I changed football.

After the game.

In an interview, Mbappe was asked: "You didn't make many passes in the first half, but you started making more passes in the second half. Did the coach remind you during halftime?"

Mbappe shook his head: "No, it was the result of a conversation I had with Li Yuan at halftime. Li Yuan reminded me that I should pass the ball more. He passed the ball to me, and I passed the ball to him. This was a good effect on the field. I think he was right. We are also very good friends, so I listened to my friend's advice. Therefore, I made changes in the second half of the game, and now it seems that Li and I have both succeeded."

This interview quickly spread throughout China, and some fans started making jokes about it.

"Li Yuan is going to be a ball hog!"

"Mbappe wouldn't even listen to the coach when he was in the youth team, but unexpectedly, he listens to Li Yuan the most!"

Because Mbappé is Li Yuan's teammate, all sorts of information about him has already been thoroughly investigated in China.

It can be said that Mbappe became famous in China much earlier in this life compared to his previous life.

As a result, Chinese fans also learned about the arrogant and domineering things Mbappe did when he was in the youth team.

French fans probably know less about this than Chinese fans.

So when Chinese fans saw the once arrogant Mbappe now publicly expressing how obedient he was to Li Yuan, many were quite surprised.

Li Yuan also praised Mbappe in a post-match interview.

"Killian is a very complete player. He can score goals on his own, but he can also combine with his teammates. My goal today proved that. Yes, we are friends off the field and good partners on the field."

"My assists—I actually prefer goals to assists. But often I observe my teammates' runs, and sometimes they might be better at shooting than I am, so I pass. It's a matter of choice. Maybe I would have scored if I had taken the shot myself, but you have to trust your teammates on the football field. Football is a team sport, not a one-man sport. One person can change the game, but 11 people can create miracles."

Li Yuan's eloquence is getting better and better.

He speaks fluent French.

Because of the "language bread," he speaks English better than French.

When Li Yuan got home in the evening, he didn't forget to study English.

I watch American and British TV series when I have free time.

However, in his previous life, Li Yuan was a big fan of watching dramas and had seen most of the popular ones.

So in this life, Li Yuan specifically chose to watch those obscure dramas—dramas that had no subtitles or translations in his previous life.

"Why do you always watch these kinds of shows that I've never even heard of?"

Back at the apartment, Veronica had finished get off work. She walked over to Li Yuan, casually took off her shoes, and then sat on the sofa, snuggling into Li Yuan's arms.

The 1.75-meter-tall man insisted on shrinking down and snuggling into Li Yuan's arms.

Veronica enjoyed the feeling of Li Yuan touching her hair.

"I feel like you might have been a dog or a cat in your past life, why do you love being petted so much?"

No—I only let you touch me.

Where are your parents?

"My parents are very strict with my upbringing, how could they touch me?"

"Oh, so this is intergenerational compensation."

"You're using those terms again."

Unlike Chinese, where you can often understand the meaning of a word just by looking at its literal meaning.

However, in French and English, if you don't know the meaning of a word, it's very difficult to guess its meaning.

Li Yuan wasn't prepared to explain to Veronica either.

Veronica didn't care.

The two started chatting.

"By the way, didn't you say you were going to film a movie called 'GG'? When are you going to film it?"

"The match will be filmed after the second leg of the Europa League tie."

"Are you going back to China to film?"

"No, their film crew will be filming in Monaco."

"Can I go see it then?"

"Sure. The shoot only takes a whole day anyway, so it's not a long time."

……

The weekend league match was an away game, and Jardim again rotated his squad.

Li Yuan and Mbappe were not even included in the squad.

This marks Li Yuan's fourth consecutive league match without playing.

The key issue is that Yardin couldn't articulate any further reasons for his statement.

"We only won by one goal in the first leg, and one away goal isn't enough to guarantee safety. We're still doing well in the league, leading fourth place by seven points, so we have room for error. But you're still young, and this game is away from home. I need you to put your best effort into the second leg of the Europa League. We have a chance to reach the semi-finals."

Li Yuan was still somewhat dissatisfied because his physical test data was there for all to see, and the team doctor's advice was that he could play the full match.

However, Yardin was still a bit too conservative.

In this league match, Monaco suffered a heavy 1-4 defeat to Lille away from home.

After the match, many Monaco fans expressed their dissatisfaction.

"We rested our two most dangerous players in all four league games, but we only managed one draw and three losses in those four matches. This is the worst possible result. The problem is that Nice won this round, so we're only four points ahead of them now, which is far from secure!"

"It's not good to keep resting and not playing games. He hasn't played in four league matches. I really don't understand what Jardim is thinking."

Not only do the fans not understand, but even assistant coach Irola doesn't know what he's thinking.

However, it's too late to say all this now, because the second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals has already begun.

The second leg will be played at Monaco's home ground.

Athletic Bilbao had a very tough start to the match and seemed determined to seize the initiative.

In this situation, Jardine's conservative mindset began to take hold again.

He immediately began a desperate defense.

Holding firm is indeed a rather pragmatic idea.

But the result of doing this is that it's very tiring.

The first half has ended with the score tied at 0-0.

However, Athletic Bilbao was completely different from the previous game, having already taken 6 shots in the first half, while Monaco, playing at home, only managed 1 shot in the first half.

This result made Jardim realize that he could no longer defend like this and that he definitely needed to attack in the second half.

As a result, Li Yuan and Mbappe were freed up in the second half and began to try to launch counter-attacks.

Although no goals were scored in the second half, the threat posed by Li Yuan and Mbappe prevented Athletic Bilbao from launching a full-scale attack.

And so, the three minutes of added time ended, and Athletic Bilbao players lost the second leg of the quarter-final match with regret.

Monaco, on the other hand, made it to the semi-finals of the Europa League.

Monaco, on the other hand, has reached the semi-finals of a European competition for the third time in history.

The previous two times were in the Champions League semi-finals, and once they even reached the Champions League final, while this time it is the Europa League semi-finals.

However, Monaco has never won a European competition.

This might be an opportunity.

However, before that, they will face Sevilla in the semi-finals.

They will face Seville, the team with the most titles, in the semi-finals of the Seville Cup.

That's a really good sign!