Chapter 51 The Golden Boy Shines in Monaco (Act 1: Bullet Rain)
On October 21st, at 20:30 pm local time in Monaco and 2:30 am Beijing time on the 22nd, the seventh match of the third group of the UEFA Cup this season was also between Deportivo La Coruna of La Liga and Monaco of Ligue 1
The second game will be held at the Stade Louis II.
There were many well-known figures coming to the stadium today, such as members of the Monaco royal family, and Raul, who accompanied the home team's injured players who could not play. Ordinary people in Monaco also expressed great enthusiasm for this game. The 18,000-seat stadium actually
Two-thirds full!
Don't think it's small, Monaco has a total population of only 30,000.
In the locker room, Irueta was doing the final mobilization for Depor: "Boys, we easily defeated our opponents in the last game. In this game, we have to put strong pressure on them from the beginning. These French
It is easy for people to be careless, we must try to resolve the battle within the first half hour!"
Speaking of this, Irueta peeled off a piece of chewing gum and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it twice: "I know you are already very tired, so in this game we have to solve the opponent as soon as possible, and then we can
Relax appropriately. Remember my words, press forward in formation until they can’t breathe, and then knock them over!”
There were smiles on the faces of the team members, but no one stood up and shouted. In Deportivo, Irueta, who has been the coach for many years, has deep prestige. Wang Ai sat in the corner and said nothing. Anyway, this kind of competition is usually left to his teammates.
That’s the solution.
"I'm just a substitute!"
Ten minutes later, the two sides lined up to take the stage. The referee was Norwegian Terje Hauge. The whistle blew and the game began.
As expected, Deportivo La Coruña followed the tactics arranged by Irueta. The formation was extremely forward-pressing and pressed almost the entire Monaco team in the half. Even the center backs Andrade and Scaloni stood in the center circle.
The two full-backs Pablo and Romero even provided assists from the right and left respectively.
However, the game did not go as smoothly as Irueta expected. The French do often lack concentration during games, but this also brings a benefit. They don't care how much pressure you put on them, or even don't feel it at all.
And if they are awake during the game and feel that you are oppressing them, the proud French people will jump up angrily and fight you to maintain their so-called dignity.
Therefore, even if the formation was squeezed very flat, Monaco did not panic. Instead, the defensive formation was too dense, which made it very difficult for Depor, who was relatively weak.
Irueta was still observing the game calmly, but unexpectedly, the situation on the field suddenly changed!
In the third minute of the game, Deportivo's left midfielder Jose lost the ball while going down. The opponent's big foot found Monaco's frontcourt and was caught by the extremely fast left midfielder Roten. Then the little man dribbled the ball from Ander.
Ladd and Scaloni drove straight into the middle. The Deportivo defender who was originally preparing to support the attack had to turn around in a hurry to chase. Roten was very fast and took advantage of the opportunity of the Depor defender to turn around to form a single attack.
Deportivo's goalkeeper Molina had no choice but to abandon the goal and attack. Roten made a fake shot while running, deceiving Molina and easily scored the ball.
This counterattack was clean and unexpected. I didn't expect the opponent's defender's long pass to be so accurate.
But everyone at Deportivo didn't take it seriously. Since the score was behind, they had to work harder to press the opponent. Irueta waved his hand on the sidelines and asked the players to increase their efforts to crush the Frenchman!
Wang Ai, who was sitting among the big men on the bench, held his chin in his eyes and thought, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.
Sure enough, just three minutes had passed since the first goal. After Belleron was intercepted by two players in the right frontcourt, Rodriguez once again found the frontcourt with a long pass, this time it was received by Pulsho. The Croatian
The big man then passed the ball diagonally to Roten while running. With the support of Bernardi from the left, a three-on-four pattern was formed. Roten, who was running at high speed, gave a wide arc from the bottom to the bottom.
As a result, Pulsho squeezed Romero out of the way, suppressed Scaloni, blocked David Silva, and barely jumped up. His forehead collided with the football that was passed through the ball, and then changed direction at high speed.
Molina didn't even react as the ball hit the net hard.
0:2!
Irueta's expression on the sidelines remained unchanged, but he opened and closed his mouth faster. Because he was chewing gum, he didn't curse much on the spot.
The two misses were a bit unexpected, so Deportivo didn't take it too seriously. After all, it's not uncommon to fall behind by two goals, and there's still a lot of game time.
The two sides fought fiercely in Monaco's half. Due to the large number of foreign players, Depor's style of play, although gorgeous, did not pursue passing control. Instead, it was a bit like Manchester United. The goalkeeper often crossed the midfield and reached the opponent's half. This
The set play method is very convenient in Spain, where heights are generally short, because Depor is generally slightly taller. However, this method is difficult to achieve results in the Monaco half, which is taller and has a dense lineup.
Until the 20th minute of the game, this method of playing the ball did not create many opportunities, and Deportivo was still trailing 0:2. But just when Deportivo was getting a little anxious, Monaco actually counterattacked again. Midfielder Giuly
The steal was successful and the ball was passed directly to Pursuo. Pursuo passed back to Giuly who followed up. Giuly did not stop the ball and directly kicked the ball through Depor's defense and was picked up by Roten.
Roten was very fast and directly broke the anti-offside tactics set up by Depor's back line. So, he went down again and passed again. Almost like the previous goal, Pulsho once again outflanked the center and hit the header.
It’s 0:3! It’s only half an hour!
In the auditorium, it began to rain golden debris. Behind the rain, there were cheers from Monaco fans, and in the crowd, there were also the smiles of Raul and Morientes.
Irueta shouted several times on the court, dissatisfied with the players' performance. However, he did not lose his mind. These three goals were scored very suddenly. It can only be said that the Monaco players were in too good condition.
The stubborn Irueta injected Depor with a stubbornness that would never look back. Then in the 32nd and 45th minutes of the game, the visiting team scored two goals again. The goals were by Pulsho and Bernardi.
Pursaud completed a hat trick in just the first half, and Monaco scored five goals!
Even if Tristan equalized in the 35th minute of the game, it would be of no avail.
Six goals were scored in the entire first half of a football match, but Monaco changed from the previous game's slump of inaction and dealt a severe blow to the powerful Deportivo.
