I changed football.

January 30th, Ligue 1 Round 23.

Angers vs Monaco.

It's another away game.

The team arrived at the away game a day early.

In the hotel's conference room, Jardim announced the starting eleven for the next day's match.

"—Mbappe, Li Yuan. These are the starting eleven for tomorrow's match."

Before he finished speaking, everyone in the conference room looked at Li Yuan and Mbappe, who were sitting in the last row.

The issue of the two players' playing time has become a hot topic in the media recently, and the locker room is already very familiar with it.

Jardim has now fielded two players in his starting lineup for tomorrow's match.

Some people believe that Jardim has compromised and decided to change the team's tactics.

Of course, this approach has both positive and negative aspects.

However, the happiest people in the room were definitely Li Yuan and Mbappe.

After the meeting was adjourned and everyone else left the meeting room.

Mbappe finally relaxed and excitedly shouted to Li Yuan, "Li, we did it! This is our first time starting in the league! My God! This is a historic moment! This is a moment that will go down in history!"

Li Yuan also became excited.

"Indeed, we must perform well for the whole world tomorrow!"

"Let them know that we deserve our starting positions!"

……

The next day.

On the day of the match.

"Angers are currently seventh in the league, just one place away from qualifying for European competition, and their goal is clearly to finish in the top six."

"For Monaco, the most important goal right now is to secure a top-three finish and direct qualification for the Champions League. Monaco is currently three points ahead of fourth-placed Nice, just one game behind, and the two teams haven't played their second league match yet, so everything is still uncertain."

"The most exciting and important thing for all Chinese fans today is that Li Yuan appeared in the starting right winger position in Monaco's starting lineup announced an hour ago. This is Li Yuan's first league start since being promoted to the first team."

"For Li Yuan, starting in the league is a crucial step forward. He had already started in the League Cup and the French Cup, and now he has finally made his first start in the league."

Angers kicked off the first half of the match.

Angers played a 4-1-4-1 formation.

In Li Yuan's view, there are no famous stars in this Angers team.

There are no famous athletes now or in the future.

Although they don't have many famous star players, Angers' overall strength is by no means weak.

Even though Li Yuan and Mbappe took turns attacking Angers' defense at the start of the game, Angers immediately retaliated, nearly breaking through Monaco's goal with two consecutive attacks.

Angers' attack is still quite effective.

However, their defense is clearly not as strong as their offense.

In particular, both of his full-backs were converted from center-backs.

The speed isn't actually that fast, especially for left-back Vincent Mancheo.

He's only 1.8 meters tall, but he's very slow—it seems like these two things aren't really related.

When Li Yuan first faced this full-back, he noticed that because of his slow speed, he positioned himself relatively far back, unlike typical full-backs who stand in front of the defensive line. He was basically positioned level with the defensive line.

As a result, he won't have enough time to cover the internal areas.

This is what happens when you're not positioned at the front.

Li Yuan calmly reconstructed the entire stadium scene in his mind.

At this moment, it was as if a virtual image existed in front of him, and this image could move according to his thoughts.

He seemed to see himself a few seconds later.

Just then, Li Yuan calmly raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Having laid the groundwork with his previous performance, Fabinho made a long pass to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan calmly raised his hand to ask for the ball, and then calmly dribbled the ball forward.

Angers' midfielder rushed across to intercept the ball, but Li Yuan calmly feinted past the defender with his left foot.

He then dribbled forward with his left foot, bringing the ball directly inside to the flank area.

Now Vincent wanted to rush over, but there wasn't enough time.

Li Yuan moved with lightning speed, dashing diagonally towards the center-back.

At this moment, one of Angers' two center-backs made a decisive move out, while the other moved behind the center-back who made the move. The right-back on the other side did not have time to cover in time.

Mbappe rushed forward quickly.

Li Yuan had already observed this, so he slightly lowered his right shoulder, used his left foot as a support, and pressed down with his right ankle as if it were deformed. Then he kicked out a through ball with the inside of his right foot.

The ball passed under the feet of the onrushing center-back, then grazed the right foot of the center-back behind him who hadn't rushed out, and landed perfectly in an open position.

And that shape already resembles Mbappe's.

"Li Yuan – Through ball!"

"That was a beautiful pass, a perfect shot to Mbappe."

"Mbappe doesn't adjust and just takes a shot—he's on goal!"

"Goal! Li Yuan assists, Mbappe shoots, the Li-Mbappe connection strikes again! This is Li Yuan's 6th assist of the season!"

"Seven goals and six assists—Li Yuan is just too well-rounded!"

After scoring, Mbappe immediately pointed to Li Yuan, opened his arms wide with a happy expression, as if he was waiting for Li Yuan to run over and hug him.

Li Yuan ran over and gave Mbappe a hug.

"Hey, I don't have your passing ability, otherwise I'd pass you one too."

Mbappe first hugged Li Yuan with a happy expression, then said in a slightly regretful tone.

"Alright, alright, I'm not expecting you to help me out. Someone else will do the work!"

"Yeah, to be honest, I think I only assisted you once, right?" At this moment, Bernardo ran over and overheard their conversation.

"Okay, pass me the ball more often from now on."

Li Yuan and Bernardo also gave each other a high five in celebration.

At this moment, Irola on the sidelines looked at Yaldin with a smile.

Ignoring his friend's teasing look, Yaldin stared straight at the field in front of him, then spoke as if to himself—

"Mbappe's range of movement is mostly concentrated on the left flank and the half-space area, at most reaching the left side of the arc. His left foot is indeed relatively weak, but his right foot is too powerful."

"But Li Yuan is different. Although his left foot is his dominant foot, his right foot is not bad at all. The fact that he can pass the ball so accurately means that he has no problem shooting with this foot either."

Ilora glanced at Yaldin: "From what you're saying, it seems like you think Li Yuan has more talent."

At this moment, Jardim covered his mouth and whispered, "Aside from nationality, I think Li Yuan's talent and strength are higher than Mbappe's."

Ilora gave Yaldin a strange look: "Are you sure? China is now on par with the United States. Do you think its nationality is inferior?"

Jardim said helplessly, "I'm trying to talk to you nicely, but you keep playing these games. What am I talking about? I'm talking about the national team, the football nation!"

"Oh, I see. Then it's going to explode."