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Chapter 242 Even the Champions League Can't Stop the Devil King from Moving Forward!
Li Mo's "crazy words" before the game caused an uproar in French football.

Although Montpellier sold several main players who won the championship this season, including the team's top scorer and assist king Giroud last season, their strength has declined a lot, but in any case, Montpellier is the top player in Ligue [-] this season. The face of the league in the Champions League.

Li Mo's categorical victory declaration hurt the local sports media in Montpellier, and with the help of many French media in the follow-up, the fans of Montpellier suddenly became angry.

Li Mo didn't expect this turmoil, nor did the Sheffield United players and Speed.

In fact, no matter who the opponent is, Li Mo will say something like that when facing an interview.

Otherwise, do you have to humbly say that you are here to learn Montpellier's tactics?

If you don't want to win the Champions League, you might as well give up the places to other teams.

In the face of the attack from many French media, the media in England were upset and launched counterattacks one after another.

The tricks of the reporter and the degree of topic the media wanted were both known to both sides, but England felt that the French media had "crossed the line" this time.

Check out the video that came out of the report.

Only Li Mo shrugged and said with a smile, "there is only one winner in this game, and that is Sheffield United". Due to the problem of the shooting angle, Li Mo's expression seemed a little casual, as if he looked down on Montpellier.

But the real situation is that before Li Mo said this, he also said that Montpellier is not easy to deal with, but they will go all out, not coming to France for vacation.

If the complete clip is released, it will be a normal interview expressing determination to win.

But after cutting out the previous paragraph, it seems that Li Mo's attitude is very arrogant. It can be said that Li Mo was completely cheated by the reporter who interviewed him this time.

This is what makes England's sports media uncomfortable.

Li Mo is now only one Premier League trophy away, and he can justifiably become the top star of the Premier League. Usually, his own people fight in the Premier League, and it is no problem to attract the attention of fans, but the French media discredited Li Mo. Isn't that equivalent to provoking the Premier League?

We can scold and ridicule the stars of our league, but outsiders, no!
Before the game even started, the sports media in Britain and France began to quarrel.

From the afternoon of September 9th, after Li Mo's interview video was released, to the start of the game on September 17th, the English and French media and the fans of the two teams on the Internet were arguing.

Faced with such a situation, Speed ​​directly ordered all players not to be interviewed by any reporters until the end of the game.

Li Mo was also laughed out of anger.

This is the first time he has encountered such a situation.

It can only be said that he didn't think low enough about the offline of the media, and he was able to do half of the interview video, which exceeded his expectations.

Fortunately, this turmoil won't last long, the game will start the next day, as long as Li Mo wins the game, Li Mo doesn't need to say anything, and the English media will slap the French media with big mouths.

On September 9th, at 18:19 local time in France, in the crowded Lamonçon Stadium, Li Mo and his teammates followed the assistant coach meticulously to warm up before the game despite the loud noise.

As the first Champions League game of this season, the home fans in Montpellier seemed very enthusiastic and filled the home court. Of course, the fans of Sheffield United also contributed a lot.

After many negotiations and communications before, Sheffield United finally got [-] away tickets. In addition to the tickets purchased by fans privately, nearly [-] Sheffield United fans came to the scene.

Although still unable to compete with the more than 2 home fans, the [-] Sheffield United fans also sang the team song and did their best to cheer for the Sheffield United players on the scene.

As the focus of the pre-match news turmoil, Li Mo has naturally become a thorn in the side of Montpellier fans.

Now it's just a warm-up, once Li Mo gets the ball, there will be bursts of boos from the stands, and the Hua Guo reporters on the sidelines are very angry.

However, the sports reporters in England were more straightforward. Many of them spoke with the essence of Britain, and their small mouths seemed to be smeared with honey, which made the reporters in China very happy to hear it.

Wutai also sent on-site commentators and guests today.

During the national team match a few days ago, Liu Jianhong’s passionate commentary made his voice hoarse, and he is still recovering, so today Duan Xuan is on the spot as a live commentator. The special guest is Yan Qiang, and He Wei continues to undertake on-site interviews task.

Wutai also spent a lot of effort to get the rights to broadcast the Champions League this season. However, with Li Mo's performance last season and Sina Sports' great success in explaining the Premier League, Wutai gritted its teeth this year. First, the Champions League The broadcasting rights of the game have been bought, and the Premier League is still negotiating. Even if it cannot be negotiated this season, it should be finalized next season.

Without him, Li Mo's success and Sina Sports' decent traffic last season made Wutai executives unable to sit still.

The huge amount of traffic represents a large amount of advertising costs, and there is no need to worry about ratings for games with Li Mo. As long as Li Mo leads the team to the Champions League knockout this season, the five channels will make money.

It's just that the time of the Champions League match is really too dark, and it is very unfriendly to the audience in Huaguo, but at this moment, seeing the soaring ratings recorded in real time in the backstage, several high-level leaders of Wutai are completely relieved.

On the front line of the pitch, He Wei, who was standing on the sidelines, was also reporting the scene to the camera. Behind him was the half-court where the Sheffield United players stayed, and the camera would focus on Li Mo from time to time.

"This stadium, which has come out of Laurent Blanc, Eric Cantona, Carlos Valderrama, will face a strong challenge from Sheffield United today, and the fans of Montpellier are still supporting The team they love, as always, but"

He Wei's on-site reports are still very stable, but at the moment the Huaguo fans are focusing on Li Mo who is behind the camera.

After the players from both sides finished warming up, Li Mo came over deliberately, smiled and waved to the camera, and said hello to He Wei.

But this time he has to go back to the locker room to do the final mobilization with Speed, so he can't waste too much time, so after a brief greeting, Li Mo trotted to keep up with his teammates and walked into the player tunnel .

Sheffield United has been preparing for this game for a long time from the coaching staff to the players. Needless to say the importance, Speed ​​just emphasized in the last ten minutes not to underestimate the enemy and try to avoid unnecessary mistakes.

In more than 20 days, the coaching staff has collected as much information as possible about the Montpellier team.

It has to be said that it was a miracle for Montpellier to win the championship against the local tyrant Paris last season. As a grassroots team, it won the league championship in the third season of promotion to Ligue [-]. Montpellier created a miracle , also known as the "Kaiserslautern" of France by the media.

They played pragmatic football, and relied on tacit cooperation and teamwork to defeat opponents who were much more valuable than them one after another.

In this team, Giroud, who scored 21 goals and sent [-] assists last season, is naturally the absolute core and arrow figure of the offense.

If Giroud is still in Montpellier this season, then Speed ​​may have to formulate a double-team tactic to deal with this high center forward.

But Arsenal's shot made Giroud give up the temptation to play in the Champions League. Montpellier's offensive threat dropped sharply without Giroud. For Sheffield United, there is no need to specifically target a certain player's defense tactical.

Not that necessary.

The gap in strength between the two teams is huge. Even though Montpellier was the champion of Ligue [-] last season, they sold the player with the thickest thighs in the team after winning the championship. It can be said that this season's Montpellier and Montpellier last season was completely two teams.

The only thing Speed ​​is worried about now is that after the game starts, the Sheffield United players will make unforced errors due to nervousness.

The other is the referee's whistleblowing scale.

If he played normally, he still has great confidence in his disciples.

Li Mo also knew what Speed ​​was worried about, so in the final mobilization, he first calmed down the emotions of his teammates, and then boosted their morale.

In this game, they want to win, win neatly, win beautifully, and win without any suspense.

They have no experience on their side, and the same is true on Montpellier's side. Everyone is playing in the Champions League for the first time, and they are not the same. It makes no sense that you adapt faster than me.

At this point, Sheffield United and Montpellier are on the same starting line, and as long as Sheffield United is familiar with the rhythm of playing, they will drag Montpellier into the quagmire of strangling tactics.

With anticipation and a little apprehension, the players of Sheffield United shouted loudly to cheer themselves up in the end, and under the leadership of Li Mo, they also walked out of the dressing room one after another, and they were only one step away from stepping into the Champions League. away!

Li Mo stood at the front of the team without looking sideways. A few minutes later, the referee on duty in Spain signaled the players of both sides to come out with him.

Accompanied by the deafening drumbeats and vocals at the scene, players from both sides lined up. Hearing the theme song of the UEFA Champions League for the first time, Li Mo felt goosebumps all over his body, and a surging passion was in his heart emerge.

The same is true of the players standing next to him. Bell, who has participated in the Champions League before, is a little "calm" at the moment.

If Li Mo hadn't caught a glimpse of Bell's hands clasped tightly behind his back, he would have been deceived by his calm expression.

"This is the Champions League! Even if it is just an ordinary group match, its meaning is completely different from that of the league. No wonder Arsenal are desperately fighting for the fourth place at the end of each season."

After sighing in his heart, Li Mo felt sorry for Arsenal.

Arsenal's performance last season was not indomitable. They were abused so badly by Manchester United in the early stages of the league. Under the crisis of successive losses, they could slowly climb into the top four in the middle and late stages.

For a period of time in the middle, it even overwhelmed Sheffield United.

After finally getting the fourth position, but because of Chelsea, they were squeezed out of the Champions League. This season, they had to play in the Europa League. Speaking of it, this can be regarded as the butterfly effect brought by Li Mo.

But Li Mo can only say sorry to the factory in his heart.

The rise of Sheffield United is bound to change the structure of the Premier League. The era of chaos has arrived ahead of time. The strong will be strong, and the weak will perish. In order not to become a stepping stone for other teams, Sheffield United can only step on other teams. up.

But Li Mo also has the confidence to lead Sheffield United to achieve better results in the Champions League, at least not weaker than Arsenal, right?
Then set a small goal first, and the group will qualify first!

After determining the goal in his heart, Li Mo suddenly felt excited.

When you feel a little lost on the road of struggle, set a target for yourself, and it really works.

It’s a pity for our factory. After being led by Li Mo to snatch the Champions League qualification, Li Mo also used it as a target to surpass. The tool factory was hammered.
At 19:45 in the evening, after a simple pre-match ceremony, the referee on duty blew the whistle for the start of the game on time, and the 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League season officially started!

Amidst the thunderous cheers of the home fans, Montpellier played a little cautiously, and did not rush to attack immediately after kick-off.

On the one hand, Giroud's departure made them a little uncomfortable, and they couldn't find the arrows to attack, and on the other hand, they were also a little nervous.

Winning the Ligue [-] championship is already unimaginable for this group of players. Standing on the Champions League at this moment, it is definitely not impossible to say that the legs are weak, but nervousness and apprehension are inevitable.

Sheffield United launched a high-position press at the beginning.

As a defensive side, Sheffield United now has much less pressure to bear, so they simply let go to press.

While usually used to playing in Ligue [-], Montpellier is very uncomfortable facing Sheffield United's defensive strength and high-intensity rhythm at this time.

To put it bluntly, the style of Ligue [-] is Latin style, technology is popular, and the intensity of the game is much worse than that of the Premier League.

Skilled players are very popular in Ligue [-], and they have a lot of room for personal development, but in the Premier League, the first thing this type of players have to face is that the defensive players are constantly oppressing their bodies. Want to have the space to dribble comfortably?That is impossible.

Speaking of the most representative star, how miserable was Ronaldo in the Premier League?

Even in the few seasons after he became famous, it was said that he was shoveled when he was shoveled, and scenes of being shoveled two or three times in one attack abounded.

In other words, his physical endurance is simply against the sky, and I am afraid that it would have been useless if it were another person.

So when the style of the Premier League collided with the style of Ligue [-], the Ligue [-] teams were the first to adapt, especially Montpellier, a team that hadn't played in Europe for many years.

I've never seen Sheffield United play like this. When they grab it, they don't give the space and clearance for the backcourt to organize. If they take the ball and pass it a little slower, people will rush to their faces. How have Montpellier players met before? Been in this situation?
Therefore, it was only 4 minutes into the opening, and Montpellier couldn't help it. Facing another press by Li Mo and Vardy, they could only choose to kick off with their big feet.

Duan Xuan was full of praise for Sheffield United's defensive arrangement at the beginning.

"This is the advantage of the Premier League teams. It is said that the pace of the Champions League will be very fast, but the Premier League teams do not need to waste too much time to adapt, because compared to other leagues, their league itself The tempo is fast, and Montpellier will be stunned because their players have never seen this kind of pressing force, and it is really difficult for them to adapt to the intensity of the game in a few minutes."

Yan Qiang shook his head as he watched Matic easily throw the football over the head of the 1.7-meter-five Kamara to Drinkwater in the backcourt.

"Moreover, the height of Montpellier's players is suppressed. The tallest player in their backcourt is the 1.8-meter-four central defender Mbiwa. The offensive players in the frontcourt are generally under 1.8 meters in height. It's not that Xiao Kuailing is not good. But when your offensive players are all quick and quick, it’s too much of a disadvantage in terms of confrontation.”

As soon as Yan Qiang's voice fell, Drinkwater, who was holding the ball, directly hoisted the ball forward. Li Mo, who retreated, completely ignored the interference from Montpellier's midfielder Sexi, jumped high, and threw his head The ball was ferried to Bell who was plugged in from the left.

Sheffield United's offense was very simple, but it also hit the key point of Montpellier.

When the height of your two defensive midfielders is only about 1.8 meters, and the tallest central defender is only 1.8 meters four, Li Mo is a giant that Montpellier can't stop in the half.

In front of Li Mo, who is 1.9 meters tall and weighs more than [-] kilograms, Montpellier's backcourt players can only watch Li Mo play the ball, and they can't guard against it at all!

"Bell's insertion, Sheffield United's offense was very simple, but Montpellier seemed to be unable to stop it. Bell passed! He ate Boccali raw!"

In Duan Xuan's quick commentary, Belson overtook Montpellier's right-back Boccali, and then sent a decisive cross from the bottom.

It's a pity that the ball was given a little too high. Although Vardy tried hard to reach the ball behind the Montpellier penalty area, he was still a little short. In the end, he could only give Bell a big one. thumb.

Li Mo also waved his hand regretfully.

The game has just started, and Bell's pass is also looking for a feeling. If his feet are hot, this pass should be able to be delivered to Vardy.

Speed ​​also patted his forehead nervously on the sidelines, but soon he applauded to indicate that the offense was well played.

Facing a team like Montpellier, playing skill is the most impractical tactic. It is to cut their offensive space and then counterattack quickly. With Li Mo in the formation, playing high-altitude balls is one-on-one. , who made your midfielder and defender short?
Now there is no Premier League team that dares to play this kind of lineup against Sheffield United. It can only be said that Montpellier's research on Sheffield United is not thorough enough. They stripped themselves and sent them to Sheffield United. Thank you The Philippine Federation is simply sorry for itself if it doesn't bite down.

"Why did Girard send such a lineup? This is a very serious mistake. Could it be that he was also bewitched by the news from the media before the game? Li's header ability does not need to be studied too much, right? Ceci had absolutely no ability to fight back in front of Li, and Girard's tactical arrangement was a bit inappropriate."

The French commentator was a little anxious, but he couldn't scold him explicitly, he could only point out the problem of Montpellier coach Girard's formation.

There will only be one Li Mo involved in the attack. If Sheffield United gets a corner kick later, Maguire, Vertonghen, Matic and Li Mo will squeeze into Montpellier's four 1.9-meter headers. In the penalty area, how can Montpellier defend against two central defenders who don't have two 1.8 meters five?
This is simply giving points to Sheffield United!
But this game has just started, even if Girard realizes his mistake, it is too late to adjust, or in other words, there are not many players in his hands that can actually be used.

After winning the championship last season, the Montpellier team lost several main players. The players who can play this season have already shown their cards. Girard wants high center forwards and tall defenders, but the team owner has no money. Can't buy it!
This is the tragedy of a small team. Even if they win the league championship, they can't continue to strengthen and pursue higher honors. They often end up being torn apart by powerful players waving checks.

If Sheffield United hadn't been acquired by the giants of China, it might not have escaped such a fate in Xia Chuang.

The fate of the two teams that created miracles last season is completely different at this moment. It can only be said that time is fate.

On the field, Montpellier, who was stunned by Sheffield United on both offense and defense, quickly fell into a disadvantage.

Faced with such a situation, the Montpellier players subconsciously used their usual defensive methods in Ligue [-].

Foul if indecisive.

It was still a very rough, even rough foul.

The defensive intensity of Ligue [-] is not high, but the fouls are too big, but when the Montpellier players habitually kick their feet, they ignore that this is not in Ligue [-].

The Spanish referee on duty was not at all accustomed to the "logging action" of the Montpellier players, and immediately blew the whistle, and then made a move to Montpellier's midfielder Estrada Stern verbal warning.

The verbal warning is okay, but what the Montpellier players can't accept is that Sheffield United won a set kick on the right, about 32 meters away from the goal!
Even the dullest Montpellier players realized at this time that giving Sheffield United such a set-piece opportunity is killing them!
Girard also immediately expressed his dissatisfaction to the fourth official off the court. Perhaps in his opinion, Estrada's defensive action was not enough to constitute a foul, but Speed ​​did not let him at all, with His teaching assistant walked over to the fourth official angrily.

"That's a murderous move! It's very rude and vulgar! I don't think such a move should appear in a professional game. It's a disgrace to football. My players are still in pain. How dare you Does that count as a foul?"

"Damn it, who did you say murdered!"

Seeing that the head coaches of the two sides also quarreled, the fourth official also had a big head, and quickly and severely stopped the two sides and ordered them to return to their respective positions immediately.

Seeing this, Speed ​​shrugged and went back honestly, but Girard felt that his lungs were about to explode.

But under the serious gaze of the fourth official, he also had to return to his position honestly.

The referee's penalty has already been made, and the penalty will not be changed at this time. After arguing for a while, the Montpellier players had no choice but to build a human wall in front of and inside the penalty area to defend.

However, when seeing the four big men of Sheffield United, Bell and Vardy, all rushing into the Montpellier penalty area, the French commentator instantly became nervous.

The Montpellier fans at the scene also stared nervously at Drinkwater who took the penalty, and kept praying in their hearts that Drinkwater would not perform properly.

Because in comparison, the scene is really a bit "tragic".

Maguire and Matic at 1.9 meters four, Vertonghen and Li Mo at 1.9 meters, four players lined up, but the tallest player in Montpellier is Mbiwa at 1.8 meters four.

Standing next to Maguire, Nambiwa seemed to disappear directly, a whole circle smaller!

But at this moment, Sheffield United did not give Montpellier any extra time to think. After the referee blew the whistle, Drinkwater raised his right arm high, gave tactical instructions, and then took two steps to run Deliver this set-piece.

The arc of drinking brother's set ball is very beautiful. Almost at the moment he sent it, Maguire and Vertonghen rushed forward, leading as many as four players from Montpellier. The defensive players follow suit.

After the football drew an arc in the air, Matic used his huge body to block another central defender Hilton of Montpellier, and Li Mo hit the goal with Vardy at the back point at this time. Straight out!

All the narrators and fans were watching the football flying in the air. Vardy's preemptive jump did not touch the football, but his action also messed up Montpellier's midfielder Estrada, waiting for Li Mo When he took off with all his strength, no one could interfere with him at the point behind the goal!
"Drinkwater's serve. The football went around! Vardy and Li Mo are both in the back! Li Mo——!!!"

Duan Xuan was supporting the table and staring at the live broadcast monitor with full concentration. When he saw Li Mo stretching his body and shaking his head to attack the goal, his heart couldn't restrain his heart beating wildly!
This header Li Mo hit the ball firmly, and the movement of shaking his head and attacking the goal was also very stretched.

Montpellier's goalkeeper Youdren moved quickly from front to back, even though he finally made a save, but faced with Li Mo's powerful header, he threw it in the wrong direction!
The football staggered away from Yudren's defense, flew straight to the middle of the goal under his gaze, and finally hit the net with its head, causing a snow-white ripple.

And Duan Xuan and Yan Qiang also roared passionately in the live broadcast room above the stadium!

"The goal is in!!! Li Mo's header hit the goal! You Delun didn't save it, Li Mo scored a goal-!!! The first Champions League goal of a Huaguo player! Li Mo once again refreshed Huaguo Player history! He is making record after record!!!”

At this moment, the commentator of Sky Sports also raised his arms and shouted.

"The first UEFA Champions League game, the first UEFA Champions League goal! Only 13 minutes into the game! After conquering the Premier League, the big devil of Sheffield United set his sights on the whole of Europe! No event can stop him from advancing, Neither can the Champions League!!!”

　Watching the S game early this morning, I woke up at five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and I delayed the update. I would like to apologize to my brothers.

　　Then, I was autistic, why is it especially the Korean Civil War, tired.
　　
　
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