i don't want to be king

Chapter 265 Are You Ready! ?
Li Liang has been training hard since the end of the season.

After the coaching team returned one after another, receiving face-to-face guidance allowed him to make amazing progress.

Before the official start of summer training, in addition to his physical fitness, his tactical understanding and execution ability have made considerable progress.

After a week of training in Latuby, the regrouped team came to Montreux, a small Swiss town with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, to start a three-week summer training.

In addition to the physical reserves before the start of the season, the club also contacted 7 friendly matches.

At first Li Liang was very happy and thought that he could finally play the game, but in the first four games against Lugano, Sion, and Lucerne in the Swiss Super League, including the weaker Swiss League team Krien, he has been sitting all the time. On the bench, he watched helplessly as his teammates fought on the field.

In addition to proactively communicating with the coaches, his roommate Pasalic couldn't help but comfort him: "Li, for a newcomer, all this is too normal."

Even Falcao, who has returned to the club, has been instructing Li Liang. He told Li Liang to be prepared, even if he only got a chance to play for 1 minute, he must go all out. Only in this way can he win more Opportunity.

Today, the Monaco team is facing the Portuguese super team Sporting Lisbon (the official name should be 'Portuguese Sporting Team', and Sporting Lisbon is a customary name), and before coming to Monaco in 2014, Jardim and his team were in charge of the team. It's Sporting Lisbon.

This is also the strongest one that Monaco has encountered so far in the friendly match.

The game started at the local stadium in Montreux. Although it can only accommodate 2000 people, the atmosphere in the stadium is still getting warmer at dusk.

It is very clear to everyone in Monaco that Jardim regards this game as an important opportunity to adjust the main lineup for the new season.

The disastrous defeat in Lyon in the final stage of last season was just an appearance. Before that, Jardim had already made up his mind to completely transform the team and complete the youthful process through blood changes.

Before this game, 7 players have left the Monaco team, many of whom were the main players of last season.

In addition to promoting several rookies from the reserve team, the club also introduced 6 new players.

Among them, the most famous ones are Falcao, and Valere Germain, who was appointed as the vice-captain after returning from loan, and the two local full-backs Benjamin Mendy and Deji who spent a total of 2500 million euros in transfer fees. Brill Sidiby, and Polish defender Glick introduced for 1200 million euros.

Except for Subasic, Carvalho, Moutinho and Glick who are still on vacation after participating in the European Cup, and Mbappe who participated in the European Youth Championship has not yet returned to the team, Jardim has the strongest lineup-French Erkao, Germain, Mendy, and Sidibi all entered the starting lineup.

Everyone understands that this is basically the main lineup framework for the new season in Jardim's mind.

The two central midfielders in the 442 formation are the Frenchman Timoe Bakayoko, and the biggest discovery in the second half of last season, the Brazilian Fabinho who changed from the right back position to the midfielder, and the left midfielder is young. Up-and-coming Frenchman Thomas Lemar, with Moroccan Nabil Dirard on the right.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides were attacking and defending each other. Li Liang, who was sitting on the bench, was surprised to find that Falcao's state was obviously much better than the previous few games!

In 2009, Falcao landed in Europe for the first time from the River Plate team and joined the Portuguese Super League giants Porto.

He won the league championship in his first season, and Falcao, who scored 30 goals, quickly adapted to the team.

In the 2010/11 season, with the tacit cooperation of the Brazilian "Hulk" Hulk, Falcao's performance on the court was even more comfortable.

He scored 38 goals that season, helping Porto dominate the Europa League Portuguese Super League and many other competitions. He also won the Europa League Golden Boot with 17 goals and broke the Golden Bomber Klinsmann's 15 goals in a single season. ball record.

Facing his once all-powerful Sporting Lisbon, Falcao's self-confidence has finally been fully activated.

The Colombian center's physical condition has fully recovered, and he is full of confidence in running, supporting and interspersing in the frontcourt!

In the 12th minute of the game, the defenders who were exhausted by the brave Falcao made a marking error. Germain took the opportunity to respond to Mendy's cross from the left to grab a point and score for Monaco!

After losing the ball, Sporting Lisbon stepped up their fight.

In the 21st minute, the small forward Daniel Podensey played a wonderful 2-over-2 cooperation with his teammates in the middle, and used his speed to get rid of the defense and face the attacking goalkeeper. He volleyed from the lower right corner and scored!
Li Liang was amazed when he saw the ball. Podensee, who scored the goal, seemed to be less than 1 meters tall, or even shorter.

But the little man's running position and speed, as well as the level of calm in front of the goal are amazing.

Caldeira on the side said quietly to Li Liang: "Li, this small player is the result of their relatively good youth training.

If this guy can make a big improvement, he might be able to play a few games this season.

If it has been at this level, then his future is likely to go to Portugal.

...Surprised, isn't it?

Yes, it is difficult for such a player to be the main force in Sporting Lisbon. "

Jardim suddenly called Caldeira over, and after some explanations, Caldeira ran back excitedly and said to Li Liang: "The current intensity is closer to the official game, and the players who can pass this test will be our real players." needs--

What are you still doing? !

are you ready! ?
Go warm up! "

When this moment really came, Li Liang was not as excited as expected.

The two central midfielders in the midfield are under tremendous defensive pressure, and their combination seems indispensable, so the other two midfielders Lemar and Dilar are most likely to be replaced by him——

These two are players with both speed, awareness and footwork. How will the coach make a choice?

The Monaco team successfully created another threat just after the kick-off. Behind Dilar's long pass, the opponent's central defender struggled to push the ball out of the baseline before Falcao.

Li Liang was just near the opponent's baseline. He caught the ball and threw it to Lemar who was about to take a corner kick. He shouted: "Thomas, I have a hunch this ball will go in!"

Lemar took the ball, smiled and winked at Li Liang.

In the past few days, Barros has been reworking the corner kick tactics around the return of Falcao and Germain. Lemar raised his right hand high——

This is a tactical gesture to tell teammates to point before the penalty.

The referee blew the whistle, and Lemar made a free throw with a fast curve ball and went straight to the front point!
Germain and Monaco's captain, Italian bald centre-back Andrea Raj, quickly switched positions. Germain managed to block the opponent who was marking Raj, who rushed forward and jumped high from the center to head the ball towards the goalkeeper. in the middle——

Falcao suddenly rushed out of the chaotic army and easily put the ball into the goal before anyone else could react!

2:1, Monaco overtook the score like lightning.

(End of this chapter)