Not wearing the jerseys of Tottenham and Sheffield United is a sign of respect for their home team Swansea, and wearing Bale's national team jersey also expresses his love for Bale, which is fine.

Of course, Li Mo has also seen many figures wearing his No. 9 shirt among the large number of local Swansea fans. Such popularity really makes other Sheffield United friends envious.

When playing away games, you can still see a lot of fans supporting you. If you say you are not impressed, you would definitely be lying.

Li Mo and Bell also gave away dozens of autographs outside the hotel where they stayed that afternoon. The video of the two signing was quickly retweeted by fans, and the young fans who got the autographs were even more excited.

The main reason is that there is no grudge between Sheffield United and Swansea. Even if Sheffield United rose strongly the year before last and overtook a place in the English Championship by overtaking halfway, Swansea's skills were inferior at that time and there was nothing to say.

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Now when they meet in the Premier League, the goals of the two teams are even more different. One wants to compete for the championship, and the other wants to avoid relegation. Even if they succeed, they cannot conflict even if they want to.

The atmosphere before the game was still very good. Videos of Li Mo and Bell's autographs were being circulated on the Internet. Diehard Swansea fans would not do anything excessive for Bell's sake.

However, no matter how friendly they get along, when the Sheffield United bus drove to the Liberty Stadium on October 6, those enthusiastic and kind local fans yesterday also transformed into fanatical believers of Swansea City.

Not booing Sheffield United is their final bottom line, but before the end of the game, they will no longer be looking for autographs from Bale and Li Mo.

The seventh round of the Premier League is still divided into two days. There will be five games on October 6. There will be no strong dialogue, but four strong teams will appear.

In addition to Manchester City, which finished the early game and defeated its opponent 3-0, Chelsea, Everton, and Sheffield United will all appear in the game at 3 p.m.

In comparison, Sheffield United definitely gets the most attention.

After all, they are the league leaders. Not only Sheffield United fans, but now fans of other teams also want to see how many games Sheffield United's unbeaten run can last, as well as the record of not conceding a goal.

After six games in the league, Sheffield United has not conceded a goal. This defensive ability is completely unique in the Premier League.

Many fans are interested to see if Sheffield United can break Chelsea's horrific record of only conceding fifteen goals in a single season.

To be honest, it is very difficult to break this record.

But now that they are being criticized by the fans, the Sheffield United players have also developed fighting spirit in their hearts.

What if it succeeds?

Li Mo broke the Premier League single-season scoring record last season, and before Li Mo scored his 30th goal, no one dared to believe that Li Mo would eventually break the old Premier League record of 34 goals.

So anything is possible. If Sheffield United really breaks Chelsea's defensive record this season, then their players will leave their names in the history of the Premier League.

Just like the Chelsea team back then, they will also be talked about by fans for a long time and become the protagonists of a legendary story!

It just so happens that Sheffield United started with defense last season, and finally relied on the magic weapon of anti-counterattack to fight for the third place in the Premier League.

Although the team's overall offense has been strengthened this season, the fundamentals of defense have not been shaken.

If we can improve on last season's defensive level, there's a lot to be done.

The Sheffield United players, who were inspired to fight, quickly set a goal in private.

No matter what, let’s work hard towards the record first!

Even if they conceded more than fifteen goals this season, as long as they can see hope and improve step by step, sooner or later they will be able to replace Chelsea that year.

They are very confident about this.

Speed ​​probably knew what these boys were thinking, but he didn't do anything to stop them.

It's a good thing to have goals, and it's even better to have pursuits. As long as it doesn't affect the team's preparations and the quality of the game, it's not a bad thing to let them struggle.

It happened that this game was against the talented Swansea City, and Speed ​​decisively decided to use Swansea to test the current team's defensive level.

Defending against teams that can only play fixed routines is not a skill. If you can defeat a team like Swansea, then you have excellent defensive ability.

So after the starting lineups of both sides were released before the game, Swansea fans suddenly felt a bit of toothache.

This Sheffield United may not be able to bite!

At nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, when the two teams completed all the pre-match rituals and made final preparations. When the referee blew the whistle to start the game, Zhan Jun also quickly introduced the starting lineups of both sides.

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"There are some small changes in Sheffield United's formation. Today they have a 4-2-3-1 formation. However, today Joaquin is resting on the bench and Medel is starting.

The single center forward is Li Mo, the left midfielder is Bell, the center midfielder Moussa Dembélé, the right midfielder Medel, and the double defensive midfielder is still Drinkwater and Matic."

Amid Zhan Jun's commentary, the referee also blew the whistle on time, and the game started with Swansea's first attack.

But soon, Swansea, who was accustomed to tearing apart the opponent's defense in attack, faced Sheffield United's defensive iron plate.

Four of the five players in the midfield are good defenders, and there are defensive monsters like Medel and Matic. Bale also defended more actively. Faced with such defensive strength, Swansea's opening rhythm was astonishing.

I can't even lift it.

As the core of Swansea's offense today, Michu even felt the unique "enthusiasm" of the Premier League leader.

There was no way, he had four goals and one assist in the first six rounds of the Premier League, which made Speed ​​even want to target him.

But today, Swansea's head coach Laudrup arranged for him to be more involved in the attack, and this time he ran into the arms of Dembele and Matic.

Even though Sheffield United formed a 4,2,3,1 formation, when the defense was in position, Moussa Dembélé retreated deeper, only slightly further forward than Matic, while Medel covered it.

With his vacated defensive zone, Drinkwater's defensive zone is slightly to the right.

In the previous games won by Swansea, Michu basically intervened in the offense.

Speed ​​didn't want Sheffield United to become Michu's target, so he arranged such a defensive formation just to keep an eye on Michu's position.

As for other Swansea players, they are actually not known for their scoring efficiency. To put it nicely, they have a balanced offensive firepower and can score goals. But to put it worse, they have no scoring ability.

Everyone only enters one or none, so it naturally appears "balanced".

It just so happens that Michu's ability to pass and threaten the ball is not strong, and Speed ​​can calmly arrange targeted defense.

Let alone Dembele and Matic, it would be very uncomfortable for Michu. Even if these two double-team Michu and give other Swansea players more space, Michu may not be able to do well.

Pass the ball out.

After all, he already has a very beautiful left-foot shot. If Michu had another excellent ability to distribute the ball, he would have become famous long ago. Why wait until last season to make his debut in La Liga.

Seeing Michu being restrained at the moment, Laudrup was also a little embarrassed.

They played very well in the first two games of the league, one 5-0 and one 3-0. In addition to Michu stealing the show, Swansea naturally attracted the attention of many Premier League teams.

Under the target, Swansea was directly studied thoroughly in the following four rounds, and their record changed from two wins in two games to two wins in six games, one draw and three losses.

Yes, Swansea only scored one point in the last four rounds, it is so true.

The way other teams deal with Swansea is also very simple, that is, to watch Michu to death.

No matter what kind of Spanish-style pass-and-control football Swansea plays, it is all about strangling Michu. As soon as Michu misfires, Swansea also has three consecutive games without scoring a goal.

Laudrup's idea is a good one. He adopts Spanish-style technology flow, just like Arsenal did back then, setting off another technological storm in the Premier League.

But he ignored the fact that Swansea did not have a core midfielder with excellent skills and passing skills. They only had a "pseudo-core" Michu who had the ability to insert from behind and an excellent left-footed shot.

Which midfielder can only shoot from behind?

This is a typical "one-trick" player. He may achieve great results when he breaks out, but he is also easily targeted.

At this time, if another player in the Swansea team can step up and help Michu share the pressure, then it will be okay if this style of play continues.

After all, it is easy to target one player, but if you target two players at the same time, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

It's a pity that Swansea does not have this second number in the team.

Danny Graham, who scored 25 goals in the English Championship last season and helped Swansea successfully advance to the Premier League, has not yet opened his scoring account this season and seems to be in a sluggish state.

The performance of Routledge, who was introduced from Queens Park Rangers, is also very average. I don’t know if it is because he is not getting along well with his teammates. He is still playing alone and is outside the system, unable to provide help to Michu.

What substantial help can be provided?

Of course, these players are capable, and maybe they can have a small explosion if they work together for a while. There are many such examples.

Including South Korean midfielder Ki Sung-yong, whom Swansea snatched from Sunderland before the summer window closed, his abilities are actually quite good, but if he can't perform well, then it's useless to say anything.

Laudrup needs time to continue to train the players, but Sheffield United will not talk about humility with him. If he catches you in a bad state, he will beat you to death, otherwise it will not be so easy to score points later.

Another point is that as a team that Li Mo and Speed ​​warned many times to be careful before the game, other Sheffield United players will naturally not underestimate Swansea.

It doesn't give you a chance to steal the chicken at all, which makes the Swansea players feel that Sheffield United is completely "unpalatable".

The game lasted for about ten minutes, and there was no carelessness. Sheffield United, which was based on defense, performed as steadily as ever. The commentators all praised the Sheffield United coaching staff for their thorough preparation before the game.

"The success of Sheffield United is reflected in these details. You said last season you could still see the shortcomings of Sheffield League preparations from time to time, but this season from the first round to the present, including that game

The pre-match preparations for the Champions League and Sheffield United are very thorough!

Regardless of whether he is playing against a weak team or a strong team, Speed's tactical arrangements can pinpoint the opponent's weak points. Even though Sheffield United played steadily in this game, it seems that they have no desire to attack, but it happens to be this kind of stability.

This leaves no room for Swansea's nerve-wracking qualities to be used. Anyway, I can withstand your attack. Are you sure Swansea can withstand the impact of Li Mo and Bell later?"

Zhang Lu talked freely in the studio, and Zhan Jun also echoed from time to time.

The two of them basically commented on all Sheffield United games last season, and Speed's progress was noticed by them.

In all the games this season, Sheffield United stands out as being "well prepared".

There is an old Chinese saying that goes well:

Know yourself and the enemy and you can fight a hundred battles without danger.

Even in the previous draw with Tottenham, Sheffield United used their understanding of Tottenham to deploy correct tactics and choked Tottenham's offense.
To be continued...