Chapter 656: One More City
At noon on the 13th, the whole Monaco team returned to Nice Airport, and the families of the players and coaches had been waiting for a long time.
As soon as Xiaoyu saw Li Liang, he rushed up, and the two hugged each other tightly.
The whole team was disbanded on the spot and will be re-prepared in the second in La Tubi and Dijon in the league on the 15th.
In the second tactical session, Caldeira announced that he would continue to rotate heavily in the home game against Dijon. Li Liangshu and Tiemoue Bakayoko returned to the starting line-up, as did Fabinho, who will be suspended for the second leg against Dort.
In addition to the three of them, the "iron man" of the backline, Subasic Color, Edouard Mendy, Glick and Jemmelsen will also continue to start, Sidibi is still unavailable, and Amamir Toure, who has performed well against Dort, continues to replace him at right-back.
Li Liang can feel that the whole team is preparing for the second leg of Dort's game, and the Madijon team, which was promoted last season, is weak, and everyone wants to win this game again at the best cost.
There is also good news for Li Lianglai, Gaudino is about to end his holiday in Italy and will arrive in Monaco when he plays Dijon. Being able to reunite with the dirty old man, and at the moment of impacting the league championship and the top 4 of the Champions League, this is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Li Lianglai.
At the time of the game, the Stade Louis II was almost full, which surprised the Monaco people of all ages who came out to warm up.
It turns out that with Monaco's recent winning streak, the enthusiasm of the fans is at an all-time high, and as everyone knows that with the league and the Champions League entering the final stage, even for a weaker team like Dijon.
Fans wanted to join Monaco in their quest for the best record in their history, and they arrived at the Stade Louis II on matchday with a sold-out spectacle.
Gaudino has joined the team, everyone is very affectionate when they see him, and Li Liang and him are even more enthusiastic bear hugs.
He pulled Li Liang aside and admonished: "Li, I estimate that Yaldim will replace you in the second half, you have to pay attention to the distribution of physical strength, you will definitely enter the starting line against Dort, you must maintain a good physical condition!" ”
Then Gaudino went to the side of the team's family in the stands, right next to Xiao Yu, and he greeted Xiao Yu very friendly.
In this game, Seven Star Sports broadcast live, Tang Meng looked at Monaco's starting list and asked Lu Yue: "Yue, why do I always feel that the coach Yaldim doesn't seem to be very good at rotating the lineup?"
Monaco have had several main players play almost all of their games this season, with the likes of Underic, Glick, Edouard Mendy, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Fabinho all the time.
Look at today's game, he sent several of them!
After 3, it's Dort's second round, is that really good? ”
Lu Yue smiled bitterly: "This is really not a good judgment."
Either in your case, Coach Yaldim may not be used to frequent rotations in the squad, or Monaco's standing bench is too different from the main squad for him to choose.
The game has been played to this extent, and I am more inclined to the second possibility, which is that Yaldim is a good woman who has no rice to cook.
Today's lineup has rotated 5 main players, which is a very large amplitude, but I feel a little weak......"
The game finally began, and to everyone's surprise, Dijon launched a fierce attack on Monaco after the opening kick-off, and the home team seemed to be unprepared to be pressed into the half-time siege by Dijon, who were second from bottom before the game.
Although behind him are the already familiar two-back combination of Bakayoko and Fabinho, but Li Liang found that when he was replaced by Moutinho and Dillard on the left and right, and Germain in front of him, he couldn't find a familiar attacking feeling for a while!
He soon realised what the problem was, and the combination of attacking personnel in the front court, who had no time to run in before the game, was not the main reason, the biggest problem was that his teammates who participated in the last game against Dort were unable to get into shape.
Yaldim was a little nervous, but his face remained calm as usual, and Spinoli said beside him: "Just get through this and wait until our boys are fully active." ”
Jardim and his assistants had anticipated this situation before the game, so after much deliberation he decided to stick with the same backline as he had played in Germany.
He expected such a difficult situation in the game, so he set up a more defensive strategy before the game - even so, the entire coaching staff decided that winning Dijon should not be a problem.
Tang Meng frowned: "The first half of the game has come to the 20th minute, Monaco stabilized the situation, but it was still a little passive on the field.
It's hard to believe it's a match between top and bottom two in the league, and if you change the shirt and you feel like it's the real Monaco on the other side. ”
Lu Yue continued: "The last game in Germany encountered an emergency, and the postponement of the game must have had a great impact on the team's overall plan.
But as a team aiming for the title, there should be a plan in place to deal with it, so let's see what happens next. ”
Li Liang began to take the initiative to adjust, and he quickly found a way to control the midfield.
In the face of the tough pressing of Dijon players, Li Liang used his technical advantage to firmly control the ball at his feet, and in the absence of Lemar, Silva and Mbappe, he consciously strengthened the connection with Mendy, who frequently inserted assists on the left side.
Li Liang understands that Monaco's basic tactical framework is based on a highly physical style of play that emphasizes speed, and it is not that he cannot force individual attacks in the front court with his personal ability, but in that case, there is not only a risk, but more importantly, if he consumes too much, it will be difficult to appear in the second leg of the match with Dort in a full blooded state!
Li Liang does not value individual performance, he prefers to give full play to the team's ability to reach the last four of the Champions League.
So now he knows he has to drive the whole team and win this game as a whole!
Thanks to Li Liang's efforts, Monaco's overall operation became more and more fluid, and he used clever passing and unsparing movement to connect the entire midfield.
Thanks to his efforts, Moutinho and Dillard became more and more active on the flanks, and with Mendy and Amamire Toure providing assists from the sidelines, Monaco gradually took control of the game, and Germain also had two dangerous shots in front of goal.
Tang Meng breathed a sigh of relief: "The first half was coming to an end, Monaco slowly regained its form, and Li Liang's tandem and rhythm control in the midfield were quite good.
However, it can also be seen that with several main players in the front field not present, Monaco is a little weak in attack. ”
Yaldim expected Dijon to attack at the beginning like the previous Lille team, and the original plan was to at least hold the score of 0:0, and send Falcao and others to strengthen the attack in the second half, but Li Liang's excellent performance looked like it was possible for the team to break the deadlock in the first half!
He began to reconsider his plans for a replacement.
In the 44th minute of the game, Li Liang sent a long pass over the top near the center circle, Dillard successfully crossed in time when the ball was about to go out of the bottom line, Germain shook his head in front of the goal, the ball was saved by the goalkeeper and fell to the back point, and the outflanked Moutinho directly volleyed the goal!
1:0, Monaco successfully broke the deadlock!
The crowd cheered, and the Monaco players celebrated with relief, and the smiles returned to their faces.
Yaldim and his assistants high-fived each other, and the game was finally back on track after an initial struggle.
Gaudino cheered happily with Xiao Yu, and he was pleased to find that Li Liang had obviously grown the ball again after separating from Tehran!
At the end of the first half, Monaco returned to the dressing room with a one-goal lead.
Tang Meng finally completely relieved: "Okay, the first half of the game is over, with an offensive veteran Moutinho instigated by Li Liang to take the lead for Monaco."
In this way, the second half of the game will be much easier, which is quite a good thing for the second leg of the preparation for the second leg of the match between the back 3 and Dort! ”
At the beginning of the second half, Monaco continued to control the situation on the field under the leadership of Li Liang.
In the 49th minute, Li Liang was brought down by his opponent in front of the penalty area, and he personally took a free kick that hit the crossbar and bounced out of bounds, almost scoring another goal for Monaco.
In the 55th minute, Li Liang sent a penetrating direct pass after getting rid of people in the midfield, seeing that Germain was about to form a single knife, the opponent's left-back pulled down Germain in desperation, and was directly red carded by the referee.
The strength of Dijon, which was fought by 10 men, was severely reduced, and after that, he was unable to fight back.
Seeing that the victory was in hand, Yaldim replaced Li Liang, who had performed well in the half, with Falcao in the 63rd minute.
Li Liang gave a standing ovation to the audience, and everyone knew that it was his wonderful performance that opened the door to victory for the team.
In the 75th minute, Falcao scored another goal for Monaco, and Dijon pulled a goal back before the end of the game.
At the end of the game, Monaco won 3 points 2:1.