i don't want to be king

Chapter 581 Just a coincidence?

The referee raised the yellow card high to the helpless Li Liang, then lowered his head and recorded behind the yellow card.

Xiwa looked back at this scene in disbelief. Aguero ran past him and said, "David, don't take it too seriously, it's just a coincidence!"

De Bruyne was as shocked as Xiwa. When he was holding the ball just now, he turned around and saw that Sane and Sterling were about to be in place.The moment he hesitated, Li Liang had already made a tackle. The Belgian thought he could wade past his opponent, but unexpectedly he was tripped.

He had seen with his own eyes Li Liang's astonishing overall view during Li Liang's trial training a year ago, so he had no doubt that Li Liang must have done it on purpose!
Guardiola was very annoyed. He strode back to the bench and picked up a bottle of water to drink. He put down the water and was still chattering at his assistants.

Sane and Sterling's cutting from the flanks on both sides is one of the offensive tactics he has been carefully building since he came to Manchester City. He used the strong containment ability of Aguero and Xiwa to attract the opponent's defense in the middle, and then launched an attack on the two wings. .

The situation just now was already perfect. As long as De Bruyne sends the pass forward, even if he hands it over to Xiwa or Aguero who retreats, this tactic can work immediately.

Li Liang thwarted City's best chance of scoring first in the away game at the cost of a yellow card, which surprised and angered Guardiola, who couldn't tell if Li Liang did it on purpose.

However, like Xiwa, Guardiola couldn't help thinking of Li Liang's last assist at the Etihad, which was also more than half of the field away, and it was more difficult-could it be said that this guy can perceive himself Can't see everything that's happening in the location?
It's not impossible, it's just that there are really too few people with this ability!

Jardim's heart was shocked. In the past, he had seen Li Liang pass unimaginable balls on the offensive end. He always seemed to be able to find extremely hidden routes of the ball, and created a game that ordinary players could hardly realize. Great opportunity to come.

Jardim did not expect that Li Liang could also display this talent on the defensive end!
He didn't think too much about the rest, including the consequences of this yellow card, and now his thoughts and attention are all focused on the game in front of him.

Li Liang felt sad for a while. The tactics manual he received in the tactics class before the game had already marked it, and Caldeira had also warned him specifically, but he could no longer choose at the critical moment just now.

He Wei is inquiring nervously: "...Well, sure enough, it is Li Liang's two yellow cards in the group stage. The foul in the 31st minute of this game allowed him to receive the third yellow card in the Champions League match. yellow card!
According to the rules, he will be automatically suspended for one game in Monaco's next Champions League game...

Of course, the premise is that Monaco must first eliminate Manchester City to enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League. "

When Mr. Zhang heard the commentary on TV, he reprimanded him: "This commentary is nothing but worrying, it would be great if Monaco can pass this one!
Another game! "

Madanilo also said to Lippi: "This tackle is too reckless! If it is not in Europe, it is not surprising to get a red card!"

"No", Lippi shook his head gently: "We can't blame Li entirely, De Bruyne's reaction speed is top-notch, it's not easy for him to touch De Bruyne!"

Manchester City sent a free kick in the backcourt and the game restarted.

Li Liang felt that there was an idea in his heart that became clearer and clearer. He seemed to be more predictable and aware of Manchester City's tactics!

Monaco's 5 conceded goals in the last game were more due to the amazing individual performances of several Manchester City superstars, as well as the somewhat restrained performance of the Monaco players themselves.

Caldeira has repeatedly emphasized this issue in recent defensive tactical drills and tactical lessons. Li Liang believes that his teammates at home today will not make the same mistake again.

Guardiola also thought so. Fortunately, after the first round of competition, he had a clearer understanding of Monaco's defensive system and overall tactics, so he not only made bold adjustments to the starting lineup, but also made specific tactical adjustments. He also actively seeks changes in his style of play.

This is what Li Liang discovered. In this game, Manchester City mainly played Sane and Sterling on the two wings, and Aguero played more of a containment and support role in the middle.

De Bruyne is responsible for passing the ball forward accurately when switching from defense to offense. The core of all offensive tactics is one person-Xiwa.

Li Liang didn't know that Guardiola would rather take away Toure, who would occupy the ball and squeeze Xiwa's space in the frontcourt, and put in a relatively more "local" Asuka to focus on the defense of the midfield. .

At the expense of Aguero's offense and De Bruyne's great deterrence in the midfield, the auxiliary work was handed over to all other teammates in order to give full play to Xiwa's attack power in the frontcourt!
It was too late to think too much, after De Bruyne passed the backcourt free kick to Xiwa, Li Liang immediately ran back to the backcourt to participate in the defense.

He saw Xiwa make a beautiful turn and sway past Bakayoko who was grabbing, and then quickly made a wall-style 2-over-1 cooperation with Aguero and broke through Fabinho.

While Remelson was stuck, Xiwa lightly used the soles of his feet to pull the ball back to De Bruyne who was behind him, and then quickly inserted into the penalty area!
Li Liang did not choose to defend De Bruyne with Bakayoko nearby, but immediately accelerated to chase Xiwa who was advancing.

Sidibi saw that Remelson's attack failed, and immediately moved laterally to protect Raj who was facing the impact of Aguero. Fabinho had already seen Sane who was advancing at the same time, and immediately advanced without hesitation. Mendy saw the emptiness in the middle and immediately shrunk to make up for it, but missed Sterling behind him!

Sterling started to accelerate as fast as lightning, and De Bruyne sent a very fast half-high ball without hesitation in the face of Bakayoko.

The ball passed by Bakayoko, and then quickly flew behind Mendy and went straight to the baseline. The moment Sterling passed the ball from De Bruyne, he just passed Mendy who was dragging at the end without offside!

Mendy hurriedly turned around under Subasic's roar, and Sterling showed amazing speed and sprinted within a few meters. He hooked the ball back before Subasic and Mendy In the middle!
Seeing that the ball was about to fly in front of Xiwa who was fully in place on the left corner of the small penalty area, Li Liang suddenly appeared. He leaped into the air during the sprint, and pushed the ball out of the baseline with his body almost level with the ground!

Huge cheers erupted in the audience, and the shocked home fans gave their applause and cheers to Li Liang who fell on the turf without hesitation.

Raj and Fabinho strode forward and pulled Li Liang up together. Subasic quickly got up and shouted and rushed to Li Liang. He and Li Liang clapped hard to express their thanks!

If it weren't for Li Liang's flying rescue after running for more than half of the field, Xiwa would have a golden opportunity to hit an empty goal without being marked this time.

Xiwa panted heavily, her eyes never leaving Li Liang who was treated like a hero by her teammates.

Who can say that it was just a coincidence that they accurately destroyed Manchester City's deadly attack twice within 2 minutes? !
(End of this chapter)