i don't want to be king

Chapter 487 Stress Test
After two days of communication and exchanges with Lippi, Li Liang has already thought about his own style of play and how to integrate into the overall tactical style of the national team.

So is Lippi.

Last night, after all the players had a rest, during the discussion in Lippi's suite, Madanilo made his point.

He said: "Everyone, Lee is fully capable of being the absolute core of this team's frontcourt. Why don't we directly play his best role?
Copy Monaco's tactics as much as possible, I think Li is absolutely capable of helping us win the next few key games! "

Pezzotti demurred: "Are you saying to change our established tactics for Lee?
This is not a tournament system game, our game will last almost a year.

I don't think it's feasible to put the fate of the entire team on him alone! "

De Rosso also said: "Lee's physical fitness still has some problems, and it is still difficult for us to expect him to maintain a high level of performance throughout the game.

What do we do when he's not there? "

Gaudino remembered Ancelotti's words, he did not express his opinion and remained silent.

Until the end, Lippi was noncommittal to everyone's opinions.

On the third day of the training camp, in the training class on the morning of January 3, in addition to the routine content, half-court tactical confrontation drills continued.

Li Liang was still assigned to the white team, and the two sides only made simple personnel adjustments.

Before the confrontation began, Lippi specially called Cai Huigang to him and gave him careful instructions.

At the same time, he also repeatedly explained the matters that need attention to several midfielders of the red team.

As soon as the confrontation began, Li Liang found himself in big trouble.

The midfielder of the red team kept at least two people marking him in every round, and Cai Huigang also came to reinforce him from time to time.

Li Liang soon understood that they used two people, or even three people, to work together to complete the work that Tolisso faced himself in the game!
As long as Li Liang takes the ball, there will always be someone on the side where he is used to turning and the safest angle of the ball to interfere.

The most important thing is that he feels that it is becoming more and more difficult for him to win offensive space.

Li Liang tried to use more active passes to open up space, but his teammates not only couldn't keep up with his rhythm, and couldn't understand and interpret his intentions on the field, but also made frequent mistakes under the high-intensity pressure of the red team. It is difficult to establish an effective connection with him on the field.

Pezzotti, who was standing next to Gaudino, was a little surprised. He asked, "Marcello, when did we formulate such a defensive tactic?"

Lippi smiled and squeezed his eyes: "Yesterday.

And in order to ensure the quality of today's confrontation practice, I asked them to keep it secret! "

The tactics of the red team effectively suppressed the white team again. Their young players played better and better, and their confidence became more and more powerful.

Compared with yesterday, Li Liang found it more and more difficult for him to go it alone.

Whenever he tries to use a breakthrough to create an offensive space and open up the white team's defensive gap, he will always fall into a difficult situation where he cannot find a suitable opportunity to play the ball and has to face a three-man double-team.

The more he played, the more passive he became, and he was gradually "separated" by the opponent's success with the teammates of the white team.

Under such circumstances, the white team did nothing offensively, and soon the opponent scored a goal.

Lippi asked Madanilo softly: "Look, Li Liang has no one to help him defend and open space, and it is difficult for him to fully display his ability.

If they continue to play like this, they will soon concede goals. "

Madanilo thought for a while and replied: "What if we change to a group of stronger teammates?
For example, what about Zhou (Zhi), Geng (Lin) and Zhang (Xinzhe)? "

Lippi shrugged: "Don't forget that by then, our opponents will also be much stronger than the current red team!"

Madanilo was speechless for a moment.

Lippi was surprisingly quiet and did not stop the game frequently as usual.

The red team's targeted defense was personally arranged by him.

After Li Liang left his room yesterday, he asked the translator to call Cai Huigang and several other players from the red team.

In the living room of the suite, Lippi took out the tactical board, and explained in detail Li Liang's game characteristics, moving habits on the field and other content according to the video clips.

Inspired by Monaco's loss to Lyon, he repeatedly explained to these players.

Just before the start of the game, he specifically told Cai Huigang and the others to play out the defensive tactics they arranged yesterday.

Now he decided to let the red team take advantage of the momentum to pursue and continue to increase the pressure on Li Liang.

He wanted to put Li Liang under the magnifying glass to take a good look at whether this player who was already well-known in European football was the one he needed most in his tactical map.

He decided to add some more "challenges" to Li Liang.

Under Lippi's instruction, Madanilo adjusted the lineup of the white team, allowing the two best players of the white team to exchange positions with the two players of the red team.

The four players exchanged team vests, and Lippi called the two new red team members to the front and ordered them carefully.

Taking advantage of this gap, Li Liang called his teammates together.

Lippi and his team watched the Bai team gather together with great interest, and Li Liang kept talking among them.

The coaches have no doubt that Li Liang, who has already started in the Champions League and has won many gains, must have a strong appeal in front of these young players.

They just don't believe that Li Liang can directly find a way to solve the tactical dilemma on the field?

With such a short running-in time, he can immediately improve the tacit understanding between his teammates and himself?
Except for Gaudino, the rest of the coaches didn't believe it.

De Rosso said: "Claudio, we also saw Li Liang's live performance in Monaco, he really has amazing strength.

But this is not at the Louis II Stadium. Without the strong support of Monaco's overall lineup, he still does not have the ability to change the current situation! "

The dirty old man said helplessly: "Are you willing to bet?

I bet Li Liang can find a way.Don't believe me, let's wait and see! "

All the members of the white team surrounded Li Liang.

I don't know why, it seems like what the dirty old man said, he feels that his mentality is very different from before.

Facing the predicament, I am much calmer than before.

He knew it was time to bring that peace to his teammates, who seemed depressed and frustrated.

He said to everyone: "Brothers, don't worry, Coach Lippi is watching!
If he can survive this time, Lippi and his assistants will definitely look at him differently! "

This sentence expressed the feelings of the remaining 10 players of the White Team. Many of them were selected for the national team for the first time, and there were also marginal figures who had been in the national team training roster for a long time.

At this time, no one wants to go one step further.

Finally someone spoke: "Li Liang, what do you think we should do next?"

……

After listening to everything Li Liang said, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

The members of the red team over there have all returned to the field, and Madanilo shouted: "Coach Li, are you ready to guide?"

The translator shouted out his exact words, and everyone burst into laughter.

Li Liang also laughed, and he shouted directly to Madanilo: "Come on, we are ready!"

(End of this chapter)