i don't want to be king

Chapter 425 Even Breathing Will Be Dangerous
Pochettino once again faced a dilemma.

No coach will give up such a good situation easily. Although a goal was pulled back, the situation of the whole game is obviously still conducive to Tottenham, who has one more player to fight.

It is said that for Tottenham, who can only keep their hope of promotion if they get 3 points, they should make adjustments at least at halftime and continue to strengthen their offense, but the Argentine is now thinking about how to reorganize his team line of defense.

His pressure comes from Li Liang, who is out of form.

When the Monaco team celebrated wildly just now, Pochettino had rearranged the frustrated disciples on the field. Of course, this was only a stopgap measure.

He asked Ali to retreat and stand parallel to Dembele. Wanyama's position continued to move back-Pochettino put up three midfielders, leaving only Kane, Sun Xingmin and Wiggins in the frontcourt. Change 4231 to 4321 temporarily.

In this level of competition, Wiggins is still immature in offense, so it is difficult for such a defensive lineup to give Kane more support.

In this way, Monaco, which has retained a complete line of defense, has reduced a lot of impact pressure on Kane and Sun Xingmin.

Pochettino sacrificed offense to compress the space between the midfield and the backcourt, which is the area that Li Liang was assigned to focus on in the tactics class before the Monaco game.

In the initial conception of the Tottenham coaching staff, Monaco is difficult to form a continuous and sufficient pressure on this area. Two super midfielders plus England international Dale and Austrian Wimmer are enough to deal with the impact of Li Liang and Falcao.

Pochettino always believes that it is the two wingers Silva and Lemar who have been popular in Europe recently that need to be guarded against. Field coordinated defense will definitely limit the death of No. 17.

Now the Argentine is still convinced that such a defensive strategy is enough to prevent No. 17-but No. 17 before this game.

But what is in front of me now is a traditional midfielder?
Can accurately complete tackles while running at high speed, can run continuously for long distances, can make super difficult header lobs twice within 1 minute, has a body, and can resist - this is clearly a strength of a modern style of play Attacker up front.

Pochettino finally understood that this is a guy who can freely switch between traditional and modern attacking midfielders. As long as he needs it, he can use all the skills he has mastered to complete the attack.

So we must try our best to keep this guy who is getting better and better away from the game.

Monaco, who had changed his mind, temporarily made up for the lack of one less player with active running. Bakayoko and Lemar worked together to quickly intercept the ball at Wiggins' feet.

Needless to say, even the little caddy Reynolds in the first row of the stands was shouting desperately with his friends: "Give the ball to Lee!"

Li Liang received a pass from his teammate in the middle circle, and the audience suddenly exclaimed, Sun Xingmin rushed over at full speed from the side and directly shoveled!
Li Liang saw the fierce opponent from the corner of his eye. He leaned down and skillfully pulled the ball back with his right foot, and then directly knocked the ball back with the heel of his left foot.

With Li Liang's nimble turn around, this wonderful reverse "fried meatball" was a great success, beautifully avoiding the Korean's explosive shovel!
Sun Xingmin's actions are exactly Pochettino's instructions-full-court marking coupled with the highest intensity of physical confrontation, at least from now on, Tottenham's players have not only regarded the current Li Liang as Eriksson's level star.

Li Liang adjusted the ball slightly with his right foot after completing the change of direction, and immediately kicked up his left foot and passed the ball to Sidibi who was on the right side.

Sidibi pushed forward at full speed, and Li Liang immediately followed him to the right. Silva was not there, and he knew that he had to take on the responsibility of the right midfielder at the same time.

Ali, Dembele and Rose all rushed over. After returning the ball to Li Liang, Sidibi continued to charge forward with all his strength, wanting to play a 2-to-1 with Li Liang.

When he passed the ball, he was surprised to see that, including Wiggins who returned to the defense at high speed, plus Ali and Dembele, Tottenham formed a 3-man encirclement against Li Liang!
Yardim on the sidelines gasped, and the Tottenham players surrounded Li Liang like they were hunting.

Dembele is the closest to Li Liang. He saw the timing of Li Liang's catch and quickly slid down to the ground. It was the same as Sun Xingmin's intention just now. For a dangerous person like No. 17, the best defense is to make him feel that he is always on the ground. The pressure prevents him from playing freely.

Including the current situation, as long as No. 17 understands that he will be in danger even breathing from now on, then the purpose of such a fierce tackle will be greatly achieved.

Li Liang didn't stop the ball or adjust it in the middle of the crowd. He directly stepped over the ball with his left leg, made a juggling turn and pulled the ball with the sole of his foot, and pulled the ball behind him with the sole of his right foot while turning around.

After a coherent quick boosting action, the ball quickly rolled out of the gap and went straight to Fabinho who was behind.

None of the 3 people who surrounded him reacted. Dembele, who made a tackle, hurriedly withdrew his feet, but he was too late.

His body was brought to Li Liang's supporting leg, who had just landed. Li Liang was knocked into the air, and immediately fell heavily on the turf and rolled over!
The whole audience screamed. Amidst the referee's sharp whistle, Dembele got up in horror and rushed to Li Liang. He knelt down on one leg and hurriedly checked the injury. He faced Fabinho and Bakayoko who rushed up to reprimand him. , the Belgian raised his hands to show that he was not malicious.

Amidst loud boos and curses throughout the stadium, the crowd put all the pressure on the referee.

Both Falcao and Sidibi rushed over, and the Tottenham players also rushed forward to protect Dembele from his teammates being "reckoned".

The rest of the players from both sides rushed towards the referee, especially the players from Monaco, who denounced Dembele's lethal defensive behavior emotionally and strongly demanded that the referee show a red card immediately!
Pochettino was even more nervous than Dembele and his teammates. Because of Li Liang's unexpected kick, the Belgian's tackle looked extremely reckless. Frankly speaking, it was a foul enough to get a red card.

If your team is sent off at the end of the first half, if it is still the crucial midfielder Dembele, not only will the tactical plan be completely disrupted, I am afraid that after this tone is reversed, it will never be seen again. Hopes for an away win.

The Monaco players beside Li Liang were extremely worried about his injury, and the home audience also looked nervously at Li Liang who was still lying on the ground, fearing that he would be seriously injured!
Jardim watched anxiously. At this moment, he didn't think about the game at all, he was only worried about Li Liang!

His assistants and the players who stood up on the bench crossed their chests one after another, praying to God to bless Li Liang to be safe.

The referee, who retreated away from the crowd, signaled with his left hand to the team doctor to quickly enter the field, and stretched his right hand to the back pocket of his shorts.

Seeing this action, Dembele, who had already got up and was separated by his teammates and the angry Monaco crowd, instantly petrified. His teammates and Pochettino were all stunned!
(End of this chapter)