After a 1-1 draw with Rennes, Monaco also ended the first half of the season.

In the eighteen rounds of the game, thirteen wins, four draws and one loss, Monaco has 43 points and steadily topped the list after half a season.

The second place that followed was Monaco's biggest rival, Lyon.

Lyon also had one round less game, followed by 18 rounds of 10 wins, 6 draws and two losses with 36 points.

It's not too much to lose seven points in half a season. But the 43-point score is enough to make people jaw-drop. The half-time champion can score 43 points, even the entire five major leagues are not many.

This is still a situation where one round of games is missing, and it is the result of the team's main striker playing while lying down in the hospital. If the next season, Novada will recover smoothly and Monaco can play this rhythm, wouldn't it mean that Monaco can get a 90-minute mark in the season?

Such scores make people feel a little scary.

However, thinking about Monaco's dominance in the league, such results are not surprising.

"In winter, I hope you know what you should do. Our task in the second half of the season is very heavy. If you can train, take more time and do some training." Deschamps didn't say much nonsense in the team. He knew very well that his players didn't need too many advice.

And as he expected, there was no one rest during the entire winter break. Everyone was preparing diligently. After all, they still have the Champions League to play in the second half of the season.

In fact, the Champions League draw is the reason why everyone is working very hard - in the draw in the first round of the Champions League knockout round, Monaco was lucky to draw the opponent Locomotive of Moscow.

"Our opponents are probably the weakest of the opponents that can be drawn. We have to say that it is a good thing - as for the bad things, their luck is obviously better than us. We have three-seventh chance to draw the fourth team, but they only have one-seventh chance to draw the fourth team, and they actually did..."

This time, the Champions League has reported a lot of unpopularity. Among the fourth teams, Stuttgart, Real Sociedad, Monaco and Moscow Locomotive, all advanced to the knockout stage. Such unpopularity is indeed extremely rare.

Monaco is even more in the fourth-tier team and qualifying for the first place in the group, which is the biggest upset among all the upsets.

Although Deschamps' jokes are jokes, what is frustrating is that all the second-place teams before the game really want to draw Monaco. After all, Monaco is indeed a big fat piece of meat when they first scored in other groups. Although La Coruna's body is not cold, Monaco is still more popular than Real Madrid, Juventus, and Milan. Therefore, when Moscow Locomotive drew Monaco, many people really thought it was the luck of Moscow Locomotive.

However, Monaco's luck is indeed good. Among the four fourth-level teams that have advanced, only Moscow Locomotive is not the team in the top five leagues, so they should be slightly weaker. And their opponent Moscow Locomotive is the strong point... In fact, except for Russia's coldness, they know nothing about the strength of Moscow Locomotive.

But it shouldn't be very strong.

In fact, before Monaco draws the lottery, there is little hope for the knockout round of the Champions League. After all, there are many strong teams in the second place in the group. However, after this draw result, they were extremely excited. They finally got a weak team, so they naturally had to play with them.

He advanced to the quarterfinals, but he had a lot of money to get.

In comparison, the fate of La Coruña, who was squeezed to second place in the group, is very interesting. They met their old rival Juventus. In the past few years, they have met Juventus three times, and they have won and lost two times. Except for Tudor's long shot, they have squeezed to Juventus at other times. This year, I don't know if it's good luck or whether they have a destiny.

This result made Deschamps feel a little moved: If Monaco meets Juventus, it may be exhausted.

Fortunately, he was the first in the group and was the Locomotive of Moscow.

"It shouldn't be very strong." But Deschamps is optimistic. "Their good results in the group stage are actually just because their group is weak. It's normal for Arsenal, Inter Milan and other groups to make a dark horse."

Arsenal's European match performance has not been very good, but this year's European match has only one rare breakout. In the last two games of the Champions League group, Inter Milan was swept 5-1 by Arsenal at home, giving Henry a feast, and then tied by Dynamo Kiev away in Kiev, with eight points on the same side as Locomotive Moscow.

And because Moscow Locomotive 3-0 Inter Milan at home and 1-1 away, Inter Milan advanced to the knockout stage.

"To be honest, when I heard this news, I didn't know how to get you to prepare for the game. Should you eat more food and prepare some fat to resist the severe cold of Moscow? I really couldn't imagine other ways." Deschamps did not hide his lack of information. "In the past, when I played in the Champions League, I had only one way. When I encountered such a team, I just crushed it. But you are going to be a little bit short of it."

Deschamps said that, there was nothing wrong with it. The team he worked in for the rest of his life was very strong. Marseille reached the Champions League final twice, Juventus reached the Champions League final three times, and in his later years he reached the Champions League final in Valencia. His club honors were unusually outstanding. Even when playing in the Premier League, Chelsea, he still won the FA Cup. However, compared with his national team captain, these honors are relatively minor.

He said that his team directly crushed teams like Moscow Locomotive, which is because he has the confidence to mention this, and the reason why he mentioned this is naturally that his achievements can inspire the players.

"Don't worry, if you can crush them, we can do it." In this regard, Kuri was full of confidence. "Isn't it just a bullshit home advantage? Relying on this team that is scrambling to live is not a skill."

Monaco, who was full of confidence, soon passed the winter break. On January 5, they also ushered in the first game of the second half of the season. However, Monaco still didn't take this game seriously - the seventh round of the French Cup against Metz, although it was a away game, they didn't care with their outstanding strength.

Zhao Yaning, Morientes and Roten all received round rest in this game, while Adebayo started again.

The game really went in the direction Monaco expected. Less than fifteen minutes into the opening game, Jiuli assisted Adebayo and won the first goal.

This goal made Metz boo all at home: Adebayo was still playing here last year, but this year he would actually come to his own court to celebrate the goal. Of course they would be very dissatisfied.

But Adebayo turned a deaf ear to these boos, and for him, scoring a goal was more real than anything else.

And his appearance also made Deschamps a little dissatisfied. After all, he was a bit too much to face his old master.

Therefore, in the second half, he replaced Adebayo and let Pursau play. Pursau did not disappoint and scored another goal, which continued to expand Monaco's leading advantage.

This goal also secured the victory for Monaco.

"Emanuel did something wrong, but I believe he was just too happy. Being able to show himself in front of his youth training club will always make young people excited. This is not a big mistake."

Although he said this to the media, Deschamps directly announced a ban at the club, "Emmanuel bans the game for three games, so reflect on his actions."

"But the African Cup is coming, and the team's ban cannot be executed." Jiuli defended.

"Then remember first, and continue to be suspended after you come back."

Seeing Deschamps's attitude firm, no one dared to express his objection. And they really didn't care about opposition because they also ushered in the first game of the second half of the season.

Monaco vs. Bastia.

This game is Bastia's home game. They have always had good home record. Monaco dared not underestimate the opponent and sent his strongest lineup to play.

In this game, Bastia persisted for 70 minutes without being broken by Monaco.

It was not until the 70th minute after both sides ran the whole game and their speeds were reduced that Monaco finally found an opportunity.

Zhao Yaning once shook the man in the middle and pulled the ball into the penalty area with one kick. After receiving the ball, Morientes did not head the ball immediately, but pulled the ball quickly back, allowing Zhao Yaning who was inserted to get a good opportunity and shot through Bastia's defense.

This goal, which cooperated with tacitly, scored three points for Monaco. When he arrived in the locker room, Zhao Yaning also revealed his thoughts.

"I just remember Raul seemed to have played like this..."

Of course he didn't tell the truth. This was the result of Raul's repeated training in the training space. Otherwise, where did he get such a tacit cooperation method?

"Just learn from Raul. Sooner or later, you will be satisfied with being suspected to be homosexual by others." Jiuli complained about it next to him, and was immediately interrupted by the sneakers thrown by Morientes. Now everyone is familiar with each other, and sometimes they will joke with each other too much, especially when the team wins the ball, they are naturally more unscrupulous.

But at this time, Zhao Yaning took out his phone and looked at it for a few times, and completely curled his smile. The content on the phone was something he had been worried about for a long time.
Chapter completed!