Chapter 158 Focus Battle

Li Mo was listed as "unwelcome person in Naples" by the Naples Fans Association, which had little impact on Li Mo.

He didn't care about it at all.

As for offending the king of football Maradona,

it's okay to offend him, anyway, Maradona has offended a lot of people, not just one.

Li Mo received a call from Jussi Buscemi shortly after returning to London.

"To celebrate your win, let's celebrate?"

Jussi suggested.

"Celebrate? Where to celebrate?"

"At your house."

Li Mo's expression changed slightly.

Are you celebrating?

You are just greedy for my body.

This celebration was indeed quite intense.

Li Mo felt tired with his physical strength.

But the next day, Li Mo went to training again with vigor and vitality.

After all, he was 18 years old.

Physical strength is good.

The next round of the Champions League will be in a month.

So after the end of the fifth round of group matches, Arsenal can get a period of respite.

But before that, they still need to face tests.

On the third day after returning from Italy, the team challenged Everton at Goodison Park.

This was the twelfth round of the league.

In the end, the team was tied 0-0 by Everton away.

Li Mo's many attempts to attack were all resolved by Everton's goalkeeper, and Arsenal had no choice but to accept a draw.

After the draw, Li Mo returned to his residence depressed and found that Zhu Xi was waiting for him at the door.

"What are you doing here?"

Li Mo was a little surprised.

"Didn't you tie the game? I came to comfort you."

"How to comfort you?"

The comfort was quite in place.

However, this goal needs to be celebrated, and the loss of points needs to be comforted.

Even the strongest bull can't bear it.

Li Mo panted and thought.

Was I tricked by this woman?

Just thinking about it.

2D tightened.

WTF? !

The away draw was a small blow to Arsenal's morale.

Fortunately, the team still ranks first.

After 12 rounds of the league, Arsenal has 9 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, with 29 points, ranking first in the league.

Liverpool ranks second with 27 points, followed by Chelsea with 24 points and Manchester City with 22 points.

Manchester United seems to be in better shape, with 21 points, ranking fifth in the league, just behind Manchester City.

Arsenal's next opponent is Manchester United.

In the 13th round of the league, Arsenal will go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United away. This game is very critical for Manchester United - if they can beat Arsenal, they are likely to start from this point and enter the top four, or even approach the top of the list.

Moyes has led Manchester United to score points efficiently during this period, so many local media in Manchester are shouting that Ferguson has a good eye for talent, and Moyes will definitely lead Manchester United on the right track after the "short-term turmoil" at the beginning of the season.

However, this game will be in a week.

Arsenal has a week to make adjustments.

This allows Arsenal's main players to be more or less adjusted.

Of course.

The same is true for their opponent Manchester United.

After returning from Liverpool, the entire Arsenal team began to prepare for the game against Manchester United.

Although Manchester United is now ranked fifth, eight points behind Arsenal, it seems that the gap is quite large.

But they are Manchester United after all, and Ferguson has just retired, and the tiger's power is still there.

Manchester United's recent performance is also quite in line with expectations - even if Manchester United is in Moyes' hands, it will not fall out of the top four, right?

Therefore, these days the team has formulated more intensive training for Manchester United, defensive tactics, offensive tactics, set-piece tactics, etc., especially focusing on the routine of connecting the center forward from the wing.

Wenger still attaches great importance to Manchester United.

After all, they are old opponents.

During this period, Li Mo focused on training his [Dribbling Skills].

Mainly to integrate [Neymar Dribbling Technology Module] as soon as possible.

He found that it was still difficult for a big man like him to become a dribbling master.

More than three months have passed.

His integration progress was stuck at 79%, and it was a bit difficult to continue to improve.

However, Li Mo also found that the integration of [Neymar Dribbling Technology Module] has greatly improved his ball sense, body flexibility, and sense of balance.

In addition to skills, dribbling also requires ball sense, flexibility, and balance.

For example, Messi's dribbling actually has relatively few pure technical aspects. Messi is different from Neymar. Neymar grew up in the environment of Brazilian football, so his football has many deliberate showmanship elements - who makes Brazilian fans like to watch this?

Messi, on the other hand, has grown into a superstar from La Masia, the top youth training academy in Europe.

Although he has passed many people, his playing style is still very "European". He does not have many showmanship elements. Even if he passes people, he uses rhythm and step frequency to use whichever method is the simplest and most direct.

There will definitely not be much dragging and dragging.

Li Mo also found that if he deliberately imitated the dribbling skills of dribbling masters like Neymar, it was actually not suitable for him.

Height, center of gravity, step frequency, etc. are not compatible.

"The best one is the one that suits you best" Li Mo thought.

He began to sit down and think about it, abandoning some of the ostentatious elements among the many gorgeous techniques, and integrating some simple and practical things.

When he opened his eyes again, he found that the integration progress of the [Neymar Dribbling Skills Module] had exceeded 80%, reaching 83%!

A huge increase all of a sudden? !

Li Mo was stunned for a moment.

Then I remembered a martial arts term: enlightenment!

"It seems that practicing hard is not necessarily good. Only what suits you is good."

Li Mo stood up.

He knew he might never be the best dribbler he could be.

But after having this realization, he no longer cared too much about this.

Any skills are for the competition.

Colney training ground.

Goalkeeper Szczesny was lying on the ground. He did not look at the football in the goal behind him, but turned his head and looked outside the penalty area.

The others acted the same way as him - they all twisted their necks and looked at Li Mo, the man who had just scored.

The expressions on their faces were also highly unified. Their mouths were open, their eyes were staring, and their necks were stretched out, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Even assistant coach Bald, who served as the temporary referee, looked shocked.

I even forgot to blow the whistle.

On the sidelines.

The members of the coaching staff also stared at this scene.

a long time.

Fitness coach Bugs reacted: "Am I not dazzled just now?!"

His reminder caused other coaches to react.

"Continuous passing?! Is this an operation that Li Mo can complete?!"

"It's so beautiful. He pierces the crotch, spikes the ball, pulls the ball, turns around and flicks the ball with the outside of his foot, and then drives the ball into the penalty area. If you hadn't said it was Li Mo, I would have thought it was Messi."

"How many have passed?!"

"It should be 4!"

"Oh, God"

The coaches marveled.

"Is this...luck?!"

Someone raised doubts.

"It should be luck"

"But he passed four, four!!"

"This at least proves that he has a good feel for the ball."

Amid the discussion, Wenger also looked surprised.

Of course he could see that the feeling under Li Mo's feet was much softer.

Although before this, Li Mo's basic skills were also good.

But his moves still look relatively mechanical, the kind of stereotyped movements that look like textbooks.

This set of actions coupled with Li Mo's shooting skills, running skills, and physical confrontation ability are certainly enough.

But if it is used to pass people, especially if dribbling is used as a conventional offensive weapon, it is definitely not enough.

After being surprised, Wenger had a smile on his face.

He felt like he was making too much of a fuss.

This is Li Mo

What if it was discovered that day that he could no longer progress.

That's surprising enough.

Arsenal's players also reacted.

Everyone gathered around.

"Is this an action done by Li?"

"Damn, you're so cool!"

"Awesome!"

Amidst the praise.

Arteta, Xhaka, Koscielny and Mertesacker were all defending themselves.

"I was careless."

"Yes, I didn't expect Li Mo to suddenly choose someone else."

"I'm guarding him against penetration."

While they were explaining, Kaka touched his chin and suddenly laughed: "Brothers, since you guys didn't think of it, what about Manchester United?!"

Suddenly.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

"Yes. Li, try again and see your extraordinary skills."

"I can't believe it. What kind of work can a big man like you do at your feet?"

Training continues.

However, with Arsenal's defensive players specifically guarding his dribble, it wouldn't be a big problem for Li Mo to pass one, but it would be difficult to make consecutive dribbles.

But it was enough to surprise Arsenal's players and coaches.

Li Mo has such good footwork, even if he can only dodge a certain amount of space, it's enough - his range is very long! !

Li Mo was also very happy.

He found that his "epiphany" that day was indeed effective.

After these days of training, his feet feel better and better.

With the combination of rhythm and footwork, even if his center of gravity is relatively high, he can use dribbling at his feet to create space - football is a game that uses space, whether it is running, passing, or dribbling. They all serve to create space.

The point is, dribbling past people does give people a sense of accomplishment.

Li Mo was quite happy with it.

In the 13th round of the league, this match between Manchester United and Arsenal at home is undoubtedly the focus of this round.

Manchester United is currently ranked fifth in the league, which makes many Manchester United fans and celebrities feel shameless.

But Manchester United is now eight points behind the top of the table, which is not a gap that cannot be caught up.

So on these days.

Manchester United legends have expressed their opinions in the media.

"This is a key battle for Manchester United to completely reverse the decline at the start of the season! Win against Arsenal and close the gap with the front. By December, Manchester United will rule the world!"

Paul Scholes, the legendary Manchester United midfielder who retired after last season, said this when he was a commentator on a TV show.

What he said is true

During the Ferguson era.

What Manchester United is best at is widening the gap with other teams in the so-called Christmas Express season in December, or completing the overtake of the top team!

What they are best at is scoring points like crazy in a dense schedule. When other teams are struggling in the face of a dense schedule, Manchester United takes the opportunity to widen the gap with their opponents.

Scholes' words won the full house of Manchester United fans.

"You're right! We're the best at this!"

"We are Manchester United and we always fight back hard!"

"GGMU!"

For a time, Manchester United fans' confidence in their team was also boosted.

only

They forgot the biggest variable: the current Manchester United coach is not Ferguson, but Moyes.

The ingredients are still those ingredients.

But, the chef changed.

In this kitchen at Old Trafford.

Can the new chef Moyes make a good meal?