Slutsky was determined to start with a desperate fight, but he did not lose his mind.

The managers of both sides were well aware that the key to victory was in the first half.

If it is purely a competition of strength, there is no doubt that Monaco, with a younger average age, better organization and stronger individual ability, has the upper hand.

However, taking into account the bonuses of the weather and special field conditions, CSKA, which had the advantage of being at home, was full of confidence at the beginning and launched a tidal offensive.

CSKA concentrated its forces to attack Monaco's left flank in accordance with the pre-match set-up, which is the first routine that almost all teams now use when facing Monaco.

After the main left wing-back Mendy returned from injury, his physical condition has not been ideal, and Jardim had no choice but to gradually increase his playing time, so the Italian veteran Raghi became the first choice for the left wing-back position.

Raj, who was born as a central defender, has excellent frontal interception and air defense capabilities, and is a first-class defensive warrior, but as a wingback, he is slow under repeated attacks from the opponent, and his shortcomings of slow turning will be magnified exponentially.

Li Liang and his teammates watched nervously from the bench at CSKA right midfielder, Serbian international Zoran Tosic.

Li Liang knows very well that Tosic is by no means an idle person. When he played for Partizan Belgrade, he was spotted by the old man Ferguson, who decided that he would definitely become the most effective assistant to Ronaldo and Rooney in the next decade.

Manchester United spent a lot of effort to help Tosic apply for a labor permit, but they didn't expect that the Serbian would be seriously uncomfortable after landing in the Premier League, far from meeting the old man's expectations for him.

In desperation, Tosic first went on loan to the Bundesliga clone for half a season, and then officially moved to CSKA Moscow, where he finally found his senses, playing for six seasons in a row and playing quite well.

Tosic and another fast horse Russian Ionov frequently switched positions, focusing on assaulting Raj's defensive zone.

Jardim had been prepared for this, and he put the well-balanced veteran Moutinho in the left midfield, with the protection of Tiemoue Bakayoko and Jemerson in the hope of containing the opposition from the wing.

In the 15th minute, Tosic cut inside on the right and, after attracting the defence of Moutinho and Bakayoko, he quickly distributed the ball diagonally to Ionov on the right.

The latter used his speed to break through Raj's interception directly, and then unexpectedly sent a very fast low-flat curling ball in front of the bottom.

Glick in the middle struggled to return the tackle and failed to touch the ball, and the "big tree" Traore in front of CSKA had been plugged in at full speed, and it was about to form a single knife!

The fans in the stadium immediately shouted in unison, and this opportunity looked like it was going to go in!

Li Liang, who was wrapped in a thick blanket with his teammates, was so shocked that he got up immediately, but he was tripped by the blanket on his body and almost fell to the ground, and when he stabilized himself, there was already a huge exclamation in his ears.

Li Liang's heart tightened, but when he looked up, he saw Traore lying in front of the goal with his hands covered, and the referee was making a goal kick gesture.

Li Liang immediately turned to the big screen, and only when he saw the slow motion did he understand what was going on.

It turned out that under Subaic's ferocious attack, Traore launched an "anti-aircraft gun" with his right foot in the face of most of the empty goals in a panic, missing this golden opportunity to break the goal.

It can be seen that Traore was very keen to score a goal against his former club in front of the home fans, and he still regretted it until he was pulled up by Subaxiac.

He Wei in the studio couldn't help but complain: "No wonder this big man center can't stay in Monaco anymore, this running position is absolutely world-class, but the level of the last kick is really not flattering, and he just kicked the must-score into the stands." ”

Xue Yang smiled: "Considering his height of 2.03 meters, it is already very remarkable to be able to do this!"

After all, the big man who has started in the Champions League is more than two meters old, and there are only Czech Jan Kohler who plays for Dortmund, and Serbian Nikola Žić in Valencia. ”

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Although they couldn't score, the home fans became more and more excited, and the whole stadium shouted loudly: "Ula! "Ulla!!" "Ula !!"

After Li Liang heard the thunderous cheers clearly, he couldn't help but feel a tingle on his scalp! Such cheers seem to make you travel back in time and space!

When he was very young, his father liked to watch war movies very much, some old films about the former Soviet Union about World War II and the Great Patriotic War that he acted in on TV, and "Soldiers in the City", which his father liked very much, starring Jude Law and repeatedly broadcast on the movie channel, whenever the Red Army launched a charge, he would shout "Ula" like this!

"Ula" has no specific meaning in Russian, but is often used as a modal word to express strong emotions, and is often used during battlefield charges and military parades on Red Square in peacetime.

At this moment, in the CSKA Arena in Moscow, the descendants of 30,000 fighting peoples, with their amazing lung capacity and exuberant fighting spirit, use huge shouts to render the stadium as if it were a battlefield full of artillery 70 years ago!

The sound of the landslide and the crack of the ground had already made Li Liang's blood boil, not to mention the home players on the field.

For a time, the three armies of the Central Army Army were killed, and Monaco was beaten in an embarrassing mess, and there was only the ability to parry!

Caldeira and Barros were both panicked, and even Vieira couldn't help but ask: "Leonardo, should we adjust our defense?" ”

Yaldim remained silent, his eyes fixed on the field: "It's not time yet!" ”

He Wei and Xue Yang both sweated for Monaco, and netizens also said that if they continued to fight like this, Monaco would "eat jujube pills (sooner or later)".

When the emotions of the fans were about to reach their peak, in the 23rd minute, Monaco finally played a high-quality counterattack.

Lemar crossed sharply with Silva on the right flank, and Fabinho duly sent the ball to the feet of Germain in the middle, who cleverly returned the ball to Lemar in the first place before the two central defenders closed the goal.

The Frenchman suddenly accelerated after receiving the ball, combined with the shaking of the fake facsimile buckle to pass CSKA left-back Shchennikov beautifully, and rushed straight to the middle of the penalty area with the ball.

When everyone was applauding, Li Liang suddenly found that something was wrong!

Lemar didn't completely get rid of Shchennikov behind him! This makes it difficult for him to fully exploit the space he has created for his next move under the onslaught of his opponents.

The two tall "heavy" centre-backs, 37-year-old Ignashevic and 35-year-old Berezuski, did not hesitate to save and rushed towards Lemar, who was dribbling the ball at high speed.

In an instant, a three-man formation around Lemar at the top of the arc was formed, and at the same time, due to the upward pressure of the two central defenders, Germain and Silva in the penalty area were in an offside position, and Lemar could not move forward at all for a while.

Seeing that the ball was about to be lost, Lemar made an amazing performance in extremely difficult situations, he struggled to sway left and right in the middle of the man, and with a fast cadence and realistic shaking, he managed to shake off the gap on his feet!

Lemar didn't hesitate, grabbed the front of Ignashevic before he stretched his leg to block, and shot sideways with lightning speed!

"Bang!" The ball soared into the air in response to the sound, without any rotation in the air, and flew forward with great momentum!

CSKA's star goalkeeper Akinfeev struggled to make amends in the face of this furious shot.

The ball was sudden, full of power, and Lemar's habitual left foot, which made Monaco all ages want to score with the ball!

Only Li Liang was still frowning tightly.