Chapter 670: The big picture is decided
Li Liang began to focus on pressing Dort's other midfielders, not physical confrontation or direct interception, he was using Schmelzer's marking of himself to disrupt Dort's midfield organization.
Li Liang didn't realize that he was still in a state of "concentration" where the system was suspended, and his brain was thinking rapidly.
After more than half time, he has a good understanding of the operation of the Dort midfield composed of Weigel, Guerrero, Piszczek and others, and is now using flexible running positions to "squeeze" the space of Dort's midfielders with Schmelzer, cutting their passing routes.
Of course, Schmelzer didn't know all this, although he had already noticed that his marking of Li Liang was starting to affect the positioning of his teammates.
Grimandi asked: "Dort is almost 253 now and they have completely taken the midfield, what should Lee do?"
If the attack is dumb, Monaco will only become more and more passive! ”
Wenger's eyes were bright, and he explained to the two disciples who had not yet seen the way out: "Gilles, Remy, Lee is trying to disrupt Dort's midfield organization!" ”
Two former midfielders from La Masia, Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta, both saw Li Liang's true intentions, and Guardiola praised: "Lee is worthy of the soul of the Monaco midfielder, it seems that he has found a solution to the problem!" ”
Arteta also said: "This is just talent, right?!"
Looking back now, the game with us was the same, Li Neng made the most correct tactical choice on the court, he is equivalent to the coach on the field! ”
Watching Li Liang's range of more and more running, Yaldim and his assistants were both nervous and excited, Caldeira sighed: "Seriously, I can't even think of such a tactic!"
Lee's choice is always so straightforward and effective! ”
Gradually, Li Liang's running slowed down Dort's already rising midfield again.
Tuchel has seen that it is precisely because Schmelzer's close follow-up to Li Liang has affected the connection between the players, and he has suffered again.
He understands that the essential reason for Dort's improvement in the second half is precisely because Schmelzer limited Li Liang's success, but now Li Liang's smart movement has made this restriction begin to react on Dort itself.
If you adjust and change the defensive method against Li Liang again, the good situation is likely to be completely ruined! Tuchel shouted from the sidelines, signalling his players to dribble less and speed up the ball to minimise the impact of Li Liang's runs on his own midfield.
In pursuit of forward speed, Dort's mistakes began to mount.
In the 59th minute, Weigel's pass error was cut off by Bakayoko, who quickly distributed to the left, Mbappe made the ball, Mendy cut in at high speed on the left side to send a diagonal 45-degree cross, Falcao got rid of Papa's defense and shook his head to attack the goal, the ball drew a strange arc to the back corner of the goal, but Bulki reacted quickly and quickly retreated to lift the ball off the crossbar.
In the huge sighs of the audience, Gaudino happily saw that Li Liang shouted Mendy and Falcao, raised his hands and applauded vigorously, encouraging his teammates like a real captain.
He Wei and Xue Yang, who had been a little nervous after Dort's goal, reinvigorated, and He Wei said: "It's a pity!
Monaco were completely overpowered by their opponents in the period after the start of the second half and now they have rediscovered their attacking touch, which is a very good sign. ”
In the 61st minute, Schmelzer stopped the ball wide when he received Kagawa's short pass, and Li Liang reacted quickly and fell to the ground to shovel the ball to Mbappe.
Mbappe and Edouard Mendy combined to kick off Piszczek on the left and send in a cross that Falcao had once again grabbed to the top of the net and Burki had all but given up his resistance, but the ball went just wide of the left-hand post.
The home fans are back alive and the home bench is getting more and more excited, and before you know it, Monaco has regained the initiative on the field!
Tuchel made his third and final personnel change, replacing the declining Guerreiro with American youngster Christian Pulisic in an attempt to continue to bolster his midfield attack.
Schmelzer finally reacted, he realised that Li Liang was using his pursuit to hinder the movement and coordination of his team-mates, he ran to the touchline between the games to communicate with Tuchel, and the Dort boss finally decided to change the way he defended Li Liang and then mark Li Liang when he was close to the 30-metre area!
Li Liang was keenly aware of Schmelzer's defensive changes, and instead of rushing to press, he went back and forth near the halfway line, and Monaco's midfield returned to efficient operation.
Pep Guardiola shook his head: "We must not relax our defense against 'dangerous elements' like Lee!"
Mikel, do you remember Monaco's third goal at the Etihad?
Lee can deliver long balls with the same precision as Kevin [Kevin De Bruyne], and he can create scoring opportunities for Falcao and Mbappe right away! ”
In the eyes of Li Liang at this moment, Dort's 253 position, who was eager to score the second goal, was full of huge gaps!
In the 66th minute, Dort's attack was unsuccessful, and the ball fell to the feet of Bakayoko, who passed directly back to Subaic to control the tempo.
Dort pressed all over the line, Li Liang quickly retreated to the back to ask for the ball, he received a pass from Subaic and quickly turned around, and immediately passed the ball to Bakayoko before Dembele pounced.
Bakayoko faced several people in the circle, and when he heard Li Liang's shout, he immediately passed the ball back again.
The power of this return pass was a little bigger, Dembele pressed it again, and Li Liang directly buckled the ball to his left side and dodged the opponent.
Kagawa also rushed over, and he immediately saw that Monaco's No. 17 did not adjust and directly made a long pass with his left foot!
Kagawa looked back and immediately shouted in shock: "Beware! ”
Arsene Wenger, Magic Bird, and Pep Guardiola in the stands widened their eyes at the same time, and they saw the ball fly over the midfield like eyes, towards Falcao, who was rushing forward!
The moment Li Liang got up, the tiger who understood it suddenly started the anti-offside position from behind Papa, and as long as he received this long pass, he could form a single knife in the front court!
Falcao desperately rushed to the landing spot, with Papa, Ginter and Piszczek in hot pursuit.
Falcao finally caught up with the ball in front of the left side of the penalty area, he jumped straight up and unloaded the ball with the instep of his right foot, Ginter took advantage of his slowing down and rushed between the ball and the goal, and the reflexing Burki had already given up on the goal and rushed out.
The tiger quickly completed the adjustment and directly smashed the Ginter, and in the face of the pounced Burki, he directly shot with the outside of his instep, and the ball flew across the crossbar and flew over the empty goal!
Everyone was sighing, and even Li Liang held his head in his hands and regretted it.
Mourinho said: "It's hard for Dort to find any more opportunities.
The shortcomings in the lineup prevented them from completely containing Monaco's attack, and it was difficult to keep the score until the end! ”
Arsene Wenger and Pep Guardiola are of the same opinion, with Borussia Dortmund having exhausted all the means and making three substitutions that have struggled to deliver sustained results, and they have reached their limits in this game.
He Wei and Xue Yang sighed, and praised Li Liang's wonderful long pass.
Tiger fell straight to the ground after finishing his shot, and the continuous high-intensity running up front exhausted his physical energy, and he was already unable to hold on despite cramps.
In the 71st minute, the tiger was replaced by Germain in the huge applause of the audience.
Monaco got better and better, and in the 69th minute, Mbappe received a wonderful pass from Li Liang, burst into the penalty area and hit the far corner in the face of Burki and was saved.
Under Monaco's wave after wave of offensive, Dort fell into a huge passivity.
Yaldim and his assistants always thought that the game was decided, so they replaced Li Liang with veteran Dillard in the 83rd minute.
It was a rewarding substitution to allow Li Liang, the hero of the game, to accept the cheers of the fans.
Watching Li Liang tie the captain's armband to Subasić's arm, and then run off the field amid the thunderous cheers of the audience, Xiaoyu was extremely proud and excited.
On the sidelines, Li Liang applauded to the stands on all sides, and the audience "Li! Plum! Plum! The cheers lasted for a long time.
In the last moments of the game, Piszczek made a mistake in passing, Mendy broke the ball and sent a cross on the left side of the counterattack, and substitute Germain sent the ball into Dort's gate with his first shot, 3:1!
Monaco completely locked up the Champions League semi-finals while rewriting the aggregate score to 6:3!
In the end, the game was over, and Monaco defeated the visiting Dort 3-1 at home to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League!