Dijon, located in the east of France, is the capital of Burgundy and the capital of the province of Codor, and is the most populous city in the region. Dijon has a long history, having been founded in Roman times.

Dijon FC was formed in 1998 by the merger of two local teams, finishing second in Ligue 2 and promoted to Ligue 1 the previous season.

Prior to this game, 12 of Dijon's 14 league points this season have come at home, where they have only lost to Nantes and are unbeaten in their last six home matches with three wins and three draws.

Therefore, Dijon, which has the advantage of being at home, is currently only 14th in the league, but it is by no means an easy opponent for Monaco, who have played three games in nine days and are now facing the fourth game of the 11th day.

In this game, Li Liang was put on the bench list, and finally did not have to sit in the stands to watch the game with Pezzotti and De Roso.

As he warmed up at the Gaston-Gerrard Stadium, home stadium in Dijon, Li Liang found that the small 16,000-seat stadium was already packed with home fans.

They are so powerful that they create a movement that is not inferior to that of any team's home stadium.

Two of Lippi's assistants closely followed Li Liang's every move from the stands. Judging from their years of experience, Li Liang is in good shape, and it is a pity that he can't play, especially when the team needs rotation the most.

At the beginning of the game, Yaldim sent 4 substitutes, and still lined up 442 on the field.

Goalkeepers Semi Subazic, Raj and Diallo replaced Edouard Mendy and Jemmelson in the starting line-up.

Midfielder Jose Moutinho replaced Tiemoue Bakayoko and Fabinho in the middle, with Lemar and Silva on the left and right, and Germain and Carrillo up front.

At the beginning of the game, the Dijon players launched a fierce assault on the exhausted Monaco amid the cheers of the home fans.

To Li Liang's surprise, the promoted Madijon showed strong combat effectiveness at home, and actually launched a siege on Monaco 10 minutes before the first half.

In an unfavourable situation, Monaco relied on Fabinho to come up and gradually recover, and the Brazilian's tackles and playmaking gradually stabilized the visitors.

After 10 minutes, the two sides gradually attacked and defended each other.

In the 17th minute, Fabinho played a long ball from the back behind Dijon left-back Bonnard.

Silva burst forward at high speed, fell to the ground and swept back to the middle before the ball was about to go to the bottom line, Dijon central defender Hamid was not far away, and Lemar won the ball and volleyed directly into the left side of the penalty area!

The ball hit Hamid and bounced towards the goal, and the goalkeeper Renais, who had already made a save, didn't have time to react twice, and watched as Argentine center Carrillo arrived and easily sent the ball into the empty goal in the small penalty area!

1:0, Monaco takes the lead first on the road!

There was a huge sigh from the stands, and the home fans were lamenting the unlucky goal.

Pezzotti and De Rosso were very happy, and they knew that if Monaco could take advantage of the victory and continue to extend their lead, then Li Liang's chances of playing would be greatly increased!

Li Liang, who high-fived his teammates on the bench, had the same idea.

Except for the period when he was excluded from the main squad by Yaldim because he had to return home early, he could always get the opportunity to play immediately after the rotation.

Li Liang is confident that his physical fitness has improved greatly, and now he is extremely eager to compete!

The Dijon team was not distracted by the goal conceded, and still stubbornly fought against Monaco according to the tactics laid out before the game.

They slowly regained the initiative and Monaco began to shrink their defence as the home team became more and more aggressive.

It was a little surprising that Dijon had more possession than Monaco and had more shots on goal, but the striker's lack of finishing skills prevented him from rewriting the scoreline.

At the end of the first half, the home team was scoreless and went into the break with a 0-1 deficit.

Yaldim was not surprised by the passive situation, his players were too tired.

He rearranged his tactics in the dressing room, replacing the in-form Lemar with Tiemoue Bakayoko at the start of the second half, and reinforcing the midfield by switching to Moutinho at left midfield.

Dijon remained in control of the field, while Monaco increased the hardness of their midfield but did not counter-attack enough to put more pressure on the home defence.

In the 63rd minute, Yaldim sent Mbappe to replace the inactive Germain, and began to try a high and fast style of play on the front line.

Mbappe's arrival immediately changed the situation, and Monaco's counter-attack immediately changed dramatically as soon as it picked up, and began to take advantage of the gaps left by Dijon's overall formation press.

Mbappe had a great chance shortly after coming on as he won the ball on the left and combined it with Moutinho for a one-two, then used his speed to force an overtake in the box and forced a left-footed shot from a tight angle to hit the outside of the post after getting rid of the opposition centre-back.

It was also Monaco's best chance of the game since Carrillo's goal.

Monaco's attack threatened, Dijon's backline had to retract and the pitch was back in a close position.

Both Pezzotti and De Rosso, who were in the stands, felt that the situation was perfect for Li Liang when he came on, and Yaldim finally made the decision in the 77th minute to replace Carrillo with Falcao.

Pezzotti and De Roso were even more disappointed than Li Liang on the bench, and they understood that Yaldim was indeed determined to stick with the 442 style of play.

Such substitutions are understandable, but both Italians feel that Li Liang's possession and vision, as well as the ability to attack the goal, can be of greater help to Monaco when the game is deadlocked.

Li Liang was very helpless, he accepted the reality that he couldn't play for two consecutive games, and secretly decided that he must use a better performance to win playing time.

Self-confidence is like this, after the wonderful reversal against Tottenham at home, Li Liang began to wonder if he could enter the main lineup?

But after not being able to play for two consecutive games, seeing that the substitutes like Boschia and Carrillo, who were originally ranked behind him, started and scored, Li Liang unconsciously adjusted his goal to fight for the opportunity to come off the bench.

Until now, he has not questioned Yaldim's decision, and still feels that the coach must start from the overall tactics of the team, and he cannot play, at least it shows that he is not good enough in the eyes of the coach.

When Li Liang was distracted, the game had come to the end of the second half.

In the 87th minute, Dijon cleared the ball at the back and flew into the away penalty area, Glick and Diallo made a mistake in the combination, and the latter missed the ball and was intercepted by Dijon substitute striker Dioni.

Dioni volleyed vigorously, and the ball was obviously missed, but the French veteran Samaritano, who was only 1.62 meters tall on the home team, rushed to the goal like a ghostly horse, stretched out his left foot and touched the ball that was about to go out of bounds into the goal!

1:1, tenacious Dijon finally equalized in the final moments of the game.

Then the morale-boosting Dijon launched a frantic attack, and if it weren't for Subaxiac's heroic performance, which saved a series of dangerous shots and follow-up shots in stoppage time, Monaco, who were already unable to fight back, would have almost impossible to hold on to this hard-won point.

The referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the match, and several of the Monaco players lay down on the turf as if they had been saved.

Li Liang returned to the locker room with everyone.

Looking at the exhausted disciples, Yaldim felt helpless.

In the next game at home against the underdogs Bastia at the weekend, he still does not dare to relax, and he must get three points to not fall behind on the way to the title.

Only a thorough rotation can be assured of a thorough rotation in the away game against Bayer Leverkusen in midweek, as Monaco have already secured top spot in the group.