I changed football.

Naples, Florence.

"The first leg of the Monaco vs. Napoli match will be played in Naples, Italy."

"The first match is crucial. For Monaco, playing away, this match is better than a draw, and a 1-1 draw is better than a 0-0 draw."

The day before the match, the entire Monaco team arrived in Naples.

Li Yuan still had time to wander around outside.

"Naples is really like a third or fourth-tier city in China. The urban construction is too old. Old capitalist countries all have this problem. Because the city was built a long time ago, it still looks very old. In addition, there are no urban renewal plans to protect the buildings, so it just looks old. Only when you get to the area around the stadium do you see that it is new."

The whole of Naples looks a bit old, but once you get to the commercial complex near the stadium, you can immediately tell it's very new.

They came to the São Paulo stadium the day before the match to familiarize themselves with the pitch.

The stadium itself isn't new; it was built in the 1950s. However, the commercial complex next to the stadium is clearly quite new.

Li Yuan and Mbappe walked side by side on the grass in São Paulo.

"I can't believe we're standing on the stage of the Idol Producer elimination round."

"What if we participate in the Champions League knockout stage next season?"

"My God, I hadn't even thought about that."

Li Yuan and Mbappe chatted casually.

The two have the best relationship within the team right now.

The two are widely regarded as twin stars produced by Monaco's youth academy.

Even the official Monaco government has been describing the country in this way, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

For example, the two of them have now finished their site visit and are preparing to leave.

Club staff came over to take photos of the two of them.

Should I post this photo on Twitter or Instagram?

"Post it everywhere, including on Weibo in China."

The two posed for a photo.

After the photos were taken, Mbappe was in high spirits and said, "I quite like Higuain."

"Don't you like Cristiano Ronaldo?"

"Of course, Ronaldo is my idol, but I mean I think Higuain is a pretty good player."

"Just for appreciation?"

"Yeah, a player like Higuain can be both the leader and the second-in-command of the team. Isn't that a great player?"

"Oh, is that what you mean?"

Li Yuan thought to himself, "Mr. Mu really is Mr. Mu; he's liked players with the attributes of a second-in-command so early on."

But to be honest, Mbappe's career choices in his previous life were really bad.

This lifetime, you know.

Hey, who cares what he does? I'm just his friend, not his dad. Why should I care so much?

That night, Li Yuan and Mbappe shared a room.

Monaco is a very wealthy club; in the past, when they went to away games, each player had their own room.

But when they arrived in Naples, they were met with a crushing blow.

We had originally booked two floors with a total of 30 rooms, enough to accommodate everyone from players to staff.

Upon arriving at the hotel, the front desk suddenly informed them that all the rooms were sold out, with only half of the rooms remaining.

There are exactly 15 rooms.

Anyone can see that this was done on purpose.

The Monaco staff and the hotel staff got into an argument, but changing hotels at this point was absolutely not a realistic option.

So we had no choice but to split into two groups and have them in one room.

After arriving at the hotel room, Li Yuan put his suitcase on the floor and started unpacking, while Mbappe leaned his suitcase against the wall and lay down on the bed, then began to complain.

"Naples truly lives up to its reputation as the Mafia's homeland; they even resort to these underhanded tactics."

"This is nothing! I reckon it won't be quiet outside until tonight."

"You mean—Napoli fans are making noise outside?"

"Definitely, I think there's no need to even think about it. It's obvious they were set up in the hotel room today, and next they'll definitely be making noise. This kind of thing happens all the time."

Indeed, as Li Yuan said, this kind of thing is too common, and related news can be seen in almost every year's Champions League matches.

And that's exactly what happened that night.

Starting at 11 p.m., you can hear the sound of "ping-pong" coming from outside the window.

At 12 o'clock, they started playing music directly.

Li Yuan glanced at the group chat.

"The club has already called the police."

But the police never came.

Isn't that outrageous?

Outrageous!

But that's the real world.

When Li Yuan woke up early the next morning, he felt dizzy, as did Mbappe.

"They actually stayed up until 4 or 5 in the morning, don't they sleep at all!" Mbappe said resentfully, clearly he hadn't slept well.

"After breakfast, I'll take a nap around noon."

Li Yuan also didn't sleep well, only getting intermittent sleep. Although he wore earplugs, he couldn't block out the restless noise at all.

When Li Yuan looked around during breakfast at the restaurant, almost all the players looked like they hadn't slept well.

Yalding's dark circles were very noticeable.

"Everyone! After breakfast, everyone should proceed to the conference room for a meeting. After the meeting, you can go back to your rooms to rest. We will depart at 4 PM!"

The breakfast options at the Naples hotel were really limited.

Li Yuan looked around but didn't find anything he liked to eat, so in the end he could only make do with two fried eggs with some bacon.

After finishing our meal, I sat in the restaurant and played on my phone for a while. Around 10 o'clock, I went to the hotel's conference room with Mbappe.

This was all booked in advance.

This time, they didn't pull any tricks to prevent its use.

It seems to be just a low-level underhanded tactic.

Upon arriving at the conference room, Yaldin immediately asked everyone to sit down.

"The opponent is very strong. I deliberately didn't hold the meeting yesterday, but instead held it today. If we had held it yesterday, by the time you woke up this morning, you'd probably have forgotten most of it, since none of you slept well last night."

"I've been to Naples before, so I know what it's like."

"Napoli's formation is an attacking 4-3-3."

"The key is Jorginho in midfield. He is their playmaker, and their attacks are basically launched from him. We must cut off his connection with the frontcourt."

"Secondly, there's the center-back pairing of Koulibaly and Albiol. Koulibaly is indeed very strong, but Albiol is a bit slow. Killian, you can try cutting inside to get past him!"

"Their most important player in the attacking third is definitely Higuain. Apart from that, the two wingers are standard Southern European players who are quick and agile. They have good speed and good crossing ability, but their ability to cut inside and shoot is actually quite average. So Napoli's attack will basically be concentrated on Higuain in the middle."

"Napoli is currently four points behind Juventus in the title race, but they still have a chance. I've seen a lot of information from various sources that they will be rotating players in some positions. This is exactly our opportunity."