Monaco's players were shocked by the set-up of the Yaldim at half-time.

The Portuguese said categorically: "Guys, we have to make changes in the second half, otherwise it will not be possible to continue like this!" ”

He made it clear that in the second half of the game, Li Liang would not retreat to his own half to assist in the defense, and at the same time arranged for Lemar and Bernardo Silva to retreat, focusing on the containment of Xiwa.

It's not that Yaldim hasn't arranged this way before, and when facing some opponents who are similar or weaker than him, this arrangement has been tried and tested.

But now facing the strongest opponent Manchester City, the hope of opening up the situation is once again completely pinned on Li Liang?

Caldeira understands that Li Liang's current style of play is more reasonable than before, and he is more willing to play for the whole team than before.

This arrangement is tantamount to returning to the beginning, using more runs from the rest of the team to create attack opportunities for Li Liang!

While several of the teaching assistants disapproved of the risk, they couldn't come up with a better solution.

Seeing Li Liang successfully get rid of the birds' marking for the first time in the half-game, the Monaco bench became excited, and Caldeira couldn't help but shout: "Come on, Thomas (Lemar), hurry up, Bernardo (Silva)!" ”

Stones intercepted Li Liang's advance head-on, but he didn't dare to make a rash move, because he knew that if he was broken through by this dangerous No. 17 again, everything would be completely irreversible.

Pep Guardiola waved desperately and shouted to his disciples to return to defense, because he saw not only Lemar and Silva on both sides, but even Mendy on the left side had fully started and was plugged in at high speed!

In addition to replacing offense with defense, another important reason why Pep Guardiola also arranges high pressing tactics away from home is to compress the movement space of Monaco players.

Now Li Liang's breakthrough in the midfield not only attracted the attention of the midfielders and central defenders, but more importantly, it also contained the defense of the two wings at the same time and had to protect the middle, thus creating a dangerous gap for Monaco's wing attack!

Li Liang didn't shake off Stones, who was standing in a position-he didn't plan to continue to force a breakthrough, while the birds chased over, he suddenly lowered his center of gravity and smashed the ball to the right, and Stones, who had formed a closing trend, immediately followed him sideways, De Bruyne also rushed over, and Li Liang was about to fall into a three-person encirclement!

Pep Guardiola has already shouted: "Beware-"

He suddenly saw that Li Liang was definitely a false shot!

Henry and Grimandi were stunned to see in the stands that Li Liang was completely surrounded at the moment when he swung his right foot almost in place and sent a beautiful long pass to the left!

His effort against Stones and his seemingly panicked cross-cut just now were all about waiting for Mendy to come up behind!

All four former England internationals in BT Sport's studio exclaimed! From the live broadcast screen, you can see how difficult it is to pass the ball with the instep of the foot!

He Wei looked at Mendy, who ran into the picture from the lower right corner, and shouted: "Good opportunity!" ”

Old Man Zhang couldn't help but blurt out: "It's so good!" ”

The Italians in Lippi's room all stared wide-eyed, staring intently at the TV screen—

The ball landed closer to Mendy's route, and in desperation, Kolarov ran to the right at the same time as Sagna, following his instinct to play as a wing-back for many years, and despite Caballero's shouts, Kolarov did not notice that Bernardo Silva had come from behind him!

Klich, who was originally defending Mbappe, had no choice but to rush out of the small penalty area and chase Silva.

Edouard Mendy had already observed the chaos in City's defence, calmly controlling the ball and firing a powerful left-footed diagonal shot directly from the left side of the six-yard box!

"Bang" The ball hit the ground and blocked Kolarov bounced out, Silva reacted quickly in front of the ball and firmly controlled the ball, raised his eyes for a little observation, and directly pulled the ball to the goal again with his left foot!

With the angle too small and a few men already piled up in front of goal, the Portuguese wanted to make a big splash and make the ball deflect or get better to create better chances for his team-mates.

Birds and Stones had already rushed back to the penalty area, and Mbappe suddenly took a step forward and cleverly stretched out his right leg to kick the ball forward!

At a distance of less than 3 meters from the goal, because of Mbappe's grab, the ball suddenly changed direction and went straight to the goal!

Caballero subconsciously made a blocking move, but it was already too late. The ball grazed Caballero's hand and flew into the net!

In an instant, the stadium of Louis II shook, and the audience roared with joy!

Including Kolarov and Caballero, who fell to the ground, the Manchester City players all raised their hands to signal that it was an offside goal! Pep Guardiola also shouted, and the assistant coaches and substitutes behind him all stood up at the same time and waved in protest!

The referee quickly observed the linesman and the baseline referee, then waved his hand firmly to signal that the goal was valid.

1:0, in the 59th minute, Monaco finally took the lead in breaking the deadlock in a passive situation!

Mbappe was so excited that he almost cried, he first ran to the bottom line and jumped and shouted, and then turned back and hugged his excited teammates tightly!

He struggled to find Li Liang among the people, hugged Li Liang tightly and roared: "I did it!" I really did! ”

The big screen was already showing the multi-angle slow-mirror return of the shot just now, and at the moment when Silva touched the ball at the end, Mbappe was still half a body behind the last bird - it was a good ball without a doubt.

Seeing that the frustrated Manchester City players no longer complained, Lineker said: "Good guys, Monaco is amazing!

1 beautiful break and a wonderful pass, then 3 shots in a row finally knocked on the door of Manchester City!

Could this be a turning point for a game-changer? ”

Gerrard continued: "Well, it's not the end of the world for Manchester City, but it's not far off, and if Monaco continues to play like this, it's hard to predict the outcome......"

Ferdinand answered: "It's the 17th again!" He played a decisive role in this offensive!

Manchester City paid the price for their carelessness! ”

Xiaoyu and Talon hugged each other excitedly, and Falcao stood up and cheered and applauded vigorously with the excited home fans around him.

Henry and Grimandi were also clapping desperately, and Grimandi leaned into Henry's ear and shouted, "It's really Lee and Killian, you're right!" Heng nodded vigorously.

Thiago had gone back to his bedroom to sleep, and Messi laughed alone in front of the TV, and his big dog, Hulk, looked up in confusion, not understanding why his owner was so happy.

He Wei and Xue Yang's speed of speech was like machine guns, and they excitedly explained the replay screen, unable to hide the huge surprise at all.

Gaudino suddenly became angry: "How is it?" I'm not wrong, right?

I still support Monaco! ”

The conference room of the Hurricanes team was also full of jubilation, and Mr. Zhang sighed: "Good guy, how many years will it take us to produce 1 player like No. 29 (Mbappe)!" ”

Chu Xianyun laughed and said, "Elder Zhang, aren't we already a good son?!" ”

The old man stroked his palms and laughed, and said yes again and again.

……

Watching the replay on the big screen, Guardiola walked back to the bench in pain and sat down heavily.

He couldn't accept this situation from the bottom of his heart, and everything he didn't want to see happened to him. The reality of Li Liang's defense failed, and then there was a leak on the side, and then Kolarov lost his position and finally relaxed the defense of Mbappe in the penalty area.

I have strongly emphasized all these points, and I am also very confident in the execution of the disciples on the field, but these small probability events happened at the same time!

The tactical system he had carefully crafted collapsed in an instant, and Guardiola quickly figured out why.

It's not that the players made mistakes, it's not that there was a problem with the execution of the tactics, there is only one explanation - Monaco's No.17 upset the balance on the field with his individual ability!

Tactics are based on individual abilities, and effective tactics can only be implemented on the basis of similar or no decisive differences between the two sides.

At the Etihad, Pep Guardiola has already acknowledged Li Liang's strength, but he has always stubbornly believed that with the ability of Manchester City's existing players and his own tactical design, Li Liang's threat is enough to be minimized.

Now he finally understands that he has made another mistake in judgment and that he has paid a heavy price.

Jardim was visibly excited, and he exclaimed to Caldeira: "I said a long time ago, no matter which side – as long as there is a goal, it will become a completely different game!"

Our opportunity has finally presented itself! ”

Jardim was right, and after a brief reflection, Guardiola reacted decisively, and he returned to the sidelines to call out to the players to set up.

The Spaniard remains convinced that only continuing to attack will get City out of their immediate predicament.