168 The Magic Lamp
When Monaco started to speed up in the second half, the effect was not very obvious. Chelsea's familiarity with Monaco in the first half was obviously more convenient in defense.
In the 59th minute of the game, Monaco's offense was frustrated on the left. Chelsea's defense was too strong. Beletti, Ivanovic, and Kalao, who returned to defend in the second half, Monaco must be vigilant about being hit by the opponent to counterattack, so Moro did not dare to push forward too much. At least without obvious space and opportunities, it would be extremely risky to rashly go up and participate in the offense.
The left side failed to play and moved to the right side, Modesto inserted into the right side. After passing Perez's middle side, Modesto dribbled the ball on the right side of the frontcourt to advance the offense. Ashley Cole's defense area had almost never been tested today, so at this time he pushed forward and defended to intercept Modesto from the front.
Modesto didn't know how to deal with this attack. Seeing Ashley Cole step forward and pressed, he passed the ball diagonally in front of the left.
Suarez took the initiative to come and responded with a pass.
Ashley Colle immediately turned around and returned to defense, but Falcao had already taken the lead in stopping the ball outside the penalty area.
Falcao controlled the ball and cut across the penalty area and rushed into the penalty area. At the same time, Suarez quickly stepped forward into the penalty area.
Suarez's running position led Carvalho to retreat, and Essin also followed suit to the guard and returned to the penalty area. Falcao used this as a cover to pretend to shoot the ball in front of Lampard but still rushed along the corridor of the front of the penalty area.
Lampard really didn't expect Falcao to pass the ball, and the sweep that blocked the pass line and intercepted the ball was lightly wiped by Falcao.
It seems that Monaco's two forwards are all living tough characters under their feet.
Falcao cut across the ball and drove to the place close to the middle in front of the penalty area. He found the opportunity and shot!
The football he shot out with his left foot flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal without any rotation!
Seeing that Cech had already surrendered, Monaco fans were also preparing to celebrate the goal, but with a bang, the football hit the crossbar and bounced out!
Falcao was immediately incredible!
"Oh my God! Falcao's shot hit the crossbar! It would be so exciting if he entered the ball!
Chelsea's defense has definitely made a mistake. In this defense, they focused their main energy on guarding Suarez. They took it for granted that other Monaco players would make goals for Suarez, but Falcao, who had almost no performance before, showed the cold-blooded style of his killer. If this ball is scored, Chelsea will definitely regret it. They neglected Falcao or despised him!
It’s so regretful that Monaco seems to be launching a crazy attack on Chelsea again!”
Situ Yunbing tried his best to restrain his inner disappointment on the sidelines!
He knew he shouldn't bring negative emotions to the players, so he had to restrain himself!
Ancelotti gritted her teeth secretly, and Monaco suddenly gave people a feeling of being a crouching tiger and a hidden dragon!
In fact, simply analyzing Monaco's performance in the French domestic battlefield cannot evaluate their true strength.
The reason is very simple, Ligue 1's competitiveness is difficult to use as a criterion for evaluating strength.
Lyon has ruled Ligue 1 for long enough, right?
But Lyon's record in front of Premier League teams is also very bad. Even the dominant Lyon is like this, and other Ligue 1 teams participating in the Champions League are even more unbearable.
So just looking at how smooth the domestic stadium of Monaco is, it is really a bit distorted to judge how strong they are.
But today, when he really fought with Monaco, Ancelotti saw Monaco's strength very intuitively, very strong!
If it weren't for luck, Chelsea might have fallen behind two goals!
I thought Gareth Bale, who had left the Premier League, could pose a threat, but I didn't expect that there was a Morrow hidden behind him.
I thought Suarez was the biggest threat, but I didn’t expect it to be much more difficult than I thought, and there was a Falcao around me!
Monaco, crouching tiger, hidden dragon!
Ancelotti had to make gestures to make the team improve the aggressiveness of the defense. The regular defense seemed to be a bit unrestricted by Monaco's trend. Ancelotti also looked at the watch and paid attention to the time of the game.
Chelsea has not really made efforts because when he came to the away game, Ancelotti decided to play a back shot through his observation of Monaco's posture!
Isn’t it a consumption to let Monaco attack and attack to the fullest extent?
This is Monaco's home court, but Monaco is not a steel division. When they can't attack and when they start to breathe, Chelsea will take the lead!
The Monaco generals may always feel that they are very close to the goal, very close, as if they are separated by a layer of yarn!
So they will work harder to uncover the yarn!
In the 64th minute of the game, after Anelka pulled the side and played a delicate cooperation with Maluda in the frontcourt, Anelka sent a single shot to Maluda. De Gea quickly attacked. De Gea had blocked the angle when Maluda shot, and the football hit De Gea's shoulder and bounced out in the front!
Maluda was disappointed. Monaco immediately turned around and launched a counterattack at Chelsea after taking the ball at the front of the penalty area.
Perez dribbled through the midfield and unexpectedly made a long pass!
Monaco hardly played a long pass today, which caught Chelsea's defense off guard.
Since Perez's pass landing point was on the right outside the penalty area, Falcao fought against Carvalho when he rushed to grab the landing point. Tiger Falcao took off first under the gaze of everyone, but used an unconventional action to swing the scorpion tail and put the ball back!
Monaco fans in the stands immediately exclaimed a surprise, and then they paid attention to Monaco's subsequent offensive without even applauding Falcao.
Suarez stopped the ball from behind and flexibly tapped Essin horizontally. When Terry stepped forward to defend, Suarez passed the ball diagonally to the front left.
Gareth Bale won the game against Beletti, and veteran Beletti was a little unable to run. It may be because of the lack of competition and his physical fitness was a bit weak.
Gareth Bell threw away the opponent before Belletti put the shovel, and Belletti's shovel seemed pale and weak.
When Gareth Bale dribbled into the penalty area, Ivanovic blocked him and regained the defense in the penalty area. Ivanovic, who was defending in the penalty area, was not ready to take the initiative to grab it, which made Gareth Bale simply choose to shoot directly!
At the moment of shooting, Ivanovic raised his leg and blocked it. He touched the football on his feet, causing the football to refract and flew high above the goal.
Cech clapped his hands and gave Ivanovic a thumbs up.
Ancelotti made a substitution on the sidelines, and Beletti has consumed almost the same amount, and he is now going to replace the new force.
"Chelsea took the lead in substitution, and Ancelotti replaced Beletti with Portuguese midfielder Deco. In this way, Chelsea's formation has not changed, but the threat of the midfield will rise sharply!"
Situ Yunbing saw Chelsea's substitution and fell into deep thought. Chelsea's substitution can be seen as strengthening the midfield. No matter where Monaco attacks, he cannot avoid the midfield's connection and excessiveness.
In this case, it is understandable that Chelsea strengthens the midfield.
Situ Yunbing is quite envious of Chelsea for using players like Deco as a substitute, and there are no players of the corresponding level on Monaco's bench.
However, there is no suitable replacement candidate for Monaco, and in the current situation, Situ Yunbing has no reason to replace him.
Everything is working fine for the time being.
Even after Chelsea substitution, Monaco seems to have the initiative on the court, but time has begun to become less and less. Monaco's hope of defeating Chelsea at home is getting smaller and smaller.
In the 69th minute of the game, Monaco tried to attack from the left again. Karau returned to defend actively. Ivanovic headed to defend and attacked Bale with him. When Bale received Matic's pass, he was forced to spike the ball and change direction as soon as he stopped the ball and dodged Kalaw's press. Then, seeing Ivanovic hit him, he immediately sent the ball diagonally to Suarez, who came to take the initiative to respond. The latter was also a little uncomfortable under Essin's defense and could not find the space for the change direction of the ball, so he kicked the ball diagonally.
I plan to let the midfield get overdone and look for opportunities.
However, when Matic swung forward, he unexpectedly found that Deco rushed up to press. Chelsea's midfield defense line has been dragged back, forming a dense defense in the 40-yard area in front of the goal, compressing the offensive space. Even if Monaco's offense is not good, it is difficult for him to create a threatening shot in the key area in front of the opponent's goal, but he has not encountered any obstacles in the midfield organization.
But Deco's snatch completely disrupted the game rhythm that Matic had already been familiar with before. He was forced to hit the ball across the right side first, otherwise he might even make mistakes in the next step.
Perez followed up without any surprise, but Perez also encountered a problem. He was robbed by Lampard when he stopped the ball!
Situ Yunbing looked at the overall situation on the sidelines at this time. He could clearly see the front pressure of Chelsea's defense line and the front pressure of the formation!
This change is overall, not a local change caused by a sudden pressure from one or two players, but a global change!
Chelsea, the picture is revealed!
When Perez also had no room for control and swivel, he barely passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area, hoping that Suarez could receive it.
But Essin intercepted the ball halfway through. Perez passed the ball badly, and Suarez had no chance to receive it.
When Essin took the ball, he immediately sent a mid- and long pass, and the football flew to the left side of the frontcourt.
Maluda quickly advanced the offensive, and the Monaco defense quickly retreated.
When he faced Modesto, he quickly cooperated with Anelka, who had taken the initiative to come to meet him, and he hit the wall to fight.
Modesto entered the inside to prevent Maluda from cutting, but Maluda went to the outside and went downstairs. Anelka stepped forward and entered the middle area in front of the goal, driving Monaco's entire defense line to recover the hinterland of the penalty area.
At this time, there was a large gap in the front of the penalty area, and Maluda made a strong pass back to the front of the penalty area in front of the bottom line!
Deco rushed up quickly and stopped the ball and encountered Nkuru's press. Decora retreated and dodged the ball and watched Nkuru's continuous pressing. He lightly knocked the ball across.
Nkuru stopped urgently and turned to chase, but Lampard, who was running wildly, took the lead in swinging the ball to the front of the penalty area line. When Vertonghen stepped forward to block it, Lampard had sufficient room to adjust the space and shooting angle!
The Blues' magic lamp Lampard shot out with a heavy cannon, and the football passed through Monaco's penalty area like a meteor, slapped straight into the upper left corner of the goal!
De Gea didn't even make a save!
Monaco declared the city gate lost at home!
Chapter completed!