Chapter 241 Before the Champions League (Part 2)

In the fourth round of the Premier League, Sheffield United will face Tottenham at home.

To be honest, Speed ​​didn't really have any opinions about Tottenham, but he couldn't stand the cheers of the fans who were watching the excitement.

Someone with good intentions revealed the "grievance" between Sheffield United and Tottenham this year on the Internet.

For example, in the transfers of Moussa Dembele and Vertonghen, both Sheffield United and Tottenham took action, but in the end it was Sheffield United that attracted the players.

Then there's Bale's transfer.

Transfers are a completely normal thing in football, and Sheffield United are generous in their approach.

Seventy million euros, go out and ask around, which club is willing to pay this amount for Bell in the summer window?

The relationship between the two clubs is neither good nor bad. There was also the transfer of Kyle Walker before, but Sheffield United didn't say anything.

But Speed ​​underestimated the importance and love Tottenham fans had for Bale.

Forgetting the other transfers, Sheffield United's "forced poaching" of Bale made Tottenham fans still upset.

In addition, Levy indicated many times overtly and covertly that he really didn't want to sell. Therefore, before the start of this round of games, Tottenham fans started to quarrel with Sheffield United, and it became more and more fierce, attracting all the fans in the Premier League to take advantage of it. People gathered around on small benches to watch.

This made Sheffield United fans unhappy.

If you really don’t want to sell, why don’t you just reject the 70 million offer before?

Oh, you got the money, and you used it to make money in the transfer market, but now you're scolding the sponsor?

This is something that my uncle can't tolerate but my aunt can't.

If you have the ability to spit out the money you spent on Nasri and Odweirde, keep your mouth shut if you can’t spit it out!

The passionate interaction between fans from both sides made the players on both sides feel that the atmosphere before the game had become more subtle.

There is no feud between the coaches, nor between the players, and Tottenham will also play a Europa League game on the 20th. What I originally wanted was not to create a problem in this league.

But when Levy and the fans from both sides acted like this, Tottenham's head coach Andre Villas-Boas also felt like his head was getting bigger.

As the coach who is most popular with Li Mo, Villas-Boas could hardly help but speak and asked Tottenham fans to stop irritating their opponents.

Do you think Sheffield United really have no temper?

At that time, if others are angered and the main force comes out, I am afraid only those who support the fire will be happy.

For Tottenham and Sheffield United, before the European war comes, if both sides fight to the end in the fourth round of the league, they will both lose.

Tottenham hired Villas-Boas this year to try to compete in the Europa League.

After all, Villas-Boas only won the Europa League the year before and has experience winning in this competition. Tottenham have not tasted the taste of winning an important competition for a long time.

I don’t dare to think about the Premier League and Champions League, but this summer window, relying on the transfer fee of Bale, to supplement Nasri, Oderweirde and Cabaye, can the Europa League champion think about it?

Villas-Boas knows that his only goal in coming to Tottenham is to win the Europa League.

This is Tottenham's opportunity, and it is also Villas-Boas's own life-saving straw. The goal of this year's league is still to win the fourth place, but if there is a chance to win the Europa League, then the league can play casually.

Therefore, Villas-Boas definitely does not want to fight Sheffield United before the European war.

The fan Boas couldn't control it, but on Levi's side, Boas approached him and gave him suggestions.

Although Levi was very unhappy, he could not find any reason to refute the explanation given by Boas.

So after reluctantly completing the work for Levi, Villas-Boas appeased the Tottenham players and stated his goals.

Their goal in the next round of the league is to get away from home at Sheffield United. Even if the draw is successful, all their energy will be devoted to the subsequent Europa League games.

However, while most Tottenham players breathed a sigh of relief and expressed their understanding, Nasri was somewhat reluctant.

The botched performance last season put an end to his career at Manchester City, and Sheffield United, which crushed Manchester City's hopes of winning the championship, naturally became the object of Nasri's hatred.

After moving to Tottenham, his personal salary shrank, the attention he received dropped sharply, and he was ridiculed by Arsenal fans. Nasri felt very aggrieved.

But now he is no longer qualified to show off with Villas-Boas. After all, there was no place for him in Villas-Boas's plan. It was Levi who picked him up from Manchester City, otherwise he might still be at Manchester City at this moment.

The second team is waiting to be punished.

No matter how unhappy he is, he can only endure it. If he offends Tottenham again, he will really have no choice but to consider returning to Ligue 1.

Thinking of this, Nasri also felt a trace of regret in his heart.

Among the people who failed together last season, De Jong reached his age and went to Milan to retire. Tevez also gained forgiveness from the new head coach after he soberly admitted his mistakes. Only he was regarded as the chicken that scares the monkeys.

Lose.

One of them had already thought of a way out, and the other was that he had the Champions League in hand and had already proven his strength, yet he offended the whole team like a stupid young man.

Thinking about it now, he didn't even know why he was stupid.

When he came to Tottenham, he reunited with Adebayor, who had been his teammate for one season. After Adebayor's enlightenment, Nasri felt a little better, but in Adebayor's emotion, Nasri felt a little better.

Ricardo also began to miss his time at Arsenal in previous seasons.

Both of them had high hopes, were favored by thousands of gun fans, and were given full trust by the old man.

Now that we are in this situation, we can only say that we have brought it upon ourselves.

Standing in the team, listening to Boas's lecture, Nasri could only sigh silently in the end.

After Villas-Boas unified the team's thinking, he and the coaching staff began to study the opponents in the Europa League group.

In the first round, they will play Lazio, which is a strong opponent for Tottenham. If you are not careful, you may overturn.

On the other side, Speed ​​and the coaching staff were also watching the Montpellier game video and thinking hard.

They also did not focus on the duel with Tottenham.

As the first Champions League match in Sheffield United's history, Speed ​​and the club's senior management attach great importance to it.

However, Montpellier, as last season's Ligue 1 champion, is definitely not weak. It is not an easy task to win steadily at their home court.

Since the group stage draw results came out, Speed ​​and other members of the coaching staff have been busy.

It takes a lot of time to collect intelligence, analyze data, watch videos of Montpellier's games last season, and just look at the technical characteristics of the players.

This is also the reason why the Champions League is so difficult.

Because it's unfamiliar.

Many strong teams overturned in the Champions League, and a large part of the reason was that they knew too little about their opponents.

If you play in the league, everyone will play each other at least twice every season, and they will even play against each other for two rounds in the domestic cup. It is also very convenient to collect intelligence information. We all know each other's tactics and the players' styles.

But the opponents in the Champions League are teams from other leagues. It is the end of August after the draw of the Champions League. On the one hand, there is not enough time to collect intelligence, and on the other hand, the playing styles of the two leagues are completely different.

In addition, after the game starts, you have to adapt to the referee's whistle-blowing scale. These are important details that can determine the trend of a game.

Therefore, playing in the Champions League does not simply depend on the strength comparison between the two teams. There are too many uncertain factors.

Of course, in comparison, Sheffield United's signing is pretty good, at least it is much better than Manchester City.

Although Montpellier and Olympiacos are both champion teams in their respective leagues and are considered strong players, Manchester City has to face European giants.

Real Madrid, Dortmund and Ajax, every time he sees these three opponents of Manchester City, Speed ​​feels that his irritable mood is quickly soothed.

I even want to laugh out loud.

It is true that he uses Manchester City as a tool to comfort himself.

However, even if the coaches of both teams focus on the subsequent European war, this league cannot be escaped after all.

On September 15th, the Premier League war resumed, with Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester City all on the stage.

The Sheffield United players, who had rested in the hotel the day before, were also dancing to watch a few battles.

Arsenal regained its momentum today and swept Southampton 5-0 at home. New aid Podolski scored twice, making Arsenal fans temporarily forget about Van Persie.

Manchester United relied on rotating lineups to easily defeat Wigan Athletic, but Chelsea and Manchester City, who were away from home, drew with their opponents one after another, which was considered a minor upset.

After all, the two Premier League giants faced teams in the middle and lower reaches of the league. One game was 0-0 and the other was 1-1. The scenes were not very good-looking, which was really unexpected.

No one knows whether Chelsea and Manchester City are holding back because of the upcoming Champions League match, but this result made the Sheffield United players feel nervous instantly.

Including Li Mo, the atmosphere of the coming European War not only made him feel excited, but also made him uncontrollably a little nervous.

After all, this is the highest level competition in football today!

The top teams from all over Europe have gathered together, and the teams that can reach the last sixteen are not soft persimmons. Almost every game in the knockout rounds is a dialogue between the strong teams. Just thinking about the scene after reaching the knockout rounds, Li Mo feels extremely exciting.

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For the first time, Li Mo had a slight insomnia the night before the league started.

There are many Sheffield United players who suffer from insomnia like him, and they cannot suppress this kind of emotional tension.

However, with the good habits I have developed in the past, my sleep quality is still very good, and it does not have a big impact on the game.

On September 16, Sheffield United is sitting at home and is about to face the challenge of Tottenham Hotspur. This game can be regarded as a rare strong dialogue in the fourth round of the Premier League.

At least that's the case judging from the rankings of both teams last season.

However, the content of the game surprised some fans and was expected by most media.

Sheffield United's rotation was very thorough. Apart from Li Mo, only Matic and Trippier were the only starting players among the previously fixed main players.
To be continued...