Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 348 Visiting Louis II Stadium

Chapter 348 A Visit to Louis II Stadium

Li Yi has never been back since he left Monaco at the end of the season last summer, so this is the first time Li Shou has returned to this city where he stayed for two years.

Things are people, but compared with a year ago, Monaco now gives Li Shou a sense of strangeness. This is not because of any changes in Monaco. In fact, Monaco has not changed at all in less than a year. Li Shou’s strangeness comes from the inside out, not because of the environment.

Familiar with the airport, property scenery, and even many familiar faces, including French media and Monaco fans. There are not many Monaco fans, because the whole Monaco is so big.

Complicated emotions did not bother Li Shou for a long time, especially after the first round of the contest, but when the team started adaptive training, Li Shou had already managed to focus on the game.

However, when Li Shou actually set foot on the Louis II Stadium, there was still a turmoil in his heart, because a banner appeared on the Louis II Stadium.

Welcome home.

As Li Shou himself said, Monaco is the starting point of his career, no matter what kind of achievements Li Shou will play for in the future, it will not change this fact.

Besides, Li Shou's performance in Monaco is obvious to all. If it weren't for Li Shou's wonderful performance last season, it would be impossible for Monaco to complete the overtake and finally win the double crown.

The fans are emotional. After seeing Li Shou's sincere report, the Monaco fans finally chose to welcome Li Shou back with warmth.

People are always animals with emotions. Although Li Shou kept telling himself in his heart, this guy is actually a very emotional person, so when he saw the banner prepared by the Monaco fans, a touch of emotion appeared on Li Shou's face.

But Li Shou also knew that he didn't have time to be moved now, and soon Li Shou suppressed the emotion in his heart, because the game was about to start.

Compared with the previous game, Wenger has made a lot of adjustments in the starting lineup. The defense has not changed. The real change is in the midfield. Flamini, Coquelin and Wilshere start. The strikers start with Walcott, Welbeck and Griezmann.

The change in the starting lineup declared Wenger's determination. Arsenal's tactic in this game is to defend and counterattack. Needless to say, Walcott's speed, Welbeck is also much faster than Giroud.

After the match against Monaco, Arsenal must immediately face Chelsea. Arsenal must not lose against Chelsea. Although the match against Monaco is equally important, Arsenal has a two-goal advantage after all.

Monaco's starting lineup has also changed. Carvalho sat on the bench, Raj appeared in the central defender position, Fabinho and Kurzawa formed the two sides, Bernard Silva replaced Dilar in midfield, Tulalang and Kondogbia double midfielders, Carrasco and Martial continued to start.

In the case of being two goals behind and playing at home, Monaco will definitely not sit still, so Monaco launched a strong attack at the beginning of the game.

In the first round, Monaco's tactic caught Arsenal by surprise, and even made Monaco turn away, but Wenger would not fall into the same pit twice.

In the face of Monaco's opening storm, Arsenal played very tough, immediately launched a fight, and even fouled consecutively in less than 2 minutes of the opening.

Fortunately, Arsenal didn't commit too many fouls, and the game was just beginning. The referee didn't have any cards, but warnings are definitely indispensable. After all, the referee needs to consider the emotions of the home fans.

Arsenal's toughness was somewhat beyond Monaco's expectations, but this did not change Monaco's tactics. At present, Monaco is behind by 2:0. If Monaco still wants to fight, then they need to attack.

In the 7th minute, Monaco finally ushered in the first shot of the game. Bernard Silva broke through from the side and passed the ball back diagonally to the outside of the penalty area.

Li Shou, who used to be a teammate with Kondogbia, knows very well that this French midfielder has good strength and can be called both offensive and defensive.

Kondogbia's long-range shot Li Shou did not dare to take it hard, because the power of the shot was too great, and then Monaco took a corner kick. It was still Kondogbia's header this time, but this time the header was caught by Li Shou.

Li Shou, who caught the ball, launched a counterattack immediately, and the ball came to Bellerin's feet. The latter made a long pass to Walcott, and the little tiger immediately attacked the Monaco penalty area.

"Foul~~~Arsenal got a free kick in a good position" About 24 meters to the left, this is Li Shou's area.

Facing Walcott's breakthrough with the ball, Raj couldn't stop him, so he chose to foul. Not long after the game started, Raj's foul was actually not serious. After all, there were people behind Raj. In this case, the referee would only draw a yellow card at most.

In fact, the referee did not draw any cards at all. This is Monaco's home court. The home field advantage is not only due to the fans in the stands, but also the referee's judgment will be biased.

Faced with this opportunity, Li Shou remained unmoved. Of course, this was not because Li Shou was soft-hearted or for any other reason. The reason why Li Shou did not choose to take the penalty was because of the team's victory. With the score already 2:0, Li Shou felt that there was no need for him to take risks.

Li Shou did not ask to take the penalty, and Sanchez sat on the bench again. This free kick was finally taken by Griezmann. This was Arsenal's first shot in the game.

Griezmann's free kick level is actually not bad. This shot is the best proof. If it weren't for Subasic's wonderful save, Arsenal would have taken the lead.

No.15 minutes, Arsenal played a wave of quick counterattacks, Monaco passed the ball and was cleared by Li Shou. As Li Shou's old club, Monaco knew Li Shou's ability to attack, so the cross actually did not reach the goal.

But even so, he still couldn't escape Li Shou's rescue. Li Shou rushed out of the small penalty area and punched the ball out before Martial.

"This is a premeditated clearance, a premeditated defensive counterattack." Li Shou's clearance found Wilshere, who took control of the ball and immediately passed the ball to the front of Monaco's penalty area.

Welbeck and Abdunur competed for speed. In terms of village speed, Welbeck was faster, but in the end Welbeck did not touch the ball, because Abdunur directly made a sliding tackle at the critical moment. This sliding tackle finally touched the ball before Welbeck.

In the nick of time, if Abdunur hadn't chosen to slide the tackle and Welbeck wanted to touch the ball, it would be Welbeck's single-handedly, and the game would be completely over.

(End of this chapter)