Chapter 70 Take Advantage
Monaco's wing attack was like a sprint, continuous and wild. Personal breakthroughs and small-scale cooperation were so sharp that Roma's defensive players could not stop it at all.
Several consecutive attacks started from the wing, and Monaco also got several shots. However, although Adebayo was in excellent condition today, his luck was a little worse. He just headed the ball to the post, and the next few points were also a slight difference and missed the goal.
Adebayo was very anxious. As a player who just came out of the youth team, although he was in excellent condition in all aspects and was favored by coach Zhang Mu, he had almost stood firm in the position of the main center, but this did not make him feel at ease, because Zhang Mu's center Slimani, who had just been transferred from the reserve team, is simply a beast. Although he has some gap with himself in handling the ball, he really has no advantage in terms of physical conditions, so he is also full of crisis, for fear that the coach's favorite player in the reserve team will grab the power one day and steal his main position.
Several shots passed by the goal, which made Adebayo very frustrated. If he had scored a goal in daily training, he would have scored a hundred ways, but in the game, he would have been slow to score, which made him feel as the team's main center.
Another powerful shot missed the goal. Adebayo had no regrets and held his head in his hands, but soon stretched out his thumbs to Ev who passed the ball to him. Although he did not score, the pass from the side was very good. He must thank his teammates for his support.
Capello originally thought that this was a game without any suspense and might have some value in training the team, but Monaco could only harass Rome, and could not even create difficulties for Rome.
However, after this period of competition, he knew that he was completely wrong.
It’s not that Monaco cannot create a threat to Rome, but whether Rome can withstand Monaco’s crazy attack. The situation on the field is the best proof. After scoring the goal, they haven’t passed the half-time for a long time and have been pressed to their half-time. Monaco launched an attack from the side and bombarded the middle.
During this period, Serie A was the world's number one league. As the coach of the giant team Roma, Capello naturally has his own pride as a world-famous coach. In his cognition, Monaco is just a well-known team in the Ligue 1. If he wins Serie A, he will definitely be relegated.
But now Monaco has overturned his idea with his own performance. This team from a small country has the strength to compete with Rome head-on, and even has some more. Although they don’t have any star players, their overall strength will definitely not be inferior to any team.
After careful observation, Monaco players do not rely on their momentum to suppress Roman players, but take the initiative to control them through overall tactical short pass cooperation and sharp attacks on the wing, which is very telling.
If momentum is dominated, Capello will easily turn the tables. As long as you retreat to defend and eliminate your opponent's momentum, you can quickly reverse the situation.
But now Monaco's playing style makes Rome very passive, because Rome's weaknesses on the flank are fully exposed under Monaco's attack without any concealment.
Moreover, Monaco has very strong combat capabilities in a small range. Whether it is the cooperation of the side lane or the echo of the middle lane, they are all at ease. They have seen that they have been involved in their daily training.
From this point of view, the opponent's poor performance at the beginning was not their true strength. The real Monaco is now presented to everyone.
Capello couldn't help but look at Zhang Mu, who was sitting on the home team's bench not far away. This young coach who is not as old as his child really cannot be underestimated, otherwise he would probably suffer the loss. This is a typical example of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. I believe that countless coaches will definitely be deceived by his young appearance.
Judging from the team's training, this young coach who doesn't even know his name definitely has his own unique insights, or his original tactical concepts, which is ridiculous that he doesn't take him seriously.
In addition, this young man's vision of choosing players is absolutely vicious. Now there are several players on Monaco's court who are even very jealous.
For example, this black center who wasted many opportunities during this period, although he was not lucky, his excellent physical fitness and skills gave him enough capital to gain a foothold in any team, and his tactical role was too obvious.
In addition, Monaco's two young full-backs are even more prominent, with all their speed skills. After training in the game in time, they will never lose to Brazil's two-way stars Carlos and Cafo.
The other players are also outstanding in strength. The most important thing is that they are young. Compared with Roma's older lineup, they really have a bright future.
Capello is very interested in Zhang Mu now. He is eager to understand this opponent in this game. He wants to know how Zhang Mu has achieved this level at this age, and can even be on par with him as an opponent.
However, Zhang Mu would never tell him the fact that he was a time traveler.
Capello also has no time to think about more irrelevant things, because he has to make changes, otherwise if Monaco continues, Rome's defense will definitely have problems.
But when it was time to adjust, Capello felt that Monaco's current overall tactics were almost misunderstood for Rome, because Rome's wing was too weak.
The biggest problem facing Roma now is how to limit Monaco's wing offensive. It is absolutely unrealistic to defend simply by relying on the advantage of numbers, because if you do so, you will undoubtedly expose the middle lane to your opponent. Monaco's ability to insert in the back row is very strong. Whether it is the active front midfielder or the back midfielder who organizes offense in the back, they are obviously the ability to advance head-on. Doing this is simply a behavior of seeking death.
But letting Monaco make trouble on the wings is completely unworkable. It seems that it can only be done by using Roma's defensive system to cut off the connection between Monaco's wing and middle lane. As long as the card holds the right foot of the Monaco player's wings and does not give them the chance to cross, the danger can be minimized.
Chapter completed!