Chapter 557: Who will be the loser in the end
The referee's whistle blew, but Falcao visibly hesitated.
As the captain of Monaco and the team's number one penalty taker, he has maintained a 100 per cent penalty shooting rate so far this season, even if the super center forward nicknamed "Tiger" has maintained a pretty good record in all his penalty kicks throughout his career.
I was going to push Caballero's lower right corner, but I suddenly felt a little tightness in the muscles on the back of my right leg!
He understood that this must be caused by excessive psychological tension, and immediately began to breathe heavily, and the fans in the stands let out earth-shattering boos.
Falcao started to run, and he changed his decision on the fly and pushed into the bottom left corner!
Caballero had already keenly captured Falcao's hesitation, and the old Argentine goalkeeper, who had made a lot of preparations before the game, decided to take a gamble!
From the statistics and analysis of the data I have seen, we know that almost all of Falcao's penalty kicks are pushed to both sides, and the difference is only a boccia ball or a half-high ball.
Caballero roared and kicked hard to save on his right side, but he firmly controlled his center of gravity and didn't throw his body out!
The tiger was obviously affected, and the direction of his body and the pointing of the toes of his supported left foot exposed his intentions at a glance, and he also subconsciously reduced his force to ensure accuracy.
Under heavy pressure, the tiger's weak boccia shot was hit by Caballero, and the Argentine goalkeeper judged the accurate movement and stretched, jumped sideways and pressed the ball firmly under him!
Caballero, Otamendi and Sagna rushed to the penalty spot at the same time, and the three of them roared exaggeratedly around Falcao with great mockery, until they were pushed away by Li Liang and Bakayoko.
Stones, on the side, sneered loudly at the wooden Falcao, "You're such a natural Luther!" ”
Li Liang was furious and stepped forward with his chest and slammed it directly, raised his head against Stones, who was half a head taller than himself, and gritted his teeth and scolded angrily: "Come on, fool, see who is Luther, and see who is torn apart in the end!" ”
Not to be outdone, Stones squeezed like Li Liang: "Okay, play hard, this is your penultimate Champions League game of the season, you Luthor ......"
De Bruyne hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Li Liang, and the referee blew the whistle continuously to separate the chaotic players on both sides, and then called Li Liang aside and gave a verbal warning with stern words, and told Li Liang that if he committed another offense, he would be severely punished!
There was silence on the bench in Monaco, and everyone including Yaldim froze after the joy and sorrow of the fall from heaven to hell in an instant.
At this moment, even Yaldim's heart was cold.
Pep Guardiola slammed his feet up and said to Torrent: "Get Zabaleta ready to play!" ”
After Torrente left, he called out to Arteta: "What do you think of Mikel? ”
Arteta's face was solemn: "Pep......
It is likely that our judgment has been significantly miscalculated......"
In the huge singing of Caballero and ridicule in the audience, Falco's wife Talon in the stands cried bitterly, and Xiaoyu kept comforting her: "There is still time, don't worry, we still have time." ”
In fact, Xiaoyu was more nervous than anyone else, and she couldn't help but think that if Li Liang punished this penalty, maybe she would have scored......
Both Darke and Frank Lampard said it was too undeserved to miss the opportunity, but it was understandable given that it was Falcao.
Darke said: "The top centre-forward may have been cursed by something, his previous header was impeccable, but unfortunately his own efforts and that of Monaco as a whole were wasted after missing this penalty. ”
Lampard said: 'I can understand Falcao's feelings, he hasn't been very far in two seasons in the Premier League and probably wants to prove himself too much.
The penalty is never a test of skill, but only the psychological quality of the penalty, and at this moment Falcao could not maintain his inner peace, so he played one of these penalties. ”
He Wei was extremely depressed: "This penalty is too pity, and it shouldn't be deserved, and it is very likely that the two rounds of the knockout round will be lost on this precious away goal!" ”
Netizens became pessimistic again, and the netizens who supported Manchester City regained the upper hand.
Falcao lowered his head and slowly ran back, his brain was blank, Li Liang chased forward and shouted, "Boss!
We still have a chance, it's all up to you!
Boss, you're going to have to get another one! ”
Li Liang's voice penetrated Falcao's heart, and he saw that Li Liang was by no means pretending to comfort himself, this guy's face was like "I want to win"!
Li Liang ran to the frustrated Mbappe again: "Kylian, you did a very good job with this ball, please continue!"
If we want to win, we can't do without your power! ”
After speaking, he slapped Mbappe on the back: "Also, in the next game, you can try to switch places with Bernardo!" ”
Li Liang was not forcibly pouring chicken soup on the two attackers.
Now in the game, he has finally found the clue to crack Manchester City.
Fernandinho on the left was almost flawless in his positional defence, but when the ball was running fast, the selection and movement of the birds were problematic, and the protection of the gaps behind them was clearly insufficient.
On top of that, right wing-back Sagna's athleticism is far from Mbappe's, and Sagna doesn't come back quickly enough when City's overall formation is pressing.
This led to an embarrassment in the selection of positions for Stones and Otamendi, who had to always be aware of the protection and the gaps between the two wings, and if it weren't for Toure and De Bruyne to protect the backline, Monaco should have had more chances in both ribs of the box!
Falcao's form today is actually quite good, Li Liang believes that the penalty is just a small episode, and the tiger's clever movement in the front field and the sense of smell in front of him make Manchester City's defense never dare to take it lightly.
And no one in Manchester City's entire midfield can keep up with Mbappe's speed, if he fully plays, Manchester City's defense will be seriously shaken!
Before he knew it, Li Liang's attention was all focused on the game, and Stones tried to provoke Falcao and He
Pep Guardiola also thought the same, when he judged before the game that Li Liang would definitely start, he risked such a lineup to bet that Monaco would use the positional battle organized by Li Liang in the middle as the main attacking method.
As soon as he arrived at Manchester City, Pep Guardiola found that the team's problems were more serious than he thought, and after the summer and winter window in the transfer market, he has not solved the problems of the two wing-backs until now.
Most of the decorated players who won two Premier League titles are still in the squad, but the veterans are increasingly struggling to play the athletic wing-back position.
There was a cheer from the stands, Sane quickly stepped forward, De Bruyne sent a through ball in midfield, Glick didn't dare to slack off and scrambled to touch the ball off the line first, and City took a corner.
De Bruyne took the corner from the left and watched his team-mates move in the box.
Seeing De Bruyne raise his right hand to give the signal, Otamendi, who was standing at the penalty spot, began to run sideways to block Bakayoko, Toure took the opportunity to get rid of the entanglement and rush to the forward post, De Bruyne began to synchronize the run to drive a corner kick that flew forward at a very fast speed.
Li Liang, who was watching the anti-flying birds, heard the shouts of his teammates, and before he could turn back, the tall Toure had already jumped up to press Li Liang and shook his head vigorously to ferry the ball to the middle!
This sudden change of line made the big men of Monaco in the penalty area have no time to react, and Stones, who was ambushed at the back point, flew to the landing point of the ball according to the routine that he had repeatedly practiced in the training session, and directly stretched out his legs to shovel shot!
Subacric didn't have time to react and watched as the ball was shoveled into the bottom right corner by Stones!
2:1, in the 57th minute, Manchester City finally seized the opportunity to overtake the score!