Chapter 72 Massacre (Part 1)

Looking at the scene in the back garden of the villa, John Stones' young mind was greatly shocked at this moment.

Even though he had heard countless stories about Li Mo in the Sheffield United youth training camp these days.

But he listened to them all as false rumors. How can anyone still have the physical fitness to continue training after completing the coach's training tasks?

Even if it’s more training, is it still strength training? I, Stones, also grew up in a scientific era. I don’t believe such unscientific things!

In the back garden, after Li Mojia finished practicing the last set of squats, he saw the smelly kid Stones standing at the door and looking here blankly.

"What's the matter, is something wrong John?"

"Ah? No, it's okay. Oh, by the way, it's time to eat!"

"Okay, I'll rest for a while and then go to the living room. You can eat first."

Li Mo organized the equipment and covered them one by one with a tarpaulin.

The weather in England is so rainy in winter that your equipment will get wet if you are not careful.

Stones looked at Li Mo's skillful movements. It was obvious that Li Mo often competed with these strength equipment in the back garden.

Thinking about those "terrible" rumors, Stones shook his head and trotted back to the living room.

"This unlucky kid didn't even say he was here to help or anything."

Li Mo muttered. After cleaning up, he went upstairs to rest for a while and then took a shower.

The rest days between games were too short, and he did not dare to practice too much, focusing on maintaining his condition.

Fortunately, the next league game is an away game against Preston, who are ranked second from the bottom. It is not very difficult. It is estimated that many Sheffield United players will have to rotate again.

However, Li Mo will still start, and Speed ​​has informed him in advance.

Let him try his best to resolve the battle in the first half, so that he can replace a few more main players in the second half and take a rest.

After Li Mo took a shower, he was still thinking about the competition when he heard a few people shouting downstairs.

When he went downstairs, he saw Maguire and the others surrounding Stones, celebrating something unknown.

"Li Mo, John will report to the club's U18 echelon tomorrow."

Maguire said to Li Mo with some pride.

Li Mo was a little surprised: "Is it so fast? John has only been in the club for a few days."

Brother Drinking Water interjected: "I have heard that the youth training director made the decision himself, saying that Little John is likely to be able to be promoted to the first team when he is around 18 years old, and now we need to give him higher-level competition training opportunities.

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"18 years old? I thought Little John could also enter the first team at the age of 17, like Li Mo and Harry."

Vardy's words caused the smile on Stones' face to freeze, and both Li Mo and Maguire coughed twice.

Well, this is not to say that Stones' technical level is not good enough. People's physical qualities cannot be generalized.

The physical fitness of Li Mo and Maguire is so good. This is purely a gift from God. Stones still needs to stay up for another year or two to improve his body's resistance. There is no rush.

Moreover, there are a few players who can play in the Premier League and the British Championship at the age of 18. After all, Li Mo and Maguire are still in the minority.

But looking at the awkward smile on the bratty kid's face, Li Mo and Maguire also knew that they were poking a sore spot on him.

Who isn’t a genius anymore?

Stones' reputation at Barnsley was almost the same as Maguire's before, but now that his friend has entered the professional league, he can only play in youth team games. This psychological gap is quite big.

Li Mo changed the topic at the right time. Didn't Brother Drinking Water buy a car some time ago? Now he is the only "car owner" among everyone.

Under the "enthusiastic suggestions" of several people, Brother Drinkwater bought a BMW SUV. The brand and appearance were secondary. The most important thing was that the car was big enough to seat five people at once.

From then on, everyone gave up riding bicycles and started driving to the club instead.

Vardy and Matt Ritchie are also a little jealous, but their current contracts do not allow them to spend money lavishly. They can only consider buying a car after renewing their contract with the club and increasing their salary.

However, while chatting, several people forgot about the smelly kid Stones.

Stones looked at the ceiling. He was hit one after another today. He has no role to play in riding a car in the future. Okay, you still have five bicycles anyway. I ride them every day, which is pretty cool.

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On the morning of April 16, Drinkwater carefully drove his new car to the club.

Just as all the teammates were looking at this strange BMW curiously, five people got out of the car.

This made everyone dumbfounded.

Good guy, if there was a car accident, Sheffield United's central axis and the main offensive force on the left wing would be gone, and the club would cry to death.

But it's much better than before. In the past, these five people came to the club on bicycles, which is an interesting anecdote about Sheffield United.

After joking for a while, the Sheffield United players slowly walked towards the club canteen.

As before, after the pre-match meal and tactical meeting, the players and coaches rested in the club.

At noon, everyone got on the bus and set off for Preston.

It's the fifth to last round of the game. It would be a lie to say that I'm not nervous, but the Sheffield United players are used to this kind of pressure.

Calm your mind, rest when you need to, listen to music when you need to, and follow the steps step by step. As long as you win this game, you can relax and have about a week of rest.

The game starts at three o'clock in the afternoon, which is a good time. Although it is not as good as starting at four or five o'clock, it is still better than playing the game at seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

Today Speed ​​arranged a 352 formation.

Li Mo and Chide played together as a long-lost partner, Jamie Ward also got a rare starting position, playing as an attacking midfielder, and Stephen Quinn was able to rest.

The defensive midfielder is still Montgomery Gadlinkvoit, with Matt Ritchie on the left and Matthew Lowton on the right.

However, the three central defenders are Maguire and two substitutes. Chris Morgan and Nosworthy went to the away game with the team today, but did not start the game.

Facing the second-last team in the league, Speed ​​chose to rest several veterans, but in order to deal with Preston's counterattack, he still played two main midfielders to consolidate the defense in the midfield.

The attack in the frontcourt still uses Li Mo as the arrow. Today, the two wingers will cross and bomb Preston.

This bottom team has conceded 70 goals this season, and their defense of high-altitude balls is a mess. Li Mo and Ched Evans can kill them even if they hit half of the field with headers.

After the game started, Sheffield United took the ball in just two minutes.

Drinkwater simply sent the ball to the two wings. The impact speed of Matt Ritchie and Matthew Lowton faced Preston's wing defense, which was simply a dimensionality reduction blow.

Often with a simple one-two, you can dribble the ball directly to the bottom.

Less than ten minutes into the game, Sheffield United began to beat up Preston, and they didn't use any fancy offensive routines. Hey, they took advantage of your weakness in air defense.

In the 13th minute of the first half, Li Mo grabbed the lead and scored with a header.

It was purely a combination of speed and strength. The goal was scored too easily, and Li Mo's celebration was very peaceful.

As a result, only six minutes later, Li Mo headed the ball again, causing the Preston goalkeeper to make a save, and Chidege cleverly scored the goal.

In the first twenty minutes or so, Sheffield United took a 2-0 lead.

Speed ​​and the assistant coach clapped their hands and celebrated on the court. It seemed that the game was stable.

But they never expected that in the 32nd minute of the first half, Brother Chide defeated the opponent's defender in the penalty area and scored with a header.

When Li Mo saw the ball, he was a little stunned. Did Brother Chide take Dali Pill and transform?

After thinking about it, I might as well forget about Sanjiang’s speech and wait until it’s on the shelves before posting my speech. I racked my brains and couldn’t come up with a reason, ugh.

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