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Chapter 194 The Geniuses of Monaco (4K)

The leading advantage has been expanded again, and this change has greatly affected Tottenham's morale.

As the team's field captain, Lori now only has confusion in his eyes, and he has not recovered from conceding the ball.

Continuous conceding goals is a big blow to Tottenham's morale, but it may take a lot of time to get out quickly.

With the end of the Manchester City players' celebration, Tottenham kicked off again. At this time, they have fallen into a downturn.

Although the ball is on their side, they cannot form an offensive that can threaten the penalty area for the time being.

Judging from the current situation, Manchester City's chances of winning the game are gradually increasing.

After losing their fighting spirit, Tottenham were killing their time, and this situation made the Manchester City players gradually relax.

Until the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Tottenham had not come out of "confusion".

In this home game, Manchester City once again won a game.

With the end of the 22nd round of the league, Chelsea maintained its lead. Judging from the current situation, Manchester City still depends on Chelsea's next performance if they want to catch up with them.

However, pinning hope on the opponent is not a reliable thing in itself.

So after Guardiola's Chelsea game, he directly expressed his attitude in the group.

[Our goal this year has never been to compete for the league championship, we are rebuilding, and this season's goal is to be in the top four! 】

Watching Guardiola's speech, Li Feng raised his eyebrows.

After this period of running-in, Li Feng is also very clear about the problems existing in the team.

The problems on the defensive line have made Manchester City's desire to compete for the league championship already aborted. Be rational and lower the goal, which is conducive to the team's reconstruction.

Although he didn't talk much with Guardiola, Li Feng still knew which players Manchester City could not sell at the moment.

Kevin De Bruyne, Fernandinho and David Silva in the midfield, plus Li Feng in the frontcourt, and then there are no other "not for sale".

Although this view is a bit "exaggerated", in Guardiola's eyes, other players really have more or less problems.

Another player forgot to mention.

A midfielder from Germany, his attendance rate this season is not high.

When he is healthy, he will be one of Guardiola's most valued players, and he is Ikaryi Gundogan.

"Can't participate in the championship this season?"

Father Li's voice reached Li Feng's ears.

Although he supports his own child to become a professional player, he has not been able to participate in the championship for several consecutive years, which makes Li's father a little disappointed.

But Guardiola is coaching Manchester City, which is at least more reliable than AC Milan.

Although AC Milan qualified for the Champions League group this year, their performance in the league can only be described as horrible.

But these have nothing to do with Li Feng.

Now Li Feng is a player of Manchester City, he needs to use his outstanding performance to defend his starting player position.

"This is not surprising. The instability of the defense will make us fall out of the championship. In the Premier League, your offense may not be so good, but your defense must at least be among the best!"

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Hearing this, Father Li let out a long sigh.

"Boy, I wish I could see medals at home, not your personal honors."

Listening to his old man's words, Li Feng was speechless for a while.

What do you mean those personal honors that you don't want to see?
A league is just a league golden boot, don't you want to see it?

Doesn't this idea want to go to heaven?

"Ah, what do you old man say? What happened to your personal honor? Didn't my Xiaofeng use her own ability to win it?"

"No, I just want to see how beautiful the Premier League champion's medal is!"

Hearing the domineering female voice behind him, Father Li couldn't help shaking.

Especially noticing the unfriendly gaze of the visitor, Father Li hurriedly explained.

But Mother Li didn't care so much, just started.

All of a sudden, the family became wild!

Although still 4 points behind Chelsea in the league, Manchester City has maintained a good state recently.

It is still difficult to catch up with them, but Guardiola's focus is not here now. He regards Monaco as a stumbling block in the Champions League.

Although the overall lineup of Monaco is relatively young, there is also a saying that the old master was beaten to death with random punches.

It wouldn't be a surprise if he really suffered a loss on the field.

Especially their existing striker configuration, the veteran Falcao paired with the young Mbappe, this is a great test for Manchester City, which has a weak wing defense.

Before that, Manchester City still has a few league games to play.

In order to welcome Monaco, who came as a guest, Manchester City used a wave of three consecutive victories to make themselves occupy the forefront of the league.

In addition, the guy on the Premier League scorer list once again scored 5 goals in these three rounds.

At this time, his total number of goals in the league also came to 42 goals.

Such data made the English media shout: "The beast is coming!"

The highest individual goals scored in a Premier League season is 34 goals.

And now they have raised this record by 8 goals. The most terrible thing is that the league is not over yet.

There are still 13 league rounds before the end of the league, which also makes the English media start to speculate whether Li Feng will score 55 goals this season.

Why is there such a guess?
Judging from Li Feng's current scoring efficiency, it is not a problem for him to score 13 goals in 13 league rounds.

Although the English media doesn't like Li Feng that much, but now he is starting the Champions League journey as a Manchester City player. Only in the Champions League championship, the Premier League is really far behind La Liga.

The only teams in the Premier League that are still in the Champions League are Leicester City, Arsenal and Manchester City.

From the perspective of the team as a whole and their opponents, Manchester City is the most interesting of the three teams.

However, their opponents are not "good". As one of the "youngest" teams in Ligue [-], Monaco's overall strength is not weak.

Judging from recent games, the one in Monaco that can directly threaten the penalty area is their young player-Killian Mbappe.

This young French player has great speed on the wing, coupled with his excellent shooting skills, this seems to be the best explosive point on the wing.

For Guardiola, it is almost impossible for the current Manchester City to stare at each other.

The problems with the team's lineup made Guardiola feel overwhelmed.

Especially as the game is approaching, for Manchester City, they need to defend the honor of their home court.

"Leonardo, you will be a guest at the Ittihad next, are you confident of winning the game there?"

Leonardo Jardim tilted his head to listen to the reporter's questions. The Portuguese head coach is very confident in his team, but he dare not take away a victory from the Etihad. Say you can do it [-]%.

"We'll try to take a win out of there, but you know it's the Etihad!"

The "smart" journalists know what Leonardo Jardim means, but for them now, the next two Champions League legs will allow Monaco's young players to be targeted.

According to the past situation, this Monaco team cannot escape the fate of being "dismembered", but for the team owners, the income after selling people will let them taste the taste of "black shop".

Once this taste is tasted, I believe that Monaco's management will continue its signing behavior.

"Leonardo, I don't know which team in Manchester City you think you need to pay attention to the most?"

Hearing this, Leonardo Jardim fell silent.

Although he has never coached a Premier League team, according to the current Premier League Golden Boot, Li Feng naturally needs his attention the most.

But he didn't forget that there is another Kevin De Bruyne in Manchester City's midfield.

The Belgian has an excellent chemical reaction with their striker. According to their fit in the league, there is a high probability that Monaco's defense will not be able to limit Li Feng.

So this requires Leonardo Jardim to think about new solutions.

"Manchester City are a very strong team and everyone in their team needs my special attention."

It is typical to say the same as not to say.

But the reporters who came to the scene still knew that Manchester City had the best "combination" to kill the game-De Bruyne and Li Feng.

But in addition, Manchester City is also sitting on a frontcourt versatile player like David Silva, so Monaco needs to watch Manchester City. There are more than one players.

"Leonardo."

Monaco's pre-match press conference came earlier than Manchester City.

This allowed Guardiola to get some "less important" information, but he still analyzed something from it.

"Bernardo Silva, Kylian Mbappe and another key point, Thomas Lemar, it's really a headache to connect them together!"

Guardiola circled the names of these people on the tactical board.

Only Monaco's defense is not enough for Li Feng to "watch", but if they want to win the game, they can't play against each other.

What worries Guardiola more is Gundogan's injury situation. If he is there, then the team's formation can have new changes.

Li Feng's starting No. 9 position will not change. The midfielder can only use Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva or Yaya Toure as partners.

But Yaya Toure's transition forward will make the team's offense "messy"!
There is another point that needs attention, and that is the cooperation of the two guys Kylian Mbappé and Thomas Lemar.

All of this has something to do with Manchester City's poor wing defense.

"Welcome to the first round of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 final, Manchester City vs. Monaco, who is here as a guest. I am the commentator Zhang Jun (Zhan Lu)."

"It's going to be a strong conversation, especially for Monaco, who are starting to threaten PSG's dominance in Ligue [-] with a youth army led by veteran Falcao."

"But the young talents in the Monaco team are likely to be directly emptied by the big giants in the next summer!"

"Before that, for these young people, this round of elimination may be the last time for them to fight side by side together."

Zhang Jun is well aware of the nature of football. The players with super transfer fee value in Monaco's team are mainly reflected in their midfield.

Especially Kylian Mbappe on the front line, the young French striker has already been marked by Monaco for a sky-high price of 1.5 million. According to his current performance, it is speculated that this price may rise again in this year's summer transfer window !
Another very interesting thing is that Li Feng's worth is also constantly rising.

Coupled with Li Feng's dominant performance in the Premier League this year, this young man has completely become Manchester City's not for sale!
"For Guardiola, this game is a great test of his starting arrangement; at present, Manchester City's most prone to qualifying problems are on the wing, while Monaco's left side is their strongest place;

Especially with the cooperation of Thomas Lemar and Kylian Mbappe, Leonardo Jardim is likely to use this to continuously attack Manchester City's weak side defense. "

Zhan Lu on the other side also ended the topic at this time, "Leonardo Jardim knows very well that relying on the team's defense cannot limit Li Feng. Instead of waiting to be hammered to death by Manchester City, they might as well go all out and go straight." Fight against attack!"

Attack!

This is Zhan Lu's prediction for the format of the game.

Especially in the case of confrontation, Monaco is not without power to fight back. Once they are given a chance to counterattack, the two explosive points on the wing, Thomas Lemar and Kylian Mbappe, can fully Take advantage of it.

Although it is not known whether Kylian Mbappe can withstand the "intensity" of Premier League defenders, it is believed that this young talent will cost Manchester City's full-backs dearly.

"According to the starting lineup announced by Guardiola, he mainly adjusted the team's wing. Let's take a look at their arrangements now."

"The goalkeeper is Kalebajo;
The right back is Jesús Navas. I don’t know if he can withstand the combined impact of Thomas Lemar and Kylian Mbappé; the central back is partnered with Stones and Otamendi, and the left back is on the melon Diola made a bold attempt, he put Yaya Toure in this position, as for the effect?Then wait for the game to start;
De Bruyne and David Silva joined forces in midfield, and Fernandinho was behind;

The three players in the frontcourt are right forward Sterling, left forward Sane and Li Feng in the front;
Let Yaya Toure serve as a full-back. This situation is surprising, but the midfielder has excellent physical talent, but whether he can occupy this position needs to be observed carefully. "

After introducing Manchester City's starting lineup, Zhang Jun paused, and then he began to introduce Monaco's 442 formation.

"Leonardo Jardim continues his 442 formation arrangement. This formation can give full play to Mbappe's personal technical characteristics; but there is one thing that needs attention here."

"Double forwards: Mbappe, Falcao;
Midfielders: Lemar, Bakayoko, Fabinho, Bernardo Silva;
Defense: Benjamin Mendy, Raj, Glick, Sidibe;

Goalkeeper: Subasic;
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(End of this chapter)