During this period, Xu Qi has been completely recognized by Monaco fans. In the absence of Falcao, Xu Qi has indeed given the team other support on the offensive end.

Many fans also began to look forward to the power of combining the two swords with Xu Qi after Falcao's return.

Perhaps this season, Monaco really has the hope of doing something they thought was impossible to accomplish.

For example, the Ligue 1 champion, and for example, the Champions League...

Although Xu Qi has shown outstanding strength, Ranieri still uses Xu Qi as the ace on the bench during this period and will not choose to let Xu Qi participate too much in the competition.

Therefore, it is difficult to change the disadvantages of some games even if Xu Qi comes on as a substitute.

In January, Monaco fell behind in the league standings again, and now they are down to the nine-point gap behind Paris Saint-Germain.

Such a point gap is very serious for Monaco. Many French media have even begun to exaggerate that Paris Saint-Germain has secured the Ligue 1 championship ahead of schedule. Now the success or failure of Paris Saint-Germain cannot be measured by the Ligue 1 championship, but depends on how far they can go in the Champions League.

Soon, late February finally arrived.

Xu Qi's ghost feet have also reached 99.

He is only one last step away from completing the last 100. Perhaps, Xu Qi can complete it within a week.

Many fans are highly concerned about the Champions League knockout round is about to begin.

Monaco will first compete with Manchester United in the first leg of the quarterfinals at home.

On February 19th, the Louis II Stadium was full, and of course the fans at the scene were all waiting for the arrival of a focus battle.

At the same time, Monaco's forward player Falcao has also returned. With Monaco's lineup, he can definitely compete with Manchester United.

Ferguson's successor, Manchester United coach Moyes, also brought his elite soldiers to Monaco to prepare for the next focus battle.

Before the game, Ranieli and Xu Qi had a relatively long conversation. Since Xu Qi's completion rate had reached 99, he also took the initiative to ask for a fight.

However, after thinking about it, Ranieri still felt that Xu Qi is more suitable to attack Manchester United's already tired defense in the second half.

Therefore, Ranieri finally decided not to put Xu Qi on the starting lineup and still let Xu Qi play the role of a super substitute.

At the same time, Manchester United's starting roster has been released first, and De Gea is still guarding the city gate for this team.

On the back line, Ferdinand and Vidic, the golden pair, are in the center, Smalling is on the right and Evra is on the left.

The midfield was the cooperation of Cleville and Carrick, with Rooney in the middle of the frontcourt, Ashley Young on the left and Valencia on the right.

And the one who is on the front line is Robin Van Persie!

Manchester United's bench, including Giggs, Fellaini, Hernandez, Shinji Kagawa and Verbeck are all on the verge of high standards.

Manchester United has poor performance in the Premier League this season, and the Champions League is their life-saving straw.

It is also an important front for Moyes to maintain his position as the coach.

The starting goalkeeper is Croatian goalkeeper Subacic, while Argentina's national goalkeeper Romero plays more as a substitute in the team.

On the defense line, Abidal was absent due to injury in this game, and the central defender combination was cooperated by Carvalho and Ismai Milin.

Right back Fabinho and Kurzawa on the left.

The midfielder is Tularang, Condobia and Moutinho, who are jointly forming the Iron Triangle.

Front court J Ronaldo is on the right and Carrasco is on the left.

On the front line, the tiger Falcao is at the forefront.

A 4-3-2-1 formation looks like facing the powerful Manchester United team, Ranieri chose a more secure defensive formation.

Even at home, Ranieri doesn't mind playing more conservatively.

Berbatov, who had the chance to fight the old master, is now sitting on the bench. He and Xu Qi are sitting together, waiting for Ranieri's call.

The competition begins here.

In this game, Monaco's j Rodriguez performed very actively. The attack line composed of him and Carrasco and Falcao poses a great threat to Manchester United when counterattacking.

However, Vidic and Ferdinand were full of experience in such competitions, easily dissolving the attacks organized by the three-man one by one.

At this time, Manchester United gradually controlled the situation on the field. Since we knew that Monaco puts itself in a weak position, Manchester United must take the initiative in the field in their hands.

Manchester United have also seen this situation a lot.

The competition was held in a rhythm that many expected, but murderous intent only appeared in an instant.

After twenty minutes of the game, Manchester United created more goals than Monaco.

And in the 25th minute of the game, Rooney made the ball and Van Persie stepped forward and shot in the penalty area!

One to zero, Manchester United took the lead away.

"The beautiful goal comes from Van Persie. Although Manchester United is unstable in the league, they are as stable as ever in the Champions League!" In this game, TV5 was also broadcast live, and the commentary was Jiayuan.

The game of tv5 is naturally to focus on Xu Qi, who is playing in the Ligue 1 now, but Xu Qi is on the bench, which makes people disappointed.

Many fans also got up in the middle of the night to score goals. Now the Spring Festival holiday is over long ago. Although it is still in the first lunar month, it is already the 20th day of the first lunar month and the Lantern Festival has passed.

Now that the fans are working or going to school, it is not easy to watch football. Naturally, they are very looking forward to Xu Qi being able to come on as soon as possible.

Therefore, when they saw Manchester United score a goal, they became happier, because this means that Xu Qi may be able to appear as soon as possible to turn the tide.

Many fans are constantly paying attention to Xu Qi's status over the past period of time.

Every time Xu Qi scores in the Ligue 1 and helps the team win, he will report it extensively in many domestic media.

After all, Xu Qi is still the only foreign player who can play football. He is famous and has a clear team that can participate in the Champions League knockout round.

Because of Xu Qi's influence, there are actually still a few Chinese players who choose to go abroad to watch European gangsters, but most of them cannot get the chance to play. Even some teams with low rankings in the five major leagues are difficult to get the chance.

The game continued, and the first half was coming to an end soon.

And just one minute of injury time in the first half, the score of this game changed again.

This time, the team that scored was still Manchester United, and the person who scored was still Van Persie, with the score on the field, 2-0.

It seems that Monaco was almost pushed to the brink of being out after two goals at home.
Chapter completed!