The sun rose as usual, and Li Liang was still training hard.

After playing Dijon on Tuesday and hosting Bastia on Saturday, Monaco finally got a little respite after a four-day gap.

In his tactical lesson, Jardim told everyone frankly that despite Bastia's poor results in the new season, now sitting third from the bottom, and Monaco have an absolute advantage in the all-time head-to-head record between the two teams, he still decided to send an all-out squad to face it.

On 7 December, next Wednesday's away game against Bayer Leverkusen, the team will be completely rotated, and because the results in this game are irrelevant, most of the main players will not travel with the team to Germany.

Li Liang entered the squad against Bastia.

In the past few days of training, in addition to the content of training with teammates, Pezzotti and De Rosso have been by Li Liang's side.

They are scheduled to return the day after Monaco's away game in Germany.

Pezzotti and De Rosso took over the previous work of Spinioli and Carlo, and brought their years of experience and accumulation to Li Liang.

What touched Li Liang the most was that they all suggested that Li Liang adjust his playing style.

Pezzotti told Li Liang that in the development trend of modern football, the middle has become the most important defensive area, and it is also the most difficult area to break.

So now more and more top attackers are starting to like to roam around the flanks and create a threat in attack by cutting inside.

De Rosso told Li Liang that if he can speed up the frequency of handling the ball at his feet, he is fully capable of gaining a foothold on the wing.

Li Liang was a little worried, and he asked rhetorically: "My absolute speed is not enough, how can I gain a foothold on the side at this point?" ”

De Rosso laughed out loud and said, "Li, you do have the characteristics of Chinese football at this point!" Pezzotti smiled too.

It turned out that when Lippi first arrived in China four years ago to coach the club team, he told his assistants not long after: "People here have an almost paranoid worship of 'speed'!" ”

Lippi found that Chinese football, especially in the selection of materials in youth training, attaches great importance to the physical fitness of players, especially in the cultivation of wide players, and pays great attention to the speed of players.

Pezzotti and De Rosso put away their smiles and told Li Liang seriously that speed is of course one of the indicators to measure a player's ability, but it is not all, and speed cannot be used to determine whether a player is good.

To be honest, Li Liang didn't fully digest the ideas of Pezzotti and De Roso, but he remembered them seriously.

The game against Bastia was a Saturday evening, with the exception of Mendy, who had a minor injury, rested and substitute Amamir Toure was deployed at left-back.

Up front, he lined up the old and young combination of Falcao and Mbappe as the double arrows of the 442 formation.

At the beginning of the game, the visitors responded with a three-centre-back system, but both wings were mainly defensive, rarely assisting more than half the court, and actually set up a dense defensive formation with five defenders.

The process of the game was surprisingly smooth, in the 10th minute, Mbappe received Bakayoko in the front field, and after entering the penalty area, he shook off the defense and scored a goal, 1:0!

Li Liang, who was cheering and celebrating with his teammates on the bench, suddenly felt a shock in his heart after sitting down, because he saw that Mbappe's overall rating had reached 77.

Bastia became more cautious after conceding the goal, leaving only one striker up front to defend with all their might, and the score remained unchanged for the remainder of the first half.

In the second half of the game, until the 66th minute, Fabinho made a long pass to the penalty area, Falcao struggled to grab the landing point and then headed back, Lemar inserted a volley at high speed and scored a goal, 2:0!

Li Liang looked carefully this time, and Lemar's total rating has also improved, reaching 82!

When the audience was jubilant, Yaldim calmly turned around and pointed at Li Liang, letting him start preparing to play!

Pezzotti and De Rosso in the stands were also excited, and now every minute of playing time is precious for Li Liang.

When Li Liang was ready, Mbappe sent a delicate cross from the left side of the front, and Falcao grabbed the front point and touched the ball into the goal! In the 68th minute, the home team unstoppably expanded the score to 3:0!

Li Liang, who was standing on the sidelines, applauded and was surprised to find that Falcao's total rating had also broken through, reaching 83.

In the cheers and applause of the fans, Mbappe, who performed well and sent a pass and a shot, walked to the sidelines, hugged his good friends Li Liang and Carrillo warmly and left the field, and the fans were chanting Mbappe's name.

Jardim replaced Lemar and Mbappe at the same time, and sent on Li Liang and Carrillo.

According to the deployment, Li Liang played left midfield, and it could be seen that he was very excited, and his teammates also trusted him very much, and they took the initiative to seek cooperation with him.

Pezzotti and De Rosso watched Li Liang's performance intently, and the two kept recording it on their notepads.

Monaco's attack on the left was quickly lively, with the visitors' defensive focus quickly drawn in.

In the 73rd minute, Li Liang knocked back on the left side, Fabinho passed the ball directly to Silva, who broke through on the right side and crossed the penalty area, and Falcao, who was outflanked in the middle, met the ball and shot angrily into the net!

The Colombian scored a brace, 4:0!

Amid the cheers of the audience, Yaldim was satisfied with Germain and replaced Falcao with him.

In the 79th minute, Sidibi crossed from the edge of the penalty area, and Carrillo rushed to the top to score the fifth goal, 5:0!

Monaco ended up with a hearty win at home.

Pezzotti and De Rosso stood up with the crowd and applauded the Monaco players who were on the sidelines.

The two talked, and they both thought that Li Liang's performance as a substitute was decent, but he was still obviously not as comfortable as in the middle of the wing.

On Sunday, the whole team was off and during Monday's tactical lesson, Caldeira announced that the team would leave for Germany on Tuesday and would take on Bayer Leverkusen with a full bench.

Li Liang carefully looked at the tactical information in front of him, and he was not put into the 18-man squad for Wednesday's game!

He couldn't understand what it was all about! As soon as the tactical lesson was over, he followed Yaldim.

The Portuguese seemed to have been waiting for this to happen, and he invited Li Liang into his office and closed the door.

Li Liang raised his doubts straight to the point: "Sir, why don't you let me go to Germany?"

Against Bastia I played less than half a game and I didn't have any fitness problems at all! ”

Yaldim replied: "It's not because of fitness. Lee, please believe that you are an important player for the whole team.

You've already got two yellow cards in the group stage [of the Champions League] – which surprised me a bit and we had to be prepared.

Nelson [Caldeira] has offered to let you try to pick up one more yellow card in the German game, which would have the advantage of returning you to the second leg of our knockout tie at home.

But the downside is that you have to be suspended for the first leg of the knockouts. By the way, Lee, if it were you, what would you choose? ”

Li Liang was speechless for a while.

Jardim added: "I still hope you can add the first leg away game.

So, Lee, I can't take that risk and put you on the field next Wednesday – if something happens, then our plan fails! ”

Li Liang thought for a while and asked, "I understand, but I still want to know, why did I only get 20 minutes of playing time in the last three games?"

Is there something I've been missing lately? ”

Yaldim's face became solemn, and he replied, "Lee, you work very hard, everyone knows that.

Sometimes you have to make sacrifices for the collective, just like when you're playing to your best in the game, your teammates are behind you and you're defending.

Not only in these three games, but from now on, I can't guarantee you consistent playing time......"

Li Liang was stunned, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and he asked again: "I am willing to make any sacrifices for the team, but I still want to know, is there any way to change?"

Mr. Jardim, I want to work hard with everyone to win, I want to be part of the competition, just like before! ”

Yaldim sighed secretly, he shook his head gently, and said solemnly to Li Liang: "Li, it's not because you're not good enough! It's all about the team's overall style of play.

If you are willing to make a change, then I hope you can become stronger, seize it when the opportunity comes, and give us the greatest help! ”