I changed football.

The competition is about to officially begin.

"CCTV, CCTV, this is the final of the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League, between Liverpool from the English Premier League and Monaco from Ligue 1."

"Today, He Wei and Coach Xu Yang will be providing a live broadcast from the competition venue."

"Hello everyone, I'm very excited to be here today. The stadium has 42,000 seats for the final, and the number of Liverpool and Monaco fans is roughly 50/50."

"We also saw many Chinese fans at the scene who came to support Li Yuan."

"I believe most of the fans watching this match in China came to support Li Yuan. Li Yuan is also the first Chinese player in football history to reach a European final and start in it. Just now, both sides announced their starting lineups, and Li Yuan is in the starting lineup!"

"Before the final, Li Yuan had already scored 10 Europa League goals and provided 4 assists, ranking joint first in the Europa League top scorer list. Liverpool's highest-scoring player in the Europa League only has 3 goals, so we can confidently say that Li Yuan has essentially won the Europa League Golden Boot. He is also the first Asian player to win the Golden Boot in European competition!"

"I saw in Li Yuan's pre-match interview that he said he didn't want to share the Golden Boot award with anyone else, which means he wanted to score in the final!"

"Haha, we're looking forward to seeing that too!"

"Now let me introduce the starting lineups for both sides."

"Liverpool are using a 4-2-3-1 formation. The goalkeeper is Mignolet, the left-back is Moreno, the right-back is Clyne, the central defensive pairing is Lovren and Kolo Toure, the two holding midfielders are captain Milner and Emre Can, the attacking midfielder is Coutinho, the left winger is Firmino making a makeshift move, the right winger is Lallana making a makeshift move, and the center forward is Sturridge."

"Monaco is also using a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Subasic in goal. Raggi is at left-back, and Fabinho, who hasn't played right-back in a long time, is at right-back. The central defensive pairing is Carvalho and Wallace. The two holding midfielders are Toulalan and Moutinho, the attacking midfielder is Bernardo Silva, the left winger is Mbappe, the right winger is Li Yuan, and the center forward is Love."

"From Monaco's formation, you can see that head coach Jardim attaches great importance to defense. Fabinho has actually been committed to the defensive midfield position since the middle of the season, and he has performed very well in this position. However, neither the team's original right-back nor Bakayoko, who later filled in, is very good defensively. Obviously, on such an important stage as the final, Jardim still decided to trust Fabinho."

……

20 minutes before the start of the match.

In the locker room, Yardin looked at the ground with a slightly nervous expression.

He kept repeating his plan to himself.

Li Yuan was stretching his body, thinking about the head coach's arrangements at yesterday's tactical meeting.

"Tomorrow you'll be facing Moreno, that full-back can't stop you, but be careful Milner will drop back to help defend, and Lovren, the center-back on your side, will also close in. When you're marked by three people, pass the ball out as quickly as possible, don't try to intercept it in your own half. Liverpool plays a fast-paced transition game, with four players pressing high up the pitch and long balls from the back."

"Moreno often likes to push forward and participate in the attack in past matches, and that's how they've conceded goals in the past. Moreno's forward runs leave gaps behind him, which the wingers then exploit to make long runs and score. There have been too many goals conceded like this, so Liverpool will definitely focus on this position, and there might be some changes later."

Li Yuan vividly recalled the recording of this match he had watched in his previous life.

While there were some misjudgments in the Liverpool vs. Sevilla final – none of the three handballs in the Sevilla penalty area were called, which was absolutely outrageous.

Li Yuan couldn't even imagine how frustrated Liverpool fans must have been after watching this match in his previous life.

However, Liverpool's own performance was also quite poor.

In particular, Moreno's frequent forward runs by left-backs exposed gaps behind him, and all three of Sevilla's goals originated from Moreno's defensive zone on the right flank.

Furthermore, Moreno's problem as a full-back is that his stamina is average, yet he insists on going straight up and down to participate in the attack, which leads to his stamina running out by the 70th minute, and then Sevilla directly created threats on the flanks.

The current Liverpool team has only been under Klopp's leadership for most of the season, and their high-speed, high-rebound style of play is still incomplete and hasn't fully taken shape.

In my previous life, when playing against Sevilla, the entire team's running slowed down in the second half, and they were repeatedly attacked by Sevilla. On the contrary, Sevilla had excellent stamina.

Li Yuan is now full of confidence, knowing that Moreno is the biggest weakness.

However, times have changed. With his excellent performance, Klopp might make some specific adjustments to counter Moreno.

……

The match then begins.

Both teams are already lined up neatly on the field.

The Europa League theme song began to play.

Although it's not as famous as the Champions League theme song, it's still quite catchy.

After the performance, the players from both sides shook hands.

The penultimate final of the European season has officially begun.

Subasic drew the first ball in the first half.

Milner chose the side closer to the Liverpool fans as his own half.

The two captains then exchanged team flags, and the players from both sides took photos in their respective halves.

Li Yuan stood at the back right of the group, while Mbappe stood on the left.

After that, the players from both sides ran to their respective positions on the field.

Li Yuan was standing to the right of the center line, near the sideline.

Mbappe and Love took the kickoff from the center circle.

The coach had explained how to start the game beforehand.

"If we get the kickoff, we absolutely must launch a fast break!"

When the whistle blows.

Li Yuan was ready and darted out with a whoosh.

Mbappe then passed the ball to Lov and charged forward from the center.

Both wingers charged forward together, while Love passed the ball to Bernardo, whose front four pressed forward as Bernardo received the ball.

Clearly, the opponent also wants to seize the initiative at the start.

Therefore, Bernardo had to make a quick decision. He originally wanted to check the situation on both sides, but time was of the essence, so Bernardo could only pass the ball to the person he knew best, Li Yuan.

He promptly passed the ball over.

He made a long pass over the top, and Li Yuan accelerated and changed direction, controlling the ball with his right foot and dribbling past Moreno before cutting inside and rushing towards the flank.

"Li Yuan! This is a great opportunity!"

Almost all the Chinese commentators in the commentary booth stood up at that moment.

No one can sit down.

At this moment, Li Yuan flicked the ball with his left foot, and Lovren was already rushing forward.

Li Yuan flicked the ball away from Lovren with his left foot, then scooped it up with his left foot.

Mignolet is going to make the save.

But the ball traced an arc in the air.

Hanging straight into a dead angle.

Mignolet's hand was still some distance from the ball.

The ball flew into the corner.

"Li Yuan! Wow! Goal!"

"A goal in the final! Li Yuan has scored the first goal by an Asian player in a European final! Li Yuan is now not only a source of pride for China, but also for Asia!"

"Monaco is already leading 1-0 after just one minute of the match, and the goal was scored by our Chinese player, Li Yuan!"

Although the commentators used different words, all the Chinese commentators were excitedly and enthusiastically commentating on the game.

On the field, Li Yuan rushed towards the corner flag to celebrate.

On the other side, Lovren, looking annoyed, shouted at Moreno, "Cheer up! This is the Europa League final!"