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Chapter 26 Team preparations and the Asian Cup
The English media is actually not optimistic about Sheffield United's winter window signings.

A youth training from a wealthy club, a winger who can't play well in the League One, and a striker from a low-level league. A good report said that to give Speed ​​some time, these three people may be bought to increase the thickness of the bench. The ugly report directly satirizes the management of Sheffield United. Before spending millions to buy Ched Evans, and now buying an unknown striker in a low-level league, the vision is as good as ever.

However, regardless of whether it is optimistic or negative, the media agrees that Sheffield United has a chance to qualify for the play-offs this year, because Speed ​​has created a new defensive system before, and Li Mo's performance on the front line is no longer excellent. To describe it, if I had to use one word to describe it, it would be stunning.

Seven goals and three assists in eight games, every game has a statistical contribution, even if he doesn't score, Li Mo can attract firepower in the opponent's penalty area and create more opportunities for his teammates. Many media don't know how to praise .

Because counting the performances of many young players in the British Championship and even the Premier League in recent years, they may be very impressive at the beginning, but after facing the targeting and oppression of defensive players, they often fail to show their technical characteristics , Mentality and experience are their shortcomings, but Li Mo's way of playing football is too mature, and his performance on the field has been evaluated by many media as "playing football with his brain".

Li Mo is very good at observing the situation of his teammates, and can also provide important tactical support for the team. His confrontation ability in the frontcourt makes many of Sheffield United's frontcourt attacks connected and transferred by him.

Many media think that he is like Cesc Fabregas back then, not in terms of technical characteristics, but in terms of mentality and ability to read the game, as well as the similar youth and maturity. However, when Fabregas was seventeen or eighteen years old, he was already He has played the main role at Arsenal, and Li Mo is still playing in the British Championship. If he can help Sheffield United successfully upgrade this season, I believe many media will further compare him with Xiaofa back then.

Li Mo doesn't pay attention to what the outside world thinks of him. He is now accompanying the hard-working Vardy to build muscle in the training base. After observing Vardy's training performance, Speed ​​didn't say anything, and directly arranged nutrition The teacher reformulated the recipe for this kid, and then asked the coach in charge of strength and physical training to find a way to formulate a targeted plan first to give Vardy the meat.

Too thin, close to 1.8 meters tall, but not even [-] kilograms!
Playing in the British Championship with this weight, when other defenders press, Speed ​​doubts that Vardy will be pushed up.

However, Vardy's running and shooting skills still make Speed ​​quite satisfied. When Vardy's confrontation ability meets the requirements of the game, Speed ​​will let him partner with Li Mo, and Ched Evans can play in rotation, so that The health of forward players can also be guaranteed.

As for Drinkwater and Matt Ridge, Speed ​​is very satisfied. Drinkwater is indeed a player who came out of the youth training of giants. In Speed's view, it means that he does not have enough professional league experience. He is rich, but he still has abilities. At least at this stage, he has no problem playing in the English Championship. If you practice more and give him time, he can at least gain a foothold in the mid-range teams of the Premier League.

It can only be said that a giant like Manchester United does have higher requirements for midfielders. Drinkwater has little chance to stay at Manchester United, but for Sheffield United, he is a player who can be cultivated as the core of the team. Of course , the premise is to adapt to the tactics.

For Matt Ridge, the situation is a bit complicated. He has played as a full-back and a full-back before, but his performance was not very good. Speed ​​thinks that this kid has a cross, and he has a good sense of inserting. , Although he didn't play it before, his technical characteristics are still very suitable for the team.

After all, the team now mainly plays three central defenders. It doesn’t matter if Matridge’s defense is not very good. Montgomery and Maguire can be arranged behind him to wipe his ass. No, at the position of the left wing back, there is a lot of space for him to sprint in.

In this way, both the left and right flanks are considered to be threats. Before relying on Matthew Lorton's performance on the right, it was easy to be targeted by the opponent. After Mattridge kicked out, the opponent dared to mark the right. The left wing gets more crossing opportunities, and Li Mo's threat index in the restricted area can also be doubled.

It's just that this cooperation can't be rushed, and the tacit understanding between the players is not enough.

"Let's practice slowly. Fortunately, there are still a few days to train, and we have scored enough points in the previous rounds." Speed ​​is fortunate that the current team's points are not much different from the No.6 team. , There is only a two-point gap, and there is not much pressure on the team from top to bottom. Just wait for the next league game to see the strength of the new players.

Vardy has been called by the coach to do physical therapy after today's strength training. Li Mo is still walking slowly on the treadmill in the gym to recover his physical fitness. At the moment, the live broadcast of the Asian Cup is playing on the TV hanging on the wall. , When the second half was approaching 10 minutes, Deng Zhuoxiang scored another goal, and the national football team led Kuwait 2-0 at this time.

The domestic fans at the scene were very happy. After all, in the first Asian Cup, the national football team won 2-0, which was a good start, but Li Mo frowned slightly. Of course, he was also happy for the national football team to win. , but the content of the game did not make him happy.

The tactics are a bit messy, and compared with the previous warm-up match, the national football team seems to have returned to the old road, there will always be some inexplicable mistakes, not to mention the technique, after all, this cannot be improved overnight, but the tactics On the one hand, the implementation is still not firm enough.

Li Mo can see that Director Gao is not particularly satisfied. He came here for the purpose of training troops, so he must resolutely play his own style and find out the shortcomings in the game, but now the style has not been played out. The lack of However, too many places are exposed, and Li Mo feels that this trip to the Asian Cup of the national football team may be the same as the previous life, and there will be no gains.

"The player's ability is still not good. If those old players are still there, at least they won't play in such a hurry and in such a mess."

Li Mo thought with some regret that although the current strength of the national football team is much worse than before, at least there are still a group of old players. But it makes the selection work extremely difficult. Let’s recruit veteran players. Some senior management disagrees, and the senior leaders can’t help it. If you don’t recruit veteran players, how can you get good results with the current group of people?
You, Zhao Peng, are playing central defender, can he play?Can't kick, don't have the ability to know how to cut?

But Li Mo can only regret a little bit, the national team is not something that he can change now, he should focus on the club first, and wait until he achieves more achievements, then he can have the right to speak in the national team, as long as he can keep the high Mentoring gives you the opportunity to slowly change everything that happens afterward.

hope so.
(End of this chapter)