Jardim: Monaco must take chances

Monaco football coach Leonardo Jardim said that his team must improve their attacking play in the upcoming match against Benfica in the Champions League if they want to keep their chances of reaching the round of XNUMX of that competition.

The players of Monaco play tomorrow in Lisbon against Benfica, the match of the 4th round of Group C in the Champions League. Monaco is in 2nd place in the table with five points, and Benfica is in last place with one.

First is Bayer Leverkusen with six points, and third is Zenit with four points. In the last round in Monaco, the teams played without goals.

Monaco enters the game after a 1:1 draw against Rams, which angered coach Jardim, as his team had many chances to score.

"In every game we have many chances, but we are not accurate enough. We have to fix that," Jardim said.

Monaco is struggling in attack, after the departure of James Rodríguez to Real Madrid and Radamel Falcao to Manchester United, and in 12 league games the team scored 14 goals. Monaco have won six of their last 15 games in all competitions.

Dimitar Berbatov will not be in the French team due to a groin injury, Borge Lopes due to a knee injury and Nabil Dirar due to a calf problem, but Joao Moutinho, who has recovered from a shoulder injury, could return to the team.

Eliseo, in the Benfica team, will miss the game, as he injured his foot in training, Ola John and Jardel will be absent due to a thigh injury, and Lisandro Lopes will be absent due to suspension.

In the second game in Group C, Zenit will play against Bayer Leverkusen at the Petrovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg at 18 p.m.

Since Andre Villas-Boas took over Zenit in March, the team has won 29 in 22 games in all competitions, but has won twice in the last six matches.

Zenit did not score in three of those six matches, including the last two games in the Champions League.

Viljaš-Boas is not worried, as his team is first in the domestic championship table and has not been defeated in 12 games. Zenit enters tomorrow's duel after winning the derby in Moscow against CSKA 1:0.

"Everyone is still in good shape and fresh," Villas-Boas said.

Bayer enters the duel after a 0:1 defeat against Hamburg and a victory in Russia would consolidate it in first place.

"We have provided ourselves with a good position and we will try to continue like that. I think the situation in the group will be known only after the last round. Our opponent will have to attack and that will open up space for us to counter-attack," said Bayer Sporting Director Rudi Feller.

Left back Wendel will not be in the German team due to suspension.