Chapter 582: Just a Coincident?
The referee raised the yellow card high in front of the helpless Li Liang, and then lowered his head to record it behind the yellow card.
Shiva looked back at the scene in disbelief, and Aguero ran past him and said, "David, don't pay too much attention to it, it's just a coincidence!" ”
Equally shocked was Kevin De Bruyne, who turned to see Sane and Raheem Sterling on the verge of being in place just now when he was on the ball. The moment he hesitated to give that side, Li Liang had already made a tackle, and the Belgian thought he could pass the opponent, but he didn't expect to be tripped over.
He had seen Li Liang's amazing overall view on the field when he tried out a year ago, so he had no doubt that Li Liang must have done it on purpose!
Guardiola was so annoyed that he strode back to the bench and picked up a bottle of water and drank it, putting it down and still chattering to his assistants.
Sane and Raheem Sterling's flanked cuts from the flanks were one of the attacking tactics he has been meticulously crafting since arriving at City, using Sergio Aguero and Shiva's strong containment ability to draw the opposition down the middle before attacking on both flanks.
The situation was already perfect, as long as De Bruyne sent a pass forward, even if he handed it to Shiva or the retreating Sergio Aguero, the tactic would have worked immediately.
Li Liang thwarted City's best chance to score first away from home at the cost of a yellow card, much to Guardiola's horror and anger, and he couldn't tell if Li Liang did it on purpose.
However, like Xiwa, Guardiola couldn't help but think of Li Liang's last assist at the Etihad, which was also outside most of the pitch, and it was more difficult - could it be that this guy could sense everything that was happening in a position he couldn't see?
It's not impossible, it's just that there are really too few people with this ability!
Yaldim's heart was shocked, in the past, he had seen Li Liang pass the unbelievable ball on the offensive end, and he always seemed to be able to find extremely hidden lines, creating excellent opportunities that ordinary players could hardly realize.
Yaldim didn't expect Li Liang to show this kind of talent on the defensive end!
He didn't think much about the rest, including the aftermath of the yellow card, and now his thoughts and attention are all focused on the game in front of him.
Li Liang's heart was sad for a while, the tactical manual he received in the pre-game tactics class had already been marked, and Caldeira had also warned himself, but he couldn't choose at the critical moment just now.
He Wei was nervously inquiring: "...... Well, sure enough, it was Li Liang's two yellow cards in the group stage, and this foul in the 31st minute of this game allowed him to receive his third yellow card in the Champions League!
According to the rules, he will be suspended for one match in Monaco's next Champions League game......
Of course, the premise is that Monaco will first eliminate Manchester City to reach the last eight of the Champions League. ”
Old Man Zhang heard the commentary on the TV and reprimanded: "This explanation is also a blind worry, it would be good if Monaco could pass this in front of him!"
Next one! ”
Madanilo also said to Lippi: "This tackle is too reckless! If it's not in Europe, it's not surprising that you get a red card! ”
"No", Lippi shook his head slightly: "You can't blame Lee, De Bruyne's reaction speed is top-notch, and it is not easy for him to meet De Bruyne!" ”
City took a free-kick at the back and the game resumed.
Li Liang felt that there was an idea in his heart that was getting clearer and clearer, and he seemed to be more and more predictable and perceptual about Manchester City's tactical play!
The five goals conceded by Monaco in the last game were more due to the amazing individual performances of several of Manchester City's superstars, as well as the slightly restrained play of the Monaco players themselves.
Caldeira has repeatedly stressed this issue in recent defensive and tactical drills and tactical lessons, and Li Liang believes that his teammates at home today will not make the same mistake again.
Guardiola also thinks so, fortunately, after the first leg of the competition, he has a clear understanding of Monaco's defensive system and overall tactics, so he not only made bold adjustments to the starting lineup, but also took the initiative to change the specific tactical play.
This is what Li Liang discovered, Manchester City in this game mainly played the wings of Sane and Sterling, Aguero in the middle is more of a containment and strategy.
Kevin De Bruyne is responsible for passing the ball forward accurately when switching from defense to attack, and the core of all attacking tactics is one man - Xiwa.
Li Liang didn't know that for this reason, Guardiola would rather take away Toure, who would occupy the ball and squeeze Xiwa's space in the front court, and sent a relatively more "homely" Asuka to focus on the defense of the midfield.
Sacrificing Sergio Aguero's attack and De Bruyne's great deterrence in midfield, handing over the support to all his other teammates is just to fully exert Shiva's attacking power in the front court!
didn't have time to think too much, after De Bruyne passed the free kick in the backfield to Xiwa, Li Liang immediately ran back to the backfield to participate in the defense.
He saw Shiva make a beautiful turn and shake off the snatching Bakayoko, and then quickly made a wall 2-1 with Aguero to break through Fabinho.
At the same time as Jemelson was in the position, Eva delicately pulled the ball back to De Bruyne, who received behind her, and then quickly inserted into the penalty area!
Li Liang did not choose to defend De Bruyne with Bakayoko nearby, but immediately accelerated to chase after Xiwa, who was inserted forward.
Sidibi saw that Jemerson failed to steal, and immediately moved laterally to protect Glick in the face of Aguero's impact, Fabinho had seen Sane who was inserted forward at the same time and immediately stepped forward without hesitation, Mendy saw that the middle was empty and immediately contracted to fill in but missed Sterling behind him!
Raheem Sterling began to accelerate as fast as lightning and De Bruyne did not hesitate to deliver a blistering half-high ball over Bakayoko.
The ball passed past Tiemoue Bakayoko and flew quickly behind Mendy to the bottom line, and the moment Sterling passed the ball through De Bruyne, it happened to pass Mendy, who was dragged at the end, and there was no offside at all!
Mendy scrambled to turn at the roar of Subasic and Sterling showed incredible speed and was already in full swing within a few metres of distance, scurrying the ball back into the middle before Subasic and Mendy!
Seeing that the ball was about to fly to Xiwa, who was completely in place in the left corner of the small penalty area, Li Liang suddenly appeared, he jumped up in the air in the sprint, and his body was almost level with the ground to push the ball out of the bottom line!
The audience burst into huge cheers, and the frightened home fans gave their applause and cheers to Li Liang who fell on the turf.
Glick and Fabinho strode forward to pull Li Liang together, Subaic quickly got up and shouted and rushed to Li Liang, he and Li Liang high-fived hard to express their gratitude!
If it weren't for Li Liang's flying rescue after running wildly for most of the court, this time Xiwa would have directly got a golden opportunity to hit the empty goal without being marked.
Xiwa gasped for breath, and her eyes never left Li Liang, who had received the heroic courtesy from her teammates.
Two accurate destruction of Manchester City's lethal attack in two minutes, who can say that it was just a coincidence?!