1.021 Injury Strike
With just over 60 minutes played, the inevitable stamina problems of the Sheffield United players began to slow down. It was at this point that Sheffield Wednesday broke the ball again and launched a counter-attack. The tired Sheffield United players could not keep up with the pace of the Sheffield Wednesday counter-attack and their goal was conceded again, with Belion shaking off all defenders and shaking off the goalkeeper to smash the ball into the empty net.
The score came to 3:0, and the players of Sheffield United seemed to be deflated, the offensive was not as sharp as before, as if it was just a routine, making the last effort, Li Chengfeng also put his mind at ease, sat in the coach's seat, and watched the players' performances calmly.
However, things don't always go so smoothly, and in the 80th minute of the game, Sheffield United passed the ball into the box, defender Antonini and the opposing striker Leicester fought for a header, and fell to the ground after landing, clutching his thigh and screaming in pain.
What Li Chengfeng was worried about finally happened, Antonini's injury tendency of up to 13 has always been a thorn in his heart, and he doesn't know when it will break out, but he is the core of the defense, which makes Li Chengfeng can only pray that he can have some luck. However, life is not satisfactory, nine times out of ten, Li Chengfeng has long been mentally prepared for this, I just hope that his injury is not serious and he will not miss too many games.
Sheffield Wednesday won the Sheffield derby 3-0, but Antonini's injury diluted the joy and the feedback from the team doctor was unkind. Antonini had a muscle strain, which was quite severe. Usually the recovery period for muscle strains is a few weeks to a few months, and the specific length depends on the diagnosis results of the hospital the next day, which makes Li Chengfeng's heart even more worried.
In the post-match press conference, Lee slammed Sheffield United's brutal way of playing, but the Sheffield United manager was not polite, "Football is a man's sport, and men are not afraid of confrontation. You were just lucky, two of our midfielders were injured and couldn't play, but even so, we created far more chances than you did. I'll teach you a lesson the next time we meet. Well, we're in the Premier League next season, so I don't know if you'll ever have a chance to meet us. ”
'We'll meet again soon, and we'll beat you again next season's Championship.' Lee Seung-peak was-for-tat and unrelenting, remembering that Sheffield United had not been promoted this season in the real world, but he didn't know if his arrival would change the trajectory of the world.
But even the verbal cheapness could not make Li Chengfeng's mood better. The next day, the diagnosis from the hospital came out, and the thigh muscle was strained and needed to rest for 2 months.
2 months, that means missing about 15 games, Li Chengfeng looked at the schedule after that, and wanted to curse, he didn't know which was more important to win the derby or Antonini to stay healthy.
Anyway, things have happened, and Li Chengfeng can only accept it, fortunately, there is no shortage of substitutes in the back line, although there are some deficiencies in ability, but it is enough to cope with the current situation.
However, there is also good news, Li Chengfeng won the honor of Coach of the Month again with a record of winning all in October, although it is only the best coach at the level of League One, but it also makes Li Chengfeng feel happy, it would be better if the system could be rewarded, but the old-fashioned system does not have even an extra point. When reading novels in the past, which system didn't reward the host when he received honors? What a goddamn system.
Three days later, the team played away to Notts County, due to Antonini's injury, Lee Seungfeng hesitated for a long time between sending the long-absent substitute defender Dane Smith and returning Haslam to the backline. In addition, Lee Seung-bong also made changes in the forward position, and he pushed Belion up front. As a player from Manchester United, he still has basic tactical literacy, at least much better than Cerci. Having Pelion play as a central striker can play a counterpoint role. Cerci, on the other hand, was placed at right midfield, and Lee Seung-bong asked him to cut inside to shoot, so that he could play to the advantages of his good technique and good shooting, which was also the style of play that he became famous for in Fiorentina.
Nottingcounty's strength can only be ranked in the middle and lower reaches of League One, especially the weak attack, and there was only one threatening shot on goal in the whole game, which was calmly defused by Schmeichel Jr. Not only that, but they weren't lucky, as Ederson's long-range shot went just high into the crossbar and bounced right into the ass of the goalkeeper they were making the save on, bouncing off the back of the net behind him amid the exclamations of the fans.
At that moment, the audience was silent, but immediately it boiled again, and all kinds of voices rang out. Li Chengfeng was a little worried about the goalkeeper of Nottingshire, looking at his dejected appearance, he didn't know if he could get out of this shadow. However, this is a good thing for Sheffield Wednesday, and if he will continue to indulge in frustration in this game, then Sheffield Wednesday may have another big victory.
However, although the goalkeeper is not very old, only around 25 years old, his psychological quality is very good, and he quickly stepped out of the shadow of the own goal, and tried to keep the goal safe during Sheffield Wednesday's multiple attacks, and won the applause of the fans again.
As the saying goes, disaster doesn't happen alone, and at the start of the second half, Nottingshire suffered another blow. Sheffield Wednesday broke the ball at the back, passed straight to the front of the court of Bailion counterattack, seeing that Bailion was about to break through himself to form a single knife, defender Nicky Feyton was in a hurry to bring down Bailion from behind, and was directly shown a red card by the referee. Sheffield Wednesday were awarded a free-kick from the edge of the box, and if Feyton had fouled another second in the evening, Sheffield Wednesday would have been awarded a penalty.
At this time, Li Chengfeng boldly commanded the team to press the attack, and the attack drill began around the half of Nottingshire, and Nottingshire had no power to fight back, so he could only shrink back and defend with all his might.
But at this time, Nottingshire's goalkeeper Mildenhoe stood up, he performed bravely, high and low, and saved Sheffield Wednesday's shots one by one, as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, winning the cheers of the fans again and again, and the fans even sang for him: "Lala, we have Mildenhoe, he is extremely brave, lala~"
Such an inhuman performance made Li Chengfeng can't help but mutter, this kid, is it a drug addict?
Seeing that the morale of the Nottingshire players was high and the defense was tighter, Li Chengfeng was determined to make up for them and completely cut off their hopes, he let the defenders also participate more in the attack, and it was good to leave two people in the backfield, anyway, the opponent had no power to counterattack at all.
But Li Chengfeng found that the so-called disaster does not mean that the unlucky ones are others, and he is the same. In a confrontation, Haslam, who ran to the front court to participate in the attack, collided with the opposing midfielder Byrne Marvin and fell to the ground, and it seemed that the injury was not light. The team doctor examined a muscle strain, which was similar to Antonini's condition, and the preliminary judgment was that he would have to rest for about 2 months.
Hearing such news, Li Chengfeng angrily kicked away a bottle of mineral water and sent Dane Smith to replace Haslam. Seeing Nottingshire, who was still stubbornly resisting on the field, Li Chengfeng was angry, and in anger, he replaced Barry Murphy, who played in the back, and replaced the substitute striker Holt, striving to strengthen the attack and score again, otherwise he could not vent the frustration in his heart.
However, it was not until the end of the game that Sheffield Wednesday, with one extra man, took advantage of a free-kick opportunity to head into the net by substitute striker Holt, by which time the Nottingshire players were already exhausted and the defenders could not jump.
In the end, Sheffield Wednesday won 2-0 away, but the best player of the game was won by the opposition goalkeeper Mildenho, who was able to concede only two goals in the absence of one man in the majority of the half, and the opponent had as many as 20 shots on goal, and it was understandable to get the best of the game.
But Haslam's injury made Li Chengfeng distressed, and now the back line has lost 2 absolute main players, which is a great challenge for his arrangement, and now he can only rely on those substitutes who are not strong enough, fortunately, Cahill, who was loaned to Aston Villa some time ago, otherwise it is really difficult to do it now, which makes Li Chengfeng disappointed but also a little lucky.
The next few games were not strong, with Sheffield Wednesday winning three big games in a row, first a 4-0 home win over Wrexham in the relegation zone, and then a 4-0 win over amateur side Markambi in the first round of the FA Cup. Finally, in the second round of the EFL Cup, Sheffield Wednesday won 3-0 away at Stoke Harbour, who were also in League One, and Stoke Harbour were only a few minutes away from the relegation zone.
In just one week, Li Chengfeng gained 20 points, which made Li Chengfeng overjoyed. Since the first victory, Sheffield Wednesday has won 17 consecutive games in all competitions, and Li Chengfeng has more than 95 days left.