"Suarez seems to be in very poor condition. It seems that this World Cup qualifying match has also tired him out. Uruguay has to play the play-offs with Australia later on, which is a bit miserable."

While standing in the tunnel waiting for the game to start, Vardy was still discussing the early league game between Liverpool and Newcastle.

Currently, the teams that are not far behind Sheffield United are Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.

So if they have time, Sheffield United players will naturally pay more attention to the performance of these three teams.

Liverpool was held to a draw at the Magpies' home court. Suarez's condition was extremely poor. If Gerrard and Sturridge had not stepped forward, Liverpool might have lost today's game.

However, this unexpected draw is already good news for Sheffield United.

As long as they hold on to the October schedule and continue to win a complete victory, the teams behind them will always fall behind if they cannot withstand the pressure.

Not any team can have the tenacity of Manchester United last season. Even if there is another team this season, the final winner will be Sheffield United.

The Sheffield United players have no doubts about this.

"Okay, brothers, all line up and get ready to play."

Li Mo saw the referee waving his hands and was about to come on, so he reminded his teammates.

Vardy grinned and ducked into the team, while the other Sheffield United players gradually stopped smiling.

Sheffield United used a lot of rotation today.

Vardy, Kuyt, Barry, Lescott, Stones and other players will all start.

It is rare to have such a starting opportunity, and the opponent is also Swansea, which is not in good form at the moment. All Sheffield United players are gearing up and preparing to perform well at Swansea's home court.

Li Mo still plays the leading role. He and Neymar are Sheffield United's biggest guarantees on the offensive end.

Looking around him, Li Mo suddenly remembered the time when he was promoted to the Premier League.

At that time, when the team rotated, he had to drag a group of teammates who only had the ability of the English Championship to work hard to support and grab points.

Looking at it now, even if the lineup is rotated, his teammates are very strong.

The hardest days have passed, and they now have bigger goals and more ambitions.

As the referee team moved forward, Li Mo took the caddy and took firm steps.

"Let's go!"

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"Sheffield United are still so bold. Speed ​​almost replaced all the main players, with Li Mo and Neymar in the frontcourt, and Felipe Luis and Sommer in the backcourt. Isn't it a bit overwhelming?"

"Don't just look at the rotation of the lineup, but also the strength of these players. The defense combination of Stones and Lescott is very good. After all, they are currently playing with British players. Even if they are substitutes, they are not Stones.

The players from Wangsea can compete, so don’t worry!”

"Swansea's current situation is not good. They have fallen to 16th in the league. They have only managed to stay out of the relegation zone with a small advantage on goal difference. They basically cannot threaten Sheffield United."

"It all depends on whether he can score in the first half. If Li Mo is in good condition today, if he can score one or two goals in the first half, then Swansea will basically be doomed!"

Before the game officially started, fans in China started studying the starting lineups of the two teams.

The two weeks of international matches are frustrating for these fans. After all, not everyone is interested in the World Cup preliminaries.

In terms of the excitement of the games, the league and the Champions League are better.

Today is Saturday, and the start time of the Premier League is very comfortable. The Chinese kick-off is at 10 o'clock in the evening, so there are a large number of Chinese fans waiting for the Sheffield United game to start on time.

Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu also sat in the studio on time to provide live commentary for today's Premier League match for the fans.

Swansea's Liberty Stadium is not big, just enough to seat 20,000 people, but the fans of the two teams at the scene were very enthusiastic, creating a strong atmosphere for the game.

"Swansea has not been affected much by the international match day. They basically still play with all their main players, but their recent game state is not very good. For example, Michu, the Spanish midfielder who played extremely well last season, this

His performance at the start of the season was difficult to satisfy Swansea fans, with only one goal scored in seven league games, and there have been many criticisms of him recently."

Before the game, Zhan Jun also commented on Michu's recent performance with some regret.

This explosive star, who scored 18 league goals last season and ranked among the top five scorers in the Premier League, seems to have lost his magic this season and is being restricted by various teams.

Obviously, Michu has been thoroughly studied by every Premier League team, and Swansea's tactical system has not changed much from last season, so naturally he will no longer be able to produce the amazing performance he did last season.

"Routledge's performance is quite stable, but it is still a bit difficult for him to threaten Sheffield United's right-side defense. In addition, Williams is absent due to injury, and Swansea's defense has no anchor. Can he stop Sheffield United?

The bombing by the Philippine Alliance attack group is also unknown."

Director Zhang Lu still has strong confidence in Sheffield United. If nothing else, the offensive line that Sheffield United put out today is enough to give Swansea a drink.

Kuyt, Li Mo, Vardy, Neymar.

Such an attacking foursome is strong enough, even without Bell's sharp push from the left in the past, but it is completely enough to penetrate Swansea's defense.

"We have seen the double midfielder combination of Barry and Dembélé before, and the chemical reaction is very good. On the right side of Sheffield United, the starting right back is Matthew Lowton, who has not had a chance for a while.

I don’t know how he will perform today, let’s wait and see!”

With Zhan Jun's commentary, the match quickly entered the countdown to the opening.

Li Mo did not get the kick-off right, so Sheffield United would retreat to half-court position.

With the referee's whistle, the eighth round of the Premier League match officially began.

Swansea's starting center Boni clicked the football, Michu then passed the ball back, and Swansea's midfielder De Guzman took control of the ball and started to organize his teammates to move.

Sheffield United were not careless. Li Mo and Vardy took the lead to press and interfere with Swansea's midfielder and backcourt players.

The rest of the Sheffield United players were preparing for the first wave of tentative long-pass attacks that Swansea might play.

Speed ​​nodded on the sidelines and said nothing.

And one minute later, Swansea launched a long pass attack in the backcourt.

Their defensive midfielder Britton passed a big diagonal pass forward, and he was indeed looking for Routledge, their most threatening left winger at the moment.

Routledge, who hit double-five figures with Swansea last season, has already entered the peak period of his career.

Even though he has shortcomings such as insufficient shooting skills and sometimes dribbling too much, his excellent dribbling still allowed Huo Taigong to call him into the last British team.

In the World Cup preliminaries against the Polish team, Routledge finally got a chance to play for the national team. In a total of about thirty minutes of playing time, his performance was not bad.

With such a qualification, Routledge has been very proud of himself recently.

Regardless of whether he can participate in next year's World Cup, he can still add "with British feet" to his resume.

With a lot of increased confidence, Routledge took the ball and headed towards the defensive area guarded by Matthew Lowton.

Neymar's defensive task is very light. This is a tactical privilege given to him by Speed. Often on the right wing, the midfielder and full-back are required to wipe Neymar's butt.

That's exactly what Barry did at this moment. He immediately moved closer to Matthew Lowton, but Matthew Lowton raised his hand to indicate that he didn't need to be double-teamed.

"I can handle it!"

Matthew Lowton's confident words stunned Barry, but Barry quickly reacted and moved directly to Matthew Lowton's side, ready to help defend at any time.

Matthew Lowton now looked at the menacing Routledge, but his mind went back to two years ago.

He played against Routledge in the British Championship. At that time, this kid was still at Queens Park Rangers. His performance was very good at that time and he was not afraid of Routledge's dribbling breakthrough.

While reminiscing, Matthew Lowton set up a defensive posture sideways, and deliberately left a space for Routledge to break through from the wing.

Routledge took the ball and tentatively swayed his steps, slumping his shoulders and moving inward to cut in. When Matthew Lowton followed suit, he decisively spiked the ball and walked to the sideline!

But just as the ball started to pick up speed, Routledge was shocked to find that Matthew Lowton completed the turn and chase one step faster than him!

It was as if the adduction posture just now was deliberately deceiving him.

Matthew Lowton gave Routledge a solid block, and then quickly passed the football back to Stones who came to meet him.

"Why do you have the illusion that you can get past me? What you couldn't do two years ago is even less possible now."

Matthew Lowton smiled and said rubbish to Routledge, shaking his head as he spoke, as if guarding against him was a trivial matter.

The Swansea fans at the scene immediately booed fiercely, but Matthew Lowton didn't care at all and leisurely started to advance past the ugly-looking Routledge.

"Haha, Matthew Lowton still likes to challenge opponents, and his strength doesn't seem to have deteriorated much. Although he can't compete with Trippier, that's because his offensive method is too single and he is inferior in terms of technology.

A little above, but in terms of defensive ability alone, Lowton is no worse than Trippier!"

Zhan Jun felt a lot more relieved when he saw Matthew Lowton's confident performance.

Before the game, many fans were worried that Matthew Lowton, who has not played yet this season, would become a breakthrough in Sheffield United's defense.

But judging from the wonderful single defense just now, Matthew Lowton is still an indispensable defensive hero in Sheffield United's rotation.

He just has fewer opportunities to appear, but he has not changed his skills!

Speed ​​kept applauding Matthew Lowton from the audience.

He felt a lot of apologies for his former proud disciple. At this moment, seeing that the opponent was still performing well on the court, he felt proud but at the same time he felt increasingly guilty.

Speed ​​did once have the idea of ​​letting Matthew Lowton go out to find a more suitable team, just like Ched Evans.

They can't play the main role at Sheffield United. It's not that they are bad, it's just that they are not suitable. If they change to a mid-table team in the Premier League, they can also play the main role.

But Matthew Lowton bluntly rejected Speed's "kindness".

He is the senior brother of Li Mo and Maguire, and he is also a child who came out of the Sheffield United youth training camp.

When Sheffield United were relegated to the Championship, he never thought about leaving. Later, when he joined Sheffield United in the Premier League, he would never leave.
To be continued...