I changed football.

I've been with Monaco's B team for three days now.

Today is October 18, 2015. Monaco B will be playing against Gromías at home.

This is the 8th round of the French National League Two, Group C.

Ligue 2 is the fourth tier of football in France, consisting of four divisions.

There are 16 teams in each group.

Monaco's B team is in Group C.

The winners of each of the four groups will be promoted to the French National League, which is the third tier of the French league.

Li Yuan earned a starting spot in this league match thanks to his outstanding performance of scoring twice in the training match.

Of course, Monaco's heir Kylian Mbappé also got a starting opportunity.

The two started together again.

Li Yuan was quite excited when he learned he would be starting the day before the match, as this was the first time he had played in a real professional league in his two lifetimes.

In his previous life, after leaving Monaco and returning to his home country, he actually tried to play in professional leagues again, but at that time he couldn't even play in the China League Two because of his broken leg. Although he eventually recovered, he couldn't keep up with the pace and couldn't do strenuous exercise. His leg would ache slightly even with the intensity of amateur football.

So Li Yuan never played in a professional league. Later, when the city league was emerging, Hubei's Chu Chao actually contacted him. At that time, after nearly 11 years of recovery, he was actually able to play amateur football. The level of the city league was much higher than that of amateur football. At that time, he was really tempted to participate in Chu Chao. However, before the opening of Chu Chao, Li Yuan was reborn.

Standing in the players' tunnel at Monaco B team's home stadium, Li Yuan was filled with mixed thoughts and feelings.

Stepping outside the stadium, Team B's home ground can only accommodate about 2000 people, somewhat like a sports field in a Chinese university, with no roof above the seats.

The 2000-seat stadium wasn't full; only about half of the fans were seated.

The French second division matches are indeed less appealing to Monaco fans.

In fact, even for Monaco's first team, the stadium hasn't been full for every match this season.

And that's even more true for Team B's matches.

Li Yuan noticed that his teammates were used to it.

Li Yuan looked around the stands and secretly vowed to himself that he must get to the top league as soon as possible. This was not his stage; the top league was.

The match then began.

After playing for a few minutes, Li Yuan became even more certain that this was indeed not his stage.

Because compared to Li Yuan now, Fa Quanyi's level is a bit low.

Actually, it's not just him; it's the same for Mbappe.

In the 4th minute, Mbappe received a pass from his teammate and dribbled forward. Li Yuan could see that when Mbappe first faced Gromías's dense defense, he was preparing to dribble a few steps before passing the ball.

However, it was clear that after a few steps, Mbappe found that Gromias' players were like wooden stakes.

Mbappe immediately changed his mind and sped up to prepare to dribble past his opponent.

Li Yuan reacted quickly. After seeing Mbappe's footwork, he immediately moved forward, even though he knew that the chances of Mbappe passing the ball were extremely slim. He was determined to make a run when the time was right.

We need to make our attitude clear.

And who knows, maybe M will kick it off course, and that would be my chance!

Just as Li Yuan was thinking this, Mbappe took a shot.

It turns out that Gromias' goalkeeper was positioned too far forward.

After taking one look, Mbappe immediately launched a lob shot.

That shot went in.

Mbappe was ecstatic after scoring and slid down to the corner flag in celebration.

Li Yuan ran over.

From behind, I saw Mbappe flick his right hand, making two fingers out from near his temple.

This, along with putting his hands under his armpits, is considered one of Mbappe's signature celebration moves.

However, Li Yuan thought the celebration gesture was rather ordinary.

It wasn't as cool as Bellingham's celebration with his arms outstretched and his upper body slightly leaning back.

Li Yuan did this celebration move during a training match.

Li Yuan stopped when he approached Mbappe and hugged him.

"A fantastic goal!"

Mbappe, beaming, high-fived Li Yuan: "I didn't expect their defense to be this good—"

Mbappe covered his mouth as he said this.

"I didn't expect their defense to be this bad!"

As expected of President Mu, always mindful of the impact; covering his mouth when he speaks makes him unafraid of being caught on camera.

Li Yuan, mimicking Mbappe, covered his mouth and said, "Indeed, their defenders only retreat, which gives you an opportunity."

"Hey bro! You can score goals too, I'll pass you the ball later!" Mbappe patted his chest and said happily, in a great mood.

A few minutes later, Li Yuan received a pass from Mbappe.

Li Yuan received the pass just outside the penalty area; Mbappe's pass was a bit too powerful.

Li Yuan didn't stop properly on his first touch; the ball bounced up as soon as he stopped with his right foot.

The key point is that this bounce only went halfway up, and it wasn't at Li Yuan's chest level. If it were at his chest level, Li Yuan could have used his chest to stop the ball.

He was positioned on Li Yuan's thigh, very close to Li Yuan's right leg.

Hey--

I'll just use a reverse hook!

Almost instantly, Li Yuan used his knee to push the ball upwards.

Then Li Yuan pushed off the ground with his right leg, exerted force from his waist and abdomen, and straightened his left leg. He didn't dare to use too much force, and his whole body was airborne. He kicked the ball solidly with the instep of his left foot, trying to control the force of the ball with a little skill.

He then landed heavily on the ground, without looking at the goal.

But the cheers that erupted from the stands told Li Yuan that the ball had gone in.

He placed his right hand on the grass and jumped up.

The ball is already lying in the net.

Li Yuan wanted to rush towards the corner flag area and do the celebration move he had just been thinking about.

Just as he turned around to rush towards the corner flag, Garrison gave him a bear hug.

"Holy crap! Bro! That was an absolutely insane goal! A bicycle kick! What were you thinking?"

Look, one bicycle kick goal and the team's main center forward called him "brother".

Not only Garrison Senna, but when Mbappe ran over to join the celebration, the shock in his eyes was impossible to hide or fake.

Mbappe was clearly shocked by how beautiful Li Yuan's goal was.

Teammates swarmed over, showering him with compliments.

Some fans in the stands had already started shouting Li Yuan's name.

"Li Yuan!"

"Li Yuan!"

After the celebration, Li Yuan waved his arms towards the stands.

The excitement was completely uncontrollable.

Nelson, standing on the sidelines, was also very excited.

"The second division is too easy for them; I think they are fully capable of being promoted to the first team."