Chapter 74 Opportunity
In the 16th minute, Montpellier only received his first shot in the game. Montano crossed the penalty area after receiving a pass from his teammate and made a strong shot. The ball was lifted by Li Shou.
Montpellier then took a corner kick and Herrera competed for the ball, but Herrera's header was slightly higher than the crossbar due to the interference of Monaco defensive players.
Li Shou took the ball and found Tulalang. Monaco's deputy took the ball over the half to attract the attention of the opponent's players and then passed it back to Obadi behind him.
Obadi glanced at the player in front of him and then kicked him to the right. Ocampos and the Argentine genius once again showed the world his outstanding skills.
It is true that Ocampos was called "Argentine C Ronaldo". Now Ocampos is indeed very similar to the former C Ronaldo, the former C Ronaldo who has not yet fully grown up.
When he advanced on the wing, Ocampos ignored the defensive player and directly changed direction by bicycle and crossed it, but Thiene obviously didn't seem to give up.
Turning around and chasing back, but this chase happened directly, because after breaking through Tierne, Ocampos wanted to rush into the penalty area again. Just as Ocampos crossed the penalty area line, Tierne caught up with Ocampos, and then in order to stop Ocampos from shooting, Tierne reached out and pulled the Argentinian.
"Foofed, Montpellier's right-back pulled Ocampos, and the penalty kick was taken, Barr shouted excitedly.
At this time, the whistle sounded on the court, and Ocampos did fall in Montpellier's penalty area. The referee Milo pointed directly at the penalty point and took out a yellow card to Thiene after he awarded the penalty.
"Punishment, this is Monaco's opportunity. Let's take a look at the penalty." Ocampos wanted to take the penalty himself, but Falcao had already come up.
Falcao is the team's first penalty kicker. Although Ocampos created this penalty, Ranieri obviously trusts Falcao's experienced top striker more.
Falcao did not disappoint the penalty created by Ocampos, and even more so did Ranieri's trust. Facing Pionil, Falcao calmly pushed the ball with his left foot to complete the goal.
"1:0, in the 18th minute of the game, Monaco relied on the penalty kick created by Ocampos, and Falcao scored." After scoring the goal, Falcao did not forget to create this penalty kick, Ocampos turned around and rushed over to point at the Argentinian.
Falcao's performance resolved this little dispute between him and Ocampos. Although this was Ranieri's decision, the player was not a robot and he could not help but have his own emotions.
When Falcao scored a goal, Li Shou just stood in the backcourt to applaud his teammates. He said that Li Shou had almost no performance since the beginning of the game, and Li Shou had no performance next time.
Montpellier's offensive was average, and Monaco was very morale after scoring the goal, which made Montpellier feel a little overwhelmed, but Monaco seems to have no luck in scoring today.
In the 26th minute, Monaco got an indirect free kick opportunity. Abidal scored a header in Montpellier's penalty area, but the ball was finally placed on the crossbar.
In the 33rd minute, Rivier completed a low shot under Falcao's cover, and the Montpellier goalkeeper did not even react, but the ball slipped out against the post.
In the 39th minute, Montpellier completed his first shot, and Stanbory scored a goal to find Munier, who moved his big foot to the right.
It is not easy for Kamala to break through Kurzawa, so Montano pulled the side as soon as possible and cooperated with Kamala to hit the wall.
Kamala, who broke through Kurzak, did not continue to dribble because Kurzak had recovered, and the former directly shot from the right side outside the penalty area.
Facing Kamala's long shot, Li Shou was obviously ready. He saw Li Shou jumping and his left arm extended to block the ball flying towards the goal.
"This is a textbook save." Kamala's shot was a bit sudden, but facing Li Shou who had overflowed, such a sudden shot was almost useless.
"This is Montpellier's second shot, and so far, Monaco's defense has been impeccable." In fact, this is Montpellier's last shot in the first half.
"We don't rush to attack in the second half," Ranieri said after returning to the locker room.
In the first half, Monaco's offense was very strong, almost hitting Montpellier, but because of this, Monaco retreated and retreated. In addition, Monaco's own luck was a little bad, so he failed to expand his advantage in the end.
At the same time, Montpellier only had two shots in the first half, and Li Shou made an indelible contribution. His leading defense almost completely curbed Montpellier's counterattack.
However, this situation is very unfriendly to domestic fans and girlfriend fans who want to watch Li Shou. There are very few scenes in Li Shou appearing on TV in the whole first half. You should know that most domestic fans and Sun Ye-jin are coming for Li Shou.
This is the goalkeeper. The team is basically invisible when performing well, but when it comes, it means that the team is in crisis.
In fact, Li Shou not only had very few chances of appearing in the first half, but also did not change this situation in the second half, because Ranieri just slowed down the pace of the players rather than giving up the ball.
Li Shou's performance so far can be said to be very outstanding, but his opponent is a Ligue 1 team after all, and he is a team that won the Ligue 1 championship two seasons ago. Ranieri has always been a little worried about giving up the ball.
Monaco, who started to control the ball, made Monpellier very uncomfortable. In the ten minutes before the start of the second half, Monaco's possession rate once reached 70%.
At the beginning, Montpellier could hold on, but as time went by, if Montpellier didn't want to accept the 0:1 score, he would have to grab it.
When Montpellier couldn't help but rob, Monaco decisively launched an attack, and Rivier became the biggest beneficiary of Monaco's fast break.
In the 69th minute, Obadi snatched the opponent and sent a long pass over the top. Rivier received the pass and broke into the penalty area. Then he shot with a strong shot to help Monaco expand the score to 2:0.
Three minutes later, Montpellier ushered in the best chance of this game. Tularang made a foul and sent his opponent a free kick. Stanbory took this free kick. Monaco had so many penalty areas, but no one even hit the ball.
The ball was not pushed to the point where Montano just landed in front of Montano. At this time, Montano faced the goal, and it was very close to the goal.
"Opportunity~~~ Montano~~~ Montpellier striker has no defensive players around him at this moment." Montano also reacted quickly, pulling his bow and arrow, shooting with a blast, and the ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.
Chapter completed!