Star Coach

At the beginning of the game, Jiangshan and Cooper stood on the sidelines, one with black hair and the other with white hair, creating a unique landscape.

Jiangshan made a downward gesture, and the Monaco players immediately understood and launched a blitzkrieg, turning the tables.

After Pussor kicked off from the center circle, he passed the ball to Rothen next to him, who passed it directly to Nonda, who took a few steps and approached the opponent's penalty area.

Facing Inter Milan's heavy central defense, there was no chance, so he quickly knocked it back and passed it to Cisse's feet. These passes were almost one-touch passes, and Inter Milan's players had no time to defend closely.

Cisse knew Evra was coming up with his eyes closed, and passed the ball directly over the top to Evra who was at the bottom.

Cannavaro was good in everything except his height. When he turned around, he found that Rothen next to him had already leaned to the right, and Giuly was cruising over here, which was a bit difficult.

What was even more difficult was that Evra, who was at the bottom, happened to catch the gap between the two central defenders and inserted it hard, leaving room for a pass.

Cannavaro was alert, commanding his teammate Di Biagio to assist in defense, and he rushed over to fill the gap. But the damn Evra still made a lob pass, still an overhead pass.

Just over Cannavaro's head, that position? Pussor retreated from the penalty area line, unloaded the ball with his chest, passed it to the open space, and then ran to the penalty area, giving possession of the ball to his teammates.

The action was extremely fast, Cannavaro turned around continuously, and his speed was already a beat slower. When he saw the ball, Giuly had already received the ball, suddenly accelerated, and broke through.

After changing speed, he easily passed Zanetti's defense. Zanetti was not yet a master, and it was quite difficult to face a player with a fast pace.

Giuly faced Materazzi who was rushing up, lowered his head to dribble, as if he didn't see anyone, changing speed, like a butterfly flying through flowers, a beautiful fake move.

Through the crotch, passing, all in one go, Materazzi wanted to pull him, but couldn't, and a little more force would be a foul, this was in the penalty area, and a foul would be a penalty.

"Nonda, catch the ball." Giuly roared and called his teammates.

Nonda came from the other side and attracted everyone's attention. In a flash, Giuly shot.

When Toldo turned around to save the ball, it was too late. The ball passed his fingertips and fell into the net.

In the first wave of attack, Monaco had scored in less than 1 minute.

Jiangshan waved his fist to celebrate and got off to a good start.

The first wave of tactics was successfully performed, and the players' confidence would increase and the ball would be smoother. This Monaco defense line is not stable enough to defend against Inter Milan's impact. It must suppress Inter Milan with offense, and now it has done it.

Cooper was quiet. He didn't expect Jiangshan's first move would be to attack Cannavaro. Cannavaro is Inter Milan's strongest point. Other teams avoid him. Unexpectedly, Jiangshan did the opposite. Two lob passes made Cannavaro lose his way.

In the box, the score became 1:0, and the visiting team was leading. Prince Albert raised his lips, poured himself a glass of Classico Conti, shook it gently, and said proudly, "Mr. Moratti's wine is really good."

"Haha, it doesn't matter. It's just a goal. The game must be evenly matched to be exciting." Moratti said frankly. The team has already qualified in advance, and he thinks this goal is Cooper's gift to Jiangshan.

Campora was a little surprised. He had observed Giuly before and almost became a soft-footed mouse. How come he became tough again after changing the coach? And scored the first goal? His state improved too quickly.

Changing the coach is like changing the knife? Campora looked at Albert with a complicated expression.

After Monaco scored the lead, Jiangshan still did not dare to neglect it. Facing the top team, a moment of negligence may lead to the loss of the gate.

The Monaco team quickly retreated and prepared to counterattack. Cooper smiled bitterly and said, "It's the same trick again, but unfortunately, I won't be fooled."

Cooper made thorough arrangements before the game. Even if the ball was lost, the team did not panic. After the restart, they passed the ball slowly, trying to break through Monaco's defense from the midfield.

But unexpectedly, Monaco's Pussor almost returned to the midfield to assist in defense, forcing Inter to pass the ball to the wing.

The wing is easy to deal with. Conceicao is not slow, but suddenly faced with three people siege, he still lost the ball smoothly.

The ball fell to Zicos's feet. Zicos's organizational ability is average, but Jiangshan's counterattack route is quite clear. He only needs to send the ball to the two wing, where there are spies to connect.

Monaco switched from defense to offense, and the speed was very fast. It quickly passed the half court. The clumsy Pussor was still near the center circle arc, but no one was waiting for him, and he rushed over.

Inter Milan is not weak. Facing the aggressive Monaco, they tightened their defense. Cannavaro quickly directed the defense and intercepted Evra's pass.

Evra's second pass back was locked.

Jiangshan smiled. This is right. If he couldn't even deal with the young Evra, Cannavaro would not be able to win the double Footballer of the Year award, and he would be the first defender to win the double Footballer of the Year award.

Evra was a little frustrated, but his brain was not broken. Jiangshan said that as long as Cannavaro intercepted his pass, he would reduce forward insertion and strengthen defense in the backcourt.

At the same time, Rothen would hold the ball more, increase the pass at a 45-degree angle, and increase the strength of the side pass.

Evra's assist was too strong, and Rothen's speed was not fast enough, so he could only pull to the right, and Giuly rushed over to cooperate with Evra. Now the first change of tactics was intercepted, and immediately returned to the original arrangement.

Monaco launched a counter-attack on the spot and fought with Inter Milan players in the midfield.

After getting the ball, Cannavaro instinctively took one more step down to the left side, but he didn't see Evra. He thought it was not good, and turned around quickly, but Rothen had already made a cross.

A cross that hit his head.

It fell straight on Pussor's head, boom!

Pussor instinctively swung forward, but unfortunately the angle was too straight, and he was held in Toldo's arms. In turn, Inter Milan also created good shooting opportunities. Recoba and Crespo's shots frequently threatened Monaco's defense.

If Zicos hadn't filtered out most of the threatening balls in the midfield, the defense might have been even tighter. Ibarra was suppressed in the backcourt. After playing for 30 minutes, he only passed to the opponent's half a few times.

One team controlled a wing, and the strength of both sides was evenly matched. Of course, Monaco stole one at the beginning and maintained its lead.

At this time, the Monaco fans at the scene suddenly cheered, as excited as the goal. It turned out that Rosenborg was ahead of Ajax away from home.

This Ajax is the best Ajax since the Bosque Act, with a large number of outstanding young people such as Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart, Sneijder, De Jong, Chivu, Heitinga, Maxwell, Stekelenburg, etc.

Jiangshan breathed a sigh of relief again. As long as Ajax failed to win, their chances of entering the second round of the Champions League group stage increased by a few points.

He ordered the team to continue to strengthen the offense, win the game, and kill all possibilities.