Chapter 290 The biggest golden boy in history

As soon as the Champions League group stage was over, leagues in various countries quickly restarted again. Speed ​​also plunged into preparations for the league after dealing with interviews with Greek and German reporters.

Compared with the previous easy schedule, after entering mid-December, the opponents Sheffield United faced became gradually more difficult.

Southampton is relegated, Arsenal is sprinting towards the top six, and Manchester City also has ambitions for the league title after a coaching change.

These are the next three opponents Sheffield United will face.

Southampton is currently deep in the relegation zone. Like Wigan Athletic, which Sheffield United played before, this kind of team is either very easy to play or very difficult to deal with.

If Sheffield United can break the game early and take the lead like they did in their previous games against Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa, then Southampton will not be able to continue to adopt conservative tactics, and Sheffield United will have an easier time winning.

But correspondingly, if Sheffield United can't take Southampton's bus, the game will be deadlocked.

This kind of relegation team likes to play defensive and counter-attack. Although Sheffield United is not afraid of their tactics, nothing is absolute. In the past, top teams have overturned. Speed ​​is not confident enough to think that the current situation is

Sheffield United are already invincible.

When it was time to play it safe, Speed ​​would rather play it safe. To abuse the situation, he would definitely let Li Mo rush first. If Li Mo couldn't rush, he would use set-piece tactics to kill Southampton.

Anyway, small scores of 1-0 and 2-0 are wins. Speed ​​has never limited his coaching style. He can attack Manchester United passionately, and he can also be a conservative occasionally.

As for Arsenal and Manchester City, there is not much to say. These are one of the opponents that the Sheffield United coaching staff is most concerned about, and the intelligence collected has been analyzed countless times.

Anyway, let's just go head-on. The main players behind Sheffield United are all playing in the league with all their strength. Last season, they dared to go head-to-head with Arsenal and Manchester City. There is no reason to be afraid of these two teams this season.

Arsenal lost Robin van Persie this season and their strength has dropped a lot. It is not difficult for Sheffield United to beat the Gunners.

The current situation of Manchester City still needs to be observed and observed.

After all, there is a saying. Although Manchester City's performance in the Champions League group stage was ridiculed by fans from all walks of life, being eliminated from the Champions League is not necessarily a bad thing for Manchester City.

First of all, Benitez can focus on preparations for the league. Without the burden of Champions League games, this tactician can focus all his energy on understanding the players he currently has and tactical analysis and formulation.

Master Bei's management of the locker room is very average, but it is impossible to have a stalemate with Manchester City's big-name players in a short period of time. Therefore, when there are no internal problems, Manchester City, which is fully committed to the Premier League, cannot be underestimated.

There are still two league rounds to play before facing Manchester City, and Speed ​​also has time to observe the changes in Manchester City after Benitez took office.

If Manchester City is inspired to use strong offensive firepower again, Sheffield United will continue to use midfield strangulation tactics.

As far as the styles of the two teams are concerned, Sheffield United is still more restrained than Manchester City. If they can control Manchester City's midfield performance, they can directly suppress Manchester City's offensive.

As for Manchester City changing their style under the hands of Master Pei and playing "Bei-style" football, Speed ​​would not dare to think about it at all.

If Benitez really dares to transform Manchester City according to his past habits, he may be driven out by Manchester City's management within ten games.

It is impossible for Yaya Toure and David Silva to sweep away from the defensive midfielder position, and quick counterattack is not a tactic favored by Manchester City players. Benitez can successfully get the coach of Manchester City this time, and he himself

There must have been a compromise.

But sometimes, it's hard to change what's deep in one's bones. It depends on whether Master Bei compromises more or less this time. Speed ​​is also looking forward to competing with this former master tactician.

After winning battles with famous coaches from all walks of life again and again, the old handsome guy, like Li Mo, is eager for new challenges.

There is one sentence in the description of him by the outside media that is right.

Speed ​​is not only very similar to Mourinho in terms of coaching passion, but more importantly, both of them are adventurous "challengers" at heart.

However, Speed's coaching years are still very short. Let alone winning the Champions League, he currently does not even have a Premier League championship. Therefore, whenever he faces the so-called "Madman II" evaluation from the outside world, he is

Smiling self-effacingly.

He is full of passion and loves challenges, but he is more "scheming" than Mourinho back then.

As the old saying goes, the first bird will be shot.

Speed ​​didn't want to be that person who was too popular and was stared at by countless eyes. Even though he was famous, he would also be targeted. Mourinho suffered too much back then. The old handsome guy preferred to keep his voice low.

Great wealth.

It's a pity that Sheffield United's current record prevents him from keeping a low profile, and as the future goes on, he and Sheffield United may inevitably face more and more attacks.

But in terms of public opinion, Speed ​​hopes that such "targeting" will come as late as possible.

It would be best if everyone still thinks that Sheffield United is not a big threat, and they have quietly won all the championships they can get.

Just let others take the spotlight and Sheffield United win the final honor. This is the deal Speed ​​wants to do most.

You can't attract people's attention too much. How can you win the championship comfortably if you attract people's attention?

Even though Sheffield United now has a "I am number one in the Premier League" attitude from match scenes to player speeches, Speed ​​still uses the same clichés when he is interviewed by reporters.

"The league is less than halfway through. It's too early to talk about the championship. Let's see what happens next."

"The victory over Manchester United? There is a certain amount of chance in the game. We just happened to be in a slightly better state that day. I don't think Sheffield United has completely overwhelmed Manchester United in terms of strength. We still need to objectively evaluate the team's performance.

strength."

"Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, Everton. These are all very good teams. I think they all have a chance to compete for the league championship. We are only temporarily ahead. What does this mean? This year is not over yet.

We’re not even half-way champions.”

"The goal for this season? It can be said that I have also talked with the team's manager, Mr. Wang Mu. Qualifying for the Champions League will be considered a success."

At the pre-match press conference between Sheffield United and Southampton, reporters from large and small newspapers looked at Speed ​​talking so eloquently that they wanted to throw the microphone directly into the old handsome guy's face.

Your special numbers are ten points ahead of the Manchester City duo who are currently in the second tier! The Manchester City duo are almost ten points ahead of the third tier team. You even brought up Everton and Arsenal to make an argument. Arsenal are now ranked

At tenth, you are still making people laugh!

And these words, listen to them, how irritating they are!

What's wrong with you openly admitting that you are now number one in the Premier League?

How can we write articles if there is no topic? How can we get traffic if there is no topic?

Speed, you are not an honest person!

Naturally, the handsome old man felt the reporters' resentment, but it had nothing to do with him. After simply answering the reporters' questions, Speed ​​said a few good words about Southampton, then turned around and left.

With Speed's request, Sheffield United's players changed from high-spirited to low-key and humble when being interviewed by reporters.

On the day of the game, Sheffield United refused any interviews before the game as usual, and the noise surrounding Sheffield United finally subsided for the time being.

The sixteenth round of the Premier League starts on time at 3pm on December 8th.

In addition to the Sheffield United game that still attracted a large number of fans and media attention, among the several games today, the game between Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion attracted the most attention.

West Bromwich Albion are currently on the same points as fifth-ranked Chelsea and sixth-ranked Everton. They are only ranked seventh because of their goal difference disadvantage, but they have already entered the European theater with half a foot, which is all they have at the beginning of the season.

No one thought of it.

After being tortured by Sheffield United, West Bromwich Albion seemed to have come to their senses, fighting their way from the middle and lower reaches of the league, and now even have a chance to break into the top four, which really shocked all the Premier League fans.

After going through a run-in at the beginning of the season, little monster Lukaku has now become West Bromwich Albion's number one killer.

Eight goals and three assists, this is the report card handed over by Little Warcraft in the fifteenth round of the league.

For a 19-year-old young center, such statistics are very amazing.

Chelsea are also pleasantly surprised by Lukaku's growth.

Although Mancini has decided to introduce Demba Ba in the next winter window, there is no doubt that Lukaku is the future of Chelsea. At least for now, it seems that Lukaku will return to Chelsea sooner or later.

Demba Ba was just doing it for emergencies.

Little Warcraft has taken a dazzling first step for his future development, but just when everyone thought he would lead the surging West Bromwich Albion to crush Arsenal, which is currently down to tenth place, Arsene Wenger

But it taught him a good lesson.

A crisp 3-0, Arsenal finally got a morale-boosting victory after three rounds without a win!

Wilshere revitalized Arsenal's frontcourt offense and assisted Giroud to break the deadlock. Arteta made great passes and shots, and was in great form. Chamberlain completely killed the game without giving West Bromwich Albion a slight comeback.

Chance.

The little monster that everyone paid attention to before the game was lost in Mertesacker's defense. Even though he committed an old habit and wanted to play a small burst, today Sagna let Lukaku speed up.

There is no advantage at all.

The confused Little Monster was replaced in the 70th minute, and Arsenal announced their return with a complete victory.

After this game, Arsenal temporarily surpassed West Bromwich Albion and rose to seventh place. Gunners fans also felt the joy of winning for a long time.

But watching Sheffield United win 3-1 against Southampton on the other side, Arsenal fans suddenly felt that their happiness was gradually disappearing.

In the next round of the league, they have to challenge Sheffield United away from home. Sheffield United have already been undefeated for 16 rounds. They are playing at home again. Even the most die-hard Arsenal fans feel that the team will hardly be able to win in Brasil.

Mo Lane Stadium gets the points.

But on the Sheffield United side, Speed ​​was not very happy about winning Southampton.

Li Mo played very well, once again breaking the deadlock on the field and helping Sheffield United break Southampton's bus formation. However, other Sheffield United players seemed to have some ups and downs in their status.

There is no big problem in terms of physical fitness. Speed's rotation this season has been timely. After thinking about it, the old handsome guy can only blame the weather for the players' ups and downs.

Every year after entering winter, several teams in the Premier League will always fall into an inexplicable low ebb. This is normal.

Sheffield United has enough rotation players this year. It will just be a matter of re-selecting the starting players through training and observation. As long as the health of the players in the team is stabilized, it will not be a big problem to survive this low period.

However, before the game against Arsenal, Sheffield United had to play a round of EFL Cup matches. In terms of player arrangements, Speed ​​had to prepare in advance.

Having already reached the quarter-finals, the Sheffield United players are naturally not willing to give up the EFL Cup so easily, not to mention that their opponent in this round of the EFL Cup is Brentford of the English League One. If they get through, they will be in the top four.
To be continued...