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Chapter 240 Before the Champions League

Zaccheroni's stubbornness did not change the result that he was questioned by Japanese fans after the game.

Although the current situation of the Japanese team in Group B is still good, even if it is temporarily overtaken by the Hua Guo team and falls to second place, the Japanese team has not lost to the Hua Guo team for many years, and it has been so aggrieved by the loss.

Obviously have the strength to press out to fight, even if they can't equalize at the last moment, at least they can play with momentum.

Zaccheroni's slightly hesitant adjustment made the Japanese team smothered to death, which simply made most Japanese fans feel unacceptable.

However, the momentum of verbal criticism has not yet picked up, or is brewing, and the Japanese sports media and fans breathed a sigh of relief for a real-time updated sports news.

When it was almost [-] o'clock in the morning in Japan, the results of the top ten match between Jordan and Australia came out.

Jordan was upset at home and defeated the Australian team. After three rounds, Australia still has two points!
The next day, after the players of the Huaguo team and the Japanese team woke up, they felt a little confused when they heard the news.

The first reaction of the Huaguo players was that the media were not joking, right?However, after the Japanese team confirmed that the news was correct, many players couldn't hold back their laughter.

Kangaroo, kangaroo, what a brother!If you only lose here, buddy, you will lighten the burden on your buddy. First draw with Oman and then lose to Jordan. It’s really your fault!
Now the situation in Group B is much clearer.

The Japanese team has two wins, one draw and one loss after four rounds, accumulating seven points.

Australia has two draws and one loss in three rounds, accumulating two points.

The Huaguo team won all three games, accumulating nine points!
And in the next round, the Hua Guo team will play at home in mid-October to face the Australian team. No matter who wins or loses, the Japanese team will accept it.

But Australia was pushed to the brink.

Before the game, no one could have imagined that Australia, which was supposed to secure a victory, unexpectedly lost the game.

In the next game, facing the vigorous Chinese team, if Australia loses again, after the first round of four games, they will almost be ranked first or second last!
Early the next morning, the Australian sports media published "Shame! "The title of Li Mo's breakfast made Li Mo happy.

The Japanese media are all rejoicing that Australia's loss gave the Japanese team a big sigh of relief.

They are still five points ahead of Australia. Anyway, there are only two places in Group B to qualify directly. Even if it is difficult to deal with the Hua Guo team, as long as they crush Australia, they can still qualify.

Not to mention the Huaguo team, which topped the group leaderboard after only three games.

When I got off the plane that day, I saw the crowds of fans enthusiastically picking up the plane, Director Gao and the players felt extremely proud and happy in their hearts.

It's a pity that Li Mo and Hao Junmin are not here now, otherwise the atmosphere at the scene might be more enthusiastic.

Li Mo and the other overseas players didn't have the chance to go back to China to be cheered by the fans. After all, the Premier League, the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga were about to rekindle the war. After breakfast in Japan, they boarded the plane in a hurry.

However, Li Mo did not break his promise, and directly asked Charlie to book a small hotel in Shanghai, so that his teammates and coaching staff who played in China could have a good rest for a day, and the celebration banquet was also done accordingly.

The follow-up victory over Australia is still the same process.

Anyway, no matter what his strength is, as long as he is willing to fight, then Li Mo is willing to pay.

Winning the game is easy to say. If you are not strong enough, try your best to give an explanation to the fans and yourself. Anyway, with the current atmosphere in the national team, there are no players who want to be purely gold-plated.

Those who stayed were those who wanted to win and dared to fight, but Li Mo led them to taste the taste of continuous victory, and no one wanted to return to the aggrieved situation before.

To put it bluntly, now that he has qualified for qualifying for the World Cup, every dog ​​has to work hard to get a free ride to the World Cup.

If you want fame and money, no problem, win, keep winning, and finally qualify for the World Cup, then you really have everything.

The world preliminaries have come to an end for the time being, and Li Mo is also focusing on the Premier League and the upcoming Champions League.

The fourth round of the Premier League will start on September 9, and the Sheffield United game will start on September 15. His state and physical fitness are fine, and the key is the Champions League.

On September 9, they will go on an expedition to France and challenge Montpellier away.

The time interval between the league and the Champions League is still too short. For just one day, Speed ​​must consider rotation.

Fortunately, offensive players such as Berbatov, Vardy and Joaquin do not have the task of playing for the national team, so they are equivalent to a two-week rest, and their physical fitness must be fine.

But like Drinkwater, Maguire, and Bell, they probably won't be able to play against Tottenham.

Or find your status in the last three or 10 minutes, otherwise you will definitely not be able to hold on to the Champions League.

Fortunately, Sheffield United's lineup is thick enough now, and rotation is still no problem, and the previous three consecutive victories in the league also gave Sheffield United enough confidence.

A tie in the fourth round of the league is enough. Speed ​​must be fully focused on the Champions League, and Sheffield United's main players probably have the same idea.

Li Mo is no exception.

He has already proved himself in the Premier League last season. For a striker, who doesn't want to show off his style in the Champions League and compete with all kinds of strong opponents?
Just look at those shiny names.

Raul, Van Nistelrooy, Shevchenko, Henry, Ronaldo, Messi
Whenever looking forward to the records on the UEFA Champions League scorer list, Li Mo feels excited.

He knows that Ronaldo will gain a monopoly lead in this event in the future, but he is not afraid at all.

Only a great opponent can achieve a stronger self. Although his current number of goals in the Champions League is still 0, he has made all the preparations to embark on the exciting challenge!

The mental excitement kept Li Mo from falling asleep on the plane, and when he finally arrived in London, more than ten hours had passed.

However, due to the time difference, London is still shrouded in afternoon sunlight at this time, and today is a rare good weather.

After contacting the assistant who had been waiting outside the airport for a long time, Li Mo planned to return to Sheffield directly and make an appointment for dinner with Maguire and the others.

But as soon as the flight mode of the plane was cancelled, Li Mo received two text messages.

"This club is still shooting commercials, are you going back to England?"

The accompanying picture looks like an advertisement shooting scene, with a lot of staff and equipment, but the photographer did not show up.

On the top of this text message is an airport photo that Li Mo casually sent before boarding the plane.

"I seem to be coming to London next week to shoot a pictorial, but now I heard that the location of the filming is still under discussion, and the staff has not fully determined it. I don't know which block in London it will be in."

Li Mo was taken aback by Krystal's second text message.

Are you coming to London?
Subconsciously edited the message, but Li Mo didn't realize it before sending it.

It is estimated that it will be close to zero in South Korea.

After thinking about it, Li Mo gave up the idea of ​​asking, and planned to communicate with Krystal tomorrow.

Speaking of which, it wasn't just him himself during this time, Krystal would also send him messages when he was free.

Although the two often took some pictures and sent them to each other, and they talked about unnutritious topics, they seemed to never tire of it.

The fundamental reason, besides being bored at ordinary times, is that there are fewer and fewer outsiders that the two of them can come into contact with that can be called friends.

Li Mo is limited by his growing fame. Some personal activities that he could do before are basically impossible to do now. He has to cover up when he goes out to eat with Maguire. In this case, apart from his teammates, how can he Opportunity to make new friends.

Krystal is too busy with work.

Although her group doesn't have many resources, her personal schedule is fully booked by the company.

Especially when the new song has only been released for three months, it's a personal schedule, and it's a group promotion. In July and August, she was so busy that she almost didn't have any personal space.

The situation is a little better during this time, but besides the members of the group and her sister, it is actually difficult for her to spend time at work to meet new friends.

So after complaining about the ugly photos taken by Li Mo, she started to exchange text messages with Li Mo.

The two of them basically couldn't see each other, so there was no burden to complain about it. Li Mo told Krystal some interesting news about football, and Krystal also talked about the funny things he encountered at work every day or the things that made her feel very depressed. thing.

At the beginning of September, Li Mo joked that he asked Krystal to help her get the autographs of all Girls' Generation. Krystal was not to be outdone, and asked Li Mo to give her a signed poster of Beckham.

Xiaobei's charm is still quite great, but Li Mo doesn't know him, so after thinking about it, he can only ask Krystal to change the conditions.

I don't know if I'm joking, but Krystal said that if there is no poster of Beckham, then at least she has to treat her to a meal in exchange.

Li Mo was a little dazed, and somehow suddenly remembered the scene where Krystal watched him eating steak, so he asked his assistant to order some fresh Wagyu online for him, and sent them directly to Krystal's company.

In order to send it to Krystal's hands smoothly, the assistant also made a special note to the logistics company, and then called Krystal and asked her to pick it up in person.

Well, the item has arrived, but Krystal is stunned. He opened the package and saw the wagyu steak weighing seven kilograms and the note that Li Mo asked the logistics company to write. I couldn't laugh or cry.

Now it's all right, let alone one meal, even ten meals are enough.

In order not to let the beef go bad, Krystal reluctantly gave away at least half of it, but the preciousness of the wagyu still caused her some troubles.

That's what other people are curious about.

Krystal repeatedly explained that it was a gift from a friend, but the others didn't quite believe it. In the end, her sister Jessica called her home for questioning.

But Krystal's tone was very strict, and he didn't reveal any news about Li Mo. Jessica had no choice but to put this matter aside temporarily, but Krystal knew that Jessica would definitely look for opportunities to ask questions later.

After all, she knows her sister better than anyone else. Jessica is usually careless about some small things, but as soon as it involves her, she will become very serious.

However, although the troubles are troubles, after this incident, the relationship between Krystal and Li Mo became more casual and natural. It was Krystal's complaints from time to time that made Li Mo a little depressed.

Are the photos he took really ugly?
Also, he usually wears simple clothes when he goes out, but he is not an entertainment star, why should he learn how others dress, as long as he is comfortable.

It's all because the photos taken by those paparazzi are too ugly. Anyway, Li Mo resolutely refuses to admit that he is "stupid". It's purely because Krystal has a problem with his vision!
Thinking of the last text message from Krystal saying that he was dressed like a 30-year-old uncle, Li Mo's mouth twitched a little, but this was a reminder to him.

Charlie has said before that he will hire a team to build his personal image.

Just like the plan Mendes made for Ronaldo before, Li Mo had to embark on this path.

His current commercial value has made it impossible for him to wander the streets wearing a vest and sunglasses.

From personal attire to watches and sunglasses, Mendes is now helping him negotiate suitable brand endorsements. In other words, every time he goes out in the future, he is equivalent to advertising for the gold master.

You say you don't pay attention to your personal image, that's fine, as long as you don't earn the money.

However, facing the total endorsement fee of several million or even tens of millions of euros a year, Li Mo really couldn't hold back.

No way, they give too much
Fortunately, during this period of time, Mendes is still arguing with several brands for endorsement fees, and Li Mo doesn't need to do image management right away.

It's just that the hair has to be stored first, so that it can be styled later.

After counting another large sum of money that he may arrive at the end of this year, after blissful distress, Li Mo fell asleep inadvertently in the back seat.

Even if it lasts longer, it will be a bit sleepy after more than ten hours of plane travel.

When we arrived at Sheffield's house, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening. Li Mo, Maguire and Stones had dinner nearby. He fell into a deep sleep on the bed.

This way of adjusting the biological clock made Maguire only give a thumbs up.

It's tough enough to adjust directly in one day, without delaying tomorrow's training in the slightest.

And on September 9rd, Li Mo woke up refreshed after sleeping for about 3 hours, and went to the training base to report in advance.

When other players came to report at [-] o'clock in the morning, Li Mo had already completed his warm-up on the field and was starting one-on-one confrontation training accompanied by his physical coach.

Seeing Li Mo's state completely unaffected, Bell's jaw almost dropped from shock.

He also played for the national team a few days ago, he felt that his body was still tight, and he needed to take a break. Why did Li Mo go directly to the confrontation?

"God, I don't want to see such a picture, it's unscientific! Did Li really just fly back from Asia? I heard he just arrived in Sheffield yesterday, and he doesn't even need to adjust his biological clock?"

Bell covered his eyes exaggeratedly, but the old Sheffield United players around him were used to it.

"There are many things about Li that cannot be described by science, such as his physical fitness. Well, Gareth, don't look at it, let's warm up first."

Medel shrugged. His training today is also mainly about recovery. He just flew back from South America, and his physical energy consumption is relatively high, which is incomparable to Li Mo.

Seeing the players returning to the training base to report one after another, Speed ​​finally let go of the hanging heart.

Especially Li Mo, Li Mo's condition is fine, which is the biggest good news.

The next step is intense preparations.

Speed ​​touched his chin and looked at the calendar on the wall.

"Finally coming"

(End of this chapter)