After two days of communication and exchanges with Lippi, Li Liang has thought about his own style of play and how to integrate into the overall tactical play of the national team.

The same goes for Lippi.

Last night, after all the players had rested, during the discussion in the leather suite, Madanilo made his point.

He said: "Guys, Lee is more than capable of being the absolute heart of this team's front court. Why don't we just get the most out of him?

Copying Monaco's tactical style of play as much as possible, I think Lee is definitely capable of helping us win the next few key games! ”

Pezzotti objected: "Are you saying to change the tactical style of play that we have formed for Lee?

It's not a tournament and we're going to be racing for almost a year.

Putting the fate of the whole team on him alone, I don't think it's feasible! ”

De Rosso also said: "Lee still has some fitness issues and we can't expect him to play at a high level throughout the game.

What do we do when he's not there? ”

Gaudino remembered Ancelotti's words, he did not express his opinion and remained silent.

Until the end, Lippi was noncommittal to everyone's opinions.

On the third day of the training camp, in the training session on the morning of January 8, in addition to the regular content, the half-court tactical confrontation drill continued.

Li Liang was still assigned to the white team, and the two sides only made simple personnel fine-tuning.

Before the confrontation began, Lippi specially called Cai Huigang to him and carefully admonished him.

At the same time, he also repeatedly explained to several midfielders of the red team what needs to be paid attention to.

As soon as the confrontation began, Li Liang found himself in big trouble.

The RED midfielder kept at least two of them on guard in each round, and Cai Huigang also came over from time to time to reinforce him.

Li Liang quickly understood that they were using two people, or even three people, to work together to complete the work that Tolisso had done in the competition!

As long as Li Liang gets the ball, there will always be someone to interfere with the side he is accustomed to turning and the safest angle to get the ball.

Crucially, he felt it was becoming more and more difficult for him to win space in attack.

Li Liang tried to open up space with more active passing, but his teammates not only couldn't keep up with his rhythm, couldn't understand and interpret his intentions on the field, but also made frequent mistakes under the high-intensity pressure of the red team, making it difficult to establish an effective connection with him on the field.

Pezzotti, who was standing next to Gaudino, was a little surprised, and he asked: "Marcello, when did we develop such a defensive tactic?" ”

Lippi smiled and squeezed his eyes: "Yesterday."

And in order to ensure the quality of today's confrontation practice, I asked them to be sure to keep it a secret! ”

The RED team's tactics were once again effective in suppressing the white team, and their young players were getting better and more confident.

Compared with yesterday, Li Liang found that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to go it alone.

Whenever he tried to open up a gap in the white team's defense with a breakthrough, he always fell into the difficult situation of not being able to find the right opportunity to play the ball and had to face the difficult situation of having to face the three-man package.

The more he played, the more passive he became, and he was gradually "separated" by his opponent's successful teammates on the white team.

In this situation, the white team did nothing on the attack, and soon the opponent scored a goal.

Lippi asked Madanillo softly: "You see, without anyone to help Li Liang defend and open up space, it is difficult for his ability to be fully displayed."

If they continue to play like this, they will quickly concede goals. ”

Madanilo thought for a moment and replied, "What if we change to a stronger group of teammates?"

For example, what about Zhou (Zhi), Geng (Lin) and Zhang (Xinzhe)? ”

Lippi shrugged: "Don't forget that by that time, our opponents will also be much stronger than the current red team!" ”

Madanilo was speechless for a moment.

Lippi was surprisingly quiet and didn't stop the game as often as usual.

The RED team's targeted defense was set up by himself.

After Li Liang left his room yesterday, he asked the interpreter to call Cai Huigang and several other players from the red team.

In the living room of the suite, Lippi took out the tactical board and explained in detail the characteristics of Li Liang's game and the movement habits on the field according to the video clip.

He was inspired by Monaco's defeat to Lyon and spoke back to the players.

Just before the start of the game, he specifically told Cai Huigang and them to play the defensive tactics arranged yesterday.

Now he decided to let the red team take advantage of the momentum and continue to increase the pressure on Li Liang.

He wants to put Li Liang under a magnifying glass to take a good look at whether this player, who is already well-known in European football, is the one he needs most in his tactical map.

He decided to add some more "challenges" to Li Liang.

At Lippi's behest, Madanilo adjusted the white team's lineup, swapping the two players who played best on the white team with the two players on the red team.

The four players swapped their detachment vests, and Lippi called the two new RED team players to the front and gave them careful orders.

Taking advantage of this gap, Li Liang called his teammates together.

Lippi and his team watched with interest as the white team gathered together, and Li Liang kept talking.

The coaches have no doubt that Li Liang, who has started in the Champions League and has won many times, must have a strong appeal in front of these young players.

They just don't believe that Li Liang can directly find a way to solve the tactical dilemma on the field?

With such a short run-in time, he can make the tacit understanding between his teammates and himself immediately increase?

Except for Gaudino, the rest of the coaches didn't believe it.

De Rosso said: "Claudio, we also saw Li Liang's live performance in Monaco, he really has amazing strength.

But this is not at the Stade Louis II, without the strong support of the Monaco squad, he does not have the ability to change the current situation! ”

The dirty old man said helplessly: "Are you willing to bet?"

I bet Li Liang will definitely be able to find a way. If you don't believe it, we'll see! ”

All the members of the white team on the field gathered around Li Liang.

I don't know why, as if it was really like what the dirty old man said, he felt that his current mentality was very different from before.

In the face of difficulties, I am much calmer than before.

He knew that the time had come to bring that calm to his teammates, who seemed depressed and depressed.

He said to everyone, "Brothers, don't worry, Coach Lippi is watching!"

If they can hold it at this time, Lippi and his assistants will definitely look the other way! ”

This sentence speaks to the hearts of the remaining 10 players of the white team, many of whom are selected for the national team for the first time, and there are also marginal figures who have been in the national team training squad for a long time.

At this time, no one wants to go further.

Someone finally spoke: "Li Liang, what do you say we should do next?" ”

……

After listening to everything Li Liang said, everyone looked at each other.

All the players of the red team over there had returned to the field, and Madanilo shouted, "Coach Lee, have you coached well?" ”

The interpreter shouted out his exact words, and everyone burst into laughter.

Li Liang also smiled, and he shouted directly to Madanilo: "Come on, we are ready!" ”