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Chapter 17 The Rough Road to Upgrade

Just when all Monacos felt that the team would be on the winning streak again, Nantes hit the Monacos with a blow.

In this season, Monaco's biggest enemies on the road to upgrading are Nantes and Gangaon. Currently, the two teams are just second and third. Monaco has defeated Gantt in the fourth round of the league. If they defeat Nantes again in this round, Monaco should be stable this season.

But unfortunately, that's just if, 0:2, this is the score after the game. At his home court, Monaco lost so quickly.

In previous games, even if Monaco draws or even loses, Monaco has the advantage, but in this game, Monaco was suppressed from beginning to end, and the kicking was so ugly.

The ugly thing to play is not that Monaco is not as strong as Nantes. If you really want to say that Monaco is stronger, but if you lose the game, you will lose. It is useless to find any excuses. The most important thing for Monaco now is to be shameless and then be brave.

Speaking of which, Monaco really did it. After losing to Nantes, Monaco won a complete victory in the next three rounds of the league. With this wave of three consecutive wins, Monaco once again led Nantes to top the scoreboard.

The Ligue 1 lift system is to directly upgrade the top two places in the standings, and the third place needs to play a two-round playoff against the bottom three in Ligue 1. The winner appears in Ligue 1, so Monaco can upgrade as long as he keeps the top two.

For Li Shou, whether Monaco is upgraded or not has much to do with him. He has no chance in the league anyway. What is really related to Li Shou is the French Cup next midweek.

According to the starting order of the French League Cup, the first knockout start of the French Cup should have fallen on Li Shou, and Ranieri did announce the news later.

However, Monaco's opponent is not strong enough, and Toulon Sports from France and C.

Although Li Shou did not get a chance in the league, in the simulation game, Li Shou has not lost the goal in three consecutive games, and the opponent will not be in great danger in every game.

This is due to Monaco's strong strength and the progress of Li Shou during this period. During this period, Li Shou's changes were from the inside out, which can be said to be quite large.

Confidence. Li Shou’s confidence in the past came from having a pair of magical gloves. But now, the gloves have become systems and truly become Li Shou’s things. After gradually adapting to it, Li Shou’s confidence has also diverged from the inside out.

In fact, outsiders can't see this kind of change. If you can really see it, you must be very close to Li Shou. For example, Pellizaro, this Italian old man doesn't know why Li Shou has changed so much.

But this change is a good thing for Li Shou, and Pellizaro observed this very carefully. Even in Pellizaro's mind, Li Shou is now really qualified to compete with Subasic for the main position.

But Pellizaro knows Ranieri too well. In the current situation, unless Subasic is injured, Li Shou will definitely not appear on the starting lineup.

Although there will be no change in the starting lineup, Li Shou gradually overwhelmed Surzak in the choice of the second goalkeeper. Although training is not a game, Li Shou's performance in training is indeed better than Surzak.

This can be seen from the last two rounds of the league. In the last two games of these three consecutive wins, Li Shou has always appeared on the 18-man roster. Before, they were both on the roster, especially in the next two games, Li Shou will start in the French Cup.

Then in this game against Toulon Athletics, Li Shou lived a very boring life. Because of his crush on his strength, Toulon Athletics was difficult to pose a threat to Monaco's goal.

However, this situation also tests the goalkeeper's concentration and reaction. No threat for a long time will make people relax their vigilance. If the opponent suddenly hits that shot at this time, it is likely that the ball will be lost.

In fact, Toulon Athletics did such a thing. In the 33rd minute, Toulon Athletics suddenly shot a long shot. Fortunately, Li Shou was focused enough and reacted quickly enough to fly to block the ball.

In the seventh minute of the second half, Toulon Athletic intercepted the ball and counterattacked quickly. It was Li Shou's outstanding performance that finally resolved the attack and helped Monaco enter the next round.

This is another game that no one pays attention to. Not to mention that Monaco is now in the French Ligue 2, his opponent is still the French Ligue C team, and even when he was a guest, the fans of Monaco from No. 11, which shows the attention of this game.

In the eyes of the media and fans, this game is not important, and I don’t bother to pay attention to it. I don’t care whether Li Shou performs well or not, but the team’s head coach sees it.

So in this game, Li Shou still gained some presence in front of Ranieri, especially those two saves, Li Shou found the concentration he used to be.

Li Shou, who returned to the league after the French Cup knockout round, sat on the bench again, and Monaco also won another victory, while Nantes on another stadium gained a draw, and Monaco took the lead again.

However, Monaco's winning streak did not continue. In the eighth round of the French Cup, Monaco lost to another French-C team, Bourg, but Li Shou gained nothing in this game.

Because of the starter of the French Cup, the competition between Li Shou and Surzak has come to an end with the defeat in this game.

Surzak also knew that he was going to lose in the battle with Li Shou. After the game, the French goalkeeper's face could not be concealed.

The French Cup lost, and Monaco, who returned to the league, was unable to return to the track of victory. In the 17th round of the league, Monaco challenged Caen away. This game was also the most painful defeat in Monaco's season so far...

3:0, this game fully reflects the instability of young players. Monaco still has the advantage on paper, but Monaco is hit by Caen on the court.

What makes the Monaco even more uncomfortable is the victory of the competitor. Monaco originally led Nantes by 2 and 2 points, but with this loss, the difference between the two sides has become 1 point, but now Nantes is leading Monaco by 1 point.

The top two are directly promoted in the top two, but there is still a gap between the first and second places. Although the Ligue 2 champion is not a real honor, it is still a champion at least.

The seventeenth round of defeat had a significant impact on Monaco, so that Monaco failed to return to the track of victory three days later. Although he did not lose, a draw was not enough for Monaco.

In contrast, Nantes has made great progress, and it is even faster to ironic that Nantes' 18th round opponent just caused Monaco's last round to suffer a crushing defeat.

At the same time, Gugan, who has the third place in points, has caught up. Since the tenth round, Gugan has never lost again, and has achieved an outstanding record of 5 wins and 4 draws in the last nine rounds.
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