Valenciennes started the season in a decent way, climbing to seventh in the table, not far from the European places, and with a little more effort, they may be able to move forward.

But after the tenth round of the league, everything changed.

Since Yunsheng led Monaco to a 3-2 win over Valenciennes, Valenciennes have been on the decline, failing to win a number of games in a row, slipping down the table and once falling near the relegation zone.

However, after the start of the second half of Ligue 1, Valenciennes has won two games and has moved to tenth place, with a good upward momentum.

In the cup competition, they also went all the way to the semi-finals of the French League Cup.

Valenciennes' biggest goal now is to win the French Cup and earn a ticket to next season's European competition.

After all, with their strength, it is too unlikely that they want to rely on the league ranking to participate in European competition.

Valenciennes coach Regina fielded all his main players in a 4-5-1 formation today, with 27-year-old French striker Danic up front.

It is worth mentioning that the two South Korean players who have been starting in the first half of the season, Park Joo-young and Nam Tae-hee, both sat on the bench today.

The two were in good physical condition, and not letting the two of them appear on the stage was entirely out of tactical considerations.

But Park Joo-young and Nam Tae-hee don't think so, they are in a bad mood today!

Sitting on the bench, the two complained in Korean while watching the upcoming game.

"This SB head coach just looks at the two of us unpleasantly, if it weren't for our efforts, would the team have climbed to this ranking?"

"Well, in the last few games we won, neither of us seems to have started......"

"This ...... Then the two of us performed well in the first half, and the combined number of goals between the two of us is almost more than ten, isn't it okay? ”

"It's only four, it's only four, it's still far from ten......"

"The last time we played Monaco away, the two of us helped the team to a 2-0 lead, and we don't think it's ours."

"But after the game, the two of us were scolded half to death by the fans, saying that we don't talk about professional ethics......"

"That's because they don't know the ball! If the Koreans hadn't invented football, they would be playing fart now. ”

"Football, we Koreans invented it?"

"Of course, we Koreans invented it!"

"You have a point......

"If Regina doesn't let me play in the second half, I'll fight him in the dressing room!"

"Well, I'm behind you......"

At this time, Reginer, who was watching the game from the sidelines, stared at the court, and the game was about to start.

The assistant coach on the side glanced back at the bench and then asked in a low voice, "Is it really appropriate not to let those two Koreans appear?" ”

Regina was expressionless: "They are not fit to start this game. They haven't been in good form in recent times and you can see it on the training pitch. Moreover, the two of them had some discord with Monaco coach Yun Sheng, and they didn't like Yun Sheng's death. In this game, I am going to play defensive counterattacks, and I need the players on the field to defend steadily, and the two of them will definitely have a problem with their mentality, so I don't let the two of them play. ”

"Oh, I see." The assistant coach nodded and stopped talking.

The referee blows the whistle on the field, and the game begins!

Although Monaco was away from home, they started with a lot of momentum.

Although Shevchenko lost his partner Recoba, Dong Fangzhuo's speed helped him attract the attention of his opponents and greatly helped him reduce his burden. Shortly after the break, he delivered a powerful header and was very threatening.

It was Ljungberg who passed the ball to Shevchenko, a 31-year-old player who is also a speedy player on the wing, who is arguably past his prime, but since returning from injury, he has remained an absolute attacking anchor on the left side of Monaco. Although his speed has dropped a bit, he still dominates Ligue 1 thanks to his excellent experience and personal skills.

In the opening ten minutes, Ljungberg made a number of wonderful attacks in a row, and the Valenciennes back line was in shambles.

With Ljungberg's wonderful play, Chen Tao on the right side is also more relaxed, and the connection between him and Dong Fangzhuo is becoming more and more tacit, with one deduction and one pass, one trip and one shot, which has become the signature cooperation method of the two people.

Seeing that the opponent's attack could not be played, Sun Jihai also stepped forward frequently to assist, and Monaco's right side formed a connection between the three Chinese players.

As the game dragged on, Valenciennes were overwhelmed and had only one chance to counter-attack for half an hour, but they were disrupted by Flamini before they could get past the centre circle.

Makelele, who was behind him, joked: "Next time, let someone go, and let me move, or my body will be stiff." ”

Flamini also smiled: "Okay, then I'll press up and attack, and completely hand over the midfield defense to you." ”

Next, Flamini also went up, and in addition to his accurate passing, he also had a good long-range shot.

As a result, Valenciennes is in constant danger in front of the gate.

However, the game continued into the first half for more than 40 minutes, and Monaco was unable to break the deadlock.

I have to say that Valenciennes' defense did a good job today, their backfield organization is like an impregnable wall, and they did not give Monaco too many threatening opportunities, although Monaco had many shots on goal, but the thunder and rain were small.

As the game entered stoppage time, Valenciennes played a good counter-attack.

Dong's shot hit the post and bounced off the outside of the box, at which point the Monaco players were almost all moving forward and no one received the ball.

The ball landed right at the feet of Valenciennes striker Huntel, who did not hesitate to take the lead in the ball before Flamini made a tackle, and when Flamini collided with him, the ball had already fallen to the feet of forward striker Danic.

Denic faced Makelele, suddenly accelerated diagonally, and shook off the French back at once!

You know, when the opponent's fast horse striker is speedy, no matter how strong the defender is, it is difficult to break the ball.

Makelele tried his best to chase back, but he was still one position behind his opponent and was getting farther and farther away......

"Makelele can't keep up with him anymore! Will Danic use this opportunity to counter-attack and score? ”

"Monaco attacked half the game and were counter-attacked in the final stages of the game, and this time they have a good chance of conceding a goal!"

"Denic is about to go into the box! Ujfarusi was some distance away from him, and Danic was ready to shoot! ”