Spinoli has told Li Liang that if his football experience is the same as that of the rest of the team, even if he has about 13 years of professional football training experience like the youngest Mbappe, the special training for Li Liang will definitely not be what it is now.

Li Liang never figured out what the Italian's words meant, and it wasn't until a long talk with Yaldim that Li Liang really understood the coaching staff's general position for him.

On the afternoon of November 15, the afternoon of the Chinese team's home draw with Qatar, Li Liang, who was extremely unhappy, stayed alone at the training ground to continue practicing free kicks after completing the training of Spinoli and Carlo.

Not only when did it start, Yaldim stood quietly on the sidelines and began to watch Li Liang's free throws, and it didn't take long for him to simply stand by the goal to help Li Liang pick up the ball.

The training was over, and the two chatted.

Yadir said: "Lee, do you know how I felt when I first saw you play at Stamford Bridge? ”

Li Liang replied embarrassedly: "At that time, my level was still far behind......

Yaldim replied solemnly: "Not really. Even compared to then, the way you play hasn't really changed.

I still find that whenever you're in an extremely difficult situation on the field, you're still solving problems in the same way as you did then.

Normally, you're very good at finding the most out of balance in the opponent's defensive system and then breaking that balance, and we all love your very direct and effective way of attacking. ”

Li Liang was stunned, this was the first time Yaldim had said this to himself.

The Portuguese looked into the distance and continued: "Your reaction is particularly shocking when your opponent is mindful of limiting you – no matter what kind of opponent you face, you try to keep creating space for yourself by running and breaking through – luckily your efforts have paid off so far.

Apart from the first draw in the Champions League qualifier against Fenerbahce in Istanbul and the friendly against Napoli, we haven't lost a game in which you've played.

You may not know it, but everyone thinks you've brought magic luck to Monaco! I don't think the same as them, the person who says this must not understand how hard you work!

I know better than them how much you've paid since you came here! Lee, this is a remarkable achievement, and you deserve it! ”

Li Liang looked at the Portuguese in disbelief as if he had reacquainted himself with Yadirm, he never expected to get such an affirmation from his head coach!

After all, he came from the state of Chinese etiquette, Li Liang replied embarrassedly: "Well, I think this is first of all thanks to the trust you gave me, as well as the trust and support of all my teammates for me......"

Yaldim laughed, he patted Li Liang on the shoulder vigorously and said, "The talent you have is worthy of everyone!"

I don't know what you've been through in the past, but now that you're part of us and seeing you give your best for the team, what I need to do is make your performance better.

I've thought about it, maybe it's because you came to Manchester that you started to play professional football, so you still have that special on-field consciousness in you, so we don't want to change your 'settings' easily, but we will try to make your body more and more comfortable with professional football......"

Li Liang finally came to his senses and understood what Spinoli meant by the analogy between himself and Mbappe.

At the end of the conversation, Jardim told Li Liang that he will not be scheduled to play against Lorient, the vice-president of the league (meaning the bottom of the list), and will start in the next crucial game at home to Tottenham in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage!

It was already dusk, and Li Liang looked at Yaldim in the sunset and took a deep breath.

Obedient and obedient, no matter how dull the person is, it is time to understand what Yaldim is saying.

Li Liang is finally convinced that if his previous position was one of the team's standing rotation substitutes, then Yaldim has now clearly told himself face-to-face that from now on, he has become an important member of Monaco's main rotation lineup.

After all, compared to the league, the importance of the Champions League is self-evident.

Li Liang's face was calm, but his heart had already fluctuated violently - the so-called death of a confidant may be like this.

He straightened up and said, "Mr. Yaldim, don't worry! I will definitely give my best to win with everyone! ”

Yaldim laughed again, and finally said, "Lee, just keep following your heart, and remember, in fact, you are actually winning for yourself!" ”

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Caldeira announced the 18-man squad in the tactical class, with Mbappe starting in place of Falcao and Germain up front, with the rest of the positions being the main players.

On November 18, the day of the competition, Li Liang and Vieira stayed in Latubi to continue training. The rest of the team traveled to the harbour city of Lorient, the capital of the province of Morbihan in the Brittany region of northwestern France. They will challenge the home team at the 18,500-seat Mustoir Stadium.

Lorient, who finished 15th last season and are just one step away from the relegation zone, can only be described as "miserable" in the new season.

They currently sit bottom of the table with just two wins, one draw and nine defeats, conceding 20 goals and scoring just nine.

Lorient have suffered one draw and four defeats in their last five league games, and so far, their only seven points have come at home.

It is widely believed that the hosts will not be able to withstand the onslaught of a strong Monaco side who are gaining momentum, and the visitors are expected to take all three points comfortably.

Li Liang watched the game in Latubi's tactical classroom with Vieira and two other injured players, Moutinho and Dillal.

The game was in Monaco's hands from the start, with Mendy, Lemar and Mbappe on the left flanked by a frequenting combination that made it difficult for the home side.

Lorient faced Monaco's 442 formation with 433, relying entirely on the speed and individual ability of their strikers, with occasional flashes of inspiration to strike back and cause problems for the visitors.

Even after watching less than 20 minutes on live TV feeds, it can be concluded that Lorient are not even as strong as Nancy, who are clearly lacking in organization on the pitch and look like the goal is already in jeopardy.

However, to the surprise of Moutinho, Dillard and Vieira, Monaco tried many times in the front court throughout the first half to no avail, and could not knock on the door of the home team's French goalkeeper De Récroix.

Li Liang did not join the heated discussion of the other three at half-time, but he very much agreed with Moutinho that Mbappe and Germain lacked a tacit understanding with each other, and the two even overlapped twice in their movements in the middle.

Germain, who came through the Monaco academy, played in a decent way, and compared to Falcao, except for being a little faster, he was obviously slightly inferior to the Colombian in all other aspects.

Especially his running position, which is obviously not on the same channel as Mbappe. Moutinho asserted that there would certainly be a change in the forward line in the second half and that the two would definitely be replaced.

At the start of the second half, it rained and Monaco's attacking problems did not improve.

Sure enough, in the 63rd minute, Falcao came off the bench to replace the mediocre Mbappe.

The change was immediate, and within a minute of less than a minute, Silva was attacking on the right, and after attracting two defenders from behind, he cleverly distributed the ball to Sidibi, who was cut in behind.

Sidibi received the ball and broke through to the bottom line and immediately passed back to Silva, who cut into the arc of the penalty area, and the Portuguese wanted to knock the ball directly to Germain in front of the goal, but Lorient's French midfielder Mba stretched out his foot to block it, and the ball immediately changed the line.

Falcao, who was running sideways in front of the small penalty area, reacted instantly, and was the first to move to the landing point after the ball was refracted and volleyed in front of the reacting defender! 1:0！

Goalkeeper Les Croix was stunned by the Colombian's scramble and did not react at all.

Li Liang and the other three all jumped up and cheered, and after calming down, looking at the slow-motion replay on the TV screen, he still couldn't imagine how Falcao was the first to make a prediction and act accurately!

The goal from "Tiger" Falcao completely opened up the situation, and the morale of the young people in Monaco was greatly boosted, while the Lorient team was visibly panicked.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier. In the 68th minute, Lemar was brought down in front of the penalty area, and Monaco won a free kick about 28 meters away from the goal, which Barros usually arranged for Lemar to take the penalty, and the Frenchman stood in front of the ball.

There was no more controversy this time, and all four in the tactics classroom thought that Lemar would likely score straight away.

The referee's whistle blew, Lemar made a wonderful definite ball in the heavy rain, and De Lecroix jumped up to make a save, and the ball fell straight to the bottom of the net, 2:0!

Lorient collapsed after the goal and the game almost went into garbage time, with Jardim replacing Germain with Carrillo and Silva with Boschlia.

In the 90th minute, Boschlia took a free kick 30 meters from the goal on the right side of the field, and the ball hit the home team player and bounced into the net again, 3:0, Monaco finally won the opponent on the road.

Looking at the teammates who died on the TV screen, Li Liang and Moutinho, Dillal and Vieira celebrated happily.

He knew in his heart that the real tough battle was coming.