Under the watchful eye, the game finally began.

The two sides already knew each other, and after the opening whistle, there was no temptation to enter a high-intensity confrontation immediately.

Pep Guardiola did not break his promise, and Manchester City put on an all-out attacking posture for the opening period.

Shewa was very active in the midfield position, and under his leadership, Manchester City's attacking line was amazingly imposing, and he played a wonderful combination one after another.

In the 3rd minute of the game, after forcing a breakthrough between Bakayoko and Fabinho, Shiva beautifully split the ball with her backheel, De Bruyne followed up and fired a powerful shot close to 30 meters from the goal, and Subasic did not dare to slack off and directly knocked the ball out of the bottom line with both fists.

De Bruyne took a corner kick from the left, and several Manchester City players started at the same time for a while the Monaco penalty area was overturned, but no one could reach the ball, and the ball flew directly out of the right sideline.

Li Liang was a little surprised, Manchester City was putting on a desperate posture!

The Monaco players were a little surprised, and they were besieged by their opponents in the half of the opening game.

Owen looked at the live stream and said: "I like Mbappe at Monaco, this is a promising player.

But he's not very mature yet. As a lone arrow, his header and ability to carry the ball with his back were too weak, which made Monaco's forward organization a certain difficulty. ”

Ferdinand nodded yes: "Michael (Owen) is almost as fast as you were when you were younger, but he still handles the ball a little bit worse than you did back then." ”

Steven Gerrard continued: "It seems that Manchester City have seized on this and boldly pushed the defence forward, thus putting a lot of pressure on Monaco's central midfield. ”

Henry, who was in the stands, said to Grimandi: "Pep is really amazing, it seems that he has predicted the specific tactics of Monaco in advance, and his arrangement is too targeted!" ”

Looking at the TV camera all the way to Monaco's half, Lippi shook his head: "Monaco won't last long if they play like this, it's hard for them to play their own style in the face of such high pressing!" ”

Pezzotti also chimed in: "At least for now, Guardiola's level is much higher than that of Jaldim!" ”

Looking at Pep Guardiola, who was standing in the command area and commanding fiercely, Manchester City's assistant coaches and substitutes were completely convinced.

This start was almost exactly the same as Pep Guardiola's pre-match prediction.

Yaldim started to get nervous, he believed that Manchester City would attack in this game, but he did not expect such a situation at all!

Without being reminded by his assistants, he also saw that it was difficult for Mbappe to play a fulcrum role under Manchester City's defense! He immediately reacted, waving his arms and shouting at the court.

In order to prevent such a passive situation, Yaldim was also prepared before the game.

Monaco immediately changed formations, Lemar changed to the right side, Mbappe returned to the left side, Bernard team - Silva and Li Liang stood in the middle, Li Liang's position was more prominent!

Guardiola was a little surprised, he stood motionless on the sidelines and thought.

This is the "no striker" formation that I tried during my time at Barcelona, which greatly strengthens the control of the front court, and the disadvantages are also obvious - the attack power of this is obviously not as good as the effect of the regular striker rushing forward.

Lineker exclaimed: "This is how Monaco responds?

I know that Lemar has played on the right side of the midfield, Mbappe can also play on the left, Bernardo Silva can play in the middle of the attack, but what about No. 17 Lee?

Can he play center? ”

Owen said: "I think it's better to keep watching, the game has just begun, and the next battle will definitely be more exciting!" ”

In the conference room of the hurricane team, Old Man Zhang asked suspiciously, "Why did Liangzi go to the front?" Can he play as a striker? ”

Feng Yihan couldn't help but shake his head: "Liangzi's characteristics should be a dribbling organization, his passing number, and long-range shooting are also good, but it is difficult to bring out his characteristics when he throws him in front of the two central defenders!" ”

Netizens also discussed: "Li 17 played center? ”

"What kind of tactic is this?"

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Yaldim didn't let the physically inferior Li Liang fight with the opponent's Stones and Kolarov, and it was not long after two rounds that people could see his intentions.

He Wei suddenly realized: "Monaco's change of formation is very targeted!" Li Liang often retreated after receiving the ball, and while bringing away at least one central defender, he created valuable space for Mbappe, Silva and Lemar to attack from behind! ”

Xue Yang was also a little excited: "I can't see that Li Liang actually has a certain ability to hold the ball with his back, the actions of a few center forwards to protect the ball just now are decent, and his running position and strategy are also quite like that!" ”

Pep Guardiola walked briskly back to the bench and had a nervous exchange with Torrent and Arteta.

Lineker exclaimed: "No. 17 did a good job!" Except for the fact that he has not yet completed a shot on goal, he is very good at the role of the fulcrum! ”

In that training session, Li Liang's performance in the absence of a system impressed both Yaldim and his assistants.

This also gave the Monaco coaching team a new understanding of Li Liang - they agreed that when Li Liang focused on individual performances, it was completely possible to support such a "strikerless formation" attack.

After 10 minutes of the game, Monaco, who had been pressed back into the half by a strong Manchester City, gradually regained their overall formation, and Pep Guardiola's strategy of stealing the opening game did not succeed as expected.

Li Liang's personal ability was vividly played, he still showed strong ball control ability in his new position, coupled with Mbappe, Lemar and Silva running and pulling at all costs, for a while, the assists of Sagna and Klich on both sides of Manchester City were obviously contained.

Even Kevin De Bruyne had to return to the backfield to help Asuka defend with all his might. As the ball moved more in City's midfield, the pressure on Monaco was noticeably less, and the overall formation began to come out of place.

Pep Guardiola's decision came as a surprise to his two assistants, who insisted on readjusting his tactics on the pitch despite Torrent's dissuasion.

Under Pep Guardiola's command, the left and right wing-backs Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling were pushed straight up front, with Sheva behind them, De Bruyne dropping back and Birdie standing parallel to the middle.

The most incomprehensible thing is that the four defenders of Manchester City have boldly moved forward under the loud shouts of Guardiola.

Yaldim's heart sank, he didn't expect Guardiola to make such a decisive response!

It seems that the Manchester City backline is extremely aggressive regardless of the situation on the field, but the actual effect is unexpected!

Henry said to Grimanti: "Lee's role has been seen by Pep, he is compressing the space between Lee and the others while cutting their passing lanes! ”

At the same time, Li Liang also found that the opponent was constantly shortening the distance between him and himself, so he had to work hard to speed up the speed of handling the ball.

Li Liang's habit of playing in the front midfield gradually became more and more obvious - he began to try to face the opponent's goal and organize the attack.

Soon, in the face of increasing pressure, he could no longer play for his teammates like a center forward and had to start dropping back.

Pep Guardiola replaced the defense with attack and continued to maintain the lead in the tactical battle.