i don't want to be king

Chapter 270 Champions League Qualifying List
One day later, the Monaco team came to Merlin, another small Swiss city, where they will face their sixth opponent in the warm-up match—the Swiss super team Basel, which is well-known throughout Europe.

Although Spignoli was surprised to find that Li Liang's physical condition recovered rapidly in the test after training, Li Liang sat on the bench first in this game just to be on the safe side.

Both teams have lineups dominated by young players, and the two sides quickly entered the state.

The whole game opened and closed, with endless exciting scenes.

The Monaco team took the lead to break the deadlock. The active Brazilian midfielder Gabriel Boschlia seized the opportunity to score with his left foot.Since then, Basel has launched a massive counterattack, hitting the goal post twice!
Li Liang was very excited watching from the sidelines, but the coach had no intention of replacing himself after halftime.

It was not until 15 minutes before the end of the game that Li Liang, who was already eager to try, was sent on the field to replace the goal hero Boschlia.

The excited Li Liang realized something was wrong as soon as he came on stage!
Although he observed nearly the entire field, he couldn't enter the state for a long time.

He obviously felt that his thinking speed and physical reactions were beginning to be out of sync.

The brain responded on the field, but the body would always be at least half a beat slower for no apparent reason!

Compared with his teammates and opponents around him, Li Liang seemed to move slowly and hesitate, unable to keep up with the rhythm of the game.

Fortunately, in the final stage of the game, Monaco retreated across the board. Li Liang's abnormality did not affect the trend of the whole game, and the score of 1:0 was maintained until the end.

Jardim looked at the embarrassed Li Liang, and said with a smile to Spignoli: "This guy's 'fuel tank' is empty!
During this time, adjust his training plan again, so that he can store more energy for the new season! "

As soon as the game was over, Li Liang immediately found Spignoli and asked angrily, "Carlo, I don't know what went wrong. I felt terrible during the game just now!"

Spignoli replied with a smile: "Lee, have you ever fought?"

Li Liang was taken aback, not knowing what Spignoli meant.

It wasn't until Spignoli asked again seriously that Li Liang realized that he was seriously asking himself the question.

Li Liang remembered the vicious battle against Master Jiu's men outside the Ten Thousand People Stadium before Monaco!
He replied slowly: "Carol, I did!"

Spignoli laughed and said: "Very well, how did you react after the fight?"

Li Liang immediately recalled that when he faced the two police officers who were taking notes for him in the hospital ward, he relaxed and suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably.

The two young police officers said they were going out to smoke, leaving Li Liang alone in the room for a while before he slowly recovered his calm.

Did Spignoli mean this?
Li Liang's eyes widened suddenly: "Carlo, I didn't know why at the time, I couldn't stop shaking and it took a long time before I returned to normal."

Spignoli put back his smile: "It's called 'stress response'.

When you are fighting, the mental tension is high and the sympathetic nerves are overexcited, and a large amount of adrenaline is quickly secreted into the blood.

These will cause a rapid increase in blood flow, blood pressure, and oxygen consumption, and the muscles will be in a state of high-intensity tension at the same time.

At the end of the crisis, your body will pay the price for this super 'mobilized state' -

Start to respond accordingly, and repair various systems...

So there will be the kind of reaction you mentioned. "

Hearing Spignoli's professional explanation, Li Liang suddenly realized.

He immediately reacted and blurted out: "Wait, Carlo,——

Are you saying that the game against Sporting Lisbon also caused me to have a stress reaction?

impossible? "

Spignoli patiently continued to explain: "In a state of stress, people may have two manifestations——

One is to immediately fall into chaos and screw everything up.

Another is that there will be super-level performance and get out of trouble in time.

The stress state is dominated by physiological changes, and at the same time there are special reactions of psychological components.

This is also an important part of what we usually call a player's 'form'.

It can be seen that Sporting Lisbon should be the strongest opponent you have ever faced.

Luckily you reacted better and stronger on the pitch, which of course took a huge toll - mentally as well.

So now you need a certain amount of time to adjust and recover, that is to say, you are not used to this kind of continuous high-intensity competition. "

Li Liang was a little anxious: "Carlo, is there any way to solve this problem as soon as possible?"

Spignoli finally laughed again: "Of course there is—

That is adequate rest.

Look at Daniel (Subacic), João (Moutinho), Camille (Glick), don’t even such high-level players need enough vacation after the European Cup?
Keep working hard, the more high-level competitions you experience, the stronger your mental and physical adaptability will naturally be.

By the way, an important opportunity will appear soon, I hope you can grasp it!

- Then you will get more and more rare opportunities to exercise. "

After finishing speaking, Spignoli looked around and whispered, "Li, don't tell anyone my last sentence!"

This allowed Li Liang to finally have a better understanding of his own system——

Virtual training can help you recover your physical state quickly, but it can't restore your mental state at the same time.

No matter how powerful NPCs are, they can't reproduce the great mental pressure that is ubiquitous in real games.

……

1天后的7月18日，欧足联进行了2016至17赛季欧冠资格赛第三轮对阵的抽签。

Monaco was unlucky to sign and was drawn to the traditional powerhouse Fenerbahce in the Turkish Super League. The schedule is for Monaco to go first and then host.

On July 7, Monaco will first go to the so-called "Purgatory" Istanbul Sarajoglu Stadium for the first round of the two-round competition.

From the moment the result of the lottery was announced, Li Liang felt that the whole team was shrouded in a dignified atmosphere.

Pasalic quietly told Li Liang that the Fenerbahçe team is very strong and they are the "hard bones" that no one wants to meet in the third qualifying round.

He also said meaningfully: "...After returning to Monaco, Leonardo and the others will determine and report the list for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League on July 7.

I think everyone's performance in this series of warm-up matches in Switzerland will be an important reference for them to determine this list..."

On July 7, the Monaco team continued to face the strongest opponent in the seven warm-up matches in Merlin, the Russian Super League powerhouse Zenit St. Petersburg. This is also the last warm-up match of their summer training.

Subasic, who had returned to the team in this game, was placed in the starting lineup, while Bernardo Silva sat on the bench with Li Liang.

Facing a strong enemy, Yardim formed the strongest lineup in his hand.

Monaco's offensive and defensive state was excellent in the first half, and Li Liang on the sidelines firmly believed that what his teammates said privately was definitely not groundless——

The 11 people on the field will definitely enter the 25-man squad.

He was very disturbed, not knowing whether he could be selected for this list.

Li Liang was so nervous that he even forgot what Spignoli had said quietly to him.

Before the end of the first half, Monaco, which was in good form, had Falcao in front of the goal to respond to Lemar's left pass with a header to grab a point and go to the goal first.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Jardim replaced almost the entire starting lineup except Subasic and Raj in one go, and Li Liang was also placed in the attacking forward position on the left.

Zenit, who also made adjustments, gradually regained the initiative, and they began to use the two sides to frequently attack Monaco's substitute defense.

Li Liang's performance has improved and improved compared to the first time, and he has almost become the most threatening attack point for the substitute players under the fierce pressure of the opponent.

Zenit quickly caught Monaco's consecutive mistakes and scored two goals in a row!

During this period, only Li Liang's long shots after two breakthroughs in the frontcourt threatened the Zenit goalkeeper.

Jardim made another adjustment. He first replaced Subasic, who was in poor form, and then replaced Li Liang with Pasalic with 15 minutes left in the game.

Li Liang was extremely depressed——

He thought that he failed the assessment of the coaching staff and lost the only chance to participate in the first Champions League match (although it was not the main match) in his career!

Seeing Li Liang walking down with his head bowed, Jardim remained calm and nodded slightly to Spignoli. Spignoli got up knowingly and picked up the water bottle and handed it to Li Liang with his head bowed. He said softly, "Li, congratulations!

You pass! "

Li Liang's eyes widened sharply, and he suddenly remembered what Spignoli said before!

He immediately turned his grateful eyes to Yardim, who was watching the field intently, not paying attention to him at all.

Zenit scored another goal before the end of the game and finally beat Monaco 3:1.

After the game, the Monaco team immediately returned to the Latubi base, and immediately began to prepare for the two crucial life-and-death battles with Fenerbahce.

(End of this chapter)