Chapter 101 Pre-season friendly matches and World Cup preliminaries

On July 13, Li Mo finally received a call from Hao Junmin.

"I succeeded, Xiao Mo! I don't have to go back to China next season!"

The third brother's voice was very excited. It seems that his trial training process has not been smooth sailing in this month.

And Li Mo felt relieved. No matter what, as long as Hao Junmin continues to play in Germany next season, that would be the best result.

"Isn't it a Bundesliga team?"

Li Mo asked tentatively. He felt that given his previous performance at Schalke 04, few teams in the Bundesliga would give Hao Junmin a chance.

Even if he is willing to sign him, it may be more for the Chinese market. Hao Junmin has made his own decision. He will definitely not go to such a team again.

"It's not a Bundesliga team, and you may not think about which Bundesliga team I successfully tried out with."

Hao Junmin said very relaxedly, which surprised Li Mo. It seems that the third brother is very satisfied with the current team.

"Duisburg? You won't be on the same team as Brother Shao next season, will you?!"

Li Mo was unsure. In May, the German second division team Duisburg announced the signing of Shao Jiayi. Hao Junmin was so excited. Did he go to Duisburg?

"No, no, Brother Shao invited me for a trial training, but I already have a goal. I will represent Frankfurt in the Bundesliga 2 next season!"

Li Mo heard an unexpected but also expected name.

Frankfurt, isn't that the team that senior Yang Chen played for ten years ago?

Moreover, in order to understand the situation of the Bundesliga in the new season, Li Mo also looked at the standings of the Bundesliga in the past few seasons.

Frankfurt ranked sixth from the bottom in the Bundesliga 2 last season, and their performance was very poor. Their midfield configuration was also very average. Playing in such a team, with the ability of the third brother, it is easy to stand out.

And with Yang Chen's relationship, the third brother will be treated fairly when he goes to trial training.

After special training, Hao Junmin's physical fitness and defensive ability have improved. It seems that he has impressed the Frankfurt coach, otherwise his tone would not be so relaxed and light.

"Congratulations, Brother Hao, next season you and senior Shao Jiayi can perform the Chinese Derby in the German Second Division."

"Young man, don't hurt me. I have to work hard to get playing opportunities in the following training sessions, but I really want to thank you for your previous suggestions. If I still play as a right midfielder, this training session may not be as effective.

Yes, you are right. After I retreated, my performance was much better than before, but I still need to practice my defense."

Hao Junmin put down the burden in his heart and started to talk more. Li Mo was sincerely happy for him. As long as he gets the approval of the coach, the third brother will at least play in the Bundesliga 2 in the new season without being awkward or miserable.

, the next step is to strive to compete for the main position.

The two brothers chatted for a while, and Hao Junmin was ready to go to training. Li Mo looked at the time and saw that it was time to go to the training base, so he hung up the phone.

Next season, in the European League, he will play in the Premier League, while Shao Jiayi and Hao Junmin will play in the German Second Division. At least for now, the three of them are still working hard in the European League.

At this time in the previous life, Hao Junmin had already announced that he would return to China and stayed in foreign countries for ten years. In the end, only Shao Jiayi was left in Duisburg, which is really sad.

As for the few players who stayed abroad later, they were just making fun of themselves and made some hat-trick jokes.

The last card of Chinese football was Brother Leizi, who had been wasting his time in the Chinese Super League for several years. Before Li Mo traveled through time, Brother Leizi also announced the end of his overseas career and chose to return to China, which made Li Mo uncomfortable.

a few days.

In this life, no matter what, Li Mo has successfully changed the ending of Hao Junmin's study abroad, where he sadly returned to China. If there are any domestic players who come up with it and are willing to come to the European leagues to work hard, he will definitely find a way to help.

But he can only do this. Everyone has to rely on themselves. If you want to go abroad for gold-plating, forget it. He will not waste his time. But for people like Lei Zi, Zhang Linpeng, and Huang Bowen, he really feels that they should go abroad as soon as possible.

, don’t delay your career anymore.

When we wait for the world preliminaries, let’s make some insinuations and ask them what they think first, so that we can help make suggestions later.

Speaking of the World Preliminaries, the national team had two friendly matches before the start of the World Preliminaries in June, but Director Gao did not call up Li Mo, nor even Hao Junmin.

Because Hao Junmin said in advance that he would have special training with Li Mo and strive to stay in Germany in the new season, Director Gao naturally supported his decision 100%.

In fact, there are several players in the team. Coach Gao thinks they should go abroad to try their luck, such as Deng Zhuoxiang, but now the domestic clubs are unwilling to let them go easily. Deng Zhuoxiang himself has no choice but to wait for the opportunity.

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On July 23, in the two rounds of the World Cup preliminaries with Laos, Li Mo and Hao Junmin also received a reply from their coach Gao that they did not need to return to their country to participate.

Now that Director Gao is in office, he still has a certain say in hiring people. He will definitely try his best to open the door as conveniently as possible for Li Mo and Hao Junmin.

Playing in a small country in Southeast Asia, Li Mo and the others have to travel back and forth once, which will greatly affect the preparations before the season and also affect the state.

After many discussions, the current coaching staff of the national team decided to wait until the next group is sorted out, and then decide whether to call up Li Mo and Hao Junmin to return to the country based on the opponent's situation.

If Shao Jiayi's physical condition is fine by then, he should be back.

Now Zheng Zhi, Li Weifeng, Sun Xiang and Sun Jihai have all been called up by the national team one after another.

Li Mo can see the pressure that Director Gao is under, but he is also full of confidence at this moment.

After all, the people above want results.

After the return of the veterans of the national football team, they have solid defense in the backcourt. The combination of him and Hao Junmin in the midfield and frontcourt, plus Deng Zhuoxiang and Huang Bowen, except for a few Asian teams, they are not easy to play, and they play in Central Asia and West Asia.

Those teams, not to mention guaranteed victory, at least can control the field after he scores a few more goals.

After entering the top ten, Coach Gao's position as coach is secure, because this is what he can achieve!

Are they full and ready? They don't want to take credit for their achievements. If they change coaches randomly at that time, their results will collapse. Even if everyone supports the change of coaches, their life will not be easy.

After receiving the reply from Director Gao, Li Mo and Hao Junmin also concentrated on continuing to prepare for the new season.

Sheffield United's pre-season starts on July 15th and ends on August 1st. In half a month, they will play friendly matches with four teams.

They are Swansea in the English Championship, Reading in the English Championship, Queens Park Rangers who were promoted to the Premier League with them last season, and Charlton in the English League One.

Swansea and Reading, a pair of close friends, were beaten one by one by Norwich in the Championship play-offs last season, and ultimately failed to reach the Premier League.

However, in the new season, the three small overlords of Rangers, Sheffield United and Norwich are no longer in the English Championship. The two brothers' opportunities have greatly increased, and they are now actively preparing for the game.

When I heard that Sheffield United asked them to play a pre-season match, I agreed without saying a word.

Rangers feel that Sheffield United's defensive ability is very good, and they are willing to play another friendly match with Sheffield United to test the team's offensive power in the new season.

Not to mention Charlton. Like Swansea and Reading, who are striving for promotion in the new season, Charlton are determined to reach the English Championship next season. They are currently actively preparing for the game. They can play a friendly match with Sheffield United.

Naturally, you can't ask for it.

Playing four games in half a month is a very appropriate frequency. After all, the intensity of friendly matches is not much higher. Each team is looking at the status of new players and trial and error.

In the first game against Swansea, Speed ​​arranged the main formation of the new season, 4-4-2, and all the main players were used in the first half.

However, this friendly match mainly exercises the team's offensive ability, and the defensive end requires the two full-backs to significantly intervene in the offense.

After halftime, Li Mo scored a hat-trick, Vardy also scored a goal, but Swansea also scored two goals.

This made the fans who came to watch the game excited. An offensive game is definitely more exciting than a defensive battle.

But Speed ​​didn't care about the fans' feelings. He made a big move in the second half and almost replaced a different group of players.

Li Mo and Vardy both took a rest, but Trippier and Bertrand remained on the court.

After the second half, the two teams each scored two more goals. In the end, Sheffield United beat Swansea 6-4 and got a good start in the pre-season.

But Speed ​​was not very satisfied. Conceding four goals on the defensive end was nothing. This game was not meant to be defensive in the first place. He was mainly dissatisfied with the offensive aspect.

After Li Mo came off the field, there seemed to be a lot less offensive routines on the field. The crosses from the two full-backs did not pose much of a threat. Compared with the first half, the offensive smoothness was much worse.

However, Sheffield United's offense now relies heavily on Li Mo's fulcrum role in the frontcourt and individual ability.

In this regard, Speed ​​and the coaching team can only formulate another offensive plan as soon as possible.

When Li Mo is not on the court, he launches a frontcourt attack based on Vardy's counterattack speed, allowing Ched Evans to attract firepower to Vardy in an effort to improve the counterattack efficiency.

This tactic was used in the second friendly match against Reading, and it had a certain effect. Vardy also succeeded in the counterattack and scored a goal in the first half.

But in the second half, after Li Mo replaced Ched Evans, Sheffield United's offense suddenly came to life again. With Li Mo as the arrow, Reading scored three goals in the first half.

He shot a pass and it looked like he was playing very easily.

Bertrand and Trippier love Li Mo to death. As long as their crosses are reliable, Li Mo will always get the first point.

Although Reading's defense is relatively weak, Li Mo's ability to grab points is also evident.

Next season in the Premier League, their season assist numbers will depend on Li Mo's condition.

Speed ​​was both happy and depressed about this. In the end, he smiled bitterly and shook his head. When Li Mo is on the court, it is difficult to ask other players not to rely on him.

But having said that, with a center like Li Mo, it is necessary to rely on him. I just hope that Li Mo's physical condition in the new season can be the same as when he played in the British Championship last season, and he can play as full attendance as possible.

In the second friendly match, Sheffield United won another game 4-2 Reading.

In the third friendly match, facing Rangers, Sheffield United finally rehearsed the anti-counterattack tactics they had prepared for a long time during previous training sessions.

However, the Rangers also focused on defense, so this game was very boring.

Taarabut's condition seemed to have some problems, and facing Medel, a tough midfielder who was more difficult to deal with than Matthew Lowton, he simply misfired.

Li Mo played the whole game, but what he mainly did in this game was to open up space for his teammates and play the ball. Matt Ritchie and Vardy finally scored a goal each in the counterattack, and Sheffield United also won again 2-1.

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After playing this friendly match, Li Mo turned his attention to the national team. At this time, the Chinese team also completed the first round of the World Cup preliminaries against Laos.

Both rounds were leading by a big margin, and Yang Xu never let the fans down when it came to abusing food.

He scored a total of five goals in the two rounds and even scored a hat trick in the first round.

In the next top 20 grouping, the Chinese team was assigned to Group A, with Jordan, Iraq and Singapore as opponents in the same group.

Director Gao contacted Li Mo that night, and he didn't have to go back to play in Singapore.

And on September 7, the match against Jordan was his second appearance in the national team.

I forgot to set up the automatic update of my special code.
Chapter completed!