i don't want to be king

Chapter 653 Fierce battle against Dortmund

The Monaco bus arrived outside the Signal Iduna Park Stadium smoothly all the way from the hotel.

It has already become Dortmund's iconic yellow and black ocean, and there are also a considerable number of red and white Monaco fans.

Like the feeling when he went to the Etihad, Stamford Bridge, New Wembley and Camp Nou, Li Liang felt like he was on a pilgrimage.

A large number of policemen with live ammunition, special vehicles and police dogs can be seen almost everywhere inside and outside the Iduna Park Stadium, which enveloped the game in a special atmosphere.

Li Liang and Bakayoko, Carrillo, and Boschlia, who also did not enter the list, followed everyone into the visiting team channel.

Everyone was eerily silent from getting out of the car to entering the locker room.Jardim clapped his hands in the locker room: "Everyone, please listen to me first.

Something terrible has happened to our opponents and they are in a very bad situation right now.

I know this has nothing to do with the game, but the biggest support for them now is that we put our best efforts to finish this game. "

Everyone fell silent, watching the Portuguese standing in the center.

Jardim continued: "I believe the greatest respect for Dortmund is to go all out on the pitch and beat them.

Competing for every header as usual, doing all-out physical confrontation, and high-intensity running, use our actions to tell them that Dortmund is still a powerful first-class team that has to make every opponent go all out!
Do you understand? "

Li Liang and three others stepped into the stands, and the surrounding German fans looked very friendly. Several people gave Li Liang a thumbs up, and Li Liang thanked him with a smile.

Monaco's players came out first to warm up, followed by Dortmund's players to thunderous applause.

They were all wearing T-shirts with the face of Baltra who was injured in the explosion, and each of them devoted themselves to the warm-up with serious expressions.

At this time, there was a neat singing sound from the stands where thousands of Monaco fans gathered. The German fans in other stands fell silent, and the Dortmund players who were warming up on the field also stopped.

The fans of the visiting team sang songs in praise of Dortmund. Many Monaco fans also held up various slogans and slogans that encouraged Dortmund, including the large portrait of Bartra. !
All the home fans stood up and applauded neatly, and all the Dortmund players on the field, under the leadership of the coach, turned to the visiting team fans' stands and applauded.

Li Liang and the others also got up and applauded. The surrounding German fans gave the four of them a thumbs up to express their gratitude, and the fans around them reached out to shake hands with them.

Seeing the huge slogan in the camp of Monaco fans - "Football cannot transcend life and death, but love can transcend borders", many fans at the scene burst into tears.

Li Liang understands that at this moment football itself has surpassed the outcome of the game.

Players on both sides started warming up with the ball.Li Liang carefully observed the Dortmund players.

When he saw Aubameyang with an overall rating of 94, he couldn't help secretly getting nervous. This is an overall rating only for top stars!
Soon he saw 90's right back Pischek, 88's center back Papastathopoulos, 86's Guerrero, 82's center back Bender, 84's Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa, 84's goalkeeper Burki, 83 of Shaheen.

Sure enough, according to the analysis of various experts before the game, Dortmund's overall strength is indeed stronger than Monaco.

Surprised, Li Liang always felt that someone was missing.

Soon he saw the young superstar American Pulisic, who was hailed as Dortmund's hope for the next 10 years.

Pulisic, who was not yet 19 years old, began to pass the ball to another player whose back was against Li Liang. As soon as Pulisic picked up the ball, Li Liang was shocked. He saw Pulisic’s The overall rating reached a staggering 87!

When Pulisic passed the ball to the player with his back turned to Li Liang, Li Liang was even more taken aback. This person's overall rating reached 91!Before he turned around, Li Liang knew that he must be the Frenchman Ousmane Dembele, who is known as a child prodigy.

Li Liang is particularly concerned about the 19-year-old Dembele, because many people have said to themselves that there is a top European biped player (referring to a player with excellent inverse foot ability) in Dortmund.

Li Liang, who also has balanced left and right feet, has always remembered the name of Dembele. He looked at the field intently and quickly realized that this is indeed an outstanding player who deserves his reputation.

Li Liang looked enviously at the other teammates who were warming up on the field. It seemed that he and Dembele could only wait until they returned to the Louis II Stadium for the chance to face off.

At this time, Li Liang discovered that the overall ratings of his teammates had quietly changed unconsciously!
At the majestic Parc Iduna, Monaco's squad faced perhaps the most important match of the season, with the vast majority reaching new heights of form.

Li Liang rubbed his eyes, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Captain Falcao's overall rating had reached 88!

基友姆巴佩85！席尔瓦和勒马尔以及法比尼奥全都达到了86！格利克87！门迪83！热梅尔森82！

Goalkeeper Subasic also reached 86!

Although there is no player in the current Monaco team with a total rating exceeding the 90 mark, the gap between the overall strength and Dortmund has narrowed much more than Li Liang imagined.

Li Liang smiled, secretly thinking that while his overall rating continued to grow, his teammates were not far behind, and even grew faster than himself!

From this moment on, Li Liang suddenly became confident-as long as he and everyone, the entire Monaco team has been improving, not just Dortmund in front of him, even if he has the opportunity to face the mighty Juventus in the near future, he will never Will there be no chance!
Even in the stands, Li Liang could feel that, just as Jardim hoped, his teammates had made up their minds to show their best performance in this game, not just for the victory itself!
The players from both sides returned to the locker room. After a brief opening ceremony, the game is about to begin.

Li Liang was shocked to see suddenly that a giant tifo slowly unfolded on the famous South Stand—it was a huge yellow and black Dortmund flag covering the entire South Stand!

The German fans uttered deafening roars, and soon the players from both sides walked out of the player tunnel together. This game that attracted the attention of the whole world is about to start.

As the referee blew the opening whistle, the two sides immediately entered into a fierce competition.

In the 4th minute of the opening, Fabinho accidentally slipped while advancing with the ball. Kagawa Masaki cut off the ball and went straight. Aubameyang got the ball and was instantly destroyed by Glick's sliding tackle.

The audience exclaimed, and the home fans were all regretful.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, the two teams that met for the first time in the history of the Champions League made frequent mistakes. The pace of the game was not fast.

Both Bakayoko and Carrillo believed that yesterday's explosion made the home team out of shape. Li Liang and Boschlia also believed that Dortmund was obviously more affected by comparison.

In the 11th minute, Piszczek dribbled the ball for an assist, and after passing the midfield, he suddenly went straight forward. Aubameyang finally showed his lightning speed. The penalty area kicked up before Remelsong released the shovel, and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar!

This kick also made Li Liang and others in the stands break out in a cold sweat.

In the 16th minute, Silva picked a pass from the frontcourt. Mbappe succeeded in overpowering Papastathopoulos from behind. The latter pulled Mbappe down in the penalty area in desperation. And showed Papa a yellow card.

This surprised Li Liang and the others. Bakayoko and Boschlia prayed nervously, but Fabinho missed the penalty!The home fans cheered excitedly, Li Liang beat his chest and stamped his feet.

Fortunately, in the 19th minute, Silva dribbled the ball straight in from the backcourt. After attracting the attention of half of Dortmund's defense line, he promptly distributed the ball to Lemar, who was unguarded on the left side of the penalty area. The latter passed the ball without stopping. In front of the goal, Mbappe stepped out in front of him and knocked the ball into the goal with his knee, 0-1!

The goal silenced all the home fans, and Li Liang, Bakayoko and others clapped their hands in celebration.

Not to be outdone, the home team launched a counterattack with all their strength. In the 31st minute, Kagawa's beautiful long pass from the frontcourt was transferred to the feet of Gentle, who put in an assist on the right.

Gentle dribbled the ball into the penalty area, then swayed and flashed the angle, and then crossed the goal. At this time, Kagawa, who had quickly responded, pushed the ball in the middle of the penalty area. Subasic had no time to react, but fortunately, the ball missed At the right post, Dortmund missed the best opportunity after the opening!

Li Liang turned his head and said to Bakayoko: "Aubameyang took the ball just now, and Shinji Kagawa's ball is by no means their normal level!

If there is no accident before the game, Dortmund can score at least one of such goals! "

Bakayoko nodded in agreement.

In the 34th minute, Piszczek dribbled the ball and assisted to the front of the penalty area. Under Lemar's pressure, he cut inward to the top of the arc and made a pass. Dembele stood out from the crowd and received the ball!
The lineman on the opposite side had already raised the side flag high to signal that the ball was offside. Dembele poked the ball out angrily and then raised his hand to protest loudly.

The reality of the replay on the big screen is that at the moment Piszczek passed the ball, Dembele and the substitute right back Amamir Toure, who replaced Sidibi, were actually in a line, and Biszczek Aubameyang, who was closer to the lineman, did exceed the offside line by more than one position!
In fact, in the subsequent development of the game, Aubameyang did not benefit from the offense. It is difficult to say whether Dembele is really offside with this ball.

The home fans quit and booed deafeningly.Bakayoko nodded to Li Liang in shock, and Li Liang was also grateful.

During these more than 30 minutes, Li Liang already had an intuitive impression of Dembele.

Compared with himself, this is a completely different type of top assaulter. Dembele prefers to attack from the wing.

Dembele's speed and explosive power are stronger, and his foot skills are more delicate, and even Li Liang has not fully understood whether Dembele is more focused on the left foot or the right foot.

The huge exclamation in the stands interrupted Li Liang's thinking - in the 35th minute, Raj made an assist to the left side of the frontcourt and then made a pass. The ball went straight to his gate!Goalkeeper Burki couldn't react in time, 0-2!

Monaco was lucky to score another point with this own goal.

The audience sighed, but soon the home fans regrouped and shouted louder for their home team.

Since then, the two sides have not played a threatening attack. At the end of the first half, Dortmund, who is in poor form, trails Monaco 0:2, and the two sides return to the locker room to rest.

Li Liang sighed: "Dote is really unlucky!"

Bakayoko nodded: "Actually, I think the score should be 1:1..."

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Dortmund coach Tuchel directly sent Shaheen and Pulisic to replace Bender, who played abnormally, and Schmelzer, who played left center back.

The four Monaco players in the stands understood that Dortmund was going to fight to the death in the second half.

In the 47th minute, Remyerson tackled Aubameyang in front of the penalty area, and Dortmund got a free kick in an excellent position.

Dembele stood in front of the ball, Li Liang became nervous, the referee whistled Dembele and started to run up, but the Dortmund teenager failed to stand firmly in the last step, resulting in a free kick that went wide of the goal.

In the comforting applause in the stands, Dembele was annoyed, but Li Liang and the other three people became more and more worried-they agreed that once Dembele regained the rhythm and feeling of the game, his speed and breakthrough would be against Monaco. The rear line of defense caused huge damage.

Sure enough, in the 52nd minute, Pulisic forcibly broke through on the right side of the penalty area and then passed back to the ribs in an inverted triangle. Dembele followed up and shot directly at the ball. Fortunately, Glick made up in time to block the ball.

In the second half, Dortmund's offensive became more and more fierce, and the fighting was almost always concentrated in the Monaco half. Looking at the exhausted teammates, Li Liang and other 4 people became more and more nervous in the stands.

In the 56th minute, Dortmund took a corner kick from the right, and Dembele struggled to grab the header and headed for the goal, but because the angle was too square, Subasic got the ball steadily.

In the 57th minute, Shaheen distributed the ball to the left side of the frontcourt, and Guerrero passed it diagonally into the penalty area. To the left of the small restricted area!

Shinji Kagawa's beautiful running position succeeded in turning offside. He grabbed the ball in front of the attacking Subasic and smashed the ball to the middle. Dembele rushed to push the ball into the empty goal with his left foot, 1:2!

The deafening cheers erupted from the Iduna Park. What worried Li Liang and the others more than the conceded goals caused by this world-class pass-run coordination was that it seemed that the Dortmund players on the field had finally recovered their form.

Dembele's assault on the side left Monaco at a loss. In the 66th minute, Jardim replaced Silva with veteran Dilar to strengthen the defense.

In the 72nd minute, Dembele switched to the right and broke through Raj forcibly. He cut back near the bottom line and hit the goal, which was blocked by Mendy.There was an exclamation in the stands, and Li Liang's heartbeat almost stopped-he thought the goal was about to be scored again.

Dilar's playing gradually controlled Dortmund's wing attack, and Monaco was able to reorganize a threatening attack.

In the 76th minute, Lemar sent a second pass from the left. Falcao took advantage of the situation and waded the ball past Burki who was attacking. Tiger fell to the ground with his left foot and shot the ball higher than the goal, almost adding another goal for Monaco.

In the 79th minute, Piszczek made a cross from the backcourt and was successfully intercepted by Mbappe. Li Liang, Bakayoko, Carrillo and Boschlia jumped out of their seats at the same time!
Li Liang was shocked to see that Mbappe's overall rating instantly "jumped" to 87!

Mbappe successfully formed a single-handedly going to the meeting. Facing the attacking Burki, he calmly pushed the upper right corner of the goal and succeeded, 1:3!Mbappe scored twice to help Monaco expand its lead again!
Li Liang and the others embraced tightly, and the surrounding German fans were silent.

Soon the home fans all stood up, and they shouted again, constantly encouraging their home team not to give up hope!
In the 81st minute, Fabinho received a yellow card for a tactical foul, and he will also miss the final match between the two teams, which made Li Liang nervous.

In the 84th minute, the tenacious Dortmund launched an attack again. Shaheen made a cross from the right side of the penalty area. Shinji Kagawa got the ball near the small penalty area and shook continuously. Immediately after Hot Melson pushed the far corner successfully, 2:3!

This wonderful goal ignited the audience again. Dortmund launched the final offensive amidst the huge cheers from the audience. Monaco retreated across the board to try to defend the victory.

At the last moment of the game, Dembele forced his way to the right and then sent a cross. Aubameyang's header 3 meters in front of the goal was higher than the crossbar and missed the last chance to equalize.

Then the whole game ended, and Monaco won the first round of the contest between the two sides 3:2, and also scored 3 valuable away goals.

The fans of the home team have been reluctant to leave for a long time, and have been singing to cheer for their team.

Li Liang and the others did not relax for a moment.

After experiencing an unexpected heavy blow, Dortmund still showed amazing strength and strong fighting spirit on the field even though the whole team was out of shape, which made the second round of the contest between the two sides still full of suspense.

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