opening a balotelli

"Let Jordan (Henderson) go a little deeper! Steve (Gerrard) going forward is unavoidable, we need more attacking variation, everyone else runs a bit more, midfield sweeps up! Counter attack Be more determined! Believe in our striker!"

Rogers will have no time to complain. In the limited adjustment time, he still chose to encourage his players.

However, he didn't say how to limit Li Mo's performance.

In other words, Rogers is a sensible person, and talking about wasting words is useless, so he simply made tactical adjustments in other areas.

Past matches between Sheffield United and other powerful teams gave him a lot of reference.

Compared with trying to target Li Mo with effort and thanklessness, it is better to spend more effort on restricting Li Mo's teammates.

For example, strengthen the sweep of the midfield, not to mention completely cutting off the connection between Li Mo and the midfield, try to interfere as much as possible, and buy more attack time for Liverpool's double forwards.

Gerrard's offensive advance is unavoidable, no matter who is the head coach of Liverpool, he cannot give up Gerrard's offensive ability.

Therefore, Rogers can only make Henderson, Lucas, and even Moses on the wing pay more energy in the defense of the midfield.

After all, in the reality that the ability is not as good as that of the opponent, how can you score points if you don't run much?

The Liverpool players seem to have been mentally prepared to concede the ball first, and they are not too frustrated at the moment.

Being broken by Li Mo is not something unacceptable, the unity of thinking of the team gave them enough courage to continue fighting.

After all, one point is earned. With such an idea, there is not much difference between one goal behind and three goals behind.

As a team that is struggling to climb up from the abyss, Liverpool players have a lot of tenacity that other team players don't have.

In addition to spurring them with the mission and responsibility of revitalizing Liverpool, just like Sheffield United in previous years, the hunger for honor is encouraging them to yearn for success.

The young players who have nothing to lose have nothing to lose. Now that they finally see the possibility of turning around, they naturally have to fight hard.

This may also be the biggest reason why Sheffield United players generally appreciate Liverpool.

To some extent, they are actually the same type of players, but now Sheffield United has much better development opportunities than Liverpool.

But when it comes to the will to fight, both sides are so tough that they are almost stubborn.

So after the game restarted, the Sheffield United players were not surprised to see that Liverpool was hardly affected by the conceded goals.

"Take the two wings! Their midfielders can't keep up with our speed, let them continue to spend energy in the middle, and let's hit more behind them!"

Li Mo pondered for a moment, and found the right time to speak to Drinkwater when Liverpool kicked off.

As soon as Henderson retreated, Li Mo understood Rogers' general tactical thinking.

No matter how it changes, the essence of allowing Henderson to run and sweep more with his physical fitness and expand the defensive range remains unchanged.

Against ordinary teams, this is indeed effective, but against a team like Sheffield United with bug-level wingers, it's hard to say.

After all, Liverpool's midfield lineup is not so "symmetrical" now.

Compared with Moses on the left, Henderson, who is now the main player in the right midfielder, and Alberto, who is rotating, are both average in speed.

Although relying on diligent running and serious game attitude, the two of them are not Liverpool's shortcomings.

But against Sheffield United's left flank, this ability alone is not enough.

Li Mo's idea is very simple, let Bell force Henderson's side with a fresh move.

Don't you want to strengthen the midfield sweep?
Then we won't pass through you, and the left and right wings are dominated by Sheffield United.

Once the tactics of the two wings flying together are in full swing, Sheffield United is like the Bayern team of last season, but Liverpool is not even a trumpet Sheffield United.

This is essentially to attack the shortcomings of its lineup. The gap in strength and the flaws in the lineup are not so easy to make up for!
Drinkwater thought for a while, and felt that Li Mo's idea was fine, so he even greeted his teammates around him.

After retreating and fighting for a while, Li Mo asked Bell and Neymar to briefly talk about tactical adjustments.

The two of them had no objection to the tactic of attacking from the wing, and it was this tactic that Speed ​​practiced the most during the pre-season preparations, and they were no strangers to it.

Even if it is not as tacit and sharp as the Robery combination for the time being, the two of them can be regarded as "dimension reduction blows" in today's Premier League.

The players of Sheffield United were not afraid to play against Liverpool. After winning the ball in the fierce fighting, the tactical changes of Sheffield United quickly had the desired effect.

Henderson and Moses are good players, but Bell and Neymar really can't be limited in a one-on-one situation.

Sheffield United's wing attack was simple and decisive. Li Mo will concentrate on playing support, and the two wings get a steady stream of ball rights.

Coupled with the continuous support and cooperation of the full-backs and defensive midfielders, Rogers' plan to strengthen the sweep and provide more opportunities for counterattacks in the frontcourt quickly fell through.

Let alone a counterattack this time, Sheffield United's fierce offensive pressure made it difficult for Henderson and Moses to move the midfield defense forward.

Li Mo is playing two roles at the moment. When he retreats in the middle and cooperates with his teammates on both sides, he is the enlarged version of Thomas Muller of Sheffield United.

When he burst forward as a fulcrum, he became Sheffield United's Mandzukic.

Speed's learning of Bayern's tactics after learning from the painful experience had a very good effect at this moment.

He himself watched the changes in the situation on the sidelines and couldn't help smiling and nodding.

He didn't make any tactical adjustments, but the insights of the Sheffield United players on the field helped him make the most timely changes.

If he thinks something is wrong, he will naturally take the initiative to correct it.

At this moment, he didn't say anything, that is, he acquiesced to this tactical change.

This has nothing to do with the authority of the head coach. On the contrary, he is very pleased that his proud disciples can take the time to do research in this area.

With the two insurances of Drinkwater and Li Mo, he is not worried that the players on the field will not have a unified mind.

So let's play again like this.

At least the effect has come out.

Moreover, he also wanted to see how effective this set of tactics that had been integrated into last season's Bayern style would be in actual combat!

Speed ​​watched with great interest as Bell and Neymar showed their talents on the offensive end.

What he wants to see more is the effective combination of personal ability and team tactics.

But for the audience, the brilliant star performance is enough to make them feel that it is worth the ticket price.

Neymar's samba moves are gorgeous and yet threatening, and Bell's sideways insertion is even more unique in the world.

The individual performances of the two on the wing made the Sheffield United fans on the scene revel!
Even the Liverpool fans at the scene had to admit that the two wings of Sheffield United have indeed undergone qualitative changes.

It looks even stronger than last year!
Such a one-on-one blast made it difficult for Liverpool's defensive players to parry.

They had to shrink their defensive line in order to form a double-team to Sheffield United's two wide stars, but even if it is a double-team, it may not necessarily be easy to use.

In this case, Li Mo's temporary silence made Liverpool fans feel a little panicked.

Because now all Premier League fans know that Li Mo's most terrifying ability is not his attacking with the ball, but his terrifying impact on the goal when he is playing without the ball!
In the former, you can at least roughly predict what kind of attack Li Mo will use.

When the ball is at his feet, whether it's double-teaming or single-defense, there will always be a normal advancing process, at most, the way of advancing is a bit brutal.

But if it is the latter, then Li Mo will be even more difficult to guard against!
No one will forget De Bruyne's ghostly diagonal through in the league last season and Li Mo's more exaggerated "Kung Fu" goal tricks.

Just as the passers of Sheffield United can kick the ball into the opponent's penalty area from anywhere, Li Mo may also suddenly appear in any area of ​​the opponent's penalty area and complete all kinds of shots without reason!

Rogers watched Li Mo keep running inside and outside the Liverpool penalty area, and his palms were almost sweating.

In the past 5 minutes just now, Li Mo only successfully completed a goal-grabbing shot, and the football he finally shot was even higher than the crossbar. It seemed that there was nothing special about it.

But apart from that, Li Mo had two other chances to try to grab some shots!
It's a pity that Neymar, who passed the ball, made two cross passes a little too big. If it was replaced by Joaquin and De Bruyne in the position of passing the ball just now, Li Mo might have scored a goal!
He has a keen sense of smell in front of goal, strong explosiveness, and almost the best shooting talent.

These things combine to create a super center who can put pressure on the opponent's defense at all times without the ball.

Rogers saw this, so he only felt that the situation just now was extremely dangerous.

After all, Neymar and Li Mo still need time to further run in, which is almost the only good news for Liverpool at present.

But when Bell's side takes control of the main attack again, the goddess of luck may not necessarily be on Liverpool's side.

Henderson and Lucas obviously saw this too, and they both tried their best to kill Sheffield United's offensive opportunities in their right half defense zone.

I really would rather let Neymar open up the ball to attack than let Bell and Li Mo successfully connect.

Neymar was also laughed angrily.

The tacit understanding between him and Li Mo does need to be strengthened, but Liverpool's current defensive strategy has made it clear that they look down on Bell and look down on him!

The angry horse opened fire on the right side, and Li Mo went to the right side to cover for Neymar.

In the 207th minute of the first half, Neymar broke out and passed Moses, Lucas and Gerrard who returned to defense, directly detonating the atmosphere at Bramall Lane Stadium!
Although the last explosive shot was too powerful and missed the goal post, but these series of sharp breakthroughs sounded the alarm for Liverpool again!
Now the time has come when they once again have to make a choice.

Either find a way to control the threat of Sheffield United's two wings advancing on the defensive end, or simply make another bold advance.

Rogers was indecisive, Gerrard stood up and signaled that they must expand the defense.

This was the decision made by Gerrard, and he was willing to bear such an "aggressive" result. Seeing this, Rogers only nodded to Gerrard.

"Liverpool still chose to fight against Sheffield United! This is the courage of the Liverpool players! For the fans at the scene, today's game is completely worth the ticket price! The stronger one won it for himself The superiority is arrogant, and the weak still dare to fight back when they are behind, this is exactly the football we are looking forward to, and this is also the focus of the Premier League match we are looking forward to!"

Zhan Jun is very emotional at the moment. He never hides his identity as a Liverpool fan. At this moment, Gerrard's decision makes him feel extremely proud!
Liverpool's courage seems to have turned into their biggest sword at this moment.

In just a few minutes, from defense to offense, Liverpool was under tremendous defensive pressure and sent long-lost tactical support to the two attackers in the frontcourt.

Suarez also helped Sturridge get involved in a shot.

Sturridge proved that he is still in good condition today with a kick that hit the goal frame.

But Sommer also firmly rejected the shot.

At this moment, Sheffield United's defense is still extremely strong, and the occasional sudden cold arrow makes Sommer, who is concentrated, just warm up, and it is far from being tested.

But Liverpool's adventurous forward pressure gave Sheffield United another opportunity.

Maguire's long pass accurately found Medel who raised his hand in the Liverpool half!
Neymar and Bell immediately started to pull the sidelines. Liverpool's half-court defensive players quickly settled down, and those who should be chasing back were also desperately chasing back.

At this time, almost all the fans looked at Medel who turned around with the ball, wanting to see how he would deal with this counterattack opportunity.

As a result, Medel did not choose to divide the ball to the two wings, but directly dribbled the ball forward!
Seeing this, Li Mo stopped retreating and turned forward following Medel's dribbling pace.

Lucas took a gamble and ignored Medel, sticking tightly to Li Mo's side.

Henderson was taken away by Neymar's diagonal running position, and Medel saw it and continued to dribble.

When he was only two steps away from the top of the restricted area with the ball, Lucas had to put down his defense against Li Mo and gritted his teeth to intercept.

Agger and Skrtel are ready in the penalty area, but Medel still has the ball.

The moment he hoisted the ball towards the restricted area, Li Mo followed suit and sprinted with all his might!

But all this is a cover!
It was too late when Agel and Skrtel discovered that Medel's pass was not aimed at Li Mo, but Bell who had rushed behind them!
Bell used his speed to forcibly get rid of Kolo Toure's marking. Facing Medel's lob, he sprinted and kicked the ground to take off, looking like he was going to shake his head and attack the goal.

But the angle of this header is really a bit small, and Bell is not a forward who is good at headers, at least not yet.

Mignolet blocked the near corner and concentrated.

Bell shook his head and pushed the football out. Mignolet and Scott, who rushed over, were dumbfounded!

"Header ferry! Middle!!!"

The commentator of Sky Sports roared loudly, and at the moment in the middle of Liverpool's penalty area, Li Mo has already overwhelmed Agger and jumped high!

His take-off height directly crushed Agger by almost half of his head!

After fully stretching his posture, Li Mo completed his head-shaking attack and smashed Bell's "header pass" into Liverpool's goal!

"The ball went in!!! Bell didn't choose to attack the goal directly! So calm! His header ferry let Li Mo complete the final fatal blow! Another classic cooperation between the two of them! Such a goal is really amazing. So smooth and silky!!!”

Li Mo laughed and hugged Bell in celebration amidst the loud cheers at the scene. His eyes swept across rows of spectators, but finally landed straight on Sheffield United's half.

"This is my greatest respect for you! Suarez, show your full strength, your ability is more than that, today, let us go all out and have a good fight!"