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Chapter 316 The Beginning of the Future 【Please Subscribe! 】
Chapter 316 The Beginning of the Future 【Please Subscribe! 】
After the start of the second half, Manchester United's offensive suddenly intensified. The long-lost ferocious pressure in the midfield made the fans and Sheffield United players startled.
Only Speed, who was sitting firmly on the coach's bench, knew that Ferguson was using this method to make a tactical confrontation with himself for the last time.
Just like the two UEFA Champions League finals in 09 and 11, almost all teams knew at that time that if they wanted to beat Barcelona, they had to constantly oppress and split the midfield. Hope to win the way.
But that stubborn old man didn't agree. He said to his disciples:
Offensive football is the tradition of Manchester United, and he hopes to defeat Barcelona head-on in the most Manchester United way!
It's a pity that after losing a healthy Hargreaves, Manchester United's midfield has obviously no longer had the strength to head-to-head with a dominant team since then.
A threat can be initiated by a player's flash of inspiration.
But whether you can continue to launch offensives throughout the game depends on whether your midfielder can control the situation on the field, and the midfielder is the key.
Manchester United just does not have this key point of support. If Carrick and Fletcher can be combined into one, then Manchester United may still have a chance to compete with Barcelona in 09.
It's a pity that the two always have their own shortcomings, and Fletcher suffered too many injuries and missed the 09 Champions League final, which also made Manchester United lose their last chance to win the Champions League in the Ferguson era.
In 11, Manchester United could not compete with Barcelona. There was almost no chance. Once the formation was set up and they played offensive football, almost 90% of the fans knew that Manchester United would lose.
Many players in the Manchester United team are still worried about this, but for Ferguson, it is inevitable to make such a decision in the two Champions League finals.
Because he relied on the offensive football flowing in Manchester United's blood to win everything for Manchester United!
He has also devoted half of his life to contributing to this team culture, so it's not that he can't change it, but that he can't change it!
Does anyone really think that it is difficult for Ferguson to formulate a set of anti-counterattack tactics targeted at Barcelona?
It's not that Ferguson can't, he can play defense in the league, in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, and even in the semi-finals of the Champions League, but in the most important final, he just insists on playing in the most Manchester United way.
Because compared to the glamorous championship trophies, this kind of offensive spirit and team culture is the key to the rise of Manchester United and even the most fans in the world.
Today Ferguson still stubbornly hopes to use this method to let his disciples and the Manchester United fans at the scene understand.
Even if they lose, lose ten more times, lose dozens of times, or even lose a hundred times, Manchester United will not abandon their tradition, and they must lose on the road of attack. This is the Red Devils Manchester United!
Speed disagrees with Ferguson's tactical philosophy.
He has followed a defense-based route since coaching. Passion is his soul and the soul of Sheffield United. In terms of defense and passion, winning is the only goal Sheffield United pursues.
So Speed is never constrained by how to use tactics. He can play head to head with his opponent in the last game, and he can put out a luxury bus without any psychological burden in the next game.
As long as they can win, he and the Sheffield United players don't care about the public opinion of the outside world.
But for Ferguson's pursuit and persistence, Speed is deeply admired.
The coaches of the old school seem to have such characteristics. Their lifelong pursuit is to carry forward their own tactical concepts in addition to winning on the court.
And Ferguson not only achieved the above two points, but also imprinted his brand in the soul of Manchester United.
So to be honest, among all the coaches in the new era, including Mourinho and Guardiola, who are currently the most prominent, no one is not envious of Ferguson.
Because the current era does not allow a coach to spend more than ten years building a mature tactical system and team culture for a club.
Club owners only want to see victories and trophies, so it will be difficult for coaches like Ferguson and Wenger to appear again in the future.
The Manchester United fans didn't know Ferguson's tragic intentions yet. As usual, they sang the team anthem and cheered with all their might when Manchester United launched an offensive.
But now, the glory no longer belongs to Manchester United. Even at Old Trafford, Manchester United players have gained morale bonuses, but the chances are still slim under Sheffield United's defensive system.
Seeing this, Ferguson looked in the direction of the Sheffield United bench, but laughed and cursed.
As expected of the guy nicknamed "Little Madman", the old man has already done this, not to mention pressing him out to play a counterattack.
Shaking his head, Ferguson could see that Speed was determined to secure the three points, and he didn't give him any chance today.
The Sheffield United players on the field quickly stabilized their position after being surprised. Manchester United speeded up, and they also speeded up.
Speed will not make adjustments, so they will continue to work hard. They are currently the best in the Premier League in terms of rhythm, and Manchester United is just fighting for a while.
With this confidence, Sheffield United's midfield also sped up and continued to put pressure on Manchester United's offensive players.
But what I have to say is that in the limited burst time, Giggs and Rooney really succeeded in helping their teammates break into Sheffield United's defensive third zone by relying on their personal abilities several times.
But whether it was Anderson, who advanced in from behind, or Welbeck, who relied on momentum on the right to directly enter the Sheffield United penalty area, they were weaker than Rooney in handling key balls.
Lu Xiaopang went up and down, and after a few rounds of attacking with the ball in cooperation with Giggs, both of them were exhausted physically, so they could only anxiously watch their teammates waste opportunities.
It's not that they don't want to go up front and connect with Van Persie. If they press forward, there will be no one in the midfield who can hold the ball and advance.
In other words, they sacrificed their offensive ability and retreated as a supporting role, in exchange for the continuous offensive that Manchester United is organizing now
And once Rooney or Giggs returns to the offensive line, such an offensive will be suspended instantly.
At that time, Manchester United will return to the "negative" situation of being crushed in their own half, unable to get out from the wings, and Carrick can only keep crossing to find opportunities.
If Lu Xiaopang was a native of China, this would be as high as "If you want to kill a thief, you can't bring it back!".
Can't move it, really can't move it!
When Fletcher was injured, Manchester United's midfielder was even worse, and they had to rely on Ryan Giggs to partner with him to control the field.
Ryan Giggs had planned to think about retirement, but he didn't expect to have to play the eighth position to fight the fire at the end of the season, just like his old brother Scholes.
"Why didn't you buy a midfielder last year! Why?!"
Anxious Rooney roared loudly in his heart.
His performance last season was good enough. If the old man had continued to use him as the core of offense and introduced fresh blood in the midfield, Manchester United would not have been so passive this season.
But Ferguson bought Van Persie for more than 3000 million euros!
Not to mention further compressing his position, he also missed the opportunity to strengthen the midfield!
TMD3000 million is enough to snatch Cabaye from Tottenham and scratch another lottery ticket!
So Rooney didn't understand, he felt aggrieved, but when Ferguson was about to retire, he couldn't express this grievance and anger, he could only swallow it in his stomach.
"Look at it, Wayne, at least you have enough honors in your hands. Manchester United is always Manchester United. One season's failure doesn't mean anything. You still have plenty of time to lead a new generation of Manchester United players to beat Sheffield United. It was the same way we beat Chelsea."
Taking advantage of Van Persie's flying shot again, Giggs walked over when Sheffield United was about to kick off, and kindly comforted the little brother.
He could see the unwillingness in Rooney's heart, but to be honest, they were all players playing on the court, and they knew the strength of Sheffield United all too well.
Even if they were lucky enough to equalize this game, in the final sprint stage, they would not be able to compete with Sheffield United for the thickness of the bench.
Coupled with the fact that Sheffield United is as stable as an old dog, it is basically impossible for Manchester United to win the Premier League title this season.
Ryan Giggs is quite open-minded. He has more league titles than he can count on two hands. He has won the Champions League twice and the Triple Crown. His career has long been complete.
But Rooney is not at his age, and he doesn't have as many championship titles as he, so naturally he can't be such a buddhist.
Nodding with a sullen face, Rooney didn't say much, and Giggs couldn't speak again when he saw this, so he shook his head and walked back to his defense zone.
The communication between the two was very short, but after this exchange, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Manchester United's midfield offensive duo today seems to have lost the state of actively looking for opportunities just now.
Manchester United's offensive naturally slowed down.
And when the offense is not well-known and the formation is slightly forward-pressing, Manchester United's midfield will inevitably become a bit out of touch.
Li Mo saw the opportunity to threaten and counterattack, and he made a tactical gesture to his teammates behind him.
Seeing this, Bell slowly moved closer to the left, while the other Sheffield United players in the midfield were more active in pressing.
Speed's eyes brightened at this time. Sheffield United has obviously entered the state of preparing for a counterattack. Manchester United has not fully retreated yet. If Li Mo and Bell successfully connect, this counterattack is promising!
After thinking for a while, Speed directly called De Bruyne and Drinkwater to warm up.
If this counterattack is scored, he will replace his new force and go up to play midfield control first, wear down the last trace of Manchester United's energy, and then turn to the defense.
It doesn't matter if the counterattack fails to score, calling a few players to warm up is like setting off smoke bombs, and it's okay to cause a little trouble for Manchester United's coaching staff.
With the mentality of playing a shot if you have a date, Speed’s coquettish operation did attract Ferguson’s attention, which made Manchester United’s coaching team focus more on possible substitutions and adjustments that Sheffield United may have to make. .
The Manchester United players on the field naturally still want to find an opportunity to launch an offensive, and retreating is not within their consideration at all.
So in the No.607 minute of the second half, when Sheffield United once again launched the most direct long pass counterattack to find Li Mo, Manchester United's hinterland area suffered heavy losses again!
"Hey! Come on, a long pass from Matic, Carrick dare not move lightly because of Xiao Li's back!"
Zhang Lu's tone revealed excitement, Li Mo faced Carrick, how did he catch the ball with his back.
Manchester United's central and frontcourt players will only start to return to the defense. If Li Mo scores the ball in time, this counterattack can at least reach the vicinity of Manchester United's penalty area.
At that time, it will depend on the quality of the last pass. The most important thing is to let Bell and Li Mo play a direct match!
At this time, Bell, who was pulling to the side, was accelerating with all his strength. Li Mo hit the ball with his chest to Dembele, who was plugged in to meet him, and then he also moved to the right.
Dembele is so bold that he didn't immediately pass the ball straight to Bell on the left, but continued to dribble the ball himself!
Carrick, who returned to defense, wanted to foul decisively before Dembele entered the penalty area, but Dembele turned around with a pull and flashed Carrick's shovel.
Amidst the cheers of more than 1 Sheffield United fans at the scene, Dembele did not continue to stick the ball this time, and hoisted the ball directly into Manchester United's penalty area before the interference of Ashley Young who returned to defense!
Vidic and Ferdinand quickly formed a double-team posture against Li Mo who was running. Once they formed a siege, Li Mo couldn't complete the top goal no matter how powerful he was.
However, Li Mo's instant burst of speed still gave him a slight chance to take off.
Although this opportunity is not enough for him to complete a powerful head swing attack, but in the case of attracting Manchester United's double central defenders, it is still no problem to play a header ferry!
"Dembele's pass! Li Mo ran in place! Facing the double team, Li Mo!"
During Zhan Jun's angry commentary, Li Mo held his breath, and at the moment he collided with Vidic fiercely, he first pointed the football towards the back of Manchester United's goal!
The moment Li Mo took off, Bell quickly passed Anderson, who was trying to defend, as if stepping on a somersault cloud.
Faced with this excellent opportunity created by Li Mo, Bell didn't hesitate at all, and quickly fell to the ground to complete the shovel shot, sending the ball into Manchester United's goal again before De Gea's palm blocked it!
At this moment, both Li Mo and Vidic fell to the ground. Ferdinand interfered on the flanks and did not bear Li Mo's full impact, so the situation was slightly better.
"Damn it, it's really tough!"
Li Mo leaned his hands on the turf and gasped, grinning his teeth. On the other side, Vidic sat up slowly with a painful expression on his face. Both of them were a little out of breath, but luckily no one was injured.
"If we were younger, we wouldn't be able to beat this ball."
Ferdinand reached out and pulled Li Mo and Vidic up from the ground, looked at the football in the net, and said to Li Mo helplessly.
Li Mo still needed to slow down at this time, so he didn't go to the corner flag area to celebrate with his teammates.
"I believe, I believe that if you were a few years younger, Manchester United's performance this season would have been even better, but the fact is that you are old, and the big ship Manchester United has to temporarily dock, and we have won again! "
Li Mo and Nemanja Vidic clapped their hands, but they didn't give in at all, but what they said made Vidic and Ferdinand unable to refute.
"Okay, I let you pick a good time. We all snatched the championship from the top team at that time, and your rise is too timely."
"It's the same at any time, the important thing is the championship, and we will win three consecutive championships."
"I believe it, I really believe it"
Li Mo and Ferdinand exchanged bickeringly, and Vidic on the side couldn't laugh or cry.
While the Sheffield United players were celebrating, the scene of Li Mo holding Ferdinand's shoulders and having a "happy conversation" with the other side shocked the reporters and fans on the sidelines!
This scene reminded many fans of the scene where Materac and Rui Costa watched fireworks side by side in the Milan Derby.
The reporters feel that this scene may become a classic scene in the Premier League in the future and will be constantly counted and analyzed.
In the constant flashing lights, the picture of Li Mo and Manchester United's two central defenders talking side by side freezes.
It wasn't until some teammates came to ask curiously that Li Mo said goodbye to Ferdinand "reluctantly".
Vidic looked at Ferdinand, who was also somewhat "unfinished", and couldn't help asking questions curiously.
"Are you familiar with Li before? Why don't you two feel unfamiliar when you quarrel?"
Ferdinand just shook his head with a smile.
"No, but Li is a very interesting person. It's a pity that he didn't play against Li at his peak. He is a more difficult opponent than Didier. It's a pity."
Hearing this, Vidic also sighed lightly.
"Tell me, if the boss took Danny back before the new owner of Sheffield United settled in and brought in Lee, would we still be fighting in the Champions League now?"
Vidic's emotion made Ferdinand temporarily speechless.
If this is the case, with Drinkwater and Li Mo, Manchester United should be able to continue to dominate the Premier League. When playing Real Madrid with Li Mo, the ending will be completely different.
It's a pity that if you miss it, you will miss it after all. Manchester United can't go back to the past, and it's impossible for Li Mo to consider coming to Manchester United again. The decline of Manchester United is destined to be unstoppable.
"What did you say to them just now, you won't run over and say something harsh?"
Seeing Li Mo and Medel walking back together, Maguire hurried forward and asked curiously.
Hearing this, Li Mo gave Maguire a speechless look.
He has a big heart, and he even went to Manchester United's penalty area to speak harshly. No matter how good he is, he wouldn't be so cheap to tease others.
"No, I just had a friendly exchange with Ferdinand and the others. I praised him for being handsome, and he praised me for being handsome. We are heroes and cherish heroes!"
Maguire frowned, and his intuition told him that things would not be so simple, but before the game was over, he could only give Li Mo an honest look, and ran back to his own half honestly. .
After the episode, the game restarted. Speed did not waste time and took advantage of a dead ball to replace De Bruyne and Drinkwater.
When Dembele and Medel left the field, they dragged on for a while, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Manchester United fans at the scene, who booed the sky again for a while.
However, the two old fritters are already used to it, hugging their teammates and applauding the fans. A set of procedures is so smooth.
After some tossing, the game has almost reached No. 705 minutes of the game.
Sheffield United played ball control this time, with Li Mo's retracement support, and Sheffield United also had almost five players in the midfield.
Anyway, this is the time to stand on Sheffield United's side. If you make a big move, I will fall to the ground. If it doesn't work, let Li Mo come back and dribble the ball on the side to protect the ball.
It's very comfortable to drive the kind of big feet that prevent the football from flying out of the baseline quickly and make Manchester United players have to consume energy to reach the ball.
Anyway, under the daily influence and training of Sheffield United's coaching staff, Sheffield United has nine ways to delay time to make Manchester United uncomfortable, nine kinds!
In this mentally tortured style of play, Manchester United's offensive players naturally became irritable.
If Ferguson hadn't stood on the sidelines to signal his disciples to keep calm, I'm afraid there would be another player conflict on the field.
The conflict with Sheffield United at this time is completely helping Sheffield United. The coach can see clearly from the sidelines, but the players are all emotional. Once they are in charge, they can control so much.
Fortunately, after 10 minutes, Speed replaced Bell with Creswell.
Let Creswell, who has a better defense, play the left back, transfer Matric to the position of the left halfback, and Sheffield United also turned to defense across the board.
This tactical adjustment allowed Manchester United to finally get the opportunity they dreamed of pressing forward.
It's just that there is not much time left for Manchester United. Including injury time, the total is only about 15 minutes.
The players on the Sheffield United bench also stood up and stared nervously at the situation on the field.
A four-game lead is in sight!After defeating Manchester United, Manchester United may overturn in the league in frustration.
The temptation to win the championship several rounds in advance made it difficult for every Sheffield United player and coach to remain calm.
That is to say, Speed stopped a group of players from stepping off the bench and standing on the sidelines in time.
He doesn't want to put more pressure on the players on the field. No matter how high the expectations are, if the referee doesn't blow the whistle for the end of the game, there is a possibility of being overturned.
In 99, it took only 3 minutes for Manchester United to comeback and Bayern Munich won the Champions League!
Ferguson and United's players had an adventurous spirit in their bones.
Speed didn't want the [-]-point advantage that was about to be reduced to [-] points by Manchester United. In that case, the blow to Sheffield United would be too great.
He only wants the safest victory, so at this moment, not putting any pressure on the players on the field is the most responsible approach.
In the face of Manchester United's final offensive, Li Mo also retreated to the midfield, shouting loudly for his teammates to block the attack on both sides of Manchester United.
Manchester United is not afraid of Sheffield United from the middle. Whether they are holding the ball or playing a lob, the high point in the middle of Sheffield United is enough to make Van Persie and other Manchester United offensive players despair.
But Manchester United's wing attack needs to be vigilant at all times. Whether Giggs or Rooney who pulls the side, they all have a very good cross footwork.
Especially when Ferdinand and Vidic both press into Sheffield United's penalty area to grab points later.
Once the headers of these two players are successfully ferried, Van Persie and other Manchester United offensive players ambushing near the fulcrum are likely to succeed in poaching!
Therefore, no matter how Sheffield United defends and shrinks the formation, there must be heavy troops on the flanks, and Manchester United must not be allowed to easily get the chance to pass from the bottom.
Li Mo will now stand in front of Trippier on the right side, and Matt Ridge on the left side. They are one on the left and the other on the right, helping the side defenders behind them relieve a lot of defensive pressure.
Giggs looked at Li Mo in front of him and was speechless.
He is already old, but he can no longer hold the ball to force a player like Li Mo who has both speed and strength, so he can only ask Anderson to come over and cooperate with him.
Rooney, who mainly plays on the right side, is in a much better situation. Ashley Young behind him can cover the side, and he can find a way to get past Matt Ridge himself.
Although Matic's interception is very annoying, as long as he enters Sheffield United's defensive third area and has him attracting firepower to score the ball, Ashley Young still has enough space to kick the ball.
It's just that when most of Manchester United's crosses come from the right, Sheffield United's defensive targeting is also easy to arrange.
The three high school defenders took turns to take care of Van Persie in the penalty area. When Ferdinand and the others pressed forward at the last moment, Li Mo and Matic retreated to defend Manchester United at the high point.
The Manchester United players watched the passes sent into the Sheffield United penalty area being pushed out again and again, and gradually they felt desperate.
Sheffield United's current lineup is simply like a defensive machine covered in barbs!
Don't even think that the football that is scored will fall on the offensive player, and it will be swallowed up by this terrifying machine.
Maguire is in charge, Li Mo and Vertonghen are watching him, and there are Stones and Matic on the other two sides. With such a defensive configuration, how to fight?
Today's Manchester United does not have a Sheringham-style center forward, and the offensive fulcrum has to be replaced by Ferdinand and Vidic. It is not an opponent of Sheffield United's defensive cluster at all.
And after the 5th minute of stoppage time, Rooney's last cross was still destroyed by Maguire first, and the referee on duty finally blew the whistle for the end of the game!
Speed couldn't keep his composure anymore, he was the first to rush into the field, hugging Li Mo, who played well in both offense and defense today, and yelled non-stop!
The rest of Sheffield United's substitute players and coaches also rushed into the field one after another, pulling the Sheffield United players on the field to hug each other and celebrate happily!
"A lead of [-] points! Sheffield United has finally suppressed Manchester United! In addition to make-up matches, both Sheffield United and Manchester United still have nine league games to play this season, but with this lead, Sheffield United can obviously prepare more calmly, but Manchester United must be careful, in the next game, every time they lose a game, it may allow Sheffield United to win the championship one round earlier!"
The commentator of Sky Sports looked at the rest of the schedule of the two teams, and in his heart he almost sentenced Manchester United to death.
Among Sheffield United's next opponents, Arsenal and Liverpool are not serious problems, only Manchester City is difficult to deal with. The rest of the league's mid-lower teams have won steadily. Manchester United will take the lead to compete with Sheffield United for turnover rate!
The advantage of four wins makes Sheffield United almost invincible, which is much greater than Manchester City's advantage over Manchester United in the first half of the league last year.
Unless Sheffield United's coaching staff is collectively demented or the main players are collectively injured, Manchester United will not even want to stage another miraculous comeback this season.
It is really too difficult for Sheffield United to have the above two situations.
"Maybe Manchester United's top management can pray that in the next international match day, the main players of Sheffield United will be injured in the national team, so maybe Manchester United still have a chance."
The special guest of Sky Sports made a joke.
The next two weeks will be international match days, and the World Cup preliminaries will be rekindled. There are indeed many players from Sheffield United who will go to the national team to fight.
But Sheffield United will be affected by the international break, as will Manchester United.
After all, most of the main players in the Manchester United team are also the starters of their respective national teams, so in this comparison, Manchester United also has no advantage. If everyone loses together, no one is better than anyone.
With the excitement of defeating Manchester United, the Sheffield United team quickly returned to Sheffield by bus that night.
Speed simply announced the news of the holiday. The players should fly back to the national team tomorrow when they should return to their respective national teams. Players who have no national competition tasks can take a good rest for at least a week.
Li Mo is among the resting players, and this is the best news Speed has received on the occasion of the international match day.
"Help me to thank the head coach of your national team. If he has time during the offseason, he is welcome to visit Sheffield United."
After announcing the disbandment of the team, Speed deliberately pulled Li Mo to let him express his gratitude to Director Gao on his behalf.
Although the Hua Guo team has successfully qualified in the world preliminaries, Li Mo did not waste his energy to go back to participate in the remaining friendly matches, which really helped Sheffield United a lot.
Speed now has a good impression of Gao Gui, at least much better than the head coach of the Chilean national team.
The last time the Chilean team recruited Medel back to play a friendly match, it made Speed and the coaching staff of the Chilean national team very unhappy. In comparison, the Huaguo national team seemed too "reasonable".
Li Mo made a joke at this time, and asked Speed to go to Huaguo with him during the offseason, and then he could communicate with Director Gao in person.
Unexpectedly, the handsome old man agreed after thinking for a moment.
"Damn, Boss, Xia Tian is really going back to China with me?"
"What? You're not welcome? I'll take my wife and children with me, and it'll be a tourist."
"How could it not be welcome! Then it's done, and then don't change your mind temporarily, saying that you are busy with work or something"
"You stinky boy!"
Speed made a gesture to knock Li Mo on the head, but after being dodged nimbly by Li Mo, he lightly kicked Li Mo to make him go away.
"Don't play too much these days, remember to report back to the base on time!"
In the old handsome guy's last advice, Li Mo smiled and said that he knew it. After getting in the car, he didn't start the car and go home immediately. Instead, he clicked on the group chat of Sheffield United players on his mobile phone.
"Is there anyone who won't leave by plane tomorrow, please report the number."
After the news was sent out, Li Mo started his Rolls-Royce and headed home.
After returning home, Li Mo turned on his phone and saw that there had been [-] or [-] messages accumulated in the group chat.
Vardy: "Me! It's a pity that I, who is so good, still haven't been recruited by Mr. Hodgson. Why, do you have activities?"
Stones: "Me too."
Matthew Lorton: "Is there a party tomorrow? Then I'm going to ask a girl out now?"
Brother Xiaosa: "It's good to be young~"
Li Mo looked at the irrelevant messages sent by his teammates, and couldn't help laughing and cursing in reply:
"No party, let's go to Germany tomorrow! I'll pay all the round trip expenses, what should I say? If you want to sign up, go to Jamie's to register."
Maguire: "???"
Maguire: "Fake squid! You specially pick this kind of time to treat guests out, right? It's too unfair to us!"
Medel: "Lee! You can't do this to me!"
Drinkwater: "Damn! My German girl!"
Vardy: "Is there such a good thing? I'm going to a nightclub in Germany tomorrow night to call the two hottest girls!"
Matthew Lorton: "Then I want three."
Vardy: "Fuck! Why do you have one more than me!"
Stones: "Didn't the boss say that he paid for it? Actually, you can order more."
Maguire: "?"
Bell: "John has grown up~"
Li Mo clicked on John Stones, expressing that he remembered his dangerous speech, and then smiled and threw the phone aside to pack his luggage.
Going to Germany this time was not on a whim. Apart from getting together with his teammates from the national team, there was another important matter waiting for him to deal with.
General Fan has arrived in Frankfurt with the two most outstanding children in the youth training base!
This is totally a surprise!
Li Mo originally thought that it would take at least two or three years for the youth training to reach the stage of sending good seedlings to the outside world, but he didn't expect that in just a few months, Lao Fan had poached many young players from other clubs' echelons to start selected.
Li Mo also saw the German and Portuguese youth training coaches that Mendes recruited for Li Mo. They are all old coaches with good reputation in the industry. It is indeed one-on-one.
General Fan dared to bring these two young players to Germany directly, it must have been approved by the old coaches in the youth training base, Li Mo is quite relieved about this.
However, no matter how much Lao Fan talked about, it would be better for him to go and see for himself, just in time to take the Sheffield United teammates out to have fun.
At least I watched it myself, Vardy and Matthew Lorton didn't dare to play too out of line, Speed must be at ease.
After a night of rest with anticipation, the next morning Li Mo boarded a plane to Frankfurt with a few teammates who had no national team match assignments.
The short-distance flight did not dampen the interest of the Sheffield United players. After they walked out of the airport in a low-key manner under the arrangement of the staff, Charlie took them to the hotel directly with the team he rented in advance.
As a well-known financial city in Europe, Frankfurt is naturally a rare big city in the eyes of Vardy and the others. As soon as they arrived at the hotel, everyone discussed where to go after lunch.
Li Mo first called Hao Junmin.
The third brother is now the local snake in Frankfurt. After Lao Fan arrived in Frankfurt, he took his two children and lived directly in the third brother's villa. It just so happened that Lao Fan and the third brother would come over and chat first.
But after getting through the phone, Li Mo was taken aback by what Hao Junmin said.
"Those two kids have already entered Frankfurt's youth training echelon?"
Facing Li Mo's question, Hao Junmin only said that he would wait until we meet, and Li Mo had to wait patiently for a while after hearing this.
Half an hour later, Li Mo waited in the private room of the hotel coffee shop for Lao Fan and Hao Junmin who came in a hurry, and the two of them didn't write any ink, and quickly told Li Mo what happened.
The two young players are not very old, one is ten years old this year and the other is 11 years old this year. They are both youth training seedlings that Lao Fan dug from the local football club in Fucheng.
At present, it is the stage of laying the foundation in China, but after a period of formal training in the youth training base founded by Li Mo, the talents shown by these two young players made Lao Fan unable to sit still.
The coaches in the youth training base also agreed that these two young players were talented. Although they would not be amazing in Europe, they would be too rare in China.
But at present, echelon teams in the youth training base have only been formed one after another, and the youth training leagues of various junior and primary schools are also mainly aimed at cultivating children's interests. It is difficult to give these two children more training meaning in terms of the quality of the competition.
After hesitating for several months, Lao Fan finally explained the matter to Li Mo.
Later, he personally brought the two children and their parents to the city where the FSV Frankfurt team, which has established a cooperative relationship with the youth training base, is located.
Don't get me wrong, this team is not the same team as Hao Junmin's current Frankfurt team.
FSV Frankfurt is currently playing in the Bundesliga Bundesliga, and the Bundesliga Bundesliga teams like Duisburg and Bochum have established a cooperative relationship with Li Mo's youth training base under the help of Mendes' contacts.
It is because of such a relationship that Lao Fan is there, and Hao Junmin is also in Frankfurt, so he came here first to find out the situation.
As a result, he hadn't brought his two children to FSV Frankfurt for trial training yet. Hao Junmin took the two children to visit the training base in Frankfurt during the offseason.
Originally, this kind of visit is very common. If you want to grow up in the German youth training system, you should first get acquainted with the youth training echelon of the German professional league, which can be regarded as a little psychological preparation for the two young players.
As a result, it happened to meet the training of the Frankfurt U10 youth training echelon. Seeing this, Hao Junmin asked a familiar youth training coach to help take care of the two children around him.
Take it for a few days, just like when Li Mo took Zhang Linpeng and the others to adapt to the training intensity, let these two children adapt to it.
As a result, in this area, the two children were directly brought to Frankfurt's youth training echelon.
"It's really hard for me to refuse. Two days later, the director of youth training found me and the parents of the children and said that they would stay in Frankfurt for training anyway. It would be better to stay here at FSV Frankfurt. The parents of the two children must be more willing. Lao Fan and I were dumbfounded by leaving the child in Frankfurt, and we didn’t know how to tell you, but you came here directly today.”
The third brother rubbed his hands, feeling a little embarrassed.
His original intention was good, that is, to bring the two children to learn more about the European youth training model.
As a result, two youth training seedlings have been cut off by his team. Li Mo must ask the staff to explain it to FSV Frankfurt.
But Li Mo didn't care about negotiating with FSV Frankfurt. His interest was aroused by the performance of those two children. Is it true that he has such a good talent that the youth training supervisor in Frankfurt values it so much?
"The older one is called Chen Di, and the younger one is called Wang Can. I'm really not bragging. Director Xu and I have never seen such a talented kid in his early teens when we were doing youth training on the island! It’s a pity that there are football seedlings in the inland area. There are millions of people around Fucheng, and it’s normal to have a few good seedlings. It's over!"
As soon as he talked about the performance of the two children, Lao Fan became excited instantly. It could be seen that he really valued these two children very much.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have applied for funding again, and spent a lot of effort convincing the parents of both parties to go to Germany with him.
To train these two children in China, a family would have to spend at least 60 to [-] yuan, but in Li Mo's youth training base, after applying for funds, the families of the two parties don't have to worry about the financial aspect.
And the reduction in cost is one aspect. Parents on both sides are tempted by the fact that children can continue to study in Germany to complete their studies.
This time they came over, to a large extent, to see if they were reliable in the matter of reading.
After quickly finding a German teacher for the two children in Frankfurt, and now contacting a nearby community school for enrollment, the parents are completely relieved.
With Lao Fan's explanation like this, Li Mo understood that the youth training base hadn't put much effort into their feelings this time, and the Frankfurt side had already won the hearts of the parents.
Speaking of it, the two children are still talented enough, but not talented enough. The youth training director in Frankfurt is not stupid. How could he persuade the parents and look for the school? He really treats his club as a charity.
After thinking for a while, Li Mo made a request to Lao Fan.
"Try not to let the two children know how they managed to stay in Germany. Third brother, don't take care of them too much at the training base. Everything follows the rules of the Frankfurt youth training camp. If you don't meet the standards in learning, you should Suspended, it's time to criticize, I don't want them to pick up bad habits before they grow up."
Hao Junmin knew Li Mo's intention as soon as he heard it.
Be it England or Germany, many "geniuses" emerge every year in the well-known youth training camps.
The children may feel a little embarrassed at first, but under the daily praise from the outside world, even the purest children will inevitably become arrogant, and very few children can keep their hearts and grow up to the height they deserve.
Li Mo grew up in that kind of flattering environment, and he has been in high spirits before, so he naturally knows the disadvantages of living in that kind of environment for children.
He doesn't necessarily want Chen Di and Wang Can to become the kind of model players who are humble and hardworking, and fully in line with the appetite of the Chinese people.
But at least the two children must understand that only by working hard can they get everything they want. They set foot on the real professional field.
And at that time, the two grown boys will also understand what the hard training of guarding against arrogance and impetuosity brought them when they were young.
Even if there is depression, it will completely dissipate at that moment, and they will finally thank themselves for gritting their teeth and persevering, instead of regretting that their temporary arrogance made them waste their lives!
"Of course, don't save on food and clothing, just give the pocket money that should be given, and we will also cover the expenses for the parents who come to Germany to visit their children twice a year, third brother, then it will be too much trouble for you to take care of these two in your life kid"
Hao Junmin couldn't help nodding with a smile when he heard Li Mo's explanation that his painting style was different before and after.
After all, he is Li Mo's fellow villager. He has strict training requirements, but he still can't help but ask himself to take care of him in life.
These two children came out younger than when Li Mo came out, and their family members were not around during the training later on, so it was hard to think about it.
Seeing that the matter was almost settled, Lao Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was very tired after running these days.
"I know that Director Xu has worked so hard in the past few years. I just brought up two kids. In those years, Director Xu brought out a team! I have a lot to learn in both life and competition. Yo!"
Lao Fan's sudden emotion made Li Mo and Hao Junmin laugh.
Li Mo even tugged at General Fan's sleeve and joked: "Then I have to hold fast to you as a great god, lest one day you feel tired and give up, what will my children do then? "
Old Fan also laughed heartily when he heard the words.
His ambitions are great, and if he wants to bring out a new national team in the future, how could he give up.
In the future, if Li Mo drives him away, he won't leave. He's done with the youth training!
(End of this chapter)
After the start of the second half, Manchester United's offensive suddenly intensified. The long-lost ferocious pressure in the midfield made the fans and Sheffield United players startled.
Only Speed, who was sitting firmly on the coach's bench, knew that Ferguson was using this method to make a tactical confrontation with himself for the last time.
Just like the two UEFA Champions League finals in 09 and 11, almost all teams knew at that time that if they wanted to beat Barcelona, they had to constantly oppress and split the midfield. Hope to win the way.
But that stubborn old man didn't agree. He said to his disciples:
Offensive football is the tradition of Manchester United, and he hopes to defeat Barcelona head-on in the most Manchester United way!
It's a pity that after losing a healthy Hargreaves, Manchester United's midfield has obviously no longer had the strength to head-to-head with a dominant team since then.
A threat can be initiated by a player's flash of inspiration.
But whether you can continue to launch offensives throughout the game depends on whether your midfielder can control the situation on the field, and the midfielder is the key.
Manchester United just does not have this key point of support. If Carrick and Fletcher can be combined into one, then Manchester United may still have a chance to compete with Barcelona in 09.
It's a pity that the two always have their own shortcomings, and Fletcher suffered too many injuries and missed the 09 Champions League final, which also made Manchester United lose their last chance to win the Champions League in the Ferguson era.
In 11, Manchester United could not compete with Barcelona. There was almost no chance. Once the formation was set up and they played offensive football, almost 90% of the fans knew that Manchester United would lose.
Many players in the Manchester United team are still worried about this, but for Ferguson, it is inevitable to make such a decision in the two Champions League finals.
Because he relied on the offensive football flowing in Manchester United's blood to win everything for Manchester United!
He has also devoted half of his life to contributing to this team culture, so it's not that he can't change it, but that he can't change it!
Does anyone really think that it is difficult for Ferguson to formulate a set of anti-counterattack tactics targeted at Barcelona?
It's not that Ferguson can't, he can play defense in the league, in the knockout rounds of the Champions League, and even in the semi-finals of the Champions League, but in the most important final, he just insists on playing in the most Manchester United way.
Because compared to the glamorous championship trophies, this kind of offensive spirit and team culture is the key to the rise of Manchester United and even the most fans in the world.
Today Ferguson still stubbornly hopes to use this method to let his disciples and the Manchester United fans at the scene understand.
Even if they lose, lose ten more times, lose dozens of times, or even lose a hundred times, Manchester United will not abandon their tradition, and they must lose on the road of attack. This is the Red Devils Manchester United!
Speed disagrees with Ferguson's tactical philosophy.
He has followed a defense-based route since coaching. Passion is his soul and the soul of Sheffield United. In terms of defense and passion, winning is the only goal Sheffield United pursues.
So Speed is never constrained by how to use tactics. He can play head to head with his opponent in the last game, and he can put out a luxury bus without any psychological burden in the next game.
As long as they can win, he and the Sheffield United players don't care about the public opinion of the outside world.
But for Ferguson's pursuit and persistence, Speed is deeply admired.
The coaches of the old school seem to have such characteristics. Their lifelong pursuit is to carry forward their own tactical concepts in addition to winning on the court.
And Ferguson not only achieved the above two points, but also imprinted his brand in the soul of Manchester United.
So to be honest, among all the coaches in the new era, including Mourinho and Guardiola, who are currently the most prominent, no one is not envious of Ferguson.
Because the current era does not allow a coach to spend more than ten years building a mature tactical system and team culture for a club.
Club owners only want to see victories and trophies, so it will be difficult for coaches like Ferguson and Wenger to appear again in the future.
The Manchester United fans didn't know Ferguson's tragic intentions yet. As usual, they sang the team anthem and cheered with all their might when Manchester United launched an offensive.
But now, the glory no longer belongs to Manchester United. Even at Old Trafford, Manchester United players have gained morale bonuses, but the chances are still slim under Sheffield United's defensive system.
Seeing this, Ferguson looked in the direction of the Sheffield United bench, but laughed and cursed.
As expected of the guy nicknamed "Little Madman", the old man has already done this, not to mention pressing him out to play a counterattack.
Shaking his head, Ferguson could see that Speed was determined to secure the three points, and he didn't give him any chance today.
The Sheffield United players on the field quickly stabilized their position after being surprised. Manchester United speeded up, and they also speeded up.
Speed will not make adjustments, so they will continue to work hard. They are currently the best in the Premier League in terms of rhythm, and Manchester United is just fighting for a while.
With this confidence, Sheffield United's midfield also sped up and continued to put pressure on Manchester United's offensive players.
But what I have to say is that in the limited burst time, Giggs and Rooney really succeeded in helping their teammates break into Sheffield United's defensive third zone by relying on their personal abilities several times.
But whether it was Anderson, who advanced in from behind, or Welbeck, who relied on momentum on the right to directly enter the Sheffield United penalty area, they were weaker than Rooney in handling key balls.
Lu Xiaopang went up and down, and after a few rounds of attacking with the ball in cooperation with Giggs, both of them were exhausted physically, so they could only anxiously watch their teammates waste opportunities.
It's not that they don't want to go up front and connect with Van Persie. If they press forward, there will be no one in the midfield who can hold the ball and advance.
In other words, they sacrificed their offensive ability and retreated as a supporting role, in exchange for the continuous offensive that Manchester United is organizing now
And once Rooney or Giggs returns to the offensive line, such an offensive will be suspended instantly.
At that time, Manchester United will return to the "negative" situation of being crushed in their own half, unable to get out from the wings, and Carrick can only keep crossing to find opportunities.
If Lu Xiaopang was a native of China, this would be as high as "If you want to kill a thief, you can't bring it back!".
Can't move it, really can't move it!
When Fletcher was injured, Manchester United's midfielder was even worse, and they had to rely on Ryan Giggs to partner with him to control the field.
Ryan Giggs had planned to think about retirement, but he didn't expect to have to play the eighth position to fight the fire at the end of the season, just like his old brother Scholes.
"Why didn't you buy a midfielder last year! Why?!"
Anxious Rooney roared loudly in his heart.
His performance last season was good enough. If the old man had continued to use him as the core of offense and introduced fresh blood in the midfield, Manchester United would not have been so passive this season.
But Ferguson bought Van Persie for more than 3000 million euros!
Not to mention further compressing his position, he also missed the opportunity to strengthen the midfield!
TMD3000 million is enough to snatch Cabaye from Tottenham and scratch another lottery ticket!
So Rooney didn't understand, he felt aggrieved, but when Ferguson was about to retire, he couldn't express this grievance and anger, he could only swallow it in his stomach.
"Look at it, Wayne, at least you have enough honors in your hands. Manchester United is always Manchester United. One season's failure doesn't mean anything. You still have plenty of time to lead a new generation of Manchester United players to beat Sheffield United. It was the same way we beat Chelsea."
Taking advantage of Van Persie's flying shot again, Giggs walked over when Sheffield United was about to kick off, and kindly comforted the little brother.
He could see the unwillingness in Rooney's heart, but to be honest, they were all players playing on the court, and they knew the strength of Sheffield United all too well.
Even if they were lucky enough to equalize this game, in the final sprint stage, they would not be able to compete with Sheffield United for the thickness of the bench.
Coupled with the fact that Sheffield United is as stable as an old dog, it is basically impossible for Manchester United to win the Premier League title this season.
Ryan Giggs is quite open-minded. He has more league titles than he can count on two hands. He has won the Champions League twice and the Triple Crown. His career has long been complete.
But Rooney is not at his age, and he doesn't have as many championship titles as he, so naturally he can't be such a buddhist.
Nodding with a sullen face, Rooney didn't say much, and Giggs couldn't speak again when he saw this, so he shook his head and walked back to his defense zone.
The communication between the two was very short, but after this exchange, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Manchester United's midfield offensive duo today seems to have lost the state of actively looking for opportunities just now.
Manchester United's offensive naturally slowed down.
And when the offense is not well-known and the formation is slightly forward-pressing, Manchester United's midfield will inevitably become a bit out of touch.
Li Mo saw the opportunity to threaten and counterattack, and he made a tactical gesture to his teammates behind him.
Seeing this, Bell slowly moved closer to the left, while the other Sheffield United players in the midfield were more active in pressing.
Speed's eyes brightened at this time. Sheffield United has obviously entered the state of preparing for a counterattack. Manchester United has not fully retreated yet. If Li Mo and Bell successfully connect, this counterattack is promising!
After thinking for a while, Speed directly called De Bruyne and Drinkwater to warm up.
If this counterattack is scored, he will replace his new force and go up to play midfield control first, wear down the last trace of Manchester United's energy, and then turn to the defense.
It doesn't matter if the counterattack fails to score, calling a few players to warm up is like setting off smoke bombs, and it's okay to cause a little trouble for Manchester United's coaching staff.
With the mentality of playing a shot if you have a date, Speed’s coquettish operation did attract Ferguson’s attention, which made Manchester United’s coaching team focus more on possible substitutions and adjustments that Sheffield United may have to make. .
The Manchester United players on the field naturally still want to find an opportunity to launch an offensive, and retreating is not within their consideration at all.
So in the No.607 minute of the second half, when Sheffield United once again launched the most direct long pass counterattack to find Li Mo, Manchester United's hinterland area suffered heavy losses again!
"Hey! Come on, a long pass from Matic, Carrick dare not move lightly because of Xiao Li's back!"
Zhang Lu's tone revealed excitement, Li Mo faced Carrick, how did he catch the ball with his back.
Manchester United's central and frontcourt players will only start to return to the defense. If Li Mo scores the ball in time, this counterattack can at least reach the vicinity of Manchester United's penalty area.
At that time, it will depend on the quality of the last pass. The most important thing is to let Bell and Li Mo play a direct match!
At this time, Bell, who was pulling to the side, was accelerating with all his strength. Li Mo hit the ball with his chest to Dembele, who was plugged in to meet him, and then he also moved to the right.
Dembele is so bold that he didn't immediately pass the ball straight to Bell on the left, but continued to dribble the ball himself!
Carrick, who returned to defense, wanted to foul decisively before Dembele entered the penalty area, but Dembele turned around with a pull and flashed Carrick's shovel.
Amidst the cheers of more than 1 Sheffield United fans at the scene, Dembele did not continue to stick the ball this time, and hoisted the ball directly into Manchester United's penalty area before the interference of Ashley Young who returned to defense!
Vidic and Ferdinand quickly formed a double-team posture against Li Mo who was running. Once they formed a siege, Li Mo couldn't complete the top goal no matter how powerful he was.
However, Li Mo's instant burst of speed still gave him a slight chance to take off.
Although this opportunity is not enough for him to complete a powerful head swing attack, but in the case of attracting Manchester United's double central defenders, it is still no problem to play a header ferry!
"Dembele's pass! Li Mo ran in place! Facing the double team, Li Mo!"
During Zhan Jun's angry commentary, Li Mo held his breath, and at the moment he collided with Vidic fiercely, he first pointed the football towards the back of Manchester United's goal!
The moment Li Mo took off, Bell quickly passed Anderson, who was trying to defend, as if stepping on a somersault cloud.
Faced with this excellent opportunity created by Li Mo, Bell didn't hesitate at all, and quickly fell to the ground to complete the shovel shot, sending the ball into Manchester United's goal again before De Gea's palm blocked it!
At this moment, both Li Mo and Vidic fell to the ground. Ferdinand interfered on the flanks and did not bear Li Mo's full impact, so the situation was slightly better.
"Damn it, it's really tough!"
Li Mo leaned his hands on the turf and gasped, grinning his teeth. On the other side, Vidic sat up slowly with a painful expression on his face. Both of them were a little out of breath, but luckily no one was injured.
"If we were younger, we wouldn't be able to beat this ball."
Ferdinand reached out and pulled Li Mo and Vidic up from the ground, looked at the football in the net, and said to Li Mo helplessly.
Li Mo still needed to slow down at this time, so he didn't go to the corner flag area to celebrate with his teammates.
"I believe, I believe that if you were a few years younger, Manchester United's performance this season would have been even better, but the fact is that you are old, and the big ship Manchester United has to temporarily dock, and we have won again! "
Li Mo and Nemanja Vidic clapped their hands, but they didn't give in at all, but what they said made Vidic and Ferdinand unable to refute.
"Okay, I let you pick a good time. We all snatched the championship from the top team at that time, and your rise is too timely."
"It's the same at any time, the important thing is the championship, and we will win three consecutive championships."
"I believe it, I really believe it"
Li Mo and Ferdinand exchanged bickeringly, and Vidic on the side couldn't laugh or cry.
While the Sheffield United players were celebrating, the scene of Li Mo holding Ferdinand's shoulders and having a "happy conversation" with the other side shocked the reporters and fans on the sidelines!
This scene reminded many fans of the scene where Materac and Rui Costa watched fireworks side by side in the Milan Derby.
The reporters feel that this scene may become a classic scene in the Premier League in the future and will be constantly counted and analyzed.
In the constant flashing lights, the picture of Li Mo and Manchester United's two central defenders talking side by side freezes.
It wasn't until some teammates came to ask curiously that Li Mo said goodbye to Ferdinand "reluctantly".
Vidic looked at Ferdinand, who was also somewhat "unfinished", and couldn't help asking questions curiously.
"Are you familiar with Li before? Why don't you two feel unfamiliar when you quarrel?"
Ferdinand just shook his head with a smile.
"No, but Li is a very interesting person. It's a pity that he didn't play against Li at his peak. He is a more difficult opponent than Didier. It's a pity."
Hearing this, Vidic also sighed lightly.
"Tell me, if the boss took Danny back before the new owner of Sheffield United settled in and brought in Lee, would we still be fighting in the Champions League now?"
Vidic's emotion made Ferdinand temporarily speechless.
If this is the case, with Drinkwater and Li Mo, Manchester United should be able to continue to dominate the Premier League. When playing Real Madrid with Li Mo, the ending will be completely different.
It's a pity that if you miss it, you will miss it after all. Manchester United can't go back to the past, and it's impossible for Li Mo to consider coming to Manchester United again. The decline of Manchester United is destined to be unstoppable.
"What did you say to them just now, you won't run over and say something harsh?"
Seeing Li Mo and Medel walking back together, Maguire hurried forward and asked curiously.
Hearing this, Li Mo gave Maguire a speechless look.
He has a big heart, and he even went to Manchester United's penalty area to speak harshly. No matter how good he is, he wouldn't be so cheap to tease others.
"No, I just had a friendly exchange with Ferdinand and the others. I praised him for being handsome, and he praised me for being handsome. We are heroes and cherish heroes!"
Maguire frowned, and his intuition told him that things would not be so simple, but before the game was over, he could only give Li Mo an honest look, and ran back to his own half honestly. .
After the episode, the game restarted. Speed did not waste time and took advantage of a dead ball to replace De Bruyne and Drinkwater.
When Dembele and Medel left the field, they dragged on for a while, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Manchester United fans at the scene, who booed the sky again for a while.
However, the two old fritters are already used to it, hugging their teammates and applauding the fans. A set of procedures is so smooth.
After some tossing, the game has almost reached No. 705 minutes of the game.
Sheffield United played ball control this time, with Li Mo's retracement support, and Sheffield United also had almost five players in the midfield.
Anyway, this is the time to stand on Sheffield United's side. If you make a big move, I will fall to the ground. If it doesn't work, let Li Mo come back and dribble the ball on the side to protect the ball.
It's very comfortable to drive the kind of big feet that prevent the football from flying out of the baseline quickly and make Manchester United players have to consume energy to reach the ball.
Anyway, under the daily influence and training of Sheffield United's coaching staff, Sheffield United has nine ways to delay time to make Manchester United uncomfortable, nine kinds!
In this mentally tortured style of play, Manchester United's offensive players naturally became irritable.
If Ferguson hadn't stood on the sidelines to signal his disciples to keep calm, I'm afraid there would be another player conflict on the field.
The conflict with Sheffield United at this time is completely helping Sheffield United. The coach can see clearly from the sidelines, but the players are all emotional. Once they are in charge, they can control so much.
Fortunately, after 10 minutes, Speed replaced Bell with Creswell.
Let Creswell, who has a better defense, play the left back, transfer Matric to the position of the left halfback, and Sheffield United also turned to defense across the board.
This tactical adjustment allowed Manchester United to finally get the opportunity they dreamed of pressing forward.
It's just that there is not much time left for Manchester United. Including injury time, the total is only about 15 minutes.
The players on the Sheffield United bench also stood up and stared nervously at the situation on the field.
A four-game lead is in sight!After defeating Manchester United, Manchester United may overturn in the league in frustration.
The temptation to win the championship several rounds in advance made it difficult for every Sheffield United player and coach to remain calm.
That is to say, Speed stopped a group of players from stepping off the bench and standing on the sidelines in time.
He doesn't want to put more pressure on the players on the field. No matter how high the expectations are, if the referee doesn't blow the whistle for the end of the game, there is a possibility of being overturned.
In 99, it took only 3 minutes for Manchester United to comeback and Bayern Munich won the Champions League!
Ferguson and United's players had an adventurous spirit in their bones.
Speed didn't want the [-]-point advantage that was about to be reduced to [-] points by Manchester United. In that case, the blow to Sheffield United would be too great.
He only wants the safest victory, so at this moment, not putting any pressure on the players on the field is the most responsible approach.
In the face of Manchester United's final offensive, Li Mo also retreated to the midfield, shouting loudly for his teammates to block the attack on both sides of Manchester United.
Manchester United is not afraid of Sheffield United from the middle. Whether they are holding the ball or playing a lob, the high point in the middle of Sheffield United is enough to make Van Persie and other Manchester United offensive players despair.
But Manchester United's wing attack needs to be vigilant at all times. Whether Giggs or Rooney who pulls the side, they all have a very good cross footwork.
Especially when Ferdinand and Vidic both press into Sheffield United's penalty area to grab points later.
Once the headers of these two players are successfully ferried, Van Persie and other Manchester United offensive players ambushing near the fulcrum are likely to succeed in poaching!
Therefore, no matter how Sheffield United defends and shrinks the formation, there must be heavy troops on the flanks, and Manchester United must not be allowed to easily get the chance to pass from the bottom.
Li Mo will now stand in front of Trippier on the right side, and Matt Ridge on the left side. They are one on the left and the other on the right, helping the side defenders behind them relieve a lot of defensive pressure.
Giggs looked at Li Mo in front of him and was speechless.
He is already old, but he can no longer hold the ball to force a player like Li Mo who has both speed and strength, so he can only ask Anderson to come over and cooperate with him.
Rooney, who mainly plays on the right side, is in a much better situation. Ashley Young behind him can cover the side, and he can find a way to get past Matt Ridge himself.
Although Matic's interception is very annoying, as long as he enters Sheffield United's defensive third area and has him attracting firepower to score the ball, Ashley Young still has enough space to kick the ball.
It's just that when most of Manchester United's crosses come from the right, Sheffield United's defensive targeting is also easy to arrange.
The three high school defenders took turns to take care of Van Persie in the penalty area. When Ferdinand and the others pressed forward at the last moment, Li Mo and Matic retreated to defend Manchester United at the high point.
The Manchester United players watched the passes sent into the Sheffield United penalty area being pushed out again and again, and gradually they felt desperate.
Sheffield United's current lineup is simply like a defensive machine covered in barbs!
Don't even think that the football that is scored will fall on the offensive player, and it will be swallowed up by this terrifying machine.
Maguire is in charge, Li Mo and Vertonghen are watching him, and there are Stones and Matic on the other two sides. With such a defensive configuration, how to fight?
Today's Manchester United does not have a Sheringham-style center forward, and the offensive fulcrum has to be replaced by Ferdinand and Vidic. It is not an opponent of Sheffield United's defensive cluster at all.
And after the 5th minute of stoppage time, Rooney's last cross was still destroyed by Maguire first, and the referee on duty finally blew the whistle for the end of the game!
Speed couldn't keep his composure anymore, he was the first to rush into the field, hugging Li Mo, who played well in both offense and defense today, and yelled non-stop!
The rest of Sheffield United's substitute players and coaches also rushed into the field one after another, pulling the Sheffield United players on the field to hug each other and celebrate happily!
"A lead of [-] points! Sheffield United has finally suppressed Manchester United! In addition to make-up matches, both Sheffield United and Manchester United still have nine league games to play this season, but with this lead, Sheffield United can obviously prepare more calmly, but Manchester United must be careful, in the next game, every time they lose a game, it may allow Sheffield United to win the championship one round earlier!"
The commentator of Sky Sports looked at the rest of the schedule of the two teams, and in his heart he almost sentenced Manchester United to death.
Among Sheffield United's next opponents, Arsenal and Liverpool are not serious problems, only Manchester City is difficult to deal with. The rest of the league's mid-lower teams have won steadily. Manchester United will take the lead to compete with Sheffield United for turnover rate!
The advantage of four wins makes Sheffield United almost invincible, which is much greater than Manchester City's advantage over Manchester United in the first half of the league last year.
Unless Sheffield United's coaching staff is collectively demented or the main players are collectively injured, Manchester United will not even want to stage another miraculous comeback this season.
It is really too difficult for Sheffield United to have the above two situations.
"Maybe Manchester United's top management can pray that in the next international match day, the main players of Sheffield United will be injured in the national team, so maybe Manchester United still have a chance."
The special guest of Sky Sports made a joke.
The next two weeks will be international match days, and the World Cup preliminaries will be rekindled. There are indeed many players from Sheffield United who will go to the national team to fight.
But Sheffield United will be affected by the international break, as will Manchester United.
After all, most of the main players in the Manchester United team are also the starters of their respective national teams, so in this comparison, Manchester United also has no advantage. If everyone loses together, no one is better than anyone.
With the excitement of defeating Manchester United, the Sheffield United team quickly returned to Sheffield by bus that night.
Speed simply announced the news of the holiday. The players should fly back to the national team tomorrow when they should return to their respective national teams. Players who have no national competition tasks can take a good rest for at least a week.
Li Mo is among the resting players, and this is the best news Speed has received on the occasion of the international match day.
"Help me to thank the head coach of your national team. If he has time during the offseason, he is welcome to visit Sheffield United."
After announcing the disbandment of the team, Speed deliberately pulled Li Mo to let him express his gratitude to Director Gao on his behalf.
Although the Hua Guo team has successfully qualified in the world preliminaries, Li Mo did not waste his energy to go back to participate in the remaining friendly matches, which really helped Sheffield United a lot.
Speed now has a good impression of Gao Gui, at least much better than the head coach of the Chilean national team.
The last time the Chilean team recruited Medel back to play a friendly match, it made Speed and the coaching staff of the Chilean national team very unhappy. In comparison, the Huaguo national team seemed too "reasonable".
Li Mo made a joke at this time, and asked Speed to go to Huaguo with him during the offseason, and then he could communicate with Director Gao in person.
Unexpectedly, the handsome old man agreed after thinking for a moment.
"Damn, Boss, Xia Tian is really going back to China with me?"
"What? You're not welcome? I'll take my wife and children with me, and it'll be a tourist."
"How could it not be welcome! Then it's done, and then don't change your mind temporarily, saying that you are busy with work or something"
"You stinky boy!"
Speed made a gesture to knock Li Mo on the head, but after being dodged nimbly by Li Mo, he lightly kicked Li Mo to make him go away.
"Don't play too much these days, remember to report back to the base on time!"
In the old handsome guy's last advice, Li Mo smiled and said that he knew it. After getting in the car, he didn't start the car and go home immediately. Instead, he clicked on the group chat of Sheffield United players on his mobile phone.
"Is there anyone who won't leave by plane tomorrow, please report the number."
After the news was sent out, Li Mo started his Rolls-Royce and headed home.
After returning home, Li Mo turned on his phone and saw that there had been [-] or [-] messages accumulated in the group chat.
Vardy: "Me! It's a pity that I, who is so good, still haven't been recruited by Mr. Hodgson. Why, do you have activities?"
Stones: "Me too."
Matthew Lorton: "Is there a party tomorrow? Then I'm going to ask a girl out now?"
Brother Xiaosa: "It's good to be young~"
Li Mo looked at the irrelevant messages sent by his teammates, and couldn't help laughing and cursing in reply:
"No party, let's go to Germany tomorrow! I'll pay all the round trip expenses, what should I say? If you want to sign up, go to Jamie's to register."
Maguire: "???"
Maguire: "Fake squid! You specially pick this kind of time to treat guests out, right? It's too unfair to us!"
Medel: "Lee! You can't do this to me!"
Drinkwater: "Damn! My German girl!"
Vardy: "Is there such a good thing? I'm going to a nightclub in Germany tomorrow night to call the two hottest girls!"
Matthew Lorton: "Then I want three."
Vardy: "Fuck! Why do you have one more than me!"
Stones: "Didn't the boss say that he paid for it? Actually, you can order more."
Maguire: "?"
Bell: "John has grown up~"
Li Mo clicked on John Stones, expressing that he remembered his dangerous speech, and then smiled and threw the phone aside to pack his luggage.
Going to Germany this time was not on a whim. Apart from getting together with his teammates from the national team, there was another important matter waiting for him to deal with.
General Fan has arrived in Frankfurt with the two most outstanding children in the youth training base!
This is totally a surprise!
Li Mo originally thought that it would take at least two or three years for the youth training to reach the stage of sending good seedlings to the outside world, but he didn't expect that in just a few months, Lao Fan had poached many young players from other clubs' echelons to start selected.
Li Mo also saw the German and Portuguese youth training coaches that Mendes recruited for Li Mo. They are all old coaches with good reputation in the industry. It is indeed one-on-one.
General Fan dared to bring these two young players to Germany directly, it must have been approved by the old coaches in the youth training base, Li Mo is quite relieved about this.
However, no matter how much Lao Fan talked about, it would be better for him to go and see for himself, just in time to take the Sheffield United teammates out to have fun.
At least I watched it myself, Vardy and Matthew Lorton didn't dare to play too out of line, Speed must be at ease.
After a night of rest with anticipation, the next morning Li Mo boarded a plane to Frankfurt with a few teammates who had no national team match assignments.
The short-distance flight did not dampen the interest of the Sheffield United players. After they walked out of the airport in a low-key manner under the arrangement of the staff, Charlie took them to the hotel directly with the team he rented in advance.
As a well-known financial city in Europe, Frankfurt is naturally a rare big city in the eyes of Vardy and the others. As soon as they arrived at the hotel, everyone discussed where to go after lunch.
Li Mo first called Hao Junmin.
The third brother is now the local snake in Frankfurt. After Lao Fan arrived in Frankfurt, he took his two children and lived directly in the third brother's villa. It just so happened that Lao Fan and the third brother would come over and chat first.
But after getting through the phone, Li Mo was taken aback by what Hao Junmin said.
"Those two kids have already entered Frankfurt's youth training echelon?"
Facing Li Mo's question, Hao Junmin only said that he would wait until we meet, and Li Mo had to wait patiently for a while after hearing this.
Half an hour later, Li Mo waited in the private room of the hotel coffee shop for Lao Fan and Hao Junmin who came in a hurry, and the two of them didn't write any ink, and quickly told Li Mo what happened.
The two young players are not very old, one is ten years old this year and the other is 11 years old this year. They are both youth training seedlings that Lao Fan dug from the local football club in Fucheng.
At present, it is the stage of laying the foundation in China, but after a period of formal training in the youth training base founded by Li Mo, the talents shown by these two young players made Lao Fan unable to sit still.
The coaches in the youth training base also agreed that these two young players were talented. Although they would not be amazing in Europe, they would be too rare in China.
But at present, echelon teams in the youth training base have only been formed one after another, and the youth training leagues of various junior and primary schools are also mainly aimed at cultivating children's interests. It is difficult to give these two children more training meaning in terms of the quality of the competition.
After hesitating for several months, Lao Fan finally explained the matter to Li Mo.
Later, he personally brought the two children and their parents to the city where the FSV Frankfurt team, which has established a cooperative relationship with the youth training base, is located.
Don't get me wrong, this team is not the same team as Hao Junmin's current Frankfurt team.
FSV Frankfurt is currently playing in the Bundesliga Bundesliga, and the Bundesliga Bundesliga teams like Duisburg and Bochum have established a cooperative relationship with Li Mo's youth training base under the help of Mendes' contacts.
It is because of such a relationship that Lao Fan is there, and Hao Junmin is also in Frankfurt, so he came here first to find out the situation.
As a result, he hadn't brought his two children to FSV Frankfurt for trial training yet. Hao Junmin took the two children to visit the training base in Frankfurt during the offseason.
Originally, this kind of visit is very common. If you want to grow up in the German youth training system, you should first get acquainted with the youth training echelon of the German professional league, which can be regarded as a little psychological preparation for the two young players.
As a result, it happened to meet the training of the Frankfurt U10 youth training echelon. Seeing this, Hao Junmin asked a familiar youth training coach to help take care of the two children around him.
Take it for a few days, just like when Li Mo took Zhang Linpeng and the others to adapt to the training intensity, let these two children adapt to it.
As a result, in this area, the two children were directly brought to Frankfurt's youth training echelon.
"It's really hard for me to refuse. Two days later, the director of youth training found me and the parents of the children and said that they would stay in Frankfurt for training anyway. It would be better to stay here at FSV Frankfurt. The parents of the two children must be more willing. Lao Fan and I were dumbfounded by leaving the child in Frankfurt, and we didn’t know how to tell you, but you came here directly today.”
The third brother rubbed his hands, feeling a little embarrassed.
His original intention was good, that is, to bring the two children to learn more about the European youth training model.
As a result, two youth training seedlings have been cut off by his team. Li Mo must ask the staff to explain it to FSV Frankfurt.
But Li Mo didn't care about negotiating with FSV Frankfurt. His interest was aroused by the performance of those two children. Is it true that he has such a good talent that the youth training supervisor in Frankfurt values it so much?
"The older one is called Chen Di, and the younger one is called Wang Can. I'm really not bragging. Director Xu and I have never seen such a talented kid in his early teens when we were doing youth training on the island! It’s a pity that there are football seedlings in the inland area. There are millions of people around Fucheng, and it’s normal to have a few good seedlings. It's over!"
As soon as he talked about the performance of the two children, Lao Fan became excited instantly. It could be seen that he really valued these two children very much.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have applied for funding again, and spent a lot of effort convincing the parents of both parties to go to Germany with him.
To train these two children in China, a family would have to spend at least 60 to [-] yuan, but in Li Mo's youth training base, after applying for funds, the families of the two parties don't have to worry about the financial aspect.
And the reduction in cost is one aspect. Parents on both sides are tempted by the fact that children can continue to study in Germany to complete their studies.
This time they came over, to a large extent, to see if they were reliable in the matter of reading.
After quickly finding a German teacher for the two children in Frankfurt, and now contacting a nearby community school for enrollment, the parents are completely relieved.
With Lao Fan's explanation like this, Li Mo understood that the youth training base hadn't put much effort into their feelings this time, and the Frankfurt side had already won the hearts of the parents.
Speaking of it, the two children are still talented enough, but not talented enough. The youth training director in Frankfurt is not stupid. How could he persuade the parents and look for the school? He really treats his club as a charity.
After thinking for a while, Li Mo made a request to Lao Fan.
"Try not to let the two children know how they managed to stay in Germany. Third brother, don't take care of them too much at the training base. Everything follows the rules of the Frankfurt youth training camp. If you don't meet the standards in learning, you should Suspended, it's time to criticize, I don't want them to pick up bad habits before they grow up."
Hao Junmin knew Li Mo's intention as soon as he heard it.
Be it England or Germany, many "geniuses" emerge every year in the well-known youth training camps.
The children may feel a little embarrassed at first, but under the daily praise from the outside world, even the purest children will inevitably become arrogant, and very few children can keep their hearts and grow up to the height they deserve.
Li Mo grew up in that kind of flattering environment, and he has been in high spirits before, so he naturally knows the disadvantages of living in that kind of environment for children.
He doesn't necessarily want Chen Di and Wang Can to become the kind of model players who are humble and hardworking, and fully in line with the appetite of the Chinese people.
But at least the two children must understand that only by working hard can they get everything they want. They set foot on the real professional field.
And at that time, the two grown boys will also understand what the hard training of guarding against arrogance and impetuosity brought them when they were young.
Even if there is depression, it will completely dissipate at that moment, and they will finally thank themselves for gritting their teeth and persevering, instead of regretting that their temporary arrogance made them waste their lives!
"Of course, don't save on food and clothing, just give the pocket money that should be given, and we will also cover the expenses for the parents who come to Germany to visit their children twice a year, third brother, then it will be too much trouble for you to take care of these two in your life kid"
Hao Junmin couldn't help nodding with a smile when he heard Li Mo's explanation that his painting style was different before and after.
After all, he is Li Mo's fellow villager. He has strict training requirements, but he still can't help but ask himself to take care of him in life.
These two children came out younger than when Li Mo came out, and their family members were not around during the training later on, so it was hard to think about it.
Seeing that the matter was almost settled, Lao Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was very tired after running these days.
"I know that Director Xu has worked so hard in the past few years. I just brought up two kids. In those years, Director Xu brought out a team! I have a lot to learn in both life and competition. Yo!"
Lao Fan's sudden emotion made Li Mo and Hao Junmin laugh.
Li Mo even tugged at General Fan's sleeve and joked: "Then I have to hold fast to you as a great god, lest one day you feel tired and give up, what will my children do then? "
Old Fan also laughed heartily when he heard the words.
His ambitions are great, and if he wants to bring out a new national team in the future, how could he give up.
In the future, if Li Mo drives him away, he won't leave. He's done with the youth training!
(End of this chapter)
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