January 25th is New Year's Eve, a traditional holiday in China. After the game on the evening of the 24th, Yunsheng prepared to give the players two days off to let everyone have a good rest.
During this period, the players were very hard with double and triple matches a week.
As for the difficulty of this game, Yun Sheng didn't find it that difficult.
But when the game started, Yun Sheng found that he had underestimated the difficulty.
Chateauroux is currently ranked in the middle of Ligue 2. There is no hope of promotion to Ligue 1, and there is no danger of relegation. They have no desires and desires in the league. In this case, they expect more from the cup competition.
So from the beginning of the game, the Chateauroux players showed great offensiveness.
As for Monaco's young players, they had the same considerations as Yun Sheng, and they did not take their opponents too seriously. Facing the opponent's fierce attack at the beginning, they underestimated and retreated steadily in the opening stage.
In the 5th minute of the game, striker Chateauroux hit the goal with a heavy shot from the edge of the penalty area, hitting the post and popping out of the baseline, shocking the Monaco general and fans into a cold sweat.
Yun Sheng on the sidelines was a little anxious. He shouted Chen Tao's name loudly, signaling him to stabilize the players' emotions.
Although Chen Tao is only 22 years old, as the main player of the team's first team, he is still very prestigious among these young people.
Soon, Chen Tao gradually stabilized the game through his rhythm control in the midfield.
Next, the two teams exchanged offense and defense, and the game entered a stalemate period.
Until the end of the first half, neither side scored a goal.
Yun Sheng looked at the players on the bench. He thought for a moment and told Makelele next to him: "You come on in the second half."
The bench in this game was almost all young players. Among the usual starting players, except for Hildebrand, Sun Jihai and Shevchenko, Yunsheng has no other main players on the bench.
Makelele, standing next to Yunsheng, is also one of today's substitute players.
Because Makelele is a part-time assistant coach of the team, Yun Sheng simply signed up Makelele and included him in the 18-man roster.
Seeing that the team could not break the deadlock, Yun Sheng was ready to let the French midfielder come on.
Makelele was a little confused: "Boss, now that the team has been unable to score goals, wouldn't it be better to replace Shevchenko?"
Yun Sheng explained: "It is the ordinary head coach's approach to change forwards when you cannot score, and it is understandable. But as a defensive player, even if I replace you, it will also bring great benefits to the team's offense. "
"The team's defensive pressure was quite heavy in the first half. The midfielders often returned to defense, which involved a lot of energy. I asked you to go on the field to stabilize the defense. I also wanted to let the offensive players completely let go and devote themselves to the attack to the maximum extent. Therefore. Although I changed into a defensive player, it also helped the offense a lot."
Makelele nodded repeatedly: "Boss, in the past six months with you, I have learned a lot of football knowledge, which has benefited me a lot."
Yun Sheng smiled slightly: "You are a natural coach with strong competition ability. Any improvement is the result of your own observation and thinking. I can't help you much. Come on, maybe one day the two of us will be together. It’s possible that an individual will become an opponent.”
Yunsheng walked toward the court and high-fived the players. Makelele looked at his back thoughtfully.
Will we really become rivals one day?
Makelele came on as a substitute in the second half, and Monaco's situation on the field suddenly took on a completely new look.
Because he had been observing from the sidelines in the first half, Makelele had a deep understanding of the characteristics of Chatroux players. After the French midfielder came on the field, he first wandered to the right and decisively overturned the opponent's wing attacker. Destroyed an opponent's offensive opportunity.
In the next few minutes, Chatroux's offense almost ended at Makelele's feet. In this not very strong confrontation, Makelele was obviously two levels higher than both players. grade.
The defense suddenly strengthened, and the situation on the court of Chateauroux was a bit chaotic. Chen Tao was very smart and found a good opportunity in the frontcourt. He suddenly moved forward, passed the ball to the back of the penalty area, and scored with a shovel shot in front of the goal to help the team break through. deadlock.
1 to 0! Monaco finally scored!
The moment Nenei broke through, Yun Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Facing a team of this caliber, as long as the ball is scored first, the next step is 10% safe.
His prediction was indeed correct. Chatroux was affected by the loss of the ball. The players became impatient and made frequent mistakes on the field.
Even Makelele's defensive pressure is much less.
In the 71st minute of the game, Chateauroux midfielder made a mistake in returning the pass and was intercepted by Chen Tao. After passing the ball, Chen Tao took a step forward and decisively took a long shot from about 35 meters away! The ball bypassed the goalkeeper's fingertips and went straight to the blind corner of the goal!
2 to 0! Monaco expanded its lead!
After scoring, Chen Tao celebrated with a fist pump, and the fans in the stands did not hesitate to applaud and praise.
Chen Tao looked at Yun Sheng, who made a substitution gesture and asked Chen Tao for his opinion.
Chen Tao waved his hand to indicate that he had no problem, and Yun Sheng stopped insisting.
At this time, Makelele on the field called the young people in the midfield and backfield to his side, calming people's hearts and arranging the next defensive tasks.
Even though the team was leading by two goals, Makelele was not careless at all.
Seeing this scene, Prolo said to Yun Sheng with emotion: "Claude is a natural coach."
Yun Sheng nodded: "Yes, he is one of the best midfielders in international football today. Maybe in a few years, he will become one of the best coaches in international football. Maybe."
With a two-goal lead, Yunsheng adjusted several positions with confidence to give more young people the opportunity to play.
In the 82nd minute of the game, the continuous cooperation of two new offensive players who came on the field soon gave them a good opportunity to score. Although the long shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, Dong Fangzhuo was very fast and quickly hit the goal.
3 to 0! Monaco completely sealed the victory!
When the game entered stoppage time, Dong Fangzhuo once again received Chen Tao's through ball, accelerated past the opponent's goalkeeper, and succeeded in pushing the shot into the empty goal, helping the team lock the final score at 4-0.
This French Cup quarter-final match ended with Monaco's victory and advancement.
The next quarter-final match will be held on February 5.
What makes Yunsheng happy is that their next opponent is actually a French second team, Bolegni.
This is another mid-range French second team, but it relied on the opponent's own goal to win the game and was lucky enough to advance to the next round.
This is simply a rhythm that will ensure Monaco continues to advance!
