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Chapter 46 Gao Guizhi is here

The English Championship has entered the most competitive second half.

After Sheffield United won the last game, they are still ranked No.6 in the league, because the first five teams also won.

Queens Park Rangers maintain absolute dominance, so far they have accumulated 56 points, basically locking a place through to the Premier League.

No. 2 Swansea to No. 6 Sheffield United, but only two points behind.

In other words, among the top six teams, the remaining five teams are likely to get another pass-through spot.

And after entering February every year, the strong teams in the British Championship also enter the "rollover season".

The lower-ranked teams will play their lives every game at this time, and the league schedule of the British Championship is also very "crazy".

In addition to the international match day in late March, players who have not been selected for the national team can get more than a week of rest, and in the remaining 18 days, the players in the British Championship will play [-] games!
A game is played almost every four days, and at some point it even lasts a week of double matches.

Speed ​​made a rotation plan for this early on. In fact, this sprint schedule, to put it bluntly, is also a time to fight for the thickness of the lineup.

Compared with the other teams in the top six, Sheffield United does not have much advantage in this aspect. Li Mo's physical fitness will recover quickly and his physical fitness will be good if he can only rotate more. Otherwise, Speed ​​will definitely worry and lose a lot of hair .

But several veterans can only play alternately, such as Chris Morgan and Nosworthy, Speed ​​​​plans to play double central defenders in the future, Maguire will do more, and the two veterans will take turns to partner with him.

The position of the defensive midfielder has always been supported by Montgomery. Because of Stephen Quinn's size, playing a single midfielder is easy to be targeted, and several substitutes are useless.

Fortunately, Drinkwater's defensive ability is good. After playing the main force, he helped Montgomery reduce a lot of defensive burden. The midfield combination of the three of them is not easy to change now.

If Montgomery really can't stand it anymore, Stephen Quinn and Drinkwater can play double midfielders, which means two or three games.

The two wings are fine, Matthew Lorton can be blamed individually, and Matt Ridge is also young. In the near future, there is no problem, but the team doctor's advice must be followed later.

Several young people, if they are unable to sustain themselves after the team doctor's examination, Speed ​​will still rotate. Upgrades are very important, but the health of the players is the first priority for Speed.

Besides, even if they fail to make it to the Premier League in the end, they are not afraid of playing in the play-offs. As long as the final lineup is complete, Speed ​​believes that Sheffield United will win.

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After playing Leicester City, Speed ​​gave the players a full day off as usual. On February [-]th, they resumed training during the day. On the evening of February [-]th, the Sheffield United team took the bus to Ips. Vitch.

The distance between the two teams is more than 300 kilometers, and the game will be played on February [-]th. If you go on the same day, taking the bus will affect the player's state.

The team performed very well during this period, and the club was not stingy. Everything was for the game. On the evening of the [-]th, a hotel was booked in Ipswich Town, allowing the players to have a good night's rest.

Ipswich Town ranks low this season, but they are still far away from the relegation zone, and the score line is also very safe. Before the desperate time, the Sheffield United team is relatively relaxed.

The next morning, the players finished their pre-match meal at the hotel, took a nap at noon, and prepared to go to Portman Road Stadium for scouting.

Li Mo saw an unexpected person after entering the stadium.

Gao Hongbo and Li Mo's uncle Li Lijun stood in the stands and waved to Li Mo.

Li Mo was very surprised and trotted up to the stands.

Director Gao was as thin as Li Mo remembered, with a smile on his face, he stretched out his hand to Li Mo, "Hello, Li Mo, I'm going to visit our country's players in Europe during this period of time. In such a state, I have come to you at the first stop, and I have wanted to meet you a long time ago."

Li Mo naturally held Director Gao's hand, he scratched his head, and said in surprise: "Hi Director Gao, I never thought I would meet you on this occasion, do you want to watch the match today? "

Gao Hongbo nodded, and then patted Li Lijun on the arm, "Speaking of which, I really have to thank Uncle Ni, the national team and Wutai contacted your uncle first, and the Football Association will also keep in touch with your uncle later. You don't have to worry, you just need to play well to enter the national team, and your uncle and I will take care of the rest."

The words are a little reserved, but Li Mo understands the meaning very clearly. Li Mo doesn’t care about the Football Association. Gao Hongbo will deal with it first. His uncle is also in contact with people in the domestic football circle, and he will come forward at that time. , he just needs to play well.

Li Mo nodded. He didn't need to say anything more about this matter. He would just use the goals to talk about it.

Gao Hongbo patted Li Mo on the shoulder, and said: "You should have heard about the current situation of the national team, so I won't say more. We will play the world preliminaries in the second half of the year, so we will play against foreign teams next month. A few warm-up matches to test the team's state and tactics, the training notice should be sent out in late March, and I was the first to put your name in."

After a pause, Gao Hongbo took Li Mo and sat down on the stand.

"But you don't have to worry. I saw the schedule of the British Championship. When the time comes, you can come over and practice with the national team. You can play two half-courts in the warm-up match. I am completely assured of your ability, but you know, there are many domestic players now. Neither has experience in Europe, so you have to feel the rhythm of the warm-up match, Xiaohao and Bowen, Huang Bowen, you know? In this training camp, the two of them are the only two who played overseas besides you. At that time, the three of you might be able to play well together."

Li Mo listened to Director Gao's words. Although he wanted to say something, he held back in the end.

In his opinion, Sun Xiang, Zheng Zhi, Sun Jihai, Shao Jiayi, and Li Weifeng still have a lot of potential. If they can enter the national team to play in the world preliminaries, the national team's chances of winning will be even higher.

Especially a few veteran guards and Zheng Zhi, with them, the national team's backcourt, at least in the past few years, can still be regarded as a first-tier existence in Asia, which is much better than the next few years.

But thinking about the previous life about the high-level football association criticizing the old players, he felt that the high-level director might not have much say in this matter.

Sighing in his heart, and chatting with Director Gao, Li Mo went down to warm up.

Gao Hongbo looked at Li Mo's figure, a gloomy color flashed in his eyes, but then he cheered up again, and asked Li Lijun about Li Mo's work at Sheffield United.

No matter how those people interfere, he is still the head coach of the national team. As long as he is still in office, he will give Li Mo a national team environment without external interference.

This boy is the future of the national team. He is still in the coaching position for a day, and he is provided with convenience and protection for a day.

As for the future, well, let's see when the time comes
(End of this chapter)