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Chapter 295 The Man Against the "Western Super League"
Mendes is very clear that Ronaldo will not win the Ballon d'Or this year. It is estimated that by this time, the stubborn Ronaldo himself will understand.

If he could win the La Liga title and the Champions League title last year, no matter how many goals Messi scored, the Golden Globe would be his.

But he only had one league title last year. With Messi's annual performance of 91 goals, such a result is not enough to support him to overtake.

In other words, there is only one Ronaldo who can stir up a storm of public opinion and get a certain amount of votes when Messi scored 91 goals in the year.

If you change to other players, you can't even touch Messi's side.

Messi was so strong in 2012, so strong that it was completely unreasonable.

So now many people don't understand why Ronaldo still maintains such blind confidence in himself when the general situation is gone, and even Mendes is still spending money to help him build momentum.

The cost spent is destined to be irrecoverable.

For this reason, Mendes also complained a few words when talking with Li Mo.

According to his original intention, during the two weeks when La Liga was suspended due to the Christmas holiday, Ronaldo went out to play, relax, and stay with his family to calm down. There is no need to compete with Messi. This year's Golden Globes.

After all, the officials have clearly hinted several times. You yourself kicked a penalty kick in the air last season. Without the Champions League, take the lead to compete with someone who scored 91 goals a year.

But Ronaldo doesn't, no matter how much doubts, ridicule or even scolding from the outside world, Ronaldo is still the same as before, he just stubbornly believes in himself.

After Li Mo listened to Mendes' complaint, he didn't think Ronaldo was too arrogant like others.

"It's normal, he's Ronaldo."

He couldn't be more clear, 13 years after his previous life, how did Ronaldo succeed in outputting against the wind when he was over [-] years old.

Mendes couldn't open his eyes. When Messi was about to win his fourth Ballon d'Or this year, Mendes had actually lost confidence in the competition between Ronaldo and Messi. He didn't expect that Li Mo would still I am very optimistic about Ronaldo.

"Forget it, let's not talk about him for now. The custom-made suit is estimated to arrive in Sheffield in two days. Remember to try it out to see if it fits. If it doesn't fit, tell me. Let's change it in advance. There is still time. There are still some suits. I will ask Charlie to explain in detail about the interviews, it might be boring at the awards ceremony, but you must pay attention to your own image, be patient.”

Under Mendez's detailed explanation, Li Mo understood that going to the FIFA year-end award ceremony is not just as simple as getting reward points, but participating in this kind of ceremony itself is a kind of honor for the players.

After all, if you didn't have a certain achievement last year, or if you are not a former football superstar or a current football star, you simply cannot participate in this kind of ceremony.

"Anyway, when the time comes, I'll talk less and listen more. Just sit there and watch the people on the stage 'perform'. When it's my turn, go up and shake hands and get the trophy, and then stand and take a group photo with other people."

Li Mo summed it up, and Mendes was taken aback, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems to be the same reason.

The most attention-getting players on that night must be the top three in the Golden Globes, that is, Messi, Ronaldo and Iniesta. Li Mo is going to get the honor of the best 11 players of the year, as long as he doesn't talk nonsense.

"You make sense like this, but there are still some points that you need to pay attention to. Then I will ask Charlie's team to give you a brief training."

Mendes patted Li Mo's shoulder with a smile, and was about to chat with Li Mo for a while, but after looking at the time, he had to say goodbye to Li Mo and leave.

He actually came to Manchester today to discuss a few player transfers in the winter window.

Of course, it's not Manchester United, but Manchester City, which is famous in football today.

Master Bei is not very satisfied with the waist of the Manchester City team. After taking office, he has been thinking about changing to a stronger waist so that he can better organize his troops.

Don't mention Mendes now, the agents with good midfielders in Europe all go to Manchester one after another.

This local tyrant in Manchester City is very happy to pay, and he will not take it back if you increase the price. The commission and commission you get for making a big deal is much more than five or six ordinary transfers.

So now Mendes is just taking the time to make an appointment with Li Mo in Manchester, and then he will go to fight with several other economic predators.

Li Mo, on the other hand, digested the content of the conversation with Mendes a little bit, and then asked Charlie to drive him back to Sheffield.

In the afternoon, he will go to the home court with his teammates who are resting today to cheer for the team.

The Premier League has reached the No.20 round, and all the teams have now met Sheffield United. It can also be said that all the teams have a deep understanding of Sheffield United.

If you want to compete for the championship, you will inevitably be targeted by many teams on this road.

Before the start of this round of the game, West Ham United coach Allardyce expressed at the press conference that he was confident of taking points from Bramall Lane Stadium.

Such remarks attracted the attention of many reporters. Sheffield United fans didn't take Allardyce seriously, thinking that he was just a clown who lost to Sheffield United in the first half.

However, Li Mo felt that today, when their main players are resting and the opponent seems to be fully prepared, if the starting Sheffield United players don't cheer up, they may face a lot of difficulties.

However, Li Mo was only slightly worried. After all, with Speed ​​sitting on the sidelines, whoever dared to underestimate his opponent would want to be criticized.

Besides, the rotating Sheffield United lineup is much stronger than the newly promoted West Ham United. Even if Allardyce wants to work hard, it will be a draw at worst.

As long as you don't lose at home, the result is not bad. It is no big deal for Sheffield United to draw a game now, and there is enough room for error.

The relaxed mood finally overcame a little uneasiness. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Mo and Bell sat in the private room arranged by the club on time, watching the Sheffield United players kick off and attack West Ham United first.

Today Speed ​​formed a four-three-three offensive formation.

He still wants to score as much as possible in the first half, preferably with a lead of more than two goals, so that in the second half he can make targeted tactical adjustments based on Allardyce's so-called "backhand".

The situation at the beginning of the game was indeed developing as Speed ​​and the Sheffield United players thought.

Brother Xiaosha took the lead today. Even though he hasn't gained this level of tactical weight for some time, he still stood up very timely when the team needed it.

Pull the side, retreat to make the ball, and grab a shot in the penalty area.

In the 45 minutes of the first half, Berbatov used his comprehensiveness to help Sheffield United quickly open up the offensive end.

With him as the arrow, Dirk Dirk moved to disrupt the situation, Dembele then stepped in to attack, plus a De Bruyne who could send a threatening pass from the wing at any time, the entire half was almost defeated by Sheffield United. Offensive and defensive drills.

Of course, West Ham United is on the defensive side, and they are really in a panic.

However, the fans watched it lively, but Speed ​​and the main players of Sheffield United in the private room watched it very badly.

"You can't score points if you gain power. This Allardyce's so-called confidence to score points is to rely on a lot of people to defend?"

Li Mo felt something was wrong. Although Sheffield United hadn't scored a goal after playing for more than 30 minutes in the first half, the two strikers of Sheffield United almost scored in the penalty area of ​​West Ham United several times.

If the current offensive continues, it will be a matter of time before West Ham loses the ball.

Is Allardyce just talking about it?

Li Mo couldn't understand what the fat coach on the sidelines of West Ham United was planning.

But just when he thought that the first half would end with a goal from Sheffield United, the situation on the court changed suddenly!
Dembele's split pass after one time seemed to be too weak, and was intercepted by West Ham United's full-back.

Next, the players of West Ham United, except for the two central defenders and the goalkeeper, almost all pressed forward and launched a gambling counterattack!
Such a scene is still fresh in the memory of Speed ​​and Sheffield United players, and even many Sheffield United fans!
In the focus battle with Manchester United not long ago, Ferguson played this trick at that time, almost breaking down the defensive system that Sheffield United is proud of. It's hard to tell the trend.

Speed ​​really didn't expect that West Ham United, who had been stuck for more than 30 minutes in the first half, would dare to play this move!
In other words, it was Allardyce who dared to imitate Ferguson to play this move.

This is actually a gamble-style counterattack in which the benefits are far lower than the risks. Once they are successfully intercepted during the counterattack, the empty backcourt of West Ham United will become their reminder!

However, in Allardyce's view, the risk is great, but this tactic has been proven by Ferguson. When used at the right time and with a little luck, it is possible to break Sheffield United's defensive golden stature. magic weapon.

And now, is the most suitable time!
"Noble points the ball! Nolan pulls wide and Carlton raises his hand in front of the Sheffield United box! West Ham almost had as many as seven men over the halfway line! God they want a repeat Manchester United's forward press and counterattack, Speed ​​couldn't sit still!"

In the exclamation of the commentator, Medel, who was lagging behind, was completely dumbfounded by the counterattack army launched by West Ham United.

This shit, there are seven people who came to counterattack, Sheffield United only had three people behind to defend and two full-backs who were desperately chasing back, which side would he defend?

There are people everywhere!No matter how he can run, he can't run past the opponent's pass.

After a little hesitation, Medel decided to go back to the edge of the penalty area with Stones and the others.

It was this decision that made West Ham United's advance speed almost unimpeded. When Matthew Taylor on the right finally knocked the ball across to the top of the Sheffield United penalty area, Medel went to entangle and catch the ball. Ball's center Carlton Cole.

But Carlton Cole knocked the ball to his side with his heel and completely avoided Medel's interception. He scored eight league goals with Wolves last season and only moved to West Ham's winger Jarvis kicked and shot directly from the penalty area line!

Shay's line of sight was partially blocked by Chris Morgan, so when the ball flew to the goal, it was too late for him to save it!

"Jarvis shot directly!!! Shay! Ji Wen didn't react! Ji Wen was interfered by his teammates! Sheffield United is behind! Sheffield United is behind! West Ham United took the lead at Sheffield United's home court! "

Jarvis, who scored the goal, was so excited that he ran directly from the field to the sidelines, hugged and celebrated with the excited Allardyce, and the scoreboard at this time said 0-1, the home team was behind. It is very dazzling.

No one expected such a result, the fans of Sheffield United did not expect it, the other spectators who watched the game did not expect it, and even Speed ​​did not expect it.

West Ham United used the way of Manchester United, which failed before, to lead Sheffield United this time at Bramall Lane Stadium?
The old handsome guy rubbing his temples expressed that he needed to calm down, and Li Mo and the others in the private room also stared dumbfounded.

"They won't just keep looking for ideas from the way the previous teams have dealt with us in the future?"

Vardy asked with a toothache, but Li Mo felt that it might be more than that. In the future, many teams might combine several ideas to disgust Sheffield United.

This kind of targeting is unavoidable. As long as Sheffield United still wants to win the championship, it is unavoidable. But today, when their main players are not around, mid-lower teams like West Ham United are really capable of threatening Sheffield. Link.

With a little haze, Speed ​​took the first step into the player channel after the halftime whistle sounded with a sullen face.

Li Mo and Bell looked at each other.

In the second half of the game, once West Ham United defends, it will be really difficult to play.

And Allardyce's choice did not surprise everyone.

After achieving a one-goal lead like a surprise, West Ham United directly put up a five-four-one iron bucket formation in the second half.

Allardyce removed the midfielder Nolan at the end of the half and went directly to a central defender.

This adjustment made Speed ​​feel angry and depressed.

West Ham United is clearly going to defend and score points. If Sheffield United cannot attack, they will get three points. If they attack, they will get one point. From a mentality point of view, the players of Allardyce and West Ham United Definitely very optimistic at this point.

As long as they don't concede two goals, they can complete the task of this game, and they defended in the first half, and the formation in the second half was more defensive. In addition, Sheffield United did not have Li Mo and Bell on the field today. This is three points, that's too encouraging!
So the offensive and defensive drills in the second half made the Sheffield United players very anxious.

But the morale of West Ham United has risen, as the so-called united will, the bus has been placed even more vigorously, and it seems that there is a posture to prove themselves, and they have to score points at Sheffield United's home court.

Speed ​​felt uncomfortable. Today he didn't bring Li Mo, nor did Maguire. He didn't know who to replace when he hit the header at the last moment.

However, at this critical juncture, several old players in the Sheffield United team still calmed down the impetuous emotions of the young players.

Especially Dirk and Berbatov kept telling Dembele not to worry, let him play as usual and organize the midfield well.

The two "old guys" naturally took over more possessions.

At the No.803 minute of the game, Berbatov retreated and picked the ball past the West Ham United midfielder who followed him. The husband held a West Ham central defender and shot angrily from a position on the left side of the West Ham penalty area!

When the football flew over the palm of the old Jascolainen and flew into the West Ham United goal, nearly [-] Sheffield United fans at the scene almost overturned the entire Bramall Lane Stadium!
Speed ​​jumped up from the coach's bench, but he was still in the windbreaker, roaring and waving his arms like he used to when he played football, and ran towards the Sheffield United players who were celebrating wildly!
The box where Li Mo and the others were in was also full of commotion. The main players hugged and screamed and jumped up. If the Sheffield United fans saw this scene, the star halo of these guys would be shattered.

But at this moment, no one cares about the so-called aura. Li Mo and the others are just rejoicing. Fortunately, brother Xiaosa and Kevin Dirk were both present. Otherwise, facing such a situation, the young De Bruyne would not be able to lead the attack at the last moment.

When the game was over, Allardyce seemed a bit pity to be interviewed by reporters.

"As I said, we were very prepared, but Sheffield United were lucky to equalize at the end, otherwise we could have taken three points from here."

Unlike him, Speed ​​quickly calmed down after experiencing ecstasy, and told reporters that the team's "abnormal" performance today was due to the coaching staff's failure to do a good job, and congratulated West Ham United The players said that they played a very exciting game.

Berbatov, who won the best player after the game, was obviously not excited either.

"It's a grind, it should have come sooner, but obviously when Lee, Gareth and Harry aren't there, it's going to come. Honestly, I feel like what we did today It's okay, but they didn't seize the opportunity earlier in the first half. West Ham United did a good job. This also shows that the teams in the Premier League are starting to find more ways to deal with us, but it doesn't matter. Every team in the championship Every team has to go through such tempering, getting used to it in advance is not necessarily a bad thing for our young lads."

Brother Xiao Sa's interview looked like an old cadre's speech, but what he said was the truth.

It is always a good thing to be sharpened earlier. Young players can grow faster only after experiencing a little more setbacks.

In the past, when Li Mo and the others were on the field, they took the lead early. Other young players, such as Cresswell, Stones, and De Bruyne, all came up to play with the wind. Show yourself, but something is always missing.

Today's adversity is the most testing time for young players. I saw with my own eyes how Berbatov and Dirk Dirk patiently found the final chance to equalize. This kind of experience may be better for young players than playing a few games with the wind. The gains will be great.

Of course, for Speed ​​and Sheffield United's coaching staff, today's game can be regarded as a wake-up call.

Other teams did not give up the possibility of studying their weaknesses because of Sheffield United's strength.

In the Premier League, the head coaches of the middle and lower teams are always conservative and bold.

They don't have the slightest burden to fight back, and they can often develop a little bit of tricks in tactics to "surprise" you.

Today, the almost successful case of West Ham United will become an example, constantly encouraging one team after another to try to overthrow Sheffield United.

Speed ​​finally understands, it's not that people don't study, it's all overcast, and in private, he may have watched and watched the video of Sheffield United's occasional crash in the past two seasons.

There will only be more and more games like this in the future. If he and the members of the coaching staff are not careful, they may capsize in the gutter.

Fortunately, Li Mo and the others will be able to return to the game almost full of blood in the next game, and the opponents will have to weigh it if they want to make a living. After all, there is still a gap in the strength of the two rotations of Sheffield United.

Like today's counterattack when West Ham United scored a goal, if Li Mo and Bell were present, he wouldn't dare to play like this even if Allardyce had a hundred courage.

Of course, if Li Mo and the others were present today, Sheffield United might have scored in less than half an hour in the first half. West Ham United still want to counterattack Sheffield United?No way at all.

With a trace of rejoicing and introspection, Speed ​​led the members of the coaching staff back to the training base for a short meeting after the game. The players who played the game will get a day off, while Li Mo and the others will have a day off tomorrow. Practice as usual.

The media naturally made a detailed report on Sheffield United's almost "overturned" game, but for Tottenham, such reports have no reference value.

Everyone knows that Sheffield United will play with the main lineup on January 1st. They still don't know what formation Speed ​​will play that day.

Tottenham's current results are good. Villas-Boas led the team and slowly approached Chelsea. After the No.20 league round, their points also reached 34 points, only two points away from fourth place Chelsea.

And behind them is Arsenal, which has scored rapidly at this time every season, plus Everton, who has almost always sat firmly in sixth.

After losing Bell this season, many people are not optimistic about Tottenham's ability to enter the top four, but the newly introduced Nasri Gacabaye has performed well.

Dawson + Alderweireld, who are not too glassy this season, can also be regarded as the top few central defender combinations in the Premier League. With the addition of Kyle Walker who is playing better and better and new goalkeeper Lori, Tottenham's defender The defense line can also be regarded as a complete reorganization, which is not the same as last season.

Under Boas' kneading, today's Tottenham can be regarded as a strong combat force with a balanced offense and defense.

It's just that the offense is still a bit of a nerve knife. When playing well, it can not lose the wind against Manchester City, but sometimes it is very good at squandering opportunities.

However, these shortcomings are nothing to Boas. He got what he wanted here at Tottenham. Van der Vaart's dual-core offensive system and the Mata + Hazard he originally conceived at Chelsea It's not that much inferior to the combination.

But now, when it's time to challenge Sheffield United, Boas is actually looking forward to what surprises the offensive system he has spent nearly half a year building can bring to the fans.

On the afternoon of January 1, on this very special day for Li Mo, Sheffield United went south to London and came to White Hart Lane to prepare for the No.1 round of the Premier League No.20 match with Tottenham.

When the two teams met in the first half of the league, Sheffield United gave Tottenham a break. After all, Sheffield United was preparing for the first Champions League match in the team's history, so before the Champions League match, Tottenham had to wait. A draw came out.

But this time the main players of Sheffield United have no ties to other competitions.

The following League Cup and FA Cup matches will be against the League One teams, so they will not need to make a move. They can take a good rest for a few days, so today's battle against Tottenham, they are all riveted and must play well of.

Both sides finally formed an offensive four-three-three formation.

Tottenham's offensive trident is van der Vaart + Adebayor + Nasri.

Sheffield United's big three strikers are Bell + Li Mo + Joaquin.

Judging from the strength on paper, it must be that Sheffield United's offensive cluster is more luxurious.

But Tottenham's offensive combination can be regarded as one of the best in the Premier League.

As soon as the list of starting players on both sides was released, the fans knew that a head-to-head battle was destined to break out at White Hart Lane today, and even many fans from other leagues came to join in the fun.

The Premier League games are indeed good-looking. The two teams are playing against each other, and there are so many stars, so it is naturally even more beautiful.

And the content of the game did not disappoint these fans.

The game started from the first minute after the whistle blew, and it directly entered the rhythm of the two sides' bayonets.

Tottenham have Nasri + Van der Vaart's dual-core launch in front, and Cabaye's organization and scheduling behind. Although Modric has been removed, the organization in the midfield has hardly been affected.

But Sheffield United was more straightforward. Amidst the boos at White Hart Lane, Bale took the ball and rushed directly. Li Mo was also active as a quality inspector in front of Tottenham's new defense.

Alderweireld and Dawson struggled to encircle Li Mo, but they still allowed him to find many opportunities to forcefully grab points. In the end, Li Mo still took the lead in volleying after Bell's cross!

Generally speaking, when Sheffield United takes a 1-0 lead, the game tends to develop towards the situation that Sheffield United likes.

But today's Tottenham players didn't care about such a backwardness at all, which made Speed ​​very puzzled. Tottenham played calmly, and he also put out the idea of ​​​​temporarily retreating to fight back.

Among the confidence of the Tottenham players is naturally their thorough understanding of the pre-match tactics and their trust in the head coach.

In the 207th minute of the first half, only 6 minutes after Sheffield United took the lead, Nasri took Adebayor's header and broke into Sheffield United's penalty area and scored!
The Tottenham fans in White Hart Lane were boiling. They shouted frantically for Sheffield United to go back to the north, and then sang songs mocking Arsenal fans, spreading hatred everywhere, as if they were already in high spirits.

Li Mo is not surprised, don't Sheffield United fans sometimes mock their opponents on the field and mock Sheffield Wednesday fans who have nothing to do with the game?

This can be regarded as a fan culture.

But understanding is understanding, but listening to the words telling him and others to go back to the north, Li Mo still feels uncomfortable.

So in the No.308 minute of the first half, Li Mo once again displayed his ability to run long distances.

54 meters, passed three people in a row, and hit Lori with a burst shot!

The White Hart Lane was briefly silenced by Li Mo's passionate personal performance!
Of course, after reacting, the Tottenham fans naturally used louder boos to tell Li Mo, who was listening to the celebration, the anger and anger in their hearts.

Li Mo's celebration was a kind of provocation in their eyes, and Li Mo didn't want to explain it at this time, because he was indeed provocative.

Teammates who are familiar with him know that the fans of Tottenham irritated this beast. As soon as Li Mo got excited, the momentum of Sheffield United's entire attack rose along with it.

So before the end of the first half, Li Mo, who was on the rise, assisted Joaquin to push and shoot after consecutive rounds of Kyle Walker and Dawson!
3-1!

Three goals were scored in the half. At this time, the Tottenham fans seemed to be a little more sober, and they understood who they had offended.

But just like the Tottenham players, they still have a lot of hope for the game at this moment.

Van der Vaart's penalty kick shortly after the opening of the second half made the Tottenham fans go crazy for a while.

After Van der Vaart scored his own penalty, the entire White Hart Lane stadium resounded with cheers for Tottenham.

However, when the man stood up again and assisted Bell with a decisive through pass to counter offside and made another victory, Tottenham's offensive momentum was interrupted.

With two goals and two assists, Li Mo made White Hart Lane finally shut up with the result of making four goals alone, and in the end Sheffield United also strongly suppressed Tottenham, which has been in full swing recently, with a score of 5-3.

For a time, fans all over the world talked about this game with great interest.

However, the Premier League has also been temporarily suspended with the end of this round of competition. The League Cup and the FA Cup are coming. Teams that have not arranged for rotation may have to work hard for a few days. It was a holiday for the main players.

This can be regarded as a rare Premier League version of the "winter break".

Sheffield United naturally arranged for substitute players to prepare for the next League Cup and FA Cup matches, and Li Mo also asked Speed ​​for leave early.

On January 1th, he will go to participate in FIFA's annual awards ceremony. At that time, he will represent Sheffield United to win the award. Naturally, the Sheffield United club will give Li Mo a green light on this matter.

Before the start of this annual football ceremony, the media's speculation and false propaganda are naturally indispensable.

Sky Sports directly broke the news that this year's best 11 players may all be La Liga players.

But before the fans started discussing who might be there, the Marca newspaper refuted that this was absolutely fake news. The source they got was that Li Mo would definitely be in the best team.

Now it's lively. The media in England questioned the fairness and professionalism of the vote, thinking that the current FIFA and UEFA have a preference for La Liga.

But the media in Spain kept clamoring that Li Mo would definitely be selected, even if there was no heavyweight trophy honor, Li Mo was also the best 11 player of the year.

This is enough to prove that this vote is to look at the overall performance of each player throughout last year, and has absolutely nothing to do with the league they are in.

Bild also came to join in the fun and conducted a small-scale fan selection. As a result, in the best player candidate list announced by FIFA before, the 11 players selected by these fans were basically La Liga players. A Li Mo.

This result made Li Mo himself happy.

"The man who fought against the 'Western Super League' alone!"

Alan Shearer started to work hard, but he won the approval of many fans.

Among the La Liga players in that area, no matter whether it was the media selection or the fans' spontaneous selection and voting, in the end, only Li Mo, a non-La Liga player, was selected for the best team of the year.

Amidst the ridicule and praise of the fans, on the morning of January 1, Li Mo boarded the plane to Zurich, Switzerland, accompanied by Charlie.

This is also the first time for him to see his "future".

　Today is considered to be ruthless, I told myself that I can’t leave the computer desk until I write [-] words.

　　As a result, my god, I used to write a task that could be completed in four hours, but now it takes eight or nine hours to barely complete it.

　　Fortunately, I don’t feel nauseous today, and I will continue to grind tomorrow to get my mental state back early. Maybe the update will be late in the next few days, but the number of words can increase. Brothers, I hope you can understand more.

　　
　
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