Chapter 0376, the importance of Chen Tao

When the Monaco coach returned to Monaco from Paris, hundreds of fans waited eagerly awaiting their return in front of the club.

In the face of countless applause and cheers, the Monegasque commander enjoyed it all.

Yun Sheng asked Puluo softly: "It's just a temporary climb to the top, and the league is not over, so the fans are so excited?" ”

Proro looked at the excited fans, and there was fire in his eyes: "You have been in Monaco for a short time, you may not know much, we, the old Monaco fans, have been looking forward to this moment for too long." ”

"Thank you, Coach Yunsheng!"

"You're the best coach in the world!"

Yun Sheng waved at the fans again and again: "Pro, you said that if I can win back the Ligue 1 trophy at the end of the season, what will the fans do to me?" ”

"Haha, if there is a day, even I want to go down and worship you! If you can win the Ligue 1 title, you're a Monaco hero! ”

"Pro, what if I win the Champions League back?"

"Then you are the god of Monaco!"

"Hahahaha, then let's move towards the road to godhood together!"

Although Ligue 1 has reached the top, the cup competition is still not relaxed.

After a win over Paris Saint-Germain on 22 February, Monaco will continue their French Cup quarter-finals on 26 February.

Their opponent this time is Sochaux, who is currently only 14th in the league and is basically in a relegation situation.

Although this kind of team is not strong, they have no worries about relegation and no hope of moving forward, and the biggest goal at the moment is to try to go further in the cup competition.

As a result, Monaco's attack was greatly hampered at the start of the game.

Sochaux defended tightly and ferociously today, with the simple goal of this game being to try to hold Monaco to a draw and then play penalties.

Throughout the game, there were frequent cases of people turning on their backs, and the Monaco players were repeatedly violated by their opponents and fell to the ground, and the rhythm of the game was constantly interrupted.

Yun Sheng on the sidelines protested to the fourth official again and again, and the fourth official was helpless.

It wasn't until near the end of the first half that Sochaux received the first yellow card from the referee.

The whistle blew in the first half, and neither team achieved anything.

Because the next round of Ligue 1 matches will be played in three days, in the face of a double match in a week, Yunsheng still discharged most of the young players in this game, but considering that Sochaux is not easy to play, several main players still got the opportunity to play.

Claude Makelele, Flamini and Sun Jihai all got the chance to start.

And Chen Tao, the offensive core of the team, still took the initiative to participate in this game.

Throughout the first half of the game, Chen Tao was the player who was violated by the opponent the most, and he was tackled to the ground many times, and Yun Sheng's heart was shocked.

At halftime, Yun Sheng instructed the players to pay attention to protect themselves, and now the team is facing two games a week, and there must be no non-tactical attrition.

After the start of the second half, the situation remained unchanged, with Sochaux defending so ferocious that the Monaco players fell to the ground several times.

The score of 0-0 continued until the 77th minute, when Chen Tao was kicked to the ground from behind by an opposing defender in the process of breaking through with the ball, and it took him half a day to get up.

The referee did not hesitate this time, showing a red card directly to the Sochaux defender and awarding Monaco a penalty.

Dong Fangzhuo stood in front of the penalty spot, and the ball went into the net in one fell swoop.

1 to 0! Monaco finally broke the deadlock.

However, in the crowd of celebrations, Chen Tao limped a little.

Yun Sheng noticed that something was wrong, and he quickly replaced Chen Tao.

"Boss, I can still hold on." Chen Tao, who was off the field, was a little unwilling, and looked back at the Sochaux player hatefully.

Yun Sheng patted him on the shoulder: "The team has taken the lead, you can come down and rest." I see that you seem to have an injury in your leg, so I'll have the team doctor check it out. ”

After the examination, there was no major problem, just some external injuries, and it was possible to recover in a day or two.

Only then did Yun Sheng feel completely relieved.

Now Chen Tao is an important core of the team, if he is out due to injury, the team is really in trouble.

In the closing stages of the game, the senior striker Nene headed home the winning goal for Monaco.

2 to 0! Monaco won the quarter-finals of the French Cup and qualified for the semi-finals of the French Cup.

The next semi-final will be played on 2 April, and Monaco will face mid-table Ligue 1 side Nancy, and if nothing else, this match is also a good chance of winning.

In other words, with Monaco's current situation, they maintain their hopes of winning Ligue 1, Ligue League and French Cup.

With the cup matches coming in a month, Monaco's attention is now back in the league, which is also tense at the moment. Although Monaco are at the top of the table, the pressure is high due to the close proximity of the pursuers behind them.

Monaco's winning streak continued in the 26th round of Ligue 1 at the weekend, with a 1-0 home win over AJ Auxerre to cement their position at the top of Ligue 1.

Although the winning streak is good news, there is also something that makes Yun Sheng depressed.

That is, Chen Tao was injured.

After suffering a minor injury in the previous game against Sochaux, Chen Tao recovered quickly.

Yunsheng specially inquired about Chen Tao and consulted the team doctor's opinion, and came to the conclusion that they could play.

But unexpectedly, Chen Tao was shoveled to the ground by the opponent and sprained his ankle during a dribbling process.

It's not too much of a problem, but at least a week's rest is required.

With Chen Tao's assist before the game, Monaco beat Auxerre 1-0 in a row.

Seven days later, in the 27th round of Ligue 1, Monaco, without Chen Tao, was always a fraction of a goal behind, and was finally forced to draw 0-0 by Nice, interrupting a two-month winning streak.

The only fortunate thing is that none of the top four teams in the league have won, especially Bordeaux, who drew at home to Lyon.

In this way, Monaco still leads the Ligue 1 standings with a one-point advantage.

In these two games, the impact of Chen Tao's absence was on full display.

Although Shevchenko, Recoba and Ljungberg were still on the pitch, the team lacked an attacking pusher up front.

Flamini is a good hub for switching between the front and back courts, but when it comes to the ability to advance with the ball, pass the ball and make the final hit, Chen Tao is still irreplaceable.

Fortunately, Chen Tao recovered from his injury in time, which made Yunsheng feel much better.

The team is really lacking a good enough attacking midfielder.

On the second day after the first team match, the players had a day off to rest, but Yunsheng did not.

Because there's a very important game today, he's going to take a good look at it......