Chapter 262 The Greek overlord, right? Destroyed as soon as he said so

With four goals in two games and deadlock-breaking goals in both games, Li Mo's adaptation to the Champions League went beyond everyone's imagination.

Some of the outstanding young players in the past can produce brilliant statistics in the league, and some shine in the Champions League, but there are very few young players who can perform well in both the league and the Champions League.

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Raul is the most typical example. Before the rise of Melo, he was one of the very few forwards who could produce stable output in the league and the Champions League at a young age.

And even if they are better than Melo, their performance in their first season in the Champions League was mediocre, far inferior to that of Raul and later Lu Xiaopang.

Now Li Mo's performance reminds many old fans of the Real Madrid boy who was handsome in white.

At the age of eighteen, King of the Rings Raul scored a hat-trick on behalf of Real Madrid in the Champions League. Only Rooney has come close to this record.

Now that Li Mo has turned nineteen, he is destined to have no connection with the record of being the youngest hat-trick in the Champions League. However, there is a record in the Champions League that he is likely to break this season.

That is the single-season Champions League scoring record for players under the age of 20.

The previous record holder was still Raul.

The King of the Rings scored six goals in his first season in the Champions League. This record has been dusty for more than ten years. Apart from Kluivert, who scored five goals in the Champions League in the same season, only Lyon's little overlord Ben was behind him.

Zema had hoped to come close to this record.

But the young striker was not durable enough at the time, and maybe he was not lucky enough. In the UEFA Champions League in the 2007-08 season, Benzema only scored four goals, and ultimately missed this record.

It only took Li Mo two games to equal Benzema's number of Champions League goals in the 2007-08 season, and he was only two goals away from the record set by Raul that year.

For other forwards, scoring two goals in the Champions League seems to be relatively difficult, but looking at Li Mo's current state, this game may even tie the record set by Raul that year.

This made many Real Madrid fans feel very complicated when they saw the news about Li Mo's goal on the Internet.

Raul is undoubtedly the "White Moonlight" in the hearts of all Real Madrid fans and has always been their pride. Therefore, although this young player's Champions League goal record does not seem to be very important, Real Madrid fans still hope that it can be unique to them.

Raul.

However, at this time, Real Madrid fans in China did not have such complicated emotions.

Of course they also love Raul, but when Li Mo has the opportunity to create his own record, they can't wait to rush to the scene to cheer for Li Mo.

Being able to leave his own name in the history of the Champions League, and achieving such an achievement in his debut season in the Champions League, Chinese fans naturally support Li Mo 100%.

However, Li Mo didn't know there was such a record at this moment. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.

Because in his memory, Haaland scored ten goals in his debut season in the Champions League!

So it doesn't make much sense to break this six-goal record. He has Melo in front of him, and behind him there will be Parisian talkative Mbappé and Haaland. If he wants to suppress the two eras, the only way is to

A bigger breakthrough in the total number of goals scored in the Champions League.

Li Mo still looked down upon the single-season scoring record of a player under the age of 20.

Thinking about the fact that Melo has basically scored more than ten goals in the Champions League in the past few seasons, and Ronaldo often scored fourteen or fifteen goals, Li Mo quickly regained his composure after being happy for a while.

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It's only four goals now, and it's still early to reach double figures. I don't know what the result will be when we play Schalke 04 later. A sense of urgency suddenly surged into Li Mo's heart.

"Keep calm and try to score one more goal before the end of the first half. That's okay, right?"

Li Mo's words stunned the Sheffield United players who were still celebrating.

If someone else had to say this, they would probably start complaining in their hearts.

This is the Champions League, brother. Although we are stronger than our opponents, it would be too much to say that.

But if Li Mo said this, it would be fine.

Because Li Mo is qualified to say this, when he is confident, other Sheffield United players also feel confident.

"no problem!"

"Then let's get another one in."

"Let's go back and wait for them to kick off."

The celebration ended early with laughter, and the Sheffield United players trotted back to their own half. Their positive attitude made the Olympiacos players almost think that Sheffield United had lost the ball, and they rushed back to kick off the game to equalize early.

Commentators from many countries are also curious about why Sheffield United players have become so active.

For the fans at home, the team's mentality is undoubtedly very exciting.

They are not satisfied with a one-goal lead, they want to continue to score goals!

Suddenly, enthusiastic cheers sounded again in the sky above Bramall Lane Stadium.

After high-fiving Vardy, Li Mo stood on the center line and waved to the Olympiacos striker, telling him to hurry up and stop dragging his feet.

This action made Olympiacos forward Jeboel feel as if he had eaten a fly.

Damn it, it’s not you who are lagging behind, why are you so active?

It’s so disrespectful!

The other Olympiacos players also felt as if they had been insulted, and their faces became much ugly.

But when kick-off resumed, they changed their positive attitude from the start. Even though they were angry, they did not dare to press heavily into Sheffield United's half.

The kicking method highlights the word "from the heart".

Although they were very angry, the Olympiacos players now understood the strength gap between the two teams.

The five midfielders couldn't beat the other four midfielders, and the main central defender Manolas was pushed to the ground and rubbed by Li Mo. What could he do?

And to put it bluntly, even if we lose to Sheffield United in this game, losing 0-1 or 0-2, it would still be decent. It would be better than pushing out and then being beaten by Sheffield United.

Valverde wants to win, reach the top 16 and reach the knockout rounds, but these players don't have much ambition.

After all, there is no salary increase for reaching the top 16. The bonus provided by the club is one point for more than ten players, which means nothing!

Doesn’t it count as a success to be able to play in the Champions League?

With this idea in mind, the Olympiacos players soon lost the ball, simply shrunk their formation, and settled into their own half to defend against counterattacks.

When Speed ​​first saw Olympiacos' tactical changes, he was very surprised, and his view of Valverde also changed.

"We made an unexpected start at the beginning in an attempt to disrupt our tactical arrangement. We didn't panic when we fell behind. Instead, we had the patience to stabilize our defense first. He is indeed a well-known young coach in La Liga and a master!"

Speed ​​immediately became wary of Valverde in his mind, but at this moment Valverde was sitting on the coach's bench with no expression on his face, scolding the players on the field countless times in his mind.

"A bunch of old fritters, they have no pursuit, they are all cowards"

Speed ​​thought that Valverde was at least on the third floor, but Valverde was in the basement, but his unusually calm face looked very cool.

The Sheffield United players on the field also gave their opponents a heartfelt thumbs up.

These days, it’s not easy for a team to stay calm when falling behind. In this case, those who still devote themselves to defense seriously have a good mentality.

Although Li Mo had some suspicions that his opponent was taking things too seriously, for the sake of safety, he did not directly call for his teammates behind him to press forward.

Drinkwater organized a few tests and saw that the Olympiacos midfielder was really unmoved and had no intention of crossing the line to press. Then he slowly began to signal the players on both sides to press forward.

"These days, it's really rare to see a team like this in away games."

Brother Drinker had the same idea as Li Mo. Olympiacos probably didn't have a good mentality and wanted to stabilize their position first, but they were timid in playing away games.

To deal with such a team, we cannot drag on the opponent. Sheffield United already has the advantage and Olympiacos dare to give up the midfield. So why shouldn't Sheffield United take advantage?

Besides, they don’t dare to press forward and fight when they are behind. The quality of counterattacks played by such a team is just that. With Vertonghen assisting behind, Maguire’s delaying defense is not a problem.

So in the 27th minute of the first half, Sheffield United still launched a belated and fierce offensive.

This was originally a tactic planned before the game, but today Olympiacos' "aggressiveness" in the opening stage interrupted Sheffield United's plan, and their decisive retreat later delayed Sheffield United's momentum.

But the strength gap between the two teams is obvious. No matter how deceitful Olympiacos is, Sheffield United can only passively deal with defense after all.

However, there are also advantages to defending with a large number of people. After all, the half court is so big and the available space is small. It is very difficult for the offensive team to transfer the ball to the forwards.

The players of Olympiakos are quite smart. They couldn't solve Li Mo's problem, so they tried to cut off the connection between Sheffield United's midfield and Li Mo as much as possible.

Manolas's spirit is quite tenacious. Although he was knocked out by Li Mo in a head-on confrontation and the team lost the ball, he was still very brave and took the initiative to seek confrontation with Li Mo.

Coupled with the assistance of defensive midfielder Modesto, even after Sheffield United pressed heavily, they really failed to find a good opportunity to pass the ball to Li Mo.

But Drinkwater and Matic were not in a hurry, and still distributed the ball to the players on both wings step by step.

Li Mo was not in a hurry, they had dealt with this situation too many times before.

With many new teammates joining this season, Sheffield United's ability to tear apart the defense from local areas has been much improved compared to last season.

There is no need for Li Mo to retreat to get the ball for the time being. Unless Joaquin and Bale can't open up the situation on both sides, and Matt Ritchie and Trippier can't solve the problem even if they press forward, then Li Mo may not be able to get the ball.

Also when he retreated to get the ball and hit hard.

Now, he can just stay in front of Olympiacos' penalty area and continue to put pressure on his opponents. If he withdraws, the defensive pressure faced by other teammates will also increase.

And he believes in the strength of Joaquin and Bale.

It is said that it is difficult to break through a dense defense, but this difficulty is based on many conditions. One is that the gap between the two teams cannot be too wide, and the other is that the attacking side cannot come up with many ways to break the game.

But now, Sheffield United not only has a much higher overall strength than Olympiacos, but is also good at playing set pieces and long-range shooting tactics, and there are breakthrough players on both wings.

You have many people in the middle. If we don't use the middle, how many defenders can we put in the wing area?
To be continued...