into a defensive battle between the two sides, with Bordeaux playing young and dynamic at the back and Monaco playing an older but experienced backline, with 45 minutes going through the tug-of-war.

There were few chances for either team throughout the first half, with Monaco's most dangerous being a cross from Gyuli that Trezeguet got in front of but his shot was not in the woodwork.

Bordeaux's most dangerous shot came from a stop-up effort from Wiltord, but it also hit the post and didn't score.

Both teams have a deep understanding of each other and can't play any new moves, so they can only follow the steps and see who makes the mistake first.

The two teams, who did not make substitutions in the second half, continued to attack back and forth, but often died down in front of the opponent's penalty area.

Today, the young player in the Monaco backline, Cristanwal, performed very well, and controlled the first drop of the ball very well, after all, he is 185cm tall and has an absolute advantage in the penalty area.

Vincent used his first substitution in the 60th minute, replacing Duckett and bringing on centre-forward Toney. Dacourt's defensive role today is actually not too obvious, Henry and Trezeguet have someone in charge, Giuli is interspersed back and forth on the two wings, except for these three Monaco midfielders rarely assist forward, so Darkett's interception is not obvious now.

Replacing Tony is to counterbalance Crista Val, Tony's 190cm height is placed in the Monaco penalty area, which is Optimus Prime.

Sure enough, Christabal, who is not very strong, looks a lot weaker when facing Tony, who is taller than him and is also strong.

Seeing this, Fan Shang shouted directly from the sidelines that the two full-backs began to actively assist forward.

After seeing Toney on the pitch, Tigana also wanted to strengthen the defense at the back, but when he looked at the bench, Jed ...... The dude was ugly in the last game against Bordeaux, and this time Tigana will not let him play again.

It was this hesitation that made Monaco pay the price in this game.