Chapter 99 Return to the track of victory
After all, Krasic is not the kind of player who supports a team by himself. Besides, Bastia's players are far inferior to Monaco in terms of strength. After the three tricks at the beginning, the ball rights gradually returned to Monaco's feet.
In the ninth minute, Monaco ushered in the first shot of the game. Moutinho controlled the team's offensive and defensive rhythm, and Rogriguez became a pure attacking midfielder.
After this period of substitute, Rogriguez calmed down, so his performance gradually improved, which is why Ranieri let him start again.
Rodriguez himself also realized that although he spent a lot of money on the club, he found from these rounds that whether he started or not seems to have little to do with the team's victory or defeat, and it is not the indispensable one for the team.
Rodriguez, who knew the reality, began to be down-to-earth. Monaco's first wave of offense seemed to prove Rodriguez's mentality. After receiving Moutinho's pass, Rodriguez made a straight pass, but unfortunately Rivier's shot was higher than the goal.
Rivier did perform well in the first few rounds, but as the game progressed, Rivier slowly lost his start and exposed some problems.
For example, shooting skills, Rodriguez's straight pass can be said to be quite beautiful. Rivier's high-speed insertion also shook off the defensive players, but the final shot was a bit terrible.
Two minutes later, Monaco once again broke into Bastia's hinterland. This time it was Rodriguez and Moutinho. Moutinho rushed to Bastia's penalty area and shot a long shot from the crossbar again.
In the 18th minute, Monaco really completed a threatening shot. Condobia made a forward pass to attract the attention of the defensive players and divided the side to the right. Ocampos received the pass and cut into the penalty area.
With Ocampos' cut, Bastia's defense immediately cut to the right, which also gave Falcao a chance. The Argentinian did not shoot as hard as before, and passed the ball to the middle with a horizontal push.
"Falcao, this is Monaco's opportunity." Although Falcao in the middle was entangled by defensive players, this did not stop his shot.
"Ronderro~~~ saved, he blocked Falcao's shot with a wonderful save." Bastia goalkeeper seemed to have predicted Falcao's shot and flew to the lower left corner.
Compared to Rondero's wonderful saves in this game, Li Shou's performance in this game was far worse than in the last game against Paris Saint-Germain.
This is not because Li Shou's state has something to do, but because most of Bastia's offenses failed to really threaten Monaco's shots.
In the 26th minute, Bastia completed another shot, but still had a long shot. Although Li Shou did not catch it directly, the corner kick behind was taken off by Li Shou.
Li Shou's accurate penalty for the ball landing point allowed him to finally resolve the danger, but it was still very dangerous to abandon the goal. If Li Shou did not touch the ball, the opponent would face the empty goal directly.
But no, Rondelo did make a world-class save, but this does not mean that Rondelo can always maintain such a state, and he is not Li Shou.
In the 33rd minute, Rodriguez sent another straight pass, which was a situation that had never been seen in the first game, which also proved that Rodriguez did make changes.
Condobia took the ball forward and cooperated with Ocampos to Bastia's hinterland. Condobia then crossed to Rodriguez, who took the ball and looked at Bastia's penalty area and then sent a straight pass again.
On the 29th, it was still Rivier. The Monaco forward once again relied on his own speed to throw away the defensive players and rushed into the penalty area, and chased the ball, almost exactly the same as before.
"gooooooooooooooooooool~~~1:0~~ Monaco finally scored and scored the first goal of the game." Rivier caught up with the ball and shot directly, and it was the lower left corner of the goal. This time, Rondero failed to save Bastia again, and he didn't even move much.
"Rivier did not miss his teammate's pass this time." As long as he can score a goal, he is a good striker. After all, the success rate of the shooting without that player is 100%.
Monaco, which led 1:0, has a strong morale. As one rises and the other falls, Monaco began to suppress Bastia in an all-round way and quickly expanded the score to 2:0.
In the 37th minute, four minutes after Rivier scored, Monaco expanded the score to 2:0. The player who scored this time became Falcao, and the player who gave him assists was Moutinho.
Bastia's offense was blocked, Abidal headed the ball to Moutinho, Monaco took the ball and sent a long pass over the top, and the ball flew directly into Bastia's penalty area and landed in front of Falcao who rushed into Bastia's penalty area.
"Wow~~~Volves~~Falcao~~~A wonderful goal." After falling the ball, Falcao sent it into Bastia's goal without landing.
"Rondero made a wrong decision. He should abandon the goal and clear the ball, but he didn't dare. In the end, he could only watch Falcao send the ball into the goal behind him." Faced with Moutinho's long pass over the top, Rondero could have made a direct attack to clear the ball, but unfortunately he didn't do this, which may be the difference between the goalkeeper.
"2:0~~~ The game is over. Although the first half is not over yet, the game has lost its suspense." Not to mention the gap in strength between the two sides, even at this moment, the morale between the two sides is very different.
This was proven in the following matches. Although Monaco did not continue to expand the score before the end of the first half, Bastia did not threaten Monaco's goal before the end of the first half.
However, after the half-time break, Bastia's morale recovered slightly, and even made two good attacks in the opening stage of the second half again, but it was still a little short of threatening Monaco's goal.
Monaco then took the initiative again, but Monaco was unable to continue to expand its lead, and the score continued 2:0 until the game was about to enter stoppage time.
Carrasco, who came on as a substitute, made Rondro lose his save. As a top striker, Falcao has a keen sense of smell and scored twice in a supplemental shot, which also rewritten the score to 3:0.
After Monaco scored the third goal, the fourth official announced stoppage time, and the referee only gave two minutes. Obviously, the referee also knew that Bastia had no chance to turn the tables. Perhaps for Bastia, ending the game as soon as possible is the best choice for them.
After the game, Li Shou's score ranked in the middle of the team, neither good nor bad. This score is in line with Li Shou's performance in this game. Although there was no too exciting save, it also resolved all Bastia's shot.
Chapter completed!