Chapter 59 Southern Expedition

On the afternoon of April 4, the Sheffield United team took the bus south to London.

Queens Park Rangers is also a veteran team in the London area, and near its club, there are two Premier League teams, Chelsea and Fulham.

Because Rangers has almost locked in a promotion spot this season, there will be as many as five teams competing in the Premier League next season in the London area, including Arsenal and Tottenham.

This is unique among the five major leagues.

And because there are so many teams, games between different teams in the London area are divided into different "London Derbys".

North London, South London, West London, Greater London derby, etc. Fans watching Premier League games for the first time will definitely be confused.

But the most eye-catching one is naturally the Chelsea VS Arsenal VS Tottenham match.

Li Mo has been paid attention to and recruited by Gunners Arsenal. This time when he came to London, he also wanted to visit the stadiums of Arsenal and Chelsea.

But I am tight on time, so I have to wait until after the game against the Rangers to see if I have a chance to go shopping.

After a good night's rest at the hotel where they stayed, on April 5, the entire Sheffield United team held a tactical meeting at the hotel in the morning, and after taking a nap, they headed to Loftus Road Stadium for a pitch.

Queens Park Rangers' performance in the English Championship this season can be described as "the devil".

In fact, their defensive players are not very outstanding in personal ability, but they are all experienced and capable players. Their defensive system is very complete and they concede no more than 0.7 goals per game.

On the offensive end, although the Rangers' firepower is not very strong, they have an offensive midfielder who has exploded this season and a reliable attacking group. Their wolf-pack tactics make it difficult for other teams in the English Championship to target.

This explosive midfielder is Taarabt, a talented player from Morocco who moved to Tottenham when he was 18 years old, but unfortunately he never got a good chance to play.

After being loaned to Queens Park Rangers last season, he delivered an excellent record of 7 goals and 7 assists in a single season.

This season, he is full of firepower. So far, he has delivered double-fifteen figures in the league and scored more than 30 goals, helping Queens Park Rangers firmly occupy the first place in the British Championship.

This data also made various London teams interested in this former genius.

However, the Rangers have bought out Talabut from Tottenham. Talabut is also grateful to the Rangers for giving him the opportunity and trust. It seems that there is no idea of ​​​​transfer at the moment.

In addition to Taarabt, the Rangers midfielder also has a name familiar to Premier League fans, Routledge.

This winger, who would become famous at Swansea in the future, also had double-five figures for Rangers this season and was a sharp edge for the Rangers on the wing.

Speed ​​has emphasized many times that Sheffield United's backcourt players need to keep a close eye on Taarabt and Routledge today.

Both of these people have strong dribbling and breakthrough abilities, and they are very fast. If you are not careful, they will tear apart the defense line.

On the offensive end, Sheffield United focused on counterattack today. Vardy and Li Mo partnered as a double forward, using their speed and Li Mo's personal ability to see if they could take the lead in the counterattack.

As for the formation, it has changed back to the previous 352. The three central defenders are still Maguire, Noseworthy and Chris Morgan, the double midfielders Stephen Quinn and Montgomery, the central midfielder Drinkwater, and the two wings are still

Matt Ritchie and Matthew Lowton.

In this game, Sheffield United still has its main players. After this game, several veterans in the defense and midfield will begin to rotate in an effort to maintain good condition and health.

Li Mo knew that today's battle between Sheffield United and Rangers in the middle was the focus.

The first is to separate Talabut from other Rangers offensive players so that he will not be interested in passing threatening balls. The second is to force the Rangers to devote more attention and more troops to the battle for the midfield area and let the opponent

They also rely on the personal abilities of their forwards to attack.

Li Mo and Vardy may not get much midfield support, but neither do the opposing forwards.

After Speed ​​used the counter-attacking tactic to paralyze the opponent's midfield organization and also destroyed his own team's organization, it depends on whether Li Mo can create opportunities.

At least Li Mo's personal ability far exceeds that of the Rangers' forwards. When the time comes, it will be a matter of battle to see who scores first.

The tactical idea is very clear, and Li Mo is already used to this kind of pressure.

By 7:40 pm, players from both sides were already gearing up and standing in the tunnel.

Rangers' home court can only accommodate more than 20,000 people, which is far less crowded than Sheffield United's home court. However, Rangers' results this season have been very good, and the atmosphere created by the home fans is very hot, which has made many Sheffield United players feel it.

pressure.

After the players from both sides followed the referee out of the tunnel, a mountain of boos rang out at Loftus Road.

The more than a thousand Sheffield United fans who traveled with the team to the away game were like small boats submerged by the waves, unable to make any sound.

After the captains of both sides chose sides, the game officially started at 7:45!

In this round of the focus of the British Championship, many reporters and media were present. Everyone wanted to see a wonderful offensive and defensive battle and see the collision between Li Mo and the Rangers' defensive system.

But as soon as the game started, the two sides started an extremely fierce battle in the midfield, and the forwards on both sides rarely even got the ball.

This surprised many reporters.

Rangers' offense was mostly initiated by Tarabutt and Routledge, and Speed ​​played an obvious role in the Rangers midfield tactics.

Matthew Lowton is staring closely at Taarabut, and Stephen Quinn on the side is always ready to double-team him. On the other side, Routledge is very fast, but Matt Ritchie can barely keep up with him, and behind him

Andy Taylor is also always ready to help defend.

Even Drinkwater dropped back to help Montgomery sweep the midfield after the start, completely assuming that if I don't organize the midfield, you can't organize it either.

In an important game like this, few teams would open up and attack aggressively. Although Speed's approach exceeded people's expectations, he did nothing wrong.

Li Mo and Vardy are also willing to make sacrifices for the team's overall tactics. They are also returning to defense, and at the same time, they must be ready to go forward and counterattack at any time.

In the first ten minutes, almost all the midfield and frontcourt forces of both sides fell into this strangulation tactic. In the 12th minute, Rangers' Routledge found a chance to get rid of Matt Ritchie and Andy Taylor's stick.

Be careful, the first time you hit the bottom is successful.

However, Maguire was very close to Rangers center Helgussen and did not give him a chance to jump for the top. He struggled to push Routledge's cross out of the penalty area.

Drinkwater, who received the ball from the outside, did not hesitate. He turned around with the ball and directly sent a long pass. At this time, Li Mo had retreated to the top of the arc in the midfield circle of the Rangers half, bringing out a Rangers defense.

players.

He jumped high to meet Drinkwater's long pass, shook his head and pushed the ball backwards.

Vardy jumped out like an arrow from a string, instantly passed the Rangers' first line of defense in the half, and ran towards the football!

The Rangers' defensive players in the midfield had no time to intercept and had to fight back to catch up. However, as soon as Vardy moved at a high speed, few players could catch up.

However, when faced with the two veteran central defenders who were behind the Rangers, Vardy still seemed a little inexperienced. After passing one central defender, he reluctantly took off under the interference of another central defender who was closely following and defending. The football was blocked.

The focused Rangers goalkeeper made the save from the bottom line.

Both sides completed a threatening attack after the start. Li Mo patted the back of Vardy's head, who looked a little annoyed, and entered the Rangers' penalty area with his teammates, preparing to fight for the corner kick.

The game has just started and there are still many opportunities. Li Mo is very patient.

Even if he still needs to retreat to play the ball, as long as he is given a chance in the Rangers penalty area, he will let the Rangers' defensive players see the value of being the top scorer in the British Championship!

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