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Chapter 100 Pre-season training, the formation of the anti-reverse team
The signings of a few substitute players are still under discussion, and the team's main lineup has almost been built. After the last new aid Matic also came to the team to report, Sheffield United officially entered the pre-season training period. stage.

The new players are all very curious about Li Mo. After all, at his age, he broke the scoring record in the British Championship last season and scored more than 30 goals. This achievement is not easy.

And hearing that Li Mo was still training after returning to China during the offseason, the new players once suspected that the old Sheffield United players were joking.

But after the training started, they were all frightened by Li Mo's state.

Generally speaking, the first stage of pre-season training must allow players who have rested for more than a month to recover their physical condition to adapt to the next physical reserve training and pre-season friendly matches.

However, Li Mo's training was conducted separately from his teammates, with high intensity, and it seemed that he was able to handle it with ease.

How does this look like playing for more than a month?

But Speed ​​couldn't be more satisfied after watching Li Mo's individual training session.

He kindly embraced Li Mo's shoulders and told him to take more rest and not to tire himself out from training. Speed ​​turned to the hair dryer mode for the remaining Sheffield United players.

Those who fail the physical test must first receive individual "counseling" from the physical fitness coach. If they cannot recover their physical condition within a week, then Speed ​​will have to go on the court to rectify it himself.

However, the young guys Maguire and Brother Drinking Water are in good physical condition. It seems that they did not indulge much during the vacation.

Not to mention Vardy, he has gained muscle for a month in the training base, and he has entered the state very quickly.

Among the remaining few new aids, Matic is in the best condition, and Speed ​​is also very satisfied with this. After all, Matic is in good physical condition, he can think of starting to treat Matic early. Fantastic renovation plan.

With the previous experience of withdrawing the position of Drinking Water Brother, the Sheffield United coaching staff is familiar with the transformation of Matic's position.

The first thing to test is the sense of position, followed by the confrontation ability, running coverage, and interception ability.

The result was beyond the expectations of all coaching staff members. Matic's sense of defensive position is very good!

This is not a sense of defensive position that a central midfielder can have at all. He should be born to play the sixth position!
As a central midfielder, although Matic has good footwork, hard feet, can insert long shots, and has solid passing skills, he is too tall.

He is tall and has a good vision, but his center of gravity is also high. He is a bit bulky, not flexible enough, and not fast enough to attack the ball in the frontcourt.

But after retreating to the midfielder position, these shortcomings are acceptable, and his advantages will be infinitely magnified.

He has a wide field of vision, has a long pass, has strong confrontation ability, is tall, does not suffer at all in the competition for the top, and has good physical fitness and good interception ability.

On this condition, instead of switching to the midfielder earlier, he has been wasting in the offensive position. I really don't know what the coaches who coached him before thought!

Speed ​​and the coaching staff were very straightforward, and they directly fixed Matic in the position of the midfielder. Then, when the team organized the first confrontation match, Speed ​​arranged Matic on the side of the substitute lineup. See how much disruption he can cause to the main players.

The result is very general.

In the defensive midfielder position, playing less and inexperience is one reason, and the other reason is that Matic loves to go forward too much.

He seems to be unable to change his previous habits. He always wants to take the ball to the frontcourt, and he is not fast when he is intercepted.

After Li Mo got the ball, he was facing an almost unguarded half. An over-the-top long pass pierced through the defense of the substitute team. Vardy ran to catch the ball and scored easily.

Naturally, Speed ​​would not be used to this situation, and he pulled Matic and sprayed directly, so that he stayed obediently in the position of the midfielder, and now he dared not move forward at will.

But the old handsome Speed ​​is also a master of chicken soup. After spraying Matic, he found time to talk to Matic with earnestness.

Tell him how the coaching staff likes him, saying that he has played in the Premier League for so many years as a midfielder, and he feels that he will definitely become the top midfielder in the Premier League.

A slap and a sweet date, forcibly changing Matic's previous offensive habits, and constantly giving him confidence, Speed ​​is also very concerned about him.

The other two new aids, Trippier and Bertrand, basically firmly occupied the starting position of the two full-backs after recovering their physical condition.

Maguire and Matthew Lorton began to partner with double central defenders, increasing the tacit cooperation, drinking water God Linkwater, and there are new "bodyguards" around them.

Gary Medel occupies the starting position in the right midfielder. Compared with Matt Ridge on the left, Medel has better physical fitness and covers a larger area. Moreover, he defends fiercely and can sweep away the big players in front of Drinkwater. Part of the threat to attack.

As a result, Drinkwater can free up more energy and devote himself to organizing the team.

Playing in the Premier League in the new season, Speed ​​and the members of the coaching staff are very pragmatic, and the defense is over.

Especially now that Li Mo's personal ability has been strengthened a lot. With Vardy, it is a pity that their striker combination does not focus on counterattacks.

In terms of the integrity of the team, Speed ​​put more emphasis on running and pressing, as well as the necessity of full defense at special moments.

To meet his requirements, physical fitness is the top priority, so under strict physical training and defensive training, Sheffield United's new lineup is slowly kneaded.

Four Four Two will be the main formation of Sheffield United next season, and the main players are basically:
Forwards: Vardy, Li Mo.

Midfielders: Matt Ridge, Montgomery, Drinkwater, Gary Medel.

Defense: Bertrand, Maguire, Matthew Lorton, Trippier.

Goalkeeper: Simonsen.

The main substitute members are Matic, Ched Evans, Sharp, Stephen Quinn, Northworthy, Chris Morgan and so on.

Most of last season's substitute players, Sheffield United have almost sold out, just wait for the uniform team to sign new substitute rotation players early, and the team's roster will be finalized.

Although Matic has attracted the attention of the coaching staff, he still has to start as a substitute in the new season, because he still has a lot to learn. Montgomery is still the main midfielder for the time being. When Matic grows almost, Montgomery will have to Back to the bench to stand by.

It sounds cruel to say that most of the old players who worked hard last season and made great contributions to the team's promotion will have to play as substitutes this season.

But professional football is like this. Everyone competes for hard skills. If someone is better than you, they will start the game. This is understandable.

Moreover, Chris Morgan, Montgomery, and Stephen Quinn are all old players who have been with the club for many years.

Northworthy is also basically in a state of retirement. Sheffield United's salary increase makes him very satisfied, and he has no dissatisfaction when playing as a substitute.

So for now, the atmosphere in the locker room is still very good.

Trippier was in Barnsley last season. In the penultimate game of the league against Sheffield United, they were played too badly.

Li Mo had two shots and one pass in the first half, just like playing, and directly defeated Barnsley, making Trippier deeply feel helpless.

He could still launch a counterattack on the wing, but at that time Barnsley's players seemed to have lost their spirits, which made him unable to get support. This made him secretly decide after that that even if it was on loan, he must Go to a strong team in the Championship.

He never wants to go through the situation of being kicked by others until he is unable to fight back!

As a result, just a month after leaving Barnsley and returning to Manchester City, he was told by the team that he could play for Sheffield United next season?

As a teammate with Li Mo, who took the lead in defeating Barnsley?
Great!
Almost without hesitation, Trippier agreed directly, but Sheffield United and Manchester City had different opinions on his introduction method later, so he waited for another month before he was able to report to Sheffield United.

Even next season, Sheffield United will play in the Premier League, and now Sheffield United can only defend passively against most teams in the Premier League. Maybe the previous situation of being kicked and unable to fight back may still occur.

Well, if you can't fight back, you can't fight back. Trippier doesn't care now, this special code is the Premier League, even if he is asked to sit in the hole every game, he is willing.

And with the experience of playing against each other last season and being in the same Championship, Trippier and Li Mo are the fastest to get familiar with.

In terms of strength, everyone has learned about each other through this period of training.

Trippier played the position of right back. Except for confrontation and defensive ability, other aspects are almost perfect for Matthew Lorton.

Speed, dribbling, skill, crossing.

On the offensive end, Trippier has proven himself. Next season on the right side, he can provide enough support to the frontcourt players, mainly Li Mo.

Moreover, his offense and defense are relatively balanced, and he is still very active in returning to defense. With the addition of Medel, who plays in the right midfielder, the combination of the two of them has raised the defense on the right to several levels.

Bertrand on the left likes to get in too much. His offensive ability and offensive awareness are great, but he often loses his position. In addition, the left forward Matridge is also characterized by strong offense and weak defense.

So when the two are combined, the offensive advancement is sharp enough, but on the defensive end, Montgomery needs to pay more attention to help.

Fortunately, Medel's defensive coverage area is large enough, so that Montgomery can rest assured to go to the left to help defend. When necessary, Medel can also retreat to the midfielder position.

This is really easy to use. No wonder he represented Chile in the national team at a young age. Now he is also the main member of the Chilean national team. This strength is really strong.

As for Matic, he is still in the process of correcting mistakes. He is the one who is scolded by Speed ​​the most on the field, but his confrontation ability is recognized as the third strongest in the team.

The top two must be Li Mo and Maguire, especially Li Mo, who gained weight in the summer. In the confrontation match, Matic looked painful when he met Li Mo.

Not to mention being crushed, but it's about the same. He is 1.9 meters 1.8 tall, but his weight is lighter than the current [-] meters [-] Li Mo. It is said that the coaching staff will also arrange his muscle-building plan, which is very uncomfortable.

Physical training and defense are boring and painful things, but the Sheffield United players are very committed.

If they want to succeed in relegation in the Premier League in the new season, or even achieve some results, they must resist the impact of the other [-] teams in the Premier League.

And in the run-in, with the arrival of the last few new aids one by one, Sheffield United's anti-reverse team has also announced its formation

(End of this chapter)