Chapter 35 What is an all-around center?

Although Nosworthy is getting older, at 31 years old, he is also the golden age of a defender.

Except that his speed is not as fast as before and it is more difficult to play on the wing, his defensive experience and confrontation ability are the first level in the British Championship.

Speed ​​changed the defensive formation before. After he played as a central defender, he seemed to have regained the defensive feeling he had in the Premier League.

Although he returned to the full-back position in this game, he only had to defend half of the field and had no physical problems. It was not difficult for him to defend Golovs one-on-one.

After all, no matter how good Groves performs in the English Championship, it is only in the English Championship. What forward has Nosworthy never seen in the Premier League?

Noseworthy was confident, and he did the tasks assigned to him by Speed.

Under his defense, it would be difficult for Groves to have a one-on-one advantage. He is not like Matthew Lowton.

If someone wants to compete with you for speed, why don't you compete with him? Your physical fitness is better than the other person's, why don't you compete with him physically and go up against him?

Nosworthy, an old guard rogue, personally taught Matthew Lowton a lesson. Groves was very embarrassed by his pressure and small moves.

Noseworthy did not use his feet to grab the ball, but instead used his body to bully Groves. The opponent wanted to break through, so he got close and covertly pulled the jersey and arms. Groves couldn't speed up at all, and he was forcefully beaten by him.

He was ground to death on the side road.

These fouls were not serious. When the referee saw it, he only gave a verbal warning and gave some insignificant frontcourt balls. Instead, Norwich's wing attack was interrupted again and again.

Everyone was dumbfounded by Matthew Lowton in the frontcourt. No, this old hooligan (× dropped) still has such great knowledge in defense?

Maguire watched it with great interest. Isn’t this much more awesome than those teaching videos?

How exciting it is to learn this! It seems that I need to consult with a few old gangsters off the court for advice.

Norwich's wing attack is blocked. Let's switch to the center. Sheffield United's five players are watching eagerly in the middle.

You have four midfielders fighting against five others. Everyone is at the same level. If one more person runs around, he will kill you!

Drinkwater led the people to fight for control of the Norwich midfield. Matthew Lowton and Matt Ritchie on both sides have almost recovered their physical fitness. Their defensive ability is relatively good, and they even grabbed Norwich's midfield.

The two lower backs were miserable.

Finally, after about ten minutes of stalemate, Sheffield United's midfielder gradually gained the upper hand.

If we only look at the possession rate after the start of the second half, Sheffield United is close to 60% at this time, and this possession rate is still slowly rising.

This is the result of removing a forward at the expense of the offensive line's reduced firepower.

But Li Mo's presence still made Norwich's backcourt defenders dare not relax.

Including this game, this is a ruthless character who has scored 11 goals in ten games!

Moreover, Sheffield United had a good counterattack opportunity in the first half, and he seized it. If he scores another goal, the coach will probably go crazy when he returns.

But the Norwich players never expected that after the formation change, Li Mo's teammates on the left and right sides were closer to him, instead of being like before, they could only establish contact after being inserted.

With someone around him who could respond and cooperate at any time, Li Mo completely let go of his own style of play.

Do you think I can only go forward or wait in the penalty area to score?

Thanks to Bashen's talent and the outrageous vision of the center, Li Mo let the Norwich players see what it means to be an all-around center!

Drinkwater often looks for Li Mo with the ball. As long as his position is not too tight and Li Mo wants the ball, he will pass it to him immediately.

Li Mo can steadily get high-altitude balls, ground balls, and even half-high balls that are difficult to handle. The interference of the defensive players behind him is like scratching an itch for him.

"Don't your team practice confrontation?"

"Time to get a little more confrontational, man, are you tickling me?"

"Give me a little more force and you can almost push me!"

Li Mo began to use the method of mental interference on the Norwich players behind him. He was so rude that the Norwich players wanted to give him a pair of sneakers.

But there’s nothing you can do with this thing!

Li Mo's physique is not as wide from top to bottom as Maguire, but his back and shoulders are broad and strong enough, not to mention core strength.

When he took the ball with his back, the Norwich players felt like they were stuck against a wall!

When he turned around, he was even more filled with the beauty of violence. He just carried the person and ran him over!

Several Norwich defenders began to doubt life. They looked at Li Mo's back. Why did the number 17 in the red and white jersey slowly turn into the blue number 11?

Li Mo's taking the ball was equivalent to driving a nail into Norwich's backcourt. With Li Mo as the arrow, Sheffield United's frontcourt launched wave after wave of attacks.

The two wingers moved forward happily, and Drinkwater responded from Li Mo's side.

What Li Mo has to do is very simple. If no one is pressing, he can dribble the ball forward. If someone is guarding him, he can move the ball to the two sides. If there is really no good chance, he can still give the ball back.

Brother Shui, organize again.

In addition to being a fulcrum in the middle, or retreating to get the ball to increase the ball outlet, Li Mo also pulls out from time to time, which means that Matthew Lowton and Matt Ritchie are not aware enough to insert diagonally into the middle, otherwise Li Mo would almost

A single sword is passed out.

This made the Norwich coach who was standing on the sidelines a little unable to sit still. He began to consider substitutions to increase the interception intensity in the midfield. Li Mo's performance was terrible!

This is equivalent to Sheffield United having a stable ball-taking point in the frontcourt, and this point itself is a huge threat and has to be guarded.

If you double-team him, he can move the ball to the threat area vacated in your backcourt. If you don't double-team him, he will hit the goal with just a few steps, and he is not afraid of you pressing him!

Like the young Ibrahimovic, if you give him more confrontations, his physical fitness will be able to withstand it, but he doesn't like this way of playing, and his power on the front line will be greatly reduced.

Li Mo is different!

He grew up in the English football system. Confrontation? He is not afraid of confrontation. On the contrary, the more you confront him, the more excited he becomes!

This is very uncomfortable for defensive players.

Previously, Sheffield United failed to find a good partner for Li Mo, which prevented him from using his ball-playing ability.

Now that the two wings were pushed up, Li Mo's threat level immediately increased significantly.

It takes time to adjust and target tactics, but Li Mo and Drinkwater are both smart people, and they will not stop the offensive to let the Norwich coach adjust.

The two of them frequently created dangers in Norwich's defensive third with their passing and taking the ball.

After taking the ball again and dividing the sides, Li Mo suddenly changed his previous kicking method of running diagonally to open up space and decisively pushed forward!

Matthew Lowton returned the ball to Drinkwater. Brother Drinking made a slight adjustment and lobbed the ball in the direction of Li Mo's movement.

Li Mo kept observing his surroundings while running. Then he adjusted his body shape. As soon as he stepped into the penalty area, he jumped high, pressed the Norwich center back and rubbed the ball behind him!

A figure quickly passed by Norwich's defense and headed towards the penalty area. The ball directed by Li Mo fell in front of him. This was a standard single shot that couldn't be more standard!

Unload the ball, observe, push and shoot, all in one go!

Looking at the football that he shot into the net, Matt Ritchie's brain was buzzing.

Is this a goal? Why does it feel so easy? He is not ready yet! How should he celebrate?

However, this confused thinking was quickly interrupted.

Li Mo had already put his arms around his neck and led him towards the corner flag area, followed by his teammates who were shouting excitedly.

The Norwich coach slapped his forehead, threw away the tactical notes in his hand, and sat back on the coaching bench with a livid face.

Speed ​​on the other side was smiling inwardly, but on the surface he pretended to be in control.

I admit that my change of tactics at halftime was a gamble, but I have Li Mo!

"Li is really an all-around center. It feels great to have him here."

The assistant coach suddenly sighed, Speed ​​and him looked at each other, and both of them grinned silently the next second.
Chapter completed!