i don't want to be king

Chapter 590 The Final Hand-to-hand Battle

Before kick-off, both sides substituted at the same time in the 83rd minute of the game.

Guardiola deeply understands that the game has entered an unpredictable state since Monaco's second goal.

He did not follow the unanimous suggestion of Torrent and Arteta-replace Otamendi to strengthen the defense, but stubbornly replaced Clichy with the Nigerian teenager Ishinacho, and continued to strengthen the offense.

In this way, Stones is in the center, Kolarov and Sagna are separated, and Manchester City still insists on using a 3-back system to deal with Monaco, which is getting hotter.

After Ishinacho came on the field, he played a double center with Aguero. The 1-meter Nigerian teenager Ishinacho came from Manchester City's own youth training. He is generally considered to be a player with both height and speed as well as a good finisher. Excellent modern center of ability.

Manchester City replaced Sidibi with veteran Dilar.Dilar appeared more on the right wing attacking position in Monaco. From the middle of this season, Jardim tried to make him play as a right back. The Portuguese just took a fancy to Dilar's good round-trip ability and attack , I hope he can further strengthen the team's assist ability on the right side in the back position.

Replacing Dilar is also one of the pre-match plans if the team is unable to attack for a long time. Not only the players of Monaco, but also the players of Manchester City and Guardiola off the field know that Monaco is still gritting its teeth and strengthening its attack.

The two sides have shown new weapons, and the moment of decisive battle has quietly arrived.

Lineker analyzed: "Manchester City replaced a striker, and Monaco replaced Dilar, an assaulter on the wing, to play right back. It seems that both sides will continue to increase their offensive efforts."

Ferdinand said: "The situation of the game is very open at this time, and it is not surprising what kind of ending happens."

The voices of many home fans have been hoarse, and they are still shouting with all their strength, hope is just around the corner, how much they hope the team can go further!
The Manchester City fans at Cape Dale Point were silent for a while after Li Liang's goal. As the game progressed, they gradually calmed down. They almost all took off their shirts and went into battle shirtless, shouting frantically. You can advance to the top 8 of the Champions League in just a few minutes, no one wants to give up hope at this time!
Xiwa showed all his strength, and he, who has always been low-key, became more and more excited on the court. He began to shout and direct his teammates to respond and move, and his roar and powerful gestures were full of domineering.

Both teammates and Guardiola could see that Xiwa was really in a hurry.

He has spent too many seasons in Manchester City and won enough honors. Everyone knows that Xiwa hopes to lead the Blue Moon Legion (Manchester City's nickname) to a breakthrough in the Champions League before retiring.

Guardiola understands that the one who pushed Xiwa into such a situation was another player who performed brilliantly on the field today.

Judging from Guardiola's rich coaching experience over the years, Monaco's No. 17 has increasingly shown great determination and steel-like will that are extremely disproportionate to his seemingly quiet appearance.

From this point alone, who can say that No. 17 is inferior to Xiwa?

Guardiola knows that his defensive arrangement against Li Liang has reached the extreme. If he makes special adjustments again, it will undoubtedly greatly affect the overall balance of the team's offense and defense!

So he just shouted to the players on the sidelines to pay attention to the defensive position and continue to strengthen the intensity of man-to-man defense.

However, what makes him a little uneasy is that after scoring the world wave just now, No. 17's mental state is completely different, he seems to be more focused, and has a greater degree of devotion to the game——

In short, Li Liang's mental and technical and tactical states have been significantly sublimated simultaneously, and are continuing to evolve towards a completely different level!

Thinking of this, Guardiola immediately yelled again, and he signaled his disciples to be careful not to foul easily within the 30-meter area, and never to give No. 17 any chance of a free kick that might threaten the goal!

He didn't believe that Li Liang could repeat the miracle of scoring a goal from a corner kick again, but he absolutely didn't dare to let Li Liang face Caballero and get a chance to score a direct free kick!

In addition, Guardiola was also surprised by Yardim's desperate adjustment to replace Sidibi with Dilar.

At this time, Monaco, who was eager to score a goal, obviously still had the capable Germain on standby. Why did Jardim replace with a winger?

And the replacement is Sidibi who is playing right center back?
An ominous premonition faintly appeared in Guardiola's heart, and it became more and more intense!

Manchester City's players resolutely carried out the coach's instructions. Li Liang and De Bruyne, who were becoming more and more difficult to control, were almost inseparable. The others tried their best to block any attempt by the remaining Monaco players to establish a connection with Li Liang.

In such a difficult situation, Li Liang still found a good opportunity. Facing the entanglement of many teammates in the counterattack, he unexpectedly wanted to send a good ball from the left again. Lemar kept the ball and directly pushed it to Mendy, who took advantage of the situation. Sterling's defense broke into the penalty area with his physical decline.

Lineker yelled, "Great chance!"

Mendy decisively made a low pass before Sagna shoveled it. Fabinho, who responded from the center of the penalty area, pushed directly against Stones' defense. The ball barely missed the bottom line outside the near post!
Amidst the loud regrets from the audience, the Brazilian roared angrily.

Guardiola, whose heart almost stopped beating, shouted desperately in the command area to signal the players to pay attention to each other's position and protection, while Jardim waved and cursed.

Henry said nervously to Grimandi: "What a pity! Such an opportunity should not be missed!"

Madanilo sighed: "Guardiola is too experienced, and Ishinacho's playing makes Monaco's two midfielders dare not press at the same time, so that Monaco's midfielders are easily separated and Li is isolated again. Get up!"

Lippi stared at the TV screen and said: "Jardim made a brave decision!
I don't know what his specific thoughts are, but if it were me, I would have to continue to strengthen the offense at this time. Now the most likely breakthrough is Manchester City's wing defense! "

After Lippi's analysis, everyone understood Jardim's thinking at once. Using Li Liang's great containment of Manchester City's defense, Mendy and Dilar on both sides took turns to seek offensive opportunities.

Lippi added: "Claudio (Gaudino), do you think Li's physical fitness has begun to decline?

If I read correctly, Yardim should replace Lee with a striker next. "

In the 85th minute, the camera came to the sidelines. Sure enough, as Lippi expected, Germain was ready, and Caldeira was holding his shoulders and kept telling him.

Godino's voice was a little low: "Li's physical fitness has improved beyond my imagination. He can maintain high-intensity running and confrontation until now, which is already very remarkable..."

Guardiola finally breathed a sigh of relief, he found that Li Liang's movements began to become sluggish after the continuous highlight performance.

He understood that Li Liang's physical fitness had finally reached the point where he could not continue.

Monaco's Spignoli stood beside Jardim, his hands trembling slightly.

He whispered in Jardim's ear: "Leonardo, it's time, I'm afraid Li won't last!"

Jardim stared closely at Li Liang, who was bent over and couldn't stop adjusting his socks, turned his head and said firmly: "Let Valere (Germain) wait a little longer!"

Xiwa made continuous breakthroughs on the right and returned the ball to the center. Debrau understood the ball and passed it to Sane on the left. Hinacho's response failed to hit the sideline of the ball, and Aguero, who swayed past the back point, flew out of the baseline.

While Manchester City's players and coaches were still regretting, Subasic quickly took a goal kick and launched a counterattack. Dilar's dribble had already broken through to the center line!
Kolarov, who was at a disadvantage in speed, had no choice but to bring down Dilar directly. The referee blew his whistle and showed the Serbian a yellow card without hesitation.

In the 88th minute of the game, Monaco got a free kick about 40 meters away from the goal on the right side of the front court.

Although he protested symbolically against the referee's penalty, Guardiola secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't believe that even Li Liang, who had no physical problems, could directly attack the goal again from this distance, so Kolarov's yellow card seemed quite worth it.

Caldeira immediately looked at Jardim, but Jardim remained motionless.

(End of this chapter)