Medel was lying in ambush outside the penalty area, always ready for a kick.

There are two tricks to break the dense defense, long-range shots and ball-fighting, but when it comes to fighting, Sheffield United will really struggle to attack.

Counter-attacking and defending are two completely different tactics. Even though Blackburn just have one more midfielder, after unifying their tactical thinking, even if the players are average, it is still difficult to defend.

Li Mo and Berbatov were almost squeezed into meat sandwich buns in Blackburn's penalty area. Medel from the outside hit the goal with a heavy kick, which also stifled Blackburn's midfielder and knocked them to the ground.

Fell to the ground.

Although I don’t know whether the opponent was really hurt by the kick or was just playing a trick, but at least the game was delayed for another two or three minutes.

This made Medel very depressed, and he didn't know whether he should take action again.

Blackburn's players obviously want to seize every opportunity to stall for time. Sheffield United will definitely not do that and are much more cautious in attack.

When Li Mo saw this scene, he suddenly thought of his teammate he had not met yet, Moussa Dembélé, who is currently helping Fulham compete for Europa League qualification.

As a midfielder that Speed ​​has introduced to supplement the team's ball-holding point, if Dembele is on the court now, he can use his ball-holding ability to help Sheffield United try to tear apart Blackburn's defense.

Don't underestimate Dembele. Although according to the process of his previous life, he did not win any heavyweight championship after moving to Tottenham, his performance has been recognized by major coaches in the Premier League.

Dembele's performance at Fulham this season has been very impressive. His ability to dribble and control the ball is very strong. He also performed well on the defensive end, otherwise Speed ​​would not have broken the team.

A record transfer fee was paid to bring him in.

Unfortunately, Dembélé was still at Fulham at this time, and Li Mo could only think about it.

None of Sheffield United's current midfielders are explosive players. The midfield combination they form together is very strong, but in terms of individual skills, they are not the type that can tear apart the opponent's defense.

Bertrand and Trippier's skills are pretty good, but it's impossible for them to run directly to the frontcourt to hold the ball. Li Mo thought about it and realized that he was the only one who was most confident of holding the ball.

Brother Xiaosha’s technical skills are still there, but it’s unrealistic if you ask him to keep taking the ball and dribbling to attack the defense. After all, his physical fitness and speed don’t support it.

Li Mo originally wanted to eat cakes in the penalty area, but now that he really had no chance, he took the initiative to withdraw.

Even if the opponent engages in intensive defense, they have to break out if they don't want to. With him holding the ball outside, he can at least tie up Blackburn's defense and give other teammates more opportunities.

Speed ​​was helpless when he saw Li Mo pulling out of the penalty area.

This was originally taken into consideration when buying players in the winter window. In order to prevent Li Mo from retreating and holding the ball, Speed ​​made up his mind and spent more than 10 million pounds to bring in Dembele.

But although Fulham were tempted at the time, they refused to let Dembele go in the winter window. Sheffield United ultimately had no choice but to rent Dembele back to Fulham for half a season.

This decision was relatively accepted by everyone at Sheffield United at the time. After all, if they really waited for the summer window to buy someone, Dembele's performance would only be more expensive. But now it seems that Sheffield United has suffered a big loss.

Not to mention that Dembele can liberate Li Mo and let Li Mo focus more on the offensive end. In terms of the depth of the midfield bench, Dembele failed to report to Sheffield United in time, so let Sheffield United

Scored many fewer points in the second half of the league.

If there had been Dembélé in the original rotation, maybe we wouldn't have lost points against those mid-to-lower teams.

It's a pity that now Speed ​​can only think about it. Breaking the dense defense can only rely on Li Mo's personal ability.

After all, the best dribblers in the team right now are Li Mo, Bertrand and Berbatov.

But Bertrand is limited by his position, and Berbatov is limited by his speed and physical fitness, so Li Mo can only take on more responsibilities.

The situation on the field once again favored Sheffield United as Li Mo retreated, although Li Mo could not move around in a narrow space like Messi.

But relying on his strong ability to protect the ball, Li Mo still created many opportunities for other teammates in front of the penalty area.

After all, after Li Mo withdrew, Blackburn's players had to keep one or two defenders, so the free defensive position was quite a gap.

Berbatov can also contain many defenders in the penalty area. Matt Ritchie and the forward Medel can find space to shoot even if they take advantage of the loopholes.

It’s just that the shooting skills of the two of them are really not their strong point, and their several kicks did not threaten the goal guarded by Robinson. Watching Vardy anxiously scratching his head and head, he simply wished he could go on the field and take those few kicks.

However, Speed ​​still made no move to substitute. No matter how anxious Vardy was, he could only sit on the bench honestly.

After Li Mo opened up the situation a little, he also tried a few long-range shots of his own.

His heavy bombardment is now famous in the Premier League, but Blackburn's players really dared to block it. Of course, they immediately fell to the ground after blocking it.

This time Li Mo was able to confirm that they were not faking it. He had used 100% of his strength in these long-range shots. It would be abnormal if the Blackburn players could block it without frowning.

The game time was consumed by Blackburn's medical examination. In the end, Speed ​​even asked other Sheffield United players to pull away and let Li Mo take the shot himself.

Only Li Mo has this kind of treatment. Of course, Li Mo's scoring ability also deserves unlimited firing rights.

However, a long shot outside the penalty area, with five or six players separated by it, is really difficult to hit the goal.

The Blackburn players didn't even leave a gap. Li Mo's shot either hit the defensive player, or was too focused on the angle and slightly missed the goal range, which made the Sheffield United fans at the scene let out regretful expressions.

cry.

It has to be said that Blackburn's tenacity at the last moment allowed fans to see how obsessed the relegation team is with staying in the Premier League.

Perhaps Blackburn's players also know that once they fall into the Championship, it will be extremely difficult to climb back up. Unless they transfer to another team in the Premier League, it will be particularly difficult to continue playing in the top league.

So throughout the second half, they worked hard to withstand Sheffield United's attacks one after another.

Even if it's just to keep a few goal differences.

This is the tragedy of small teams. Sheffield United used to be like this. In the Premier League, the players would give everything to fight for one point and a few goal differences.

Fortunately, Sheffield United has really risen now. At least for a long time, Sheffield United fans don't have to worry about the team's relegation. Now they only need to enjoy the happiness that the game brings them.

Just like at this moment, what they regret is that Li Mo failed to score another goal.

Blackburn fans, on the other hand, are saddened that the team is gradually slipping into the abyss of relegation, but there is nothing they can do.

When the game reached the 82nd minute, Blackburn took off its only forward Jakub and put on a central defender to make the final resistance.

Sheffield United also had no worries, and the whole team pressed forward. In the 88th minute, Li Mo even used a corner kick to almost score again.

Unfortunately, he pushed the football against the goal post, and was hugged tightly by the frightened Robinson. Li Mo was also annoyed, holding his head and feeling very depressed.

But there was nothing he could do. The ball was coming from behind, and there were people in front of him. He could only try to head the ball into the far corner to see if he could bypass Robinson's defense.

Unexpectedly, he went around and around, but in the end he was rejected by Blackburn's home goal post. He was only one goal post away from tying Ronaldo's record!

"Oh! It was just a little bit close. This was the closest Li Mo came to scoring a goal in the second half! The ball was actually blocked by the goal post. What a pity, what a pity!"

Zhan Jun also held his head in the studio and said two regrets in a row.

When Zhang Lu watched the football go around Robinson, he almost jumped up to celebrate, but in the end the football hit the goal post, and the angry coach Zhang also slapped the table.

This can be regarded as a commentary accident, but the fans watching the game also made exactly the same actions as Zhang Lu.

Some people were taking pictures of the table, some were taking pictures of the chair armrests, and some were taking pictures of the sofa, so no one thought there was anything wrong with the sound coming from the speakers.

Even those who reacted just thought that Director Zhang was really serious, because this ball was really irritating.

Even if it slides out of the goal, it would be too dramatic to hit the goal post.

After this goal, Blackburn's defensive players also kept an even closer eye on Li Mo. They had relaxed a little just now and almost scored the third goal by Li Mo, but they did not dare to slack off any more.

There was not much game time left at this moment, and every minute that passed strengthened the Blackburn players' determination to hold on to the score.

Li Mo finally understood why these relegation teams could always force many powerful teams into the water at the end of the season.

With such hard work, if Blackburn had defended from the beginning, they might have been able to hold on to a draw today.

The team's strength gap is indeed an objective factor that cannot be erased, but correct tactics and a hard-working spirit can narrow this gap.

Thinking about Wigan Athletic, which defeated Manchester United and Arsenal some time ago, it is not difficult to understand why Blackburn were able to perform at a defensive level in the second half.

At the last moment of the season, the four or five relegation teams have begun their final struggle. It is no wonder that the strong teams would rather play against the mid-range teams than the relegation teams in the end.

Until now, both Manchester United and Arsenal are still being ridiculed by fans of other teams. It is really embarrassing to lose to Wigan Athletic. Although Sheffield United did not play well enough in the second half today, they at least won 2-0.

The final score of the game was maintained at 2-0. Blackburn maintained their goal difference. Compared with Wigan Athletic, which had not yet started, their goal difference was one more, and there was still a small amount left.

"Advantage".

The Sheffield United players were not very happy after winning. Winning this game was only the most basic requirement. It did not help Li Mo score more goals, which made Maguire and others feel a little embarrassed.

Da Tou is an honest man, and what he thinks in his heart is basically shown on his face. How could Li Mo not see it?

In the end, it was Li Mo who personally solved the knots of several teammates. There are still three games left. Even if his condition is not good, it is no problem to score a goal, let alone his current condition is still very good.

Although Liverpool is said to be playing in the next round, Sheffield United is at home and has a good chance of winning, and Li Mo has many chances to score goals.

After the game against Blackburn Rovers, the Sheffield United team rushed back to Sheffield by car in the afternoon.

The last few league games are basically one game a week, and Speed ​​is willing to give the players a holiday.

There is almost a week of preparation time before the game against Liverpool, which is enough.

On the day of the holiday, Li Mo received a call from Park Ji-sung. When Park Ji-sung explained his intention, Li Mo was also very surprised.

"Charity match?"

It turns out that Park Ji-sung has planned to leave Manchester United after the end of this season. During the summer offseason, he plans to invite some of his old teammates at Manchester United and other friends to play a charity match.

The Manchester United club would naturally not let go of such a promotional opportunity in Asia, and readily agreed to give Park Ji-sung a decent farewell ceremony.

According to Li Mo's opinion, this kind of competition is usually attended by famous retired football stars, or Park Ji-sung's friends for many years.

Although he and Park Ji-sung usually communicate very well and often meet up for dinner or something, but they are not suitable for showing up in this kind of competition, right?

"You are now the face of Asian football. If you can invite you, it will give me the capital to brag in front of my old friends. Haha, don't doubt it, this is a formal invitation."

Park Ji-sung's words dispelled Li Mo's worries.
To be continued...