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Chapter 188 What did Arsenal do to compete for the fourth?
"Sheffield United, the biggest variable in the Manchester City duo's title race! "

This is the front page news of Sky Sports the day after the supplementary match between Sheffield United and Manchester United.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately aroused the interest of a large number of fans.

"When Sheffield United won Manchester City in the first half of the league, it helped Manchester United close the point gap with Manchester City. Yesterday, Sheffield United won Manchester United and helped Manchester City continue to maintain the pressure on Manchester United. Manchester City doubled in the two games. Both Xiongxiong and Sheffield United have played an important role in the ownership of the top of the Premier League, and don't forget that Sheffield United will face Manchester City again in the No.30 round of the league. For Manchester United fans, maybe when the time comes They also have to cheer for Sheffield United wholeheartedly like the Manchester City fans did yesterday."

The content of the article is actually suspected of being a "headline party", but it can't stand the fans' love to read it. At first glance, wow, Sheffield United's next game against Manchester City may affect the ownership of the league championship. That's not the case.

After all, there are still ten league rounds to play in the future, and Sheffield United will only play one game against Manchester City. Unless Manchester United wins the remaining ten games, otherwise, even if Manchester City loses the game against Sheffield United, in the other As long as you get enough points in the game, you can still counterattack and win the championship.

The difference of one point is really almost no advantage in front of the ten rounds of the league.

After all, as long as Manchester United draws a game and Manchester City wins a game, Manchester City will lead by one point, so the article is just exaggerating the influence of Sheffield United, but one sentence is 100% correct.

That is the No.30 fourth round of the league. When Sheffield United plays Manchester City, Manchester United fans will definitely cheer for Sheffield United from the bottom of their hearts. This is also a point that makes Sheffield United players feel very happy.

But for Sheffield United's coaching staff, after winning Manchester United, their headache came again.

After the match against Manchester United, the physical exertion of the main players was relatively serious. At least the team doctor gave the players a test the next day, and the advice given was to try to rest for ten days, at least a week.

But let alone a week now, the Sheffield United team has only three days to rest and prepare for the game!
Three days later, Sheffield United will usher in the quarter-elimination round of the FA Cup, and their opponent is Chelsea.

This is a very fucking time for the schedule. The Sheffield United team actually still wants to win the FA Cup. After all, they have tasted the wonderful taste of winning the League Cup, and then win the FA Cup, which is more valued by the fans. , will definitely make Sheffield United's season more successful.

But the schedule has already been set. After Manchester United, there are only three days to prepare. Either grit your teeth and fight against Chelsea, or give up the FA Cup game, let the players rest and prepare for the next league.

From the perspective of the players' health, Speed ​​still tends to give up this round of the FA Cup.

But after the Sheffield United players knew about it, they were eager to fight, and they all expressed their desire to fight Chelsea again.

Li Mo is also very entangled in this matter. He has no major physical problems. He can continue to play against Chelsea, but the team doctor has spoken. The other main players of Sheffield United should rest now, but this group of boys is one or two. They all patted their chests and said they were not tired, which made Li Mo very moved.

No one would dislike the fact that there are too many championships, especially the FA Cup still has a special place in the hearts of English players. The teammates all want to fight, so, fight?
Seeing this, Speed ​​thought it over and over again, and felt that it was unrealistic to force the players to give up the FA Cup. Since the players don't want to regret it, let's fight again!
So on March 3, the main players of Sheffield United continued to start, and they fought with the Blues after the coaching change at Stamford Bridge.

But now Chelsea's acting head coach, Di Matteo, is different from Boas. After he took office, he started Drogba again, reused the veterans of the Blues, and returned to the familiar tactics of Chelsea in the Champions League knockout round that ended not long ago. Even overturned Naples!

You know, they were 1-3 behind in the first round, and almost all fans thought they were definitely out.

After the coaching change, it can be reversed. Chelsea's iron-blooded veterans can be regarded as a big surprise for all Chelsea fans!

And carrying the Yu Wei of the Champions League comeback, the Jagged Blues made the young players of Sheffield United suffer a lot at home.

Drogba, who regained his trust, also gave Sheffield United's defense, especially Maguire, a good look at the power of Warcraft.

Maguire, who has just turned 19, has faced the biggest test after stepping into the professional arena. Facing the full-fire monsters, the slightly immature Maguire is obviously unable to resist, even Matthew Lorton desperately helps He pinched the defense, but Drogba still used his strong physical fitness to help the Blues open the scoring. In the first half, he scored a very beautiful header.

In the second half, it was Drogba again. After holding the ball in the frontcourt to hold Maguire, he successfully split the side. Juan Mata passed back to the right side of the penalty area. Lampard followed up and volleyed again!

The return of Mikel and Essien made Chelsea's midfield defense finally back on track. Although Li Mo scored a goal with all his strength in the end, he still couldn't avoid being eliminated by Chelsea.

The fans of the Blues finally felt proud at home!
Being double-killed by Sheffield United this season made them very depressed, but now that the familiar Blues are back, many Chelsea fans are feeling emotional.

Everything is back!
Drogba's deterrence in the penalty area and ability to play the ball are really the offensive threats that Chelsea urgently need. It is really lonely to abandon Drogba before Boas. The team got into what it is now.

If you continue to play like this early and gradually become younger, Chelsea may still be in the top four of the league this season!
Fortunately, the Champions League broke into the quarter-finals, and these veterans still have the opportunity to chase their Champions League dreams. Although the chances are very small, the Blues fans are willing to continue to believe in the team and believe in the almost impossible miracle.

For the players of Sheffield United, this defeat is not a small blow.

In fact, if you only look at the score, it's okay to lose 1-2.

After all, there is no sure-win game in the football world, and this season, Sheffield United played against Chelsea twice, and they let a lot of players. If they really want to play hard on both sides, it is the first time that Sheffield United played against Chelsea. Can you get points and pay two.

However, the exit from the FA Cup is not completely bad for Sheffield United.

At least Sheffield United can fully prepare for the league, and the players are less burdened by the FA Cup.

After the previous make-up match with Manchester United was completed, Sheffield United accumulated 56 points and sat firmly in the third position in the league.

Behind them are Tottenham with 52 points and Arsenal with 49 points. Chelsea currently only has 45 points, ranking sixth in the league, and basically cannot pose any threat to Sheffield United.

So judging from the standings of the league alone, Sheffield United is very likely to rank in the top four at the end of the season, which is much better than the top six goals they set themselves in the middle of the season!

不过因为踢了3月18日和切尔西的足总杯比赛，所以同样在3月18日开始的谢菲联和纽卡斯尔的英超No.20九轮联赛又一次延后了。

Speed ​​gave the players two full days off, but the main players still looked very tired after taking the leave.

The successive fights against Manchester United and Chelsea in a short period of time can be regarded as a serious injury to Sheffield United.

Except for Li Mo who is still in good condition, the other Sheffield United players seem to need more time to recover.

In desperation, Speed ​​had no choice but to implement a rotation, taking four or five main players to challenge Newcastle away.

On March 3, the No.22 nine-round supplementary match between Sheffield United and Newcastle officially started. Li Mo and Berbatov started the game, but among the remaining starters of Sheffield United, only Matt was the main player. Rich, Matic, Matthew Lorton and Shay are gone, and the rest of the main players are resting at home.

Although relying on Li Mo's assist, Brother Xiaosa scored the first goal in the game, but Sheffield United's substitute midfielder really couldn't support Sheffield United's defensive system, and Newcastle scored three consecutive goals in the second half.

Sheffield United also had to swallow the bitter fruit of the 1-3 defeat, dragging their tired bodies. The Sheffield United players returned to Sheffield. After the game against Newcastle, they only rested for two days. On March 3, United ushered in the No. 25 round of the Premier League against Wolves.

The main players of Sheffield United, who had rested for a few days, finally played again, but Speed ​​was very worried about whether the players could have a normal performance.

In the FA Cup game against Chelsea, the main players of Sheffield United have not been able to get enough rest time, and the players have been training and preparing for the game in a tired state.

Sheffield United's bench depth problem, which was reported by the media at the beginning of the season, finally broke out in the sprint stage at the end of the season.

In the middle of the season, Sheffield United's main lineup was able to hold on by giving up part of the league's substantial rotation. It has always remained in the top four or even the top three in the league, and it is still possible to win the League Cup. champion.

However, the continuous hard work against strong teams has actually caused these players to consume a lot of physical energy, but it was lucky at that time, and there was no major injury wave.

Now it's just playing one more FA Cup. The fatigue of the players has not been relieved in time, and finally a cumulative problem broke out.

Speed ​​was only thinking about the fact that Sheffield United's main players might not perform normally in this game against Wolves, but he never expected that, except for a few physical monsters, the rest of Sheffield United's main players would play against Wolves. It's pretty bad.

The heavy footsteps made Sheffield United's counterattack and defense extremely poor. Facing the bottom-ranked Wolves, Sheffield United was shocked at home and lost 0-1!
At this moment, the media in England, big and small, began to report on Sheffield United's recent status issues like sharks smelling blood.

It seems that after playing Manchester United, the strong team killer Sheffield United began to be unlucky, and after playing Chelsea, it was directly sluggish and lost one after another.

In fact, losing Chelsea and Newcastle is still normal. These two teams are in the top eight anyway. Sheffield United's state has ups and downs, and the loss is justified.

But now even the Wolves are losing, which is completely abnormal!
But at this time in the Sheffield United team, the players knew what was going on.

It's just too exhausting. They didn't get enough rest after playing Chelsea, and the schedule of this game is completely unaccommodating. They have two games a week, and they are not strong, so how can they bear it.

When playing against Wolves, many players couldn't get up to speed, and they couldn't fight against the Wolves players who are now fighting for relegation. Although it is true that they shouldn't lose to Wolves, there is nothing wrong with them. Strong, everything is useless without physical fitness!
Li Mo was scratching his head, seeing that Arsenal, who had won two consecutive victories in the standings, had overtaken Tottenham, which had drawn two consecutive games in a row, and ranked fourth. It is now close to Sheffield United's third position. , couldn't help but smiled wryly:
"True TM metaphysics, Arsenal can't do it, right? Arsenal who want to play in the Champions League are so terrifying!"

(End of this chapter)