i don't want to be king

Chapter 538 The distance from the champion
In the post-match press conference, Favre was very downcast.

Talking about the reasons for the loss, Favre said: "I think our performance was quite good before conceding the goal. After conceding the goal, the mentality of the players was affected. It is a pity that we lost the second goal soon. It made the game more difficult."

Jardim's words were sharp: "Nice played quite well, and their tight organization in the midfield once caused us a lot of trouble.

We were the better team tonight and deserved the result.

League champion?why not?
We will try to win all the games so that we can maintain the lead until the end, when you will see the final result! "

Captain Falcao, who scored twice, praised the performance of his teammates: "Lee, Mendy and our other players, thank them for allowing us to get the crucial 3 points.

I'm in great shape, even better than when I first came here 3 years ago! "

……

Arteta returned to the hotel and called Guardiola directly.

Although it was very late, he knew that the Manchester City coach must still be working at this time.

As soon as the call was connected, Arteta said directly: "Pep, Monaco won!"

Guardiola replied: "Very well, I'm watching the video of the game...

By the way, I also have good news for you, we just also beat Swansea 2:1, Gabriel (Jesus) scored two goals.

The kid's performance is perfect, I think we have found the perfect answer to the problem of our forward line!
By the way, Mikel, tell me what you saw. "

Arteta replied: "Monaco are in great form, especially Falcao, who also scored two goals.

And Mendy, he sent two key assists.

I think we should stop hesitating, we must sign him in the summer, this guy is now stronger than Gail (Clichy) and Alexander (Kolarov).

By the way Pep, Lee was decisive in this game, he engineered the first two goals, and to my amazement, he almost broke Nice's midfield all by himself, absolutely dominating class (performance). "

Guardiola was silent for a while and said: "Well, at least they are still members of Monaco for now, it seems that we have to be careful about these guys, and we can't let them create more trouble for us.

Fortunately, we have Gabriel now, I have never seen a player as smart as him, he is definitely one of the players who understand my tactics the fastest..."

After hanging up the phone, Arteta felt a little more at ease.

Guardiola's team's transformation of Manchester City was not successful, and the record has been ups and downs. On January 1th, they were bloodbathed by Everton away, and on January 15nd, they were tied 1:22 by Tottenham at home. In an extremely depressing atmosphere.

好在夏天签下的巴西天才前锋加布里埃尔-赫苏斯的到来及时扭转了颓势，他先是在2月2日曼城主场4:0大胜西汉姆联队的比赛中以1传1射完成了惊艳首秀，同时成为了曼城历史上第1个在首场比赛就同时完成进球和助攻的球员。

Today Jesus scored two goals against Swansea again, which was highly praised by Guardiola.

With Jesus, Arteta believes that Manchester City still has a considerable advantage in the face of an increasingly powerful Monaco at the Etihad Stadium in two weeks.

When Xiao Yu and Li Liang walked out of the stadium, the fans crowded up and they almost worshiped Li Liang!They were deeply shocked by the passion of the Monaco fans.

The fans all shouted: "Lee, we want the championship!"

"Get rid of Manchester City and bring Monaco to the Millennium Stadium (Wales National Stadium, also known as the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, the venue for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League final)!"

Li Liang raised his right hand and gave a thumbs up to the fans: "I will fight for you until the last moment!"

Seeing Li Liang's heroic demeanor and appearance, Xiao Yu was stunned.

Li Liang at this moment made Xiao Yu extremely proud. Only then did she truly realize that her lover had become the hero of this city and this country (Principality of Monaco)!
Will the legend of heroes continue?

On the evening of February 2th, at the Lamonçon Stadium in Montpellier, the capital of Languedoc-Roussillon on the Mediterranean coast in southern France, Monaco's away game against Montpellier in the 7th round of the league is about to begin.

After participating in 3 fierce battles in a row, Li Liang got a rest in this game and came to Montpellier with the team under his insistence.

Da Xiong and Lao Xu have already returned to China, and now Li Liang and Xiao Yu are sitting in the stands watching the game.

In this game, Monaco has a 442 formation. Compared with the main lineup, except for Mbappé and Germain who replaced Falcao and Li Liang in the starting lineup, veteran Moutinho replaced Fabinho, and Barcelona Kayoko formed a double midfielder.In the rest of the positions, Yardim sent the main force to the battle.

Facing the 13th-ranked home team in the league, Monaco began to attack across the board. This is also Jardim's arrangement. He hopes to establish the lead in the away game as soon as possible, so that the main players can leave the field and rest as soon as possible.

In the 3rd minute of the start, Moutinho volleyed with his right foot from outside the penalty area after receiving the ball from Bakayoko, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

This shot shocked the home fans into a cold sweat, and also strongly declared Monaco's determination to win all three points.

In the 16th minute, Moutinho quickly sent a free kick in the midfield. Lemar got rid of the defense on the left and sent a wonderful pass. Glick, who was ambushing in the center of the penalty area, knocked the ball off with a header. The ball went directly to the lower right corner of the opponent's goal.

1:0, Monaco took the away lead as they wished.

In the 20th minute, Mendy, who has been in hot form recently, sent a wonderful through pass from the wing. Mbappe stepped in in time and used his speed to throw off the opponent's defender and successfully shot with his right foot on the left side of the penalty area. The score was extended to 3 within 2 minutes: 0.

Seeing their teammates playing better and better, and Monaco attacking like a wave, Li Liang and Xiao Yu were very excited in the stands.

Both sides made adjustments in the second half.In the 47th minute of the game, Montpellier took a tactical corner kick, Boudbos made a cross from the wing, and Brazilian defender Hilton scored with a header in front of the goal line, 1:2.

In the 49th minute, Monaco Fabinho replaced the injured German.In the 50th minute, Silva almost scored on the right side of the penalty area.In the 57th minute, Toure replaced the injured Sidibe.

Since then, the visiting team has been firmly controlling the situation on the field. The home team tried their best to counterattack but has been unable to threaten the gate guarded by Subasic.

In the 82nd minute, Remyerson pulled down the opponent's striker and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Five minutes later, the Brazilian was sent off the court by the referee for his second yellow card because of his excessive action in the tackle.

Fortunately, the game was coming to an end, and the Monaco soldiers defended tenaciously, and finally maintained the score of 2:1 until the end.

On the return journey, all the young and old in Monaco were extremely excited. Everyone was thinking that there were still 16 games left before Jardim's goal of 14 unbeaten games.

Although no one said it, Li Liang understood like everyone else that there are still 14 games left before the league championship.

(End of this chapter)