opening a balotelli

Chapter 181 League sprint, the prelude to the war kicks off
As the League Cup final between Sheffield United and Liverpool came to an end, the attention of the media and fans returned to the Premier League.

The match between Sheffield United and Liverpool in the 26th round of the Premier League has also been postponed due to the collision date with the League Cup final.

But the postponed date is not good for either team.

After Liverpool played Sunderland on March 3, they will play Everton in the Merseyside derby on March 10.

Sheffield United is even worse. After playing against Wigan Athletic on March 3, they will meet Manchester United again on March 11.

Such a make-up date will almost force Sheffield United to give up the game against Wigan Athletic, because Sheffield United players have stated in many media interviews that they will give 100% to play Manchester United at home. The state has come to shame.

Maybe playing other teams, they will choose to secure the three points of Wigan Athletic, and then take turns to release water, but playing Manchester United, Sheffield United will go all out from top to bottom.

Even if they lose to Wigan Athletic, the current deputy squad leader of the league, they have to show their best form to fight Manchester United.

Playing against other strong teams this season, they either draw or win, even if they lost 0-2 to Manchester United at home, Li Mo is not reconciled, and other Sheffield United players are also not reconciled, especially after winning the league In the case of the Cup champion, they are in full swing, how can they be willing to let Manchester United go at their home court?

Almost without thinking about it, Speed ​​made a decision. On March 3, he will fight for three points against Stoke City. On March 3, he will rotate his lineup against Wigan Athletic. He will go all out to prepare for the game against Manchester United. The players wanted to touch Manchester United and so did he and the coaching staff.

It's just that Berbatov may not be able to play at that time. When Brother Xiaosha transferred to Sheffield United, he asked to add an avoidance clause against Manchester United.

Although he didn't get many chances to play in Manchester United's last season, Manchester United still has a special place in Brother Xiaosha's heart, and the players of Speed ​​and Sheffield United also expressed their understanding.

But it just so happens that Berbatov has no physical problems. He will be able to give full play in the next two rounds of the league, and he will also be able to help Li Mo with a substitute lineup.

Although he is over [-] years old, his physical function has not declined too much. With many years of experience in the Premier League, he is exactly the kind of player that Sheffield United's current young team urgently needs.

After returning to Sheffield and holding a celebration banquet with fans representatives and club executives, the Sheffield United team has entered into intense preparations again, and there is no extra time to waste.

On March 3, after more than three days of rest, Sheffield United set off for the away game to prepare for the game against Stoke City
Stoke City is currently ranked No.12 in the league. Just like their performance in previous seasons, the first half of the season was tepid, and they began to grab points in the sprint stage of the league.

Generally speaking, if the rest of the games are played better, Stoke City can often rush to the top ten in the league. In the last round, they won Norwich 2-0 at home, and their morale is high. Speed It also attaches great importance to Stoke City.

The main reason is that this team works hard at the end of the league every year. They often score points against weak teams, but they can always draw or even win against strong teams.

The whole is a smaller version of Liverpool or Sheffield United, especially after the high guy Crouch moved to Stoke City this season, they are more comfortable with the "grenade" high-altitude bombing tactics.

Their tactics are the most distinctive in the entire Premier League. It is really the only one in the scorpion shit. A sideline grenade tactic has caused headaches for the big teams. Speed ​​​​also made Maguire and Matic the two high points in the backcourt. Time to pay more attention.

I am not afraid of anything else, but I am afraid that Stoke City will hit a header, because that thing is really difficult to target. They are not one or two high points, but four or five high points at the same time, and one of them is more than two meters high. Rauch sticks in your box and you can play that play as long as there is a touchline.

When Sheffield United played Stoke City at the beginning of the season, Crouch had not yet transferred over. Now Stoke City can be regarded as a reinforced lineup, which is different from the beginning of the season. The Sheffield United players Still very cautious.

After a good night's rest at the hotel where we stayed in the away game, Sheffield United went on the field first in the morning of the next day. At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, the bus took the Sheffield United team to the Britannia Stadium in Stoke City on time.

This season, Stoke City has no worries about relegation, and Stoke City fans are also in a relaxed mood. They don't expect the team to break into the European theater. On the basis of the current ranking, they can improve a little bit, such as breaking into the top ten again , they will be very satisfied.

After all, being able to stay in the Premier League every year is the pursuit of most teams, and the fans of small teams are also easy to be satisfied. Of course, if Stoke City can beat Sheffield United at home today, they will be even happier.

The players of Stoke City also have a relaxed attitude. This season, their record against strong teams is not bad. Anyway, if they can draw, they will win, and if they lose, they will not feel burdened. With a good attitude, they often perform well. good.

Today the Britannia Stadium is basically full. Although there are less than 3 people present, the Stoke City fans at home are still very enthusiastic.

After all, they are playing against the top four Sheffield United. Li Mo has also played very well this season. After winning the League Cup, his reputation has become huge. Many fans want to see Li Mo, the strongest new star in football. , If you switch to playing other mid-lower teams, the fans may not be so enthusiastic.

Before the game in the afternoon, Li Mo saw Crouch up close for the first time in the player tunnel, and there was only one thought in his mind: No wonder this guy's nickname is Gao Lao and Bamboo Pole!
Although he is over two meters tall, Crouch's figure is not "tall". At first glance, he weighs around [-] kilograms, which is too light for his height.

Although based on Crouch's past games, his confrontation ability is actually not bad. It is not like the media who discredited him said that he has no height but no confrontation, but it belongs to the confrontation ability of an ordinary center forward in the Premier League. Now, if you let him and Maguire compete one-on-one, Maguire must still have the advantage.

And this guy is also a big center with much better foot skills than header skills. Compared with another center in football, Jan Kohler, who is over two meters tall, he is simply two extremes.

Crouch seemed to feel Li Mo's gaze, turned his head to look over, but saw Li Mo's kind smile.

This made Crouch's first impression of Li Mo very good.

Because generally speaking, when opponent players look at him for the first time, their eyes will be very strange, as if they are curious about why he chooses to play football with his height and weight. Such eyes make him very uncomfortable.

Li Mo was different, although he also looked at him, but there was no surprise or disgust in his eyes, as if he had known him before, his eyes were normal.

But before Crouch could think about it, the referee signaled that he was ready to play. Both he and Li Mo looked straight ahead, and followed the referee out of the player tunnel.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, amid the cheers of the fans, the match between Sheffield United and Stoke City started on time. With the momentum of winning the League Cup, Sheffield United turned away from Stoke City at halftime , quickly took advantage of the scene.

But for Stoke City, they have long been used to being suppressed by their opponents, and they did not feel in a hurry because of the siege of Sheffield United. They defend first and then counterattack, and play set-piece tactics when they find opportunities. Habit.

Li Mo originally wanted to get his teammates to pass the ball to him more, and tried to get one in the first half, but today Huth showed a particularly tough performance. As one of the few central defenders in the Premier League who can compete with Li Mo, in the Facing Li Mo at the top of the high-altitude competition, he didn't flinch at all.

The hand-to-hand combat between the two in the penalty area was very intense, and it even attracted the attention of the entire audience for a while.

"This guy's strength is definitely above 90 ability points!"

Li Mo gritted his teeth and felt the soreness in his upper body, and looked at Hu Te.

When he played Stoke City at the beginning of the season, he first disintegrated Stoke City's midfield defense outside the penalty area, and then exploded Stoke City's other defender Wilson. The shooting data, except that he hasn't played against Huth much.

After all, he mainly played offense with the ball at the time, and Huth's speed was too slow, so Shawcross and Wilson could keep up with his advancement.

But in this game, he entered the penalty area to grab points, and he got a taste of Huth's defensive hardness. This guy is definitely a ruthless character who can fight him to a tie.

But Li Mo thinks it's normal. After all, Huth was selected for the German national team long ago. He is already known for his excellent confrontation and header ability. It is reasonable for his strength value to exceed 90, so he directly changed his strategy.

A big center is not only able to score goals by himself, Li Mo is not only excellent in scoring, but also has excellent ability to hold the ball with his back and make the ball.

Li Mo began to ask for the ball at the edge of the penalty area, or pulled it out as a transfer station to help his teammates quickly split the ball and transfer it. Under his connection, Sheffield United's frontcourt offense played very smoothly.

Hu Te couldn't easily follow him. After all, Li Mo's speed and agility were much better than him. If he pulled out of the restricted area, Li Mo would be able to expose his weakness of turning slowly if he moved forward.

So Li Mo's choice is absolutely right, Stoke City's defense has become more and more passive, but another point on Sheffield United's front line, Vardy, has problems.

Seeing Vardy hit the plane with another shot, Li Mo couldn't help covering his head.

"Damn it, Jamie, you didn't bring your shooting boots today?"

Li Mo plucked Vardy's hair and teased him.

"Hey, I don't know, this shit is already a third-handed plane."

Vardy was also feeling very frustrated. The ball Li Mo passed to him just now was considered semi-single-handed. In the past, he was always sure of this kind of ball, but today I don't know what happened, and the shot has never felt.

Seeing this, Li Mo had no choice but to comfort Vardy first.

It seems that Vardy is not in a good state today. This is actually quite normal. People are not machines. Even if Li Mo often practices extra and maintains his shooting state, there are also times when his performance is abnormal, let alone Vardy. .

However, for Sheffield United, one of the team's two most stable scoring points has misfired, and it is very uncomfortable in terms of offense. Now Sheffield United is completely gaining momentum and not scoring.

Li Mo also had to get close to Stoke City's restricted area again, but Huth exploded directly today. He and Shawcross double-teamed Li Mo in the restricted area, so Li Mo couldn't find a suitable shooting opportunity.

Li Mo made a few shots for Matt Ridge and Medel, but their long shots from outside the penalty area only tested Begovic a little bit, and they were far from being able to score. The game time was just like this. Tok City dragged on until halftime.

There is nothing wrong with Sheffield United's tactics, but Stoke City, relying on Huth's excellent performance today, showed signs of restraining Li Mo, which made the fans watching the game shout wonders.

"In the case of Vardy's misfire, Speed ​​seems to have to find a way to make adjustments as soon as possible. Maybe it's time to try Berbatov?"

In the commentary and the speculation of the fans, the Sheffield United players walked back to the player tunnel.

Speed ​​was obviously not very satisfied with the 0-0 score in the first half, but he also saw the changes in Stoke City in the situation of the game.

"Their defense is more tenacious. I don't know if this will become a norm, but in the first half of the game, Stoke City's protection of the penalty area was tighter. You have to be mentally prepared for the second half. Don't panic."

Speed ​​was in the locker room urgently arranging the tactics for the second half. Li Mo listened carefully and wiped his sweat from time to time.

Vardy seemed to blame himself, but his teammates comforted him one after another.

Berbatov also held Vardy's shoulders, signaling him to relax.

Forwards are like this, including Messi and Ronaldo, no forward can guarantee an excellent performance in every game.

This is Vardy's first Premier League season. From the beginning of the season to the present, he has performed well enough, and his teammates can understand the occasional misfiring.

"Don't worry, Jamie, we're going to win today."

After Li Mo changed into a clean jersey, he said to Vardy with a hearty smile that his confidence made Vardy and the surrounding Sheffield United players feel more at ease.

That's right, they still have Li Mo, no matter what the situation is, as long as Li Mo is still on the court, they have the biggest hole card, so what is there to worry about?

Speed ​​nodded slightly, and after reminding the players of the points to pay attention to, the halftime break was almost up.

"Don't worry, play slowly, our strength is absolutely stable against them, believe in ourselves, come on!"

Li Mo finally encouraged his teammates, and then led them out of the locker room.

Vardy was still on the field in the second half, Speed ​​had enough patience, and the Sheffield United team also had enough patience. They all wanted Valdi to stay on the field for a while, looking for the feeling of shooting. Of course, by 10-[-] Minutes, if the offense hasn't improved, it must be replaced.

Berbatov also made preparations on the sidelines. After the start of the second half, he began to warm up on the sidelines.

If he plays later, he will basically attack at the last moment. He has experience in such situations and he is confident that he can help the team.

In the first 10 minutes of the second half, Stoke City seized the opportunity to counterattack a few times, but they handled the last pass a bit rough, and the ball to Crouch was basically destroyed by Medel who returned to the defense. .

However, at 7 minutes, Stoke City's sideline grenade tactics still made Speed ​​break out in a cold sweat on the sidelines.

The cover of Huth and Crouch allowed Shawcross to grab a point. Li Mo defended Wilson from behind. He was also surprised when he saw Shawcross successfully hit the ball. Fortunately, the ball missed the post slightly. Otherwise, Sheffield United may not be scored by Stoke City first.

"This is the biggest charm of the Stoke City team! Sheffield United must be careful. If they give Stoke City a set kick and a throw-in, they may be scored first by their opponents!"

The commentary of Sky Sports is also praising Stoke City's performance in this game. At first, everyone thought that Sheffield United would secure the three points, but now it seems that it is not necessarily so.

Stoke City's defense today is very tenacious. In terms of offense, it has repeatedly created murderous opportunities by relying on set-piece opportunities. The famous Premier League shit stick at the end of the season, the "Sky City" that caused headaches for the major teams, Looks like it's coming up early this year!
After escaping the catastrophe, Sheffield United further strengthened their offensive. They only need one ball. After one goal, the situation will be completely reversed. Stoke City can no longer play such a threatening high-altitude ball. , the defending Sheffield United will not be afraid of any Premier League team.

Seeing this, Speed ​​also replaced Vardy with Berbatov in the early 10th minute.

After playing, Berbatov ran straight to Stoke City's restricted area, and Li Mo also withdrew directly, and he was about to start attacking with the ball.

Brother Xiaosha can continue to play the ball for his teammates after being in the penalty area, while Li Mo has the unlimited right to fire. This is the trust of Speed ​​and other Sheffield United players in him.

Li Mo is not hypocritical, he has this ability, and immediately retreated to take the ball. Stoke City's midfielder Glenn Whelan saw this scene, but his neck felt cold.

He can't forget the scene where he was mad by Li Mo in the game at the beginning of the season. It was really blown away by Li Mo's dribbling.

But now what Li Mo wants is to open the space to shoot, so naturally he is not interested in the midfielder who retreated past Stoke City. Li Mo basically looks for the ball at the top of the arc of Stoke City's penalty area. Glenn Whelan also breathed a sigh of relief.

But the defenders of Stoke City felt uncomfortable. They played a lineup of five defenders in this game to limit Li Mo's performance in the penalty area. But now that Li Mo has been pulled out, do you want to follow?

This kind of hesitation disappeared from the minds of Stoke's defenders after Li Mo's first heavy shot almost hit the goal frame.

Mark Wilson had to follow out of the restricted area, trying to interfere with Li Mo's ball.

Glenn Whelan also had to retreat to help his defender double-team Li Mo at the coach's request. After a long time, he still had to face Li Mo.

However, Stoke City originally only had three midfielders, and if one is withdrawn, the other Sheffield United players will naturally have more space to play. Li Mo's vision is very wide, and naturally he will not force his shot with his brain , He will still distribute the ball to teammates in better positions.

With Li Mo and Berbatov playing the ball one after another, the backcourt defense of Stoke City was finally loosened by Sheffield United, revealing a lot of space.

Matt Ridge and Medel's offense forced Glenn Whelan and Whitehead to interfere frequently. Etherington was also an attacking midfielder and would not mark Li Mo even if he retreated.

Facing such a good situation, Li Mo naturally wouldn't let it go. While serving the ball to his teammates, he observed the opponent's defensive position and patiently waited for the opportunity.

In the 706th minute of the second half, Sheffield United finally tore through Stoke City's defense line on the left. Bertrand succeeded in receiving Li Mo's transfer ball. He even passed Huth, who jumped over to intercept, and then passed the ball back to Matt Ridge, who responded.

After Matt Ridge took the ball on the left side of the penalty area and quickly hit it horizontally, Li Mo successfully received the ball at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and then he flicked the ball and put his left leg directly!
Such a move made the defenders of Stoke City shout bad in an instant. Wilson also jumped out and intercepted immediately. Now no Premier League team dares to let Li Mo take a shot from the penalty area line.

But after Li Mo's left foot fell, he just gave a light buckle. After dunking Wilson, Li Mo quickly knocked the ball to Berbatov, who was holding Shawcross on his back in the penalty area. Go forward in the penalty area of ​​Tok City!

Berbatov leaned on Shawcross in a tacit understanding, and then knocked the ball that Li Mo had knocked over horizontally, just in the direction where Li Mo was moving.

Huth was still looking at the running Matt Ridge at this time, and it was too late to return to the defense. Wilson turned around after failing to intercept the ground, Shawcross was also behind Berbatov's back, Stoke City's three Da Zhongwei, no one can interfere with Li Mo who entered the penalty area at this time!
Faced with the interference from full-back Wilkinson, Li Mo led the ball steadily and took a step, then opened his arms to hold the opponent's push, and swung his left foot again, but this time he chose to shoot 100% of the time!
A close-angle volley from a small angle!
Begovic threw himself in the wrong direction. He threw himself towards the far corner of the goal. After all, the shooting angle over there was wider, but Li Mo just took an unusual path.

The football rolled smoothly into the Stoke City goal, and finally hit the net with a white ripple. The thousands of Sheffield United fans who accompanied the team on the away game were finally able to cheer and celebrate with confidence!

"Lee! It's Lee again! It's still Lee!!! Every time Sheffield United is in trouble, Lee seems to have a way to save his team! Maybe no one can ask him to do more, but he does it to himself Said: I have not done enough! I have to do better! Tacit cooperation! Perfect shooting! This is the mission of a scorer! One goal is enough to kill a game, this is the value of Li!! !"

"Li Mo!!! It depends on Li Mo!!! The Sheffield United players have great trust in Li Mo. At the critical moment, Li Mo stood up again! Sheffield United bought Berbatov It’s really worth it! Look at the cooperation between him and Li Mo this time, Brother Xiaosa has a lot of experience!"

After Li Mo saw the football hit the net, his heart finally fell to the ground. It is true that he has a big heart, but every time he shoots at such a moment, he would be lying if he said that he was not under pressure.

Fortunately, this time the offense came out, and he did not disappoint his teammates' trust. He shot the goal into the opponent's goal. The game was about to come to No. 80 minutes, leading 1-0, and Sheffield United basically won. Steady!
After scoring the goal, Li Mo didn't go to celebrate by himself first. He waited for Berbatov and Matt Ridge for a while, and then they ran towards the corner flag area with shoulders and backs laughing.

Stoke City's head coach Pulis spread his hands, looking very helpless for Li Mo's goal.

Stoke City did well enough in this game, both defensively and offensively, they played out their characteristics, and today's defensive quality is considered the best in Stoke City's last ten games that's it.

But they still failed to withstand Sheffield United's attack at the last moment, or in other words, they did not stop Li Mo's goal.

Speed ​​rushed out directly from the coach's bench. After seeing Li Mo's goal, he clenched his hands into fists and kept punching the air, looking very excited.

This goal can be regarded as pulling back the three-pointer that was about to slip out of the pocket!

"Good boy! Well done!"

In his heart, Speed ​​only had praises for Li Mo. For Li Mo, he had always given him the greatest trust, and Li Mo did not let him down. At this moment, there were only ten minutes left in the game, and Speed ​​also Without hesitation, preparations for substitutions began.

The reporters at the scene kept taking pictures of the celebrating Sheffield United players.

"The player with the toughest key goals in the Premier League is definitely Lee!"

"In terms of contribution to the team alone, the only striker who can compare with Libby is Van Persie."

"Oh, Rooney seems to be unable to compete with the two of them for the Golden Boot."

The reporters with Ying were still discussing Li Mo and Van Persie, but the topic turned back to Lu Xiaopang while talking.

After all, Rooney's performance at the beginning of the season was too explosive. Who would have thought at that time that what they thought was the beginning of the season turned out to be Rooney's peak performance this season?

Judging by the current performance and status of Van Persie and Li Mo, Rooney is basically out of the golden boots, and whether he can maintain the top three positions may be difficult.

"If only Lee were English."

A reporter suddenly expressed envy, saying that Daiying's wings and defense have been okay all these years, only a good midfielder and a good center forward, if Li Mo is England's center forward
However, Li Mo didn't know the YY of these English reporters, and even if he was asked to re-elect, he would still firmly choose the Huaguo National Team.

Bringing the British national team can indeed make him more likely to win major honors, but if he can't play for the Huaguo national team, then he would rather focus on the club, even if he bids farewell to the World Cup.

Because he is a native of China, it's as simple as that, his only option is to join the Chinese national team.

"You are so brave."

Berbatov put Li Mo's shoulders, but gave a thumbs up.

Li Mo knew that he was talking about his final shot choice, but he grinned.

"It's self-confidence, Dimita. If you were the one who hit the door just now, which side would you hit?"

Berbatov only thought for two seconds when he heard the words, and then laughed.

"I'll hit the close corner too, lol!"

Other Sheffield United players quickly rushed up, and the goal that broke the deadlock in nearly 10 minutes was too much to boost morale. They all hugged excitedly and directly overwhelmed Li Mo.

The Stoke City players, especially the defenders, looked at Li Mo with their hips on their hips. Like their head coach, their eyes were full of helplessness.

After finally waiting for the players of Sheffield United to celebrate, Stoke City seized the time to kick off, but Sheffield United had already begun to shrink their formation.

Speed ​​also started his performance, changing players every 3 minutes, constantly cutting off the offensive rhythm of Stoke City, and when Sheffield United formed a [-] formation, only Berbatov was left alone. After the frontcourt, the Stoke City players basically knew that this game was over.

With the final stage of stoppage time, Stoke City's ball was intercepted and ejected by Matic in front of the penalty area, and the referee directly blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Sheffield United finally won this hard-won victory.

They thought they could win easily, but Stoke City's performance in this game gave them a wake-up call.

It is already the end of the season, no matter which team it is, it will start to grab points now, Stoke City is not bad, after all, they have no worries about relegation, and they have no desire to enter the European theater.

If Sheffield United meets the relegation team or the seventh or eighth team in the league, then it will be worth playing.

By the way, there is another Arsenal that will compete for the fourth at the end of the season!

In the past few years, Arsenal have been in their best form at the end of each season, and Sheffield United will play Arsenal again later. I believe that game will definitely be better than when Sheffield United played Arsenal for the first time this season. Much more intense.

But no matter what, after winning the League Cup, it is a happy thing to score all three points in the league. Li Mo still led his teammates to express his gratitude to the Sheffield United fans who came to the away game with the team , and then returned to the locker room.

The Sheffield United players were quite happy, laughing and complaining about Stoke City's tenacity today in the locker room. After Speed ​​came in, he knocked on the door first, and then spoke.

"Be quiet, boys, let me say one thing first, except Dimita, everyone who played today, you will have a two-day holiday."

"Oh! Boss, I love you to death!"

"Long live Gary!"

"Hey! Matthew, have fun at the old place tonight!"

Seeing the yelling of these energetic young people, Speed ​​laughed and cursed a few times, and then signaled them to be quiet.

"It's best for you to stay at home and have a good rest. It's fine if you want to go out to play tonight, but if someone lets me see him appearing in the news of the Sun newspaper tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, be careful when you come back to train and increase your physical fitness."

What Speed ​​said with a smile made all the players shrink their necks.

"Okay, don't pretend to me. Of course I believe you. In short, it's good to be measured. Don't forget, on March 3, which team are you going to play at home? If you lose again then, anyway I can accept it, it depends on whether you can bear it yourself."

On March 3th, they will play Manchester United at home. This game is what the players of Sheffield United have "awaited" for a long time. When Speed ​​mentions it, they all restrain their smiles. Li Mo shouted directly:
"Of course I can't bear it! Fuck Manchester United! Fuck Manchester United! We want to fuck Manchester United!!!"

"Fack! Kill the Manchester people! After Manchester United, Manchester City!"

"They must be taken down!"

"Dimita, I'm not talking about you~ kill the Manchester United people! You must kill them!"

Following Li Mo's voice, the players of Sheffield United screamed like ghosts and wolves, and Berbatov was amused by Vardy.

The boy's well-intentioned statement before shouting the slogan was not aimed at him.

The rest of the Sheffield United players were reminded by Vardy, and they also told Berbatov that the Manchester United players who wanted to do it did not include him, which made Brother Xiaosha dumbfounded for a while.

But Berbatov is still very professional, and he already has an avoidance clause against Manchester United, and he will not play at that time, so he yelled "Fuck Manchester United!" like a convulsion, which immediately attracted Sheffield in the dressing room. The league players cheered.

Seeing this, Speed ​​knew that the players knew what was going on, so he ignored them and went to the post-match press conference with a smile, while Li Mo hurriedly told everyone to stop making trouble, finish the physiotherapy and go back to their respective homes. .

In the next two days, the main players of Sheffield United enjoyed a rare "double break" during the season. This rest was very helpful to relieve their fatigue.

On March 3, the No.10 eight rounds of the Premier League officially started.

During this period, there was an earthquake-like news from Chelsea.

Villas-Boas, who won the triple crown in Porto last season and tried to copy Mourinho's path, was fired.

After most of the season, Abramovich finally chose to fire Boas, but according to multiple media reports, after Boas was fired, Abramovich personally went to the training ground to warn the old Chelsea players.

Although Abramovich chose to stand on the side of the meritorious players in nostalgia, he didn't want the incident against the coach to happen again, but this kind of rumor didn't know whether it was true or not.

There are many reasons why Boas dismissed get out of class, but the two fuses must be the 1-3 loss to Naples in the first round of the UEFA Champions League knockout round, and then the 0-1 loss to West Bromville in the league. strange.

And no matter how he fights with the old players in the team, so far this season, just leading the Blues to the sixth place in the Premier League is indeed difficult for the club's senior management to accept.

However, before leaving, Boas still proposed to the club that Li Mo must be signed, and said that this would definitely be the best signing Chelsea has ever made. Forum discussion focus.

Boas can be regarded as the head coach of other teams who has the deepest obsession with Li Mo. When he left, he still regretted not signing Li Mo. It also made Li Mo feel what it means to be "sitting at home, the heat from Come from heaven".

But in the football world, the most indispensable thing is the news of the head coach’s departure. The league is still going on, and the topic of Boas’s departure is gradually cooling down. At present, the most media attention is still the new round. The Premier League.

But the next few games surprised the fans.

First of all, Chelsea. After the coaching change, Chelsea gnawed at Stoke City. At first, the onlookers thought that Chelsea would die, but after the coaching change, Chelsea beat their opponents 2-0 and got a good start after the coaching change.

Then there are Liverpool and Tottenham. The two powerful teams lost to Sunderland and Everton, who are currently ranked in the middle and lower reaches of the league.

Such a result made the media exclaim that the "rollover season" is coming.

On March 3th, Manchester United's rotation team won 11-2 at West Bromwich Albion. Lu Xiaopang's brace seemed to declare Manchester United's current good condition, which was regarded as saving face for the strong team.

But in the match between Manchester City and Norwich that started at the same time, Blue Moon also overturned!
Playing newly promoted Norwich City, Manchester City was bored 1-0 by their opponents in the end. Not to mention losing the chain on the way to the championship with Manchester United, it also made the media carnival.

Anyway, in the sprint stage of the league, every time a strong team overturns, the media are happy to see it.

Only when the weak beat the strong can there be topicality!If there is no topic, fans will not buy it. Who will sell their newspapers to?

Later on, Sheffield United's game officially started, but Sheffield United, who played almost purely as a substitute, did not get much attention in this game. In the end, they were beaten 2-1 by Wigan Athletic and lost at home. game.

Berbatov's goal in the first half did not help Sheffield United get points. The current Sheffield United's substitute lineup still has a big gap against Wigan Athletic, which is at the bottom of the league. Berbatov alone It is also difficult to recover the situation.

However, when this round of the league ended, Sheffield United, who had one less game, still ranked fourth.

The successive victories against strong teams in the past have allowed Sheffield United to accumulate a lot of points, allowing them to rank in the top four even if they lose and miss a round, but there is also bad news, that is, Sheffield United It directly became Arsenal's fourth obstacle.

After the winter window ushered in the return of Henry the Great, the players of the Arsenal team seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and they made great strides in the league. In the last four league games, Arsenal has achieved a record of complete victories. Van Persie's three rounds Scored four goals and was in a very violent state.

Arsenal also surpassed Chelsea and Newcastle strongly with 49 points, and climbed to the fifth position in the league. In front of them, it happened to be Sheffield United!

When Li Mo saw the latest situation of the standings, his heart skipped a beat.

hell!Blocking the way of Arsenal competing for the fourth place, you have to be careful about metaphysics in the future!
And with the current state of the Arsenal, Li Mo believes that they can kill Manchester United at the top of the list, even though Manchester United has double-killed Arsenal this season, ahem.
But it doesn't matter, Sheffield United will face Manchester United at home soon. We Sheffield United will avenge your revenge against Arsenal!

This is not Li Mo's arrogance, but the current Sheffield United is really not afraid of Manchester United.

After more than half a season of growth and running-in, Sheffield United's main players now have strong confidence no matter which team they face

Coupled with the previous experience of losing to Manchester United, Sheffield United is united and vowed to kill the Red Devils at home. Now Sheffield United can be said to be eager to play against Manchester United at home immediately.

Perhaps there is another reason, that is, the acquisition of the League Cup champion has allowed the current Sheffield United players to open up their ambitions.

If Sheffield United wants to compete for the Premier League championship in the next few seasons, then Manchester United must cross a hurdle.

You can't even beat Manchester United, so how dare you say you want to win the league title?

This is a very simple truth. Manchester United is now the well-deserved overlord of the Premier League. If you want to win the league championship, you can, first beat Manchester United.

So this game, Sheffield United attaches great importance to it, and even gave up the league match with Wigan Athletic.

This is a battle of proof for Sheffield United players, both to the outside world and to themselves.

To start on that path to glory, it starts with beating Manchester United, otherwise they are not enough.

In the two extra matches on March 3th, the derby between Liverpool and Everton was very interesting, but compared with Sheffield United's challenge to Manchester United again, it was a lot inferior, and even fans all over Europe Many have set their sights on this Premier League top four battle.

With all the attention, the make-up match between Sheffield United and Manchester United is approaching day by day.

On the morning of March 3, the Manchester United team took a bus to Sheffield, 14 kilometers away.

Li Mo also issued a "must win" declaration during the signing process to the fans before the game.

The war is about to start!
(End of this chapter)