i don't want to be king

Chapter 388 Tough Guy Palin
St. Etienne's coach, the Frenchman Galtier, remained motionless. His calm performance greatly stabilized the morale of the players on the home team.

Monaco's bench was filled with jubilation, and several substitutes were eager to try. They hoped that their teammates on the field would expand their lead as soon as possible, so that the head coach would definitely make substitutions early.

While Li Liang was cheering for the goal, he was also a little surprised because he saw that goalkeeper Rufael's overall rating had reached 85!

Monaco still dealt with the home team according to the established policy before the game. The tactics formulated by Jardim were very targeted. When attacking, Germain retreated, leaving enough room for Mbappe to sprint, and then the midfielder waited for an opportunity to hit behind ball.

This is a very simple offensive tactic, but it has produced a qualitative change because of the difference in the people who execute it.

Lemar, Silva and Fabinho's 3 excellent passers quickly found opportunities. Monaco created murderous intentions for Mbappe in just 10 minutes after the goal!
The brave Mbappe got the ball again in the 7th minute and entered the penalty area. After using his speed to pass the right back Marcourt, he tried to shake the next defender with a "cycling" action.

A green figure flashed, and the ball between Mbappe's legs was suddenly poked out, and then even Mbappe flew out and fell to the ground in response!

Germain and Silva in the penalty area immediately raised their hands and yelled. The referee shook his head firmly, signaling that it was a good shot, and the game continued.

Li Liang was stunned. He saw the opponent's No. 24 central defender cut Mbappe's ball head-on like a hungry wolf, and even squeezed Mbappe out!
Li Liang saw clearly that the central defender with a total rating of 82 was exactly the French veteran Palin, the core of Saint-Etienne's defense that Caldeira emphasized in the tactics class.

In the 12th minute, Mbappe received a diagonal pass from Silva in front of the penalty area, but before he could turn around, he was tackled fiercely by Palin again.

Li Liang was secretly surprised when he saw it, he didn't expect the other party to have such a ruthless character!
In the 18th minute, Saiwei, the core midfielder of the home team, was knocked down by Sidibi on the right side of the penalty area in a counterattack, and the referee awarded a free kick.

The home team's midfielder Welletu made a fast arc kick with his right foot. With the cooperation of his teammates, Palin in the middle suddenly accelerated and changed direction to get rid of Bakayoko who was marking him. rushed to the front point.

Fabinho, who is 1 meters tall, reacted and rushed forward at the same time to head the ball to clear the siege, but Perrin had already jumped directly, flying flat in the air like a dive bomber!

Palin took the first step to grab the landing point, and when he hit the ball in the air, he also made a head-shaking movement, and ruthlessly pushed the ball towards the lower left corner of the goal!

Subasic couldn't react in time, and fell to the ground helplessly watching the ball fly into the goal! 1:1, Saint-Etienne equalized the score with Palin's wonderful diving header!
Just now, when he saw Fabinho being completely squeezed away by Palin, who is only 1 meters tall, Li Liang knew that something was wrong. Until Palin got up and celebrated the goal wildly with his teammates, Li Liang's mouth was still wide open. Close up.

Playing a central defender with Palin's height was completely beyond Li Liang's cognition, until he saw him defend Mbappe one-on-one twice, and then hit this violent header, Li Liang finally understood that this is about the same height as his own How the "short" central defender became the home team's rear core.

The speed is average, but the sprint ability is very strong; the defensive position selection is excellent, the robbery is fierce and accurate, and the frontal interception is almost impeccable; the bounce is amazing, and the ability to judge the ball in the air is superior. These characteristics completely make up for his lack of height.

Saint-Etienne coach Galtier finally raised his arms and cheered. Perrin's brilliant performance on both ends of the offense and defense completely helped the home team regain their momentum.

The game entered a stalemate, and Jardim immediately changed his style of play, directing Germain and Mbappe to stand in parallel, and Palin immediately began to defend Germain.

This gave Mbappe another chance to hit the goal, but he did not expect that the subsequent game would enter the "performance moment" of goalkeeper Rufael.

Li Liang was stunned again after two consecutive incredible attempts to defuse Mbappé and Lemar's threatening close-range shots.

The 1-meter-tall French team's substitute goalkeeper, Rufael, has an astonishing reaction speed. Except for the goal just now, he has almost no mistakes. It is almost impenetrable.

Although the home team's offense did not open up the situation again, with the rock-solid performance of Palin and Rufael in the defense, Monaco also did not score again.

After the two sides adjusted during the halftime break, they started a confrontation at the beginning of the second half.

With two brave "Dinghaishenzhen" characters behind them, the home team's midfielders gradually let go of their hands and feet. Coupled with Galtier's targeted tactical adjustments, Saint-Etienne's offensive began to gain the upper hand.

On the other hand, Monaco began to feel impatient after being unable to attack for a long time, and became more and more angry. In the 49th minute, Mendy was shown a yellow card by the referee for a malicious foul on Saiwei. To the yellow card.

In the 58th minute, Glick blocked the opponent's quick free kick and was shown a yellow card.

Jardim felt a headache. The difficulty of the "Green Hell" game is at the forefront of the entire Ligue 7 home court. Monaco has only achieved 3 draws and 4 losses in the last [-] visits here.

Seeing this situation, in the 65th minute, Jardim Falcao replaced Germain, and then replaced Silva with Li Liang in the 77th minute.

In addition to tactical considerations, these two substitutions also have the need to rotate for the midweek Champions League game.

Galtier still insisted on playing with me as the main player, and did not respond too much to Jardim's adjustments.

Facing Saint-Etienne, which has already gained momentum, Li Liang found it difficult to link up his teammates who were generally out of control. The running positions and movements of these guys were not like the same team as usual.

In the 79th minute, when he tried to organize, he found that the positions of his teammates were not ideal. He hesitated and the ball was intercepted by the opponent, and Saint-Etienne immediately organized a counterattack.

There are only two people left behind Monaco, who is on the whole line: Glick, who already has a yellow card, and Remyerson.

In desperation, Remyerson took the lead and tackled the opposing winger Moroccan Tannani, who was also shown a yellow card by the referee.

Faced with Bakayoko's roar at him, Li Liang was extremely helpless.Jardim on the sidelines is also in a hurry. There are still more than 10 minutes in the game, and 4 of the 3 defenders on the entire defense line have been yellowed!
The opponent's Wellertu was ready to make a free throw again. According to the set-piece defensive tactics arranged by Barros, Li Liang was responsible for defending the opponent's midfielder in the top area of ​​the arc, but he had been paying attention to Palin's movement.

Wei Letu took the ball, and Li Liang immediately realized that it was exactly the same as the previous loss, and the ball flew to the front point again!

The opponent's big midfielder Cernais quickly moved to block Bakayoko who was marking Palin. Palin pushed away Remyerson, who was also marking him, and rushed forward!

Li Liang was the first to react among all the defensive players. He started to move when Cernais was in the way, and he was between Palin and the ball.

Palin, who was concentrating on grabbing the spot, didn't see Li Liang, and the two collided heavily.

Li Liang felt as if his chest had been hit by a heavy bomb, and he fell back heavily onto the turf!
It took him a long time to come up in one breath, and he felt that he had met a real tough guy!

It's so hard, it's as hard as if it's made of stones!

The referee suddenly blew a sharp whistle, and Li Liang's heart trembled——

No way? !

(End of this chapter)