i don't want to be king

Chapter 817 This Man
Amidst the cheers of many Manchester United fans who went to Moscow, Li Liang asked a little puzzled: "Jose, I feel very good, why do you want to replace me?!"

Magic Bird hugged Li Liang's shoulders: "Li, save some energy for your game in a week's time!"

Li Liang's heart was shocked, and he immediately understood the intention of the magic bird.He nodded gratefully and returned to the bench.

Afterwards, the game was uneventful, the home team only scored a face-saving goal at the last moment, and Manchester United won the group stage with an undisputed overwhelming advantage of 4:1 in the CSKA Arena.

At the end of the game, many Russian fans applauded Li Liang, which surprised the players and fans of the Red Devils.

Some Russian fans shouted in English: "Lee, we still want to see you next summer!"

……

After successfully rushing back to Manchester, the team will usher in the seventh round of the league against Crystal Palace at home within 48 hours.

Magic Bird readjusted the lineup, Li Liang was placed on the bench, and Mkhitaryan continued to start as the frontcourt playmaker.

Facing the Crystal Palace team, which has lost 6 games in a row and scored 0 points, the morale of the Red Devils quickly opened up the situation. Mata scored a goal in the opening 3 minutes!
1:0, Manchester United made a fantastic start in the Theater of Dreams.

Crystal Palace, the "deputy squad leader" of the standings, who was trapped internally and externally, could not organize a decent offensive at all, and was quickly defeated under the repeated impact of Manchester United. Fellaini, who took a break in the mid-week European war, made another victory in the 35th minute, 2:0!

After the intermission, the visiting team still had no improvement, and Fellaini seized the opportunity to score Manchester United's third goal!
In the 49th minute, Manchester United completely sealed the victory with a three-goal advantage.

Magic Bird and Faria have been communicating non-stop, even though they have secured 3 points, Magic Bird still looks dignified: "Ruy, did you see that?
As in Moscow, Henrik is at his best when Lee is on the floor, given space.

But if Henrik and Juan (Mata) play together without Paul (Pogba) or Lee, it will be difficult for Romelu (Lukaku) to get enough support..."

In the 64th minute, the teenager Lingard was ordered to replace Mkhitaryan. The Armenian obviously suppressed his dissatisfaction and returned to the bench with his head down.

Li Liang understood that this meant that he would not play in this game.

This can be regarded as the greatest care that Magic Bird takes for itself.

In the end, Lukaku, who spared no effort to run throughout the game, finally got his wish and scored a goal in the 86th minute, thus breaking the record of the Frenchman Saha and becoming Manchester United's first 7 consecutive league rounds after joining. No. 1!
Everything seems to be going smoothly.

……

Li Liang, who has already boarded an international flight, learned that in the highlight of this round of the Premier League, when Mendy has confirmed that he will be absent for a long time due to a serious cruciate ligament injury, even if Guardiola adjusts his lineup and tactics, he will direct Manchester City to Stamford Bridge captured Chelsea 1-0, thus continuing to overwhelm Manchester United with a goal difference advantage and continue to occupy the top spot in the standings.

Pochettino's Tottenham also beat Huddersfield with 4 goals in the away game, beating Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal in third place in the standings.

Li Liang Wuxia took into account the analysis and prediction of the league situation from the outside world, and his attention has been fully focused on the first round of the Asian play-offs of the World Preliminaries that will start soon...

Haicheng Qiaokou Stadium was full of voices, the five-star red flags were flying in the wind, and all the home fans were shouting hoarsely and sparing no effort.

He Wei said excitedly in the commentary booth: "...We saw that after watching the field, the Chinese team played a very threatening offensive under the organization of Li Liang, and Australia is now retreating across the board!"

Xue Yang was also very excited: "Australia's strategy is very obvious, they focus on defense in the away game to seek stability.

It seems that we have the advantage on the field, but this kind of full-court oppressive style of play is a huge test for China's physical fitness.

And today our old captain Zhou Zhi was unable to play because of a red card, which made Li Liang, the captain of the Chinese team, have to take on greater responsibilities in midfield today! "

In the 27th minute, Li Liang was knocked to the ground by No. 13 Moy after a forced breakthrough in the middle. The referee called Moy aside and gave a verbal warning, and all the Chinese team members protested angrily.

Lippi almost rushed into the field, but was finally stopped by the fourth official and the linesman, and there were loud boos from the stands.

Cahill and Milligan, who played in the Chinese Super League in Haicheng, stepped forward and tried to help Li Liang. Cahill immediately waved his hand when he saw this: "Referee, Li needs a doctor!"

The team doctor quickly entered the field, and Cahill hugged Moy: "You can't foul anymore!

Be careful Lee keeps attacking your defense zone! "

Moy said unwillingly: "I can't let him pass casually!"

Cahill let go of his hand and said firmly: "It's okay, they only have Li!

He alone can't beat us! "

Li Liang was helped out of the field, and Lippi, Madanilo, and Gaudino all came forward nervously.

Lippi asked nervously, "Li—"

Li Liang replied: "Marcello, I'm fine!"

Li Liang gritted his teeth and let go of the team doctor's hand. After stretching a few times, he immediately walked to the sideline, waved his hands and shouted anxiously: "Sir, please let me go back!"

While the captain was off the field, Australia attacked the Chinese team from all fronts, and Leckie's long shot almost opened Zheng Cheng's door!
The audience exclaimed, and at the same time Li Liang finally returned to the field, and Australia immediately recovered as a whole.

Godino was a little sad: "This is a real battle, isn't Li's pressure too great?"

Lippi was silent.

Da Xiong in the stands said to Xiao Yu and Lao Xu beside him: "That number 13——

You don't remember?

During Manchester City's trial training, he played against Yoshiko in the Manchester City reserve team! "

Old Xu replied: "No. 13 is not at the same level as Liangzi at all!"

Big Bear shook his head helplessly: "No one of us is in the same rhythm as Liangzi now. Now Australia focuses on defending Liangzi. If others can't seize the opportunity, it will be more difficult to fight in the future!"

In the 35th minute, Li Liang made a cross from the left after consecutive breakthroughs. Unfortunately, his teammates missed the best scoring opportunity in the first half because they missed the ball!

There were sighs in the stands, Mr. Zhang was full of mistakes and remained motionless, Feng Yihan tightly covered his face with his hands.

Bald Qiang's hands trembled slightly: "Damn it!
As long as you don't score a goal and can't run in the second half, what should you do? "

At the end of the half, Australia tenaciously defended the score of 0:0 despite being at a disadvantage in various statistics.

In the locker room, Lippi, Madanilo, De Rosso, Gaudino, and even the goalkeeper coach Lampula were desperately encouraging the players.

Li Liang remembered what Magic Bird said when he was leaving: "Li, this kind of competition will be the most difficult, it will be a real war!"

After the coaches had finished speaking, Lippi said: "Let our captain say something!
plum! "

Li Liang nodded, and the team doctor and assistants stopped treating his wound.

Li Liang stood up and said, "Everyone..."

When the second half started, Heizi nervously said to Lao Yu, "Why do I feel like everyone can't run anymore?!"

Although two new players were replaced at the same time in 65 minutes and 72 minutes, the physical fitness of the Chinese team still declined significantly.

In the 76th minute, Leckie shot from a small angle after breaking free from the right side of the penalty area. Kruse rubbed against the goal——

Amidst the exclamations and screams of the audience, Li Liang, who was chasing desperately, saw the ball rolling into the net in front of the penalty area!
0;1, the Australian team leads away!

Lippi made a desperate move and immediately replaced veteran Geng Lin to strengthen his offense.

In the 82nd minute, Mu Yi tackled Li Liang again in the penalty area. This time he finally paid the price of a yellow card and a penalty kick, but the captain of the Chinese team had to leave the field for a long time for treatment.

Under tremendous pressure, Geng Lin made a penalty kick and chased the score to 84:1 in the 1th minute!

Amidst the loudest shouts from the audience, the Chinese team, which had no substitutions, tried their best to launch an attack. Although Li Liang returned to the court desperately before the end, he was scarred and failed to create a miracle in the end.

The final whistle sounded, and in this life-and-death battle, the Chinese team finally tied Australia 1:1 at home.

Seeing Li Liang limping towards the stands and waving his hands, Xiao Yu couldn't stop crying.

Amid thunderous applause from around Li Liang, Da Xiong put his arms around his sister's shoulders: "Xiao Yu, Liang Zi, he did his best..."

He Wei said in a heavy tone: "Li Liang has given everything, but we must admit that in the final analysis, the gap between us and our opponents is too huge.

Being able to come here after a nightmarish start to the round of 12, and retaining hope of making it to the World Cup, deserves respect in itself.

Five days later in Sydney, regardless of the outcome of the second race, whether we can continue to move forward or have to stop, please continue to cheer for this man-”

(End of this chapter)