Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 22 The Second Half of the Season War

In the end, Li Shou successfully exchanged the phone number with that woman, which was a solid step.

Although it was a bit funny at first, because the other party had the same skin color as himself, the first sentence Li Shou said was to introduce himself in Chinese, but the other party couldn't understand at all.

Fortunately, Li Shou is a jerk, otherwise the language alone would have turned his strike-up into a tragedy.

But the exchange of phone calls was just the beginning, and he left Paris before Li Shou could make any further moves. It turned out that he was just a friend visiting Paris, and he got on the plane back to China that night.

Although Li Shou wanted to follow, it was a bit too much. After all, they had just met, and they were not yet familiar with each other. In the end, Li Shou could only hold back and wait for the future.

For the next few days, Li Shou stayed in Paris, either helping out at the bar or going out with the siblings Li Jiajia and Li You. It was a real visit to Paris.

In the end, Li Shou only stayed in Paris for a week. Although Li Shou had a good life this week, he still wanted to go back to Monaco. Since he couldn't date, he would use training to enrich his life.

Li Shou returned to the life of two points and one line. Although this kind of life is a bit boring, it is better to be fulfilled. Anyway, he has nothing to do now, so it is better to train more than to waste time.

After another week, the Monaco players returned to the club to report one after another. Although the French league holiday is three weeks long, the players can only take two weeks off at most.

The return of the players also means that the off-duty season will be rekindled, and Li Shou can only sit on the bench. Subasic, who was injured in the [-]th round, has already recovered after two weeks of rest.

If there was no winter break like the Premier League at that time, then Li Shou could at least get the chance to start two league games, but time is fate, if only if.

Even so, Li Shou is much better than Sulzak, at least Li Shou's bench position is stable, and there are systematic mock games to play.

Sulzak is miserable. With all the cup matches eliminated, he can only be in the stands or go to the reserve team. For this reason, Sulzak is considering whether to apply for a loan from the club.

No matter how proud and arrogant Sulzak is, he still recognizes the fact that he really doesn't work as hard as Li Shou, and he can't keep practicing like Li Shou.

After all, the amount of training like Li Shou requires not only self-awareness, but also physical fitness. Without a strong body, it is impossible to train like Li Shou.

Sulzak proved this before. At that time, Sulzak wanted to draw with Li Shou, but in the end he was injured and stayed away from the court for a month.

Fortunately, Li Shou had adaptation problems because of his soul binding at that time, so Sulzak was able to fight against him. But now, Li Shou has almost adapted, and Sulzak can no longer threaten Li Shou.

There were no surprises in Ranieri's announcement of the roster. Li Shou was once again included in the 18-man roster, but he was still sitting on the bench.

In the first game of the second half of the season, Monaco is still at home, and the opponent is Laval from northwest France.

For this game, Monaco is determined to win, because Nantes has already lost. If Monaco can win Laval, then they can overtake Nantes in points.

Laval will not be caught without a fight. Although Laval is a bit miserable at the moment, Monaco's first draw this season is when they face Laval.

In fact, Laval is really worthy of Monaco. Even in the away game, Laval still played well. Although Monaco took the lead before the end of the first half, Laval equalized the score at the beginning of the second half, and then never gave Monaco another chance.

The 1:1 score was also maintained until the end. After giving Monaco a draw in the first half of the season, Laval blocked Monaco's progress again in the second half of the season.

Unable to win, Monaco failed to complete the overtake in the standings, but the point difference with Nantes has been evened out. At the same time, Guingamp, which is third, has also caught up. At present, Nantes and Monaco have 37 points in the standings, while Guingamp has 35 points.

A draw is actually acceptable, but Ranieri is a little dissatisfied. Although Laval has played with Monaco, in fact it is Monaco that really has the advantage.

Monaco's strength is indeed the best in Ligue 6, but this Monaco team is not without weaknesses, that is, the striker. Although Monaco's current striker is a bit bloated, there are as many as [-] players who can play forwards, but only Germain and Toure can really score goals.

So after this round of competition, Ranieri approached the management hoping to buy another striker, but unfortunately, the Monaco management rejected Ranieri's invitation.

The management rejected Ranieri, but it was the players who were suffering. Although what the management said made sense, Monaco invested nearly 3000 million euros in the past summer.

So it is also understandable why the Monaco management rejected Ranieri's invitation. If you are not satisfied after spending so much money, the biggest problem may be you as the head coach.

However, while refusing, the Monaco management did not forget to give a sweet date. As long as Ranieri can lead Monaco to answer Ligue [-], the club owner will pay a considerable transfer fee next season.

As for how impressive it is, the director said, "As long as the other party is willing to come, the transfer fee will not be a problem."

Although he got the promise, it is just a blank check. If he wants to fulfill it, there is a major premise, that is, he can bring Monaco back to Ligue [-] at the end of this season.

Since he failed to get what he wanted, he could only squeeze few players, so Ranieri kept a straight face for the next few days.

I have to say that Ranieri's method is still very useful. The No.20 round of the league is the best proof. Monaco, who was a guest at Istres, won the game cleanly with a 2:0.

Monaco, which has returned to the winning track, also regained its top position in the standings as it wished. Nantes' visit to Laval just got a draw.

Perhaps no one would have thought that Laval, who was in the lower reaches of the standings, would become the strongest shit messer at the start of the second half of the league season, drawing successively with the top two teams in the standings.

Although Monaco has returned to the top of the standings, it is not clear what will happen next. In the second round of the No.20 league, Monaco will face Guingamp, which has been in excellent form recently.

You know, since the ninth round, Guingamp has been unbeaten in 7 rounds, with an astonishing record of 5 wins and 20 draws. After the No.2 round of the league, Guingamp has tied with Nantes, who is in poor form, and is only [-] points behind Monaco, which is the top of the list.

(End of this chapter)