Chapter 720: A New Fulcrum

The fireworks that were thrown into the field were disposed of, the game restarted and Monaco kicked off.

Yaldim demanded that the overall formation be pressed, and the total score was 1:3, and they had to attack away from home.

After the goal, Juventus began to consciously control the tempo, and began to defend patiently in the face of the visiting team that had strengthened their attack.

Alves was still sharp on the right, and his interspersed runs and connections kept Mendy and Moutinho at bay, and Li Liang was also involved in defending against the Brazilian from time to time.

Within a few minutes, Yaldim came to the sidelines and shouted to Li Liang: "Li, don't go back to defense, now your task is to concentrate on attacking!" ”

The Portuguese arranged for Raj on the right side to stand on the left side, and together with Mendy to strengthen the defense of Alves, Li Liang tried to stay in the front as much as possible.

His tweaks gradually began to work, with the experienced Raggi joining Mendy and Moutinho to contain Alves' assists.

Lippi nodded and said: "It seems that Monaco has adapted to Juve's wing attack, and then it depends on whether Lee can open up the attacking situation." ”

Nearly 40 minutes into the game, the two sides attacked and defended each other and entered a stalemate stage.

Li Liang noticed that several of Juve's attackers had a very wide range of movement, with Higuain and Dybala often dropping back to the midfield to get the ball.

He knew early on that Higuain was originally an attacking striker, so he preferred to attack with the ball in front of the goal, while the more mobile Dybala had a greater range of movement, so that with Alves and Sandro on either flank, Juve always had a local numerical advantage in midfield.

The three super centre-backs controlled Falcao and Mbappe very well, making it difficult for Monaco to pass forward smoothly, so although the scene looked balanced, Juve were actually killing Monaco's remaining hope like a boiled frog.

With less than an hour to go, will this be the final Champions League campaign for myself and my team-mates this season?

Li Liang is reluctant to give up hope, even though it is becoming more and more slim.

He gritted his teeth and spared no effort to run, pass and intercept, and there has never been such a difficulty as it is now, even if he can't think of a solution, he still insists on playing every kick and every move.

Li Liang, who was completely liberated from the defense by Yaldim, left all his energy in the front court, and his efforts soon paid off.

In the 43rd minute, Monaco organized an attack, Bakayoko passed the ball straight to Li Liang, Li Liang received the ball with his back and distributed it directly to Sidibi on the right, who took a few steps and crossed to Falcao, who retreated to answer.

Tiger carried Marchisio and passed the ball to Li Liang again, and Pjanic immediately followed.

Juventus made various defensive arrangements for Li Liang's attack, and whenever he repeatedly took the ball in the front court, the nearby Juventus players immediately formed a group defensive formation according to the pre-division of labor.

Usually the closest meeting will be delayed, and there will be teammates closely following to protect Li Liang until a multi-person trap is formed for Li Liang.

Li Liang made a pass feint, Pjanic hesitated a little and was not completely fooled and still followed, Bonucci had already rushed up, and Marchisio on the other side also blocked up.

In the face of the 3 defenders, Li Liang swayed left and right, and fell to the ground and sent a straight pass forward from the gap before the 3 people formed a circle of extremely difficult circumstances!

Falco, who was missed by Marchisio, ran between Chiellini and Barzagli, and the ball was passed exactly the moment he was about to overtake Chiellini, who was dragging in the last place!

Tiger successfully broke through Juve's offside trap from the right side of the penalty area, and Mbappe immediately ran sideways to the middle to prepare to receive -

The tiger shook off Chiellini, and Buffon also attacked directly at the moment of Li Liang's pass, and saw the fierce Juventus captain Tiger hurriedly got up, and the ball hit Buffon's leg and deflected and fell behind Mbappe!

Mbappe couldn't react and slid to the ground, and the ball was cleared by Barzagli, who arrived later.

There was a huge exclamation from the stands, and the home fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Liang got up and clenched his head with both hands, he could see very clearly outside the penalty area, if Falcao took even one step faster, the ball was likely to be scored directly.

And if the Tiger can choose to pass the ball at the first time, Mbappe, who has already gotten rid of Barzagli, is likely to face the empty goal directly.

Falcao lay on his back on the turf, his hands on his face tight, knowing he had probably missed the closest he could have come to finding the back of the pitch.

"Radamel!" Li Liang and Mbappe ran to him at the same time, and the two reached out together to pull up the tiger.

Li Liang shouted: "Well done, Radamel, their defense line is not absolutely infallible!" ”

The scene just now made Li Liang vaguely feel something.

Mendy threw a throw-in, Moutinho hoisted straight into the box, the ball was picked up by Buffon, and he threw a long ball directly into the right to launch a counter-attack.

Raj shoveled out Alves' dribble and Glick kicked the ball forward again.

Li Liang rushed to the landing point with his opponent, he grabbed the ball before Pjanic, Falcao squeezed past Marchisio to control the ball, and looked up to see that Mbappe had started.

Tiger sent a direct pass, and Mbappe surpassed Barzagli and struck into the penalty area with lightning to form a single knife!

The linesman hesitated and raised the flag, and the referee immediately blew the whistle to signal offside!

Mbappe shouted angrily waving his hands, and Falcao and Li Liang both rushed to the referee to signal that it was a good ball, and the audience booed.

The referee was unfazed and signaled for a free kick at the back of the pitch.

Slow-motion replays were soon broadcast on the big screen, and at the moment of Falcao's pass, Mbappe only leaned out half his body slightly more than Barzagli, who was dragging at the end!

He Wei sighed again and again: "It's a pity that this goal, Juve's defense just made a series of mistakes, but Falcao and Mbappe seem to be in a bit of a hurry and failed to grasp it."

If they can equalise before half-time, Monaco will be under a little less pressure in the second half......"

Xue Yang continued: "These two quick attacks have received good results.

Li Liang once played with his back to the ball, sent a beautiful pass to Falcao, and a successful header ferry almost helped Monaco rewrite the score.

In these two attacks, Li Liang actually played the role of the fulcrum of the center, and the task of taking the ball and making the ball for his teammates was completed very well! ”

Allegri rushed to the sideline and yelled, and in the second minute, Monaco suddenly hit a high point and had two good chances to score in a row, which made him anxious.

Feeling a great sense of regret, Yaldim immediately walked to the command area and applauded the team members vigorously.

Gianluigi Buffon kicked the ball off and the two sides quickly exhausted one minute of stoppage time, and the first half ended with both sides back in the dressing room with a score of 1-0.

Li Liang quickly ran to Mbappe, who was still chattering, and put his arm around Mbappe's shoulder: "You played great!"

Killian, we need you to keep doing that in the second half! ”

Falcao ran over and high-fived Li Liang and Mbappe, and the continuous highlight performances just now made the Colombian play confident.

Watching the players of both sides walk into the aisle, Lippi thought: "The second half will be exciting!" ”