i don't want to be king

Chapter 408 You Haven't Changed

Spignoli told Li Liang that if his football experience is the same as that of the others in the team, even if he has the same professional football training experience as the youngest Mbappe, it will be a big deal for Li Liang. The special training will definitely not be what it is now.

Li Liang hadn't figured out what the Italian's words meant. It wasn't until after a long conversation with Jardim that Li Liang really understood the general positioning of the coaching staff for him.

On the afternoon of November 11th, when the Chinese team regretted the draw with Qatar at home, Li Liang, who was extremely upset, stayed at the training ground alone to continue to practice free kicks after completing the training with Spignoli and Carlo.

Not only when did it start, Jardim quietly stood on the sidelines and began to watch Li Liang's free throws. After a while, he simply stood by the goal and helped Li Liang pick up the ball.

After extra practice, the two chatted.

Yadierm said: "Lee, do you know the impression I had when I first saw you play at Stamford Bridge?"

Li Liang replied embarrassingly: "At that time, my level was still far behind..."

Jardim replied seriously: "That's not the case. Even compared to that time, in fact, your playing style has not really changed.

I still find that whenever you are in an extremely difficult situation on the court, you still use the same method to solve the problem.

Normally, you are very good at finding the most unbalanced link in the opponent's defense system, and then go to break this balance. We all like your very direct and effective attacking method. "

Li Liang was stunned, this was the first time Yardim said this to himself.

The Portuguese looked into the distance and continued: "When the opponent pays attention to restricting you, your reaction is especially shocking-no matter what kind of opponent you face, you will try to continue to create offensive space for yourself by running and breaking through- — Fortunately, your hard work has paid off so far.

Apart from the first UEFA Champions League qualifying draw against Fenerbahce in Istanbul and the friendly against Napoli, we have never lost a game in which you played.

You may not know it, but everyone thinks you bring magical luck to Monaco!I think differently from them. People who say this must not understand how hard you work!

I know better than them how much you have paid since you came here!This is quite an achievement, Lee, and you deserve it! "

Li Liang stared at the Portuguese in disbelief as if he had reacquainted with Yadierm. He never thought that he would get such affirmation from his head coach!
After all, he came from the land of etiquette in China. Li Liang immediately replied embarrassedly: "Well, I think first of all, I would like to thank you for your full trust in me, and all the teammates for their trust and support in me..."

Jardim laughed loudly, he patted Li Liang on the shoulder vigorously and said: "The talent you have is worthy of everyone's trust!
I don't know what you have been through in the past, but you are now a member of us, and seeing that you are doing your best for the team, what I need to do is to make you better.

I thought about it, maybe it's because you came to Manchester that you didn't start to get in touch with real professional football, so you still have that special awareness on the field until now.

So we don't want to modify your 'settings' easily now, but try to make your body more and more suitable for professional football..."

Li Liang finally came to a realization and understood what Spignoli meant by comparing himself to Mbappé.

At the end of the conversation, Jardim told Li Liang that he will not be played in the match against Lorient, the vice-president of the league (meaning the bottom one). In the 5 rounds of key battles, he will be allowed to start!

It was almost dusk, Li Liang looked at Yardim under the setting sun, and took a deep breath.

Listen to the words, no matter how dull people are, they should understand Yardim's words.

Li Liang was finally convinced that if he was previously positioned as a substitute for the team, then now Yardim has clearly told himself face to face that from now on, he has become an important member of the main rotation.

Compared with the league, the importance of the Champions League is self-evident!

Li Liang's face was calm, but his heart was already fluctuating violently—the so-called scholar died for his confidant, maybe this is the feeling.

He straightened his body and said, "Mr. Jardim, don't worry! I will definitely show my best form to win the victory with everyone!"

Jardim laughed again, and finally said, "Just keep following your heart, Lee. Remember, you're winning for yourself, too!"

……

In the tactical class, Caldeira announced the 18-man roster. Mbappe replaced Falcao in the starting lineup and Germain partnered with the striker. The rest of the positions were played by the main players.

On November 11, the day of the match, Li Liang and Vieira stayed in Latubi to continue training.The rest of the teammates went to the port city of Lorient, the capital of Morbihan in the Brittany region in northwestern France.They will challenge the home team at the Mustoir Stadium, which can accommodate 18 people.

Ranked 15th last season, just one step away from the relegation zone, Lorient's performance in the new season can only be described as "terrible".

他们目前位列积分榜最后一名，战绩仅为2胜1平9负，丢20球的同时只打入了9球，而且在最近的5轮联赛遭遇1平4负。到现在为止，他们目前仅有的7个积分全都是在主场所得。

The outside world generally believes that the home team is unlikely to withstand the impact of the powerful Monaco, and it is expected that the visiting team will easily take away 3 points.

Li Liang, Vieira and the two injured Moutinho and Dilar watched the game together in Latubi's tactics classroom.

The game was completely under Monaco's control from the very beginning. The attack combination of Mendy, Lemar and Mbappe on the left frequently made it difficult for the home team to parry.

Lorient used 433 to deal with Monaco's 442 formation. They completely relied on the speed and personal ability of the strikers, and occasionally counterattacked in a flash of inspiration to cause trouble for the visiting team.

Even through the live TV signal, the people in the classroom watched it for less than 20 minutes and unanimously concluded that Lorient was not even as good as Nancy. They were obviously lacking in organization on the field, and it seemed that the goal was already in jeopardy.

But to the surprise of Moutinho, Dilar and Vieira, Monaco tried many times in the frontcourt throughout the first half but failed. the gate.

Li Liang did not join the intense discussion of the remaining 3 positions during the intermission, but he very much agreed with Moutinho: Mbappe and Germain obviously lacked mutual understanding, and the movement of the two even occurred in the middle. The case of two overlaps.

Germain, who was born in the youth training of Monaco, played quite well. Compared with Falcao, except that he was faster, he was obviously slightly inferior to the Colombian in other aspects.

Especially his running position, which is obviously not on the same channel as Mbappe.Moutinho asserted that the striker will definitely make adjustments in the second half, and the two will definitely be replaced.

At the beginning of the second half, it started to rain, but Monaco's offensive problems remained unchanged.

Sure enough, in the 63rd minute, Falcao came off the bench to replace the mediocre Mbappé.

Jardim's adjustments were immediate. In less than a minute, Silva launched an offensive on the right. After attracting the opponent's two rear defenses, he cleverly distributed the ball to Sidibi who was plugging in behind.

Sidibi took the ball and made a breakthrough to the bottom line, and then immediately passed it back to Silva, who crossed into the arc of the penalty area. The Portuguese kept the ball and wanted to hit Germain in front of the goal directly. Unexpectedly, the French midfielder of Lorient Memba stretched out his foot to block it, and the ball immediately changed its line.

Falcao, who was running horizontally in front of the small penalty area, reacted instantly. He was the first to move to the point where the ball was refracted, and shot a volley in front of the reacting defender!
Goalkeeper Delecroix was stunned in the face of the Colombian's rush shot and did not respond at all. 1:0!

Li Liang and the other three jumped up and cheered.After calming down, watching the slow-motion playback on the TV screen, he still couldn't imagine how Falcao was the first to make a prediction and act accurately!
"Tiger" Falcao's goal completely opened up the situation, the morale of the young people in Monaco was greatly boosted, and the Lorient team obviously panicked.

The rain is getting heavier.In the 68th minute, Lemar was brought down in front of the penalty area. Monaco won a free kick facing the goal at a distance of about 28 meters. This distance Barros usually arranges for Lemar to take the penalty. The Frenchman did his part. before the ball.

This time there was no controversy, and all 4 people in the tactical classroom believed that Lemar would probably score directly.

The referee whistled, and Lemar made a wonderful free throw in the heavy rain. Delecroix jumped up and made a save, but it was beyond his reach. The ball went straight to the bottom of the net, 2:0!

After this conceded goal, Lorient completely collapsed, and the game almost entered garbage time early. Jardim replaced Germain with Carrillo and Silva with Boschlia.

In the 90th minute, Boschlia took a free kick 30 meters away from the goal on the right side of the front field. The ball hit the home team player and bounced into the net again. 3:0, Monaco finally won the opponent in the away game.

Watching the cheering teammates leaving the field on the TV screen, Li Liang, Moutinho, Dilar and Vieira celebrated happily.

Everyone knows in their hearts that the real tough battle is coming.

(End of this chapter)