opening a balotelli
Chapter 141 The away game against Manchester United, final preparations
Chapter 141 The away game against Manchester United, final preparations
After the sixth round of the Premier League, the standings have actually become polarized.
Almost all the top six teams last season have returned to the top six positions, except for Arsenal.
Maybe it was before the end of the season, the Gunners lost to Blackburn in the fifth round. Fortunately, they met Bolton, who is currently ranked second to last, in the sixth round. 3-0 victory.
At present, the Gunners have 7 points and are ranked No.11 in the league. They have won two games in the first six league games.
After being beaten 8-2 by Manchester United, Arsenal's goal difference is still negative, -5 goal difference. Looking at Arsenal's current state, they have to work harder to turn the goal difference into a positive number. It takes a few rounds to have hope, so what a miserable word.
After adjustments at the beginning of the season, the remaining strong teams quickly caught up in the standings. Newcastle and Tottenham are currently ranked fourth in the league with 10 points, while Liverpool and Chelsea are ranked with [-] points. Sixth in the league.
On top of them are the Manchester City duo plus a sudden emergence of Sheffield United.
Five wins and one draw at the start, accumulating [-] points. This result can only be described in one word: awesome!
However, Sheffield United stayed in the third position, which made the following big brother teams feel uncomfortable.
They can accept Manchester United, and Manchester City will stay at the top. After all, one is a traditional wealthy family and the other is a super wealthy family. They are not short of money.
But you, Sheffield United, are not a traditional tycoon, nor a super local tycoon. Xia Chuang recruited and searched, rented a player from the east, and rented a player from the west. How can you be next to the two big brothers in Manchester?
The traditional powerful team must be unconvinced!
Except for Chelsea, that thick-skinned Boas is still saying that Sheffield United is already strong, and other teams don't believe him, and the other top six teams are waiting for Sheffield United to fall behind.
And the next round will be a good show.
Because Sheffield United is about to challenge the Red Devils Manchester United away in the seventh round of the Premier League!
Sheffield United enjoyed the benefits of the game schedule earlier, but next, it's time to see the truth.
While many teams watched with cold eyes, Speed was also constantly deducing tactics with the coaching team in Sheffield United's training base.
It’s easy to say against other teams. Anyway, Chelsea have fought once. They can also fight against Tottenham, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Sheffield United. But facing the boss of the Manchester City duo, Speed Still felt the unprecedented pressure.
Because in 2011, it was a behemoth standing at the top of the Premier League and looking down on all the teams.
In the past five seasons, Manchester United has won four Premier League titles. Looking at this result, there is no coach who does not tremble when facing Manchester United.
If you look at the results of the European War, Manchester United has reached the Champions League final in two of the past three seasons. Although they lost to Barcelona in the end, it was the Champions League final. How many strong players were eliminated along the way? The enemy can only take the last step.
The undisputed absolute supremacy of the Premier League, the tyrants of Europe, Speed felt the pressure in the face of such an opponent, but at the same time, it also aroused his fighting spirit.
The entire coaching team is making preparations for this game.
The Sheffield United players are also sweating on the training ground, actively preparing for the game.
Speed directly chose closed training, which is rare, and the club will not accept interviews from the outside world in the past few days.
Li Mo cheers up his teammates every day on the training ground.
He has the memory of his previous life, and he is not afraid of Manchester United. In the following years, Manchester United, the dynasty collapsed, has been revived, and has been struggling.
No matter how powerful a dynasty is, there will always be a day when it declines and collapses. This was the case with Liverpool in the past, and it was the same with Manchester United in the following years.
However, Liverpool has successfully revived under the leadership of Klopp. Manchester United does not know when it will revive. Bad management, bad management system, bad training facilities, bad players.
But that was also a matter of the next few years. Now, under the leadership of Ferguson, Manchester United is still the Red Devils who are used to being accompanied by victory, and is still the number one overlord of the Premier League.
Therefore, the pressure in other players' hearts will not be reduced because of Li Mo's comfort and encouragement.
But this is also very normal. After all, in the entire Premier League, the only ones who can become tough on Manchester United are Liverpool and Chelsea.
No matter how weak Liverpool is, they will never be cowardly when facing Manchester United, and the players will not be afraid. This is determined by the team culture.
Chelsea are not afraid of Manchester United because those old boys once ruled the Premier League, and even overwhelmed Manchester United for a while, and in the 09-10 season, they abruptly grabbed a championship from Manchester United.
But there are only these two teams. Players from other teams will be psychologically weaker when they encounter Manchester United.
Seeing that his encouragement didn't seem to have any effect, Li Mo was very depressed, but he couldn't blame his teammates. After all, Sheffield United had just returned to the Premier League. Slow cultivation.
The so-called "championship temperament" is actually winning one game after another, giving the players a psychological advantage. Sheffield United still has a long way to go in this regard.
Speed made up his tactics, and Li Mo also found him after a day's training.
In fact, Li Mo seldom talks to Speed alone before the game, but this time he thinks it is still necessary to let Speed show up to give his teammates some confidence. Training is very important, but in terms of psychological construction, Li Mo thinks it is also very important .
"Are they afraid?"
After Li Mo explained his purpose, Speed asked him to sit down first, and then asked with a frown.
He's not sure if the players are scared or nervous, and if it's the former, he's not going to be happy.
Fortunately, Li Mo's answer made him breathe a sigh of relief: "Fear is not really, it's just nervous, boss, you know, if you play against Manchester United, you and I may be fine, but they will inevitably be nervous. Take a moment to come out and give a speech?"
Speed smiled and glanced at Li Mo, "What you said is like you have played Manchester United many times. They are nervous, but you are not nervous? You are younger than them, why are you not nervous?"
Li Mo skillfully took the paper cup in Speed's office, and then said: "Boss, you know me well. If I am nervous, then it is not me who is looking for you now, but the old captain."
Speed nodded in satisfaction. This is what he appreciates the most about Li Mo. He has a big heart, and when he encounters a strong enemy, he always wants to go up and fight, not cowardly, exactly the same as when he was young.
"Forget about talking. I originally planned to tell them tomorrow. What kind of tactics are being used this time? Tell them in advance. When the time comes, you can go and encourage them. I can rest assured that you will do things."
Li Mo couldn't help sighing when he saw that Speed was throwing his hands away from the shopkeeper. Speed raised his brows and made a gesture to pick up the documents on the table and give them to Li Mo. Li Mo quickly twisted his body and picked up Speed The tactical book that De put aside slipped away.
"This brat."
Speed muttered something, then shook his head and smiled, continuing to prepare for tomorrow's training plan.
On Li Mo's side, he opened up Speed's tactics book on the road, and after just one glance, he understood how the handsome old man wanted to play at Manchester United's home court this time.
His eyes lit up, then he closed the tactics book and went home at a faster speed.
The next day, the Sheffield United players who got the news from Li Mo in advance came to the training base as usual.
Their faces showed mixed emotions of excitement, nervousness, and doubt. If what Li Mo said when he contacted them last night was not a joke, then Speed played too much this time!
However, the training content that day directly verified everything Li Mo said.
They are going to fight each other!
Fight against Manchester United and put in an all-out attack!
That's Manchester United with Rooney, Giggs, Berbatov, Nani, Ashley Young and Valencia!
Scored 22 goals in six rounds, with an average of nearly four goals per game.
With such an opponent with fierce offensive firepower, Speed really wants to fight against them? !
While feeling the pressure, the Sheffield United players suddenly felt restless and excited.
The previous nervousness was due to the awe of Manchester United who won four Premier League titles in five years, but when Speed told them in the training content that they were going to fight against such an opponent and fight to the end, that awe disappeared. up.
It's so fucking exciting to play against Manchester United at Old Trafford!
Let’s not talk about winning or not, if they can score goals and score more than one goal, then they are the best!
Li Mo saw that the overall atmosphere of the team changed suddenly, and couldn't help admiring Speed in his heart.
Sure enough, he is a veteran of the Premier League. Needless to say, the morale of the team can be boosted with the training content. Jiang is really old and hot.
But the training is the training, and there should be speeches on the court. Speed said to ask Li Mo to do this, but after the training ended that day, he still called the players and told them on the training ground. The story of playing Manchester United with teammates.
From the nervousness when he played Manchester United for the first time, to getting used to playing against various strong teams, not only Manchester United, but also various European giants, the European matches that Speed described made all Sheffield United players, including Li Mo All yearn for it.
And Speed has never been afraid of Manchester United because his home team is Leeds United. The indifferent temperament facing Manchester United has relieved the Sheffield United players from their psychological burden.
In the end, Li Mo gave Speed a thumbs up, while raising his arms and shouting: "Regardless of winning or losing, fight Manchester United to the end, we Sheffield United are not afraid of any opponent!"
In this way, the atmosphere of the stadium speech was brought to its climax. Before facing a strong enemy, the tension of the Sheffield United players was finally washed away and the final preparations were completed.
Speed breathed a sigh of relief, and finally succeeded in fooling these young men.
When he made his debut before, he played for Leeds United, and it is true that he and Manchester United are sworn enemies. The "rose hatred" is the hatred between the two cities of Leeds and Manchester.
But he left Leeds United later and stayed in other Premier League teams for more than ten years, and he had no opinion of Manchester United for a long time.
Hate is even more out of the question. It can only be said that after so many years of experience in the Premier League, a league that is both a stadium and a vanity fair, Speed has also learned a necessary skill.
Life is like a play, it all depends on acting~
(End of this chapter)
After the sixth round of the Premier League, the standings have actually become polarized.
Almost all the top six teams last season have returned to the top six positions, except for Arsenal.
Maybe it was before the end of the season, the Gunners lost to Blackburn in the fifth round. Fortunately, they met Bolton, who is currently ranked second to last, in the sixth round. 3-0 victory.
At present, the Gunners have 7 points and are ranked No.11 in the league. They have won two games in the first six league games.
After being beaten 8-2 by Manchester United, Arsenal's goal difference is still negative, -5 goal difference. Looking at Arsenal's current state, they have to work harder to turn the goal difference into a positive number. It takes a few rounds to have hope, so what a miserable word.
After adjustments at the beginning of the season, the remaining strong teams quickly caught up in the standings. Newcastle and Tottenham are currently ranked fourth in the league with 10 points, while Liverpool and Chelsea are ranked with [-] points. Sixth in the league.
On top of them are the Manchester City duo plus a sudden emergence of Sheffield United.
Five wins and one draw at the start, accumulating [-] points. This result can only be described in one word: awesome!
However, Sheffield United stayed in the third position, which made the following big brother teams feel uncomfortable.
They can accept Manchester United, and Manchester City will stay at the top. After all, one is a traditional wealthy family and the other is a super wealthy family. They are not short of money.
But you, Sheffield United, are not a traditional tycoon, nor a super local tycoon. Xia Chuang recruited and searched, rented a player from the east, and rented a player from the west. How can you be next to the two big brothers in Manchester?
The traditional powerful team must be unconvinced!
Except for Chelsea, that thick-skinned Boas is still saying that Sheffield United is already strong, and other teams don't believe him, and the other top six teams are waiting for Sheffield United to fall behind.
And the next round will be a good show.
Because Sheffield United is about to challenge the Red Devils Manchester United away in the seventh round of the Premier League!
Sheffield United enjoyed the benefits of the game schedule earlier, but next, it's time to see the truth.
While many teams watched with cold eyes, Speed was also constantly deducing tactics with the coaching team in Sheffield United's training base.
It’s easy to say against other teams. Anyway, Chelsea have fought once. They can also fight against Tottenham, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Sheffield United. But facing the boss of the Manchester City duo, Speed Still felt the unprecedented pressure.
Because in 2011, it was a behemoth standing at the top of the Premier League and looking down on all the teams.
In the past five seasons, Manchester United has won four Premier League titles. Looking at this result, there is no coach who does not tremble when facing Manchester United.
If you look at the results of the European War, Manchester United has reached the Champions League final in two of the past three seasons. Although they lost to Barcelona in the end, it was the Champions League final. How many strong players were eliminated along the way? The enemy can only take the last step.
The undisputed absolute supremacy of the Premier League, the tyrants of Europe, Speed felt the pressure in the face of such an opponent, but at the same time, it also aroused his fighting spirit.
The entire coaching team is making preparations for this game.
The Sheffield United players are also sweating on the training ground, actively preparing for the game.
Speed directly chose closed training, which is rare, and the club will not accept interviews from the outside world in the past few days.
Li Mo cheers up his teammates every day on the training ground.
He has the memory of his previous life, and he is not afraid of Manchester United. In the following years, Manchester United, the dynasty collapsed, has been revived, and has been struggling.
No matter how powerful a dynasty is, there will always be a day when it declines and collapses. This was the case with Liverpool in the past, and it was the same with Manchester United in the following years.
However, Liverpool has successfully revived under the leadership of Klopp. Manchester United does not know when it will revive. Bad management, bad management system, bad training facilities, bad players.
But that was also a matter of the next few years. Now, under the leadership of Ferguson, Manchester United is still the Red Devils who are used to being accompanied by victory, and is still the number one overlord of the Premier League.
Therefore, the pressure in other players' hearts will not be reduced because of Li Mo's comfort and encouragement.
But this is also very normal. After all, in the entire Premier League, the only ones who can become tough on Manchester United are Liverpool and Chelsea.
No matter how weak Liverpool is, they will never be cowardly when facing Manchester United, and the players will not be afraid. This is determined by the team culture.
Chelsea are not afraid of Manchester United because those old boys once ruled the Premier League, and even overwhelmed Manchester United for a while, and in the 09-10 season, they abruptly grabbed a championship from Manchester United.
But there are only these two teams. Players from other teams will be psychologically weaker when they encounter Manchester United.
Seeing that his encouragement didn't seem to have any effect, Li Mo was very depressed, but he couldn't blame his teammates. After all, Sheffield United had just returned to the Premier League. Slow cultivation.
The so-called "championship temperament" is actually winning one game after another, giving the players a psychological advantage. Sheffield United still has a long way to go in this regard.
Speed made up his tactics, and Li Mo also found him after a day's training.
In fact, Li Mo seldom talks to Speed alone before the game, but this time he thinks it is still necessary to let Speed show up to give his teammates some confidence. Training is very important, but in terms of psychological construction, Li Mo thinks it is also very important .
"Are they afraid?"
After Li Mo explained his purpose, Speed asked him to sit down first, and then asked with a frown.
He's not sure if the players are scared or nervous, and if it's the former, he's not going to be happy.
Fortunately, Li Mo's answer made him breathe a sigh of relief: "Fear is not really, it's just nervous, boss, you know, if you play against Manchester United, you and I may be fine, but they will inevitably be nervous. Take a moment to come out and give a speech?"
Speed smiled and glanced at Li Mo, "What you said is like you have played Manchester United many times. They are nervous, but you are not nervous? You are younger than them, why are you not nervous?"
Li Mo skillfully took the paper cup in Speed's office, and then said: "Boss, you know me well. If I am nervous, then it is not me who is looking for you now, but the old captain."
Speed nodded in satisfaction. This is what he appreciates the most about Li Mo. He has a big heart, and when he encounters a strong enemy, he always wants to go up and fight, not cowardly, exactly the same as when he was young.
"Forget about talking. I originally planned to tell them tomorrow. What kind of tactics are being used this time? Tell them in advance. When the time comes, you can go and encourage them. I can rest assured that you will do things."
Li Mo couldn't help sighing when he saw that Speed was throwing his hands away from the shopkeeper. Speed raised his brows and made a gesture to pick up the documents on the table and give them to Li Mo. Li Mo quickly twisted his body and picked up Speed The tactical book that De put aside slipped away.
"This brat."
Speed muttered something, then shook his head and smiled, continuing to prepare for tomorrow's training plan.
On Li Mo's side, he opened up Speed's tactics book on the road, and after just one glance, he understood how the handsome old man wanted to play at Manchester United's home court this time.
His eyes lit up, then he closed the tactics book and went home at a faster speed.
The next day, the Sheffield United players who got the news from Li Mo in advance came to the training base as usual.
Their faces showed mixed emotions of excitement, nervousness, and doubt. If what Li Mo said when he contacted them last night was not a joke, then Speed played too much this time!
However, the training content that day directly verified everything Li Mo said.
They are going to fight each other!
Fight against Manchester United and put in an all-out attack!
That's Manchester United with Rooney, Giggs, Berbatov, Nani, Ashley Young and Valencia!
Scored 22 goals in six rounds, with an average of nearly four goals per game.
With such an opponent with fierce offensive firepower, Speed really wants to fight against them? !
While feeling the pressure, the Sheffield United players suddenly felt restless and excited.
The previous nervousness was due to the awe of Manchester United who won four Premier League titles in five years, but when Speed told them in the training content that they were going to fight against such an opponent and fight to the end, that awe disappeared. up.
It's so fucking exciting to play against Manchester United at Old Trafford!
Let’s not talk about winning or not, if they can score goals and score more than one goal, then they are the best!
Li Mo saw that the overall atmosphere of the team changed suddenly, and couldn't help admiring Speed in his heart.
Sure enough, he is a veteran of the Premier League. Needless to say, the morale of the team can be boosted with the training content. Jiang is really old and hot.
But the training is the training, and there should be speeches on the court. Speed said to ask Li Mo to do this, but after the training ended that day, he still called the players and told them on the training ground. The story of playing Manchester United with teammates.
From the nervousness when he played Manchester United for the first time, to getting used to playing against various strong teams, not only Manchester United, but also various European giants, the European matches that Speed described made all Sheffield United players, including Li Mo All yearn for it.
And Speed has never been afraid of Manchester United because his home team is Leeds United. The indifferent temperament facing Manchester United has relieved the Sheffield United players from their psychological burden.
In the end, Li Mo gave Speed a thumbs up, while raising his arms and shouting: "Regardless of winning or losing, fight Manchester United to the end, we Sheffield United are not afraid of any opponent!"
In this way, the atmosphere of the stadium speech was brought to its climax. Before facing a strong enemy, the tension of the Sheffield United players was finally washed away and the final preparations were completed.
Speed breathed a sigh of relief, and finally succeeded in fooling these young men.
When he made his debut before, he played for Leeds United, and it is true that he and Manchester United are sworn enemies. The "rose hatred" is the hatred between the two cities of Leeds and Manchester.
But he left Leeds United later and stayed in other Premier League teams for more than ten years, and he had no opinion of Manchester United for a long time.
Hate is even more out of the question. It can only be said that after so many years of experience in the Premier League, a league that is both a stadium and a vanity fair, Speed has also learned a necessary skill.
Life is like a play, it all depends on acting~
(End of this chapter)
Tip: You can use left, right, A and D keyboard keys to browse between chapters.