Monaco's home draw against the formidable Juventus has garnered significant attention within the industry, with numerous furniture clubs already making offers to the club despite the season not yet being over.
Although Monaco's management did a good job of covering it up, they still couldn't stop the rampant rumors, which caused quite a stir among local fans.
Despite the outside noise, they had no time to relax after the match against Juventus, and instead threw themselves back into intense training.
The following day, Jardim led the entire Monaco team to the Marcel Picco Stadium to challenge their opponent Nancy for the round.
This is the penultimate round of the season, and it's also the most difficult round for Monaco so far.
Because Nancy is currently in the relegation zone, encountering them at this point in time is a real headache for Jardim.
However, in order to ensure the team's effective dominance in the league, he did not field many substitutes in this match, but instead sent out all the starters.
With Monaco currently leading the pack, just two more wins in the final three matches would secure them the title with a round to spare. This championship is incredibly important for Monaco, for the players, and for Jardim himself. Therefore, he dares not let the players relax at all.
Ultimately, the Monaco team was quite satisfied with the result, ending the match 0-3. Monaco once again took three points away from Nancy with an absolute victory.
However, what's a bit of a letdown is that there were too many unexpected events in this match.
Monaco not only had several players receive yellow cards, but also a key defender was injured due to a malicious foul by the opposing team, which directly resulted in the opposing team being ruled out of the remainder of the game.
This unfortunate fellow is actually the team's vice-captain, Glik, who is also one of Monaco's most important defensive defenders in the penalty area.
Faced with this result, Jardim also expressed his helplessness. Glik's importance to the team is self-evident. The team's ability to achieve such a long winning streak and unbeaten run in the second half of the season was not only due to Lei Ming's efforts, but also to the defense led by Glik.
It is precisely because of their consistent and stable performances that Monaco looks so healthy.
But to everyone's surprise, the team's defense has been almost completely depleted by now.
But then came some good news: if they win just one more game, they will win the league title ahead of schedule, and they will hold a celebration ceremony at their home stadium.
Before that, they also need to face another equally important match.
On May 9th, the entire Monaco team traveled to Turin a day early to prepare for the match.
With the big match just around the corner, enthusiastic fans can be seen cheering and laughing almost everywhere in the streets of Turin, and the Juventus team anthem can be heard being sung by fans almost everywhere.
The first leg ended in a draw, making the atmosphere for the second leg exceptionally tense. When the day of the match arrived, Juventus' classic team anthem resounded together at the Allianz Stadium in Turin.
The massive chorus of 40,000 people seemed to inject a burst of energy into the home team of the Zebras, and from the very beginning of the match, the Zebras maintained the initiative.
Attack, attack, and attack again.
Allegri had clearly received news of Monaco's key defender Glik's injury before the match, and his tactics for this game were obviously targeted accordingly.
Therefore, Juventus launched a fierce attack from the start of the match.
However, for every good plan, there is a counter-plan. Jardim had obviously anticipated encountering this situation away from home, so his strategy for this match remained primarily defensive counter-attacking.
Furthermore, in order to better defend, even the team's main captain Falcao did not play in this match. Jardim directly entrusted the task of counter-attacking to young player Mbappe, hoping that the opponent could make good use of his speed advantage to achieve a historic achievement for Monaco.
However, despite the good intentions, Mbappe still failed to score a goal after the match ended.
It could even be said that in this game, under the opponent's focused marking, he didn't even have a chance to properly receive the ball, and he almost disappeared from the frontcourt throughout the entire game.
However, it cannot be said that Mbappe was useless. At the very least, he single-handedly tied down several Juventus defenders, which meant that although Juventus' attack looked flashy, they were unable to convert their impressive statistics into effective goals until the very end.
Monaco's goalkeeper made one save after another, tormenting Juventus' star striker Higuain once again.
In the end, the two teams finished the game with a score of 0-0. As soon as the game ended, the Juventus players started celebrating wildly with each other.
Although the two legs ended in a draw on aggregate, Juventus eliminated Monaco due to their away goals advantage.
It would be a lie to say that I wasn't sad to experience the feeling of being so close to the championship but unable to reach it.
Inside the stadium, the moment the referee blew the final whistle, Lei Ming couldn't help but close his eyes and helplessly listen to the cheers of the fans at the Allianz Stadium in Turin.
This feels really bad.
That's not good.
Even though he had tried his best to block several sure goals, he still couldn't change the outcome of the team's progress.
In this match, due to a severe lack of defensive strength, they were unable to mount any effective attacks.
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"What a pity."
"It was just a little bit short. Lei Ming might have been able to represent Asia on the grand stage of the Champions League final."
"We can see that all the data for this match has been released, and the players' ratings have also been released. It's no surprise that Lei Ming is ranked as the best player of the match with a score of 8.9."
"I want to say that Lei Ming truly deserved the Man of the Match award. Without him, the result tonight would definitely not have been 0-0; it might even have been 10-0."
"The match is over, which also means that Monaco's Champions League journey has come to an end. In the end, their best result is still stuck in the semi-finals."
"But it's okay. By losing the Champions League, Monaco will have more energy to devote to the next Ligue 1 match, which will be the key to whether Monaco can win the title this season. If they can, then Monaco will once again break the club's historical record."
"Let's wish Lei Ming can continue to maintain this high level of performance in the upcoming matches. Although he lost the Champions League, there is another championship waiting for him. His ability has been seen by more and more people, which is the best meaning of the players participating in the Champions League."
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