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Chapter 157: Will this be a lesson? [15]

[Mundo Deportivo]: ".I think Barcelona got a good draw!"

After the draw is over.

The Catalan media, which had been holding back their anger before, has finally found an outlet to vent.

They argued one thing from various angles: Monaco is far weaker than Barcelona.

For example, the reasons given by Mundo Deportivo are well-founded and convincing.

1. Barcelona has much more Champions League experience and Champions League genes than Monaco.

2. This season, the opponents Barcelona faced in the knockout rounds were much stronger than those Monaco faced!
Barcelona reached the semi-finals by eliminating Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, two "aircraft carrier-class" teams.

And what about Monaco?
They eliminated Manchester City, a weak team in the Champions League, and Dortmund, a "Bundesliga failure", before reaching the semi-finals.

".Monaco reaching the semi-finals? That's great, it's a rare scene in their team's history, but it's all thanks to their luck, because their two opponents weren't particularly strong. But in the semi-finals, Monaco's luck disappeared, because they drew Barcelona."

[World Sports Daily] wrote this in its report.

This report naturally made Barcelona fans very happy.

When they saw that Monaco had a center forward who had scored 20 goals in the Champions League, they couldn't help but feel doubtful.

But as a fan.

Support and trust in one's own team are often blind.

The doubts in my heart disappeared immediately after being "enlightened" by mouthpieces such as "Mundo Deportivo": it turned out that this was a team that made it to the semi-finals by "bullying the weak".

Don't worry about him.

In fact, there was not much discussion in the media of various countries about the draw for the semi-finals.

It has reached the semi-finals.

No matter which group of matches it is, it is actually a dialogue between the strong.

There are only four teams in total, and there are only four possible draw results, so there is nothing to discuss.

The French media was a little disappointed that Monaco did not draw Atletico Madrid - because in the group stage, Monaco defeated Atletico Madrid both home and away.

This can give Monaco some more confidence.

".Monaco needs confidence because among the four teams in the semi-finals, they are the team with the least experience in the Champions League, especially when they meet Barcelona."

[L'Equipe] expressed some pessimism in the report.

Because Barcelona's performance in strong dialogues this season is still very convincing.

First, in the Champions League quarter-finals, they completed a miraculous comeback by sweeping Paris Saint-Germain 7-1 at home.

The second was the two last-minute wins in the Champions League quarter-finals, beating Bayern 2-1 away from home and also beating Bayern 2-1 at home, advancing to the Champions League semi-finals with a total score of 4-2.

Then in the 6rd round of La Liga, despite being 3 points behind Real Madrid in the league points, they managed to beat Real Madrid - at the Bernabeu, winning three points and narrowing the gap to points.

Messi is also in very hot form in La Liga this season.

At the end of 33 rounds of La Liga, Messi scored 33 goals.

It's only 3 goals less than Sunshine's in Ligue .

Besides.

Barcelona's other two strikers.

Neymar and Suarez's statistics are also extremely impressive.

Suarez has 24 goals and 10 assists in La Liga.

Neymar has 11 goals and 9 assists - although he has not been directly involved in many goals, Neymar's other statistic is terrifying. This season, Neymar averages 9.8 dribbles per game and has caused 33 fouls against opponents in 126 league rounds. He can be said to be the "King of Getting Fouled" in La Liga.

These data show.

The MSN combination is one of the most terrifying front-line attacking tridents in the world, and one of them can even be removed - because on the Real Madrid side, Bale has gradually become a substitute, and the players who partner with Ronaldo and Benzema are not very fixed.

That position is competed for by players such as Bale, Isco, Asensio, and Vazquez
So just look at the goals and assists data.

There is no front-court attacking trio in the world that can rival this combination.

Only Monaco's MYB can be compared.

However, based on people's impression that the French Ligue 1 is one level lower than the La Liga, many people agree that the overall strength of La Liga MSN is greater than that of Ligue 1 MYB when the data is not much different.

Jardim certainly knows that Barcelona is not easy to deal with.

When the draw results came out, he was thinking about how to play against Barcelona and how to defend against the attack of the trio of Neymar, Suarez and Messi.

But after thinking about it.

Jardim felt that it was impossible to defeat Barcelona by relying on defense.

Monaco's only hope is to attack.

To be exact, it is the sunshine.

This is Jardim’s greatest confidence when facing Barcelona.

Both the Champions League and the French Ligue 1 have actually entered the final stage.

There are only six rounds left in the French Ligue 1.

Monaco is now 9 points ahead of second-placed Paris, and they are only one step away from the championship.

And this shiver must not go wrong.

Fourth day after returning from Dortmund.

The 33rd round of the league.

A focus battle: Monaco faces Lyon at home.

Lyon's fourth place is now more secure than Arsenal.

They are 13 points behind third-placed Nice.

8 points ahead of fifth-placed Bordeaux.

Therefore, the Lyon team actually has no desire or demand.

Anyway, whether they play in the Europa League or the Champions League does not really depend on themselves, but on Monaco's performance in the Champions League. If Monaco can reach the final and win the championship this season, then the French Ligue 1's European points can surpass Serie A in one fell swoop and become the fourth league in European points thanks to Monaco winning the Europa League and the Champions League.

In this case.

Lyon, as fourth, will only get a place in the Champions League qualifying round.

From this point of view.

Lyon is probably the team in Ligue 1 that supports Monaco the most in playing well in the Champions League.

But in the league.

They have no intention of giving in at all.

After all, this also concerns the reputation of the former French Ligue 1 champions.

In this game, Lyon played with all their main players and was not polite at all on the away field.

There is also good news for Monaco.

Mbappe returned from injury and entered the starting lineup.

And in this game, Mbappe played very well.

Monaco beat Lyon 2-0 at home.

Both goals were scored by Mbappe. Monaco made two quick counterattacks, giving Mbappe two opportunities to face the goalkeeper alone.

After scoring two one-on-one chances.

Mbappe has also scored double digits in goals this season.

Both goals and assists reached double digits.

His fame in France is no less than that of Yangguang. After all, he is French, and the French media are happy to praise him.

Anyway, the title of "New Henry" has been given to him.

After this game.

Monaco is in the semi-finals of the French Cup, facing Paris Saint-Germain.

Going to Paris is not a big pressure for Monaco. However, the coaching staff must consider another thing.

That is, less than forty-eight hours after the end of this semi-final match, Monaco will face Angers in the 34th round of the league. After playing against Angers, they will face Barcelona at home three days later.

Such a schedule forces Jardim to consider rotation.

The league is of course more important than the French Cup.

So Jardim is wavering between the French Cup away game against Paris and the league away game against Angers.

In the end, he decided to send all the main players in the French Cup semi-final and rotate them in the league match against Angers.

Because the league points advantage is still quite large, and the match against Angers happens to be between the French Cup semi-final and the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.

This rotation is more efficient.
Since we have decided to go all out in the French Cup.

The goal is naturally to win the championship - defeating Paris Saint-Germain will allow them to advance to the French Cup final. After reaching the final, does anyone still want to give up the final?
Therefore, after making such a decision.

In fact, the team’s goal has already been locked in: the French Cup, Monaco also wants it!

Paris Saint-Germain is very strong.

This is something everyone knows.

It is also a consensus that it is not easy to play Paris Saint-Germain away.

But this is not the case for the Monaco players.

They have beaten PSG in six games in a row.

Therefore, they have a very strong psychological advantage when facing their opponent Paris.

Monaco fans have every reason to be confident that their team can gain an overwhelming advantage at the Parc des Princes.

before the game starts.

Monaco fans are still talking about their Champions League semi-final opponents Barcelona.

The idea that "Paris is just so-so" also exists among Monaco players.

They are already semi-finalists in the Champions League.

French Cup?
ha.
The level is so low.

The opponent is Paris?
Um.
The defeated opponent who lost six games in a row to us.

All we need to do is go to Paris, enter the stadium, win the game and then return.

Yalding noticed this.

Upon arriving in Paris, he warned his players.

"Don't underestimate your opponent, especially when our opponent is Paris Saint-Germain."

However, few Monaco players, who were already accustomed to winning, took his words to heart.

I didn’t even think much about the sunlight.

Everyone felt that the head coach was just going through the motions.

In every game he would say “Don’t underestimate your opponent”.

The same is true for this game.

So no one really cared about what the head coach said - this is human nature. In the eyes of teams outside the French Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain is a super aircraft carrier built with money, while in the eyes of Monaco players, it is an opponent that has lost six games in a row and they can hardly win a game, and even a draw is a luxury.

In this case.

At the Parc des Princes.

Paris Saint-Germain dealt Monaco a heavy blow.

"Eat shit! Clown of Monaco!"

"This is Paris! This is Paris!!"

"You bastards!"

Paris Saint-Germain fans wearing dark blue jerseys leaned on the railings of the stadium stands, stretched their necks, looked down, pointed at the Monaco players on the field, raised their middle fingers and cursed.

They turned the Parc des Princes into a boiling crater.

At this moment.

On the scoreboard on the big screen at the stadium.

2:0
The home team goes first and the away team goes last.

The score clearly shows that Monaco is two goals behind!

At this moment.

Cavani, who had just helped Paris Saint-Germain expand the score, slid on his knees in the corner flag area.

He was then overwhelmed by the swarm of PSG players and substitutes.

In the coaching booth, Emery and his assistants also hugged each other.

You can tell from how excited they celebrated.

How well did Paris Saint-Germain prepare for this game?

They absolutely cannot accept that they have lost seven games in a row against Monaco!
We can absolutely not accept a season in which we gain nothing.

For Paris Saint-Germain.

This was a game with no way out, as they had already been eliminated from the Champions League and League Cup, and were 9 points behind in the league with little hope.

The French Cup is the only tournament where they have a chance to win the championship this season.

Judging from the importance and fighting spirit of the players on both sides towards the game.

Paris Saint-Germain is far superior to Monaco - Jardim could even see that Monaco's players were somewhat restrained.

"Are they already thinking about the Champions League final?!"

After losing the ball, Jardim spread his hands towards his assistants and said angrily.

He can guarantee it.

If you have this mentality.

It is said that they have reached the Champions League final.

They were eliminated by Barcelona in the semi-finals.

"Maybe this isn't a bad thing," Carlos said after considering it.

"This can at least remind them and make them alert. Otherwise, if such a scene occurs in the Champions League semi-final, the cost will be too high."

Yalding shook his head helplessly.

Is funeral a happy occasion?
Do we really have to pay the price of being eliminated from the French Cup to tell the Monaco players, who are now filled with complacency, that you are not invincible?
Yalding frowned.

He was in a terrible mood.

Before the game, he stressed not to underestimate the enemy.
The results of it?
In this situation, it would be terrible if we didn't underestimate the enemy.

"Ladies and gentlemen! You read it right! Yes! Yes! Paris Saint-Germain is leading! Cavani's header in the penalty area helped Paris Saint-Germain expand the score!!"

The commentator Omar shouted excitedly.

"Paris Saint-Germain is expected to end its six-game losing streak against Monaco!"

Paris Saint-Germain players celebrated passionately near the corner flag area.

And serve as a background for them.

It was the dejected Monaco players.

"In the 43rd minute of the game, Cavani scored and changed the score to 2-0. In the first half of the game, Paris Saint-Germain was obviously the side with more desire and fighting spirit to win. They finally scored two goals. Monaco's performance in this game was not up to standard, especially their defense."

"Monaco's forward line failed to continue its previous good form. Sunshine seemed to have forgotten to put on his shooting boots in this game."

A close-up shot of the sunlight appeared on the TV screen.

In the camera, Yangguang frowned.

(End of this chapter)