"This is my temporary decision. From now on, there will be four captains in Monaco. I hope you two can fulfill the captain's responsibilities very well and lead the team to continue moving forward." Zhang Mu said as if he explained.

The two team members then realized that they just thought it was Zhang Mu who was playing with them with evil taste, rather than the so-called temporary decision.

If Zhang Mu knew what they were thinking, I am afraid that the probability of these two boys practicing their physical fitness would be infinitely magnified.

After solving the problem of the third captain of the team, Zhang Mu focused all his energy on preparing for the peak duel with Lyon.

I once again complained about the French Football Association's schedule. I could arrange a relaxed schedule, but I didn't have this awareness. I also arranged a back-to-back away game for Monaco, which led to Monaco returning home and resting for a day, and immediately rushed to Lyon again. It was really unstoppable.

Of course, this is not a big deal for the staff of the French Football Association. Who made Monaco the biggest favorite to be relegated before the start of the season? In their eyes, it doesn’t matter what kind of schedule it will arrange for Monaco. Anyway, they are destined to be relegated.

But now it seems that their arrangement was quite unreasonable at the beginning, creating certain obstacles for Monaco's championship. Of course, who could have predicted this day?

Monaco is now leading Lyon six points. When Monaco won four consecutive victories, Lyon did not stop catching up. After the winter break, they have achieved good results of five consecutive victories, which is very stance to surpass Monaco with their background.

Of course, Lyon is still distracted from the Champions League, but the knockout stage of the Champions League has not yet begun, so they do not need to be distracted in this event. Once the Champions League rekindles its flames, I don’t know if Lyon can advance with his head held high from both fronts.

The first round of the two sides was at Monaco's home court. In that game, Monaco had the advantage, but the protagonist of that game was the referee on duty. The continuous misjudgment made both teams not fully focus on the game, and the final ended in a dull manner. None of the two sides could win.

The direct dialogue was not able to determine the outcome. Lyon and Monaco, the two most direct competitors who won the championship, scored the outcome in other competitions. At least in most games, Monaco won all the winners. Although they occasionally lost points, they still firmly occupy the top spot in the standings.

Sometimes when facing some teams, Lyon always feels unable to play its overall advantage. The game that should have won was not able to win all three points. The situation did not improve slightly until it was almost mid-range. Therefore, they were six points away from Monaco in the standings. According to the current situation, although it is not an insurmountable gap, it is a bit difficult to catch up with Monaco in the second half of the league, especially when they are still distracted from the Champions League.

All they can do is to try to win every game, and then expect Monaco to make mistakes by itself before they can catch up. However, looking at Monaco's current stable state, it may be more difficult to make mistakes by themselves than to reach the sky.

If Lyon really wants to win the French Ligue 1 championship this season, then now is the final period of catching up. If they cannot take advantage of the Champions League before it starts to catch up with Monaco, they will have no chance until the Champions League starts.

This direct dialogue between the two teams can be said to be the most focused battle in the championship this season.

If Lyon can defeat Monaco at home, the points gap between the two teams will be narrowed to three-pointers, and this score difference is just a game, and Lyon will still have hope of winning the championship.

However, if Lyon cannot defeat Monaco and even scored a draw, the score difference will be six points. Lyon missed the best opportunity to narrow the score difference. Although it cannot be said that there is no chance of winning the championship, the chance is already relatively slim.

Of course, if Lyon unfortunately loses at home, the points gap will widen to nine points, which means that Lyon will only have theoretical hope of winning the championship. Analyzing the strength and status of the two teams, Lyon is absolutely tragic.

In fact, Lyon's performance this season is stronger than his previous life. At that time, Lyon had no opponent in Ligue 1. Although Deschamps' Monaco won the second place in the league, the gap with the overlord Lyon is quite obvious, so Lyon can completely focus on the Champions League, and just make a little effort in the league.

But now it is completely different. Zhang Mu's entry into Monaco is not a little butterfly effect. Although Deschamps' performance after turning to Bordeaux was still good, he could not compete with Lyon head-on, but Monaco under Zhang Mu's leadership has completely changed. Whether it is the strength of the star or the overall strength of the team, it must be above Lyon, so there is no reason to not lead.

Lyon coach Santini also knew that the league championship this season might be destined to fall. Although the second round of the two teams has not yet begun, he had already expected the result of the game. If Lyon, who played at home, had no strange moves, there would be no suspense to the home court.

He knew Monaco's strength very well. Even though Lyon is now strong, he could hardly compete with Monaco head-on, just like when the two sides fought in the first round, Lyon had almost no advantage.

Of course, this does not mean that Lyon will give up directly. It is not like anyone with strong strength to win the football game. Otherwise, will the game still have any meaning?

Santini made up his mind to implement the defensive counterattack tactics at home. Perhaps this is the only tactic that Lyon can win. As for Xiang Sedang's shameless foul play, Ligue 1 giants like Lyon are disdainful of doing this.

This is also a helpless move. Monaco is too strong. If he really attacks them at home, he will undoubtedly die ugly. Maybe there will be some achievements in the front offensive end, but the defense line has probably been sieve long ago, so it will not work.

Although Monaco's defensive strength is also good, it is not that outstanding compared to its violent attack. As long as he can catch Monaco's mistakes and fight back a few times, there is always a possibility of scoring. This is also the only tactical way he can come up with to check and balance Monaco.

So in the past few days, Lyon's only tactical training in training is to counterattack defensively, stock up on the defense line, the midfield began to press frantically, and after breaking the ball, he counterattacked quickly on the spot, relying on the personal abilities and small-scale cooperation of the attacking players in front of him to threaten Monaco's goal.

Santini doesn't want to admit defeat, so even if he takes a defensive counterattack at home, he will attract a lot of criticism. However, after the storm and waves, he will not care about these things. Championships and honors are the key, success and defeat, and losing is really meaningless.

Santini's training was completely closed. He did not want Monaco to know his tactical arrangements early. Although it was not unexpected tactics, if Monaco was ready to arrange targeted tactics in advance, Lyon would lose the initiative.

However, his wishful thinking was very loud, but he forgot the professionalism of the reporters now. When leading the team to conduct closed tactical training, media reporters had already photographed the scenes of Lyon's training through various methods. At this time, everyone also understood that Lyon would play defensive tactics at home.

The news spread very quickly. Before he came to the newspaper the next day, Zhang Mu learned about Lyon's tactical arrangements from other reporters.

Of course, Zhang Mu believed in the authenticity of this news, because Zhang Mu had already thought about Lyon's response tactics from Santini's perspective. If Zhang Mu led this team of Lyon to fight against Monaco, then this counterattack tactic will be adopted suddenly. There is no other way. Therefore, Zhang Mu believes that a famous Ligue 1 coach like Santini will not rashly attack Monaco at home, which is an unwise behavior.

Such a peak showdown not only tests the team's overall combat ability, but also the battle of wits and courage between the coaches of both sides. Perhaps Santini, a famous French coach, has many times more experience than Zhang Mu, but Zhang Mu has advanced tactical concepts that others cannot match and is far ahead of this era, so Zhang Mu is not afraid to fight with other coaches, which is also the best way to make progress.

Of course, in the entire Ligue 1 environment, there are no world-famous coaches. Compared with other top leagues, the stage of Ligue 1 is too small, and there is not even a world-famous coach. Only some so-called Ligue 1 coaches make a living here, and there is no tiger or monkey called the king among them. This is a true portrayal of the Ligue 1 coaches.

The stage is too small, even though it is still famous for the five major European leagues, it is not very attractive. Zhang Mu never thinks this is his final stage. He is eager to fight with world-renowned coaches in the top league, rather than staying here to be proud and arrogant.

Zhang Mu arranged the defensive counterattack tactics that the opponent was about to adopt, and he was not careless about this championship focus battle. Zhang Mu's only goal is to get all three points, not only to avenge the first round away, but also to completely destroy the opponent's hope of winning the championship.

The first is the change in formation. Zhang Mu did not exclude the 4231 formation that he was best at, but chose a 442 formation with a more balanced offense and defense that suits the modern era.
Chapter completed!