Chapter 31 The Failed Asian Cup

After Li Mo scored his first career hat trick, the enthusiasm of domestic fans was ruthlessly extinguished on January 17, 2011.

The national football team's good luck seemed to have run out in the first game of the Asian Cup. After an unexpected 0:2 loss to Qatar in the second game, they tied with Uzbekistan 2:2 in the third group match.

The national football team, which only accumulated four points, was unfortunately eliminated and could not even qualify for the Asian Cup group stage. Overnight, countless fans began to abuse the Internet. They could not accept such a result.

Netizens who followed the trend also started a carnival, with all kinds of satirical and mocking jokes emerging one after another.

Li Mo only briefly glanced at the news on the Internet, and then stopped paying attention.

In his previous life and after 2020, the intensity of ridicule on the Internet was much greater than this. At that time, as a fan, he also cursed loudly.

But what can be done? Everyone actually knows where there are problems, but the general environment is like that. It is simply a dream to expect the strength of the national football team to improve in a short period of time.

Everyone just hopes that the national football team will at least have the courage and will to try their best when their skills are inferior to others. If they die standing, there will at least be hope. Sadly, even the will and courage have disappeared, and there is no energy.

God, the whole team will rot.

Every time after the fans finish scolding, they will still show up to support the national team when there is another game. Even in overseas away games, you can often see touches of touching red in the camera. This kind of support is not inferior to this one.

Fans from any country in the world.

However, there were frequent mistakes, stops in pursuit, gifts from the defense, all kinds of missed opportunities, and a lot of negative news off the court.

All this really breaks the hearts of the fans. They are cute and respectable, but they have always been pitiful. Their love has always been met with disappointment again and again. Sometimes they feel proud, but they only maintain that level.

Just a few months.

There are constant commotions on the Internet. Many fans went to Li Mo's personal forum to post posts. They didn't want Li Mo to return to the national team and just stayed in Europe to play football. They were disgusted when he came back and it was a waste of time.

Many fans naturally objected. They also wanted to see Li Mo wearing the national team jersey and cheer Li Mo at close range in China.

And what’s wrong with returning to the national team? Isn’t Li Mo a Chinese? Isn’t it right for Chinese to play for the national team?

There was a quarrel in the post, and it was not until the forum owner posted a screenshot of the chat with Li Mo, and Li Mo firmly replied: If the national team needs me in the future, I will definitely come back, that the debate gradually subsided.

After Li Mo sent a message to Xiao Yuan Hua, he didn't say anything more.

Whether he would return to the national team or not, he had already made up his mind from the moment he went to Europe to pursue his dream.

He was also a fan. He knows the expectations of countless fans, knows those difficult days of watching football, and knows the anger and disappointment that makes steel unable to turn into steel.

Therefore, even if it is just for these fans, he will go back, not for the Football Association or for personal honor, he will fight for the fans.

After the game against Coventry, the English Championship resumed its one-match-a-week rhythm.

In order to give the main players more time to rest, in the FA Cup match in early January, Speed ​​took the substitutes against the Premier League team Aston Villa and lost 0:3. Now

Just focus on the league.

Vardy's recent confrontation ability has been much improved compared to when he first joined the team, but after another evaluation by the coaching staff, he still cannot meet the requirements for playing. It seems that he will still have to spend the next league game on the bench.

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Drinkwater integrated into the team very quickly, and what is needed now is to become more familiar with the characteristics of each teammate. Matt Ritchie's performance made Speed ​​very satisfied.

After all, he was the one who introduced the person, and this kid also worked hard and played an effective role as a wing back. He just needs to run in with a few more defenders. Single defense ability cannot be forced. At least the assist defense ability must keep up. This can also be done.

Take the pressure off Maguire.

Speaking of Maguire, Speed ​​saw yesterday that Li Mo caught Maguire in a confrontation at the training base. After the training, he took Maguire to do additional physical flexibility training, but he bullied the big head.

Enough.

However, with Li Mo as an example, Speed ​​will naturally not stop him. The best performers in the team are working so hard, and the others are naturally embarrassed not to work hard.

Vardy is not yet able to play in the game, but as the last piece of the main lineup, Speed ​​still arranged him and Li Mo into the same team when they played in the team's competition.

It's hard to say whether it's effective or not.

If you want to say it's not good, Vardy did have a lot of good opportunities after Li Mo opened up the space, and he was also able to score goals.

But as soon as Speed ​​arranged for Maguire to deal with Vardy, what a guy!

Maguire was like a wall at the front of the penalty area. Vardy tried his best to get over, but was directly blocked by Maguire. This confrontation almost caused Vardy to take off.

Forget it, let’s add some meat. It’s better if the opponent doesn’t target him. With speed and movement, Vardy can cooperate with Li Mo now, but if the opponent targets him, he will be misfired. It’s better to cut him off.

Brother De.

At least Brother Renchede can still resist others, and he can score a goal every four or five games now, so let's use it first.

There are no major problems in team construction for the time being, but what makes Speed ​​dumbfounded is that the team manager has been talking to him from time to time recently.

Before the winter window, the team manager did not agree to Speed's request for major signings. Although the manager had his own reasons, the fact was that he did not give him much financial support.

And at the beginning of December, the Welsh national team fired its previous head coach.

The Football Association of Wales offered Speed ​​an olive branch at that time and also explained the situation to Sheffield United. Although Speed ​​refused immediately, the management was nervous for a long time.

After all, the team's performance has finally improved. If the head coach resigns, who will be responsible for the team?

Fortunately, Speed ​​chose to stay at Sheffield United. After the devilish schedule, the team rose to ninth place in the standings, only two points away from the play-off places.

However, the manager of Sheffield United knew that the Welsh national team was still waiting for Speed, and now the temporary coach was temporarily leading the team training, so naturally he could not remain indifferent.

Now that the team's performance is good and the budget can be squeezed out, he will ask Speed ​​from time to time to ask about the team's current situation, and by the way, he hints that if the team succeeds in reaching the Super League, the management will spend enough budget to recruit him.

Faced with the team manager's overtures, Speed ​​naturally let go of his previous unhappiness. He was not a fool, and he was willing to ease the relationship with the manager even for the sake of recruiting this summer.

As for the national team, he could only say sorry for the time being.

He single-handedly promoted Li Mo and Maguire. He didn't know how far these two geniuses could grow in his hands, but he was looking forward to it.

He thinks he would regret it if he went to the national team and missed coaching the current dynamic team and witnessing the achievements that Li Mo and Maguire could achieve in the future.

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