i don't want to be king

Chapter 283

The match day to decide whether to keep the hope of participating in the Champions League has finally arrived, and it has become the focus of almost everyone here in recent times.

The Principality of Monaco has an area of ​​only 2 square kilometers. If you walk, you can travel all over the country in less than a day.

The Louis II Stadium is located on the outskirts of Fontvieille, the southernmost tip of the Principality of Monaco, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea.

What is more special is that this stadium was built on the land created by reclamation from the sea in the 80s, and it was put into use in 1985.

The audience capacity of this stadium, which was built "by stitches in every corner", is only 18500 people. Li Liang always felt that this place seemed familiar.

When he stepped into the stadium again today, he finally confirmed that the atmosphere of the Louis II Stadium full of spectators was strikingly similar to the Haicheng Ten Thousand People Stadium.

It is also an old stadium with a long history, and it is also a comprehensive stadium with a runway. Even the layout of the stands and the overall color tone are so similar!
The home team's entry was greeted with ovations and boos as Fenerbahce came on.

In particular, Tu Fan, who had frequent conflicts with Li Liang in the last game, became the target of public criticism, and more than half of the boos were concentrated on him.

Li Liang, who was warming up with his teammates, was also warmly cheered by the home audience.

Someone yelled, "Kill that number 8, Lee!"

"Hope you score today!"

The population of Monaco is only about 38000. Looking at the crowded stands, Spignoli laughed and told the players: "Half of the people have come to cheer for us, the whole Monaco is with us!"

Before the game, the two sides announced the list of players in accordance with the usual practice.

Looking up at the big screen, Li Liang found that, just as Yardim predicted in the tactical class, Fenerbahce made a very large adjustment to the tactical shortcomings exposed in the previous game.

The Fenerbahçe team replaced the injured Demirel by No. 13 Ertuğrul Tuskilan in the goalkeeper position. The three central defenders were No. 3 Sktel and No. 37 Russian central defender Roman. - Neustadt, Kjaer 33.

The two defensive midfielders in the midfield are No. 6 Sosa and No. 48 Wukan. The left midfielder is Hansen Ali Kardirim, who usually plays left back, and the right midfielder is also played by right back Van der Weil. No. 8 Tufan appeared in the position of the front midfielder.

The front line is still composed of No. 29 Emenech, who made Monaco's defense suffer in the last game, and No. 9 Fernando, the Brazilian giant who is also in excellent form.

There is no difference between Monaco's lineup and the internal announcement before the game. Jardim specially appointed Falcao, who has scored goals in hot form after his return, as the field captain.

Li Liang sat on the bench, and Mbappe and Moutinho, who failed to make the squad, continued to appear in the stands.

Various routine procedures have already begun, and the fans in the audience let out more and more majestic roars.

Although it is not as good as the "Purgatory" Sarajoglu Stadium, it also makes the players feel the maximum support of the home fans.

The game is about to start, listening to the deafening cheers from the fans, Li Liang feels restless——

Even knowing that he is still far from a stable starting position, he is still eager to make his debut on a home game day in the new season.

At this stage, if we only compare the long-distance running results, Li Liang will definitely rank in the top ten in the team.

But in a game full of fierce confrontation, his physical condition seems to be even worse than some of the team's veterans over 30 years old.

Li Liang knew that this was because he had been accustomed to the side effects of the rhythm and intensity of virtual training for a long time.

Although the reproduced NPC players will cause all kinds of troubles for themselves in the virtual confrontation, compared with the real competition in the real world, the intensity is not the same at all.

After getting the system, since the continuous system training that is equivalent to the real world is far more than nine months——

Now he's truly convinced that all that individual training isn't nearly as effective as coming off the bench in Istanbul.

So I need competitions, the more competitions, especially those high-level and strong confrontational competitions, will bring about a qualitative change in my virtual training time!

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The referee blew his whistle, and Monaco's first home game of the new season officially started at the Stade Louis II.

There is no secret between the two sides, and the opening has entered into a full-scale confrontation.

The momentum of the Monaco team changed from the previous defensive counterattack tactics. From the first minute of the game, it seemed that the opponent had exerted strong pressure.

Just one minute after the opening, Fabinho made a mistake with the ball in the midfield. Emenech cut off the ball and gave it to Tufan. Tufan immediately took possession of the ball and began to look for a way out.

Fabinho, who lost the ball, caught up with Tufan at an astonishing speed. Before the opponent had time to react, Fabinho fell to the ground and forcibly stabbed the ball at Tufan's feet!

The ball rolled to the feet of Falcao not far from the middle. After a little observation, he saw that Germain had started to advance at high speed from the right. The Colombian center immediately exerted force without hesitation, and quickly used his left foot to move the ball forward. The gap was passed diagonally.

The moment Emenech steals the ball just now, Fenerbahce's players have turned from defense to offense and started to run. Fabinho's counterattack and Falcao's quick pass hit Fenerbahce a bit Caught off guard!

Fenerbahce's defense, which was too late to get back in place, was completely penetrated before Falcao and Germain's simple and direct pass and run cooperation. Germain strode the ball directly into the unguarded penalty area!

Goalkeeper Tuskelan rushed out but it was too late, and Germain, who had enough time to adjust, swung the ball horizontally out of the shooting angle——

He easily hit a diagonal grounder shot before Tuskelan made a blocking action, and the ball rolled accurately into the empty goal!
Li Liang jumped up from the bench together with his teammates, and everyone cheered excitedly.Jardim excitedly waved his fist and clapped with the assistants.

The fans erupted in an instant, and a huge sound broke out over the small Louis II Stadium!

The hero of the goal, Germain, rushed towards Falcao excitedly, and other teammates also rushed over cheering——

Li Liang, who was watching this scene eagerly, suddenly found that Falcao seemed to hesitate for a moment!
Facing the swarming teammates, the Colombian backed away——

The teammates quickly embraced the captain happily, and Li Liang felt that he must be dazzled.

The game continued, but Falcao, who looked normal, was still a little nervous.

Everyone was staring at the big screen, which was still playing the goal just now.

It can be seen that the Colombian made an astonishing prediction. Before Fabinho completed the counterattack, he moved accurately. After getting the ball, he immediately captured the gap in the frontcourt and completed the pass.

Except for Falcao himself, almost everyone in the audience, fans, coaches, teammates and opponents did not notice anything unusual——

Only Li Liang keenly observed that something was wrong with the Colombians.

Only 2 minutes into the game, with Fabinho's tenacious fight and captain Falcao's exquisite assist, Germain calmly opened the scoring for Monaco.

The whole team worked together to get off to a fantastic start in this crucial battle, and everything was moving in favor of Monaco.

(End of this chapter)