One Hundred and Twenty-Nine, Grit Your Teeth and Fight to the End!
The two coaches, Situ Yunbing and Blanc, are now the two favorites in Ligue 1. The League Cup final was originally of limited appeal, but the head-to-head confrontation between the two coaches attracted intense attention from the French media.
In particular, the French media still have an idea that they expect Bordeaux to beat Monaco and cause a serious blow to Monaco's morale. In this way, the suspense of the last 5 rounds of the league may change, especially the bottom of the league. In the second round, Monaco will be a guest to challenge Bordeaux.
When the starting lineups of the two teams entered the stadium, the Stade de France was full of enthusiasm and the sound shook all directions.
"Good evening, audiences. Welcome to the Stade de France with the camera. The upcoming game here today is the final of the French League Cup!
The two teams that reached the final this year are Monaco and Bordeaux.
Now these two teams are also ranked first and second in Ligue 1. It can be described as a strong matchup in an absolute sense!
In order to prepare for this final, Monaco carried out most of the rotation in the 33rd round of the league three days ago, while Bordeaux won Rennes away with a full lineup.
Obviously, Bordeaux has not given up on the league title. I wonder if this will affect their performance at the Stade de France today.
Monaco's starting formation today is 451.
Goalkeeper: Rufael.
Defenders: Simic, Benatia, Nkuru, Muratori.
Midfield: Falcao, Matic, Merian, Perez, Morrow.
Forward: Nimani.
There were no surprises in Monaco's starting XI.
Bordeaux is the starting 433 today.
Goalkeeper: Lame.
Defenders: Charme, Diawara, Prani, Tremullina.
Midfielders: Aarau Diarra, Gourcuff, Menegazzo.
Forwards: Gufranc, Chamark, Ruchet.
Bordeaux's lineup has been affected by injuries. Wendell's absence has had a big impact on them. In addition, some rotations have been carried out today. The team's top scorer Kavinaji sat on the bench, but Check Mark's progress The ball efficiency is not low, only one less than Kavinaji's goals.
Judging from the formation of the coaches of the two teams before the game, Bordeaux is more active, but it is doubtful whether they can suppress Monaco in this final. Monaco's overall strength is not inferior to any team in Ligue 1 up!
Well, the game will start soon, let us wait and see who will win the League Cup this season between Monaco and Bordeaux! "
With the whistle of the referee, the French League Cup final officially began!
What surprised Situ Yunbing was that Bordeaux speeded up and strengthened their offense very early after the game started!
Bordeaux's offense has indeed played beautifully this season, and the efficiency is not bad.
Among the top 15 scorers, they have three players, Kavinaghi, Chamark, and Gourcuff.
There are only two people in Monaco, Nimani and Merian.
In the scorer list, if only midfielders are counted, Merian scored one more goal than Gourcuff, but Gurcuff scored all goals in sports games, and did not score from penalties or direct free kicks.
If assists are counted, Merian and Gourcuff can basically achieve a double-double of goals and assists this season.
It can be said that the two best midfielders in Ligue 1 this season are facing each other in this final.
Although Nimani ranks higher in the scorer list for Monaco, no opponent dares to ignore the threat of Falcao. In terms of scoring efficiency, Falcao is the striker with the highest scoring efficiency in the second half of the Ligue 1 season!
For Monaco, to kill Bordeaux's offensive threat, the most important thing is to block Gourcuff. He not only has strong scoring ability, but also is very creative!
In the 3rd minute of the game,
When Gourcuff was pressed by Matic in the frontcourt, he decisively knocked the ball back diagonally to Menegazzo.
Presumably Blanc must have told Bordeaux's midfielders not to play in the midfield before the game. Once Monaco steals the ball and counterattacks, their defense may not be able to withstand Bordeaux's stormy fast break.
Menegazzo kicked the ball at the back of the center line and sent a straight pass. Ruxie led the ball from the sidewalk and took the ball to the left of the center in front of the penalty area. Before Perez's help was in place, Ru Xie kicked and shot directly!
The right-footed shot flew past Benatia, missed the post by about a meter and flew out of the baseline.
The first wave of Bordeaux's offensive formed a shot, but there was not much threat.
But their attacking style is impressive, simple and fast!
Situ Yunbing made gestures to his disciples on the sidelines, asking them to step up their offensive and improve the rhythm of the game!
He doesn't think that Monaco will be weaker than Bordeaux in fast-paced games. At the same time, because of physical factors, Monaco should actually speed up the pace to strengthen the consumption of Bordeaux!
After all, Monaco has been recharging their batteries for a week, but Bordeaux did their best to fight Rennes away for 90 minutes in the middle of the week.
In the 6th minute of the game, when Monaco shifted the attack to the left with three passes and two downs in the frontcourt, Morrow found that Charme was cautiously defending in front of him, and Aarau Diarra also assisted in the defense towards the side. Come on, he didn't have a good chance to make a breakthrough, and there wasn't enough space to go forward, so he decisively knocked the ball back diagonally to Perez who assisted him. The latter stopped the ball and adjusted and knocked the ball horizontally. Matic After running across the center line, he passed the ball to the right.
Simic assisted, and the ball seemed to be passed to Falcao, but Falcao pretended to ignore it and ran directly inside, which caught the full-back Tremulina by surprise.
If Tremullina doesn't care about Falcao's running position and chooses to grab it directly, he has a great chance to steal the ball, but he first retreats to defend Falcao, but then turns back to resist Simic. Otherwise, it is very passive and can only be led by the nose.
Simic kicked the ball obliquely to the front right of the penalty area, but Falcao still didn't look at the ball, and continued to cut inside and insert into the right rib area of the penalty area without looking back.
Nimani took the initiative to run to meet the ball and sent the ball into the right side of the penalty area with his right foot when he touched the ball.
Monaco's attacking passes and cuts from the right were as smooth and natural as quicksilver.
When the football rolled past the defender Prani, Falcao also happened to rush past him on the other side. Prani stretched out his legs to try to steal the ball but was a little too slow. Kao chose to shoot directly when he touched the ball on the right side of the penalty area!
He tried to hit the far corner of the goal by rubbing his left foot, but because the angle was a bit small, the arc of the football around the outside line was not enough. Goalkeeper Lame shot the ball from the air to the ground in a save, and hugged the football after it bounced off the ground.
"Falcao's shot was resolved by Lame! Monaco's offense became more and more sharp and threatening, but it's a pity that Falcao's last shot did not have any angle!
The last match between Monaco and Bordeaux is still vivid in my memory. Monaco equalized at the last moment at the Stade Louis II and failed to allow Bordeaux to take away three points from their home court. Now let’s look at Monaco’s strength after more than 4 months Much, much stronger than then!
I believe Blanc must have noticed this too. "
Of course Blank noticed, but so what?
Bordeaux's determination to hit the championship is unwavering. He needs the whole team to finish all the remaining games of the season with a sigh of relief. Good timing, he would rather Bordeaux play Lyon or Marseille in this final, not to say that Marseille or Lyon are weaker than Monaco, but that Blanc values the league championship more, if Bordeaux wins this game That's all, if they lose, it will almost declare that the four seasons are empty, because the psychological impact of losing to Monaco will directly affect the performance of the last few games of the Bordeaux League!