Chapter 294 Prelude to the end of the year

Vardy: "Lee, are you awake now? Are you daydreaming about a dream called 'Triple Crown'?"

Stones: "No, I prove that he is very conscious. On the way home just now, we discussed together whether we should go to the training base to have a meal."

Maguire: "Farke, you don't have to talk about this kind of thing in the group John!"

Medel: "You must be starving, poor child. Come to my house for dinner tonight. We are preparing barbecue tonight."

Matthew Lowton: "What treble? Which team has won the treble? Let me see. Let me see."

Li Mo looked at the noisy appearance of his teammates in the group, shook his head helplessly, and then sent the message again with certainty.

"Let me tell you, we have a great chance to win the domestic treble in England this season. Although we don't have the European championship, it is still a good achievement. Guys, don't you want to win the FA Cup?

Cup?"

The group became quiet at this time. I don't know if the Sheffield United players were "scared" by Li Mo's goal, or if they were all seriously thinking about the possibility of Li Mo's goal.

After a while, Vardy spoke first.

"But there has never been a team in the Premier League that has achieved this achievement. Li, we have teams that have won the Champions League and the League Championship at the same time, but there has never been a team that has won the League Championship, the FA Cup and the League Cup at the same time."

Li Mo was stunned, he really didn't know this, but then he thought about it.

Teams that are capable of winning these three championships at the same time will basically put more energy into ensuring the league championship, or into competing for the Champions League.

The FA Cup starts every winter in January for Premier League teams, and the final champion is not decided until May. The schedule is far less friendly to Premier League teams than the League Cup.

Therefore, even though the FA Cup has an extraordinary status in the eyes of many Premier League fans, in order to survive, there are still a large number of teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League that give up this cup every year to maintain the league.

The uncomfortable schedule and lower appeal than European competitions have resulted in the current embarrassing status of the FA Cup.

Of course, this is for other teams. The FA Cup will still be different for Arsenal in the following years, ahem.

"Isn't this better? As long as we do it, we will be the first Premier League team to achieve this achievement. That is making history, brothers!

Moreover, if you look at the schedule, as long as we defeat Brentford in the English League on January 8, we will enter the League Cup final again. We are currently leading Manchester United by as many as 12 points in the standings.

Well, in such a great situation, don’t you want to strive for more honors?”

Li Mo tried his best to tempt his teammates to follow his train of thought.

The main reason is that Sheffield United really don’t have much thought about the Champions League this season, and they are destined not to compete in the Champions League in the future. Speed’s statement about reaching the quarter-finals is not a joke. That is Sheffield United’s real goal this season.

European war goals.

Don't look at the previous group stage, where Sheffield United directly defeated the team, but the knockout rounds of the Champions League are completely different from the group stage.

And objectively speaking, Sheffield United did not encounter any strong opponents in the group stage.

Schalke 04 lost to the Muggles in the Bundesliga some time ago, Montpellier returned to the mid-table level of Ligue 1, and Olympiacos was in trouble.

It can be said that Sheffield United played a round, but the result was just a bunch of little shrimps in the Champions League. Playing a hundred games with these teams is not as rewarding as playing a real game with a real European giant team.

Once they encounter a team like Real Madrid and Bayern in the first stage of the knockout round, Sheffield United's Champions League this year will come to an end.

In a two-round knockout round, most of the players are veterans who are tired of playing. This group of Sheffield United players still have too little experience in European competitions.

Of course, if a team like Celtic or Porto is arranged for Sheffield United in the first round, Sheffield United still has a great chance of reaching the Champions League quarter-finals by relying on a strong charge.

From now on, just try your best and leave no regrets.

Speed ​​will not think about winning the Champions League this season, let alone the players of Sheffield United.

Therefore, Sheffield United are destined not to waste too much energy on the Champions League this season. This is also the biggest reason why Li Mo has ambitions for the FA Cup.

The League Cup final comes early and will not have any impact on the Premier League.

Sheffield United's current bench depth is sufficient, so as long as they rotate properly in the future, after winning the League Cup, it will be no problem to continue to compete on both fronts in the league and FA Cup.

Li Mo broke down what he thought about the situation to his teammates one by one and explained it clearly. In the end, he basically unified the players' thinking.

However, Li Mo knew that his teammates supported him more out of trust and friendship.

But as for season goals, if Speed ​​doesn't agree to the adjustment, then there's nothing he can do.

So he had to carefully consider how to persuade Speed.

After a long while, Li Mo dialed the old handsome guy's phone number.

"Hey, boss, let me tell you something."

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"So the boss just agreed? Are you kidding me? You changed the season goal so easily?"

Facing Vardy's questioning, Li Mo felt that he had answered it many times today, but the kid still looked unbelievable.

Don't talk about him, Li Mo was a little confused after having a phone call with Speed ​​last night.

None of the situations he expected happened. After hearing his thoughts, Speed ​​just pondered for a moment and finally said, "Okay, I will study the FA Cup schedule for March and April in detail tomorrow."

The phone was hung up.

Although Speed ​​did not announce the change of season goals at today's team tactical meeting, he and the coaching team are obviously already preparing for the FA Cup, and the assistant coach also communicated with Li Mo.

Although it went so smoothly, Li Mo had an unreal feeling, but Speed ​​was very serious at work, and Li Mo didn't dare to ask more questions now. He slipped into Speed ​​after the training that afternoon.

Peter's office.

"Boss, do you really agree with our season goal of adding an FA Cup?"

Without too many detours, Li Mo went straight to the point and asked, but Speed ​​gave him a strange look.

"Yes, I agreed. Why, you guys want to change your mind again?"

Li Mo waved his hands repeatedly.

"Hey, I won't change it, I'm just a little curious."

When Speed ​​heard this, he stopped what he was doing and looked at Li Mo playfully.

"Curious why I agreed so readily?"

Seeing Li Mo nodding, Speed ​​couldn't help but smile.

"Because of grades."

"score?"

"We are currently 12 points ahead of Manchester United in the league, have reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, and have reached the knockout rounds of the Champions League. To be honest, I did not expect such results at the beginning of the season, and you did not complain.

You are tired and don't cause trouble off the court. The coaching staff and I think you should be rewarded with something."

Li Mo suddenly understood and slapped his forehead.

"So you take agreeing to change my season goal as a reward for us?"

"Yes, do you have any questions now?"

Li Mo smashed his mouth, and the problem disappeared, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Their players took the initiative to ask for more responsibilities, and the coach agreed, and then said that this was a reward for them, and they might be happy about it. This is such a pain in the ass. Why does it sound so painful?

"If there's no problem, go back and rest early. You won't be able to play in the next round of the league, but you still have to start in the game on January 1st."

"good."

After simply ending the conversation, Li Mo quickly left the training base without any doubts.

Speed ​​saw Li Mo disappearing into the corridor through the sight glass, but he smiled and shook his head.

He actually didn't tell the truth to Li Mo just now. There were rewards, but they were not used to agree to change their season goals. It's just that it's not the time to distribute them yet.

Speed ​​was careful about the time to distribute the "prizes" and planned to wait until the League Cup was won, that is, at the end of February, and then distribute them together with the rewards for winning the championship.

At that time, it can be regarded as adding a fire of motivation to the team at the last moment of competing for the league championship.

The reason why he agreed so readily to Li Mo to change his season goals and strive for an additional FA Cup championship was purely a personal "reward" from Speed ​​to Li Mo.

After all, it sounds like Li Mo was the one who made this happen. It is already very difficult for other Sheffield United players to win the Premier League and League Cup this season.

After all, they still have to play in the Champions League, and now Sheffield United is also fighting on the third front. With the rotation, everyone feels both mentally and physically tired. How can they think about more championships.

Among the players, only Li Mo would think about boldly fighting for another championship when he sees the possibility of winning it. Only Li Mo likes to break away from the current intensive schedule and look at the issue of multi-line operations from a long-term perspective.

Regardless of the fact that Sheffield United is currently advancing on three fronts, there are only the last three games left in the League Cup. Once the final is played at the end of February, Sheffield United will have one less burden.

The Champions League will only play two or four games when the time comes. If we don’t have high hopes, the burden won’t be heavy.

Therefore, it is basically no problem for Sheffield United to compete for the FA Cup in the future.

As long as the second place in the league is not caught up by two wins, it will be fine. After all, the league is Speed's most important championship this season.

Once the point gap with the second place is reduced to within six points, Speed ​​can only give up all cup competitions and let the team focus on the league.

However, this situation is just a hypothesis, and it can be regarded as a "safety line" drawn by Speed ​​for the team.

Judging from the performance of the top teams in the Premier League in the first half, it is unlikely that there will be a team competing with Sheffield United in the second half of this season.

Benitez couldn't make Yaya Toure focus more on defense, and his control was only temporary.

Mancini is currently doing well at Chelsea, but it is difficult for Chelsea, which has changed its reconstruction ideas three times in less than two years, to launch another attack on the league title in the past two seasons.
To be continued...