The Era of Emerald

With the score behind, Wenger had no choice but to order the team to continue to attack Fiorentina's half to try to equalize the score.After all, Wenger knows his own affairs best. Although praised by some French media as "the strongest Monaco in history", Wenger will not take it for granted that the team he leads can easily win Fiorentina.

If Wenger is confident that Monaco's midfield configuration is as strong as Fiorentina's, then the professor has no confidence in the team's defense now.

Originally, Wenger was not good at building a defensive system. This shortcoming has also been criticized by people. However, Monaco has only conceded 20 goals in the league so far this season, which is the least conceded goal among the [-] Ligue [-] teams. , Such data once made the fans think that Wenger finally got the hang of it and knew the importance of defense.

However, judging from the current performance of Monaco's defense, the reason why this Ligue [-] club has conceded few goals in the league this season is not because Wenger has improved in training* defense, but because of other external factors: In general, the first reason is that the personal ability of the Monaco defender is at the top level in Ligue [-], and the second reason is that the Monaco offensive system with Zidane as the core leads the team to suppress it with offense most of the time. Opponents, this relieves the team's defensive pressure in disguise.

However, what Monaco is facing now is Fiorentina, which is much stronger than them. The tactics of using offense to suppress their opponents does not seem to have much effect in front of the reinforced concrete defense of the Italian team. Instead, they are repeatedly seized by their opponents. Just like the conceded goal just now...

Zidane used a Marseille gyration to avoid Davis' vicious steal, and once again dribbled the ball towards the goal of Fiorentina, but before he ran two meters, the French midfielder was rushed to help defend Diby Agios fell to the ground.

Zidane, who climbed up from the lawn, glared at Di Biagio, who was half a head shorter than himself, with a hint of anger in his eyes. After all, the successive tactical fouls against him by the Fiorentina players in this game had already irritated him a bit.Although the opponent was very careful and did not hurt him maliciously, the feeling of always being brought down also made Zidane feel very uncomfortable.

As we all know, Zidane is not a mild-tempered person. In his career, there have been many instances in his career of being sent off for retaliating against opponents after being violated. Of course, the most famous one is the one in the 06 World Cup final. Remember the hammer...

Just when the furious Zidane was about to fight back against Di Biagio, the referee Merck of the game arrived in time and separated the two, avoiding a live PK on the field, and then Merck awarded A set piece in the frontcourt for Monaco.

Since the position of this free kick was a little far from Fiorentina's goal, Zidane, who was in charge of taking the penalty, did not directly attack the goal, but passed the ball to Pires who moved to the left side of the court.

Facing Zambrotta's defense, Pires did not stubbornly plan to pass the opponent. After making two fake moves and found that the opponent had not taken the bait, he flicked his right ankle and passed the ball to the edge. Candela!

Although Candela can only serve as Lizarazu's substitute in the French national team, his abilities are quite comprehensive, and he can complete tasks well in both defense and offense.

After breaking through Zambrotta's defense, Candela immediately made a cross with his left foot!

Trezeguet jumped up high, Zidane was still outside the penalty area at this time, Henry is better at ground coordination than aerial work, at this time only he has the ability to win this header for Monaco.

Ferrara, who was blocked by Henry, was obviously slow to react. When he was about to interfere with Trezeguet's header, the French striker had already grabbed the ball's landing point and directly shook his head to attack the goal!

Trezeguet's header was indeed powerful, but it was obvious that he had been tormented by Fiorentina's defense for more than half an hour, and he did not accurately identify the position of the goal, and the ball flew high above the goal crossbar!

The Monaco fans in the stands saw this scene and made a sound of regret. This is Monaco's second shot in the Fiorentina penalty area so far in this game. The first time was in the No.11 minute of the game. Henry received a pass from Pires and broke into the Fiorentina penalty area and hit the goal, but his shot was calmly blocked by Nesta.

In more than 30 minutes, Fiorentina only allowed Monaco to complete two shots in their own penalty area. From this point of view, Fiorentina's defense is undoubtedly very successful.

Wenger put his hands in his pockets and watched the situation on the court without saying a word. He didn't make any adjustments. The first is because it is still early, and the second is because he doesn't know what to do now. How to adjust - Monaco has already exhausted their salary budget by being able to make up this starting lineup, and there is really no extra money to recruit capable substitutes,

However, if Wenger can't think of a way to win Fiorentina at home, then Monaco can surrender directly in the second round of the Frankie Stadium after a week. After all, Monaco has so far won the Champions League this season There has never been a win away from home.

Wenger doesn't think that facing the powerful Fiorentina, Monaco's players will break this vicious circle of cheating.

On the court, Zidane still desperately used the pass to deliver shells to the strikers, but all these efforts were in vain in front of Florence's reinforced concrete defense.

Seeing that there was not much time left in the first half of the game, Zidane, who was disappointed with his two weak striker teammates, finally decided to go into battle himself and help Monaco equalize the score with shots instead of passes!

At this time, Candela and Pires' ingenious cooperation on the wing once broke through Zambrotta's defense and made a cross. Trezeguet, who was the most threatening in the penalty area, obviously attracted the most from Ferrara and Toldo. attention.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zidane, who was active near the top of the arc in the penalty area, suddenly accelerated and temporarily got rid of Davis's close defense-the Dutch midfielder used his stalking defense in this game to toss him enough .

Candela's cross was quite deceptive. The ball did not fly to Trezeguet's position, but to the edge of the penalty area, and it landed exactly where Zidane ran!

Faced with this cross, Zidane did not choose to take off the ball and then shoot. In doing so, Fiorentina's defense would have enough reaction time to block his shooting angle.

Therefore, Zidane, who was inspired, did not wait for the ball to hit the ground, and directly twisted his body to face the ball and volleyed with his left foot!

The ball drew an arc and went straight to the upper right corner of the goal. Toldo, who was startled by Zidane's shot for [-] second, couldn't react in time. Although he made a save, he still could only watch the ball fly into him Among the guarded gates.

One to one, with Zidane's flying goal, Monaco equalized the score at the end of the first half!

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