Chapter 90 Don’t be conservative, kill Swansea

After the game against Barnsley, the Sheffield United players got the last three days off before the end of the season.

On May 3, countless Sheffield United fans were paying attention to a postponed English Championship game.

Norwich vs. Portsmouth!

If Portsmouth can draw with Norwich in this game, then Sheffield United can finish second in the Championship ahead of schedule, and they can start celebrating early.

But Portsmouth only lasted half of the game. In the 50th minute of the second half, Norwich forward Jackson received the ball in the Portsmouth penalty area and turned around and scored.

After Norwich took the lead, they held on for the rest of the time, got three points, and still stayed on the back of Sheffield United.

Norwich City are determined to compete with Sheffield United for the last place in the English Championship that will lead directly to the Premier League this season.

Even if Sheffield United drew with Swansea in their last game, they were still second in the Championship and had absolute initiative.

But that's the way football is. Until the last second, you really don't dare to say that a miracle can't happen.

Norwich did what they could, and now they just hope that Swansea can beat Sheffield United in the last game.

You know, Swansea and Reading are still competing for fifth place in the league.

They don't want to fall to sixth place in the league and then meet Norwich or Sheffield United in the first round of the play-offs. Therefore, Swansea definitely has enough motivation to compete with Sheffield United in the last round of the league.

Fight hard and strive to score points to beat Reading!

After all, if the first round of the play-offs involves two teams, Norwich City or Sheffield United, it would be a disaster.

Swansea and Sheffield United still have some chance of winning a battle.

The strange thing is that Swansea was one point behind Reading. Sheffield United defeated Reading at that time, and Swansea took the opportunity to climb up one place by winning.

But Reading has scored all three points in these league games, and although Swansea has also won all of them, if they cannot beat Sheffield United in the last round and Reading win again, they will have to return to sixth place and then go

Facing the wrath of Norwich City.

A draw is not a special number, because damn Reading has one more goal difference than them. If they draw with Sheffield United, the goal difference will remain unchanged. If Reading wins, the goal difference will be increased.

That’s still Reading ranking fifth!

Therefore, Norwich is confident that Swansea will challenge Sheffield United. Otherwise, if they are forced to play in the play-offs, they will be the first to take action against Swansea! (Swansea team:o(╥﹏╥)

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However, these tortuous calculations are only limited to Reading, Swansea and Norwich. The entire Sheffield United team does not care at all.

They don't pay attention to the games between Norwich and Portsmouth.

It is unrealistic to expect Portsmouth, who are ranked in the bottom half, to draw with Norwich. It is the last game and after three days of rest, they have enough confidence to defeat Swansea!

A draw is not in their consideration range. From Speed, to Li Mo, to other Sheffield United players, the only thing they think about is to win the game completely.

After three days of rest, the Sheffield United team directly chose to conduct closed training. Starting from May 4th to May 6th, for three full days, the Sheffield United players ate, practiced and slept at the training base.

At this time, no one would complain, and Speed ​​took into account the physical reserves of the players and arranged training content that was relaxed and relaxed. At the last moment, there was no high-intensity confrontation training.

Just after noon on May 6, the Sheffield United bus drove out of the training base in a low-key manner. Sheffield United fans waiting outside the base held up cheering signs and shouted the names of the players and coaches, hoping to give as much support as possible.

They bring confidence.

Li Mo opened the bus window and waved to the fans on both sides of the road. Then he clenched his right fist and raised it high, telling them his belief in victory.

Amid the cheers of the fans, the bus began to accelerate gradually, and they would arrive at Swansea in the afternoon.

The club still booked the away hotel in advance and had physical therapists and nutritionists move in in advance.

Moreover, following the incident last time when Reading fans interfered with the players' rest, this time the club also contacted the local police in Swansea early.

A large number of reporters have also begun to leave for Swansea. Regardless of whether Sheffield United defeats Swansea in the last round of the league and successfully advances to the Premier League, or loses and is forced to play in the play-offs, it will be very good news material.

By the way, there is also the single-season scoring record created by Li Mo. Whether it can be further improved is also the focus of many fans now.

Following Rangers' return to the Premier League, the last remaining focus game of the English Championship season will start tomorrow.

Fans from both sides, neutral fans who follow the English Championship, and newspapers of all sizes in England are all keeping a close eye on this port city in southern Wales.

After the Sheffield United bus arrived at Swansea, the club naturally declined all pre-match interviews to ensure that the coaching staff and players could have a quiet environment to prepare and rest.

After putting away their luggage in the hotel, the entire Sheffield United team took the bus to the Swansea home ground.

In the next nearly two hours, they will complete their first step on the field and the last relaxing training session.

When the sun still had some afterglow, the Sheffield United players and coaches returned to their hotel.

There were no Swansea fans running underneath the hotel to cause trouble that night.

Sheffield United's players and coaches all went to bed early after dinner.

Early the next morning, Speed ​​and members of the coaching staff held the last coaching staff meeting in the hotel lounge.

At around seven o'clock, the players got up one after another. First they had a simple breakfast, and after exercising for a while, they started eating the pre-match meal prepared by the nutritionist at nine o'clock.

The last round of the league starts at around 12:40 noon, so the pre-game meal will be served much earlier than usual.

The previous closed training sessions held by Sheffield United were actually, to a large extent, allowing the players to adjust their daily schedules, meals and exercise periods to adapt to today's game.

Now it seems that the players have adapted very well.

With adequate rest, adequate energy intake, adequate training and off-field support, the club and coaching staff have done everything they can.

In the next game, it will be up to the players to execute the tactics and fight against Swansea.

On May 7, at 10:30 in the morning, the Sheffield United bus drove out of the hotel and headed towards Swansea's home ground, which is also what local fans are accustomed to calling "White Rock Stadium".

Swansea fans along the way will naturally continue to interfere with the Sheffield United players, holding signs, giving the middle finger, and shouting loudly. These are all very common behaviors.

But Li Mo has long been accustomed to it, and other Sheffield United players are not surprised. Is this also part of football?

After they arrived at the visiting team's locker room at White Rock Stadium, Speed ​​once again reiterated the tactics and importance of today's game, and the rest of the time was handed over to Chris Morgan.

The old captain was very conscientious and called all the players to form a circle. The captain's speech before the game was very necessary and had an important impact on boosting the team's morale.

And when everyone followed the assistant coach out to warm up and returned to the locker room, they looked at each other and cheered each other up. It was clear to each other that they were ready!

Li Mo sat quietly in the locker room, calming his breath and mood. After the whole team left the locker room, he once again wrapped the "good luck bandage" that he had used once before.

Li Mo was the last one to walk out of the locker room. Starting from the team goalkeeper at the end, Li Mo clapped and hugged each one and said cheers, all the way to the captain Chris Morgan at the front of the team. After Li Mo hugged the old captain vigorously, he looked determined.

stood behind Maguire.

This move put a lot of psychological pressure on the Swansea players on the other side, but made the Sheffield United players feel extremely at ease.

Li Mo will show 100% confidence and state in this game. They firmly believe in this, just like Speed ​​said before:

We're not here to fight for that damn draw!

We want to win, win simply, win beautifully!

We must use the most direct way to get a spot for direct promotion to the Premier League!

Don't be conservative, kill Swansea!

When the referee left, the players on both sides followed suit and walked out of the tunnel.

The noise on the pitch seemed to drown out the Sheffield United players in an instant.

Swansea fans tried their best to shake the will of Sheffield United players and disturb their spirit.

But the loud boos and rude words made Li Mo raise his head even higher as he marched.

The confidence and smile on his face were clearly visible to the Swansea fans at the scene through the big screen.

This seemed to make the Swansea fans boo less for a while. It seemed that Li Mo was not under any pressure at all. He was even laughing?

He is laughing!

Although the smile is weak, Swansea fans can be sure that Li Mo is smiling!

"He looks down on us, he looks down on our team!"

The Swansea fans almost all had this idea in mind. They instantly became angry and booed even louder.

Li Mo didn't make any more moves. A smile could actually express his thoughts. For the rest, let the game speak for itself.

Speed, who was in the audience, suddenly started laughing too, and then he shook his head.

Li Mo, we really have the same chemistry with him. No wonder he subconsciously put a heavy burden on Li Mo after he sent Li Mo on the field.

Both of them are born with big hearts.

Speed ​​has lost many times in the Premier League, but he has never been afraid of any team. He is not afraid of any pressure. He is a famous Premier League tough guy and is regarded by countless Premier League players as an almost "perfect" teammate and senior.

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But now, Speed ​​saw the shadow of his young self in Li Mo.

It's not a similarity in location, but a similarity in spirit.

They are all destined to be overwhelmed by choice and pressure. In this life, they will never know how to write the word "fear"!
Chapter completed!