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Chapter 318 The True Arsenal Buster 【Subscribe! 】

When Li Mo was training hard with his teammates who had no national competition tasks and preparing for the follow-up competitions, the world preliminaries on all continents were almost in full swing.

The British national team has won the two world preliminaries in March. After beating San Marino 9-0, they won Montenegro 3-1 in the away game, further consolidating their top position in the group .

Among them, the excellent performances of Maguire and Drinkwater have won unanimous praise from fans in the UK.

After Carrick returned to the national team, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The feeling of partnering with Drinkwater is much better. Drinkwater is active in defense, willing to help with dirty work, strong organizational skills, and nice to speak. He really likes to partner with Drinkwater!

Maguire's stable performance made Huo Taigong temporarily forget the troubles that both Terry and Ferdinand have quit the national team one after another.

Although it seems at this stage, it is the best choice for Ferdinand to bring the British national team back to partner with Maguire.

But under the premise that the midfield barrier has become stable again, Maguire and Jagielka, or partnering with Smalling, are not bad.

At least the current effect is not bad. With Drinkwater and Carrick or Gerrard in front of him to help clean up, the effect of Maguire's delay is leveraged.

The battle against Montenegro fully demonstrated the defensive stability of the British national team.

Taigong Huo's four-two-three-one lineup tortured Montenegro's strikers into unspeakable misery.

Whether it was Vucinic or Jovetic, they were all irritated by Drinkwater's defensive tricks.

When the two faced Maguire directly, they had no good fruit to eat. After confronting Maguire twice, Vucinic and Maguire directly sidelined. The slightly thin body could not withstand the defensive oppression of the big head.

In the case of a solid defense in the backcourt, Rooney ate the pie made by Drinkwater and Milner with peace of mind, and scored twice in the first half.

Scoring five goals in two consecutive games for the national team, Lu Xiaopang felt extremely comfortable and at the same time lamented pity.

Such a good midfielder and defender turned out to be someone else's. It would be great if he could only play for the national team!

There is no need to frequently retreat to the midfield, and Heibei can be used as a tool man and a meat shield for himself. You only need to catch the ball and eat cakes and occasionally attack the opponent's defense line. How easy is this job!

But the happy time is always short. After the match against Montenegro, Lu Xiaopang could only bid farewell to Maguire and the others. After a short break, everyone had to devote themselves to the preparations for the league. .

Watching the players returning to the team one after another after playing the national team, Speed's hanging heart was finally able to settle down safely.

Except for Medel, who has the farthest distance back and forth, who needs to rest for two days, the rest of the players have devoted themselves to recovery training after a day of rest.

Speed ​​would like to let these players rest a little longer, but the schedule waits for no one.

On the 30th, Sheffield United will go to an away game against Arsenal. The time is indeed a little tight, and we can only suffer from the players at this critical juncture.

Regarding the schedule of a league game before the Champions League, Sheffield United has some complaints from all over, but before the players and coaching staff can speak, the fans of Sheffield United are fully fired.

"After playing Arsenal on March 3, we will go to Munich to play Bayern on April 30. Can't the FA be flexible and postpone this round of the league?"

"Those executives are full of answers! We played in the Champions League to win points for the Premier League. Their vision is too short-sighted! If Manchester United beat Real Madrid in the last round, they will definitely get the extension of the league!"

"You guys are fucking farting! We didn't have this kind of schedule before? Why, we can play, but you Sheffield United can't play?"

"There are still three days to rest after playing Arsenal. You will start the game against Bayern on the night of the 3rd. I don't know what to complain about!"

As soon as the fans of Sheffield United started to complain, in addition to other fans who were watching the excitement, the Manchester United fans who were splashed by the area damage couldn't sit still, and quickly stood up and countered with a wave of yin and yang.

While the two sides were arguing, the Arsenal fans were secretly delighted, and they just pulled up banners to thank the FA directly.

The schedule this time is wonderful!

Regardless of whether Sheffield United wants to compete with Bayern or not, they have entered the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and they must not be able to explain their poor performance, right?
Whether it is active or passive, Sheffield United can only devote most of its energy to the next Champions League battle.

So Arsenal fans only feel that they have picked up a big deal this time.

I can't beat you Sheffield United's first team, but I can't score points against you at home against Sheffield United's second team!
Everton fans suddenly panicked.

They are still waiting for Sheffield United to snipe Arsenal and bring them back to the top six.

If Arsenal pass Sheffield United in this round, apart from playing Manchester United, there will be basically a smooth road ahead!
Judging from Arsenal's performance in the final sprint stage in the past seasons, it can explode in order to compete for the Champions League seat.

They Everton haven't played in Europe for a long time, and they are counting on playing in the Europa League next year.

This was the sixth place for most of the season, and he was kicked down by Arsenal at the last moment. Who can bear it!

So Everton fans began calling for Sheffield United to play fairly on the Internet.

You can't just finish beating Everton some time ago, and let Arsenal down here, right?
The Liverpool fans were immediately invigorated when they saw the speeches of the Everton fans.

There is no hope for their Liverpool to get a European seat next season, but no matter who wants to make trouble for Everton, they must help Liverpool!

In this situation of three-party fan melee, Sheffield United announced the No. 3 starting list for the Premier League game in advance on March 29th.

No Bale, no Maguire, no Drinkwater
Except for Limer Gavardi, who is in charge, almost none of the Sheffield United first team players have entered the starting list.

The fans of Everton howled suddenly, the fans of Liverpool left contentedly, and the players and fans of Arsenal slid and knelt in the living room for three consecutive nights!
Because Li Mo didn't have the task of the national team, so this round of league appearances was not beyond the expectations of the outside world, but everyone guessed that Speed ​​would only send Li Mo to warm up in the first half.

After all, Li Mo has to rely on Li Mo's offensive strength to play Bayern. Sheffield United's coaching staff will not be stupid enough to let their ace striker consume 10 minutes of physical fitness before the battle.

On the afternoon of the 30th, when the starting rosters of both teams came out, Li Mo was not in the starting 11 as expected. Speed ​​finally chose to let Li Mo stand by on the bench.

Vardy, Berbatov, and Dirk Dirk are starting strikers today.

Dembele, Montgomery and Joaquin served as the three midfielders.

Cresswell, Stones, Chris Morgan, Matthew Lorton sit in defense.

Sommer has no problems with his physical fitness and state, and will continue to serve as the starting goalkeeper.

This rotation lineup is still a great threat on the offensive end, but there may be some hidden dangers on the defensive end.

After all, the midfield strangling tactics that Sheffield United was most proud of in the past can no longer be used. Montgomery is now in a semi-retired state, and it is unrealistic for him to press the defense like last season.

So looking at Dembele, who is the main defensive force in the midfield, Speed ​​finally decided not to defend at all, and put Dembele on the premise that he and Joaquin will form a dual engine in the midfield, and play a game against Arsenal. !
Since you can't defend, then maximize your own advantage on the offensive end. Three forwards and two offensive midfielders are enough for Arsenal to drink a pot.

Besides, Li Mo is still sitting on the field. If Arsenal play "too much" this time, at worst, let Li Mo play for 45 minutes in the second half. Then we will see if Arsenal's defense can hold up!
Speed's calculations were crackling. When Wenger saw Sheffield United's first lineup, he frowned slightly, looking a little tangled.

Wenger originally planned to make a fuss by taking advantage of the shortcomings of Sheffield United's unstable midfield in this game.

Arsenal is in desperate need of points, and Wenger naturally wants to keep the situation under control. If they play 1-0 or 2-0, they will control the field until the end of the game. In this way, they get points, which is considered a face for Sheffield United. .

But looking at it now, Speed ​​is not willing to directly offer a three-pointer, and he is going to fight Arsenal if he puts on a posture. Will Arsenal accept the move?

Following the counter attack, Arsenal is not afraid, but there are hidden dangers. Who knows if the group of Sheffield United strikers will explode if they play well?
Don't take it, it's not Arsenal and Wenger's style to wait for Sheffield United to keep pressing forward and fight back.

Besides, if you want to fight back, you have to have the capital you can afford.

Xie Feilian is good at counterattacking because his waist is strong enough, and he is not afraid of other teams' pressure at all.

But Arsenal's current orthodox midfielder combination is Arteta Garamsey.

Sheffield United really wanted five offensive players to press at the same time. Berbatov took the ball with his back and made it, and Arteta could only watch.

After a moment of melancholy, Wenger finally had to accept Speed's move and made tactical gestures to make his disciples prepare to confront Sheffield United.

So after the start of the game, as soon as the players on both sides ended the trial period, they immediately entered the exciting stage of opening up their posture and attacking.

Under the fast-paced offensive and defensive transition, the offensive clusters of Sheffield United and Arsenal played threatening offensives many times in just over ten minutes.

Vardy's performance on the left side of Sheffield United is the most eye-catching. He always takes the lead when counterattacking, and his long-range shots are also hard.

If Sagna hadn't followed closely and hadn't allowed Vardy to comfortably enter the Arsenal penalty area, maybe the Polish goalkeeper Szczesny would have been tested by Vardy's shooting skills.

For Arsenal, Podolski and Gervinho are the most active on the offensive end.

After all, it can be regarded as a bankrupt version of flying on both wings. It is definitely not as good as Bayern's Robery combination. This will hit Sheffield United's rotation defense line, which is considered a huge threat.

Montgomery's defensive awareness is still there, but his speed and confrontation ability have dropped a bit too fast, and the protection of the two wings is not in place, allowing Gervinho to show off in Sheffield United's backcourt.

Maybe it's just that Hot Bird's brain is not short-circuited today. After breaking through, the ball was scored in time, and he fed several balls to Giroud who was stuck in the position.

Giroud still has an advantage against veteran Chris Morgan. Even if Stones' defensive interference is timely, he has found several opportunities to turn around and shoot.

However, Sommer's status is online today, which means that Arsenal has collected a few more effective shooting data, and tried to keep the goal in the first three and 10 minutes of the game.

But in the No. 304th minute of the first half, Arsenal still relied on patient conduction to find a defensive gap on the left side of Sheffield United's penalty area. Podolski scored the first goal and broke the deadlock on the field.

Sommer looked helpless in the face of Prince Polti's unreasonable volley in the penalty area.

Dare to play volley at such a close distance, Prince Polti and Li Mo are simply the same way.

Although it is said that Podolski is not as good as Li Mo in terms of shooting skills, but in terms of courage, the two are the same.

It was too difficult to pounce on such a lunatic shot, and Sheffield United could only temporarily drink their hatred, and finally entered the halftime with the disadvantage of one goal behind.

Speed ​​is not much dissatisfied. Forcing Arsenal and Sheffield United to play against each other has already made Arsenal give up their good midfield control.

To be honest, there was a bit of luck in the result of falling behind at halftime. After all, Sheffield United almost scored goals many times in the first half, and the scene was not ugly.

But not being angry about it doesn't mean Speed ​​has accepted the situation.

Li Mo took off his vest and started warming up under Speed's earmarks, so the 15 minutes of the intermission was very tormenting for Arsenal fans.

The hot guy is finally coming.

Their Arsenal just led by one goal, and Speed ​​is about to directly amplify his move, as for? !
Li Mo didn't know the resentment in the hearts of the Arsenal fans at the scene. After finishing the warm-up, he went straight to the players' tunnel.

Before the game restarted in the second half, Li Mo had already changed into his jersey and played with his teammates. This change also caused the reporters on the sidelines to shoot wildly.

And many fans watching the game are also gloating at this moment.

"Arsenal is going to die! I still remember that when Sheffield United played Chelsea last time, they sent almost [-] long passes to Lee in the whole game, which made Chelsea's defenders in the backcourt completely helpless. Sheffield United did not do anything today. Will it be used against Arsenal?"

"It's possible. The organization of the Sheffield United midfielder today is very simple. After Lee plays, he will definitely make a fuss around him. Let's see who Arteta or Ramsey can't stand~"

"Mertesacker can play against Li, but he is too slow. Li is very smart and will definitely choose to bully Koscielny first. I bet ten pounds that Li will do it!"

Amid the firefighting behavior of all good fans, Arsenal fans were anxious and angry, but they dared not speak harshly and say that Arsenal will win today.

It's true that Li Mo gave him a psychological shadow before.

Li Mo himself doesn't have too many messy ideas, and Speed ​​will send him on the field with just one task:
Go ahead with a goal, and then lead Sheffield United to retreat from the Emirates Stadium.

To put it bluntly, this game cannot be lost.

Regardless of how the ball is lost in the backcourt, Li Moding is at the forefront of Sheffield United trying to find a way to get the ball into Arsenal's goal and it's over.

This is also the reason why Speed ​​had to lead him to hold the lineup today.

Li Mo patted his chest and issued a military order to Speed. He would move a little after playing, and soon got stuck in the position between the two midfielders and the defense line of Arsenal and began to raise his hands for the ball.

Seeing Li Mo's movement, Joaquin, who was holding the ball and planning to split the side, decisively dialed back the football that was about to pass out, and then decisively hoisted the ball to the narrow area where Li Mo was.

Leaning against Koscielny with his back, Li Mo didn't care about Ramsey who was double-teaming towards him, and directly hit the ball with a header!
The anti-offside forward of Kevin Dirk almost instantly made the Arsenal fans break out in a cold sweat.

If it weren't for Szczesny's timely attack this time to punch the football back with both fists, Dirk Maybet would have evened the score at the beginning of the second half!

"Wow! Sheffield United almost equalized the score in No.407 minutes! This is Li's value! His strong back and ability to judge the placement make him a perfect fulcrum machine! Arsenal escaped A catastrophe, but their defense players have to be more careful! Lee's appearance is a signal, and Sheffield United is bound to create enough opportunities for Lee to perform in the second half! This will be a wonderful second half! "

The words of the Sky Sports commentator made countless Gunners fans feel uncomfortable, but after thinking about it carefully, there seems to be no reason to refute.

When Alexander Song was still there, Arsenal had little to do with Li Mo. Now that Li Mo has become stronger, Arsenal's midfielder combination has become weaker. After this addition and subtraction, no matter how optimistic the Gunners fans are After seeing Li Mo's performance, he also became guilty.

At this time, Speed ​​just stood on the sidelines and kept waving, telling other Sheffield United players to give Li Mo more balls.

"Right, right! Look for more opportunities to send the ball over, Jamie, you should stay inward, you and Li cooperate best, run around Li more, don't care if he is offside, it doesn't matter if you are offside seven or eight times, Asen Just one negligence from Na and they're finished!"

Listen, this loud plotting is very annoying, and the tactics are almost directly smashed in the face of Wenger next door.

The Arsenal fans above the Sheffield United bench were obviously anxious and angry, throwing things would not be too much, but boos immediately rang out, driving all the Arsenal fans to boo wildly!
However, after Sheffield United unified their tactical thinking, the intensity of execution was not affected by boos at all.

On the contrary, the more vigorously the Arsenal fans booed, the more times they passed the ball to Li Mo!
Not only did he give the ball to Li Mo, and asked him to assign the attacking direction again, but the full-backs on both wings of Sheffield United also started to kick the ball frequently, giving Li Mo a chance to hit the top and grab points.

With Valdiga Kuitt at the helm, Arsenal's defense did not dare to use too many defensive players to target Li Mo.

If it's the best, Mertesacker will top the defense, and then let another defensive player come over to double-team.

This kind of defensive treatment is enough to deal with other offensive players, but Li Mo can still find a lot of kicking opportunities.

Even if he was occasionally double-teamed and lost the space to advance, Dirk Dirk and Vardy, who were on the weak defensive side, were able to quickly step up.

For a while, the pressure on Arsenal's defense increased greatly. Seeing this, Wenger had to signal the midfielders to return to the defense many times, further reducing the kicking space of Sheffield United's two wings.

But after the loopholes on the two wings were blocked, the overall retreat of Arsenal's midfield allowed Dembele to find an opportunity to advance.

In the 601st minute of the second half, Dembele once again received a cross from Joaquin. This time, he did not observe the positions of other teammates for the next pass, but directly dribbled the ball himself!

Dembele, who has already won the title of "King of the Ball" in the team, once again demonstrated his amazing dribbling skills.

After passing the interfering Rosicky and Ramsey all the way, Dembele decisively chose to cut in on the right rib area a little outside the penalty area!
He is a left-footer and has a long-range shot. At this time, the threat of cutting inside is quite great, so Arteta had to stick to him to try to interfere.

But at the moment Arteta made a move, Dembele picked the ball lightly with his left foot and picked it into Arsenal's penalty area!
Vardy rushed to the back point, leading Koscielny to retreat helplessly. Seeing this, Li Mo leaned close to Mertesacker beside him, and opened his right hand slightly, avoiding the German defender's clearance when the football fell. possible.

Stop the ball with the chest first, don't wait for Mertesacker to complete a half-turn, and volley directly when the football falls to the right height!
Li Mo completed this series of movements smoothly. Mertesacker was pinned down by Li Mo, and he could only watch Li Mo complete a half-turned volley in the blink of an eye, defending very aggrievedly.

He wanted to grab the position, but Li Mo's instant burst was too fast, and he couldn't catch up.

Moreover, he didn't dare to make big moves in the penalty area. If Li Mo fell to the ground, it would probably be a yellow dot package. Mertesacker really didn't dare to take this risk.

At this moment, the German central defender can only pray that Szczesny can play a explosive role this time and stop Li Mo's shot.

But Szczesny also has something to say, at such a short distance, you let him save Li Mo's powerful volley?
Can't beat it!Now he is smoking and drinking at Arsenal, and he is not the self-disciplined Polish goalkeeper who later transferred to Juventus. For the time being, he does not have the strength to know!
So the football passed through Szczesny's ten fingers very smoothly, and made a very crisp sound as it rubbed against the net!

Just like Podolski's shot in the first half of the game, no one can stop it!

"A good goal! The goal has been scored---!!! Li Mo scored a stunning equalizer goal after catching Mertesacker! This is a very typical goal of a big center forward! It is full of powerful confrontation and Shooting skills! What a treat to see an equalizer like this happen!"

Zhan Jun took a step forward and boasted excitedly. The ball was indeed played beautifully enough, and it was successfully scored under the continuous confrontation with Mertesacker. It is full of strength and has to be praised!

Countless Arsenal fans covered their heads in pain at this moment.

They knew that it would be no good for Arsenal to play Li Mo!

Seeing Li Mo roaring and kneeling to celebrate near the corner flag area, the nightmare blue No. 11 figure in the minds of Arsenal fans formed a perfect overlap with Li Mo at this moment!

Feelings, you strikers with the title of Warcraft like to catch Arsenal, right?
Wenger was also messed up standing in the wind, Speed ​​next door had already embraced his assistant coach and started to celebrate wildly, but the bench on Arsenal's side was dead silent.

Grooming guru Alan Shearer doesn't miss this classic moment.

A picture of Wenger stunned and a picture of Li Mo passionately celebrating a goal was posted on social media by him. The accompanying text is very simple, but the effect is very explosive!
"Didier, you can rest assured, Arsenal's nemesis has a successor!"

(End of this chapter)