i don't want to be king

Chapter 540 Chain Reaction Caused by Super Genius

On the second day after the match against Metz, the dirty old man told Li Liang that he would leave before Monaco went to Manchester.

He said: "Li, now your body has entered a very stable state, it's not a big problem whether I'm by your side..."

Although very reluctant, Li Liang has already understood that constant separation is an important part of professional football and an important part of life.

The day before Valentine’s Day, which is the penultimate 8th day of the match against Manchester City, after the training session in the afternoon, the dirty old man watched the 25th round of the Premier League together with Li Liang, Falcao and Mbappe in the tactical classroom. Manchester City challenged away Bournemouth game.

This game is also Manchester City's penultimate game before the first round of the Champions League knockout match between Manchester City and Monaco.

The two anchors in the screen introduced that Manchester City ranked fifth with 49 points before the start of the game, 5 points away from Chelsea at the top of the list, but only Manchester City and Arsenal are still in the top five.

Compared with Arsenal's rival Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich, the two anchors are more optimistic that Manchester City can successfully advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, so it will be difficult for Manchester City to remain competitive in the Premier League.

Falcao and Mbappé cursed at the same time, and even Li Liang was aggrieved—the three strongly condemned the anchors for ignoring Monaco—even the name of Monaco was not mentioned when analyzing the situation!
Gaudino laughed and said, "Young man, calm down.

Being unanimously looked down upon by everyone is your greatest advantage! "

Before the start of the game, the highlights of Manchester City's new aid Gabriel Jesus were played. The anchor specifically emphasized that this Brazilian teenager, who is not yet 20 years old, has already presented an amazing performance of 4 goals and 3 assists in 2 games after coming to Manchester City!

The attention of the 4 spectators was focused on the Brazilian's shocking goal performance.

At the end of the collection, the anchor introduced: Guardiola has publicly announced in an interview that from now on, Jesús will play in the order of appearances before Aguero, the team's top scorer who has been mediocre recently.

There was silence in the classroom, and if he could squeeze out the long-established Argentine number one striker Aguero's starting position, Jesús' strength should not be underestimated.

Falcao couldn't help sighing: "Killian, you have to remember this guy, he may become your opponent for life!"

Gaudino even said in an exaggerated tone: "Manchester City really picked up a treasure!

These Spaniards (Guardiola team) look at people really viciously!
Several guys I know who have played under Guardiola have said the same thing to me-Guardiola's tactical requirements are very difficult to understand, and basically it takes until the second season to fully grasp it.

But this little guy has officially joined Manchester City for less than a month..."

Looking at the Manchester City list on the screen, Li Liang felt very familiar and friendly, most of which he was very familiar with.

A full year ago, during my trial training at the Manchester City base, I was shocked when I saw De Bruyne, Aguero and Yaya Toure with my own eyes!
I didn't expect that I would soon have a showdown with these "old acquaintances" in the 8/1 final of the Champions League.

After some emotion, he found that Manchester City only sent the center back Stones, who was introduced from Everton this season, and two full backs Sagna and Kolarov on the defense line.

It seems to play 3 central defenders, but the screen shows that Manchester City's formation is 433.

The game started, and all eyes were on Jesus.

With Bournemouth's focus on defense, Jesus, who served as Manchester City's center, performed well.

Although he is only 1 meters tall, it can be seen from the live broadcast that the Brazilian seems to be able to do a job with ease under the siege of a group of strong men.

In addition, Li Liang was surprised to notice that Manchester City's all-round midfielder, the Brazilian Fernandinho nicknamed "Flying Bird", who played the midfielder, appeared at the left back position.

It soon became clear to him that Kolarov was standing in the middle of the defense, partnering with Stones as a central defender.

Such a staffing arrangement was beyond Li Liang's comprehension, and he began to ask Gaudino for advice.

The dirty old man replied: "Frankly speaking, I don't understand it either. It looks more like a tactical experiment."

As soon as he finished speaking, an accident happened.

In the 13th minute of the game, De Bruyne planned an attack in the midfield. He made an accurate long pass and found Sane on the left. The latter got the ball and drove straight to the bottom line and made a decisive pass.

Jesus in the middle used his flexible running position to successfully get rid of the defense, and jumped up in the penalty area to outflank and grab points.

Sane's cross was not suppressed too high, Jesús failed to hit the ball, and when he landed, his movements were deformed and he fell directly to the ground.

The ball flew out of the bottom line, and the camera immediately focused on Jesús who was in the end.

After the team doctor came in for an inspection, he made a substitution gesture towards the bench.

Seeing Jesus being carried off the field on a stretcher, Godino sighed: "The child was injured without confrontation, and such a situation is the most dangerous!
I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to catch up with your game! "

The camera was aimed at Guardiola who was standing in front of the bench in astonishment, and Arteta on the side couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

Fortunately, Aguero, who came off the bench, was in excellent form, and Manchester City still took the absolute initiative by virtue of their overwhelming strength.

In the 29th minute, Manchester City finally broke the deadlock.

Sane made a cross from the left in the penalty area, and the Bournemouth player made a mistake in the penalty area. Sterling made a point shot and scored, 1:0.

Bournemouth struggled to counterattack but could not form a substantial threat. At halftime, Manchester City took the lead.

The second half was rather dull. In the 69th minute, Sterling made a continuous pass from the right and made a cross near the bottom line of the penalty area. Aguero fell to the ground and scored in front of the goal. Manchester City extended their lead to two goals.

In the end, Manchester City scored all 3 points in the away game, but everyone saw that Guardiola and his assistants all looked dignified in the screen.

The anchor also mentioned that Jesus' accidental injury cast a shadow over Manchester City's victory, but it is believed that Manchester City will still be able to pass the next Champions League match smoothly.

Curses sounded again in Latuby's tactics classroom.

On February 2th, the whole team had a day off, and Li Liang and Xiao Yu spent a romantic Valentine's Day together.

Li Liang didn't know that while he and Xiao Yu were wandering the streets of Monaco, Jardim was still preparing nervously in Latubi's office.

He kept refreshing the webpage on the computer screen in front of him, even though his friend L'Equipe reporter Biel Ghazi had provided the exact news: Jesús will definitely miss the two Champions League games against Monaco.But the Portuguese are still restless.

He knows very well that Manchester City will be two completely different teams with or without Jesús.Therefore, he must determine the accuracy of this information.

Until the early hours of the morning, Yardim finally got the latest news headlines.

After clicking on it, he saw that the Manchester City club stated in an official statement: After the diagnosis of the club's medical team, Jesús' injury was a fracture of the metatarsal bone of his right foot. The specific degree of injury and truce time will require further examinations to determine.

At the same time, in the conference room of the main building of the Manchester City base far away, the members of the coaching team have been discussing for a long time, and Guardiola, who is sitting in the middle, is still silent.

There are less than 7 days until the start of the game.

(End of this chapter)