The Monegasque bus made a smooth journey from the hotel to the outside of the Signall Idina Park Stadium.

It has long since become a sea of yellow and black, Dort's iconic colors, and there are also a considerable number of red and white Monaco fans.

Like when he went to the Etihad, Stamford Bridge, New Wembley and Camp Nou, Li Liang felt like he was on a pilgrimage.

A large number of armed police, special vehicles and police dogs can be seen almost everywhere inside and outside the stadium of Iduna Park, giving the game a special atmosphere.

Li Liang and Tiemoue Bakayoko, Carrillo and Boschlia, who were also not included in the game list, followed everyone into the away team lane.

From getting out of the car to entering the locker room, everyone seemed unusually silent. Yaldim clapped his hands in the locker room: "Everyone, please listen to me first.

Something terrible has happened to our opponents, and they are now in a very bad situation.

I know it's not about the game, but the biggest support for them now is that we give our all to finish this game. ”

Everyone fell silent and stared at the Portuguese standing in the center.

Jardim continued: "I believe the greatest respect for Borussia Dortmund is to give it their all on the pitch to beat them.

Fight for every header as usual, go all out for the physical confrontation, run at high intensity, and show them with our actions that Dort is still the best team that has to give every opponent their all!

Do you understand? ”

Li Liang and the other three walked up to the stands, and the German fans around them seemed very friendly, and several people gave Li Liang a thumbs up, and Li Liang thanked him with a smile.

The Monaco players came out first to warm up, and then Dort's players came out amid thunderous applause.

All of them wore T-shirts with the head of Baltra, who had been injured in the explosion, and they all threw themselves into the warm-up with serious expressions.

At this time, thousands of Monaco fans gathered in the stands suddenly heard a neat singing, the German fans in the other stands quieted down, and the Dort players who were warming up on the field also stopped.

The visiting fans sang in praise of Dortmund, and many Monaco fans held up slogans and slogans to motivate Dortmund and have a large portrait of Baltra, encouraging and supporting Dortmund in their own way!

The home fans all stood up and applauded, and all the Dort players on the field turned to the away fans to applaud as they turned to the stands.

Li Liang and the others also stood up and applauded, and the surrounding German fans all gave a thumbs up to the four of them to express their gratitude, and the fans around them even reached out to shake hands with them.

See the huge slogan in the camp of Monaco fans - "Football cannot transcend life and death, but love can transcend borders"

Many fans at the scene burst into tears.

Li Liang understands that at this moment, football itself has transcended the outcome of the game.

Players from both sides began to warm up with the ball. Li Liang carefully observed the Dort players.

When he saw Aubameyang with a total rating of 94, he couldn't help but secretly get nervous, this is the total rating only a top star has!

Soon he saw right-back Piszczek in 90, central defender Papastathopoulos in 88, Guerreiro in 86, central defender Bender in 82, Japanese striker Shinji Kagawa in 84, goalkeeper Burki in 84, and Shahin in 83.

Sure enough, as analyzed by various experts before the game, Dort's overall strength is indeed stronger than Monaco.

In addition to being surprised, Li Liang always felt as if someone was missing.

Soon he saw Christian Pulisic, a young superstar who has been hailed as Dortmund's hope for the next 10 years.

Pulisic, who is not yet 19 years old, began to exchange passes with another player with his back to Li Liang, and as soon as Pulisic picked up the ball, Li Liang was shocked, and he saw that Pulisic's overall rating reached an astonishing 87!

Li Liang was even more shocked when Pulisic passed the ball to the player with his back to Li Liang, who had an overall rating of 91! Before he could turn around, Li Liang knew that he must be the Frenchman Ousmane Dembele, who was known as a prodigy.

Li Liang is particularly interested in the 19-year-old Dembele, as many have told themselves that there is one of Europe's top bipedal players at Dort.

Li Liang, who also has a balanced ability on his left and right feet, has always remembered the name Dembele, and he looked at the field intently, and soon realized that this is indeed an excellent player who deserves his name.

Li Liang looked enviously at the other teammates who were warming up on the field, and it seemed that his chance to face Dembele head-to-head could only wait until he returned to the Louis II Stadium.

At this time, Li Liang found that the total evaluation of his teammates had also quietly changed!

At the majestic Iduna Park, Monaco's squad faced what could be the biggest game of the season, with the vast majority of their form reaching new heights.

Li Liang rubbed his eyes, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the total rating of captain Falcao had reached 88!

Mbappe 85! Silva and Lemar and Fabinho all reached 86! Glick87! Mendy 83! Thermson82!

Goalkeeper Subaic also reached 86!

Although there are no players in the current Monaco squad who have a total rating of more than 90 mark, the gap between the overall strength and Dort has narrowed much more than Li Liang imagined.

Li Liang smiled, and secretly thought in his heart that while his total evaluation continued to grow, his teammates did not lag behind, and even grew faster than himself!

From this moment on, Li Liang suddenly became confident - as long as he and everyone, the entire Monaco team has been improving, not only Dort, even if he has the opportunity to face the powerful Juventus in the near future, he will never have a chance!

Even from the stands, Li Liang could feel that, as Yaldim had hoped, his teammates had made up their minds to give their best performance in this game, and not just for the victory itself!

The players from both sides returned to the dressing room, and after a brief opening ceremony, the game was about to begin.

Li Liang was suddenly shocked to see that a giant tifo was slowly unfurled on the famous South Stand - it was a huge yellow and black Dortmund flag covering the entire South Stand!

There was a deafening roar from the German fans, and soon the players from both sides walked out of the tunnel together, and the match was about to be played with the attention of the world.

As the referee blew the opening whistle, the two sides immediately entered the fierce game.

In the 4th minute of the opening game, Fabinho accidentally slipped while advancing with the ball, Kagawa Matoshi broke the ball and went straight to the ground, and Aubameyang was instantly destroyed by Glick's sliding tackle.

The whole stadium was amazed, and the home fans were full of regret.

In the first 10 minutes of the game, the two teams who met for the first time in the history of the Champions League made a lot of mistakes, and the pace of the game was not fast, and it didn't look like a 1/4 final of the Champions League at all.

Tiemoue Bakayoko and Carrillo both believe that yesterday's bombing left the home side out of shape, while Li Liang and Boslia also believe that Dort's impact is clearly greater than that of Dort.

In the 11th minute, Piszczek dribbled the ball to the assist, and after passing halfway, Aubameyang finally showed his speed, and he burst into the box to shoot hard before Rmelsson put a tackle in the huge cheers of the fans, and the ball went just over the crossbar!

This kick also made Li Liang and others in the stands break out in a cold sweat.

In the 16th minute, Silva picked up a pass in front, Mbappe forced Papastathopoulos from behind and succeeded, the latter pulled down Mbappe in the penalty area in desperation, and the referee immediately awarded a penalty and showed Papa a yellow card.

This surprised Li Liang and them, Bakayoko and Boslia prayed nervously, but Fabinho missed the penalty! The home fans cheered excitedly, and Li Liang beat his chest.

Fortunately, in the 19th minute, Silva drove straight into the backfield with the ball and after attracting the attention of most of Dort's defense, he distributed the ball to the unguarded Lemar on the left side of the penalty area in time, who kept the ball and passed directly in front of the goal, Mbappe dodged out in front of him and knocked the ball into the gate with his knee, 0-1!

The goal silenced the home fans, with Li Liang and Tiemoue Bakayoko high-fived each other.

Not to be outdone, the home team launched a counterattack with all its might, and in the 31st minute, Kagawa's beautiful long pass in front of the field was transferred to the feet of Ginter, who inserted an assist on the right side.

Ginter burst into the penalty area with the ball and then shook and flashed out of the angle and crossed in front of the goal, at this time Kagawa, who had quickly responded to the position, met the ball in the middle of the penalty area, Subasic was unable to react, but fortunately, the ball deflected off the right post, and Dort missed the best opportunity after the opening!

Li Liang turned his head to Bakayoko and said: "Aubameyang took the ball just now, and Shinji Kagawa's ball is by no means their normal level!"

If there had been no accidents before the game, Dort could have scored at least one of them! ”

Bakayoko nodded yes again and again.

In the 34th minute, Piszczek assisted in front of the penalty area with the ball, and he cut inside to the top of the arc under the pressure of Lemar, and Dembele stood out from the crowd to receive the ball!

The linesman on the opposite side had raised the flag high to signal that the ball was offside, and Dembele poked the ball out in a fit of rage and raised his hand in protest.

In the replay on the big screen, at the moment of Piszczek's pass, Dembele and the substitute right-back Amamir Toure who replaced Sidibi next to him were actually in the same line, and Aubameyang, who was closer to the linesman than them, did exceed the offside line more than one position!

In fact, Aubameyang did not profit from the attack in the subsequent development of the game, and it is difficult to say whether Dembele was really offside in this goal.

The home fans quit and let out deafening boos. Bakayoko nodded at Li Liang in shock, and Li Liang was also rejoicing.

In the past 30 minutes, Li Liang has already had an intuitive impression of Dembele.

This is a completely different type of top-class attacker than himself, with Dembele preferring to attack on the flanks.

Dembele's speed and explosiveness are stronger, and his foot technique is more delicate, and even Li Liang didn't fully understand whether Dembele was more focused on the left foot or the right foot.

The huge exclamation in the stands interrupted Li Liang's thinking - in the 35th minute, Raj assisted to the left side of the front field and crossed, Dort's Bender misjudged the landing point when the ball was cleared, and his header made the ball go straight to his own door! Goalkeeper Burki couldn't react, 0-2!

Monaco were lucky to score another point with this own goal.

There was a sigh of relief, but soon the home fans regrouped and gave their home side a louder shout.

After that, there was no threat from either side, and at the end of the first half, the in-form Dort trailed Monaco 2-0 and the two sides returned to the dressing room to rest.

Li Liang sighed: "Dott is so unlucky! ”

Bakayoko nodded: "Actually, I think the score should be more 1:1......"

At the start of the second half, Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel sent on Shaheen and Christian Pulisic to replace the erratic Bender and Schmelzer at left centre-back.

The four Monaco players in the stands understood that Dort was going to fight to the death in the second half.

In the 47th minute, Jemmelson brought down Aubameyang in front of the penalty line, and Dort was awarded a free-kick in a good position.

Dembele stood in front of the ball, Li Liang became nervous, the referee's whistle Dembele began to run, but the Dort teenager did not stand firm in the last step, resulting in a free kick that deflected the goal.

While Dembele was frustrated by the comforting applause from the stands, Li Liang and the other three were increasingly worried – they agreed that once Dembele regained his rhythm and feel for the game, his pace and breakthrough would be devastating to the Monaco backline.

Sure enough, in the 52nd minute, Pulisic forced a breakthrough on the right side of the penalty area and then reversed the triangle back to the ribs, Dembele followed up and shot directly at the ball, but Glick made up in time to block the ball.

In the second half, Dort's offensive became more and more intense, and the fire was almost always concentrated in the Monaco half.

In the 56th minute, Dort's corner kick on the right side, and it was Dembele who struggled to grab the front nod to the goal, but because the angle was too positive, Subabasic got the ball steadily.

In the 57th minute, Shaheen distributed the ball to the left side of the front, and Guerrero passed diagonally into the penalty area, and Aubameyang met the ball imaginatively near the penalty spot and turned "scorpion tail" and knocked the ball to the left side of the small penalty area!

Shinji Kagawa's beautiful run against offside was successful, he grabbed the ball in front of the attacking Subasic hand and dunked the ball to the middle, Dembele rushed to the left foot to push the ball into the empty goal, 1:2!

The stadium erupted in deafening cheers at Iduna Park, and what worried Li Liang even more than the goal conceded by this world-class passing and running combination was that it looked like the Dortmund players on the pitch had finally managed to get back into shape.

Dembele's onslaught down the flanks left Monaco at a loss, and in desperation, in the 66th minute, Jardim replaced Silva with veteran Dillar to strengthen the defence.

In the 72nd minute, Dembele switched to the right and forced his way past Raj and cut back near the baseline but Mendy blocked it. There was an exclamation in the stands, and Li Liang's heartbeat almost stopped - he thought that the goal was going to be scored again.

Dillard's introduction gradually brought Dort's wide attack under control, allowing Monaco to regroup their dangerous attack.

In the 76th minute, Lemar sent a second pass on the left, Falcao took advantage of the situation to pass the attacking Burqui, and the tiger fell to the ground and fired a left-footed ball high above the goal, almost adding another goal for Monaco.

In the 79th minute, Piszczek's backfield cross was successfully tackled by Mbappe, and Li Liang, Bakayoko, Carrillo and Boschia jumped up from their seats at the same time!

Li Liang was shocked to see that the total rating of Mbappe, who was advancing with the ball, instantly "jumped" to 87!

Mbappe successfully formed a single knife to the meeting, and in the face of the attacking Burki, he calmly pushed the ball into the upper right corner of the goal, 1:3! Mbappe's brace helped Monaco extend their lead again!

Li Liang and the four of them hugged tightly, and the German fans around them were silent.

Soon the home fans all stood up, and they shouted hard again, constantly motivating their home team not to give up hope!

In the 81st minute, Fabinho received a yellow card for a tactical foul, and he will also miss the duel between the two teams, which made Li Liang feel nervous.

In the 84th minute, the tenacious Dort launched an attack again, Shahin crossed on the right side of the penalty area, Shinji Kagawa won the ball near the small penalty area and shook continuously, first cleverly got rid of Moutinho's marking, and then calmly deducted the shovel Jemelson and immediately pushed the far corner to win, 2:3!

It was a brilliant goal that ignited the game again, and Dort launched a final offensive amid the huge cheers of the whole stadium, and Monaco retreated to try to hold on to the victory.

In the final moments of the game, Dembele forced a cross down the right and Aubameyang's header from three yards went over the crossbar and missed the last chance to equalise.

At full-time, Monaco won the first leg 3-2 and scored three valuable away goals.

The home fans have been reluctant to leave for a long time and have been singing and cheering for their team.

Li Liang: The mood of the four of them did not relax for a moment.

Dort, who experienced an unexpected heavy blow, still showed amazing strength and strong fighting spirit on the field when the whole team was out of shape, which made the second round of the battle between the two sides still full of suspense.