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Chapter 154 He Is Already the King of This Stadium
In this round of the league, Sheffield United sits at home to meet the challenge from Norwich, who was also in the Championship last season.

This is also a "promoted" derby.

Last season, Norwich firmly bit the back of Sheffield United. It was not until the last round of the game that Sheffield United got a place to go directly to the Premier League. Players are "fresh in memory".

However, the two teams are not really rivals. After all, they have both been promoted to the Premier League, and compared with Sheffield United, Norwich is now only on the same level as the hard-fought Queens Park Rangers with eight points. In the tenth position in the league, it can only be said that the relegation situation is not bad, and it is not a competitive relationship with Sheffield United at all.

But now the four teams behind Norwich have scored seven points. The gap cannot be widened at all, so it is still too early to say that Norwich is in a safe position, so for this game, Norwich still wants to get as many points as possible.

Sheffield United's ability to abuse food has made many teams in the middle and lower ranks very afraid. Except for West Bromwich Albion who took away a point from Sheffield United's home court by relying on a mad rush tactic, The rest of the middle and lower reaches of the team are all overwhelmed by Sheffield United.

Moreover, after West Bromwich Albion played Sheffield United, their vitality was seriously injured. The players' physical fitness obviously had problems. They gritted their teeth and persisted in the next three rounds to achieve a record of one loss and two draws. Now they have just climbed out of relegation Area.

Therefore, for the teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league, whether to learn from West Bromwich Albion and risk their players' physical and state problems to try their best to attack Sheffield United is a very worthy consideration and decision.

Compared with other Premier League teams, Norwich and QPR will undoubtedly know more about Sheffield United. They are very clear that the key point of Sheffield United's stable abuse lies in Li Mo's state.

Li Mo's firepower output is too "stable", which caused Sheffield United to almost steadily gain a 1-0 advantage when facing weaker teams. Li Mo scored one goal per game against the weaker team, Before playing Sunderland, he also staged a hat-trick, which made countless mid- and lower-level teams drool.

Why do the middle and lower reaches of the team always fail to break into the top ten in the league?In addition to the problem of defense, there is a lack of a striker who can score goals against weak teams.

Norwich is also envious, but they know that a striker like Li Mo is not something they can covet. As one of the "victims" under Li Mo's feet last season, Norwich has prepared multiple sets of plans to come to Sheffield United today. home field.

They also have to prove themselves today, regardless of whether they will win or not, they will use a tough game to let the media and fans know that they are also capable!

The Norwich players are preparing for the warm-up before the game with a serious face. Their head coach Paul Lambert, a young coach who is also young, has also made sufficient preparations before the game.

But when Sheffield United's starting list came out, Lambert and Norwich players were dumbfounded.

"Lee doesn't start?! How is this possible! Speed ​​has something wrong with his brain?"

Lambert lost his demeanor and asked his assistant repeatedly.

"Speed ​​said that Li just finished participating in the national team's game, uh, so this game will be a substitute first."

Norwich's assistant coach shrugged. Speed's words made sense, but the point is that Norwich's tactical drills these days and the plan against Li Mo are in vain?

While the Norwich team was busy changing their defensive tactics, Li Mo wandered leisurely in Sheffield United's dressing room, holding a sports drink in one hand and nut snacks in the other, not to mention how comfortable it was up.

"Brother Chade, come on, I like you!"

Giving a cheering gesture to Ched Evans, Li Mo sat down next to Stephen Quinn and chatted with several old players again, causing Maguire to keep rolling his eyes.

Speed ​​also shook his head with a smile.

Making Li Mo a substitute was a decision made before the game. On the one hand, Li Mo was exhausted. To be on the safe side, Speed ​​planned to reduce Li Mo's playing time in this game. On the other hand, Norwich City Still quite familiar with Sheffield United, Speed ​​is worried that opponents will make tactical targets against Li Mo.

After all, in the English Championship last season, Li Mo scored 33 goals. Norwich already collected a lot of information about Li Mo. This season the Premier League met again. Norwich and Rangers must be better than other Premier League teams. Learn more about Li Mo.

Instead of sending Li Mo to start the field to hit the opponent's targeted defense, it is better to let Li Mo go up and charge in the second half.

Li Mo, who is physically fit, hits the Norwich defense line, whose physical fitness has dropped a lot. At that time, Norwich will be unable to defend against tactics. The difference in strength is enough for Li Mo to seize the opportunity to score.

When the time was almost up, Montgomery led the way out of the locker room, Li Mo also put away the smile on his face, and walked onto the bench with his substitute teammates.

He sits in a relatively forward position and has a wide field of vision, which is convenient for him to observe the situation on the court at that time, so that when he comes on the court, he will have an attack plan in mind.

Many Sheffield United fans regret not seeing Li Mo start, but when Li Mo played, they still gave out the loudest cheers from the audience.

The game started on time at [-]:[-] pm. Ched Evans, who replaced Li Mo in the starting game today, played more of a role as a frontcourt fulcrum, and Vardy became the team's main attack point.

In fact, Sheffield United had practiced this kind of tactics before, just to deal with Li Mo's failure to start the game, and the effect was actually not bad.

But today Vardy played the leading role for the first time in the Premier League game. Without Li Moding at the front to attract firepower, he seemed a little uncomfortable facing Norwich's pinch defense.

In the first 10 minutes of the first half, Vardy seemed to be a little lost. Ched Evans' performance was actually quite satisfactory. A few times the fight for the top also created good opportunities for the teammates who inserted in the wing, but they just couldn't gain momentum. After losing Li Mo in the penalty area, there will be no one who can withstand the pressure and complete the finishing shot.

On Norwich's side, their team's top scorer and center Holt, who helped the team to the promotion last season, seems to have misfired.

Maguire is too restrained to this kind of heavy center, and the opponent's advantage is still the high-altitude ball. When it comes to this field, I am not afraid of anyone.

To be honest, the game scene was a bit ugly.

Norwich seems to be rushing to get a point. Their center forward is restricted by Maguire, but Sheffield United's offense is also difficult to open the situation. Of course, Speed ​​is very dissatisfied with this.

Vardy still needs someone who can stand at the front to attract firepower, so that he can show his flexible movement characteristics. Now he is still not experienced enough to play in the Premier League, and he loses his spirituality when he is trapped.

But Ched Evans couldn't help him pull away the defender.

Speed ​​sighed in his heart. It seems that only Li Mo is suitable to partner with anyone. Vardy still has a long way to go.

In the first half, the two teams ended up scoring a goalless draw. Speed ​​looked at Li Mo, but Li Mo nodded with confidence, then took off his vest and started warming up on the sidelines.

This move immediately aroused commotion among Sheffield United fans at the scene. They began to shout Li Mo's name and continued to cheer.

The head coach of Norwich City was very satisfied with the results of the first half, but on the way to the locker room, he saw the scene of Li Mo warming up. His face froze, and then he quickened his pace back to the locker room.

Li Mo fully stretched his body and joints, and at the same time, he kept thinking about the characteristics of the players in the Norwich defense line in the first half.

After the intermission, Li Mo directly replaced Ched Evans, and Li Mo's name resounded instantly on the scene.

Vardy also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly complained to Li Mo about his hardships. With Li Mo standing in front of him, he felt more at ease.

With Li Mo playing, Sheffield United's frontcourt players seem to have found their backbone again.

The center forward's thigh is back, why hesitate, pass the ball over!
No.407 minutes of the second half, only 2 minutes into the game, Li Mo received a pass from Matt Ridge who swept into the Norwich penalty area from the left. Medel took a long shot, but it missed the goal. Medel smiled embarrassedly at Li Mo.

Although this shot did not threaten Norwich's goal, it made Lambert break out in a cold sweat!
This Nima created a shooting opportunity for his teammates only 2 minutes after he played, how can he look tired at all?

Going to the sidelines and yelling loudly, telling his defensive players not to give Li Mo a chance to get the ball, Lambert then sat back on the coach's bench.

But he always felt something was wrong in his heart.

As the game progressed, the feeling that something was wrong became stronger and stronger. Lambert watched Li Mo constantly change positions and confront the Norwich defenders, and he suddenly seemed to remember something.

In Li Mo's first professional league game, didn't this kid just constantly test the defensive characteristics of the opponent's defenders?
"Oops!"

Lambert suddenly came to his senses, and he rushed to the sidelines again, shouting loudly: "Pinch defense! Pinch defense! Don't give him a one-on-one chance!"

But at this time, Li Mo had already got the ball with his back in front of the penalty area. He turned to the left with his shoulders down, but he just made a shake, and then turned right with the ball!

Norwich's central defender Leon Barnett is tall and strong, but his center of gravity is a bit high. It is very difficult to keep up with Li Mo's rhythm after eating Li Mo's shaking, even if he does not despise Li Mo, but Li Mo Mo turned around too fast, he couldn't keep up at all!
After Li Mo turned around successfully, he just led the ball and took a step, and then shot from a step outside the penalty area!

The current Norwich goalkeeper John Rudy is not yet the hero of the Wolves' promotion in the future.

Inexperienced, he never expected that Li Mo would shoot directly from outside the penalty area. When he reacted, the football whizzed past his ear and hit the net directly behind him!
At this time, the time came to No.60 in the audience for two minutes. Li Mo played only 7 minutes, and he used a powerful long-range shot from outside the penalty area to help Sheffield United successfully open the gate of Norwich!
After scoring the goal, Li Mo just took two steps back, then curled his lips and opened his arms to welcome the passion and cheers from all the fans.

The commentator of Sky Sports couldn't help but said excitedly: "Look at him! Look at this young talent! Who can say that he is the prince of Sheffield United? Now he is the king of this stadium! His The subjects are paying homage to him!!!”

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