With the score trailing, Arsene Wenger had no choice but to order his side to continue attacking Fiorentina's half in an attempt to equalise. After all, Wenger himself knows best, although he was praised by some French media as "the strongest Monaco in history", but Wenger will not take it for granted that the team he leads can easily win Fiorentina.

If Arsene Wenger is confident that Monaco's midfield has the quality to compete with Fiorentina, then the professor has no confidence in the team's defence.

Arsene Wenger has been criticised for not being good at building a defensive system, but Monaco have conceded just 15 goals in the league so far this season, the fewest of any of the 20 Ligue 1 teams.

However, judging from the current performance of the Monaco defense, the reason why this French club has conceded few goals in the league this season is really not because Wenger has improved in adjusting the defense, but because of other external factors: in general, one is because the individual ability of the Monaco defenders is at the top level in Ligue 1, and the second reason is because the Monaco offensive system with Zidane as the core has led the team to suppress the opponent with the attack for a lot of time, which has eased the team's defensive pressure in disguise.

However, Monaco are now facing a much stronger Fiorentina than them, and the tactics of attacking and suppressing the opponent did not seem to have much effect in front of the reinforced concrete defense of the Italian team, but the opponent repeatedly seized the opportunity to play a sharp counter-attack, such as the goal just conceded......

Zinedine Zidane dodged Davies' ferocious tackle with a Marseille spin and broke through the Fiorentina goal again, but before he could run two metres away, the French midfielder was brought to the ground by Di Biagio, who rushed to help the defence.

Zidane, who got up from the turf, glared at Di Biagio, who was half a head shorter than him, with a faint anger in his eyes, after all, the Fiorentina players had already angered him a lot of tactical fouls in this game. Although the other party was very careful and did not maliciously hurt him, the feeling of always being put down also made Zidane feel very unhappy.

Zinedine Zidane is notoriously not a soft-tempered man, and there have been many instances in his career of being red-carded for revenge after being violated, the most famous of which was the header in the Shijie Cup final in '06......

Just when the furious Zidane was about to fight back against Di Biagio, the referee of the game, Merck, arrived in time to separate the two and avoid a live PK on the field, and then Merck awarded Monaco a set-piece in front.

As the free-kick was a little far from Fiorentina's goal, Zidane, who was in charge of the penalty, did not attack the goal directly, but passed the ball to Pire, who had moved to the left side of the pitch.

In the face of Zambrotta's defense, Pire did not stubbornly intend to pass the opponent, and after making two feints to find that the opponent did not take the bait, he shook his right ankle and passed the ball to Candela who was inserted in the sleeve!

Although Candela can only be used as a substitute for Lizarazu in the French national team, his ability is quite comprehensive, and he can do the job well both defensively and offensively.

After breaking through Zambrotta's defence, Candela immediately got up and crossed with his left foot!

Trezeguet jumped high and Zidane was still outside the box, and Henry was more adept at ground-based than high-altitude work, and only he had the ability to get the header for Monaco at this point.

Ferrara, who was blocked by Henry, was noticeably slower to react, and when he was about to interfere with Trezeguet's battle, the French striker had already grabbed the ball and shook his head directly at the goal!

Trezeguet's header did go on, but it was clear that he had been tormented by Fiorentina's defence for more than half an hour and he couldn't pinpoint the position of the goal, and the ball flew high over the crossbar!

The Monaco fans in the stands let out a cry of regret when they saw the scene, it was the second Monaco shot in the Fiorentina box so far in the game, the first time was in the 11th minute of the game when Henry received a pass from Pire, burst into the Fiorentina box, but his shot was calmly blocked by Nesta.

Fiorentina only allowed Monaco to have two shots in their own box for more than 30 minutes, and in that respect, Fiorentina's defence was undoubtedly very successful.

Arsene Wenger put his hands in his pockets and watched the situation on the pitch without saying a word, he didn't make any adjustments, firstly because it was still early, and secondly because he didn't know how to adjust now - Monaco had already exhausted their salary budget by putting together this starting line-up, and there was really no extra money to recruit quality substitutes.

However, if Wenger can't figure out a way to win at home to Fiorentina, then Monaco can surrender in a week's time for the second leg at the Stade Frankie, after all, Monaco have not won on the road in this season's Champions League so far.

Arsene Wenger doesn't think Monaco's players will break the cycle against a mighty Fiorentina side.

On the pitch, Zinedine Zidane continued to desperately use passes to feed the forward players with cannonballs, but all these efforts were in vain in the face of Fiorentina's reinforced concrete defence.

Seeing that the time of the first half was running out, Zinedine Zidane, who was disappointed with his two poor striker teammates, finally decided to take it into his own hands and help Monaco equalise with a shot instead of a pass!

At this point, Candela and Pire's clever combination on the flanks broke through Zambrotta's defence and crossed the ball to the point where Trezeguet, who was the most dangerous man in the box, clearly attracted the most attention from Ferrara and Toldo.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zinedine Zidane, who was moving near the top of the penalty area, suddenly accelerated and temporarily escaped Davies's close defence, which the Dutch midfielder tossed him up with his stubborn defense.

Candela's cross was quite deceptive, the ball didn't fly towards Trezeguet, but towards the edge of the box, and it landed exactly where Zidane was running!

Zinedine Zidane did not choose to unload the ball and shoot in the face of the cross, which would have given Fiorentina enough time to react and block his angle.

Therefore, Zidane, who was bursting with inspiration, did not wait for the ball to land, and directly twisted his body to meet the ball and volleyed with his left foot!

The ball arced straight into the top right corner of the goal, and Toldo, who was stunned by Zidane's shot, was unable to react, and despite his save, he could only watch the ball fly into his guarded goal.

1-1, Monaco equalized near the end of the first half thanks to Zinedine Zidane's flying goal!

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