Chapter 50 Finally returned to China and met Jiangcheng for the first time

In the thirty-sixth round of the league, Li Mo sat at home with his teammates out of curiosity and welcomed Nottingham Forest.

This is a "legendary" team in English football.

Needless to say about their past glory, you only need to enter the name of this team in the browser to get a general understanding. However, Li Mo knew this team because of a book he read when he was young in his previous life.

At that time, he didn't have a mobile phone yet. He accidentally found it in a bookstore in a town during the summer vacation of his second year of high school.

But the first time he saw this novel, it was because of the author's name that he was familiar with.

When he was younger, probably just after graduating from the third grade of junior high school, he came across a set of books called "We Are the Champions" in a bookstore in the town.

That set of books, whether pirated or genuine, accompanied him through the entire hot summer after graduating from the third grade of junior high school.

He already liked football, so he saved up money all summer long, and finally bought this set of ten volumes of novels from the bookstore owner.

When he saw the name of the author of the novel again, he knew that it was the author who had published a new book, so he naturally took the novel called "The Godfather of Champions" from the bookshelf without hesitation.

To this day, he still remembers those summers and the plots in those two novels. Naturally, he was also deeply impressed by the clubs in the two books.

Wallendham, Florence, and Nottingham Forest.

Unexpectedly, he and Nottingham Forest would meet in the English Championship this season.

Li Mo was very emotional, but although he has always had a good impression of Nottingham Forest, he will never be weak in this game.

Nottingham Forest was the first team to fall behind among the top six teams. Currently, they have fallen to seventh place in the league and have fallen out of the play-off zone.

But the strength of Nottingham Forest should not be underestimated. If Sheffield United wants to climb up the rankings, they cannot lose the subsequent games easily. When faced with a tough nut, no matter how hard it is, they must bite it.

Nottingham Forest is also eager to return to the top six and will strive to win against Sheffield United.

The match between the two teams went into intense heat right from the start.

Scramble, hand-to-hand combat, fouls, and cards.

Sheffield United has never received so many cards in the first half. Montgomery, Matthew Lowton, and Li Mo each received a yellow card. Nottingham Forest also received four yellow cards.

The intensity of the competition is evident.

The first half of the game was severely divided by fouls, and both sides seemed to be struggling defensively.

At the beginning of the second half, Li Mo was tackled directly to the ground by Nottingham Forest's midfielder, which almost triggered a fight between players from both sides!

Fortunately, Li Mo had an Iron Man aura and was not injured except for the pain in his ankle.

After repeated checks by the team doctor, Li Mo stood up under Speed's nervous gaze, took two steps and gestured to indicate that he was fine.

It's just that Maguire, a stupid kid, chased and punched the midfielder who committed the foul. He was directly sent off by the referee with a red card. The midfielder who committed the foul was also sent off with a red card. It can be regarded as a fifty-fifty rebound.

Li Mo didn't expect that the usually naive Datou could do such a thing.

The home fans yelled and booed at Nottingham's fouled midfielder. When Maguire came off the field, they all stood up and cheered and applauded him.

Standing up for your brothers, this kind of manly behavior will only win the respect of everyone on the football field, let alone your own fans.

Li Mo hugged Maguire tightly, then patted his big head and asked him to go down and rest.

The two have known each other for many years, and there is no need to say much. Li Mo will win this game in his own way, and he will not let Datou get this red card in vain!

After the game restarted, Li Mo began to retreat more to get the ball. The opponent lost a midfielder, and the interception intensity of the midfield plummeted.

Li Mo dribbled the ball and attacked the opponent's defense again and again in the hinterland of Nottingham Forest.

Double team? Even if double teamed, I will smash your defense line today!

Li Mo was like an angry beast, constantly bullying Nottingham Forest's defenders with his body and dribbling.

Other Sheffield United players tried their best to help Li Mo open up the opponent's defense and create one-on-one opportunities for him.

Finally, in the 67th minute, Li Mosheng ate Nottingham Forest's left back, entered the penalty area, and used a powerful and heavy volley to help Sheffield United break the deadlock!

After the goal, Li Mo slapped his chest and roared in the Nottingham Forest penalty area. The commentator bluntly said that Nottingham Forest had completely angered Li Mo.

Speed ​​was a little worried that Nottingham Forest's defender would become angry and try to do something wrong to Li Mo later.

But I don’t know whether they knew they were wrong or were stunned by Li Mo’s unreasonable goal. Forest’s defenders did not make rude fouls on Li Mo or Vardy like their midfielders did.

In the 82nd minute, Li Mo received another pass from Matt Ritchie, knocked away the Nottingham Forest central defender and scored with a header.

This goal shattered Nottingham Forest's hopes of equalizing, and the 2:0 score remained until the end.

However, this victory came at a heavy price for Sheffield United. Maguire was suspended from the next league game with a red card, and because he made a move, it is not known whether he will be fined.

Andy Taylor was injured again in the second half, and the defense on the left side became a headache for Speed ​​in the next game, and several veterans also needed to rest.

After the game, Speed ​​was very angry and criticized the Forest team's rough defense. Of course, the coach on the other side also kept talking about Maguire's action and threatened to appeal.

The coaches from both sides were very angry during the press conference, which made the reporters onlookers smile from ear to ear with joy.

It's a pity that there was no fight. If the two coaches had fought after the game, there would have been news material for the next week.

The thirty-seventh round of the league will start in three days.

Looking at the injuries in the team and the tiredness of the players, Speed ​​made the decision to withdraw all the main players and go to challenge Watford away from home with an almost pure second team lineup.

This was a surrender that had to be made. After receiving the Sheffield United squad, many media jumped out to question Speed's decision, feeling that it was disrespectful and humiliating to Watford.

Watford's coach was so angry that he cursed after seeing the report.

Of course, I am not scolding Speed, but scolding this group of overfed media.

He wished that Speed ​​would humiliate him severely, but no, it meant disrespecting him.

Compared with three points, everything else is nothing!

In the end, although Sheffield United's second team defended very hard, the gap in strength could not be smoothed out by defense.

After defending for a whole game, Sheffield United lost this league game 0:2 Watford.

However, Sheffield United's main players, who had had ample time to rest, were beaten 4-0 by Leeds United at Bramall Lane Stadium in the next league match.

Leeds United's coach almost cried after the game.

Damn it, Speed, you are not a kind person!

If you send warmth to Watford, you'll kick me to death if you come here, right?

Speed ​​also felt a little blushing, but he didn't know that the team members were in such good shape after a round of rest.

Li Mo scored twice, and Vardy also scored his fifth goal in the Championship with Li Mo's assist.

After ranking first in the scorer list, Li Mo's number of goals is still rising.

Danny Graham was already desperate. After being surpassed by Li Mo, he worked hard and finally raised his personal score to 20 goals.

But after this round of competition, Li Mo's personal league goals increased to 23 goals.

The gap has widened again.

Three goals. For a shooter in the English Championship who has won the Golden Boot in previous seasons, it would take him almost six or seven games to score this number of goals.

But now there are only eight rounds left in the league, and Graham feels that he has no chance.

On the following international match day, he felt that he could have a good rest. It would be too damn difficult to compete for the Golden Boot with an animal like Li Mo!

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Because today's league match against Sheffield United was an early game and it was almost 5pm after the game, Li Mo barely had any rest before heading back home.

Speed ​​eagerly held Li Lijun's hand and repeatedly asked Li Lijun to take good care of Li Mo and be sure not to get injured in the friendly match.

Sheffield United will still have to count on Li Mo for the following league games and the possible play-offs. If Li Mo is injured, Sheffield United will have no place to cry.

Li Lijun couldn't laugh or cry. After repeated assurances, he and Li Mo took a train to Manchester, and then took a flight from Manchester Airport directly to Pudong International Airport overnight. By the time they waited in Pudong, it was already the morning of the next day.

Then they flew directly from Pudong to Jiangcheng. By the time they arrived in Jiangcheng, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Mo's energy was good, but Li Lijun was getting older, and he was very tired from all the tossing.

However, before getting off the plane, Li Lijun still cheered up and helped Li Mo tidy up his clothes and appearance.

This is the first time Li Mo has returned to China after becoming famous, and he has to leave a good impression on the Chinese people.

After walking out of the airport, Li Mo was shocked by the situation before he took a good look at the buildings near Jiangcheng Airport!

Many reporters were carrying cameras and microphones. When they saw Li Mo appear, they immediately gathered around. There were also many Jiangcheng fans around, holding signs welcoming Li Mo back to China, and running after the reporters.

Fortunately, a staff member from somewhere on the side quickly came over to separate Li Mo from reporters and fans.

Gao Hongbo and a few people rushed over after a minute or two, but saw Li Mo signing autographs for the enthusiastic fans.

Li Mo still treated domestic reporters relatively mildly. After signing autographs for the fans and answering a few questions, Li Mo got into the car with Director Gao.

"Welcome back to China, Xiao Li."

Gao Hongbo smiled and patted Li Mo's arm, while Li Mo felt a little anxious and excited.

No matter how he fantasized about it, today, he is finally back.

Looking at the street scenes passing by outside the window and the familiar faces of Chinese people, Li Mo, who was still a little excited, couldn't help but gradually calm down.

“Good luck, Jiangcheng”
Chapter completed!