All the Tottenham players were on the pitch, and it was a long time before the Monaco players ran out of the tunnel one by one.

The fans who had been waiting for a long time booed loudly, Caldeira looked at Li Liang's back, turned around and asked, "Carlo, is Li's physical fitness really okay?" ”

Spinoli replied firmly: "There is definitely no problem, the first Li has been training very well recently, and his fitness has been improving;

Second, he came on in the 27th minute, but for almost 10 minutes, lying on the ground or under treatment, so as long as he played normally, he would definitely be able to hold on until the end of the game! ”

Just now, after the fierce discussion among the players in the locker room, after Li Liang first reviewed his mistakes, everyone was open and honest, and everyone took the initiative to reflect on their own problems.

Falcao signaled for everyone to be quiet, and he said loudly: "Please believe me, I have seen too many great teams in my career, and so far this season, we have performed really well!

Not to mention Tottenham, we are more than capable of competing with any team! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone shouted, and all of them applauded vigorously.

Seeing that the heat was just right, Jardim began to lay out the tactics for the second half while the iron was hot: starting to use the three-centre-back formation against Paris, Sidibi returned to the left, Raj and Fabinho played on the right, Moutinho dropped back and Bakayoko played in double midfield, Li Liang in the middle and Silva in the middle behind Falcao......

Yaldim concluded: "Tottenham want to crush us with speed and movement, plus physical confrontation, and I would say that in the last few games, we have also been among the best in the whole big five leagues in terms of total distance and high intensity runs!

What if someone wants to challenge us with a physical style of play?! ”

Everyone yelled, "Fight back!" ”

At the start of the second half, Monaco kicked off.

All of a sudden, the Monaco players were running as hard as they could.

Li Liang looked at Sun Xingmin opposite and found that there was no longer the desire for revenge that he had in the first half.

As soon as he came out of the dressing room, he realized that the familiar feeling of the game was back in his body again.

He started to try not to keep the ball and all the incoming balls were kicked out. In this way, Tottenham's pinch attack gradually lost its power, but Li Liang frequently seized the gap and passed several good shots for his teammates.

Seeing that the Monaco players were slowly coming alive, Pochettino immediately began to discuss with the assistant coach.

Before, he never thought that No. 17 really had the ability to change the game, but there were a lot of shortcomings: slow speed, weak body, love to stick to the ball at his feet, etc.

However, he knows that this player's passing awareness is indeed superior, and he must not be guarded against.

Pochettino's defensive tactics against Li Liang before the game were to use high-intensity physical confrontation, squeeze the space for him to control the ball, and drive him away from the 30-meter area.

Judging by the first half, this defensive strategy was undoubtedly a success.

Monaco's change of formation was expected by him, but the sudden activation of the number 17 surprised him.

Pochettino is confident that Tottenham have developed a well-established defensive system that can limit the number 17 and minimise his threat without having to set up a marker.

Li Liang's current performance made him nervous, especially Li Liang's running position - after watching it for a while, he immediately remembered his compatriot Riquelme.

Although the two have never met in the Arabie League, he has experienced first-hand Riquelme's profound ability to run during several national team training and competitions.

Monaco's number 17 can actually find the ideal position in the midfield movement, just like Riquelme.

Pochettino became vigilant, and for the first time began to doubt his own judgment.

Tottenham's players continued to follow Pochettino's instructions and began to seek physical confrontation whenever the number 17 had the ball. However, they suddenly found that the movement of the number 17 was completely unpredictable, and for most of the time he was between Bakayoko and Moutinho.

At the same time, they also found that not only the number 17, but also the other Monaco players began to kick the ball as hard as possible, and the passing was constantly increasing, making it uncomfortable for the defenders to press.

Monaco clearly continued to pick up the pace, and although the number of mistakes increased, the passive situation on the pitch gradually reversed.

Li Liang, who regained his composure, did not hesitate to run and sprint with physical strength, doing his best to meet his teammates, and then using long passes to dispatch.

He changed the footwork of the pass and increased the amount of advance in the ball.

As a result, team-mates will have to sprint as hard as they can to receive his pass – and so will the Tottenham defenders, of course, or they will be thrown off immediately.

The tempo of attack and defence has been repeatedly accelerated, and Tottenham's formation has gradually shown signs of loosening. Pochettino also began to shout from the command area, and he knew very well that with such a rapid frequency of switching between attack and defense, it was difficult for even his own players to ensure that there would be no mistakes.

The old gentleman in the stands was a little surprised, and he sighed: "Monaco and Tottenham fight for speed and strength? This is crazy! ”

The professor was excited, although Arsenal were unfortunately eliminated by Jardim's Monaco in the quarter-finals of the 2014-15 Champions League, but Monaco is also a team he has coached for many years. Seeing that the situation had changed, he couldn't help but feel shocked.

He Wei and Xue Yang watched very attentively in the studio, and He Wei exclaimed: "With this kind of game intensity, it is estimated that the running distance of both teams will hit a new high after the game." ”

Xue Yang also smiled: "This has become a track and field competition, it depends on who can grit their teeth and persevere to the end." ”

There are also a lot fewer barrages on the live broadcast website, and everyone is just nervously watching the game.

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Li Liang's retreat also affected the position of Ali, who has a total rating of 80. Ali also took on the task of attacking and advancing in the double midfield, and after following Li Liang a few times, he immediately realized that the opponent's running position was very purposeful - No. 17 wanted to tear himself away from the middle.

Ali was a little puzzled, what was the purpose of the 17th?

Son Heung-min hadn't attacked on the left side for a long time, and he didn't even have a chance to get the ball, and he was impatient.

Li Liang felt that he had finally endured the right moment, as he found that the game had become a stalemate between the two sides in midfield, and the Tottenham players generally began to slow down and their running speed also decreased.

Li Liang took the ball again, and this time he didn't pass it, but began to dribble along the right side.

After he hit the ball with more than a dozen kicks in a row, this time he unexpectedly dribbled forward, and the surrounding Tottenham players didn't react suddenly.

Son Xingmin was the first to come up, Li Liang quickly passed the ball to Fabinho, and then plugged in at high speed along the right sideline!

Ali also started to run back, ready to defend Li Liang with Davis, and Fabinho stabbed the ball to Li Liang before Son Heung-min could grab it.

After Li Liang got the ball, he made a sudden stop, widened the distance between him and Ali, and immediately cut horizontally inward.

The tall Ali also completed the emergency stop and turn at an alarming rate, and chased after Li Liang without hesitation, Fabinho continued to plug in at high speed along the sideline, and Davis followed him closely and did not dare to slack off.

Son Heung-min's reaction was obviously half a beat slower, and he hesitated for a moment but chose to pursue Fabinho.

Moutinho also pressed up on the right side of the midfield, and he had already found that Li Liang's lateral pull had created a big gap for himself, and he did not hesitate to cut in behind Fabinho in the direction of the right rib of the penalty area.

In this situation, Moutinho should have been the man who followed Son Heung-min, but he was completely let go because of the South Korean's misjudgment.

Vertonghen saw that the situation was not good, and quickly made up for it, leaving Aldreveld alone to face Falcao.

Dale, who was in the middle lane, immediately realized that No. 17 was attacking his own defense zone! If he is broken through again, No. 17 and Silva on the left and Falcao behind him will form a local 3-2 against Aldreveld and Walker!

Seeing that Li Liang was getting closer and closer to Dell, he had already begun to change his pace, adjusting his center of gravity, obviously preparing to forcibly break through Dell!

Ali was extremely shocked, he had already reacted completely, the situation conceived by the 17th, including the strange run just now, was all to try to attack Dale - because Dale already had a yellow card on him!

Ali's speed was faster than Li Liang, and he quickly caught up, but Li Liang used his running to get stuck firmly in front of him, leaving him with no chance to take advantage of it for a while.

Ali has already made up his mind to sabotage this attack before he makes contact with Dale on the 17th!

Li Liang's changing pace made Dale more and more nervous, and he saw Ali desperately stretching out his hand to grab No. 17 - suddenly, a white figure appeared sideways and pounced on Li Liang's body, and the two fell on the turf together!

The referee's whistle blew and he quickly ran over, and Dale realized that it was teammate Lamela who made up for it and preemptively committed a tactical foul on No. 17.

The referee showed Lamela a yellow card, and Li Liang jumped up on his own, and he wanted to send this free kick quickly!

Dell's heart was chilling! He didn't know how the Monaco players behind him were running, and immediately instinctively stretched out his legs to block No. 17's fast free kick!

Ali and Lamela beside him, and Erickson not far away all shouted: "Don't stop him! ”

Dale was shocked and quickly retracted his legs, and at the same time, Li Liang, who was desperate to send a free kick, turned his ankle and kicked the ball towards Dale!

Dale dodged desperately, and the ball almost grazed his right leg before it was withdrawn and flew off the touchline.

Everyone around, including the referee, understood that Li Liang obviously wanted to cause Dale to block the quick free kick and foul!

The Monaco players rushed up and excitedly argued to the referee that Dier had blocked the ball out of bounds, and the referee smiled and shook his head to uphold Tottenham's penalty for the throw-in.

Tottenham's players were all relieved, and Pochettino was on the sidelines to let go of what had been hanging his heart, and he found himself sweating.

The more Pochettino thought about it, the more frightened he became, and immediately returned to the bench to let the two midfielders, Dembele and Wanyama, start warming up immediately.

Pochettino is fully convinced that he has made a major mistake in his judgment of the number 17! The lateral breakthrough of No. 17 just now, as well as this thrilling free kick fast, convinced him that the purpose of No. 17 was to beat Dale down!

And he almost got his way!