Chapter 668: Dort's Jedi Strikes Back
The competition between professional players is like a master's move, and the true strength of the opponent can often be seen in a single round.
On the field, you may be able to show your strength with an acceleration pass, a stop ball or a shot, but now Li Liang's performance is constantly refreshing the cognition of the Dort players on the field!
Tuchel was at a loss, and he even wondered if the footage he saw was missing a lot of Li Liang's highlights.
Why is the No. 17 in front of him completely like a different player compared to all the intelligence and data analysis results he has gotten?!
Yaldim was equally surprised, and he now finally understood the true meaning of Li Liang's words in the dressing room.
He must be telling everyone to pay attention to the fact that he is about to play a performance that everyone has never seen before!
In addition to being excited, Gaudino did not forget to carefully observe Li Liang's state. He judged from Li Liang's running posture and other body language that Li Liang's physical condition was in very good condition, and there was no problem in playing the whole game in this way!
Grimandi couldn't help but explain to Arsene Wenger: "Arsène...... It's also the first time I've seen Lee's state so amazing!
Believe me, he was great before, but today he was too much better! βγ
Gard chimed in: "Giles is telling the truth, and I think so too!" β
Arteta was extremely puzzled: "Pep, why did Lee seem to be struggling so much against us?
If he had shown his current performance in those two games, I am afraid we would have been even more uncomfortable! β
Pep Guardiola has been thinking a lot and he replied softly: "Lee seems to like Dort's back three system very much.
Tuchel has clearly had a problem with his defensive set-up, with Dort not having a midfielder like our Fernandinho or Yaya [Toure], who are too far apart from Lee in terms of athleticism and ability at the back.
Tuchel wants to make up for it by increasing the number of defenders, but Lee will instead create more space for his team-mates.
Without changing the overall tactics, it is difficult for such a defense to limit his play!
I believe that after this match, Monaco's next opponent is absolutely unlikely to make the same mistake again. β
As he spoke, Li Liang took a corner kick, Glick pressed Papa to grab the header and hit the goal, and Burki judged that he jumped up and caught the ball firmly.
For the remainder of the first half, Dort struggled to keep Monaco from extending their successes, and Li Liang and his teammates became more and more excited, and each of them seemed to have been greatly improved.
The referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the players from both sides walked into the tunnel with different moods.
He Wei explained: "Today's game Monaco showed a new look, and under the leadership of Li Liang, the core of the midfield who was the captain on the field, played wonderful attacking football.
Hey, Xue Yang, you said that today's Monaco's rapid attack completely suppressed Dort, who is known for his strong attacking power, which is probably something that many people did not expect before the game, right? β
Xue Yang replied, "That's true.
Just two days ago, Heathfield, a well-known figure in German football and the veteran coach who served as the manager of Dortmund, said that he was more optimistic about Dortmund when talking about this game.
He believes that even if they lose the first leg, Dortmund still have a better chance of qualifying. Because Dortmund are stronger in attack than Monaco. β
But at least judging from today's game scene and score, Monaco's attacking power in the front court is obviously superior! β
Mourinho said thoughtfully to Mendes: "If this game is a Champions League final, then for Monaco everything can happen.
Again, if they play another game against Dort, it is likely to be a different outcome.
I'm not so optimistic now, on the contrary, I'm a little worried about Lee, is he and his team's form a little too early?
You know, the opponent they will face next is much stronger than Dort on the field today! β
Mendes muttered, "What about your 'gentleman's agreement' with Lee?" β
Mourinho said firmly: "I believe that if Lee and Monaco reach the semi-finals against stronger opponents and can still put in such a performance, the opportunity to reach Cardiff will still beckon them!" β
The dressing room at Monaco was filled with laughter and the belief that there was only half time left before the Champions League semi-finals.
Li Liang was suddenly in a trance, he carefully recalled his assist and the drop shot just now, and quickly understood that he had successfully switched to the state of system suspension again!
What shocked him secretly was that his foot hanging door seemed to be completely unthinking, more like an instinctive reaction!
Li Liang couldn't understand how he decided to choose to shoot at that distance and at such an angle, when the opponent was pressing, after temporarily turning off his observation ability and thinking speed by 15 times?
He believes that if he had thought about it, he would not have made the same choice.
Yaldim began to speak, which interrupted Li Liang's thoughts.
The Portuguese exclaimed: "Now we must not think that the time for celebration has come!"
The next 45 minutes will be the real test! Dort will not give up and they will definitely put more pressure on us in the second half! β
After the half-time break, the two sides were back on the pitch again.
Tuchel made another adjustment, and was shocked to see the players standing on the sidelines who were about to come on as substitutes and the numbers of the players he had replaced on the electronic signage.
In the pre-match preparations for the game with his assistant, such a situation was not expected at all, and Dort replaced defensive midfielder Shahin with Schmelzer at left-back at the beginning of the second half!
Yaldim quickly reacted to his opponent's intentions, and he immediately walked to the command area and shouted to his disciples.
Wenger stared at Schmelzer and sighed: "This is the fourth full-back on the Dort, right?"
Tuchel really fights! β
Pep Guardiola was also sighing, telling Arteta: 'If Tuchel had brought on Schmelzer on the first substitution, maybe they wouldn't have conceded a second goal!' β
At the beginning of the second half, as expected, Schmelzer did not appear on the side, but began to keep an eye on Li Liang!
It was a little late, but Tuchel found the crux of the matter, overturning all his previous judgments and making a decisive choice.
He replaced Shahin, who was obviously unable to keep up with Monaco's fast and mobile play, with Schmelzer, in the hope of limiting Li Liang's play with the more athletic Schmelzer.
Schmelzer is 180 tall and can play in different positions on the wing, he is full of physical energy, and he has a strong ability to go up and down, especially with accurate defensive judgments and interceptions. He rarely plays outside the wings and was called upon today to show his excellent form at the start of the second half.
Li Liang immediately found that Schmelzer, who was of the same height as him but stronger, and had more speed and strength, felt extremely uncomfortable with his defense.
In addition, there has been a significant change in the positioning of Dort's players, with Weigel playing as a single midfielder, Guerreiro and Piszczek playing as left and right midfielders, and Reus, Kagawa and Aubameyang appearing almost parallel to each other up front.
In the second half, Dort left only two defenders, Papa and Ginter, at the back, and the rest of the team almost all pressed through the half to attack.
This made all the famous coaches in the stands, as well as the dirty old men, all excited, and they knew that the real decisive battle would start immediately.
Already on the edge of the cliff, Dort launched a desperate counterattack towards Monaco!