Chapter 0352, the battle for the fourth place in Ligue 1

After Grenoble restarted, the referee quickly blew the whistle for the end of the match.

The Monaco coach breathed a sigh of relief that the tough game had finally been won.

'We were lucky to be able to finish at the last minute. Puluo looked like he had palpitations.

Yun Sheng didn't speak.

He knew very well that there was a chance that the spell had worked.

If this match is held to a draw, Monaco will lose fourth place and the situation will take a turn for the worse.

But in the future competition, how can there be a super charm like [Luck Bonus] in every game?

And in the next game, there will be a lot of double matches a week, and if the team wants to fight on two or even three lines, it will be a great test.

Yun Sheng was stunned, someone patted him behind him, and when he looked back, it was Shevchenko.

"Andrey?"

"Boss, let's kill the opponent, why don't you look excited."

"Oh, I'm thinking about the next game, and I'm a little worried."

"Didn't you tell us to take every game seriously and not think too much about the final league standings and results, why are you a little anxious?"

"Haha, you're right, it's me thinking too much. Let's go to the fans stand to celebrate! ”

On 12 January, Monaco won an important match to get off to a flying start to the second half.

Six days later, the 21st round of Ligue 1 will continue.

This is the last Ligue 1 game of January, and there will be two cup matches to follow, both of which will be crucial for Monaco.

In the 21st round of Ligue 1 on January 18, Monaco will go to face Rennes away.

In the French Cup 16 finals on 24 January, Monaco will face another Ligue 2 team, Châteauux.

In the semi-finals of the French League Cup on January 29, Monaco played Valenciennes away for a ticket to the final.

In the 22nd round of Ligue 1 on February 1, Monaco will play Marseille at home.

Except for the cup match against Ligue 2 side Châteauroux, the other games were not easy to play.

Rennes currently sit fourth in the Ligue 1 table, just two points behind Monaco, and if there is any margin for Monaco in this game, they could lose fourth place.

In fact, Rennes is not a strong team in the traditional sense, and there is not even a commendable big star in the team. Despite this, they have relied on great teamwork and have performed very well in recent seasons.

Rennes finished sixth in Ligue 1 last season, just two points clear of the European places, and narrowly missed a European place.

At the beginning of this season, although Rennes did not have any extremely eye-catching performances, and did not create miracles when facing traditional strong teams, they were very stable in grabbing a lot of points when facing middle and lower teams, and almost all the points they should have scored.

In this way, in the case of this season's Ligue 1 melee, Rennes has been able to follow the first group all the time and not fall behind, which is not easy.

This game against Rennes was another tough battle for Monaco.

From the outset, Rennes showed the momentum to win, and they relied on the strength of their home field to attack Monaco's half.

Rennes have a very tough style of play, their players have excellent physicality, and the style of play is not like a Ligue 1 team with a technical flow, but more like a Bundesliga team.

In the opening ten minutes, Rennes can be said to have dominated the field and kept pressing Monaco.

Rennes fans in the stands cheered and seemed to have seen the team finish in the top four of the table.

Even Alphonse in the live broadcast room shook his head again and again, and said with a melancholy face: "Monaco, which has many world-class stars, has now captured the hearts of many neutral fans, and these fans must be extremely sad and sad to see their beloved team being abused so brutally." ”

Octave exclaimed: "As things stand, Monaco's magic this season seems to be coming to an end. They beat tough opponents in the last few games of the first half of the league and climbed all the way up to fourth place. But after a short winter break, their players seem to have lost their fighting spirit, and it looks like Monaco is about to be beaten back to its original form. ”

And the Monaco fans on the sidelines and in front of the TV were already anxious, and they were even more anxious when they heard the two hosts say this.

Could it be that Monaco's upward momentum is about to be ended by Rennes?

Although the fans were anxious, Yun Sheng on the sidelines was not in a hurry.

Now this situation, Yunsheng has already anticipated.

He had already told the players before the game.

"Guys, in all fairness, Rennes are a bit stronger in this game. Because if they win this game, they can climb to fourth in the league and enter the European zone; A draw is not unacceptable for us and we can still hold on to fourth place in the league. That's the mentality of both teams today. ”

"I don't say this to make you less eager to win, but to make you smarter. In this game, I'm going to adjust my tactics and recycle a bit in the midfield to make the opponent look like we're asking for a flat defense. In this way, they will be more and more anxious, and there will be more and more loopholes. When the time comes, we will definitely be able to seize the loophole and kill it with one blow! ”

That's what Yunsheng asked, and so did the players.

Monaco's entire midfield line dropped back a bit in this game, with two full-backs, Kurzawa and Sun Jihai, also staying behind and not coming forward to assist.

Judging from the opening half hour, it is true that the situation on the field at Monaco is not optimistic.

But Yun Sheng was not in a hurry.

Don't look at Monaco being pressed all the time, but they didn't mess up their formation, and although the opponents fired repeatedly, there were few chances of threatening the goal.

Although the Monaco players did not have a few good attacking opportunities, they occasionally played a counter-attack, and the quality was extremely high.

In this case, Rennes players are getting more and more anxious, not only do they press up on the midfield line, but even the defenders frequently assist, and they don't notice the position of Shevchenko and Recoba at all.

No matter how tight Monaco's defense was, the two strikers barely returned to defend.

Half an hour had passed, and the game came to the 34th minute.

Before Rennes just attacked, Yun Sheng on the sidelines shouted to the players, asking everyone to defend with all their might, and waved his left arm, the movements were very exaggerated, and even a little funny.

But the players on the field were eye-catching.

It's time to fight back!