After a 1-1 draw with Rennes, Monaco also ended the first half of the season.

Eighteen rounds, thirteen wins, four draws and one loss, Monaco after half a season has passed, with 43 points and firmly at the top of the table.

The next second place is Monaco's biggest rival Lyon.

Lyon, like the Lyon team, has one less round, with 18 rounds, 10 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses, with 36 points.

Seven points in half a season is not much. But forty-three points is enough to make people jaw-dropping. The half-way champion can get 43 points, which is not a lot even in the entire five major leagues.

This is still one less round, and it is the result of the team's main striker lying in the hospital. If Roundup's recovery goes well next season and Monaco can play at this pace, wouldn't it mean that Monaco can get 90 points a season?

Such a score makes people feel a little scary.

However, considering Monaco's league dominance, such a result is not surprising.

"In the winter, I want you to know what you have to do. We have a lot of work to do in the second half of the season, so if you can train, let's take some time out and do some training. "Didier Deschamps didn't talk much nonsense in the team, he knew very well that his players didn't need much advice.

And as he expected, there was no one to rest during the entire winter break. Everyone is preparing diligently, after all, they still have the Champions League to play in the second half of the season.

In fact, the draw for the Champions League is the reason why everyone worked so hard - in the first leg of the Champions League knockout round, Monaco was lucky to draw the opponent of Lokomotiv Moscow.

"Our opponents are probably the weakest of the opponents we can draw, and we have to say that one of the only four teams in the Champions League to qualify for the knockout stage in Pot 4 has been drawn by us, and it has to be said that it is a good thing - as for the bad thing, they are obviously more lucky than us, we have a three-in-seven chance of drawing a team in Pot 4, they only have a seven-in-seven chance of drawing a team in Pot 4, and they did ......"

This Champions League can be said to have reported a lot of upsets, in the fourth pot of the team, Stuttgart, Real Sociedad, Monaco and Lokomotiv Moscow all advanced to the knockout round, such upsets are indeed extremely rare.

Monaco, on the other hand, is the fourth pot team, the first in the group, and the biggest upset among all the upsets.

Although Deschamps's ridicule was a joke, what was frustrating was that all the group runners-up before the game were indeed thinking about drawing Monaco. After all, unlike other groups, Monaco is indeed a big fat meat. Although Deportivo La Coruna's bones are not cold, compared to Real Madrid, Juventus, Milan and other big families, Monaco is more popular. Therefore, when the Moscow Lokomotiv was drawn to Monaco, there were indeed many people who thought that it was the luck of the Moscow Lokomotiv.

However, Monaco's luck is indeed good. Of the four teams in Pot 4 that have been promoted, only Lokomotiv Moscow is not a team in the top five leagues and should be slightly weaker. And the strong point of their opponent Lokomotiv Moscow...... In fact, apart from the fact that Russia is cold, they do not know anything about the strength of the locomotive in Moscow.

But it shouldn't be very strong.

In fact, Monaco had little hope for the knockout round of the Champions League before the draw. After all, in the second group of the group, there are also many strong teams. But after the results of the draw came out this time, they were all extremely excited. finally drew a weak team, so naturally I had to play a good game with them.

Qualified for the quarterfinals, but there was a lot of money to be gained.

In comparison, the fate of Deportivo La Coruna, who was squeezed into second place in the group, is interesting. They met their old rivals Juventus again. In the past few years, they have met Juventus three times, with two wins and one defeat, except for when they were beaten by Tudor with a long kick, they have squeezed into Juventus at other times, and they have met again this year, and I don't know if it was luck or fate with each other.

This result made Deschamps feel a little emotional: if Monaco meets Juventus, it is really possible that it will be consumed.

Fortunately, it was the first place in the group, playing against Lokomotiv Moscow.

"It shouldn't be very strong." But Deschamps is optimistic, "Their good results in the group stage are actually just because their group is weaker. Arsenal, Inter Milan, such a group, it is normal to kill dark horses. ”

Arsenal's European results have not been very good, but this year's European competition is a rare outbreak. In the last two games of the Champions League group, Inter Milan was swept 5-1 by Arsenal at home, giving Henry a feast, and then was forced to draw by Dynamo Kyiv away in Kiev, and Lokomotiv Moscow shared eight points.

And because Lokomotiv Moscow won 3-0 at home to Inter Milan and 1-1 away to Inter Milan, they advanced to the knockout round.

"To be honest, when I heard the news, I didn't even know how to get you ready for the fight. Do you want to eat more and prepare some fat to withstand the bitter cold of Moscow? I can't really think of any other way. Didier Deschamps did not hide his lack of information, "When I played in the Champions League before, there was only one way. When you encounter this kind of team, you can just crush it. But you're going to be a little bit worse. ”

Deschamps is not wrong when he says this. He has been part of a strong team all his life, with Marseille reaching two Champions League finals, Juventus three and one in Valencia in his later years. His club honours are extraordinary, even when he played for Chelsea in the Premier League, he managed to win the FA Cup. It's just that compared with the World Cup and the European Championship as the captain of his national team, these honors are relatively secondary.

He said that his team directly crushed a team like Lokomotiv Moscow, which has his confidence, and the reason why he mentioned this is naturally because he hopes that his results can inspire the players.

"Don't worry, if you can crush them, we can do it too." In this regard, Jiuli is full of confidence, "Isn't it just a bullshit home advantage?" Relying on this bastard team is not a good thing in the first place. ”

Monaco, on the other hand, quickly made it through the winter break, and on January 5, they also ushered in the first game of the second half of the season. It's just that Monaco still didn't pay attention to this game - the seventh round of the French Cup against Metz, although it was an away game, but with their own strength, they didn't care.

Zhao Yaning, Morientes and Roten all got a rest in this game, while Bam Adebayo played again.

And the race went in the direction Monaco had expected. Monaco scored the first goal less than 15 minutes after Giuli assisted Bam Adebayor.

It was a goal that boos all the home stadium in Metz: Bam Adebayo, who played here last year, will be very unhappy this year for ungrateful to come to his stadium to celebrate.

But Bam Adebayo turned a deaf ear to these boos, and for him, scoring goals was more tangible than anything else.

And his appearance also made Deschamps a little dissatisfied. No matter how you say it, it's facing your old master, and it's a bit too much.

So, when it came time for the second half, he brought on Bam Adebayo. Let Pulshaw play. Pulchaud lived up to his promise and scored another goal to extend Monaco's lead.

This goal also sealed the victory for Monaco.

'There's something wrong with Emmanuel but I'm sure he's just too happy to be able to play in front of his Academy club and always excite the youngsters. This is not a big mistake. ”

Although he said so to the media, when he arrived at the club, Deschamps directly announced the ban, "Emmanuel is banned for three games in the team, and I should reflect on what I have done." ”

"But the Africa Cup of Nations is coming, and the ban on the team can't be enforced." Gyuli argued.

"Then remember first, and continue to be banned when you come back."

Seeing Deschamps' firm attitude, no one dared to express opposing opinions. And they really didn't care about the opposition, because they also ushered in the first game of the second half of the season.

Monaco vs Bastia.

This is a home game for Bastia, who have always had a good home record, and Monaco did not dare to take it lightly and sent their strongest team into the game.

And in this game, Bastia held on for 70 minutes without being breached by Monaco.

It wasn't until the 70th minute, after both sides had run the whole pitch and the pace had slowed down, that Monaco finally found a chance.

Zhao Yaning's dangling in the middle was followed by a horizontal pull, and the ball was picked into the penalty area. After receiving the ball, Morientes did not immediately head the goal, but pulled the ball in one step and quickly returned it, allowing Zhao Yaning, who was inserted, to get a good opportunity to break through Bastia's defense with a shè goal.

This tacit goal scored three points for Monaco, and when it came to the dressing room, Zhao Yaning also confided his thoughts.

"I just remember Raul seemed to have kicked like that......"

Of course, he didn't tell the truth, this is the result of Raul's repeated training in the training space, otherwise, where did he get such a tacit way of cooperation?

"You just follow Raul, sooner or later you will be like their group of people in Madrid, and you will be satisfied if you are suspected of being in love with Xìng." Gyuli complained next to him, and was immediately interrupted by the sneakers thrown by Morientes. Now everyone is a lot more familiar, and sometimes they will make some excessive jokes with each other, especially when the team wins, it is naturally more unscrupulous.

But at this time, Zhao Yaning, after taking out his phone and looking at it a few times, completely restrained his smile. The content on the phone was something he had been worried about for a long time.

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