i don't want to be king

Chapter 343 Ambition on the Bench
Jardim stood on the sidelines, quietly watching the assistants instructing his players to warm up.

Obviously, he can't remember exactly how many sleepless nights he spent, how many times he watched the game video, and prepared every tactical detail, but at the moment of the battle, he still feels nervous.

Last season, he discovered that Pochettino and his own team building ideas and tactical concepts are surprisingly similar.Both of them advocate a physical style of play and prefer to reuse players with strong athletic ability.

Both like simple and efficient offensive routines, emphasizing wing attack, and are very good at building a team with strict tactical discipline and balanced offense and defense.

The difference is that Jardim is more envious of Tottenham's strong lineup, and Tottenham have collected more and more young talents in recent seasons.

The two encounters with Tottenham last season shocked Jardim deeply. The opponent's high-pressure physical play perfectly suppressed Monaco.

The same number of ways met a more powerful opponent, and there was nothing to say about the loss.

There are three young England internationals in Tottenham's formation-Kane, Ali and Dell, plus the Danish genius Eriksson who is also famous at a young age, with outstanding skills and awareness, and the two defensive backbones of the Belgian national team Vertonghen, Aldereveld and French goalkeeper Lloris together form Tottenham's extremely powerful central axis.

On this point, the views of the entire coaching team are basically the same-compared with the opposing Tottenham players, the vast majority of Monaco players are not dominant.

It is not difficult to find players like Kane, Ali, Dell and even Sun Xingmin. Kneading these players into a strong whole is the most test of the head coach's skill.

After the warm-up, everyone returned to the visiting team's locker room, and everyone waited quietly for Jardim.

Yardim stood up, looked around, and said slowly: "Everyone, I still want to thank you very much.

Since the first game in Istanbul a month ago, you have given me and all the Monaco fans a huge surprise!
We beat Fenerbahce, we got past Villarreal, we got rid of Paris, we got our revenge in Lille - and beat them well.

I still want to tell you honestly that today’s opponents are different from them——

Because it's the UEFA Champions League --

The highest level of competition in the world, like no other.

In the end I just want to say one thing!

Please show your true level in today's game and tell everyone that the gap between us and Tottenham should never be 1:4! "

The old captain Raj, Falcao, Moutinho and other old players gathered everyone together, they hugged shoulder to shoulder and shouted together——

"Forward! Monaco!"

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The game attracted attention from all over the world, and many countries and regions bought live signals.

The sports channel covering the whole country, whose influence far exceeds that of Seven Star Sports, also specially modified the live broadcast plan for the first match day of the UEFA Champions League for this game.

The famous football commentator, He Wei, nicknamed "The Poet" by others, and his partner, former international footballer Xue Yang, got ready early in the studio.

He Wei has refreshed the starting lineups just announced by the two sides. He has some regrets. Before the match, everyone has been eagerly looking forward to the match between Li Liang and Sun Xingmin. The Korean appeared in Tottenham’s starting lineup, and Li Liang was still included in Monaco. Substitute list.

In the seven-star sports studio, Tang Meng also sighed softly. Although he thinks rationally that Li Liang will probably appear on the bench first, he still has some luck——

What if Li Liang starts unexpectedly like against Paris?
Netizens standing in front of the computer have the same mentality. Everyone is very much looking forward to Li Liang's continued creation of surprises, and even hopes that he can start a head-to-head confrontation with Sun Xingmin.

Seeing that Li Liang didn't win the starting lineup, someone finally couldn't help but sarcasm: "Didn't you mean to kill Sun Xingmin? Are you using your mouth on the bench?"

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The starters from both sides strutted onto the center of the court, and the almost full Wembley Stadium erupted instantly.

The Tottenham fans stood up, desperately waving the flags with the Tottenham logo printed on the prepared seats, and shouted desperately to cheer for their heroes and warriors.

- Li Liang was deeply shocked by the instant storm created by the fans in the third-floor stands at Wembley. He felt numb all over his body as if he had been electrocuted, and his hair and hairs were almost standing on end!
At this moment, he even felt that the ground under his feet was trembling slightly. Everything he saw with his eyes, heard with his ears, and felt in his heart stirred his heart repeatedly.

The part of the brain that is responsible for emotions immediately began to run at a high speed of 15 times irresistibly.

He slowly turned to Spignoli: "Carlo, I must beat Tottenham at Wembley today."

Spignoli's eyes widened, and he suddenly smiled: "It's very important to have determination, Li, we all want to beat them!
But please keep calm, there will be six rounds in the group stage, and our most important goal is to advance! "

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Ryan Giggs and Sir Alex Ferguson sat behind the home team's bench, and beside them was England coach Gareth Southgate.

Beckham and his sons Brooklyn and Romeo sat in the stands on the sidelines not far away.

On the other side, Henry and his old partner at Highbury, the "Ice Prince" Dennis Bergkamp, ​​who is already an assistant coach of the Ajax team, sat on both sides of Wenger.

Mourinho was also sitting in the stands next to him, looking at the field ecstatically.

The trio of Mou Zhaoge, Su Yingfeng and Jin Ziguan sat in the press box with Jiaqi, nervously waiting for the start of the game.

In addition to them, there are some professionals who are paying attention to different players.

They each represent different clubs and are tracking their own "prey".

They all know that around some of the 22 players on the field, there will be blockbuster transfers that will shock Europe and the world in the next few seasons.

After all the ceremonies were completed, the referee gave a long opening whistle, and the much-anticipated game officially began!
(End of this chapter)