What is so wrong with Henry in Monaco? The team that was adored in 2017 is now on the road to disaster and the French coach is unable to find solutions Μπ Bruges became the last team… to mourn the corpse of Monaco, which remains without a victory with Henri on the bench. The performance of the Monegasques was embarrassing and everything was over from the first part, when they became the first French team to concede three goals at home in the history of the Champions League to finally suffer their heaviest defeat in the tournament in Monte Carlo… Ki but even the softest fans in the world, those of the "Princes", could not stand the shit of Thierry Henry's team and lit a fire in "Luis II". Henry is still looking for his first win in Monaco after five games in charge of the team and seems to be having problems on and off the pitch in Ligue 1. A tough start and the nightmares of relegation have made their appearance.
"People tell me after every fight that things can't get any worse and yet they go," the Frenchman said after 4-0 from Bruges. It came a few hours after Monaco billionaire and owner Dimitri Ribolovlev was brought in for questioning for corruption. At the request of Monaco prosecutors, he will be investigated for corruption cases and an investigation was also carried out at his home. Authorities have already investigated his impressive villa in Monaco. The reasonable question to ask is how the team that went to the Champions League semi-finals 2017 is now out of European competitions and cannot even meet the demands of the French league, where they have been in last place for some time. No one could have imagined this despite the mistakes made at the team's transcription, planning and weakening level.
Even Henry himself did not expect Monaco to continue on the same bad road after the meeting he had with Vice President Vadim Vasiliev at his home in London. Vasiliev who asked him to take the place of Leonardo Zardim. The vice-president was impressed by how much Henry knew about the current Monaco team. At the same time, Thierry Henry seemed to already have in mind a plan for the team's improvement and psychological uplift. In his five matches as Monaco coach, he has three defeats, two draws but also, as it seems, a great misfortune with continuous injuries that weaken the club even more.
After the defeat by Reims in the championship, Henry hoped for a reaction or an outburst against Bruges. His team started strong in the match but as soon as they conceded the first goal, they collapsed. He was found to lose 3-0 by the 24th minute. Henry kept saying over and over again about childish mistakes but nothing could change. He was talking about a team that has learned to "surrender" and that now has the tendency "not to fight and not to try as much as it should and can". A team that just does not do well in the match does not react. Monaco… Ultras left the field more annoyed than ever after the 4th goal. Even the Belgians, whose last victory in a European tournament was three years ago with Besiktas in Europa, did not believe it. "This was definitely not the best match we did this year in the tournament," said Bruges coach Ivan Leko, causing more pain in Monaco.
"We are talking about shame," said Monaco international French back Jibril Sidibe. But he also played very badly, like most of the players left over from 2017: Jemerson, Falcao and Glick. Of course, the most impressive players from the super course of 2017 were sold. Fambino, Lemar and Joao Moutinho left last summer. They were preceded by the departures of Killian Bape, Silva, Medi and Tiemue Bakayoko. Monaco has done the same in the past. Zardim himself said that his job was to "constantly rebuild the team" and that of course had to do with the constant departures and changes in the roster. This time, however, he did not succeed. But it is not something that was a surprise. Nasser Chandley was not enough and Tillemans did not 'shine' as much as they expected.
Golovin, Jovetic and Willem Goebbels, meanwhile, were among the team's many injury problems. Against Bruges the top player was Sofian Diop, the 18-year-old ace, who had not played any matches with the first team before. Henry threw into the battle the even younger and 17-year-olds Noah and Guano. "I wanted to see if they had the stomach and the stamina to stand at that level and fight. Of course when you put two players at 3-0 to make their debut it is very difficult. We do not have many players available so we look at those who have passion, talent and determination to run and push. And let them be so young. If they want it and show that they can, they will play. Young people are not afraid and they have passion and that is what we need now. "We have to regain those feelings."
Of course, Henry is also a rookie on the bench. In a sense, he is like Diop. It is not easy to manage a Monaco struggling to avoid relegation. In his long career the facts were different. In the five matches he has coached Monaco, he has no regular innocence and no reason to question him for his thoughts and ideas. Doubt, however, is not in tactics. It's whether he can instill in the team the winning mentality and some of his own characteristics when he was a player.
So how charismatic is he? Obviously, he is a football star and with a huge career behind him, it is not enough so far. So he has to find the words, the phrases and the way to inspire this mix of old and new players differently. Can it make the Monaco players fearless again? To bring out the characteristics of a leader on the bench and to guide them accordingly? This is a great opportunity for Henri to show what he can do after the 2010 French national team fiasco.
At least his luck smiles a little on the injuries as some players come back. Rimbolovlev with his current situation may not be able to help Monaco again and it does not seem that there is a mood for a big opening or many additions in January. In short, at the moment, things are worse than ever for Henry. And on Sunday the opponent is the mighty Paris…
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