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After the Champions League knockout round entered the final quarter-finals, the rest time between games was much shorter than before.

Sheffield United eliminated Barcelona, ​​beat Everton to win the Premier League title, and played another league game against Chelsea, and then faced Bayern Munich directly.

During the period of only two weeks, Sheffield United had to collect Bayern's recent game information, personnel status information, tactical changes, and prepare for two league games.

It can be said that the coaching staff of Sheffield United returned to the work rhythm of staying up late to prepare for the game after a short break.

But the players of Sheffield United still got a full rest.

In a strong dialogue with Chelsea, Speed ​​planned to resort to a four-four-two formation for the sake of insurance, and let Li Mo and Vardy start together in the first half.

Bell and Neymar need to sit on the bench and stand by.

In the midfield, Dembele and Drinkwater are about to form today's starting double midfielder, and Matic is also waiting for the opportunity to play on the bench.

De Bruyne and Joaquin served as the starting left and right midfielders.

As for the defense line and the goalkeeper position, Speed ​​did not rotate the main players, and chose to play all the main players.

Chelsea has now been eliminated from the Champions League knockout rounds, and without the entanglement of other cup games, they are fully committed to the league's fourth place.

There is currently an eight-point gap between them and the fifth-placed Arsenal. With the last four rounds of the game left, Chelsea has at least two wins. It can be said that they are basically guaranteed to qualify for the Champions League next season.

And Arsenal can't blame others.

In the last round of the league, they lost the chain 0-3 to Everton, while Chelsea won Swansea 1-0 steadily.

The five-point gap instantly widened to eight points, and Wenger was powerless.

Mancini is finally relieved now.

In the first season with Chelsea, the Champions League quarter-finals and the top four in the league, his reconstruction work can be said to be quite successful.

Except for Lukaku's misjudgment, he has used the newly introduced players in the team and the young players left by the previous coach very well.

The "Azar + Bertrand" left-sided combination he created alone is second only to Sheffield United's "Bell + Felipe Luis" left-sided corridor in the Premier League this season.

It is said that Chelsea have recently negotiated with Manchester City about the transfer of Dzeko.

The Bosnia-Herzegovina center failed to move to Chelsea at the end of this season's winter window because of Pellegrini's opposition.
But this year Xia Chuang is very likely to get his wish and reunite with his mentor.

Chelsea, who introduced Dzeko next season, basically made up for the shortcomings of the center forward lineup.

If Lukaku is not sold, Dzeko and Lukaku's center rotation is enough for Mancini to toss.

In general, Chelsea had a solid rebuilding season, the results were passable, the young people grew up smoothly, and Mancini's coaching position naturally became more and more stable.

I don't know if there is a reason for this. Mancini's match against Sheffield United this time seems to have little intention of winning.

At the press conference before the game, Mancini even sent his blessings in a personable manner, hoping that Sheffield United can successfully enter the Champions League final this season.

This is so nice to say.

The only trace of anger left in this game gradually dissipated in the air before the game.

Speed ​​originally put up four-four-two to let Li Mo and Vardy break through Chelsea's defense in the first half, and then go to Bell and Neymar to complete the harvesting task in the second half.

But now that Mancini took the lead in releasing goodwill, Speed ​​also pushed the boat forward, improving the offensive wheel battle into a rhythm control battle.

It is naturally best for Sheffield United to win this game, but a draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge is not unacceptable.

In the next three normal rounds of the league, Sheffield United will face Cardiff City, Manchester United and Swansea respectively.

In addition to the make-up match against West Bromwich Albion, the opponents that Sheffield United will face are not very strong, and there is no big problem in winning three of them.

Manchester United, well, Manchester United, which is still ranked eighth in the league, can only be said to be an ordinary mid-upstream team in the Premier League.

Maybe they will still have the idea of ​​defeating Sheffield United and adding trouble to Sheffield United.

But here at Sheffield United, they are actually no different from Swansea.

They are no longer regarded as rivals by Sheffield United.

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"The referee blew the whistle for the end of the game! 1-1, Sheffield United and Chelsea drew at Stamford Bridge. The two sides shook hands and made a draw. It can be regarded as a result that each can accept. Even in this round, Arsenal With the victory, Chelsea still leads Arsenal by six points with only three rounds left in the league, firmly grasping the initiative to compete for the fourth. Sheffield United can set their sights on the Champions League semi-finals four days later. The first round of the final is on!"

"Medel said in an interview before that they will complete their revenge against Bayern Munich this year. Sheffield United is currently eager to fight. The Champions League semi-final on the night of the 23rd will be very exciting!"

After the Premier League match, Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu looked forward to the upcoming Champions League semi-final between Sheffield United and Bayern Munich.

Four days later, not only will they broadcast the UEFA Champions League live on Sina Sports on time, but Channel [-] will also send a front-line commentary team to bring an audio-visual feast of top-level matches to Chinese fans.

After the end of this round of Premier League games, the whole of England has started to build public opinion for Sheffield United.

The first leg of this round of the Champions League semi-finals will be held at the Bramall Lane Stadium, and the media in the UK has almost stood behind Sheffield United in the past few days.

Bayern Munich, who also passed the two knockout rounds, is naturally full of confidence.

Sheffield United want to win all the club titles this season, and so do they.

After the restructuring of the Champions League, no team has won consecutive championships.

The strong Real Madrid at the beginning of the century failed to do it, Manchester United, which reached three Champions League finals in the 07-11 season, failed to do it, and Barcelona, ​​known as the Cosmos team in the 08-12 season, also failed to do it.

And in this season, Bayern Munich has reached the final semi-finals of the Champions League, and there is almost only one step left to achieve the Champions League.

Who can resist the temptation to leave their name in the history of football?
Guardiola also came to Sheffield United's home court with great ambitions.

After he left Barcelona, ​​he got the opportunity he dreamed of to continue to implement his coaching philosophy at Bayern.

At the beginning of the season and in the middle of the season, the whole of Germany was still discussing what Heynckes brought to last year's Bayern Munich team.

But now, as he led the team to secure the league championship early in the Bundesliga, easily slaughtered Kaiserslautern and entered the German Cup final, and also led the team to the final four in the Champions League.

The Germans are already talking more about the bright future of "melon-style Bayern" and "passing Bayern".

Barcelona was slaughtered out, but the new Bayern led by him is still advancing on the Champions League stage with pass-and-control tactics.

Guardiola feels he has demonstrated just how central he has been to Barcelona's success over the past few years.

The words he once said were also confirmed one by one.

The stupid only know the current Barcelona management who provoked internal strife, and some arrogant Barcelona players who made him lose control of the team in the end.

These talents are the culprit of Barcelona's "degeneration" in the past two years, not him.

Now he has to further prove to the world that in a new team, with his own coaching philosophy, he can replicate the luxurious results that Barcelona once played.

Sheffield United is strong, but Guardiola has even stronger confidence in his own Bayern Munich.

And last season, Heynckes led Bayern Munich to successfully break through Sheffield United.

If he fails to reach the final this year, the European football public opinion after the game will drown him and the entire Bayern team.

Guardiola could not accept such a result.

So apart from his firm belief that he will lead Bayern to success, he has no intention of doing more.

On the evening of April 2014, 4, the long-awaited Champions League match between Sheffield United and Bayern Munich finally came as scheduled.

The mobilization of the two teams before the game was very good.

Bayern will not back down in the slightest in order to win the Champions League.

And facing Sheffield United, which they defeated last season, no matter whether there are some problems in the process, they will have some psychological advantages.

Sheffield United is even more aggressive.

This is their battle of revenge!

Li Mo doesn't need to make a long speech in the locker room.

He only said that he would return the painful defeat to Bayern ten times and a hundred times, and his teammates were furious, roaring that they must let Bayern bleed out at the Bramall Lane Stadium!

This is an endless battle, at least here at Sheffield United, they are already mentally prepared to fight until the last moment.

But when the game officially started, the familiar and unfamiliar Bayern team in front of them surprised them.

Ball control, conduction, pursuit of control of the ball is even greater than maintaining the speed of attack!
In the minds of many Sheffield United players, even Bayern has changed their head coach and style of play.

But the head-to-head confrontation in the middle and the fast side advance will never change.

Because that was an important magic weapon for Bayern's great success last year.

Just as the current Premier League fans can't imagine that Arsenal played a rough traditional British long pass.

Sheffield United abandoned their anti-reverse style and changed to playing technical football to avoid fierce confrontation as much as possible.

This is something that subverts their common sense, and it is also an exaggerated change that makes it difficult for them to adapt quickly.

This is how Bayern feels to Sheffield United now.

Li Mo, who had been expected for a long time, and Speed, who has studied Bayern thoroughly recently, may be excluded.

But other Sheffield United players feel quite absurd!
Not long ago, they smashed Barcelona, ​​which insisted on passing and controlling. Now, what does Guardiola mean by sending him to the door to seek death, right?

It’s okay for you to play pass control, and it’s okay if you don’t play Harvey Martinez as the starting midfielder, but if Guardiola dares to let Ram and Schweinsteiger play double midfielders, then there is a big problem!

Abandoning the fast advance on the side that I am best at, thinking about your pass control that can't enter my hinterland for a long time, and put Ram in front of Li Mo.

This is really what people want to do. Bayern dares to give the opportunity. Of course, Sheffield United has no reason not to make good use of it.

As for ball possession?
Bayern can control as much as they like, and Sheffield United least value this statistic.

The opportunity they want appears in the instant of a quick counterattack. All they need is a precise through pass and a close cross, and it may usher in an important moment to break the deadlock!
Li Mo stared at Lahm's point. He patiently ambushed around Lahm. When Sheffield United had no chance, he kept observing the running habits of the surrounding Bayern players.

In the No.19 minute of the first half, Bayern, which had almost 70% ball possession, launched another penetrating attack on the right.

Robben did not look at the opportunity to advance in time like last year, but continued to support the pass around Schweinsteiger.

When he held the ball again and wanted to advance, Felipe Luis was already stuck in his position, and Matic, who surrounded him, quickly forced Robben to the sideline!
The timing of Xiaoma's shovel is very stable.

When Felipe interfered closely with Robben, Matic poked the ball directly between Robben's legs!
Bell, who came back to meet him, quickly passed the ball back to Drinkwater in the middle of the midfield, and did not turn around immediately.

This made Rafinha, who rushed forward to steal the ball, miss it embarrassingly.

What's more terrible is that at this moment, Drinkwater has calmly sent a through ball to the ground!
Bayern previously invested a lot of troops in Sheffield United's half to control the ball. At the moment, there is only one Lahm and Dante who is lagging behind Li Mo.

Li Mo was already sure at the moment of the start, and Dante cautiously delayed him to a position that was not offside, so he can rest assured to chase this ball!

Ram's reaction was quick, but his speed was not as good as before.

Li Mo exploded without the ball and quickly widened the gap with Ram!
And at the moment of touching the ball, Li Mo didn't have the slightest intention to stop the ball, and the ball continued to explode forward, not giving Alaba, who was chasing back and retracting, any chance to interfere with him!

In a blink of an eye, Li Mo was almost close to the edge of Bayern's big restricted area, and Dante, who retreated all the way and "escorted" Li Mo to the restricted area, panicked for a while.

Neuer roared and let Dante press out to interfere with Li Mo.

Dante hesitated for a second, but finally gritted his teeth and went forward.

But at the moment when the two were about to collide close to each other, Li Mo took the ball and accelerated again, and he burst out from Dante's side with a chance enough to shoot!

Neuer cursed, and quickly attacked to expand his defensive area.

But Li Mo looked at Neuer's attack speed, and then he picked the ball with his right foot to the left very confidently, and he also dodged and directly entered the middle of Bayern's penalty area!
After an unpretentious flick, Li Mo headed the football into the goal before Neuer made a save. Then he roared and opened his arms, and stood in the Bayern penalty area to celebrate!

This is a revenge goal after 389 days!

Facing Bayern, Sheffield United showed their sharpest fangs!
Ferocious roar!