Since the end of the season on May 15, Li Liang has started hard training. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After the coaching team returned one after another, receiving face-to-face coaching allowed him to make amazing progress. In addition to physical fitness, his tactical understanding and execution ability have also improved by leaps and bounds.

The coaches were surprised, but of course they didn't know that Li Liang used the UT mode of virtual training to repeatedly revisit the day's content every night.

He's already understood the line between virtual training and real-world competition, so he's desperate to get it to play now. Otherwise, he knows very well that the gap between himself and his teammates will only widen.

After a week of training in La Tuby, the regrouped team moved to Montreux, a beautiful Swiss town with a pleasant climate, for a three-week summer training.

In addition to the pre-season fitness reserves, the club also contacted seven friendlies.

At first, Li Liang was very happy, thinking that he would finally be able to play, but in the first four games against the Swiss Super League's Lugano, Sion, and Lucerne teams, including the weaker Swiss Lien team, he has been sitting on the bench watching the performances of his teammates.

In addition to taking the initiative to communicate with the coaches, his roommate Pasalic also kept reassuring him, telling him that for a newcomer, all this is too normal.

Even Falcao, who returned to the club, has been enlightening Li Liang, and he told Li Liang to be ready, even if he can only get 1 minute of playing in the end, he must go all out, only in this way can he win more opportunities for himself.

Today, Monaco face Portuguese Super League powerhouse Sporting Lisbon (officially 'Sporting de Portugal', as Sporting Lisbon is conventional), and before arriving in Monaco in 2014, Jardim and his team were at the helm of Sporting Lisbon.

It is also the strongest friendly opponent Monaco have faced so far. The tournament started at the local stadium in Montreux, which could only accommodate 2,000 people, but the atmosphere was still getting louder and louder at dusk.

Monaco is well aware that Jardim sees this game as an important opportunity to reinforce the squad for the new season.

The crushing defeat at Lyon in the final stages of last season was only a façade, and before that, Jardim and his team had already made up their minds to completely revamp the team and complete the process of rejuvenation through a change of blood.

Prior to this game, seven players had already left the Monaco squad, including some of last season's main players.

In addition to the promotion of individual rookies from the development squad, the club also brought in six new players. Among them, the most famous are Falcao, and Varile Germain, who was appointed vice-captain after returning from loan, as well as two homegrown full-backs, Benjamin Mendy and De Gibriel Sidibi, who spent a total of 25 million euros on transfers, and Poland's 12 million euros to bring in Polish defender Glick.

In addition to Subaic, Carvalho, Moutinho and Glick, who are still on vacation after participating in the European Championship, and Mbappe, who participated in the European Youth Championship, has not yet returned, Yaldim has put out the strongest lineup, Falcao, Germain, Mendy, Sidibi have all entered the starting lineup.

Except for the goalkeeper and two central defenders, the rest of them are basically the main squad framework in the new season's mind in Yaldim's mind.

The two central midfielders in the 442 formation are Frenchman Timoë Bakayoko, and the biggest discovery in the second half of last season, Brazilian Fabinho, who switched from right-back to midfield, young Frenchman Tomás Lemar on the left and Moroccan Nabil Dillard on the right.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and Li Liang, who was sitting on the bench, was surprised to find that Falcao's state was obviously much stronger than the previous games!

In 2009, Falcao made his European debut from River Plate and joined Portuguese giants Porto. He won the league title in his first season and Falcao, who scored 30 goals, quickly settled into the team.

In the 2010/11 season, with the tacit cooperation of Brazil's "Hulk" Hulk, Falcao's performance on the field was even more like a fish in water.

He scored 38 goals that season, helping Porto dominate the Europa League, Portuguese Super League and many other competitions, and also won the Europa League Golden Boot with 17 goals, and broke the record of 15 goals in a single season for Golden Bomber Jurgen Klinsmann.

Before moving to Atletico Madrid, it was widely accepted that it took only two years for Falcao to completely conquer the Portuguese Super League.

Now facing Sporting Lisbon, Falcao has recognised several opponents he has played against back then, which has finally activated his self-confidence.

Li Liang was pleasantly surprised to see that Falcao's physical condition seemed to have fully recovered, and his running, strategy and interspersing in the front court were full of confidence, and the tiger who killed all sides back then finally returned.

In the 12th minute, the defenders, who had been distraught by an in-form Falcao, made a marking error, and Germain took the opportunity to meet Mendy's beautiful cross from the left and scrambled down the middle to open the scoring for Monaco.

After that, Sporting Lisbon stepped up the scramble, and in the 21st minute, the small striker Daniel Podence played a wonderful 2-on-2 with his teammates in the middle, using speed to get rid of the defender's defense, and facing the attacking goalkeeper to volley into the bottom right corner of the goal!

Li Liang was surprised by this goal, and Podense, who scored the goal, seemed to be less than 1.70 meters tall, or even shorter. But his movement and pace, as well as his composure in front of goal, were breathtaking.

Caldeira, who was on the side, whispered to Li Liang: "Li, this small player is their youth product, if there is a relatively big improvement, he may be able to play a few games this season." If it has been at this level, his future is likely to be in the Portuguese league.

Surprised, huh? That's right, it's hard for such a player to play in a strong team like Sporting Lisbon. To get into the starting line-up of the team, everyone needs to make unimaginable effort. ”

Yaldim suddenly called Caldeira over, and after some explanation, Caldeira came back and said to Li Liang: "The intensity of today's game is relatively close to the official game, and the players who can pass the test of such a game will be what we really need - Li, are you ready?" Go warm up! ”

When this moment really came, Li Liang was not as excited as he expected, his heart was full of calm, and he began to think calmly.

With the two central midfielders under a lot of defensive pressure and their pairing looking indispensable, the other two midfielders are most likely to be replaced, Lemar and Dillard – both of whom have the speed, awareness and footwork – what will the coach choose?

Monaco managed to threaten again just after kick-off, and after Dillard's long ball, the opposition centre-back struggled to push the ball over the line ahead of Falcao.

Li Liang happened to be near the opponent's baseline, he caught the ball and threw it to Lemar, who was about to take a corner kick, and shouted: "Thomas, I have a hunch that this goal will go in!" ”

Lemar took the ball, smiled and squeezed his eyes at Li Liang. He carefully observed the position of his teammates in the penalty area and made a decision in an instant.

Barros has been reworking his corner tactics around the returning Falcao and Germain in recent days, and Lemar has already conceived the route of attack for this corner.

The referee's whistle blew and Lemar curled a ball straight to the front post.

I saw Germain and the captain of Monaco in this game, Italian bald central defender Andre Raghi quickly changed positions, Germain successfully blocked the opponent who was marking Raj, Raj ran to the gap in front of the point, jumped high in the middle of the man and threw the ball to the middle.

Falcao suddenly burst out of the chaos and easily put the ball into the goal with his right foot without everyone reacting!

2:1, Monaco lightning-fast overtook the score.