Chapter 266 Now I Want It All!(1/2)
Chapter 266 Now, I want them all!
Once again breaking the deadlock on the field, Li Mo enjoyed the feeling of scoring goals under responsibility and pressure.
De Bruyne threw Li Mo to the ground from behind and was also very excited.
"Li, we are natural partners!"
Listening to Ding Ding's passionate words, Li Mo laughed and hugged him tightly.
"Yes, Kevin, we are natural partners, pass the ball beautifully!"
However, the conversation between the two ended there, because other Sheffield United players swarmed up and quickly engulfed the two of them.
The Sheffield United fans at the scene burst into cheers, and the explosive atmosphere made the Fulham fans who were traveling away from home unable to make any sound at all.
Fulham's players on the field felt frustrated.
Damn it, less than half an hour after the game started, their "divine formation" was torn apart by Sheffield United. How could they fight after that?
Continue to defend? Or adjust the formation and simply press out to attack Sheffield United?
As soon as my thoughts became confused, my belief that I could win a point at Sheffield United's home ground was shaken.
Martin Jol took a handful of the Mediterranean from his head on the sidelines and looked quite sad. It seemed that it was difficult to make up his mind to adjust the team's playing style now.
Speed was relieved in his heart, the ball came just in time.
The most difficult thing against the Bus team is the goal at the beginning. After the goal, the rest of the game is easy to play. At worst, they will also retreat to defend against counterattacks. You can't come out, but I am in the lead anyway.
Of course, there is no need for Sheffield United to play so wretchedly now. After taking the initiative on the field, they can completely control the field and seduce Fulham to attack.
There is no reason why Fulham will not be fooled. Unless they think of losing less as a win and can accept the result of losing one goal, otherwise, they will have to change their style of play sooner or later.
Sheffield United's celebration did not last long. After Li Mo applauded the fans at the scene, he quickly returned to his own half and waited for Fulham's players to kick off.
"Jamie, they will definitely increase their efforts to keep an eye on me. It will all be up to you later."
Li Mo covered his mouth and said a few words in Vardy's ear, and Vardy nodded secretly.
Needless to say, the tacit understanding between him and Li Mo goes without saying. This situation has happened many times before.
At such times, Li Mo would use himself as bait to constantly attract the opponent's defensive players and create more opportunities for him to move forward.
Vardy is not pretentious, Li Mo helped him open up the defenders, and scoring a goal is the best reward for Li Mo's sacrifice.
After the restart, the Fulham players saw that coach Martin Jol did not give any tactical instructions, so they could only continue to play according to the tactics at the beginning.
However, with Sheffield United deliberately giving up a large space in the midfield, Fulham's players could only passively adjust their formation.
What else can be done?
This is because they are in possession of the ball. Sheffield United can't stop pressing the ball. They are still passing the ball in their own half, right?
Although there was not much forward pressure, they eventually became the attacking side, and Sheffield United naturally had the opportunity to counterattack.
Drinkwater observed the position of the Fulham players in the backcourt. After successfully intercepting the ball, he passed the ball directly to Medel who came in.
Almost at the same time, Sheffield United players from left to right rushed forward immediately, forming three arrows for counterattack.
However, because their vigilance was still there, Fulham's players did not relax their guard against Li Mo this time.
Until the end, when Medel passed the ball to Dembele, and Dembele directly chose to take a long shot from outside the penalty area, Li Mo was unable to get a good running space.
Dembele's long-range shot missed the goal post slightly, and Fulham's defensive players also high-fived each other to celebrate this defensive success.
But Li Mo and Vardy looked at each other and smiled, but said nothing and exited the Fulham penalty area normally.
In the following games, Fulham indeed strengthened their defense of Li Mo. Often the two central defenders stared at Li Mo's position, or one of the midfielders defended against Li Mo, preventing him from playing in the big area.
Chance to get the ball near the penalty area.
Li Mo didn't show any impatience about this. He still ran in his normal position and pushed forward. Even if he didn't have a chance, he still did what he was supposed to do.
This made Fulham's defensive players seem a little more at ease.
The score was deadlocked at 1-0. Sheffield United was unable to expand their results immediately. Seeing this, Martin Jol decided not to adjust tactics for the time being and wait until after half-time to return to the dressing room.
But just before the 40th minute of the game, Sheffield United suddenly made a speed increase.
It was De Bruyne on the left. After retreating to receive the ball near the midline, he unexpectedly made a wide-ranging diagonal pass!
Kuyt on the right wing was just habitually running into the open space on the wing. Unexpectedly, De Bruyne not only saw his movement, but actually passed the ball over.
However, Kuyt is also very experienced. After stopping this beautiful long pass, he did not wait for Medel to come up from behind, but continued to advance on Fulham's wing with the ball.
He knew he couldn't stop at this time. As soon as he stopped, Fulham's defensive players would immediately surround him and try to steal it.
Upon seeing this, Li Mo immediately pulled over to respond. Naturally, the defensive players in Fulham's penalty area followed suit subconsciously.
It was this moment that caused a defensive hole in the middle of Fulham's penalty area.
Kuyt's eyes lit up and he passed the ball decisively. At this time, the two Fulham central defenders who followed Li Mo realized that they had been fooled!
Aaron Hughes was preparing to take the ball away from the back post, but a figure got to the position before him.
"Vardy! Stop on the chest!"
The Sky Sports commentator was excited. At this moment, in Fulham's penalty area, Vardy used his chest to stop the ball forward, avoiding the pull of Aaron Hughes, and then chose to volley the ball without stopping the ball.
Door!
Schwarzer complained endlessly. Li Mo scored a goal with a sudden shot, and now Vardy fired a volley. The two forwards of Sheffield United were going to kill him.
This volley did not choose to hit the far corner, but to the top of the goal in the near corner. With such a close shot, Schwarzer could only choose to gamble on his luck.
The old goalkeeper blocked the bottom of the near corner and was ready to pounce in the middle of the goal at any time. However, he never expected that Vardy would so decisively move the ball to the top of the near corner.
The forty-year-old Schwarzer was on the verge of tears and could only wave his arms in vain. Finally, he had to accept the fact that the goal he was guarding was once again breached by a Sheffield United player today.
"The ball went in! Vardy once again appeared in the most correct position, beautiful movement, beautiful shot selection! This is Vardy, even though he was 'mediocre' most of the time in the game,
But when the enemy is most relaxed, he will jump out and stab with a cold sword!"
"Li Mo's movement is also good. He directly took away Fulham's two central defenders, which gave Vardy a chance to grab points. This is a silent understanding between the two of them. One is to know that the teammates behind him can
When I grab the ball, I know that my teammates in front of me will help me pull away the defender. This is a great goal.”
After scoring the goal, Vardy directly signaled Li Mo to go to the corner flag area with him to celebrate. Li Mo also put his arm around Vardy's shoulders, and then the two of them jumped up and punched in celebration near the corner flag area. It was really a "tacit understanding".
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After completing the assist, Kuyt also smiled and hugged Vardy and Li Mo respectively.
He gave almost the best years of his career to Liverpool, and now he just wants to win a real heavyweight championship before leaving the Premier League.
At Sheffield United, he saw the hope of winning the Premier League title. The boys on the team were also very hard-working talents. At the end of his career, he was very happy to still be able to work with this group of young players.
"Well done!"
Kuyt was very emotional as he patted Vardy on the head.
It is said that Speed originally introduced Vardy in the lower leagues, but just over a year later, Vardy has become an indispensable sharp knife in Sheffield United's front line.
This kind of experience is really rare in the football world.
A lucky and determined young man.
A two-goal lead in the first half, and a familiar enough advantage was established before half-time. Sheffield United fans celebrated in the stands and were extremely satisfied with the result.
As soon as the goal was scored, Sheffield United really slowed down its pace and did not set any more tactical traps.
Until the end of the first half, the score did not change again, but Martin Jol's movements of combing his Mediterranean hair became more and more frequent.
So many fans watching the game were worried that after this game, Martin Jol's sparse hair would lose a few strands.
The short half-time break allowed Martin Jol to make some simple adjustments, but in the current situation, he didn't have many options.
After removing a central defender and replacing it with a serious forward, Fulham also played a true 442 formation in the second half.
It seems that they are planning to make a last-ditch effort, not necessarily to score a goal and equalize the score, but maybe they just want to give an explanation to the fans.
But Sheffield United's defense was as stable as ever and gave Fulham no chance.
On the contrary, in the 67th minute, Sheffield United took advantage of Fulham's pressure to attack and there was too much space in the backcourt to launch a successful counterattack. In the end, Li Mo assisted De Bruyne to score a single goal!
This goal completely ended the suspense of the game, and De Bruyne, who scored his first Premier League goal, was so happy that he didn't even know what to do to celebrate.
Li Mo, who completed the pass and shot, was replaced in the 71st minute of the game. Later, Drinkwater and Medel were also replaced by Speed and rested.
They may also play in the League Cup on the night of the 30th.
The final result of the game was fixed at 3-0. Sheffield United once again defended their home court, completely defeated Fulham who came to challenge, and also consolidated their advantage in the league standings.
Such a score result undoubtedly put great pressure on the following chasers.
Sheffield United's ability to abuse opponents is really too stable. If you don't want to fall behind, you have to grit your teeth and keep up at this time. Otherwise, you may lose one or two games and the points gap will be widened by Sheffield United.
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And just as fans from all walks of life in the Premier League were discussing Sheffield United, Manchester City, which started the game later, almost overturned.
Even though they were at home, facing Swansea who had just come out of the "rookie wall" and had been getting used to it for a while, Manchester City was almost beaten to death with a stick.
Successive goals from Michu and Routledge in the first half pushed Manchester City directly to the edge of the cliff.
To be continued...