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Chapter 117 The Uneasy Speed
There was only a short day of relaxing rest. On August 8, the players of Sheffield United returned to the training base, and the whole team also began intense preparations.

It is really not good news for Sheffield United to face Chelsea in the third round of the league.

The winning streak will most likely be terminated, and Sheffield United's opponents have changed from a relegation team in the middle and lower reaches of the league to a top team in the championship, and there is no chance of transition.

Look at Chelsea's performance in the Premier League in the past three seasons, third in the league, champion, and second in the league.

In the Champions League, Chelsea's results in the past three seasons were the semi-finals, the semi-finals, and the semi-finals.

This is one of the most powerful teams in European football. Although their results in the Champions League have fluctuated a lot in recent years and they are not as strong as in previous years, they are still in the Premier League. strong team.

However, no matter how strong the team and players are, they are still no match for the invasion of time. Li Mo clearly remembers that Chelsea's performance in the league this season was not very satisfactory. In the end, they only finished sixth in the league.

However, in the Champions League, Chelsea's old boys gritted their teeth all the way to the final, and finally miraculously won the Champions League at Bayern's home court.

Li Mo likes Drogba very much, no matter in his previous life or after his rebirth, he likes Drogba very much, so he pays more attention to Chelsea. Until now, he still clearly remembers that Chelsea played in the UEFA Champions League in the 11-12 season. The miraculous road to victory.

And it is precisely because of the attention that Li Mo knows that Chelsea will make more mistakes in the league this season than in previous seasons.

Villas-Boas's Chelsea even fell behind the leader Manchester City by [-] points in the middle and late stages of the league, and were eventually squeezed out of the top four by the Gunners Arsenal.

The Gunners over the years have been absolutely unambiguous in the matter of competing for the fourth place. After falling out of the top four, Chelsea finally failed to withstand the pressure in the No.30 league round. The sixth position.

Chelsea had a lot of draws this season, a total of ten games, the most among the top six teams, and also lost ten games.

Although at the beginning of the season, Chelsea's state was not bad, and the physical fitness of the old boys was not a problem, but so many draws and losses have already explained one thing to a certain extent.

Chelsea's strength has been greatly reduced this season, and they are no longer a super team in the Premier League.

Maybe in the Champions League, the old boys can still pursue their final dreams with one breath, but in the league, they don't have the courage to sink the boat.

Sheffield United may not necessarily lose to Chelsea. Of course, it is difficult to win, but you can fight for it.

Although Speed ​​doesn't know that Chelsea will decline this season, he and the coaching staff are trying to make targeted arrangements.

After all, everyone can see now that Chelsea's key players on the central axis are getting older, and Sheffield United's side is almost all young guys. They have physical advantages, so they must be used.

Strengthen the running, strengthen the pressing and confrontation, and intensify the physical consumption of Chelsea's old boys. In the end, they still have Li Mo on their side, and it is not yet known who will die.

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On August 8, the Sheffield United team set off for London one day earlier.

This is Li Mo's second visit to London to play a game. Last season, they played against Queen's Park Rangers when they came to London to play an away game.

At that time, Li Mo was thinking about whether he would have time to visit the stadiums of Chelsea and Arsenal, but the schedule was tight. After the game, he rushed back to Sheffield with the team.

This time, there is no need to visit, and Li Mo is very excited to come directly to the away game to challenge Chelsea.

This is the first truly strong football team he has encountered since he embarked on a career path. He has always been eager to compete with stronger opponents.

Terry, Ashley Cole, Ivanovic, Alex, Bosingwa.

The personnel combination of this line of defense is definitely not as good as the abnormal level of defense that Chelsea had at its peak, but it is also the strongest defense that Li Mo has ever encountered.

Especially Terry, when Li Mo thought about confronting the Premier League's hall-level central defender, he couldn't sleep with anticipation.

In terms of strength, he is not as good as Terry now, but he is not afraid, he just likes the feeling of this challenge.

It's a pity that Essien was injured, otherwise Li Mo could also compete with this midfielder he liked a lot in his previous life.

Mishen Mikel has comprehensive offense and defense and is a good opponent, but after all, his confrontation ability is incomparable with Essien, and Li Mo deeply regrets it.

The pre-match atmosphere of this game is still very good. After all, Sheffield United and Chelsea made two deals during the summer window. The boldness of the big brother made Speed ​​full of praise. In the interview before the game, he kept talking about Chelsea. kind words.

It wasn't until he said the sentence "We came to Stamford Bridge to study" that the pro-Chelsea media reporters felt something was wrong.

This is very familiar!

Think about it again, shit, didn't Speed ​​say that when he took Sheffield United to challenge Wigan Athletic in the first round?
It turned out that he was going to study, but he beat Wigan Athletic for a whole game on the field.

Seeing the strange expressions of the reporters present, Speed ​​couldn't help repeating "kindly": "We really came to Stamford Bridge to learn, after all, for our newly promoted team, every time we play against a strong team, it's a challenge. A valuable opportunity to hone oneself."

But with the "contrasting" performance on the field in the first two games, the reporters all expressed doubts about Speed's words.

But now no one thinks that Sheffield United can win Chelsea. No matter how doubtful the reporters are, they just think that Speed ​​wants to try to get a draw.

After all, no matter how good Sheffield United performed in the first two games, it is a relegation team after all, so that doesn't mean anything.

Every season, there will be one or two mid-range teams in the Premier League who start the game well, but after a few rounds, they will still be beaten back to their original form when they encounter a real strong team.

The current Sheffield United has attracted the attention of many fans and the media because of their two consecutive victories at the beginning, but that's all. If they want to really occupy a place in the Premier League, they still need to continue to prove themselves in the long league.

Shortly after Speed ​​was interviewed, Chelsea's current coach, Villas-Boas, also praised Speed's coaching level to the reporters. At the same time, he was full of praise for Sheffield United's performance. boast.

This aroused Speed's vigilance. Anyone would say good things, but it was obviously abnormal for Boas to praise Sheffield United and Li Mo so much.

It is normal for a weak team to compliment a strong team, but there are generally only two possibilities for a strong team to compliment a weak team.

The first possibility is that the friendship between the two teams is indeed very good, and the deal between Sheffield United and Chelsea Xia Chuang is very happy, but if the friendship is so good, that is not enough.

Then there is only the second possibility left.

Boas, the dog day, has taken a fancy to the players in the Sheffield United team!

As for whom to look at, needless to say?
But this is not surprising, last season, Chelsea and Arsenal's scouts, when Sheffield United played against Rangers, they all appeared at the game site to watch Li Mo's performance.

Although Arsenal's Van Persie is fragile, he is in good condition. As long as Van Persie is not so easily injured, Arsenal actually has no shortage of centers.

Moreover, since Fabregas has already transferred out of his own pocket, Arsenal's pursuit of Li Mo has become much weaker. After all, one of the important reasons for wanting to introduce Li Mo was to appease Xiaofa and let him He sees hope.

But now Xiaofa has returned to Catalonia, so there is no need to be so anxious to sign up.

But Chelsea is indeed short of a center, and Li Mo's performance in the new season is also very appetizing to Boas.

Torres doesn't know why his state has declined so quickly. He can't support Chelsea's striker. In the first two games of the league, Villas-Boas has already seen it clearly.

Anelka is difficult to manage and, like Drogba, is old.

It is completely unrealistic to expect these strikers to compete for the championship. Li Mo's performance in the Championship last season has already attracted Chelsea's attention.

After watching Li Mo's game analysis data and video, Boas bluntly said that he wanted Li Mo. With Li Mo, he would be sure to compete for the championship with Li Mo. The performance also aroused the interest of the big boss, which led to Boas's "unusual" pre-match speech.

You know, now that the summer window has not closed, Chelsea has the opportunity to complete Li Mo's transfer at the buzzer.

With Boas’s speech this time, without Chelsea’s publicity, the media will report Chelsea’s attention to Li Mo. In addition, Li Mo’s agent, Mendes, has maintained a good relationship with Chelsea’s high-level officials. At that time, when the two parties contact each other, as long as Li Mo has no objection, then Abu will spend money and it will be over.

To be honest, Speed ​​is a little panicked now.

Although Li Mo's choice is very mature, and he has repeatedly stated that he does not consider leaving Sheffield United at all, but in the football world, anything is possible.

Sheffield United's executives now feel the love of Hua Guo's patrons and fathers, so naturally they will not pay attention to Chelsea's offer.

As long as Li Mo maintains his current performance, Sheffield United will gradually open up the Chinese market. What kind of prospect is that?
As long as the boss of Sheffield United is not stupid, he will hold on to Li Mo.

But, that's just the club's choice, but what about Li Mo, will he waver?

With Boas doing this, rumors about Li Mo and Chelsea on the Internet will soon be flying everywhere.

This special code not only messed up Sheffield United's pre-match preparations, but also might upset Li Mo. What a good way!

After watching Boas's interview news, Speed ​​cursed a few words in his heart, and at the same time he couldn't help being restless. After sitting alone for a while, he still decided to talk to Li Mo first.

At least, he needs an answer from Li Mo to make him completely at ease.

　The update time for these two days will be later, and it will return to normal tomorrow. The main reason is that I have to play and eat outside with my friends and my brother in these two days. There is not enough update time during the day. My brother will leave tomorrow, and it will return to normal tomorrow. renew

　　
　
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