The Ball at Your Feet

"I missed a game and you lost?"

After returning to Monaco, Zhao Yaning was extremely surprised that Monaco lost the game, "How could I lose to Lille? And it's our home game."

"I didn't play well and didn't play well. Lille played fiercely, so I lost." Regarding this question, Jiu Li didn't want to talk more. "What's the big deal? It's only in the 24th round of a season. It’s already pretty good after losing two games."

This is why Jiuli feels indifferent. After all, Monaco still has a huge advantage in the standings, and they don't care about an unexpected loss in a game.

"Paris, Lyon, Lille, we passed the most difficult schedule. The rest of the game is a lot easier, and it doesn't matter if the score is close." Rothen also said, "It's not a big deal."

Having said that, losing to Lille is still quite disappointing. But for Lille, they must be very happy: Lille is Lyon's brother team, Monaco scored a point on Lille in two rounds, which is very good for them to help Lyon.

Fortunately, the game below them is really not tense.

Against the Montpellier game, Monaco won extremely easily. Monaco played very easily against this kind of relegation team. Soon after the opening, Morientes received a pass from Rothen and used a header to set the scoring for the team.

In the second half of the game, after a long pass from Roten, Morientes flew the header to Zhao Yaning. Zhao Yaning shot a close shot in the penalty area, once again expanding the score.

And this is also Zhao Yaning's tenth goal this season. Although it is already twenty-five rounds, Zhao Yaning's efficiency of ten goals in 22 league matches is a lot worse than that of forwards, but if you look at the waist standards before, it is already extremely good.

Subsequently, Zhao Yaning and Jiuli once again joined the penalty area on the left. This time, after Zhao Yaning attracted the opponent, he gave the ball to Jiuli, who completed the third goal of the game.

Subsequently, Giuly and Morientes were replaced, and Roundup and Pulsau came on to replace them.

And Zhao Yaning consciously pulled the side, giving Nongda more room to play.

It can be seen that although the state is indeed poor, Roundup is also playing hard to recover. Although the short board of explosive power may not be able to make up, it is still possible to recover the technical level after a period of training.

Ken training is better than anything else. After all, Ronaldo's talent is not so amazing. After he is really injured, it is important to stand up with his own efforts.

Before the game came to an end, Roundup shot the ball after getting the ball. After being blocked by the goalkeeper, Pulsau made a supplementary shot and kicked the ball into the goal.

This goal is already the fourth, but it is the most enthusiastic goal celebrated by the Monaco players. Unlike the last penalty, although this goal was not scored by Roundup, he did a great job. The role of it.

This makes teammates more happy than scoring a penalty.

"The next game, we are going to play in Russia."

After winning the game 4-0, Deschamps was also very happy, but for another question, he hesitated, "Chris, your health is still not well, so it is better to stay in the club and don't follow us out. The weather in Russia is bad, and going there is not good for your recovery."

"No, I want to go see it." Roundup shook his head resolutely, "I haven't played in the Champions League knockouts yet. I finally made it to the Champions League knockouts. Anyway, I have to go to the away game. Even if I don't let it go. I'm on the court, at least let me see."

Nongda's words made Zhao Yaning sigh. He had to lament his luck. He could enter the knockout rounds in the Champions League for the first time. The luck was really good.

Ligue 1 is not a league like Serie A, and Monaco is not a giant like Milan. Milan, Real Madrid or something, the slogan shouted out is to win, but for a team like Monaco, entering the knockout round is already a task.

And like this year, the chance to advance to the quarter-finals is even a surprise for Monaco. After all, Monaco is a small team, and the highest salary in the team is less than 2 million in annual salary. It is incomparable with Milan and Real Madrid, a star with an annual salary of 5 or 6 million.

"When we pass this round, when the next round of the game, we will naturally let you go away."

Although Roundup wanted to go to the away game, Deschamps still rejected his words, "Don't worry, we are just dealing with a Russian team, and promotion is a certain thing. You can definitely see the appearance of the Champions League knockout game away. If you can’t see it, I’ll let all these guys admit their mistakes to you.”

"And you have a good rest, and you still have a chance to play during the game." Jiuli opened his mouth on the side, "First go and train your fat and fat, and then think about how to play. Take a look. What is it like on the road... You are also a shooter anyway, what is meant by seeing it? Don't be ashamed of your words."

"I just can't believe you, a dwarf, Russian icy and snowy. You are so big that you are buried by the snow again..."

Jiuli cursed, and there was a commotion in the locker room.

Until this time, Monaco did not take the game very seriously. After all, compared with Monaco, the strength of Lokomotiv Moscow is indeed inferior. Although their home court advantage is great, Monaco's schedule is also first away and then home. The advantage is obvious, so naturally you don't need to care too much.

But when they really arrived in Moscow, everyone regretted what they said.

"It's too cold!" Jiuli's earlier rhetoric had long since disappeared. "How can they survive this kind of ghost place?"

"This is not the coldest time in Russia. It's the end of February. The temperature has risen a lot. Now Moscow is only about 20 degrees below zero."

Petit, who knows something about Moscow, spoke, but this made everyone even more scolding, "That's it? The temperature here is definitely different from Monaco!"

Monaco is a tourist city with a typical Mediterranean climate. There is no temperature difference throughout the year and the climate is extremely pleasant. The players usually live there and naturally adapt to the climate there. At this time, they naturally feel extremely uncomfortable with this climate.

Yaya Toure is even more unbearable. He is from Africa and is extremely uncomfortable with this cold. From that look, he should not be able to play a game at all. And Adebayor was not much better than him, and he looked too cold to bear.

Before the game, he was facing attrition, which made Deschamps feel helpless.

Most of his people are from France, Africa, and South America. These people have no experience in living in cold regions, and their ability to endure the cold is really a little too poor.

However, Zhao Yaning didn't feel too uncomfortable at this time.

"It's not too cold... Our house, when it's the coldest, it's about this temperature."

Zhao Yaning is a northerner, although he did not come from the three provinces of the East, but he also experienced winter. At the end of February, Moscow was not the coldest time anymore. Although it was still colder than his hometown, in Zhao Yaning's view, it was not unbearable. Of course, this has something to do with the complete set of clothes that Beibei prepared for him. Although Deschamps had asked them to prepare clothes for a long time, a group of people who grew up in France and Africa and had not experienced the severe cold were not very good at preparing winter clothes. Heart, and now, they are naturally at a loss.

"Joy, don't say, you have played football at this temperature."

Zhao Yaning nodded for Jiuli's question. In the twelfth lunar month, don't you stop playing football?

"Well, tomorrow's game is up to you." Jiuli replied immediately, "I can't perform well in this weather."

This kind of timidity before a fight is not like Jiuli you, Zhao Yaning gave a wry smile, but nodded.

Let's talk about it during the game.

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Such weather is indeed the enemy of football.

Although Petit said it was only minus 20 degrees, Zhao Yaning always felt that it was definitely more than this temperature when playing the game. Although he didn't know exactly what degree it was, it was too uncomfortable to put on warm clothes under the jersey and the cold that players could not withstand with long sleeves.

The way Zhao Yaning can think of is to do more running, and running more, naturally it will be much better.

But the turf here is also very problematic. Not only is the grass frozen hard, but also because of the icing, the turf here is extremely slippery. Usually when playing football in France, when I encounter some turf that has just been sprayed with water, the trouble is no small, and now, this kind of turf that should be used as a skating rink is even less suitable for the team to play. Up.

In France, if there is any game facing such a turf, it will definitely be suspended.

But there is no way to demand too much from Russia. In fact, because their own league ended in November, their stadium maintenance is now a little worse. The turf is all new. In this kind of weather, it will naturally freeze.

In this situation, even UEFA will turn a blind eye to it. After all, Russia's environment is like this, there is no way. And even in Western Europe, some teams with no money will create this kind of venue~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Last season, Monaco became very similar because the grassland was not changed for a long time, and there is no right to blame. other people.

But for Zhao Yaning, he would rather play on the vegetable field. Accelerated outbreak? Stride the ball? High-speed shaking? Forget it, on this kind of ground, if one can't handle it, it's not difficult to break a bone.

It's not worthwhile to get a serious injury for an attack. Even if you have a system, it's not worth it. The injury is well healed, and it is his leg that can bear the pain.

It's not just that he feels this way. The whole team felt the same in this game. Less than two minutes into the game, Zhao Yaning's long pass was sent to Morientes' feet, but Morientes slipped and kicked the ball into the arms of the goalkeeper. At twelve minutes, Zhao Yaning and Jiuli made another mistake in their cooperation. After giving the ball to Zhao Yaning, they were staggered by the turf under their feet and almost fell to the ground.

We still keep a tie, return to the home court and come back again.

Such thoughts naturally arose in the hearts of the Monaco players.

However, this idea did not last long.

In the 30th minute, Lokomotiv captain Roscoff quickly jumped in from the left wing to instigate the offense. He passed the ball with a kick and kicked the ball to the center. The ball seemed to be heading towards Khoklov, but the Russian international swiftly drew over, leaking the ball to his teammates, Izmailov attacked on the right, and then Izmailov took the lead. The ball went one step at a time, and relying on his familiarity with the field, he broke through the opponent defender Evra in one step. Then, he made a strong long shot and directly broke through the Monaco team's gate!

This time I can't hold it anymore.

Zhao Yaning had no choice but to make a choice.

Think of a way to attack.