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147 Preparing for the new season

Monaco, a pocket-sized principality.
The average daily number of tourists in a small area is as high as 300,000 throughout the year.
All hotels in Monaco can accommodate no more than 4,000 tourists in total.
In the bedroom of the high-rise independent sea view suite in the hotel, Situ Yunbing woke up from his sleep and washed and dressed step by step. There was a separate cloakroom in this room. Standing in front of the mirror, a full set of Armani from top to bottom, from inside to outside, took out the Breguet watch given to him by Siglider from the drawer and put on, then tied a dark blue tie and put on the blazer. The young man in the mirror has become majestic and elegant.
The doorbell rang, Situ Yunbing came to the extremely spacious living room and opened the door. The hotel staff enthusiastically delivered breakfast.
Pressing the remote control of the electric curtains, the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling window facing east in the living room separated from it to the wall. Situ Yunbing walked to the floor-to-ceiling window with coffee, and the curtains opened wide and slowly presented the beautiful scenery.
The azure coast in the distance came into view this morning, which made people feel refreshed. Situ Yunbing drank coffee and breakfast while enjoying the beautiful scenery outside.
He moved out of Capday's apartment, and he didn't end up watching the apartment that Debondan recommended for him, because he wanted convenience and comfort.
So he stayed at the Monaco five-star hotel in Monte Carlo Grand Paris Hotel.
It costs 600 euros to start here in one night, and his luxurious suite is more than doubled. Situ Yunbing directly signed a long-term rental agreement with the hotel and rented it for 250,000 euros until the end of June next year.
Before the end of last season, Situ Yunbing, who lost money with Siglide at the Royal Casino Monte Carlo, received a 2 million euro prize after the end of the season.
But a month and a half later, there were only more than 700,000 euros left in his account.
He gave Alonzo 500,000 euros and 250,000 euros in a permanent hotel. In addition to buying Ferrari, he obtained a driver's license that could be used for Schengen countries in the shortest time. He bought two more cars, both parked in the parking lot of the Grand Hotel Monte Carlo, and his road race was also placed there. Situ Yunbing did not throw away the things from before, just like in his cloakroom, there was still a wardrobe with the cheap clothes in the past, reminding him where he came from.
An Audi drives an Audi when you go to the club and a Porsche sports car. If you want to take a ride along the coastline in your spare time, you can drive it out.
Today is the day for the Monaco team to train, and Situ Yunbing drove to the club very on time.
Monaco did not hold a new player debut ceremony, so there was no need for them. After all, the players who came did not have the familiar stars in the European top league.
Although Suarez and Gareth Bale were bought at a sky-high price, in terms of fame, they are still very different from first-tier stars.
In two years in history, they will be well-known stars in European football, but they are not yet.
The sun is shining, and the new and old players on the Monaco training ground chat and laugh easily. Those with language barriers also try to communicate with each other in the simplest English. This is a good phenomenon.
When Situ Yunbing, who was wearing a suit and tie, came to the training ground with his coaching staff, captains Modesto and Perez took the lead in setting an example and asked everyone to stand in line and prepare to start the training camp.
Situ Yunbing is very satisfied with the players' attitude. He doesn't like lazy players, nor does he likes players who are proud after winning the championship.
Standing in front of everyone, Situ Yunbing cleared his throat and then began his speech on preparing for the new season with a serious look on his face.
"Congratulations, we are all defending champions in the third line of France in the new season!
This is a symbol of glory, but it does not mean ease.
On the contrary, it is difficult to win the championship for the first time, and it will be even more difficult to achieve the title defense!
Looking at the teams that have won the championship for two, three or more consecutive years in European football, they all have a unique temperament.
Do we have it?
Before we achieved our title defense, we actually had nothing!
Because at the same time, I can imagine that Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, even Lille, Toulouse, Paris Saint-Germain were getting ready to shine their weapons, they were polishing their swords and sharpening their hands!
What are they going to do?
Of course they want to kill Monaco!
They want to kick Monaco from the championship position!
We overturned Lyon's rule, and now it's our turn to raise our shield to resist the attacks from other teams, and to wave the butcher's knife with the other, and to cut all the opponents who dared to challenge us to the ground!
I want a championship, you also want a championship, I will work hard, I hope and believe that you will also work hard, let us work hard together!
Always remember one thing in my mind: there is only one champion, and it must be Monaco! Or you don’t give, and if you give, you will receive the glory that is highly anticipated!"
The players did not expect that Situ Yunbing would say such a sentence before the preparations for the new season.
Most of the pre-season preparations they are used to are as plain as water, and everyone can easily prepare.
But Situ Yunbing ignited everyone's passion in just 2 minutes!
Drag them back from the leisure time of the holiday to the cruel competitive football!
Everyone applauded and nodded with a firm look on their faces.
The formal preparations began. Situ Yunbing handed over these systematic and conventional training events to Petty to host. He walked aside with Alonzo, supervising the players' training attitudes while waiting for the test reports of various indicators.
At the same time, he also talked to different players during the team's training break.
The first person he found was Morrow.
Morrow sweats heavily and has a very diligent training attitude. The young man is full of yearning for the new season and looks forward to better performance on the big stage.
Situ Yunbing and Morrow had a deep master-disciple relationship. It was Situ Yunbing who helped Morrow into the throne and gave him full opportunities, which made him have a great success.
So Situ Yunbing likes to go straight to the conversation with him and said straight to the point: "I want to transform you in the new season, and your position will be retreated to the left back position. In terms of ability, you have the vision required for full-back assists, speed, technology, and crossing ability. You also meet the requirements. The only thing you need to strengthen is defensive ability, as well as the technical and tactical ability of joint defense in the back line."
Moro was a little surprised. He didn't expect Situ Yunbing to make changes to him. He subconsciously looked back at Muratori on the training ground. He turned to look at Situ Yunbing and asked seriously: "Boss, can I know the reason for this change?"
Situ Yunbing confessed to him.
"Of course, in terms of ability, you are a very good wing forward. If you are placed in the Premier League, except for the giants, other teams will compete to grab you, but that is determined by the characteristics of the Premier League. Monaco's playing style last season, you can be well qualified for the team's technical and tactical requirements.
But in the new season, we must defend our title in the league on the one hand, and on the other hand, we must face the challenges of the Champions League.
We need to keep up with changes in the situation, so we will make changes in the technical and tactical system this season. All our summer recruitment work is for this change. I hope you can understand it.
Specifically at the tactical level, the team needs a powerful left winger, who can not only create opportunities to deliver shells to his teammates on the wing, but also needs to be able to pose an intuitive threat to the opponent's goal!
Once the threat from the left winger to the goal is formed, our left back will have more room on the wing, so I hope you can play the left back instead."
Morrow understood it, simply put it simply, his incisive threat of threatening shots is not enough.
Morrow thought for a while and said, "Okay, no problem, I will try my best to adapt to the new position."
Situ Yunbing nodded, patted Moro on the shoulder and asked him to go back to train.
The second person who was asked by Situ Yunbing to talk to was Captain Modesto.
He told Modesto that his position in the new season would change, from a central defender to a right back, and he is still the absolute main force.
Modesto makes no sense.
In this way, Monaco's main back line for the new season surfaced.
Modesto, Benatia, Vertonheng, Morro.
Compared to Simici's offensive ability when he was a right back, Monaco's new defense ability on the back has been strengthened. Although Moro needs to adapt, Modesto's defensive ability and Vertonheng's defensive ability can bring improvements to the team's entire back line. At the same time, Vertonheng, who was born in Ajax, will also bring stronger ball-taking ability to the back line that he did not have before!
This is a combination of Monaco's technical and tactical core rapid offensive and defensive transformation, which is helpful to improve.
There is no suspense in the midfield trio.
Nkuru, Perez, Matic, is just one word: hard!
In the second half of last season, Perez and Matic had a tacit understanding of taking turns to attack. After missing Merian, Nkuru strengthened his defensive mobility and could further liberate Perez and Matic. Although it is undeniable that the offensive creativity in the middle lane has declined, the improvement in the midfield defense is definitely significant.
There is no suspense on the front line.
Gareth Bale will serve as the left winger, Luis Suarez plays center, and Falcao's right winger. Although the attack on the right is weak, Situ Yunbing's plan is to build a golden left. The team's offense must have a burst of speed in the offense. Morro and Bale have no problem with speed. When the midfield becomes tough, they will create opportunities. The rest depends on Suarez and Falcao's ability to seize opportunities. Of course, in terms of the personal abilities of Suarez and Falcao, their ability to create opportunities alone cannot be underestimated.
With Nimani on the bench, it can bring about tactical changes in the front line, and Vitsel in the midfield will also provide vitality and flexibility in changing the lineup. Adriano, a full-back, can still be in case of emergency.
Although players like Mangani, Mendy, Muratori, and Monggong are difficult to bring miraculous effects, they will not make Situ Yun's troops stretched out in the arrangement of troops. At least there is no problem with rotation.
Chapter completed!
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