Chapter 441: Fight back to the pre-liberation period overnight
What shocked Li Liang the most was that he had almost never seen the way "Little Pea" played.
Hernandez faced Monaco's defence with such ease that it was almost like a training match.
And Li Liang found that the more "Little Pea" played like this, the more nervous his teammates became, and it seemed that the defense against Hernandez was simply not on the same level.
At the same time, the German veteran and high school striker Kiessling also put pressure on the Monaco backfield, which was already at a disadvantage in height.
Hernandez had more and more room to move under his control, with Monaco's midfielder Moutinho and French youngster Kevin Ndolam having to drop back heavily to get involved in defence.
The feeling to Li Liang is that Leverkusen has begun to suppress Monaco without exerting force.
Dillard was still able to play normally, actively seeking to link up with his team-mates, using his experienced experience to launch frequent counter-attacks on the right, but the home side looked defensive, and Brazilian left-back Wendell almost looked like he had been prepared for Dillard.
Physically strong and quick, the Brazilian and Dilal, who were skilled at their feet, went toe-to-toe with both of them playing extremely high quality in attack and defence, but soon, without the support of his teammates, Dilal gradually fell to the disadvantage.
Li Liang couldn't help but sigh, why does Brazil have so many outstanding fullbacks! The subtitles show that this Wendell is only 23 years old, which makes people feel that the future is limitless!
Even the French commentator on TV regretfully said that if Wendell is not a Brazilian national, such a scarce left-back is definitely capable of challenging the position of most national teams in Europe.
Just when Li Liang and the TV commentators were sighing, Wendell cut off Dillard's ball in the backfield, quickly transferred to the Austrian defender Baumgartlinger in the middle, and then immediately stepped forward at high speed.
The Austrian handed the ball to Brandt, and the German took two steps to cleverly send a cross to the left, and Wendell received the ball and passed the Monaco right-back Amamir Toure in front of him and forced his way inside!
Raj had no choice but to make up for it, with Moutinho and Ndolam all shrinking back into the box to help defend Kiessling and "Little Pea".
Wendell swayed all the way, Raj vigilantly kept his distance from the Brazilian, and Toure chased back.
Seeing that there was no room to continue to break through, Wendell suddenly passed the ball back to the middle.
With the midfield dropping back too deep, there was a very clear defensive vacuum in front of Monaco's penalty area.
Another midfielder of the home team, Ukrainian Yurchenko, who had been running wildly for most of the half, appeared in front of the ball, comfortably adjusted the ball to the ideal position, and then volleyed from the edge of the penalty area!
Due to the dense crowd in the middle, De Sanctis did not see the opponent's attack at all! By the time he could react, it was too late, and the ball grazed his fingertips and flew into the bottom right corner of the fan!
At 1:0, Wendell assisted Yurchenko to score the world wave, and the home team took a 1-0 lead in the 30th minute.
Monaco full-back Toure holds his head in frustration as he makes a fatal mistake and Raj shouts out encouragement to the young team-mate.
Indeed, this ball is not how brilliant Yurchenko's shot, and most of the credit goes to Wendell, who assisted.
Toure's defensive mistake led to the Brazilian's long drive, and Wendell even had time to adjust if Raj didn't fill in.
Even against the defense, Wendell waited for Yurchenko, who was in the best position, to step in and then deliver a precise assist at the most opportune time.
Li Liang's blood boiled when he saw it, and he couldn't help but get up and sigh.
Seeing the elegant and sharp "Little Pea" on TV, the powerful Wendell, and this world wave, all of these touched every cell in Li Liang's body, making him eager to jump into the TV and play now!
Li Liang, who had calmed down, sat down stupidly, and immediately got up and poured himself a glass of water and drank it all, the excessive nervousness made his mouth dry.
In the Group E match, Li Liang missed the opportunity to play Bayer Leverkusen twice by mistake.
Now even when watching the live broadcast, he can feel the strong strength of his opponent.
If Tottenham is the most rigid to the fierce, the big open and close to the way of playing to suppress people; CSKA defended with iron and blood, counterattacking quickly; And Leverkusen's tight tactical organization and efficient overall movement on the field fascinated Li Liang even more.
He didn't realize that he could see more and more important content than he had seen in Latubi's tactical classroom before, also watching the live broadcast.
It seems that the two sides are attacking and defending each other, but Li Liang has already discovered the root cause of Monaco's passivity.
Without Fabinho's control of the big picture in midfield, as well as the pace and passing of Lemar and Silva, Monaco's attacking organisation in midfield was nothing short of fragmented, easily dismantled by the experienced Baumgatlinger-led midfield defence.
Boschlia began to dribble again, and the Brazilian youngster's skills at his feet were absolutely among the best in Monaco, but in the game he lacked passing awareness and was too sticky with the ball at his feet, resulting in a completely unsuccessful attack on the left flank.
Dillard was suppressed by Wendell, and Moutinho, the only remaining organiser in the midfield, had to defend with all his might, and there was no time to press, and the striker Clentin-Jean had to take the initiative to retreat frequently to get the ball.
Jean has speed and foot skills, but the physical confrontation is obviously at a loss, and he also lacks game experience, and the effect of retreating to get the ball is not ideal.
His partner, high school striker Carrillo, lacks the ability to fight alone, and most of the time he can't pass the ball, so he has completely become a "decoration" in the frontcourt.
After being hit three times and not returning a punch, it looks like Monaco is already in jeopardy, and it is lucky not to be knocked out directly by the opponent.
Monaco strengthened their defence after conceding a goal and at half-time there was no change in the scoreline.
At the start of the second half, Monaco launched a counter-attack, and it was clear that the Yaldim midfielder had done his homework.
The Portuguese is not ready to give up on this game, he wants to test the quality and form of his substitutes, but also to find the most resilient among them.
It's a pity that the visitors didn't hold on for long. In the 48th minute, Calhanoglu cut cross-cutting on the right side of the front field, got rid of Boschlia and sent the ball behind him at the front of the penalty area, Brandt hit the goal directly from a small angle without stopping the ball, the ball hit Raj's left leg and bounced off to change the line, just past the hapless De Sanctis and flew into the goal, 2:0!
Morocco's morale has clearly taken a heavy hit, with the young substitutes looking increasingly dazed.
In the 67th minute, Jardim replaced the increasingly hot-headed Boschlia with Malian teenager Adama Traore, and Monaco's attack on the left gradually picked up.
After the wings were able to pass the ball threateningly, Carrillo's power gradually became apparent.
Schmidt, who felt the pressure, immediately changed his players, replacing Calhanoglu with midfielder Chilean Arangis, who had lost physical strength, to strengthen the defense on the right side; He then replaced Brandt on the left with Australian striker Cruise and continued to storm Toure's defensive zone.
The adjustment was so powerful that Monaco's counterattack was immediately suppressed.
Yaldim went toe-for-tat and replaced striker Jean with Germain in an attempt to regain the initiative.
In the 81st minute, Wendell broke through Toure's defence again and sent a brilliant through ball for Cruise, and the referee awarded a penalty after Diallo slid a tackle to bring down the Australian.
Li Liang received a blow to the head!
He knew Bayer Leverkusen had taken the game away completely.
The subtitles show that Bayer Leverkusen have missed all four penalties they have won in the new season! This kindled a glimmer of hope in Li Liang's heart.
The penalty was taken by Wendell, who had a good performance in the game.
Wendell, who looked grim and a little nervous, blasted the ball hard and hit the crossbar!
Li was happy in his conscience, but immediately saw the ball bounce to De Sanctis, who fell to the ground after making a save, bounced into the goal with his back, 3:0!
The captions show that the goal was counted as an own goal by De Sanctis.
The TV screen flashed and then went black, and Li Liang didn't even realize that he had pressed the button on the remote control.
Frustrated, he threw away the remote control in his hand. If it weren't late at night, he would have liked to go to Latubi right now.
He felt that only crazy training could calm the anger in his heart.