opening a balotelli

Chapter 265 Standing out on top of the marksman list

After Li Lijun left a lot of copies of documents, he left in a hurry.

He hadn't been home for several months, and he couldn't wait to go back to Barnsley to see his wife and children. Li Mo felt a little embarrassed when he saw this.

If it weren't for his busy schedule, my uncle wouldn't have been so busy in the past two years. He used to take his wife and children to visit Spain and Italy from time to time, but this year he didn't even spend much time with his family. many.

Seeing Li Mo's blushing, Li Lijun laughed and patted Li Mo's shoulder to comfort him.

"Your good football, that's the greatest reward for me. I told your father when I brought you out that year, I must see the success of the turtle in this life. Just leave these things to me. I'm your uncle, why are you blushing? I'll go first. When you finish playing the League Cup at the end of the month, come over for dinner. Your cousin has been arguing for a long time and wants you to take him to play."

Li Mo nodded in response, and then sent his uncle out with Charlie.

Charlie didn't just come to see Li Mo today, he picked up several endorsement contracts in England and Germany, including banks and watch brands, and he was about to let Li Mo see if there was any problem.

A rare day of rest has to deal with a lot of work, but Li Mo has gradually gotten used to this pace of life recently.

He asked about the progress of his customized car. After reading several endorsement contracts and checking the meeting time with the brand, Li Mo had time to chat with Charlie.

"We checked the tone of acquaintances and felt that you have a high possibility of entering the top ten of the Golden Globes this time. However, in the selection of the best FIFA team at the end of the year, you must be mentally prepared this time. More towards Radamel."

Charlie gave Li Mo a brief explanation of some of the information he had collected during this period.

Radamel is Falcao. He has won the UEFA Cup for two consecutive seasons and was the top scorer of the competition. The championship honor is still very important.

Li Mo has nothing to say about this.

Who made him only win one League Cup this year.

"However, at the end of the year UEFA's best team basically has a place for you. You are now second only to Cristiano and Messi in the limelight in Europe. Jorge is already starting to arrange the campaign plan for next month. When the fans vote, your position is secure."

For UEFA's best team of the year, Li Mo does not take it very seriously. This thing is equivalent to a popularity award, but it is better than nothing.

It can only be said that the past two years have not belonged to him yet.

The top ten Golden Globes, a UEFA Team of the Year, plus a Golden Boy Award, may already be considered a bumper harvest for other young players.

But Li Mo didn't feel satisfied at all.

"If you don't win the Ballon d'Or, you can't be called a success. Even No.2 can only be regarded as the biggest loser. Who will remember the lower-ranked players?"

Li Mo shook his head and did not continue to talk about this topic with Charlie.

The two chatted for a while, and when Maguire and Stones came back, it was exactly six o'clock in the afternoon, and they went to the city for dinner.

Because there will be restorative training tomorrow, they didn't waste much time outside, and went home soon after eating. Li Mo and the others also took a rest early.

This time there is relatively little rest time, so the next day's training volume is not very large. Speed ​​mainly checks the players' status and asks the team doctor to evaluate the health of the main players.

Fortunately, the rotation was proper some time ago, and most of the main players are fine. Except for Bell who was asked by the team doctor to rest for a few more days, the rest of the main players can basically play in the league against Fulham.

But considering the fourth round of the League Cup at the end of the month, Speed ​​did not let all the main players start against Fulham in the end.

Bale will rest at home for two more days. Joaquin, Matic, Matic, and Trippier will also be on the bench. They will have enough energy to play in the League Cup on October 10th. Don't be too careless.

On the afternoon of October 10th, the players of Sheffield United were still sitting at home and ushered in the challenge of Fulham, which is currently ranked tenth in the league.

After leaving Dembele this season, Fulham's midfield strength has been weakened, but they used the funds from selling Dembele to make a lot of signings during the summer window. The performance in the eight rounds of the league was not bad.

In the last two league games, Fulham has one win and one tie, at least the state is playing out.

In this game, Speed ​​also just arranged for Dembele to start, giving his old club a "surprise".

Half an hour before the start of the game, Sheffield United's starting roster was first released and was taken by commentators from various countries.

Li Mo is still partnering with Vardy in the striker line, and De Bruyne has won a starting position. He played as a left midfielder today, and the right midfielder is played by Dutch player Dirk Dirk.

I have to say that Speed ​​is now more and more fond of Dirk.

When he was introduced at the beginning of the season, Speed ​​originally planned to use him as a fourth overall pick as a backup forward.

But it was by virtue of his hard work and versatility that he won Speed's trust.

Able to play center forward, winger, full-back, and even guest-playing full-back. Dirk Dirk is hard-working on the training ground. He can play any position without ambiguity. He also works hard on defense. Such a player does not please the coach. Strange.

Because of the versatile attributes of Dirk, Speed ​​dared to let Joaquin take a rest as a substitute in this game.

Driven has rich experience and plenty of physical fitness. He can play up and down as a winger. He may not be able to contribute statistics, but he can definitely support both offense and defense.

Brother Drinking Water is currently in good physical condition and physical condition. He is firmly seated in a starting position in the middle, and Dembele acts as the second organization point.

On the defensive line, from left to right are Cresswell, Vertonghen, Maguire and Medel.

The goalkeeper position is still Sommer.

Even with the rotation, today's Sheffield United is still strong. At least Fulham's coach Martin Jol dare not be careless at all.

With the sample reference of eight games at the beginning of the season, many teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league now have a clear understanding of the strength of Sheffield United this season.

Last season, they could still get points from Sheffield United from time to time because of the lack of depth of Sheffield United's bench, but it is very difficult to get three points from Sheffield United this season.

After the problem of the poor strength of the substitute players that plagued Sheffield United was resolved, even if Sheffield United sent a pure rotation lineup, the hard power is stronger than most of the Premier League teams.

Not to mention that with Li Mo as a big killer on the field, the abuse of food is not stable.

Of course, the Fulham players don't think their strength is poor, but they still don't have the guts to face Sheffield United head-on.

Martin Jol is also a real person. He doesn't talk about decency, and he puts on a three-five-two array when he comes up.

Many Sheffield United players are familiar with this formation. Back then, when they were in the English Championship, they relied on this formation all the way to the Premier League.

But after the game started, Li Mo became more and more uncomfortable.

Well, at first glance it was three-five-two. As soon as Sheffield United had an offensive momentum, the Fulham players quickly adjusted their formation to five-four-one.

Only one of the two forward players was a serious forward, and the other was a cameo in the midfield. When defending, he retreated to the position of the central midfielder very skillfully.

"Hey, Martin Jol came prepared. He put his defensive thoughts on his feet as soon as he came up. He is smart enough. The tactical thinking of other teams is not unified enough. After being scored by Sheffield United, it is easy to fall into chaos, but Fulham's five defenders are directly arranged, which is also decisive enough, let's not talk about whether the counterattack can be played, and the defense should be done first, okay."

"I feel that the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League have reacted. They can't play against Sheffield United like the previous teams. I have to say that Martin Jol played with a clear card. It depends on Speed ​​and the players on the field. What should the Sheffield United players do, should they continue to attack aggressively, or should they think of a way in terms of set kicks?"

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu were analyzing the current situation in the studio, and the Sheffield United fans booed Fulham's conservative style of play.

But like most strong teams, Sheffield United fans may need to get used to such a scene.

As Sheffield United's name becomes more and more famous, and their performance in the Premier League and the Champions League is getting better and better, the teams in the middle and lower reaches will play more and more conservative and utilitarian when facing them.

In the fiercely competitive Premier League, not only the strong teams are constantly thinking about changes and constantly adjusting and improving their tactics, but the weak teams are also constantly thinking about changes.

After all, if you don't think about changing, you may be eliminated at any time. No one wants to be relegated to play in the British Championship. If you can't get three points, getting one point is acceptable to these mid-lower teams.

Facing Fulham's iron barrel formation, Speed ​​did not make any adjustments. He believed that the players on the field knew what to do.

They have long been mentally prepared for this situation. They usually practice how to break the bus on the training ground, just play slowly.

After Drinkwater passed the trial period in the opening stage, he encouraged De Bruyne on the left to take the ball and try to dominate the offense.

Drinkwater is very optimistic about this young player, not only because of Speed's entrustment, but mainly because De Bruyne's talent is too amazing.

Small skills are rough, sometimes the choice of passing is too risky, and the experience is not rich enough.
De Bruyne has many shortcomings, but compared with his keen court insight and imaginative passing skills, the above-mentioned problems are not a problem.

To deal with this kind of team with iron barrels, in addition to some conventional offensive tactics, it often requires the subtle cooperation of geniuses.

The cooperative effect of De Bruyne and Li Mo was fully reflected in the previous game against Chelsea.

Drinkwater is still admiring De Bruyne's shocking pass. Today, the Belgian teenager will start again, and the drinking brother is also looking forward to it.

If there is another similar exquisite pass, Brother Drinking Water believes that Li Mo will definitely not waste the opportunity.

Not only the fans like to watch such a wonderful cooperation, but the players on the field also like to watch it!

De Bruyne didn't show any coy attitude when facing the ball handed over by his own midfielder.

He can not take the ball, but as a midfielder with a strong desire to attack, it is naturally better to have the ball in his hands.

To break the bus, in addition to the striker's ability to seize opportunities, it also depends on the accuracy of the passer's delivery of shells.

Now in Sheffield United, De Bruyne dare not say that he is the number one in other aspects, but he has very strong self-confidence in passing threatening balls.

Bell and Joaquin are inferior to him in this aspect. In terms of cooperation with Li Mo, he thinks that he is the one who can make Li Mo eat cakes most comfortably.

With little hesitation, shortly after taking over the ball, De Bruyne and Dembele cooperated to ignite the battle as much as possible to Fulham's defensive third area.

With Vardy's constant support and movement, De Bruyne quickly found a lot of passing opportunities on the sideline and rib area.

He dared to pass, Li Mo and Vardy also dared to run, and there was a Dirk on the right who was ready to insert into the penalty area at any time. De Bruyne gave full play to his advantages and passed the ball from the left half of the area. It was issued, and the air defense siren sounded in Fulham's restricted area in an instant.

Martin Jol was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai at the beginning. After all, it was just a cross tactic, a very simple routine.

He admitted that Li Mo's ability to fight for the top is very strong, but there are three central defenders in the penalty area, and there are two midfielders who can defend at any time in front of the penalty area.
But soon Martinjol couldn't sit still.

It's not because of how well Li Mo played, but De Bruyne's pass is too "evil"!

The ball passed by De Bruyne was fast, but it happened to be very accurate, with a strong spin.

This makes it difficult for Fulham's defensive players to find the defensive position in the first place.

Even if they got stuck in the first step, Fulham's central defender did not dare to push out forcibly in the face of the whirling football, for fear of giving the Sheffield United players a second chance to grab points.

They can only destroy the ball out of the sideline or the bottom line first, but in this way, they give Sheffield United a chance for a throw-in or a corner kick in the frontcourt.

Sheffield United is not Stoke City, and they don't know how to play throw-in grenade tactics, but they can't stand it. There are so many opportunities, and Li Mo is very good at fighting for the top. After a few times, Li Mo's header ferry was added to Vardy and Ku. Yi Te's plugging scared Martin Jol into a cold sweat.

Let’s look at Sheffield United’s corner kick again. Even though Matic didn’t start today, Dembele is also tall and big. Dee, Martin Joulton tensed up.

"Damn it!"

While shouting loudly on the sidelines to make the players pay attention to defense, Martin Jol complained in his heart.

I thought that if Bell and Joaquin didn't play today, Sheffield United's ability to make local breakthroughs will drop a lot, and they will get a lot of income from setting up the bus.

As a result, I didn't expect that Sheffield United would not play the wing breakthrough today, and De Bruyne on the left would pass hard, and the special code could always send threats!
As a result Sheffield United got a lot of throw-ins and corners in their half.

To keep playing like this, Martin Jol feels that his players will not last long.

Which defense line in the Premier League can withstand the continuous impact of Li Mo and Maguire's two animals, at least they can't stand Fulham.

In desperation, Martin Jol had no choice but to give instructions on tactical adjustments, allowing the defensive players on the midfielder and the wing to restrict De Bruyne, and don't let him get the chance to pass the ball easily.

But when Fulham's right midfielder and right back began to double-team De Bruyne, Dembele laughed in his heart.

He decisively inserted into the rib space in front of Fulham's penalty area many times, which is to play the defensive space after Fulham's right midfielder was pulled out.

No. 203 minutes in the first half, Dembele finally waited for a better opportunity.

De Bruyne knocked the ball across when he was double-teamed. Dembele dribbled the ball towards Fulham's penalty area before another Fulham midfielder Baird intercepted, attracting Fulham. Mu's right central defender Aron Hughes had to pull out to defend.

Vardy raised his hand at the back point, which attracted another central defender not to abandon his defensive position at will, and there was only Hangeland left beside Li Mo.

The central defender is tall and strong, with a height of close to 1.9 meters [-]. He is close to Li Mo, unwilling to give Li Mo any space to take off.

But Dembele did not hang the ball into the penalty area as before, but after attracting enough defenders, he suddenly slammed the ball to the left.

It turned out that De Bruyne, who had been double-teamed before, had been alerted to the bottom of the wing. As soon as Dembele's ball went past, De Bruyne almost didn't need to adjust, and sent a cross directly from the side. !

Li Mo also started suddenly at this time.

Aron Hughes didn't have time to return to the defense, Hangeland was slow and couldn't keep up with him at all.

This is a great opportunity to get ahead!
Fulham's goalkeeper Schwarzer, the Australian goalkeeper who had just played against Li Mo, moved his body sideways at the first time, trying to block the possibility of Li Mo hitting the close corner.

But Schwarzer, who is 40 years old this year, seems to Li Mo to move too slowly!

Facing the incoming ball, Li Mo didn't make any adjustments, just stretched out his left foot to push decisively, and the football went straight into the net by rubbing the inside of the goal post before Schwarzer blocked the near corner!
"De Bruyne made a pass! Li Mo's shot! Good shot!!! Li Mo and De Bruyne didn't make any adjustments, one passed directly, the other hit directly! The ball scored, Li Mo's No. 13 goals in the personal league! Van Persie, who is ranked below him, has scored [-] goals in [-] rounds of the league. This is a very good opening statistic in previous seasons, but Li Mo still widens the gap between the two When it reaches five goals, it can only be said to be terrible!"

Looking at Li Mo who was laughing and kneeling in celebration on the sidelines, Zhan Jun shook his head and laughed.

Yiqi Juechen, Yiqi Juechen!

(End of this chapter)