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Chapter 230 Ground 220 Chapter Nine Familiar taste, why is it you (Li) again!

The Black Cats Sunderland were only two points away from entering the top ten in the league last season, and their results were not bad.

However, the departure of Bendtner in the new season has caused their striker strength to drop a lot.

After all, among other things, no matter in the past few years or the next few years, tall and strong high center forwards who can contribute eight goals and five assists in the Premier League are very popular, and their tactical role is also quite large.

After letting go of Bendtner, Sunderland did not strengthen the striker Ji Dongyuan introduced from South Korea last year, but spent 1200 million pounds to introduce striker Stie, who scored in double figures for two consecutive seasons, from Wolves. Vin Fletcher.

Chi Dongyuan didn't even enter the 18-man roster in the first round of the new season. It seems that he failed to win the trust of the head coach during the summer training.

This made the media in South Korea very disappointed.

After Park Ji-sung, South Korean players seem to have lost their market in the Premier League. The only hopeful player left is Ki Sung-yong, who is currently playing for the Celtics in the Soviet Super League.

However, the transfer between Sunderland and the Celtics is still being dragged. After spending 1200 million to buy Steven Fletcher, Sunderland does not have much money left. It seems that they are digging and searching, and they seem to want to save as much money as possible.

The front line has not yet been adjusted well, and the wanted midfielder Ki Sung-yong has not been bought yet. Under such circumstances, Sunderland ushered in the challenge of Sheffield United, which has been in hot form since the start of the game.

Not only is the outside world not optimistic about them, but even the players in their own team feel a little discouraged.

The combination of Li Mo and Bell has taught Stoke City a lesson in the first round.

In the case of an obvious stop, Stoke City was beaten 0-4. Sunderland's defense players are really not sure whether they can defend against the impact of Bell and Li Mo.

And before the game, when Sheffield United's starting roster was released, Sunderland fans wailed even more.

Four four two.

In this game, Sheffield United went directly to the four major attackers.

Bell, Li Mo, handsome brother Berbatov, Joaquin!
This is obviously to quickly resolve the battle in the shortest possible time.

And these four are all-round offensive players who can pass and shoot, and it is difficult to defend against any of them. Sheffield United now directly puts out four.

Sunderland coach Martin O'Neill felt the pressure.

Speed ​​is also not afraid of his restrictions at all.

Or to put it more harshly, what restrictions does Sunderland take.

No matter how awesome Martin O'Neill is, he can't train the players under his command to be successful.

When the gap in player strength is too large, the weak team can only count on better luck besides sticking to it.

On the afternoon of August 8, when Sheffield United's starting 26 players stepped into the Stadium of Light, the overwhelming sense of oppression made the boos of more than 11 Sunderland fans at home a lot lessened.

After lined up, looking at Sheffield United's All-Star starters, Sunderland fans feel that this game is more ominous.

But shrinking the head is a knife, and stretching the head is also a knife. Now the Sunderland players have no other choice, so let's bite the bullet.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, after a simple opening ceremony, the second round of the Premier League started on time!
On the other side, the battle between Liverpool and Manchester City has attracted the attention of most Premier League fans, but Sheffield United has also received a lot of attention. Many fans want to see if Sheffield United can continue the state of the first round.

By the way, let's take a look at the performance of Sheffield United's luxurious offensive line. After all, fans like to watch stars.

Today's Li Mo and Bell's popularity is soaring, and they can be regarded as the most popular fried chicken in the Premier League.

Today Bell and Joaquin are the left and right midfielders, Drinkwater Gamedl is the double midfielder, and Matic and Dembele are on standby on the bench.

Compared with forward Steven Fletcher, who was signed by Sunderland at a high price, Speed ​​still pays more attention to the offensive player Sessegnon who scored seven goals and nine assists in Sunderland last season.

Sessegnon is about 1.7 meters tall, flexible in stature, strong in dribbling, and good at passing threatening balls. It is perfect to use Medel to limit such players.

In terms of interception, with Maguire and Vertonghen in the backcourt, Steven Fletcher can't take advantage of it. Speed ​​is very relieved.

After the game started, both Joaquin and Medel strictly implemented the tactics formulated before the game, and the restrictions on Sessegnon were very successful.

Both Macklin and Sebastian Larsson struggled to get the ball to Sessegnon, and Sunderland's attack struggled from the start.

Danny Rose, who is only 22 years old this year, was loaned to Sunderland from Tottenham. He had a good offensive ability in the full-back position, but Martin O'Neill let him play as a midfielder in this game, which made Danny Rose didn't dare to plug in easily, and Martin O'Neill had broken his own arm.

After taking the lead on the defensive end and limiting Sessegnon, Sheffield United also launched an oppressive press in the frontcourt.

Even the handsome Berbatov changed his playing style in the past, and Li Mo joined the team that oppressed Sunderland to play in the backcourt.

Familiar taste, familiar rhythm.

Sheffield United's high-position pressing tactics have become more and more proficient after being honed last season.

Not to mention reorganizing the offense, Sunderland will soon be unable to even play the ball smoothly.

Danny Rose has never seen this battle before. Although his skills are good, he is playing in a midfielder position that he is not very familiar with today. Under Li Mo and Joaquin's strong pressure, Danny Rose can only feel The ball became more and more difficult, so he couldn't help but quickly seek Larson's help.

Larson is also very helpless. His partner in the past two seasons is not very reliable. Danny Rose can't stand it now. Does he feel good?
But as the core of Sunderland's midfield, he can only act as a firefighter now, helping the east and the west. Under his back and forth receiving and dispatching, Sunderland can barely hold on.

However, the rhythm of the game was almost cut off by Sheffield United. As soon as Larson retreated, he devoted a lot of energy to playing the ball in the backcourt, and Sunderland's attack from the right was almost paralyzed.

Sessegnon on the left couldn't get the ball, and Larson's support was not available on the right. Adam Johnson wanted to go it alone, but Bell defended him quite embarrassingly.

With the assistance of Drinkwater, Bell, who had played left back before, was able to deal with Adam Johnson's breakthrough with ease.

In the end, seeing that there was really no other way, Sunderland could only try to play a little simpler, lobbing the ball high to Steven Fletcher in Sheffield United's half, to see if he could use him as a fulcrum to open up the situation.

And this is exactly what Xie Fei Lenovo saw.

Unlike Matthew Lorton, Vertonghen's range of activities is quite large.

After all, he is also a genius who has played multiple positions, and finally retreated to play central defender.

Moreover, Vertonghen's speed is considered very fast among the central defenders. In the past, Speed ​​prevented Maguire from going up too much, but it will be different if it is Vertonghen.

With Maguire sitting behind, Speed ​​gave Vertonghen the tactical weight to make a bold move to grab the top.

Especially when the double midfield combination of Drinkwater and Medel is sent, Vertonghen's forward pressure is very necessary.

Now it's his turn to play, and Vertonghen is not polite.

Steven Fletcher's physical fitness is actually not bad, with a height of 1.8 meters 77 and a weight of [-] kg, he has good resistance and mobility.

But when Vertonghen joined him for the summit, Steven Fletcher felt bad for an instant.

Vertonghen, who is 1.9 meters tall, weighs 87 kilograms, and is not slow, taught Steven Fletcher a lesson.

Don't think that you can be presumptuous if Brother Ma doesn't come today, go back where you came from!
Vertonghen's top ball was taken by Medel, and the Sheffield United players were not in a hurry. Under the organization of Drinkwater, they began to move and involved Sunderland's defense.

When attacking, Joaquin's position was slightly inward, still playing the role of the front midfielder, while Bell continued to insert and began to put pressure on Sunderland's defense.

Drinkwater is on the left and Joaquin is on the right, which is equivalent to a dual-core launch, constantly delivering the ball to the forward pressing players.

Although Sheffield United wanted to beat Sunderland early in this game, they played very patiently when attacking.

Berbatov also retreated many times, acting as a fulcrum to transfer the ball, so that Li Mo could concentrate on waiting for the opportunity to appear.

This kind of suppression is almost unsolvable. Dual-core, the high point in the frontcourt can hold the ball, and there are two big killers that make the Sunderland defenders dare not move. Martin O'Neill feels a headache looking at the situation on the field. Incomparable.

Sunderland fans are also worried.

You know that your opponent may score at any time, but you have to go through the torment of waiting before being scored. Which fan can bear this feeling.

Cutting flesh with a blunt knife is always the most painful. The machete of Sheffield United is now doing such "fine work", constantly dismembering Sunderland's midfield defense, just waiting for an opportunity, one that can give Sang Chance for a fatal blow from Delan.

Under such a pull, young defensive players are always impatient.

In the first ten minutes, Danny Rose's performance in the midfielder position can only be said to be average. Although he did not make a big mistake, that's all.

But when No. 20 minutes, facing Joaquin's dribbling, the young Danny Rose couldn't hold back, lost his defensive position and stepped forward to try to steal, the Sunderland fans thumped in their hearts.

The old fritter Joaquin did not hesitate, and directly sent the ball forward. Brother Xiaosha, who retreated out of the penalty area, easily got the ball. With his back against the interference of Cular, he knocked the ball back to the other side. Brother Shui.

Drinkwater took the ball with just one step, then flicked his ankle and slid the ball straight behind the Sunderland defense, where Bale had already completed the start in an instant, allowing Sunderland right-back Gard I can't even eat the exhaust gas!
"Beautiful through ball! Bale completed the overtaking, not offside!"

In the exclamation of the commentator, Bell knocked the ball the moment he took the ball and easily completed the inside cut.

But just when everyone thought Bell would hit the goal, he swept the ball vigorously towards Sunderland's goal.

The ball rolled very fast. Although O'Shea stretched out his foot immediately, he failed to stop it. Berbatov took Kular away.

When Sunderland's two central defenders were distracted, a figure quickly rushed out from the back and completed the collision before the retreating Larson was destroyed!
This shot hardly exerted much force, because Bell's pass was strong enough, just pushed an angle, and the football spun and went straight to the dead corner of the lower left corner of the goal.

Mignolet's saving speed is quite fast, but before he finished his landing action, the football has already got into the net from his armpit!
"Li Mo's collision shot! The goal is scored!!! Ross, Ross, this is the price of youth! Sheffield United is waiting for such an opportunity! Drinking water brother's beautiful through ball, Bell's wonderful assist, is another Li Mo! If we want to talk about the final kick, it depends on Li Mo!"

Sunderland fans covered their faces.

This scene is still staged.

Familiar taste, familiar scene.

Seeing Li Mo laughing and celebrating at the bottom line, they couldn't help howling.

"Why is it Ni (Li) again!"

(End of this chapter)