Sports + reporter Xiaozhong reported
On 17 May, in the 31st round of Ligue 1, Monaco beat Saint-Etiennes 2–0 away to win the Ligue 1 title in the early round. This is Monaco's first Ligue 1 title after a lapse of 17 years, and the last time it won the title was in the distant 1999/2000 season.
Monaco boss Leonardo Jardin became the first Portuguese manager to lead the Grand Duchy team to the title, and he also became the second Portuguese manager to win the title in Ligue 1. In the 1993/1994 season, his compatriot Artur Jorge led Paris Saint-Germain to Ligue 1, when the Grand Paris squad included Giorgio Weah, Lay, Ginola and other superstars.
Following Artur Jorge and Mourinho, Jardin also became the third Portuguese manager to win the top five leagues in Europe. However, Artur Jorge managed Porto to win the 1986/1987 Champions League, Mourinho managed Porto with the Portuguese Super League, Europa League and Champions League, three Premier League titles at Chelsea, three Serie A and one Champions League with Inter and one La Liga title at Real Madrid. Jardin is just starting out compared to his two predecessors, and he needs to prove himself with better results.
Interviewed after the game, Jardin still couldn't hide his excitement. "It's a great achievement to lead an underscored team to the title. This is the most important championship of my coaching career. For up to 11 months, we worked hard. But the best thing is that with this title coming, this title in Monaco is more valuable than the four consecutive titles of Paris Saint-Germain. ”
Monaco's 8-time winning history, only this time it is not the local manager
This season's winner is the eighth Ligue 1 title in Monaco's history. Interestingly, the first 7 of the 8 Ligue 1 wins in history have been coached by a native French manager, and only this time the manager is Portuguese and a foreigner.
In the 1960/1961, 1962/1963 and 1977/1978 seasons, French coach Lucian Leduc led Monaco to three Ligue 1 titles. Another French manager, Gérard Barnid, coached Monaco to win the 1981/1982 Ligue 1 title, while current Premier League Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger led Monaco to the 1987/1988 title.
Monaco won their sixth and seventh crowns in 1996/1997 and 1990/2000, with Jean Tigana, a teammate of the Platini national team and one of France's "Midfield Iron Triangles", and Claude Puel, a French youngster coach who is currently in charge of the Premier League southampton.
The first 7 times he won the championship with Monaco were all French managers, and only jardine in the 8th time was a foreigner, a Portuguese. What's even more interesting is that the 5 French managers have all played famously, at least in professional leagues, while only Jardine, although he played both handball and football in his youth, did not play well, never played professional football.
Big offensive soccer 69 goals scored 173 goals
When he first arrived in Monaco, Jardim was labeled defensive football. But this season, the team he has coached plays offensive football. At the end of the 37 rounds of Ligue 1, Monaco scored 104 goals and conceded only 29 goals, achieving an outstanding record of 29 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. So far, this season has played a total of 69 games, 47 wins, 10 draws, 12 losses, scored 173 goals and conceded 90 goals, is the most offensive team in the entire European and even world football. If only official matches are counted, Monaco has played a total of 62 matches, with 44 wins, 8 draws and 10 defeats, scoring 156 goals and conceding 72 goals.
In the Champions League, the young Monaco also reached the semi-finals and performed impressively. In the French Cup, Monaco also reached the semi-finals, sending substitutes to play, losing 5-0 to Paris Saint-Germain. In the French League Cup, Monaco reached the final, but lost 1-4 to Paris. Counting the 38th round of Ligue 1 on 20 May against Rennes, 70 games a season are also rare in the world. 4-line combat, the team's substitute lineup is not too strong, and it is rare to be able to achieve such outstanding results.
After winning The Ligue 1 title this season, Monaco is also among the teams with the most ligue 1 titles. Saint-Etienne, which has won the most Ligue 1 titles in history, has so far 10 times, but its last victory was in 1981. The second is Marseille nine times, the last time winning the title was in 2010. Monaco have now tied Nantes, with both teams winning the title eight times, while Nantes last won the title in 2001. Despite four consecutive titles, Paris Saint-Germain has won only six times.
Mbappe (first from left) and Falcao (second from right) celebrate goals with their teammates
Against Saint-Etienne, Falcao received an assist and 18-year-old Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring. This season, Monaco have scored 104 goals in Ligue 1, veteran Falcao has scored 21, Mbappe has contributed 15, and they have scored 36. Throughout the season, Falcao scored 30 goals in 43 appearances, and Mbappe also played 43 times, scoring 26 goals. Of the 156 goals in the official match in Monaco, Falcao and Mbappe scored 56 goals together, accounting for 1/3 of the total number of goals scored.