i don't want to be king

Chapter 284 Fenerbahçe's Plan "B"

Before this crucial game, the head coach of the Fenerbahçe club, the Portuguese Perez, had received an ultimatum from the club's top management——

If he fails to break through the third round of the Champions League qualifying round this year, his contract at the club will be terminated early.

At the beginning of last season, Fenerbahçe was also eliminated after a hard fight in the third round of the Champions League qualifying round.

Although they performed well in the Europa League group stage and entered the top 16, the benefits at the competitive and economic levels are obviously not comparable to entering the Champions League.

This is obviously difficult to satisfy the ambitious club executives. In addition, at the end of the season, he once again finished second in the league and missed the championship again, which made the club take the Champions League qualifying match as Perez's final test.

Despite a small victory at home by 1 goal, Perez understands that if it were not for the referee's mistake, it would be difficult for his team to even hold a draw with Monaco's amazing performance.

In the past week, he has been reviewing and studying all the Monaco game videos in his hands countless times without sleep, and finally worked out the final strategy for the game.

He began to try to change to 352 in training. He arranged 5 defensive players in the midfield to completely strangle Monaco's offensive organization, and then continued to wait for opportunities to use the personal ability of Emenek in the frontcourt to find opportunities.

After repeated consideration and decision before the game, Perez can no longer underestimate the enemy like at home, and must treat the brand new Monaco as a strong team.

He gave up the mature tactical play that he had been rehearsing repeatedly before the season, and decided to add a central defender to the defense.

In the midfield, the two full-backs are mainly defensive. The front midfielder Tufan also retreats to the center line to intercept as much as possible. defensive formation.

According to the rules of the home and away knockout rounds, if the two sides draw in the two rounds, the number of away goals will be doubled and then compared.

So for Fenerbahce this game, even if they can hold the score of 2:1, they will successfully advance.

Monaco only needs to score one goal to eliminate their opponents and successfully enter the next round of play-offs.

Perez felt dizzy when he saw the ball conceded in the opening game-he barely slept for less than 3 hours a day this week.

It's not just a job, a contract that hasn't been fulfilled, it's more about honor.

The veins on Perez's forehead slowly popped up. He clenched his fists and strode into the command area, whistled loudly, and then roared to signal the players to start pressing up——

Monaco's quick goal disrupted everything and pushed himself to the edge of the cliff. Now he must use "B" plan-restore from 532 to 352 to start a storm!
——As long as they also get an away goal, the home team must score at least two more goals in the next game to qualify.

If Monaco also wins 2:1, the game will enter extra time or even a penalty shootout.

The same huge pressure also appeared on the home team, and any accident would lead to the loss of the temporary advantage.

The two sides started a fierce competition again, and Li Liang once again unexpectedly discovered that Falcao had something strange again!
Since the charity match at Stamford Bridge half a year ago, Li Liang has already seen his power even though he is an "incomplete" Falcao whose physical and mental state has not fully recovered.

Li Liang has been doing relevant "homework" since he made up his mind to go to Monaco.

Among them, he also watched a lot of highlights from Falcao's past.

In addition to the summer training in Switzerland and the last game in Turkey, Li Liang already knows Falcao's movement habits and running characteristics by heart.

——Now he was surprised to find that Falcao's speed and running accuracy were both declining!
Fenerbahce's efforts began to pay off, and Van der Veer on the right gradually became active.

Soon, after repeated attacks on the right, the visiting team found a good opportunity——

Van der Veer quickly made a cross after a wonderful personal breakthrough. Fernando's judgment was accurate and he took the lead to grab the header!

Amidst the exclamation of the audience, the Brazilian giant headed back to Tufan who was plugging in, and the latter directly volleyed and shot long-range before Bakayoko blocked——

Fortunately, Subasic was prepared to hold the ball firmly in his arms.

The Monaco goalkeeper stood up and strode directly to the edge of the penalty area and threw the ball across the center line to launch a fast attack. Dilar got the ball and took two steps and directly stuffed it to Germain who was pulled to the right. The French striker was the first without stopping the ball In time-

Falcao, who was ambushing in the penalty area, found the defensive gap between the central defenders, getting closer and closer to the ball, and he was about to grab a point!

Li Liang and his teammates on the bench all jumped up, and Li Liang suddenly shouted: "Radamel—"

Falcao staggered suddenly without any physical contact at the last moment. When he adjusted his body again to take off, he had missed the best time for the strong point!
The ball crossed the goal and flew out of the sideline. Fenerbahce took the ball out of bounds.

The audience sighed, Li Liang stood motionless, he was very sure that there must be something wrong with Falcao!

Since this missed goal, Spignoli also began to pay attention to Falcao nervously.

In Li Liang's eyes, the Colombian's actions seemed more and more hesitant, and soon he saw the problem——

Monaco's No. 9 has been intentionally or unintentionally avoiding the movement of his left leg, as if being bound by layers of invisible things.

Due to the sluggish state of the main striker of the home team, the defensive pressure on Fenerbahçe began to drop sharply, and signs of turning away from the away side gradually appeared on the field. The visiting team invested heavily and fought against Monaco.

Only Falcao, who is usually less than half powerful, and Germain, who is alone, can't find any chance in the face of three giant central defenders of 3 meters.

On the contrary, Fenerbahce's two defensive midfielders were fully liberated, and they began to take turns aggressively pressing forward.

One ebbs and another for a while Fenerbahçe team gets consecutive chances to shoot!
Fortunately, Subasic was in a brave state to resist and defuse the danger.

Perez also noticed Falcao's abnormality, he rushed to the sidelines and whistled again, commanding the back line to press further!
He asked the players to seize the rare favorable opportunity and continue to exert high pressure on Monaco!
Jardim got up and had an urgent communication with Spignoli, and immediately asked the substitute center Argentine Carrillo to start warming up.

Then he rushed to the sidelines to direct Dilar to the front line first, Sidibi's position also moved forward at the same time, and Fabinho retreated to the right back position.

Seeing this scene, Li Liang began to feel uneasy.

He had seen how far Falcao's reserve team at Chelsea had fallen.

He also knows better than anyone how Falcao got out of such despair.

(End of this chapter)