Chapter 535: Containment and Anti-Containment
Monaco burst out late in the first half and laid siege to Nice's goal.
Although the head coach Favre couldn't stop roaring and desperately commanded the players to press out and play, Nice had to retreat under the tide of the home team's attack.
Monaco were unable to break down their opponents' dense defence and ended the first half after a one-minute stoppage.
Xiaoyu was a little nervous, and Da Xiong smiled: "Professional players like us can understand at a glance that Ryoko must be playing at the beginning."
I don't know what his intentions are, but the No. 2 who is staring at him is not his opponent at all.
The Nice team is very strong, the strength of both sides is about 55 open, see how the coaches of the two sides of the midfield adjust! ”
In the away dressing room, Favre slammed a bottle of water on the ground in a fit of rage, splashing almost everyone on their bodies.
"Stupid, hopeless!" Although he didn't name names, everyone knew who the furious head coach was scolding.
Sairi kept his head down and said nothing, and when he returned to the locker room, he quickly calmed down.
A large part of the reason for the team's chaos on the field just now is due to him.
Li Liang's brilliant breakthrough and shot attracted the attention of Sairi, and the Ivorian star got caught up in a struggle with Li Liang, causing Nice's midfield to completely spiral out of control.
Favre has seen that the number 17 is effectively "dismembering" his team through running and crossing.
Nice's dual-core division of labor is actually very clear, Seri controls the offensive and defensive rhythm of the whole team, and Cyprian is more like a thug, taking on the role of Sairi's bodyguard.
When Seri was taken away from the middle by Li Liang, Cyprian had to fill in, but it also deprived the Nice defence of its most effective arch and barrier.
Li Liang's running is extremely sharp in Favre's view, and if his team does not react, the situation in the second half will be even more passive.
There was silence in the locker room, the assistant set up the tactical board, and Favre calmed down and began to set up.
In the home dressing room, the Monaco players are still lamenting missed opportunities.
Yaldim motioned for everyone to be quiet, he had just told his assistants that Li Liang had begun to direct his teammates to adjust their tactics before himself, which surprised Caldeira and the others.
The Portuguese said: "The recent games have been too intense and everyone has worked hard.
With 45 minutes to go until the goal we have set, please show your determination and strength!
Again, there is only one goal in this game, to beat them! ”
Gaudino recalled all this in the stands, and Li Liang at the last moment of the first half was already like two people compared to the first game video he saw.
From the perspective of a top fitness expert, he found that Li Liang's style of play has changed significantly.
In the previous games, Li Liang's highlight performances had a common feature - he had to control the absolute ball, and when Li Liang was attacking with all his might, the whole team had to revolve around him to make the most of his power.
This will inevitably cause great consumption of other players, in short, the tactics and on-the-spot adjustments formulated by Yaldim in the early stage are more like concentrating the energy of the whole team to Li Liang, and Li Liang will personally open the gap of the opponent.
Recently, Gaudino has noticed that Li Liang's style of play is slowly undergoing a major change. For most of the game, Li Liang was more like an engine propelling the whole team around.
Now Li Liang is doing what his teammates have done for him before - and the hard work he puts in can also start to make his teammates better and stronger!
The result is that the offensive efficiency of the whole team is greatly improved, and everyone's physical energy can be distributed more reasonably.
This is undoubtedly of greater significance for a team like Monaco that pursues a physically active and high-speed style of play.
Different from the perspective of the dirty old man, Grimandi also realized the huge change in Li Liang.
He intuitively found that Li Liang no longer faced all kinds of opponents in almost one style as before.
For example, there is a big difference between Li Liang today and when he was at the Parc des Princes, and the first feeling for the former Arsenal defender is that Li Liang is more inclined to attack the goal directly against the big Paris.
Today, Li Liang played more tactically and seemed to be patiently looking for Nice's weaknesses and exploiting them.
Grimindy is looking forward to the second half of the game, and he wants to see how far Li Liang can go, and whether he can really succeed in another way.
As the second half of the game was about to begin, Favre decisively replaced winger Esselic with youngster Korgello and reverted to 352.
The two teams continued to fight, and Li Liang immediately found that Kogello, who had a total rating of 79, was not good!
The 20-year-old Frenchman put in a brilliant performance last season and is hailed as a midfield superstar of the future.
Such a small player, who is also only 1.68 meters tall, is fast, strong and has outstanding skills at his feet, and is an all-round midfielder who can attack and defend at the same time.
Favre understands that Seri will leave sooner or later, so he has been consciously focusing on developing Cogello, who he sees as the next midfield for Nice.
Bringing in Cogello now is very targeted, as Favre told him separately before Cogello came on: "Vincent (Cogello), go and replace Seri to help us get the midfield back!" ”
Li Liang had already spotted a huge change in Nice's midfield, with Cyprian, who had been falling silent in the first half, suddenly erupting and sweeping in midfield almost everywhere, while Cogello gradually took control of the team's overall tempo with the help of his team-mates.
Jardim hesitated, and as in the first leg, Nice piled up three playmaking centre-backs in midfield, which allowed Monaco's attack to be quickly halted, and the visitors regained the initiative on the pitch.
Kluivert finally breathed a sigh of relief. He shared everyone's view that if it continued as it did in the first half, Monaco would have a good chance of picking up three points, which is the worst situation for Paris.
Now the visitors have managed to stop the decline and start a strong rebound, which gives the Dutchman hope again.
As the sporting director of Grand Paris, Kluivert did not support many of Nasser's decisions.
The Dutchman adamantly refused to buy David Luiz back to Chelsea at the start of the season, but he had to agree to a last-minute move at Nasser's request for a gift.
Now Nasser has arranged for himself to visit Monaco's No. 17, much to the displeasure of Kluivert.
He has always thought that Li Liang's highlight performance will become a flash in the pan sooner or later, and from a competitive point of view, the Paris team has hoarded too many midfielders, and even his most optimistic Portuguese genius Guedes can't enter the rotation lineup, so why be so obsessed with Li Liang?
Seeing that Li Liang could not take advantage of any advantage in the midfield confrontation, Kluivert secretly hoped that Nice could put on a better performance, so as to prove to Nasser that the number 17 was not suitable for Paris.
Xiao Yu suddenly found that the big bear was also nervous.
Big Bear said to her: "When we play football, we are most afraid of a small person like No. 6 (Sairi), which is very bad!"
Xiaoyu, you remember, any such a small man who can play a high-level game is definitely not a good stubble!
Now there's another No. 26 (Cogello), and now Ryoko is in trouble! ”
Xiaoyu asked nervously, "What should I do?" I see Monaco being passive again. ”
Da Xiong replied solemnly: "The game is like this, the two sides fight wits and courage to contain and counter-contain.
Ryoko is the heart of Monaco's front court, and he has to step up one more time, otherwise this game will not be played!"
Xiao Yu set his eyes on Li Liang, who took the initiative to retreat as he did at the beginning of the game.
This time it wasn't on his mind, but it was brought back by Nice's midfielder.