1.050 Europa League first experience

No matter how well Li Chengfeng envisioned it, the game still had to be played one game at a time. Sheffield Wednesday's next game is the first qualifying round of the Europa League, and Sheffield Wednesday's home game is against a team from Greece that Lee is not familiar with, but he believes he will be able to win.

Away side Sardina tried to pull back a draw at Sheffield with a stubborn defence, but how could Lee Chengfeng let them get his wish, he devised a strong attacking strategy before the game to kill all the suspense in the first leg and even the first half, for which he also sent Juanfran as the starting right-back to play his attacking talent.

Lee's strategy paid off, and Satin was powerless in the face of Sheffield's three-dimensional offensive. Generally, a weaker team needs several conditions if it wants to hold the score in the strong attack of the opponent. One is to require the individual strength of the defensive players not to be too bad, which Sardinning can't do, their ability is not as good as the relegation team in the Premier League.

Then the opponent needs to play badly, this Li Chengfeng is not worried, Sheffield Wednesday's young people have the opportunity to participate in this kind of European competition for the first time, they are all holding back a force to perform well, Li Chengfeng is only worried that they care too much about their own play and ignore the tactics, but seeing the rotation of Modric conscientiously combing the team's midfield, he is also relieved. Luka Modric is a selfless midfielder, a good team brain, and he doesn't have a hot brain.

Finally, the opponent needs not to disrupt their overall defence, which Sheffield Wednesday will not lack, Ribery's wide cut and shot, Guarin's long-range shot and free kick, Lennon's breakthrough, Bent's rush are all techniques that can make the defense collapse in an instant, and Sardine can only pray that Sheffield Wednesday's players will collectively short-circuit.

Sheffield Wednesday's collective short-circuit was too unlikely, and it was no surprise that Sardina were two goals down in the first half. The goal was Ribery's inward cut, and he took a close corner to find the goalkeeper's corner, and then Guarin was 30 yards out with a sudden cold arrow that broke the Sardinian goalkeeper's ten fingers.

In the second half, Lee Seung-bong replaced Ribery, Luka Modric and Lennon, and he had to retain his strength to deal with the next league game. This game is over, the opponent can't make any waves at Sheffield Wednesday's home stadium, this is not a grade of competition, Li Chengfeng does not want to waste too much energy. Sheffield Wednesday's foundation is too thin, there is only one set of main lineups that can be handled, and a season is very long, Li Chengfeng needs to give more rest to the main players.

Sheffield Wednesday comfortably beat Greece's Sardinia 2-0 in the first leg at home, and the second leg is not until Thursday 29 September, with 14 days to go, Lee Seungfeng did not think the opposition could pose a threat to Sheffield Wednesday at home, and he turned his focus back to the league.

The next three games are against underdogs, two of whom are promoted from the same side as Sheffield Wednesday, and West Bromwich Albion are also relegated every year. In these games, Li Chengfeng sent Modric as a midfield dispatcher, ready to take the initiative to attack and win the opponent.

The opponent also thinks so, every point on the road to relegation is very important, and more importantly, it is more important to score points on the relegation opponent, which can not only increase points, but also hit the opponent, which is really a double thing, so the two sides invariably played very open.

But the team configuration of these weak teams is really not on the table, although the main lineup of the Sheffield Wednesday team is not as good as the giants, but it is still a lot better than these relegation teams, especially the configuration of the midfield, which is also the middle and upper grade of the Premier League, and there are superstars like Ribery in the team who can also gain a firm foothold in the giants, and it is not surprising to beat these relegation teams that do not know the height of the sky.

2:0, 1:0, 2:0, Sheffield Wednesday ushered in three consecutive wins in the league, and the team also rose to third in the ranking, behind Chelsea with eight consecutive wins and Manchester United with five wins, two draws and one loss. In the middle, they also won again against Sardinia in the second leg of the away League Cup qualification.

In this Europa League game, Li Chengfeng rotated some of the main players, Ribery, Lennon and Bent did not play, Bentley and Adebayo ushered in the first start of the season, Ederson and Modric also played together for the first time, only the back line remained intact, and the goalkeeper position also sent a young player Schmeichel, his recent training form is very good, this is the reward given to him by Li Chengfeng, and Li Chengfeng promised that he will start all domestic cup matches this season, no matter how far the team plays, Even if he makes it to the final, he will be the starter. This is the team's future main goalkeeper, and Li Chengfeng will not fail to give him the opportunity to exercise.

In the face of a Premier League-level defence, Sardin's forward still couldn't find a chance to find the back of the net, and instead was breached by Sheffield Wednesday's counter-attack. Bam Adebayo received a pass from Bentley and squeezed open space with his body to shoot. It was the only goal of the game as Sheffield Wednesday progressed to the group stage of the Europa League with a 3-0 aggregate score over two legs.

Joining Sheffield Wednesday in the group stage were England side Bolton, who knocked out Bulgaria's Lokomotiv Kpvdi 4-2 on aggregate. Everton, on the other hand, beat Romania's Dynamo Bucharest 1-0 at home, but were still eliminated by the opponent with an aggregate score of 2:5.

The international break is after the West Ham United fixture, with a two-week break in the Premier League, but the next game is Sheffield Wednesday at home to Manchester United, which will be another tough test. But whatever, now Li Chengfeng just wants to seize the time to relax himself, and he has a lot of things to deal with in the domestic real world.

Of course, he hasn't forgotten about the Europa League group stage draw. On 4 October, he also appeared at UEFA headquarters to watch the draw ceremony. Of course, Li Chengfeng will not let go of the opportunity to travel at public expense, and he can justifiably stay away from the team and work, what a good opportunity.

Lee watched as teams were drawn from Sheffield Wednesday to Group D, along with Switzerland's Grasshoppers, Netherlands' AZ Alkmaar, Ukraine's Dinipro, and Bulgaria's Litex. Li Chengfeng has only heard the name of AZ Alkmaar of these teams, and it seems that they have always been a strong team in the Eredivisie, and their strength should not be underestimated. However, the other teams Li Chengfeng did not pay much attention, as long as he took it seriously on the court, Li Chengfeng believed that there was no problem for the Sheffield Wednesday team to qualify from the group, you must know that there are three places in each group. Of course, it would be better to qualify as the number one, and the opponent would be weaker.

Li Chengfeng had a good time in Switzerland before returning to Sheffield, preparing for the next big game with Manchester United, which will be a difficult battle, Li Chengfeng does not expect anything, even at home, even if he won three consecutive victories, he still put on a posture of full defense, and the position of the forward midfielder also sent Ederson, who is more suitable for counterattacking.

In recent years, Manchester United is in the throes of transformation, and its strength has been greatly damaged. However, Ferguson also took a detour in the transformation, after he saw Arsenal's sexy football, he also wanted to take the route of continentalization, so he bought the "White Wizard" Veron as the core of the midfield. But Veron's failure to adapt to the local conditions, coupled with the team's English-minded hard-guy local players who could not adapt to continental-style football, Ferguson's reforms failed. Ferguson, who recognized the reality, sent away the White Wizard and wanted to return to the traditional 4-4-2 style of play on both wings in England, only to find that there was no longer a golden right wing Beckham in the squad, and he sent Beckham to Spain. To add insult to injury, their CEO was also poached by Chelsea, and by the way, Robben and Essien, who were close to negotiating transfers, were replaced by third-rate goods such as Berriand, Jemba, and Miller, which made Manchester United's plan for a replacement in advance also failed.

In short, Manchester United have been unhappy during this period of time, and it is only this season that they have begun to recover some vitality, but they are still far from before. Now Roy Keane is also old and can't play, Scholes can't continue to play because of injury, Ronaldo hasn't completed his transformation, just a stunned young man who can pedal a bicycle, and those new players are embarrassed and can't support Manchester United's midfield, it can be said that this period is the weakest time for Manchester United, although it is still stronger than Sheffield Wednesday.

The course of the game illustrates this as well, with their midfield even being suppressed by Sheffield Wednesday's youngsters. Toure tirelessly ran back and forth between the two penalty areas to disrupt United's midfield, with neither Fletcher nor Park Ji-sung being able to stop, and even the veteran Ryan Giggs being blown up by the opposing Franck Ribery. If it weren't for Eddie Lander, who often short-circuited, there were rare no mistakes in this game, and goalkeeper Van der Sar showed great courage, I am afraid that he would be plugged by Sheffield Wednesday's counterattack.

Manchester United only Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney can rely on their individual ability to bring a threat to the Sheffield Wednesday team, but they lack midfield support and they have nothing to gain under the cooperation of Sheffield Wednesday defensive players.

The final score of the match was 0:0 and the two sides exchanged a scoreless sheet. Both sides got good chances on the pitch, but they were all defused by the excellent performance of the defenders and goalkeepers, and both sides played more conservatively in the second half, Manchester United were worried that Sheffield Wednesday's counter-attack was too sharp, and Lee Seungfeng was also worried about the individual ability of Ronaldo and Rooney, and the final draw was acceptable to all.