i don't want to be king

Chapter 588 Dream Track
In the first thrilling matchup at the Etihad, in Arteta's view, being able to successfully gain a two-goal advantage at home at the last moment was entirely due to luck on Manchester City's side.

He told Guardiola frankly his worries-Manchester City cannot always be favored by luck.

The long-term absence of Kompany, who is known as one of the best central defenders in the Premier League, has caused huge losses to Manchester City's defense and has also had an immeasurable impact on Manchester City's overall strength.

Stones, who was introduced by Guardiola, paid full "tuition fees" in the first season representing Manchester City. After the first round against Monaco, he was recognized by the media as the main responsibility for scoring 3 goals. one of them.

Otamendi's state has also fluctuated.More importantly, the comprehensive aging of the full-backs makes it difficult for Guardiola's tactical system to be fully supported. Manchester City's lineup has not been sufficiently reinforced except for Jesus, who has been finalized in the winter window.

Before the game, not only Arteta, but even Torrent had the same opinion. It was difficult for Manchester City's defense to provide enough help for the team at the Luis II Stadium.

Under such circumstances, Guardiola decided to use his consistent football philosophy to solve the problem-that is, attack, continuous attack, and tougher attack to suppress the opponent and kill Monaco's last hope of making a comeback.

At the critical moment, the entire coaching team thought of relying on Xiwa's strength.For this reason, Guardiola resolutely won Yaya Toure, who is used to sharing the ball in the frontcourt with Xiwa, and built a midfield defense line with Birds who are more dedicated on the defensive end. The absolute core position in the game.

The away goal scored by Sane just now after the continuous explosion, on the surface, it seems that the German played the best performance after joining Manchester City, but in Guardiola's view, the biggest hero behind this is Xiwa who went all out !
It was Xiwa's almost ubiquitous strong presence in the frontcourt that seriously interfered with Monaco's overall defense, allowing Sane to successfully open the left corridor.

I concentrated all my strength on the opponent's frontcourt, in order to use Xiwa's superior strength to form an absolute advantage locally to completely destroy the opponent.

Through most of the game, Guardiola has firmly believed that his hunting tactics will definitely score again, and Monaco will definitely catch it without a fight.

Seeing Jardim give it a go and start fighting with almost a "total attack" tactic, Guardiola was shocked but his self-confidence remained unshakable.

He believes that Monaco can replicate tactics and styles of play similar to his own——

But they don't have a second David Silva (Xiwa)!Even this No. 17, which has attracted great attention from me, is still outstanding, but it is still difficult to truly reach the height of Xiwa!
So he is still as stable as Mount Tai, and he is noncommittal about Arteta's suggestion to replace central defender Otamendi.

He believes that his pre-match arrangements will definitely help Manchester City successfully pass the last 20 minutes of the game.

Facing Monaco's desperate counterattack, Manchester City's players also appeared very calm.

De Bruyne's position retreated again, and Sane and Sterling on both sides also returned to the midfield to assist in the defense. While focusing on wing defense, Manchester City's midfield players tried their best to snipe Li Liang's activities in the center.

Li Liang was already passionate, and he couldn't maintain his rationality at all.

All the methods they could think of were ruthlessly stifled by Manchester City. When they found the problem of Manchester City's defense, the opponent immediately used more violent attacks to force himself and his teammates back to the midfield, making it impossible to continue the attack that had just started.

Jardim said to him just now: "Li, you have to find a way to continue to attack their defense line, their central defender combination will definitely make mistakes under pressure!"

But now it is difficult for Li Liang to connect to the 30-meter area near Manchester City, and he will be blocked by his opponents.

He saw that the time on the big screen had reached the 79th minute, and if he didn't do something, everything would be completely too late!

Xiao Yu was shocked to see that Li Liang crazily attacked Manchester City's overall defense line like a wild beast. He even tried to shoot long shots in the midfield when he was repeatedly blocked!
Under the blockade of Asuka and De Bruyne, Li Liang suddenly shot a powerful long-range shot with his left foot from a position 35 meters away from the goal!

The shot from this distance is difficult to pose a threat to Caballero, who has already stood in the position ahead of time. However, to the surprise of the home audience, the Manchester City goalkeeper seems not to be careless at all, and directly holds the ball out of the baseline with both hands, and Monaco takes a corner kick.

The home fans cheered desperately as if they had scored a goal. They have suppressed it for too long, knowing that even such a lucky corner kick for Monaco is a rare opportunity to attack!
Both Falcao and Glick looked unhappy. They were deeply worried that if Li Liang lost his mind, Monaco would lose its last hope.

Grimandi felt the same way, waving his hand and complaining: "A stupid shot!"

"No!" Henry's eyes widened: "It seems that something is wrong!"

Lineker said with some regret: "Playing like this may be what Manchester City wants to see most. Monaco can no longer change the situation!"

Gerrard chimed in: "Wait, there's something wrong with the number 17!"

Messi, who was already a little drowsy on the sofa, suddenly regained his energy. He rubbed his eyes and sat up straight and began to stare at the TV screen intently.

Except for Jardim, the other assistant coaches were a little at a loss. It was rare to see Li Liang forcefully shoot from such an uncertain distance before!
Jardim walked quickly from the bench to the command area. He almost crossed the line and entered the field. The fourth official came to remind him immediately.

Jardim nodded back and said at the same time: "Sorry, I just want to see more clearly!"

When everyone thought that Li Liang had lost his head, the Portuguese felt that he had also seen something!
Li Liang shouted to Lemar who was running towards the corner: "Thomas, please let me take the ball?"

Lemar hesitated for a moment but stopped: "Li, please calm down, we still have time and a chance!"

It was a corner kick from the left. Li Liang stepped back to measure the starting point after setting up the ball. It seemed that he was going to take the corner kick with his left foot.

Unexpectedly, he went back to the corner and carefully placed the ball again, carefully brushing off the tiny blades of grass on the ball.

Seeing this familiar movement, Xiao Yu was relieved, and she said to Talon: "Don't worry, you can tell Radamel (Falcao) that he has definitely not lost his mind!"

Li Liang stepped back again, and this time it was obvious that he was going to use his right foot to take an inside corner.

Grimandy froze suddenly: "This guy..."

Henry also became more nervous: "It's very possible!"

Lippi was slightly dissatisfied: "At this time, we should strictly abide by the team's tactical discipline, and the kicker who changed the corner kick at will is too hasty.

What if Monaco hadn't practiced Lee's corner kick? "

The reaction in the meeting room of the Hurricane team was completely opposite. Li Liang's friends - Bald Qiang, Dong Zi, Chu Xianyun, Ding Ding, Dong Gua, Da Nan, Xiao Yongzhi, etc. all stood up, even Feng Yihan, Zhang Jiang They all stood up too!
Mr. Zhang's voice seemed abnormal: "Liangzi won't come out there again?!
This kid is too brave! "

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After the last game, Manchester City has reached a consensus in the analysis-Li Liang is a player with balanced feet, and his left foot is especially good-after all, it was his left foot that sent Falcao the ball at the last moment of the game. Fatal assist.

So the players who saw Li Liang taking the penalty for Manchester City with his right foot didn't pay much attention.

Only De Bruyne seemed extremely nervous. He suddenly recalled the scene after scene of Li Liang's trial training at the Manchester City base, as well as all the videos about Li Liang he had seen——

Seeing Mbappe trying to compete with Sagna in front of Caballero and trying to interfere with Caballero, De Bruyne became more and more sure——

"Willie (Caballero)! Willy!!"

De Bruyne suddenly yelled: "Be careful he hits the door directly!"

The referee has blown his whistle to signal Li Liang to start free throws.

Li Liang took a deep breath, feeling that special feeling was still lingering on his feet, and it was getting stronger and stronger!
He first raised his hands high and then put them down immediately to run up——

Except for Mbappe, the Monaco players who were desperately grabbing positions in the penalty area were a little inexplicable.

In any set-piece tactics arranged by assistant coach Burrows, have you never seen such a signal signal?
Mbappe gritted his teeth and tried to push away Sagna, who was much stronger than himself. He had seen such corner kicks too many times in the early morning and evening Latubi——

With the louder and louder shouts, the ball is getting closer and closer, and the strength of the whole body is instantly condensed, and it gathers to every part of the body through the rapid contraction and relaxation of thousands of muscle fibers——

Li Liang raised his left arm high, stepped on the support point with his left foot, the spikes were deeply nailed into the turf to connect him with the ground, and at the same time gave back enough support and stability——

At the same moment, the shoulders are lowered, the chest is folded, and the abdomen is folded. The hip joint has already driven the thigh to swing back rapidly. Once it reaches the height firmly engraved in the muscle memory, all muscle groups explode one by one. The powerful leg swing is enough to give the ball full force kinetic energy!

The touch of the ball is impeccable—just like in my dream, I have done it countless times in Latuby, even though the time and space are different, even though the opponent’s almost desperate tactics are enough to kill all attempts——

One thing has not changed, this rainbow-like arc is still enough to lead me to the other end of my dream!
With a "bang", the ball took off, and Li Liang's large swing of his legs made his body fly into the air, his eyes were still fixed on the trajectory drawn by the ball——

This is the track of dreams.

In Xiao Yu's unstoppable tears——

Amidst the huge shouts of anticipation from all the fans——

In the eyes of Mbappe who was knocked to the ground by the opponent——

In Henry's empathetic memories——

Under Messi's shocking gaze——

In Gerald's uncontrollable exclamation——

In Grimandy's memory that suddenly came back as if he had known him before——

Between the raised arms of all these grassroots players on the Hurricanes—

Under Yardim's shocking gaze——

The ball flew higher and higher, faster and faster, roaring and spinning under the starry sky of the Mediterranean night sky, penetrating the soul of every bystander, and fell straight towards Manchester City's goal!

Guardiola felt that the world was completely still at this moment, as if he saw a dazzling meteor——

Flying towards the goal unstoppably!

(End of this chapter)