i don't want to be king

Chapter 655

At noon on the 13th, the entire Monaco team returned to Nice Airport. The families of the players and coaches had already been waiting for a long time.

As soon as Xiao Yu saw Li Liang, she rushed up, and the two embraced tightly.

The whole team was disbanded on the spot, and will re-prepare in La Tourby on the second day for the league match with Dijon on the 15th.

In the tactical class the next day, Caldeira announced that he would continue to carry out a large-scale rotation in the home game against Dijon.Li Liang was returned to the starting lineup with Bakayoko, and Fabinho, who will be suspended in the second round against Dortmund, is also in the starting lineup.

In addition to the three of them, the defensive "iron man combination" Subasic, Mendy, Glick, and Remelsen will continue to start. Sidiby is still unable to play, and Amamir, who performed well against Dortmund - Toure continued to replace him at right back.

Li Liang can feel that the whole team is preparing for the second round of Dortmund. The newly promoted Dijon team was weak last season. Everyone hopes to win this game again at the lowest cost.

Before this game, since Monaco, which has 74 points in one round, has been caught up by Paris, and Nice, which is third, has also reached 73 points, so there is absolutely no room for loss in this game.

There is also good news for Li Liang. Gaudino is about to end his vacation in Italy and will arrive in Monaco on the day of the match against Dijon.Being able to reunite with the dirty old man, and at the moment of hitting the league championship and the top four of the Champions League, this is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Li Liang.

On the day of the game, the Louis II Stadium was almost full, which surprised all the young and old in Monaco who were warming up.

It turns out that with the recent success of Monaco's successive victories, the enthusiasm of the fans is unprecedentedly high. Everyone knows that as the league and the Champions League have entered the final stage, even for an underdog like Dijon is particularly critical.

Fans wanted to join Monaco's best record in history, and they came to the Louis II Stadium on the match day. The event was unprecedented and tickets were hard to come by.

Gaudino had already joined the team, and everyone was very affectionate when they saw him, and Li Liang and him embraced enthusiastically.

He pulled Li Liang aside and said: "Li, I guess Jardim will replace you in the second half. You have to pay attention to the distribution of energy. You will definitely start the game against Dortmund. You must maintain a good body." state!"

Then Godino came to the side of the team's family members in the stands, just next to Xiao Yu, and he greeted Xiao Yu very friendly.

Seven Star Sports was broadcasting the game live, Tang Meng looked at Monaco's starting roster and asked Lu Yue: "Yue, why do I always feel that coach Jardim is not very good at lineup rotation?

This season, Monaco has several main players who have played almost all the games. The absolute main players such as Subasic, Glick, Mendy, Bakayoko and Fabinho have been turning around continuously.

Look at today's game, he sent several of them again!

Dortmund's second round will be played in 3 days. Is this really good? "

Lu Yue smiled wryly: "This is really not a good judgment.

Either it is the situation you mentioned, coach Jardim may not be really used to frequent rotations in the lineup, or the strength of Monaco's standing substitute is too different from the main lineup, making him unable to choose.

The game has been played to this level, I am more inclined to the second possibility, Yardim is a clever woman who can't cook without rice.

Today, the lineup has rotated 5 main players, which is considered to be very large, but I feel a little guilty..."

The game finally started. To everyone's surprise, the Dijon team launched a fierce attack on Monaco after the opening. The home team seemed to be unprepared and was pressed by Dijon, who ranked second last before the game, in the halftime siege.

Although behind him is the already familiar double midfielder combination Bakayoko and Fabinho, but Li Liang found that when he was replaced by Moutinho and Dilar on the left and right, and Germain in front of him. At that time, I couldn't find the familiar offensive feeling for a while!
Soon he realized the problem. The combination of frontcourt offensive personnel who had no time to adjust before the game was not the main reason. The biggest problem was that the teammates who participated in the last game against Dortmund were unable to enter the state.

Jardim was a little nervous, but his face remained calm as usual. Spignoli said beside him: "Just get through this for a while, and it will be fine when our boys are fully active."

Jardim and his assistants had predicted such a situation before the game, so after careful consideration, he decided to continue to use the entire defense line in the German game.

He expected such a difficult situation in the game, so the tactics arranged before the game were more defensive-even so, the entire coaching team still believed that winning Dijon should not be a big problem.

Tang Meng frowned: "In the 20th minute of the first half, Monaco stabilized the situation, but they were still a little passive on the court.

From the perspective of the scene, it is really hard to believe that this is a game between the league leader and the bottom No.2. If you change the team uniform, you will feel that the opponent is the real Monaco team. "

Lu Yue continued: "The last game in Germany encountered an emergency, and the game was postponed for another day, which must have had a great impact on the team's overall plan.

But as a championship-oriented team, there should be complete countermeasures, let's see what happens next. "

Li Liang began to take the initiative to adjust, and he quickly found a way to control the midfield.

Facing the tough pressing of the Dijon players, Li Liang used his technical advantages to firmly control the ball at his feet. Lemar, Silva and Mbappe were not there. He consciously strengthened and frequently inserted on the left. The link between assists and Mendy.

Li Liang understands that Monaco's basic tactical framework is based on a highly physical style of play that emphasizes speed. It's not that he can't rely on his personal ability to force a personal attack in the frontcourt, but that is not only risky, but more important If he had consumed too much, it would be difficult to appear in the second round of the match against Dortmund with full blood!

Li Liang doesn't value personal performance, he hopes that he can give full play to the team's entry into the semi-finals of the Champions League.

So now he knows that he must drive the whole team and use the whole team to win this game!
With the efforts of Li Liang, Monaco's overall operation became more and more smooth. He connected the entire midfield with clever passing and spare no effort to move.

With his efforts, Moutinho and Dillard became more and more active on the two wings, and Mendy and Amamir Toure who continued to overlap and assist, Monaco gradually controlled the game situation, and Germain was also in the goal. Completed two very threatening shots before.

Tang Meng breathed a sigh of relief: "As the first half drew to a close, Monaco slowly regained its form, and Li Liang's connection and rhythm control in the midfield were quite good.

However, it can also be seen that in the absence of several frontcourt players, Monaco is somewhat weak in attack. "

Jardim predicted that Dijon would attack like the previous Lille team. The original plan was to at least hold the score of 0:0, and send Falcao and others to strengthen the attack in the second half. Unexpectedly, Li Liang's The excellent performance looked like the team could break the deadlock in the first half!

He began to reconsider the substitution plan.

In the 44th minute of the game, Li Liang sent an over-the-top long pass near the center circle. Dilar successfully crossed the ball from the right offside when it was about to cross the baseline. Germain shook his head and hit the goal. It fell to the back point, and the outflanking Moutinho directly volleyed and scored!

1:0, Monaco successfully broke the deadlock!

The audience cheered, and the Monaco players celebrated with relief, and the smiles returned to their faces.

Jardim and his assistants high-fived as the game finally got back on track after an early struggle.

Gao Dino happily cheered with Xiao Yu, he was delighted to find that after parting from Tehran, Li Liang obviously had a long ball again!
At the end of the first half, Monaco returned to the locker room with a 1-goal lead.

Tang Meng was finally completely relieved: "Okay, the first half of the game is over, with an attack instigated by Li Liang, the veteran Moutinho took the lead for Monaco.

In this way, the second half of the game will be much easier to play, which is a considerable benefit for the second round of the game against Dortmund after 3 days of preparation! "

At the start of the second half, Monaco continued to control the situation under the leadership of Li Liang.

In the 49th minute, Li Liang was knocked down by his opponent in front of the penalty area. He personally took a free kick and hit it on the crossbar and popped out of bounds, almost scoring another goal for Monaco.

In the 55th minute, Li Liang sent a very penetrating direct pass after getting rid of people in the midfield. Seeing that Germain was about to form a single goal, the opponent's left back pulled Germain down in desperation and was directly sent off by the referee. Down.

Dijon, who was fighting with 10 people, suffered a serious decline in physical strength, and he has no power to fight back since then.

Seeing that the winner was in his hands, Jardim replaced Li Liang, who had performed well in the first half of the game, in the 63rd minute.

When Li Liang left the field, the audience stood up and applauded. Everyone knew that it was his wonderful performance that opened the door to victory for the team.

In the 75th minute, Falcao scored another goal for Monaco. Dijon pulled one back before the whistle, but it was already powerless.

At the end of the game, Monaco scored 2 points 1:3 at home as they wished.In the case of one less game, they continue to lead the league standings with a goal difference advantage.

The fans interacted enthusiastically with the Monaco players who were leaving the field, and they were reluctant to leave for a long time. Everyone knew that the real battle was coming, and the prelude had begun slowly.

(End of this chapter)