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Zhan Jun laughed. While domestic fans were still curious about the meaning of Li Mo's celebration today, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu had already changed the topic to the game.

"Li Mo's goal speeded up the game. Now Laudrup can only choose to let the Swansea players put all their energy into attacking. But today Michu was put on the front line and played still It’s a bit difficult for him to face Sheffield United’s defense at the centre-forward position.”

"That's right, Michu is still more suitable for the position of midfielder or second striker. Although Graham's goals this season did not meet expectations, but let him stand at the forefront and serve as a bridgehead for Michu. Yes, I think Laudrup may need to consider replacing Graham. Xiao Li is in very good form today. If Sheffield United can play well, hehe, Swansea's defense will not be able to withstand it. Let's make a fuss."

Sheffield United broke the game early, and Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu seemed very relaxed.

After today's round of the league, the progress of the Premier League is really over half. According to the momentum of Sheffield United, even if the record in the second half is discounted, it is relatively easy to get [-] league points.

Judging from the points situation of the Premier League champions in previous years, if Sheffield United gets [-] league points, it will basically be stable.

Of course, if Sheffield United's performance in the second half continues to be so strong, they are very likely to break Mourinho's record of 95 points in a single season set by Chelsea.

The Chelsea team in the 04-05 season was quite strong. Not only did they only lose one game in the league, they also set a record for the fewest goals conceded and the most points for winning the championship in a single season.

And last year, Real Madrid led by Mourinho set a record of winning [-]% in La Liga. Such a feat really shocked countless fans.

Magic Bird has also become the coach who holds the record of winning two league championships.

It can be said that in the past few years, Mourinho, who led Inter Milan to win the Champions League and then led Real Madrid to attack Barcelona, ​​is in the limelight, and his reputation is much better than when he coached Manchester United later.

As the current "Madman II" recognized by the English media, if Speed ​​can really break the league championship record of 95 points set by Mourinho that year, that would be too much of a gimmick.

The traffic of Sheffield United and Mourinho will inevitably satiate the entire English media circle.

Of course, Sheffield United must win the championship in a record-breaking way in order for these media people to catch up on Mourinho's traffic and topics.

And Mourinho, who is on vacation in Portugal at this time, may not have imagined that he has been away from the Premier League for so many years, and the English media still want to talk about his topic.

Speed ​​didn't expect to break the record so far. He and the Sheffield United players now have a very realistic goal. Just win the championship steadily, and he doesn't care if he breaks the so-called record.

In the devil's schedule in winter, in order to protect the health of the players as much as possible, his tactics changed from the bold style some time ago and became "utilitarian".

After Li Mo scored the goal, Speed ​​quickly signaled the players to shrink their formation. …

Medel started today. His coverage area and sweeping ability in the midfield are stronger than Matic. It is better to deal with a team like Swansea who uses ground skills.

If Sheffield United can get a two-goal lead later on, then Speed ​​may want to replace Drinkwater with Matic and directly resort to Sheffield United's strongest defensive double midfielder combination.

It is always the most cost-effective deal to play defense and counter-attack after leading. Sheffield United started with this tactic, which can be described as handy.

It's just that for the Swansea players, this game was very uncomfortable.

Fans can enjoy the game and don't care about winning or losing, but they, the players who play on the court, can't be so open-minded.

When there is still a chance, it is natural to try your best to fight for the possibility of an equalizer, and Laudrup quickly made tactical adjustments.

Swansea has achieved this season's results, and Michu has contributed a lot. Now that the team is in trouble, Laudrup is also pinning his hopes on Michu.

"Swansea chose to attack aggressively! Laudrup doesn't seem to plan to wait until the halftime break to adjust. This also echoes the current tactical style of this Swansea team! They chose to defend against the Premier League. The toughest team charged, it was a brave decision, and it was a brave team!"

Sky Sports' special guest today was full of praise for Laudrup's tactical decision.

This is the Premier League!
Not all mid-range teams will become flustered or choose to be conservative when they fall behind. In the Premier League, mid-lower teams dare to fight back when they fall behind. Regardless of whether it is effective or not, the game scene and confrontation intensity are not comparable to other leagues. of.

Facing the midfield space that Sheffield United deliberately gave up, Swansea quickly occupied it as a whole. Routes became scarcer.

Michu can retreat or play the ball, but he is not the kind of player who can advance into the enemy's penalty area with the ball alone.

Swansea's forward midfielder Routledge's ability to hold the ball is not bad, but that is on the premise of putting him on the wing, and asking him to break through Sheffield United's densely populated center defense is purely embarrassing him.

Laudrup's technical team Swansea can enjoy tactical bonuses against other mid-range teams, but Sheffield United's style just restrains them. In terms of player strength, the gap between the two teams is relatively large. big.

At the beginning of the season, Li Mo was a little bit afraid of Swansea's ability to explode seeds, but now it seems that Mi Chu's explosive seeds are simply dragging Swansea forward.

Now Sheffield United is already a team at another level. With style restraint and the gap in player strength, under the double pressure, it is even more difficult for Swansea to make a comeback.

However, Sheffield United still respect Michu as a player. After Medel didn't stick to the defense, he asked Drinkwater and the recovered Joaquin to stick to him.

Anyway, he is currently the fourth-ranked star in the Premier League scorer list. Speed's research on Michu is still in place.

"This defensive ability is simply suffocating! Bale and Joaquin have no airs at all, and they also launched a sweeping interception against Swansea's advance near the midfield. In Sheffield United's defensive system, both of them seem to have very good defensive efficiency. It has improved a lot. Now only Li Mo is still in Swansea's half, but even if Li Mo is alone, Swansea's defensive players still dare not take it lightly. He alone can guarantee that Sheffield United will play once A successful counterattack!" ...

As soon as the commentator's voice fell, Sheffield United really played a simple and efficient counterattack by stealing the ball in the backcourt.

After receiving the broken ball from Drinkwater, Trippier made a long diagonal pass to find Li Mo.

Ji Chengyong was separated by Li Mo's back, and while stopping the ball with his chest, Li Mo began to observe the forward runs of his teammates on the two sides.

Bell's previous counter-attack forward made the Swansea players more wary of his performance today, so there are at least two Swansea players who are standing next to Bell and hindering his speed. Li Mo saw this He decisively distributed the ball to Joaquin who was plugging in from the right.

The advance of the ball was very comfortable. Joaquin didn't need to slow down to catch the ball, and Sheffield United's overall counterattack speed didn't have to stop.

Joaquin entered Swansea's defensive third and began to cut inside. After attracting the attention of many defensive players, he stuffed the ball back to the side. Trippier who came up from the side was very comfortable and got a kicker Chance to cross.

Li Mo rushed to the front of the penalty area at the first time, and Trippier also quickly passed the ball, looking for the area where Li Mo ran to!

Ashley Williams and Ji Chengyong, who returned to defend, both double-teamed Li Mo at the first time, but Li Mo just jumped up and rubbed his head back against the incoming ball. In the middle of the restricted area behind him, outflanked Val Di decisively chose to hit the goal in the air!
Swansea goalkeeper Walm's attention was attracted by Li Mo. At this time, it was difficult for him to make a save in the face of Vardy's shot, let alone an extremely fast volley. !
When the football flew into the goal of Swansea again, the Bramall Lane Stadium under the rain and snow once again melted the cold of winter with enthusiasm and carnival!
After scoring the goal, Vardy also took off his jersey, revealing the white tights in his inner lining that are almost exactly the same as Li Mo's, with different people's names written on them!

Li Mo and Vardy crossed shoulders and rushed towards the area where the camera was located. The rest of the Sheffield United players followed closely behind. With the greetings of "Merry Christmas!", the Sheffield United players gathered around We celebrated our first half victory together.

The two main forwards both received yellow cards, but Speed ​​was unmoved, still smiling and applauding on the sidelines.

At this time, De Bruyne, Couint, Berbatov and Matic all stood up from the bench and started warming up.

I don't know if it was Speed's smoke bomb or he planned to replace one or two main players at halftime. This operation made Laudrup dare not make adjustments in the first half.

With the two-goal advantage in hand, Sheffield United's players became more and more calm on the field. If they can control the ball, they should control the ball as much as possible. If there is no good opportunity, they would rather pass back than attack blindly.

The Swansea players were exhausted a lot.

At the beginning of the second half, Speed ​​really replaced Drinkwater with Matic, Bell also took a rest, and De Bruyne played as a left midfielder.

Sheffield United's intention to slow down is obvious, and the next step is to look at Swansea's choice.

Anyway, Li Mo is still present, and if Swansea chooses to continue to attack, Li Mo can continue to act as a bridgehead for counterattack. …

De Bruyne does not have Bell's deadly threat to advance forward in counterattacks, but he has an imaginative pass and footwork.

The last game between Sheffield United and Manchester City has only been a few days. Laudrup must have studied De Bruyne's characteristics.

There may be many ways to limit an offensive player's progress with the ball, but it is too difficult to limit a player who can kick and send threatening passes from almost any area of ​​​​the midfield.

In the entanglement, the game time passed a lot, and finally when Laudrup made up his mind to fight, Speed ​​waved his hand and played the last card.

Dembele came to play and replaced Vardy, the hero of today's goal, and Sheffield United also successfully transformed into a four-two-three-one.

Laudrup was numb, so he had to make adjustments, and Speed ​​built two lines of defense in the midfield. If Swansea wanted to make a strong attack, they had to lose two layers of skins.

The only good news is that Speed ​​has played all three cards in his hand, and Swansea can arrange the next offensive tactics in a targeted manner. If it works, then Swansea can occupy a certain amount of initiative on the field.

Laudrup had a good idea, and the Swansea players did try their best to attack, but they didn't expect that Dembey, who seemed to be playing as a central midfielder, retreated to the midfielder shortly after he came on the field. On the line, Li Mo retreated to the midfield, filling the defensive gap in the middle.

Well, two midfielders became three midfielders, De Bruyne and Joaquin on the two wings assisted the full-backs in defense, and Li Mo in the middle changed, and the striker stopped playing, and directly turned into an intercepting midfielder, with good physical fitness and fast running. Regardless of whether you can grab the ball or not, at least Swansea's midfield organization was disrupted by him.

Laudrup almost smashed the tactical board on the turf, and he glared at Speed.

This is too brazen!

The third midfielder is not enough, and Li Mo has to be pulled back to clean up the midfield. Why can we have three substitutions, but you can play four substitutions!
This is not fair!

The commentators from various countries laughed out loud when they saw the classic Li Mo retreat defensive tactics.

In the past, Li Mo always retreated to the central defender line to defend, but now he can even play in the midfield, and the defensive effect is still decent.

With this sudden change, Sheffield United suffocated Swansea in the last 20 minutes. After the game, the players in Swansea all looked depressed.

They thought about the scene of losing to Sheffield United in a vigorous match, but they didn't expect to lose so aggrievedly.

Li Mo smiled and exchanged a few words with the depressed Mi Chu, and finally the two exchanged jerseys. At this time, the rest of the Christmas games basically came to an end.

曼联和纽卡斯尔打出了5-4的刺激对攻大战，换帅后的切尔西也是稳步前进，客场3-0完胜诺维奇，曼城算是有惊无险2-1拿下了桑德兰。

Coupled with the small 1-0 victories of Everton and West Bromwich Albion, today's top teams all won.

However, the time for celebration is always short. After this game is over, the next round of the league will come in three days, and the joy of victory will inevitably be diluted by the intensive schedule.

Sheffield United has made a good rotation plan. The main players who will start today will basically rest at home in the next round. After watching the schedule in early January, a bold idea suddenly appeared in Li Mo's mind.

"Guys, how about we win a domestic treble this season?"

When Li Mo posted such a message in the player group, the players of Sheffield United exploded!