Chapter 649: Again? Pair? Huh? Is it Grand Paris?!
Due to his overexcitement, Li Liang felt that he had been lying in bed for a long time before falling asleep, and soon he saw embarrassment.
There was no special problem this time, and he told Li Liang straight to the point that turning defeat into victory not only brought him a championship, but also brought another increase in the total evaluation value.
Embarrassed, he explained to the big screen in the stadium: "The difference between the overall rating of the team between you and Paris in this game is 4.9, sorry this item does not meet the conditions and cannot be rewarded." ”
Li Liang: "Hey! And such a thing? ”
Embarrassment continued: "The rest...... There are no trigger reward conditions, only the difference between the total rating of the opponent and the opponent! ”
Li Liang already had some regrets, and when he heard the last sentence of embarrassment, his heart jumped wildly, he and 92's Verratti, 94's brother-in-law and 95's Kadazuo had direct alignment, did it? !
Embarrassment carefully looked at the numbers on the big screen a few times, and gave Li Liang a thumbs up: "You defeated Matuidi who was opposite you in the confrontation, and his total rating is 88, which is just 5 points higher than you, so you can get a total of 0.5 reward points this time!" ”
Li Liang was anxious: "What do you mean, you have to say that you didn't win my brother-in-law, I admit it, but Kadazo and Verratti have been gotten rid of!" ”
Embarrassed and deaf to him, he continued: "This is the final result. As a self-confidence bonus, you get a total rating of 1.5 this time.
…… I said, can you look a little more excited and don't look like that?
…… Now your overall rating is 84.67, which is 85.
In response, you will receive 9 bonus points, of which 4 points will be added to the hidden attribute, and the remaining 5 points will be distributed as follows: 1 for shooting, 1 for dribbling, 1 for defense, and 2 for body.
In this way, the new six indicators are: speed 75, shots 76, passing 79, dribbling 83, defense 61, and body 71. ”
After returning to Monaco the next day, all the players will have a day off, and the quarter-final match against Lille will be played at the Stade Louis II two days later.
The French Cup was created on January 15, 1917, also known as the Charles Simão Cup.
This is a cup competition organised by the French Football Federation that includes both professional and amateur teams, and there is a tradition of upsets in Ligue 1 because the competition is not very important to the competition.
In the French Cup during the international break several times this season, Yaldim sent a quasi-second-tier or even close to a third-tier lineup, but he did not expect to have reached the last eight all the way.
What's also interesting is that the old rivals Grand Paris, who also made it to the last eight, will face the third division team Afran later on the same day, and if Monaco and Grand Paris both reach the last four, they are also likely to be sorted together again in the final four matches.
If all of this comes to fruition, Monaco will face the challenge of Grand Paris for the fourth time this season.
This time, before the tactical lesson, Jardim took Li Liang to his office and told him that the team was not allowed to put too much energy into the French Cup, because the whole team will play the first match of the Champions League final against Borussia Dort in Germany a week later on April 12.
Monaco's thin squad simply can't support the team on multiple fronts, and three high-intensity confrontations in 10 days could potentially ruin all of the team's efforts in the Champions League and even affect the league title.
Even if Li Liang was unwilling, he had to say that this time he would act completely according to the instructions of the Portuguese.
Sure enough, in the subsequent tactical lesson, Caldeira announced that it was about the same as the previous French Cup match, and among the starting 11, except for Germain and Moutinho, plus Dillard, who came off the bench, the rest of the positions were all substitutes.
In addition, Fabinho, who failed to play in the French League Cup final, also entered the starting lineup, Falcao led the rest of the teams as substitutes, and Li Liang was not included in the squad for this game.
The day of the competition came quickly, but the results were somewhat unexpected.
Facing Lille, which was almost all out of the station, Monaco finally eliminated the opponent 2:1 at the Louis II Stadium with two goals from the captain of the game, Germain, in the 35th and 45th minutes of the game, and finally eliminated the opponent 2:1 and successfully advanced to the top four.
Li Liang, who had been shouting for 90 minutes almost non-stop in the stands, was overjoyed, and he happily said to Xiaoyu: "Great, I hope that tomorrow's draw will win Paris again!"
This time, I want to challenge my brother-in-law! ”
Looking at the cheering players on the field and the jubilant fans in the stands, Jardim was a little nervous, and he had to pray secretly that it would be better not to draw Paris in the semi-finals of the French Cup, which is expected to be played later this month!
Otherwise, Monaco will have to play Paris for the second time in a month throughout April, in addition to two tough matches against Dort, as well as against old enemies Leon, and Toulouse, who beat them in the first half of the season, which will undoubtedly stretch Monaco's squad.
The next day, captain Falcao followed Yaldim to the draw for the semi-finals of the French Cup.
The training session was scheduled for the afternoon, and after the shower, everyone crowded into the tactics classroom, waiting for the live broadcast of the upcoming draw ceremony.
The ceremony began quickly, and everyone laughed when they saw the small note in the hands of the guests, and Li Liang laughed very happily.
On April 26, three days after the two-legged Champions League tie with Borussia Dortmund and the league away to Lyon, Monaco will face Paris Saint-Germain for the fourth time of the season at the Parc des Princes in Paris in order to qualify for the French Cup final!
The guests on the TV screen were also smiling ambiguously, with both Jardim and Emery laughing, the difference being that the Monaco coach had a wry smile and Emery was relieved.
The Spaniard, thankfully, has been praying since reaching the last four for another chance to face Monaco to save face and prove himself, and today he finally got his wish.
On April 7, Li Liang, who was placed on the substitute list, came to Angers City with the team to prepare for the next day's league game.
Angers is a city steeped in history, and during the Industrial Revolution, it was an important inland shipping hub in western France.
Today, Angers is also a modern city. Angers are in 12th place after 31 rounds of league play, and are typical of teams that are undercompensated by the top.
Jardim had prepared very well before the game and knew that a team as desperate as Angers could cause unexpectedly big problems in the game.
In preparation for next week's away game against Borussia Dort, Jardim rotated their starting line-up, with Lemar, Kylian Mbappe and Sidibi all on the bench, with Falcao and Li Liang returning to the starting line-up.
Li Liang has also done a lot of homework himself, and he knows that Monaco's historical record against Angers is not optimistic.
Angers have lost just one of the last 15 meetings with Monaco in league history (six wins, eight draws, one defeat), with the last home defeat to Monaco dating back to 1979.
Recently, Angers have won three consecutive home league games and are unbeaten in six consecutive home games (four wins, two draws).
It is worth mentioning that Angers have done a good job defensively at the Stade Jean-Bouan at home, having kept four consecutive home clean sheets.
What gives Li Liang confidence is that since losing to Lyon at the Stade Louis II on December 18 last year, Monaco have gone all the way to the league, achieving an impressive record of 12 league games unbeaten (10 wins, 2 draws), and recently 10 consecutive away games unbeaten (6 wins, 4 draws).
On the day of the game, Li Liang and his teammates came to the Jean-Bouan stadium.
The warm-up was over quickly, and the final match before the big game between Monaco and Dort was about to begin.