At 1:30 Beijing time on January 3, the 1/16 final of the French Cup began, and The 8th champion monaco of Ligue 1 played away to the weak team Of the Second Division, Queville Rouen. In the first half, Ben Yedder and Flanders scored two goals in four minutes and Sidibé pulled back a city. In the second half, Flanders scored twice and Monaco easily passed 3-1.
Just 24 hours ago, Monaco officially announced that 50-year-old Kovac had left office, ending the 17-month partnership. Kovac used to coach Bayern, but chose to take a few months off after the class and took over the coaching whip of Monaco in July 2020.
Under him, Monaco is no longer a relegation team, finishing third in Ligue 1 last season and qualifying for the Champions League play-offs. Unfortunately, Monaco's dramatic defeat to The Donetsk miners missed the main game and had to play in the Europa League.
After halfway through the season, Monaco are 6th, but only four points behind Third-place Marseille and are hoping to qualify for next season's Champions League. Moreover, Monaco have performed well ahead of the winter break, losing only 2-0 to Paris Saint-Germain in their last nine rounds.
The Team Newspaper listed 5 reasons for Kovac's dismissal: including the lack of expectations in leading the team, the lack of attractive technical and tactical styles of the team, and the lack of improvement in the abilities of several key players. The most important thing is that Kovac did not have the support of the dressing room, and several bigwigs were dissatisfied with his coaching style.
French media revealed that Monaco intends to invite Clement to take over, who is currently in charge of Brugge. As the saying goes, changing coaches is like changing knives, and after Kovac left office, Monaco easily abused dishes in the French Cup.
In the 33rd minute, Ben Yeder took the lead to break the deadlock, with Monaco leading 1-0. This season, the 31-year-old Ben Yedder has contributed 13 goals and 2 assists in 26 appearances, including 10 goals in Ligue 1, nine more goals than Messi, and ranking second in the top scorers list.
Four minutes later, another Monaco striker erupted and Flanders went down to give Monaco a 2-0 lead. Just before half-time, Sidibe pulled a goal back for Cuvigli Rouen and made it 1-2 into the dressing room.
In the 58th minute, Flanders scored twice to help Monaco seal the win 3-1. In the first minute of injury time, Sidibe first fouled and then spoke out, and was directly expelled with a red card, completely losing hope of overturning. In the end, Monaco easily passed 3-1 and advanced to the round of 16 of the French Cup.
It is worth mentioning that Paris Saint-Germain drew the 4th division team Vanis this round, and the suspense of the game is not big. But just before the match, Grand Paris officially announced that 4 players, including Messi, were infected with the new crown. It is reported that Messi was infected while on vacation, and the person is still in Argentina, and Pochettino bluntly said that he did not know when he would return.