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Chapter 405 Peigong made peace, 1 battle into the top 8
Chapter 405 Peigong made peace and entered the quarterfinals
When Sheffield United was preparing for a rematch with Manchester City, Manchester City was hesitating whether to fight Sheffield United again.
During this period of time, various cup matches and league matches followed one after another, and Manchester City also struggled to rotate in the tight winter schedule.
In addition, a week later, they will usher in the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals with Manchester United. At this juncture, if they fight with Sheffield United, it will not be worthwhile no matter how you look at it.
Of course, there is another very important point, that is, Sheffield United's lead in the league has reached a "crazy" level.
After Manchester City beat Tottenham in the last round of the league, relying on their goal difference advantage, they have already overtaken Chelsea and climbed to the second place in the league.
If this will be within [-] points of Sheffield United, then Manchester City will definitely fight.
After all, it is a six-point game, and if they win, they still have the hope of competing for the league championship. No one will give up so easily.
But looking at Sheffield United's abnormal 70 league points, let alone Pellegrini and Manchester City players, Manchester City fans feel that it is meaningless to fight with Sheffield United.
Manchester City and Chelsea have only scored 51 league points so far, which is 19 points behind Sheffield United!
Such a gap is really not to blame for Manchester City's lack of ideas, and it's the same for Chelsea.
The gap of six wins, Sheffield United must lose six games in a row, and they will win six games in a row, so that this gap in points can be evened out.
Is it possible?
There are only 24 games left in the league. To put it bluntly, Sheffield United won 23 and drew [-] in the first [-] league games. Can they lose [-] games in the last [-] league games?
It is really only when Sheffield United has a big collapse at the end of the season, two or three of the main core members are reimbursed, and it is best that the head coach Speed is also sick and unable to lead the team, so that such a bizarre situation can occur.
But now seeing Sheffield's posture of rotating the main players without moving, it is unlikely that the starting lineup will suffer extensive injuries.
So if you think about it pragmatically, it is inevitable for Pellegrini and Manchester City to make a choice.
Either take the physical risk of the players and play two consecutive league games and then fight Manchester United, or make concessions in the league, so as not to give up strategically, but it is definitely impossible to fight hard against Sheffield United.
How to make a choice has become a difficult problem for Pellegrini and Manchester City.
At the moment, Sheffield United has no troubles in this regard at all.
It can only be said that the depth of the bench is thick enough, and there is a core that can't be injured, which is really happiness.
Li Mo took up the offensive task during the rotation, the main players rested at ease, and the rotation players played solidly.
Don't say that Sheffield United's wins are small wins during the rotation, 1-0 or 2-0 or something, just say whether you win or not!
Being able to win is the greatest skill, and talking about other things is nonsense.
The league is so long and Sheffield United has remained unbeaten, which already shows the success of Sheffield United's current rotation strategy.
After a week of rest, Speed still rotated some of the main players, and sat at home to usher in the challenge of Hull City.
Li Mo and Vardy partnered in this game and started as double forwards.
Bell returned to the long-awaited winger position. He is on the left, De Bruyne is on the right, and behind him is Barriga Matic's double midfielder combination.
Felipe Luis rested today, Matt Ridge started as a left back, Maguire and Stones partnered as a central defender, and Trippier served as a right back.
The starting goalkeeper is Shay, who has improved in training recently.
Of course, to be on the safe side, Sommer sat on the bench and stood by.
However, Speed still trusts his former teammate and younger brother very much. The defense will not be tested too much against Hull City. If there is no need to attack, Shay can still handle it.
This game did not receive much attention from the outside world. After all, Hull City's own fans did not think they could take away league points from Bramall Lane Stadium.
In the words of the media, this is a game without any suspense, whether it is for Sheffield United or Hull City.
Although when everyone is not optimistic, there are always some players in the Hull City team who will not be so reconciled.
Whether it is just around the corner or bursting with ambition, professional players always have the desire to express themselves.
But it took only 15 minutes for Sheffield United to make these Hull City players realize the reality.
Instead of destroying the confidence of the Hull City players with the emergence of goals, the Hull City players felt powerless with a stable and outrageous rhythm control.
After Sheffield United kicked off, for a full 15 minutes, only Hull City controlled the ball for less than 1 minute!
Hull City couldn't grab the ball no matter how hard they tried, and Sheffield United was not in a hurry to attack. It just continued to erode Hull City's defensive position little by little, playing extremely patiently.
Speed knows that at the end of each season, the relegation team in the Premier League will become a very difficult role, so he reminded many times before the game that his disciples must not underestimate Hull City's counterattack .
Obviously, the Sheffield United players on the field listened to Speed's words, and they never gave Hull City a chance to counterattack!
If you can't touch the ball, of course you can't counterattack.
As for the offense, it's even simpler.
After the overall advantage is suppressed, whether it is Bell and Matt Ridge on the left or De Bruyne and Trippier on the right.
As long as there is a lane that has a match-up advantage, then press this lane. With Li Mo and Vardy in the middle, there is no need to worry about the end.
This is not arrogance, nor is it contempt for Hull City, it is the naked reality.
If Hull City can have the defensive strength to withstand Sheffield United's wing attack, why is it only one point ahead of the relegation zone?
The front is weak, and the defense is at the mid-level of the league. This is the status quo of Hull City.
After the offensive started, Sheffield United was like an adult beating a child, tearing apart Hull City's side defenses and heading straight into the hinterland.
Hull City seemed to be playing in a three-five-two formation. They didn't attack much at the beginning, and they became five-four-one when they played. Forward Jelavic also had to retreat to help defend.
Complete midfield suppression, unreasonable passes and cuts, strong bursts, laps and bottoms.
Sheffield United's offensive like a wave hit Hull City in chaos!
In fact, Bell's side didn't use all their strength, so Hull City's right center back and wing back repeatedly called their teammates to help defend.
When Hull City's midfield defense line was leaning to the right as a whole, Sheffield United was slamming eastward and westward.
When Trippier decisively swept the ball into the penalty area of Hull City, Li Mo, who followed up, got stuck first, and then almost carried Hull City's left central defender Figueroa to complete the volley!
The football quickly got into the bottom of the near corner of the goal. The goalkeeper Harper was a little slower when he landed, and the football missed his palm before it was too late!
The ball was played very simply, and the fans of Hull City had no temper at all!
The Sheffield United fans at home cheered and yelled out Li Mo's name following the guidance of the DJ on the spot!
"No.30 has six goals! Many media have said that Li Mo's state has 'declined' recently, but he has also reached the level of five goals in five games, with an average of one goal per game! He is far from the [-]-goal mark of the league. Li Mo It's only four goals away! And it's only eleven goals away from Li Mo's single-season scoring record in the Premier League created last season!"
Zhan Jun roared angrily, but what he wanted to say the most was that Li Mo was only [-] goals away from Messi's single-season scoring record in the five major leagues that year!
It is not necessary for Li Mo to maintain the league scoring efficiency of almost 1.5 goals per game in the first half of the season. Even if there is an efficiency of [-] goal per game in the sprint stage, it is completely sufficient to equal Messi's record.
As for surpassing.
possible!
Hope is still great!
Li Mo's explosive game basically started with two goals consumption. After this game, there are still [-] league games left in the Premier League. After scoring [-] goals, Li Mo will surpass Messi and become the strongest striker in the history of the five major leagues!
As Huaguo's commentators, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu definitely supported Li Mo 100% to hit this record.
It's just that at the moment, Zhan Jun doesn't want to create public pressure on Li Mo, and he doesn't want to bring criticism to him, so he doesn't bring the topic to Messi.
But he didn't say it, but there are a large number of fans in Huaguo who will discuss this matter.
In other words, not only Hua Guo fans, but fans all over the world will discuss this topic!
But in Li Mo's own heart, he still had the idea of letting nature take its course.
He wants to fight, but he is not in a hurry, he will fight for one goal after another, and it will not be too late to shout the slogan of surpassing when he gets the ball.
"Don't worry, let's play slowly and strive for a two-goal lead in the first half!"
Li Mo applauded and shouted, signaling his teammates to return to the halftime with him.
Speed nodded secretly, without saying anything, just looked at Li Mo and reminded his teammates to keep calm.
After the game restarted, Sheffield United continued to suppress Hull City calmly.
Li Mo played very patiently and did not raise his hands frequently to ask for the ball. Instead, he helped Vardy or Bell to drag Hull City's defensive force more.
In the 307th minute of the first half, Li Mo played for Bell and helped him successfully enter the penalty area of Hull City.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper Harper, Bell was not greedy for credit, and passed the ball back. Vardy followed up and shot an empty goal. Sheffield United won!
With a two-goal lead, Sheffield United entered the intermission.
No one knew what adjustments Speed made in the first half. After the start of the second half, Sheffield United changed their previous stable and controlled rhythm of play and suddenly became aggressive!
Playing high and high, the rhythm of the game accelerated. Not only did Sheffield United get great offensive opportunities many times, but Hull City could also play a brilliant counterattack once or twice.
Such a change is what the neutral fans like to see the most. In the warm home cheers, Sheffield United broke the balance of the field again in the No. 605 minute of the second half, rewriting the score to 3-0!
"Complete Sheffield United's fast offensive rhythm! Perfect Li Bei connection! Li Mo's violent header again! Scored twice! Playing well! Will there be a hat-trick today?!"
Zhang Lu was very happy. He watched Li Mo increase his personal league goals to 37. He was very greedy and wanted to see Li Mo go further.
The same is obviously true of the Sheffield United fans at the scene, the cheers were louder and louder, and they didn't stop at all!
When the sound of the "hat-trick" appeared over the Bramall Lane Stadium, Li Mo could only smile and scratch the back of his head, and then looked to the sidelines.
Speed adjusted his tactics during the halftime break, just trying to let Li Murduo grab points and try to score another goal.
And when he scored again, he had to rest with Bell and prepare for the next round of the league battle with Manchester City.
This is a plan made by Speed and the coaching staff, Li Mo will not object, if Speed still wants to replace him, then he will end decisively.
But when he looked at Speed, the old handsome guy smiled at him, and then said something to the assistant.
Three minutes later, the fourth official raised a sign to signal Sheffield United to make a substitution.
"Joaquin replaced Bale, Dembele replaced Matic! Li Mo is still on the court! Speed wants to give Li Mo a chance to complete a hat-trick! Sure enough, he is a 'love apprentice', Speed I still have nothing to say to Li Mo!"
Zhan Jun felt relieved, and looked cheerfully at Speed, who was on the sidelines with a helpless expression.
On the major sports forums in Huaguo, Huaguo's fans also strongly supported Speed's "intimate" move to keep Li Mo on the court.
"Speed knows what petting is! Just keep pampering Li Mo! I love it!"
"Crying! The same 17-year-old who made great contributions to Sheffield United cried and fainted on the field. Coach, look at me, coach!"
"The big head doesn't cry, at least he is the twin star of Sheffield United. Li Mo's achievement is the big head's achievement!"
"Good buddies don't care about these things, but I agree with one sentence, Sheffield United can have twin stars, but only one prince."
"Isn't it right? Li Mo has become the king of Sheffield United now, how about returning the crown prince?"
"My, my, then Maguire will succeed the Sheffield United prince. Fuck, it's perfect!"
Countless Chinese fans were joking about the ball in the forum, and Sheffield United quickly launched a new wave of offensive on the field, completely suppressing Hull City at halftime.
The new Joaquin and Dembele are very active. After adding fresh blood on the offensive end, Sheffield United's wing offensive has not stopped. On the contrary, the more they play, the better they are.
In the 706th minute of the second half, Joaquin sent a cross from the sideline. Hull City's central defender McShane made a clearance before Li Mo, and Sheffield United got a corner kick.
Dembele, Li Mo, Stones, and Maguire squeezed into Hull City's penalty area one after another. As the main force for corner kicks, they naturally attracted the most attention from the fans.
De Bruyne, who took the corner kick, observed the situation in the penalty area of Hull City at the moment, and made a gesture of "corner kick tactic three", which made the defensive players of Hull City extremely nervous.
Two seconds later, De Bruyne took a corner kick, and the football went straight over the head of Li Mo, who was running forward, and flew to the back of the penalty area!
Maguire jumped high and completely suppressed Hull City right center back Curtis Davis at the back point, grabbing a point!
The advantage of the big head is fully revealed at this moment, Maguire's ferry is fast and accurate!
Hull City goalkeeper Harper was horrified to discover that Sheffield United's corner kick tactics seemed to let Li Mo cover for Maguire, but in fact they let Maguire act as a fulcrum for Li Mo. Header relay!
If you switch to another team, you will probably screw up if you play like this, but what kind of heading ability are Maguire and Li Mo, and what kind of tacit understanding do they have?
The years of tacit understanding from the youth team to the first team is not a joke. When Maguire completed the header ferry, Li Mo had already stepped on the spot and kicked off the ground at the front point!
Pushing down Figueroa by almost half of his head, Li Mo violently shook the flying football and smashed his head towards the goal in a very exaggerated "condescending" manner!
Harper changed direction and turned back twice in a row, and his take-off was not enough, so he could only kick the ground to catch the ball in the middle of the sprint in a gambling style.
This kind of preparation is very hasty, the strength of kicking the ground is not enough, the explosion is not enough, there is no way to attack the goal with Li Mo's head shake at close range!
And when the football hit the net behind Harper for the fourth time, the entire Bramall Lane stadium shook and reveled!
"Li Mo——!!! The goal is scored! God! Hat-trick!!! League No.30 eight goals! Li Mo did it! Another hat-trick! How should we praise? We seem to have scored all the praises All the words and phrases have been used on Li Mo, so that now I am at a loss for words! Born to be a shooter! Born to be a king! Li Mo, keep moving towards your great goal!!!”
Zhan Jun's roar perfectly fit the Sheffield United fans' crazy worship of Li Mo!
This was just a simple Premier League game, but because of Li Mo's hat-trick, and because Li Mo was getting closer to that great record step by step, it became very meaningful!
Perhaps this is just an important inflection point in the personal pursuit of data records, far from the point where the Sheffield United team can cheer for it.
But because the person he was chasing was Li Mo, the Sheffield United players were willing to cheer for him!
After some celebration, Speed replaced Li Mo with Berbatov, and the game basically came to an end.
The 4-0 score is nothing to Sheffield United, but the news that Li Mo scored a hat-trick and raised his personal league goals to 38 quickly spread in England, in the British Isles, and throughout Europe The continent is spreading!
It may also be because of this news that Pellegrini finally made up his mind!
On the evening of February 2th, at the Etihad Stadium, the focus of the No.12 round of the Premier League No. 20 was carried out in a weird "peaceful" rhythm to No. 80 minutes.
Neither Sheffield United nor Manchester City have completed any substitution adjustments, and the score is still maintained at 0-0, and it seems that there will be no more changes.
Pellegrini's expression was very calm, and so was Speed. They quickly reached an agreement tacitly from the pre-match press conference and the starting list announced by the other side.
Sheffield United has a long-lost five-back formation, while Manchester City has three midfielders and five midfielders.
There are some offensive temptations, but in the case of Manchester City's rotation of Aguero and David Silva, Sheffield United's rotation of Huber, and De Bruyne, the offensives of both sides appear to be less "sincere".
At the whistle of the referee on duty, the two teams finally shook hands and made peace, and the two head coaches who had been calm for the whole game walked towards each other with tacit smiles.
"Good luck in the Champions League."
"Well, good luck to you."
After sincere blessings, the two coaches left the field in a hurry, leaving only the players from both sides covering their mouths and communicating with each other kindly.
There is nothing to review and talk about in this league. The media were surprised, but also expected and guessed.
Sheffield United can accept the 0-0 result, and Manchester City can accept it even more. Maybe the only one who feels injured is Manchester United.
But no matter how Manchester United fans yelled "unfair", they had to focus on the Champions League game six days later after finishing Arsenal.
Playing early and playing late, sooner or later, this battle will be fought. The Manchester Derby plus the first knockout game of the Champions League, BUFF can be said to be full.
This Champions League battle is also destined to become one of the most popular battles in the first round of the UEFA Champions League knockout round this season.
What can be compared with the Manchester Derby may be the battle between Bayern and Arsenal.
In the Premier League, Manchester and City are in a civil war, and Arsenal are struggling to challenge Bayern. Looking at it, it is only Sheffield United and Chelsea who really picked up the bargain in the first round of the knockout round.
Sheffield United played against Olympiacos, and Chelsea played against Galatasaray. They were all sure. If they overturned, it would be big news in football.
The fifth round of the FA Cup that interspersed during this period received much less attention.
Sheffield United finished their first game at home against Nottingham Forest in the Championship.
Yes, it was the first game, because the two sides drew 1-1, so Sheffield United had to play another round of play-offs with Nottingham Forest on February 2.
This is quite uncomfortable, but it is purely a rotation lineup, and it is normal to overturn the car occasionally. Speed is not very angry, but feels a little bad luck.
After the FA Cup game, the rotation players who played the game all had a day off.
After Berbatov and Vardy, the main rotation players, finished their recovery training, they flew directly to Athens, Greece with the main team.
On the night of stepping on the field, many Sheffield United players felt "revisiting their old places" in their hearts.
The main players may be okay. After all, they established a large lead early in the UEFA Champions League group stage last season. In the end, they did not travel with the team to play against Olympiacos.
But Vardy, Dembele and others experienced the "crazy" of the last round of the Champions League group stage.
Olympiacos failed to win against Sheffield United, which was steady and anti-reverse, and lost the qualification to qualify for the group stage. Schalke 04 was a desperate blow, and survived the desperation!
That was the first time that Sheffield United experienced the cruelty of the Champions League. Even if the cruelty had nothing to do with them, but if we have to be serious, the failure of Olympiacos was indeed caused by them.
Therefore, this knockout round was described by the Greek media as Olympiacos' "revenge" battle.
Of course, whether the players and fans of Olympiacos think this is revenge is another matter.
However, judging from the extent of the verbal battle between the two sides of the media before the game, the Greek side is still worried about Sheffield United's refusal to "release water" to let Olympiacos go ashore last season.
Once again this season, Schalke 04 broke into the top [-] of the UEFA Champions League and met Real Madrid.
But during the pre-match work, Schalke 04's official tweet didn't try to tease Real Madrid, but @谢菲联盟官方tweeted.I would like to directly thank Xie Feilian for allowing them to successfully break into the top [-] of the Champions League last season.
The top [-] of the Champions League for two consecutive years, the senior management of the miners is quite satisfied, but this work made Olympiacos break the defense in an instant!
Li Mo and a group of Sheffield United players are also dumbfounded.
It can only be said that the Germans know how to let others break the defense.
This season, they are not in the same group, and they did not meet in the knockout rounds. It can still make Olympiacos furious. It is absolutely amazing!
After this wave of public opinion heated up, Schalke 04 gained enough attention, but Sheffield United didn't care, and even completed friendly interactions with the miners on the official Twitter.
as for olympiacos
That's embarrassing, everyone is already an enemy, no matter whether you show favor or not, you have to fight hard with real swords and guns. If this is the case, why do you care about the opponent's feelings?
On the evening of February 2th, Sheffield United, who rushed to the Kareskakis Stadium by bus, will receive a "kind" greeting and a "warm" welcome from the local fans.
The hot confrontational atmosphere has filled the entire Kareskakis Stadium from before the game.
This is one of the famous devil's stadiums in Europe. The venue is not very big and there are not many seats, but the atmosphere is first-class. It can be said to be a smaller version of Westfalen.
During the warm-up before the match, the loud boos and the cold fireworks and red smoke everywhere around the stadium gave Li Mo the goosebumps all over his body.
This is not fear, but shock and envy.
In the Premier League, these hell-like fireworks and smoke-filled stadium scenes are basically invisible.
Because if a team dares to indulge the fans in doing so, it will be subject to severe investigation and punishment by the FA.
Sheffield United was able to put a huge skull blade TIFO before, but after protests from many Premier League clubs, the FA also banned the behavior of Sheffield United fans.
This is a pity for Li Mo, he likes the home atmosphere like that, but it is a pity that in the Premier League, there are many rules that cannot be violated.
So now looking at the frenzied atmosphere of Olympiacos' home court, Li Mo felt a little envy from the bottom of his heart.
Warming up in such an environment, the players of Sheffield United were somewhat affected.
But after returning to the locker room, the generals of Sheffield United who gradually calmed down also put aside the distracting thoughts in their minds.
In terms of big scenes, they actually saw quite a few.
Wembley Stadium, Anfield, Old Trafford, Emirates Stadium
At the craziest time, they also launched a desperate countercharge against the boos of more than 6 Manchester United fans!
After the smoke and the flags painted with all kinds of foul language, what is left of the Kareskakis Stadium?
Avid fan?Boos all over the sky?Unwarranted insults?
They have all encountered these, which are actually quite normal.
As Li Mo said before mobilizing them when playing away games.
"They are afraid! Because they are afraid, they will make such a posture and posture. They are afraid that we will beat their team. Because of this, we have to behave tougher and meaningless! Are we worried that we will be killed by a group of fans? Was it defeated?"
At this moment, many Sheffield United players once again thought of what Li Mo said.
And Li Mo stood up again in the locker room applauding.
"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense today! Brothers, gather around!"
Under his big victory, Sheffield United's starting players quickly formed a circle.
Li Mo took a deep breath, then raised a finger.
"Our goal today, the most important goal, is to win a big victory!"
"Don't be sure of a simple victory, but win a big victory that completely convinces them!"
"This is the goal set by the boss, and it is also the consensus of all of us. Don't forget, our ultimate goal is to win the Champions League! An Olympiacos is not even a small challenge. Could it be that we will be made by them? Are you trapped, please?"
"No! Never!!!"
"Winning in two rounds, we will beat them in one battle! This is indeed the devil's home court, but we also want to let the Greeks know who is the team that really crawled out of hell!"
"Glory! Glory!!!"
At the end of Li Mo's speech, he raised his arms high and roared, and the only response to him was the firm howl of his teammates!
"Glory to Sheffield!!!"
"Let's go, let's go!"
Li Mo kicked open the door of the locker room, and took the lead to go out aggressively. The Sheffield United players who followed behind him were no longer as calm as before, and rushed out of the locker room one by one maintaining their anger!
The hustle and bustle of the Kareskakis Stadium is still there. Duan Xuan, who is commentating today, is a little worried about whether the Sheffield United players can have a normal performance in this stadium.
Xu Yang was still full of confidence in Xie Feilian and Li Mo, and kept saying that Xie Feilian would have no problems.
When the two teams played and completed the pre-match ceremony, Xu Yang looked at Li Mo, who had a cold face but held his head high, and praised him even more.
"That's the momentum! It's not that it's bad to be calm, but staying angry can fill the players' hearts with strength! This is not a sign of fear, but a symbol of desire to win. I believe Li Mo and Sheffield United will not let us down , They will definitely be the winners today!"
As soon as Xu Yang finished speaking, the referee on duty blew the whistle to start the game.
At the moment when Li Mo kicked the ball to Neymar, boos erupted from the Kareskakis Stadium!
Stimulated by the fanatical and passionate home atmosphere, Olympiacos also went all out to press, vowing to give Sheffield United a little "devil's home shock"!
After receiving Neymar's return pass, Drinkwater directed his teammates to quickly expand the formation.
However, when he faced Olympiacos striker Oletan's pressing interference, he didn't panic at all, he dunked and inserted, and completely avoided Oletan's grabbing the ball.
The boos at home seemed to be louder, but Drinkwater's thinking became clearer, and he returned the ball to Matic who was responding diagonally behind him.
Matic passed back to Maguire, Maguire quickly split the ball, Felipe Luiz, who took the ball, took the ball in and passed the ball back to Drinkwater.
The unhurried transmission led the restless Olympiacos players to keep pressing forward.
Sheffield United took a lot of risks. After all, they pass control in their own half. Once the ball is intercepted, the opponent is likely to play a threatening counterattack.
But being able to mobilize Olympiacos to press forward as a whole is worth the risk!
During this period, Sheffield United had an offensive attempt to pass the ball forward. Neymar was forced back by double-teaming when he tried to dribble from the wing.
Li Mo stepped forward to respond, retreated after protecting the ball, and then returned the ball to his teammate.
Such a prudent way of playing made the home fans boo constantly, and some even yelled, reprimanding Li Mo for being timid and not daring to try to dribble the ball by himself.
After coming down once or twice, the defensive players in the backcourt of Olympiacos were relieved a lot.
It seems that Sheffield United is going to play steadily today, and there are no sudden changes, so they can naturally deal with it calmly.
But just when their defensive focus was attracted by Li Mo and Neymar, Matic sounded the alarm for Sheffield United's counterattack with an abrupt forward pass!
This long pass passed over the head of Olympiacos' right forward Joel Campbell, and went straight to Bell who was obliquely inserted into the right rib area of Olympiacos!
Olympiakos' right midfielder Maniatis realized that he had just supported the frontcourt and moved forward, and returned to the defense immediately.
But Bell, who stopped the football, didn't give him a chance to catch up at all, and decisively pulled the sidelines!
Olympiacos right-back Salino subconsciously went forward to grab.
But when Bell made a sudden trip and chose to overtake him from the outside, he already regretted it!
The commentator of Sky Sports began to exclaim continuously, Bell's speed was getting faster and faster, and after overtaking Salino, he made another explosive trip to the bottom!
The Greek commentator broke out in a cold sweat.
Dare to give Bell the space to take off on the wing at the beginning, TM's Olympiacos defensive players are all playing!
One man blasted a winger, the unreasonable Bell cut inside, and Manolas made the final pass as soon as Manolas attacked and gave up his position!
The football passed slightly backward rolled to the left side of the penalty area near the top of the arc, where Maniatis, who was chasing back, was the closest.
But before he felt lucky, the exclamation of his teammates and a gust of wind flashed by, taking away the figure of the football, which made his mood plummet to the bottom!
"Good shot! Li Mo——!!!"
Duan Xuan slapped the table and roared, and Li Mo, who led the ball past Maniatis while running wildly, had no time to make adjustments, and took advantage of the opportunity to complete a small-angle volley!
Robert Jimenez, this tall goalkeeper with a height of 1.9 meters [-] kicked the ground and made a save!
The football went straight to the far corner, and his outstretched arms also rushed straight to the far corner!
It seems to have caught the ball, but it seems to have just caught the wind?
A trace of doubt and a trace of expectation quickly flashed through Jimenez's mind.
But before he landed, a crisp netting sound made his heart tighten!
He didn't have time to turn his head to look, but the home fans seemed to be choked, and the boos that stopped completely told him the answer!
"Ahhh-!!!"
Li Mo patted his chest and roared to the Olympiacos fans who were behind the goal just now. He raised his head and roared angrily!
9 minutes into the game!First shot, first goal!
This is Sheffield United's answer to Olympiacos home fans!
"Lao Tzu, I want to beat you to death in a single battle!"
(End of this chapter)
When Sheffield United was preparing for a rematch with Manchester City, Manchester City was hesitating whether to fight Sheffield United again.
During this period of time, various cup matches and league matches followed one after another, and Manchester City also struggled to rotate in the tight winter schedule.
In addition, a week later, they will usher in the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals with Manchester United. At this juncture, if they fight with Sheffield United, it will not be worthwhile no matter how you look at it.
Of course, there is another very important point, that is, Sheffield United's lead in the league has reached a "crazy" level.
After Manchester City beat Tottenham in the last round of the league, relying on their goal difference advantage, they have already overtaken Chelsea and climbed to the second place in the league.
If this will be within [-] points of Sheffield United, then Manchester City will definitely fight.
After all, it is a six-point game, and if they win, they still have the hope of competing for the league championship. No one will give up so easily.
But looking at Sheffield United's abnormal 70 league points, let alone Pellegrini and Manchester City players, Manchester City fans feel that it is meaningless to fight with Sheffield United.
Manchester City and Chelsea have only scored 51 league points so far, which is 19 points behind Sheffield United!
Such a gap is really not to blame for Manchester City's lack of ideas, and it's the same for Chelsea.
The gap of six wins, Sheffield United must lose six games in a row, and they will win six games in a row, so that this gap in points can be evened out.
Is it possible?
There are only 24 games left in the league. To put it bluntly, Sheffield United won 23 and drew [-] in the first [-] league games. Can they lose [-] games in the last [-] league games?
It is really only when Sheffield United has a big collapse at the end of the season, two or three of the main core members are reimbursed, and it is best that the head coach Speed is also sick and unable to lead the team, so that such a bizarre situation can occur.
But now seeing Sheffield's posture of rotating the main players without moving, it is unlikely that the starting lineup will suffer extensive injuries.
So if you think about it pragmatically, it is inevitable for Pellegrini and Manchester City to make a choice.
Either take the physical risk of the players and play two consecutive league games and then fight Manchester United, or make concessions in the league, so as not to give up strategically, but it is definitely impossible to fight hard against Sheffield United.
How to make a choice has become a difficult problem for Pellegrini and Manchester City.
At the moment, Sheffield United has no troubles in this regard at all.
It can only be said that the depth of the bench is thick enough, and there is a core that can't be injured, which is really happiness.
Li Mo took up the offensive task during the rotation, the main players rested at ease, and the rotation players played solidly.
Don't say that Sheffield United's wins are small wins during the rotation, 1-0 or 2-0 or something, just say whether you win or not!
Being able to win is the greatest skill, and talking about other things is nonsense.
The league is so long and Sheffield United has remained unbeaten, which already shows the success of Sheffield United's current rotation strategy.
After a week of rest, Speed still rotated some of the main players, and sat at home to usher in the challenge of Hull City.
Li Mo and Vardy partnered in this game and started as double forwards.
Bell returned to the long-awaited winger position. He is on the left, De Bruyne is on the right, and behind him is Barriga Matic's double midfielder combination.
Felipe Luis rested today, Matt Ridge started as a left back, Maguire and Stones partnered as a central defender, and Trippier served as a right back.
The starting goalkeeper is Shay, who has improved in training recently.
Of course, to be on the safe side, Sommer sat on the bench and stood by.
However, Speed still trusts his former teammate and younger brother very much. The defense will not be tested too much against Hull City. If there is no need to attack, Shay can still handle it.
This game did not receive much attention from the outside world. After all, Hull City's own fans did not think they could take away league points from Bramall Lane Stadium.
In the words of the media, this is a game without any suspense, whether it is for Sheffield United or Hull City.
Although when everyone is not optimistic, there are always some players in the Hull City team who will not be so reconciled.
Whether it is just around the corner or bursting with ambition, professional players always have the desire to express themselves.
But it took only 15 minutes for Sheffield United to make these Hull City players realize the reality.
Instead of destroying the confidence of the Hull City players with the emergence of goals, the Hull City players felt powerless with a stable and outrageous rhythm control.
After Sheffield United kicked off, for a full 15 minutes, only Hull City controlled the ball for less than 1 minute!
Hull City couldn't grab the ball no matter how hard they tried, and Sheffield United was not in a hurry to attack. It just continued to erode Hull City's defensive position little by little, playing extremely patiently.
Speed knows that at the end of each season, the relegation team in the Premier League will become a very difficult role, so he reminded many times before the game that his disciples must not underestimate Hull City's counterattack .
Obviously, the Sheffield United players on the field listened to Speed's words, and they never gave Hull City a chance to counterattack!
If you can't touch the ball, of course you can't counterattack.
As for the offense, it's even simpler.
After the overall advantage is suppressed, whether it is Bell and Matt Ridge on the left or De Bruyne and Trippier on the right.
As long as there is a lane that has a match-up advantage, then press this lane. With Li Mo and Vardy in the middle, there is no need to worry about the end.
This is not arrogance, nor is it contempt for Hull City, it is the naked reality.
If Hull City can have the defensive strength to withstand Sheffield United's wing attack, why is it only one point ahead of the relegation zone?
The front is weak, and the defense is at the mid-level of the league. This is the status quo of Hull City.
After the offensive started, Sheffield United was like an adult beating a child, tearing apart Hull City's side defenses and heading straight into the hinterland.
Hull City seemed to be playing in a three-five-two formation. They didn't attack much at the beginning, and they became five-four-one when they played. Forward Jelavic also had to retreat to help defend.
Complete midfield suppression, unreasonable passes and cuts, strong bursts, laps and bottoms.
Sheffield United's offensive like a wave hit Hull City in chaos!
In fact, Bell's side didn't use all their strength, so Hull City's right center back and wing back repeatedly called their teammates to help defend.
When Hull City's midfield defense line was leaning to the right as a whole, Sheffield United was slamming eastward and westward.
When Trippier decisively swept the ball into the penalty area of Hull City, Li Mo, who followed up, got stuck first, and then almost carried Hull City's left central defender Figueroa to complete the volley!
The football quickly got into the bottom of the near corner of the goal. The goalkeeper Harper was a little slower when he landed, and the football missed his palm before it was too late!
The ball was played very simply, and the fans of Hull City had no temper at all!
The Sheffield United fans at home cheered and yelled out Li Mo's name following the guidance of the DJ on the spot!
"No.30 has six goals! Many media have said that Li Mo's state has 'declined' recently, but he has also reached the level of five goals in five games, with an average of one goal per game! He is far from the [-]-goal mark of the league. Li Mo It's only four goals away! And it's only eleven goals away from Li Mo's single-season scoring record in the Premier League created last season!"
Zhan Jun roared angrily, but what he wanted to say the most was that Li Mo was only [-] goals away from Messi's single-season scoring record in the five major leagues that year!
It is not necessary for Li Mo to maintain the league scoring efficiency of almost 1.5 goals per game in the first half of the season. Even if there is an efficiency of [-] goal per game in the sprint stage, it is completely sufficient to equal Messi's record.
As for surpassing.
possible!
Hope is still great!
Li Mo's explosive game basically started with two goals consumption. After this game, there are still [-] league games left in the Premier League. After scoring [-] goals, Li Mo will surpass Messi and become the strongest striker in the history of the five major leagues!
As Huaguo's commentators, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu definitely supported Li Mo 100% to hit this record.
It's just that at the moment, Zhan Jun doesn't want to create public pressure on Li Mo, and he doesn't want to bring criticism to him, so he doesn't bring the topic to Messi.
But he didn't say it, but there are a large number of fans in Huaguo who will discuss this matter.
In other words, not only Hua Guo fans, but fans all over the world will discuss this topic!
But in Li Mo's own heart, he still had the idea of letting nature take its course.
He wants to fight, but he is not in a hurry, he will fight for one goal after another, and it will not be too late to shout the slogan of surpassing when he gets the ball.
"Don't worry, let's play slowly and strive for a two-goal lead in the first half!"
Li Mo applauded and shouted, signaling his teammates to return to the halftime with him.
Speed nodded secretly, without saying anything, just looked at Li Mo and reminded his teammates to keep calm.
After the game restarted, Sheffield United continued to suppress Hull City calmly.
Li Mo played very patiently and did not raise his hands frequently to ask for the ball. Instead, he helped Vardy or Bell to drag Hull City's defensive force more.
In the 307th minute of the first half, Li Mo played for Bell and helped him successfully enter the penalty area of Hull City.
Facing the attacking goalkeeper Harper, Bell was not greedy for credit, and passed the ball back. Vardy followed up and shot an empty goal. Sheffield United won!
With a two-goal lead, Sheffield United entered the intermission.
No one knew what adjustments Speed made in the first half. After the start of the second half, Sheffield United changed their previous stable and controlled rhythm of play and suddenly became aggressive!
Playing high and high, the rhythm of the game accelerated. Not only did Sheffield United get great offensive opportunities many times, but Hull City could also play a brilliant counterattack once or twice.
Such a change is what the neutral fans like to see the most. In the warm home cheers, Sheffield United broke the balance of the field again in the No. 605 minute of the second half, rewriting the score to 3-0!
"Complete Sheffield United's fast offensive rhythm! Perfect Li Bei connection! Li Mo's violent header again! Scored twice! Playing well! Will there be a hat-trick today?!"
Zhang Lu was very happy. He watched Li Mo increase his personal league goals to 37. He was very greedy and wanted to see Li Mo go further.
The same is obviously true of the Sheffield United fans at the scene, the cheers were louder and louder, and they didn't stop at all!
When the sound of the "hat-trick" appeared over the Bramall Lane Stadium, Li Mo could only smile and scratch the back of his head, and then looked to the sidelines.
Speed adjusted his tactics during the halftime break, just trying to let Li Murduo grab points and try to score another goal.
And when he scored again, he had to rest with Bell and prepare for the next round of the league battle with Manchester City.
This is a plan made by Speed and the coaching staff, Li Mo will not object, if Speed still wants to replace him, then he will end decisively.
But when he looked at Speed, the old handsome guy smiled at him, and then said something to the assistant.
Three minutes later, the fourth official raised a sign to signal Sheffield United to make a substitution.
"Joaquin replaced Bale, Dembele replaced Matic! Li Mo is still on the court! Speed wants to give Li Mo a chance to complete a hat-trick! Sure enough, he is a 'love apprentice', Speed I still have nothing to say to Li Mo!"
Zhan Jun felt relieved, and looked cheerfully at Speed, who was on the sidelines with a helpless expression.
On the major sports forums in Huaguo, Huaguo's fans also strongly supported Speed's "intimate" move to keep Li Mo on the court.
"Speed knows what petting is! Just keep pampering Li Mo! I love it!"
"Crying! The same 17-year-old who made great contributions to Sheffield United cried and fainted on the field. Coach, look at me, coach!"
"The big head doesn't cry, at least he is the twin star of Sheffield United. Li Mo's achievement is the big head's achievement!"
"Good buddies don't care about these things, but I agree with one sentence, Sheffield United can have twin stars, but only one prince."
"Isn't it right? Li Mo has become the king of Sheffield United now, how about returning the crown prince?"
"My, my, then Maguire will succeed the Sheffield United prince. Fuck, it's perfect!"
Countless Chinese fans were joking about the ball in the forum, and Sheffield United quickly launched a new wave of offensive on the field, completely suppressing Hull City at halftime.
The new Joaquin and Dembele are very active. After adding fresh blood on the offensive end, Sheffield United's wing offensive has not stopped. On the contrary, the more they play, the better they are.
In the 706th minute of the second half, Joaquin sent a cross from the sideline. Hull City's central defender McShane made a clearance before Li Mo, and Sheffield United got a corner kick.
Dembele, Li Mo, Stones, and Maguire squeezed into Hull City's penalty area one after another. As the main force for corner kicks, they naturally attracted the most attention from the fans.
De Bruyne, who took the corner kick, observed the situation in the penalty area of Hull City at the moment, and made a gesture of "corner kick tactic three", which made the defensive players of Hull City extremely nervous.
Two seconds later, De Bruyne took a corner kick, and the football went straight over the head of Li Mo, who was running forward, and flew to the back of the penalty area!
Maguire jumped high and completely suppressed Hull City right center back Curtis Davis at the back point, grabbing a point!
The advantage of the big head is fully revealed at this moment, Maguire's ferry is fast and accurate!
Hull City goalkeeper Harper was horrified to discover that Sheffield United's corner kick tactics seemed to let Li Mo cover for Maguire, but in fact they let Maguire act as a fulcrum for Li Mo. Header relay!
If you switch to another team, you will probably screw up if you play like this, but what kind of heading ability are Maguire and Li Mo, and what kind of tacit understanding do they have?
The years of tacit understanding from the youth team to the first team is not a joke. When Maguire completed the header ferry, Li Mo had already stepped on the spot and kicked off the ground at the front point!
Pushing down Figueroa by almost half of his head, Li Mo violently shook the flying football and smashed his head towards the goal in a very exaggerated "condescending" manner!
Harper changed direction and turned back twice in a row, and his take-off was not enough, so he could only kick the ground to catch the ball in the middle of the sprint in a gambling style.
This kind of preparation is very hasty, the strength of kicking the ground is not enough, the explosion is not enough, there is no way to attack the goal with Li Mo's head shake at close range!
And when the football hit the net behind Harper for the fourth time, the entire Bramall Lane stadium shook and reveled!
"Li Mo——!!! The goal is scored! God! Hat-trick!!! League No.30 eight goals! Li Mo did it! Another hat-trick! How should we praise? We seem to have scored all the praises All the words and phrases have been used on Li Mo, so that now I am at a loss for words! Born to be a shooter! Born to be a king! Li Mo, keep moving towards your great goal!!!”
Zhan Jun's roar perfectly fit the Sheffield United fans' crazy worship of Li Mo!
This was just a simple Premier League game, but because of Li Mo's hat-trick, and because Li Mo was getting closer to that great record step by step, it became very meaningful!
Perhaps this is just an important inflection point in the personal pursuit of data records, far from the point where the Sheffield United team can cheer for it.
But because the person he was chasing was Li Mo, the Sheffield United players were willing to cheer for him!
After some celebration, Speed replaced Li Mo with Berbatov, and the game basically came to an end.
The 4-0 score is nothing to Sheffield United, but the news that Li Mo scored a hat-trick and raised his personal league goals to 38 quickly spread in England, in the British Isles, and throughout Europe The continent is spreading!
It may also be because of this news that Pellegrini finally made up his mind!
On the evening of February 2th, at the Etihad Stadium, the focus of the No.12 round of the Premier League No. 20 was carried out in a weird "peaceful" rhythm to No. 80 minutes.
Neither Sheffield United nor Manchester City have completed any substitution adjustments, and the score is still maintained at 0-0, and it seems that there will be no more changes.
Pellegrini's expression was very calm, and so was Speed. They quickly reached an agreement tacitly from the pre-match press conference and the starting list announced by the other side.
Sheffield United has a long-lost five-back formation, while Manchester City has three midfielders and five midfielders.
There are some offensive temptations, but in the case of Manchester City's rotation of Aguero and David Silva, Sheffield United's rotation of Huber, and De Bruyne, the offensives of both sides appear to be less "sincere".
At the whistle of the referee on duty, the two teams finally shook hands and made peace, and the two head coaches who had been calm for the whole game walked towards each other with tacit smiles.
"Good luck in the Champions League."
"Well, good luck to you."
After sincere blessings, the two coaches left the field in a hurry, leaving only the players from both sides covering their mouths and communicating with each other kindly.
There is nothing to review and talk about in this league. The media were surprised, but also expected and guessed.
Sheffield United can accept the 0-0 result, and Manchester City can accept it even more. Maybe the only one who feels injured is Manchester United.
But no matter how Manchester United fans yelled "unfair", they had to focus on the Champions League game six days later after finishing Arsenal.
Playing early and playing late, sooner or later, this battle will be fought. The Manchester Derby plus the first knockout game of the Champions League, BUFF can be said to be full.
This Champions League battle is also destined to become one of the most popular battles in the first round of the UEFA Champions League knockout round this season.
What can be compared with the Manchester Derby may be the battle between Bayern and Arsenal.
In the Premier League, Manchester and City are in a civil war, and Arsenal are struggling to challenge Bayern. Looking at it, it is only Sheffield United and Chelsea who really picked up the bargain in the first round of the knockout round.
Sheffield United played against Olympiacos, and Chelsea played against Galatasaray. They were all sure. If they overturned, it would be big news in football.
The fifth round of the FA Cup that interspersed during this period received much less attention.
Sheffield United finished their first game at home against Nottingham Forest in the Championship.
Yes, it was the first game, because the two sides drew 1-1, so Sheffield United had to play another round of play-offs with Nottingham Forest on February 2.
This is quite uncomfortable, but it is purely a rotation lineup, and it is normal to overturn the car occasionally. Speed is not very angry, but feels a little bad luck.
After the FA Cup game, the rotation players who played the game all had a day off.
After Berbatov and Vardy, the main rotation players, finished their recovery training, they flew directly to Athens, Greece with the main team.
On the night of stepping on the field, many Sheffield United players felt "revisiting their old places" in their hearts.
The main players may be okay. After all, they established a large lead early in the UEFA Champions League group stage last season. In the end, they did not travel with the team to play against Olympiacos.
But Vardy, Dembele and others experienced the "crazy" of the last round of the Champions League group stage.
Olympiacos failed to win against Sheffield United, which was steady and anti-reverse, and lost the qualification to qualify for the group stage. Schalke 04 was a desperate blow, and survived the desperation!
That was the first time that Sheffield United experienced the cruelty of the Champions League. Even if the cruelty had nothing to do with them, but if we have to be serious, the failure of Olympiacos was indeed caused by them.
Therefore, this knockout round was described by the Greek media as Olympiacos' "revenge" battle.
Of course, whether the players and fans of Olympiacos think this is revenge is another matter.
However, judging from the extent of the verbal battle between the two sides of the media before the game, the Greek side is still worried about Sheffield United's refusal to "release water" to let Olympiacos go ashore last season.
Once again this season, Schalke 04 broke into the top [-] of the UEFA Champions League and met Real Madrid.
But during the pre-match work, Schalke 04's official tweet didn't try to tease Real Madrid, but @谢菲联盟官方tweeted.I would like to directly thank Xie Feilian for allowing them to successfully break into the top [-] of the Champions League last season.
The top [-] of the Champions League for two consecutive years, the senior management of the miners is quite satisfied, but this work made Olympiacos break the defense in an instant!
Li Mo and a group of Sheffield United players are also dumbfounded.
It can only be said that the Germans know how to let others break the defense.
This season, they are not in the same group, and they did not meet in the knockout rounds. It can still make Olympiacos furious. It is absolutely amazing!
After this wave of public opinion heated up, Schalke 04 gained enough attention, but Sheffield United didn't care, and even completed friendly interactions with the miners on the official Twitter.
as for olympiacos
That's embarrassing, everyone is already an enemy, no matter whether you show favor or not, you have to fight hard with real swords and guns. If this is the case, why do you care about the opponent's feelings?
On the evening of February 2th, Sheffield United, who rushed to the Kareskakis Stadium by bus, will receive a "kind" greeting and a "warm" welcome from the local fans.
The hot confrontational atmosphere has filled the entire Kareskakis Stadium from before the game.
This is one of the famous devil's stadiums in Europe. The venue is not very big and there are not many seats, but the atmosphere is first-class. It can be said to be a smaller version of Westfalen.
During the warm-up before the match, the loud boos and the cold fireworks and red smoke everywhere around the stadium gave Li Mo the goosebumps all over his body.
This is not fear, but shock and envy.
In the Premier League, these hell-like fireworks and smoke-filled stadium scenes are basically invisible.
Because if a team dares to indulge the fans in doing so, it will be subject to severe investigation and punishment by the FA.
Sheffield United was able to put a huge skull blade TIFO before, but after protests from many Premier League clubs, the FA also banned the behavior of Sheffield United fans.
This is a pity for Li Mo, he likes the home atmosphere like that, but it is a pity that in the Premier League, there are many rules that cannot be violated.
So now looking at the frenzied atmosphere of Olympiacos' home court, Li Mo felt a little envy from the bottom of his heart.
Warming up in such an environment, the players of Sheffield United were somewhat affected.
But after returning to the locker room, the generals of Sheffield United who gradually calmed down also put aside the distracting thoughts in their minds.
In terms of big scenes, they actually saw quite a few.
Wembley Stadium, Anfield, Old Trafford, Emirates Stadium
At the craziest time, they also launched a desperate countercharge against the boos of more than 6 Manchester United fans!
After the smoke and the flags painted with all kinds of foul language, what is left of the Kareskakis Stadium?
Avid fan?Boos all over the sky?Unwarranted insults?
They have all encountered these, which are actually quite normal.
As Li Mo said before mobilizing them when playing away games.
"They are afraid! Because they are afraid, they will make such a posture and posture. They are afraid that we will beat their team. Because of this, we have to behave tougher and meaningless! Are we worried that we will be killed by a group of fans? Was it defeated?"
At this moment, many Sheffield United players once again thought of what Li Mo said.
And Li Mo stood up again in the locker room applauding.
"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense today! Brothers, gather around!"
Under his big victory, Sheffield United's starting players quickly formed a circle.
Li Mo took a deep breath, then raised a finger.
"Our goal today, the most important goal, is to win a big victory!"
"Don't be sure of a simple victory, but win a big victory that completely convinces them!"
"This is the goal set by the boss, and it is also the consensus of all of us. Don't forget, our ultimate goal is to win the Champions League! An Olympiacos is not even a small challenge. Could it be that we will be made by them? Are you trapped, please?"
"No! Never!!!"
"Winning in two rounds, we will beat them in one battle! This is indeed the devil's home court, but we also want to let the Greeks know who is the team that really crawled out of hell!"
"Glory! Glory!!!"
At the end of Li Mo's speech, he raised his arms high and roared, and the only response to him was the firm howl of his teammates!
"Glory to Sheffield!!!"
"Let's go, let's go!"
Li Mo kicked open the door of the locker room, and took the lead to go out aggressively. The Sheffield United players who followed behind him were no longer as calm as before, and rushed out of the locker room one by one maintaining their anger!
The hustle and bustle of the Kareskakis Stadium is still there. Duan Xuan, who is commentating today, is a little worried about whether the Sheffield United players can have a normal performance in this stadium.
Xu Yang was still full of confidence in Xie Feilian and Li Mo, and kept saying that Xie Feilian would have no problems.
When the two teams played and completed the pre-match ceremony, Xu Yang looked at Li Mo, who had a cold face but held his head high, and praised him even more.
"That's the momentum! It's not that it's bad to be calm, but staying angry can fill the players' hearts with strength! This is not a sign of fear, but a symbol of desire to win. I believe Li Mo and Sheffield United will not let us down , They will definitely be the winners today!"
As soon as Xu Yang finished speaking, the referee on duty blew the whistle to start the game.
At the moment when Li Mo kicked the ball to Neymar, boos erupted from the Kareskakis Stadium!
Stimulated by the fanatical and passionate home atmosphere, Olympiacos also went all out to press, vowing to give Sheffield United a little "devil's home shock"!
After receiving Neymar's return pass, Drinkwater directed his teammates to quickly expand the formation.
However, when he faced Olympiacos striker Oletan's pressing interference, he didn't panic at all, he dunked and inserted, and completely avoided Oletan's grabbing the ball.
The boos at home seemed to be louder, but Drinkwater's thinking became clearer, and he returned the ball to Matic who was responding diagonally behind him.
Matic passed back to Maguire, Maguire quickly split the ball, Felipe Luiz, who took the ball, took the ball in and passed the ball back to Drinkwater.
The unhurried transmission led the restless Olympiacos players to keep pressing forward.
Sheffield United took a lot of risks. After all, they pass control in their own half. Once the ball is intercepted, the opponent is likely to play a threatening counterattack.
But being able to mobilize Olympiacos to press forward as a whole is worth the risk!
During this period, Sheffield United had an offensive attempt to pass the ball forward. Neymar was forced back by double-teaming when he tried to dribble from the wing.
Li Mo stepped forward to respond, retreated after protecting the ball, and then returned the ball to his teammate.
Such a prudent way of playing made the home fans boo constantly, and some even yelled, reprimanding Li Mo for being timid and not daring to try to dribble the ball by himself.
After coming down once or twice, the defensive players in the backcourt of Olympiacos were relieved a lot.
It seems that Sheffield United is going to play steadily today, and there are no sudden changes, so they can naturally deal with it calmly.
But just when their defensive focus was attracted by Li Mo and Neymar, Matic sounded the alarm for Sheffield United's counterattack with an abrupt forward pass!
This long pass passed over the head of Olympiacos' right forward Joel Campbell, and went straight to Bell who was obliquely inserted into the right rib area of Olympiacos!
Olympiakos' right midfielder Maniatis realized that he had just supported the frontcourt and moved forward, and returned to the defense immediately.
But Bell, who stopped the football, didn't give him a chance to catch up at all, and decisively pulled the sidelines!
Olympiacos right-back Salino subconsciously went forward to grab.
But when Bell made a sudden trip and chose to overtake him from the outside, he already regretted it!
The commentator of Sky Sports began to exclaim continuously, Bell's speed was getting faster and faster, and after overtaking Salino, he made another explosive trip to the bottom!
The Greek commentator broke out in a cold sweat.
Dare to give Bell the space to take off on the wing at the beginning, TM's Olympiacos defensive players are all playing!
One man blasted a winger, the unreasonable Bell cut inside, and Manolas made the final pass as soon as Manolas attacked and gave up his position!
The football passed slightly backward rolled to the left side of the penalty area near the top of the arc, where Maniatis, who was chasing back, was the closest.
But before he felt lucky, the exclamation of his teammates and a gust of wind flashed by, taking away the figure of the football, which made his mood plummet to the bottom!
"Good shot! Li Mo——!!!"
Duan Xuan slapped the table and roared, and Li Mo, who led the ball past Maniatis while running wildly, had no time to make adjustments, and took advantage of the opportunity to complete a small-angle volley!
Robert Jimenez, this tall goalkeeper with a height of 1.9 meters [-] kicked the ground and made a save!
The football went straight to the far corner, and his outstretched arms also rushed straight to the far corner!
It seems to have caught the ball, but it seems to have just caught the wind?
A trace of doubt and a trace of expectation quickly flashed through Jimenez's mind.
But before he landed, a crisp netting sound made his heart tighten!
He didn't have time to turn his head to look, but the home fans seemed to be choked, and the boos that stopped completely told him the answer!
"Ahhh-!!!"
Li Mo patted his chest and roared to the Olympiacos fans who were behind the goal just now. He raised his head and roared angrily!
9 minutes into the game!First shot, first goal!
This is Sheffield United's answer to Olympiacos home fans!
"Lao Tzu, I want to beat you to death in a single battle!"
(End of this chapter)
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