opening a balotelli

Chapter 346 The horse shows its power, and both wings fly to Sheffield United
"Fulham, a good opponent."

Before the game was about to start, Speed ​​stood on the sidelines and muttered something, his voice was so low that he was the only one who could hear it in the noisy live environment.

He is not ironically belittling Fulham. This team ranked No.13 in the Premier League last season. Although the points did not exceed [-], it can be regarded as a relatively difficult bone among the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League.

The reason why he said Fulham is a good opponent is because today he plans to do an "experiment".

Fulham's strength is mid-to-lower, but they are more difficult to deal with. They are just suitable for sharpening their knives. If Sheffield United faced the top six teams in the Premier League last season in the opening match, then Speed ​​will naturally switch back to a more secure team. style of play.

And now?
"Don't worry, they won't let you down."

The assistant coach thought that Speed ​​was worried about losing the opening game, so he comforted him, bringing Speed ​​back to his senses.

Nodding with a smile, Speed ​​didn't say much, looked at the time on his watch, and walked back to the coach's bench.

The game is about to start!

Thousands of fans at the scene were silent for a moment, because the referee on duty had already pinched the clock on the field. Li Mo and Neymar stood on the kick-off point. All with a smile.

A few seconds later, as the referee blew his whistle, the entire Bramall Lane Stadium seemed to be boiling with it!
In the cheers of the fans on both sides, Li Mo gave the ball to Neymar, and then sprinted to Fulham's half with all his strength.

Drinkwater, who received a pass from Neymar, quickly transferred the ball to Matic, who was standing back on the left, before the Fulham players grabbed it.

Matic, on the other hand, kicked a long pass directly, and the football rushed towards Li Mo who was going forward. Neymar and Bell also quickly approached Li Mo at this time, ready to respond.

Many teams with this style of play will choose to play in the opening stage. Steal chickens. Those with high center forwards in the team like to play this way. Maybe they can steal one in the opening stage, and the subsequent games will be much easier. .

But Sheffield United didn't play this way before. They often prefer to stabilize the ball after the kick-off, spread out the formation, and then launch a tentative attack.

So today's changes at Sheffield United can be regarded as a surprise for the Fulham team.

When Li Mo completed the header with his back facing Matic's long pass, Fulham's central defender Hangeland and Aaron Hughes did not have time to complete the double-team. They could only watch Bale sprint with all his strength and run Rolled into the football behind their line of defense!

Bell is a deadly threat as soon as he rushes up, after all, behind the two central defenders is the penalty area line!
Seeing this, Fulham's right back Richardson decisively kicked from behind, leaving Bale on the sideline and killing Sheffield United's opening threat.

But at this time, he didn't feel happy or proud, he only complained secretly in his heart.

He is also a veteran who has played in the Premier League for many years, so he naturally knows what punishment he will get for that move just now.

Sure enough, the referee on duty blew his whistle decisively, trotted all the way towards Richardson, and took out his jacket pocket while running!

Li Mo was about to get up for Belle at this moment, seeing this scene, he quickly changed the pull to press, and pushed the dazed Bell back onto the turf, then shouted and complained to the referee.

"Sir! This is a nasty foul! Gareth is Daiying's current wing superstar, and he shouldn't be treated so maliciously! His ankles are swollen, too rough, too rough"

Li Mo's tone was exaggerated, and Richardson couldn't bear it. He came forward to argue, but Fulham's central defender Hangeland hugged him tightly and refused to let him pass.

"You fucking calm down! Li just wants you to go up and touch him. The referee will give you a yellow card at most, but if you touch Li, it won't be a yellow card. Calm down!"

Hangeland is worthy of being an old Jianghu, pulling Richardson to separate him from Li Mo, which makes Li Mo call it a pity.

Richardson kicked from behind and knocked down Bell, who could enter the penalty area and face the goalkeeper almost by waving the ball. When these two conditions are combined, it is at least a yellow card.

If Hangelandra was late just now, Richardson came up and pushed Li Mo, and Li Mo followed the trend, then the Sheffield United players would have the opportunity to put pressure on the referee.

Today, the executives of the FA are watching from the box. Under multiple pressures, not to mention a red card at the beginning, at least Richardson can be "named" in the heart of the referee. Later, he will find another opportunity to force him to foul. The second card Isn't it possible for a yellow card to come?

"Unfortunately, it's still too late to act, next time I have to provoke it earlier."

Li Mo shook his head, muttering in his heart.

The referee on duty finally only gave Richardson a yellow card and added a warning, which added great psychological pressure to Fulham's defensive players in the right half.

Only then did Bell sit up from the turf dumbfounded.

"Where did you learn it? It's so natural to press me. You haven't watched those Pengci game videos?"

Faced with Bell's ridicule, Li Mo's skin is thicker now, without any sign of blushing, and he directly pushed the blame on the old handsome guy on the sidelines.

"The boss taught it? That's all right."

When Bell heard that it was Speed ​​who gave Li Mo a "small fire", he was speechless in an instant. He shook his head and fiddled with the football on the spot, ready to take the set kick this time.

In the opening stage, the opponent's right back was given a yellow card. This result made Sheffield United very satisfied.

Even though Aaron Hughes was the first to break the set kick out of the penalty area this time, the Sheffield United players were still smiling and launched their defense.

Speed ​​even yelled directly from the sidelines.

"Press their right side! Go up, go up! Felipe, you go too! Li also go! Just hit Richardson's side!"

The voice was so loud, as if he was afraid that Martin Jol, the Fulham coach on the other side, would not be able to hear him.

But Speed ​​has this personality, no matter who is standing next to him when he is passionate, even Ferguson doesn't give face. Martin Jol, it's not enough for him to restrain his emotions.

So after having an offensive focus, Sheffield United started to operate as a whole, fully supporting the players on the left to press on the offense, in order to continuously put pressure on Richardson.

Naturally, Martin Jol will not continue to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai. His adjustment is quite timely, and he directly lets Tarabut, who is the front midfielder, take back his position and move closer to the right. Let's talk about the onslaught for a while.

Tarabut found a new way out after the Rangers were relegated last season and moved to Fulham, but he didn't expect that he would have to play against Sheffield United in the first game of the new season. He doesn't like the defensive job very much.

But at this moment, he is no longer the proud man who competed with Li Mo in the British Championship in the past. In order to stay in the Premier League, let alone help him defend, he is willing to let him play as a midfielder. Dry.

Relying on active running back to defend, Tarabut helped midfielder Derek Boateng, who was also approaching, build the first line of defense in the right half.

Martin Jol's adjustment played a somewhat role, relieving a lot of defensive pressure on Richardson.

However, after shrinking the formation and prioritizing defense, Fulham's entire right-sided offense was basically paralyzed.

The right midfielder Kasami couldn't get the ball, and couldn't press it out, so he had to turn back and defend together, which greatly sapped his enthusiasm for counterattack.

Today, Joaquin, who replaced De Bruyne in the central midfielder, was in ambush behind Li Mo, constantly sorting out the offensive line in the frontcourt. After Bell's side was under the pressure of Fulham's heavy defense, he and Li Mo were decisive. The possession of the ball began to be delivered obliquely to the right.

To change from last season, Li Mo basically took the ball and went to the right sideline to open the situation.

After all, when it comes to breakthroughs alone, the aging Joaquin and the slightly rough dribbling De Bruyne are not as good as Li Mo. This is also one of the weaknesses of Sheffield United's lineup last season:

Compared with the left, the offense on the right is too "balanced", and in many cases it is necessary to rely on full-back Trippier to give full play to his technical advantages.

Joaquin, who mainly plays on the right, is more like an attacking midfielder. He organizes passes more than dribbles, and De Bruyne is not a hot-spot player, so Li Mo has to pull to the right from time to time to play an oversized winger.

But this season, the player in the offensive position on the right has become Neymar, which is naturally different.

Li Mo can safely help transfer the ball in the middle, play screens, serve as fulcrums, and then watch Neymar and Trippier perform on the right.

Although Ma'er's face is still a little immature now, his dribbling skills are already the best in the Sheffield United team.

Li Mo had full confidence in Neymar from the first day he joined the team, and with this trust, other players in the team were also very optimistic about Neymar's performance.

And when he played against Manchester United in the Community Shield, Ma'er really lived up to expectations. He performed brilliantly on the right side many times, making Evra's life difficult and pulling people to help.

Today, against a full-back who is also over [-] years old, the Sheffield United generals do not think that the opponent can cause any trouble for Neymar.

The key depends on Neymar's own performance.

He played alone today, so everyone may have to wait patiently on the offensive end.

If Ma'er is not alone today, it will be easy, just wait for him to successfully connect with Li Mo.

The Sheffield United fans at the scene also looked at Neymar with the ball expectantly.

Players with skills can always get more tolerance from fans, and players with good skills and good looks can quickly capture the hearts of fans.

Even though he only played an official game on behalf of Sheffield United, Neymar's wonderful performance has made Sheffield United fans quickly fall in love with this handsome guy from Brazil.

They naturally hope that Neymar can grow up quickly, just like Bell last season, he became Li Mo's right-hand man earlier.

So, will Neymar's performance today satisfy them, or will they be disappointed?
"Pass him! Nene!"

Just when the fans were expecting, Li Mo had already spoken to encourage Neymar.

The horse holding the ball also chose to advance almost at the same time.

The slightly swaying shoulders and the very rhythmic dribbling rhythm made Duff, who was retreating and defending in front of him, hesitate for a while, so he could only retreat and defend, and at the same time called Sidwell, the midfielder beside him, to be optimistic about Li Mo's running position .

Sidwell naturally didn't dare to lose his position to double-team Neymar easily. After all, Li Mo had already proved one thing with the horrible number of goals last season.

Don't let him catch the ball near the top of the penalty area alone!
This is the bloody experience and lessons summed up by the other nineteen teams in the Premier League. The teams that did not abide by this iron law were basically shot by Li Mo from outside the penalty area and passed through the goal.

Sidwell didn't want to take the blame, he was still watching Li Mo's position vigilantly at this moment, not daring to give Li Mo the slightest chance to get rid of it.

But what Li Mo wants is his fear.

Neymar has now barely adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League game, so as long as the opponent does not foul maliciously, and Neymar is paired one-on-one, it is basically to deliver food!
Li Mo looked at Sidwell who was still following him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"You will regret giving him such a large performance space."

Sidwell was taken aback by Li Mo's sudden utterance.

At the same time, in the face of Duff's cautious retreat, Neymar no longer hesitated, and made a sudden change of direction on the inside. He was about to overtake at a high speed, and Duff's body center of gravity had to be deflected and adducted.

But at the next moment, Neymar seemed to be transformed into a magician. He led the ball with his right foot and cut in. After changing his foot, he wiped it with his left foot, and the football passed directly between Duff’s legs running sideways. And he also sped up agilely to overtake another car from the sideline, he just passed Duff like a stake!
Sidwell's eyes widened, but the Sheffield United fans at the scene burst into cheers from the start of Neymar's acceleration. After Neymar passed Duff wonderfully, the cheers directly became There were countless screams, gathered together and soared into the sky!
"My dick! Awesome!"

Li Mo didn't have time to relive Neymar's fluent movement just now. After swearing, he ran towards Fulham's penalty area at a high speed.

At this moment, Ma'er, who has entered the state, only has the old German defender in front of him, Sasha Lite, in his eyes.

The opponent took the ball one step ahead to control the direction of advancement, and then Neymar stepped on his bicycle.

Pedaling a bicycle while running at high speed is not an extraordinary behavior worth advocating, but Neymar is obviously not in the range of the suggested crowd.

Ma'er, who has full confidence in his skills, is very elegant and beautiful when riding a bicycle. Even if he is not as good as Robinho, he is better than most of the technical players.

Of course, this is not Neymar's purpose. He is not a showman who only pursues viewing, but actually has no lethality.

After crossing the football with his right foot again, Neymar decisively pushed the ball inside with his left foot, and the whole person also leaned over, trying to cut inside again.

Sashalit, who was fully concentrated, was not explosive enough, but he was very experienced. In order to prevent Neymar from repeating his old tricks and successfully going to the bottom, he did not turn sideways and continue to defend, but did the opposite and directly approached Neymar!
Technical players generally hate having too much physical contact with defensive players, especially for skinny players like Neymar.

Sashalit can be considered handy against such players. Anyway, no matter how good your skills are, once you play close to the body, the lack of confrontation will naturally be revealed. He is also confident in grabbing the ball from Neymar.

In his certainty, Neymar, as he expected, chose to smash the ball and return to the sideline again in order to prevent him from getting close.

After successfully forcing Neymar back, Sasharit was overjoyed, and further bullied him, trying to completely destroy Sheffield United's side attack on the sideline.

But Neymar looked at Sasharit who was pressing over, but there was no panic in his eyes, but the corners of his mouth raised.

His right ankle shook quickly, and he gently flicked the kicked football to the inside of the field. He also took advantage of the opportunity to avoid Ritter's forward pressure, and once again completed a one-on-one single eat!
"Hey! The third change of direction! Not going to the bottom line! Neymar chose to use three consecutive changes of direction to pick the ball and passed Sasharit! He just wanted to cut inside! Duff didn't stop it, and Sasharit didn't stop either! "

Duan Xuan covered his forehead in the studio, his tone was quite excited!
This is the charm of technical players!

Neymar's performance at the moment is very similar to Ronaldinho back then, extraordinary, elegant and beautiful, and full of lethality!

In terms of dribbling, it really depends on the Brazilian players!

At this moment, Neymar, who has successfully entered the Fulham penalty area, is about to face Hangeland, who is pressing over, and Sidwell, who has put down Li Mo and rushed towards him.

While cheering frantically for his wonderful performance, the Sheffield United fans couldn't help worrying.

They were afraid that Neymar would get emotional after passing two people in a row, and wanted to continue to pass Hangeland.

Now Sidwell has rushed over, and if Neymar hesitates a little, he may be double-teamed by the two.

In the narrow space of the penalty area, the double-teaming of two strong men is enough to block all Neymar's dribbling breakthrough routes.

Just at this critical moment, Neymar scored the ball with the outside instep of his left foot. Amidst the relief of countless Sheffield United fans, Li Mo strode into Fulham's penalty area facing the ball!

"Strike! Neymar is not greedy for credit! Li Mo's great opportunity!"

In Duan Xuan's eager and passionate commentary, Li Mo did not rush to shoot directly.

Fulham's midfielder Derek Boateng decisively abandoned his defender after Sidwell ran to pinch Neymar, and followed Li Mo directly into the penalty area, right behind Li Mo at the moment.

Li Mo naturally knew that there was a person behind him, so he deliberately chose to stop the ball first.

Boateng thought that Li Mo would shoot directly and angrily like before, so what he played was to interfere with Li Mo's idea at the moment of shooting.

But at this moment Li Mo stopped the ball first, his idea was completely lost, and the inertia pushed him almost onto Li Mo's back!

Li Mo held his breath, lowered his center of gravity, and after pushing away Derek Boateng, he flicked the ball to the left, and then shot directly with his feet!

Fulham's Dutch goalkeeper Stekelenburg saw the appearance of Li Mo's shot, and subconsciously gambled towards the far corner of the goal, but after he threw it out, he saw the trajectory of the football shot by Li Mo, which turned out to be towards the near corner of the goal. Come from above!

"You dirty liar playing with psychology!"

Poor Stekelenburg could only groan in his heart, and then watched the football fly into his goal and hit the net headfirst!

And the figure that made him gnash his teeth, has opened his arms at this moment, holding Neymar to the corner flag area to celebrate!
Amidst the cheers all over the sky, Li Mo embraced Neymar with his right hand, and with his left hand, he pulled Bell, who came forward to celebrate, and the three of them finally ran to the cheering fans together, as if declaring that Sheffield United's attacking trident The time has officially arrived!
"it is good!"

Speed ​​applauded and laughed non-stop off the court.

"Lao Tzu's two wings fly together and take shape!"

(End of this chapter)