Li Chengfeng didn't know that his words had no effect, but Antonini's mood finally stabilized, and he began to cooperate with the doctor's treatment and waited for recovery. Lee Seung-peak still has a headache at the back, and he can choose to use teenager Onuoha to replace Antonini, or let Lescott play in the middle and use Derek or Felipe on the left. But those two did not have many opportunities to play this season, and Li Chengfeng did not dare to guarantee his status, so he still used the young player Onuoha to replace Antonini's position as a central defender.

The next game is the Carabao Cup third round, with Sheffield Wednesday hosting Charlton Athletic. Winners of last season's Carabao Cup, it was Sheffield Wednesday's debut in the cup and the debut of Sheffield Wednesday's new centre-back pairing. Li Chengfeng was not sure about their performance, and he showed the problem of poor cooperation in training, which made Li Chengfeng very worried.

However, their opponents Charlton Athletic were unintentional, they were only one goal away from the relegation zone, and even after this round there was little hope of winning the trophy, so they gave up cleanly. Sheffield Wednesday won comfortably 2-0 and there were no flaws in their new group of backs, but Charlton, who were also unmotivated, did not put too much pressure on them, and the next league game will be the real test.

However, they did not stand up to such a test, losing the game against relegation side Portsmouth by a score of 2-3 despite two goals from Sheffield Wednesday. The next game disappointed Li Chengfeng, Onuoha is a bit big compared to Antonini, the key is that he is not stable enough, and the cooperation with Cahill is also a little rusty, and they are not good at filling in the position to help defend the work, and it is not very suitable for matching. But Lee Seung-peak has no other way, Lescott is the same type, and if Lescott is allowed to play in the middle, Derrick and Felipe's current ability can't support the defense on the left side, plus a Ribery who can't defend, Sheffield Wednesday's left side will be pulled.

On 4 November, Sheffield Wednesday hosted the Europa League Group D second round against Ukraine's Denipouro, who were on par with the Swiss Grasshoppers, and Lee Seung-bong also set out a plan to end the game in the first half, and he also reduced a midfielder to Ederson as a second striker, with Adebayor starting in the centre-forward position. Since the defense is not very good, let's use the offense to solve the problem, the opponent is weak anyway.

The game ended in the first half, with goals from Gary Cahill and Ederson giving Sheffield Wednesday a two-goal lead, while Bentley, who came on in the second half, also scored his first goal of the new season as Sheffield Wednesday beat Denipouro 3-0 to move AZ Alkmaar to top the group. The next leg of the match between the two teams will determine the winner of the group.

In the following days, Li Chengfeng tried a variety of combinations on the back line, and even tried 3 defenders, but the effect was always not good, the key problem is that the other central defenders are brave and lack of stability, and they can't take on the responsibility of helping to defend and fill the position, and they also lack enough tacit understanding between them, and there are often situations where people or grab together. Li Chengfeng has no way to solve such a problem in a short period of time, so he can only strengthen the interception in the midfield to reduce the pressure on the backline. In addition, we can only hope that the two central defenders can gradually develop a tacit understanding, or pray that Antonini can return as soon as possible.

In Antonini's absence, Sheffield Wednesday have only won two, drawn three and lost three of their eight league games. One of those wins came at Birmingham in the relegation zone, who tried to take advantage of the situation and take the initiative, but their players were really not very good, squandering a couple of chances, and instead were beaten twice by Sheffield Wednesday's sharp counter-attack.

The other was also a sneak attack on the counterattack to win the away game Bolton, that game two central defenders rarely did not make mistakes, the two midfielders also paid attention to the protection of the backline, Bolton's old men could not keep up with Lennon's counterattack speed, he sneak attacked, Sheffield Wednesday won at home to Bolton.

Speaking of Bolton, it is also quite unlucky, since the idiotic behavior of the fans of the Munich air disaster, they have been regarded as the public enemy of England, money can't buy good players, and they can only rely on buying balloon stars and foreign players to supplement their strength, these old men really can't outrun the young men of Sheffield Wednesday, and it is really not suitable for them to take the initiative to attack.

However, in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, Sheffield Wednesday were eliminated by Blackburn. Blackburn have come a long way since their new manager Mark Hughes took over, with a simple and rough style of play and tough defending that have caused headaches for the Premier League giants, and this season they are currently in the top 8 of the league and have the momentum to enter the European competition next season, and they could have done even better if it weren't for the limited quality of their strikers.

In the group stage of the Europa League, Sheffield Wednesday also beat AZ Alkmaar on goal difference to top the group, and the knockout stage opponent will be Stuttgart from the Bundesliga. The first leg between the two sides will be played at home to Stuttgart on 17 February, with two months to go, and Sheffield Wednesday can also focus on the league first.

Antonini returned from injury before the away game against Blackburn, but Li Chengfeng thought about it for a long time and decided not to let him play, one was worried about his state, and the other was because the opponent's violent Ben's prestige was too strong, and Li Chengfeng was afraid that the defensive core that had finally returned would be put on the hospital bed again by them, so it was better to be safe.

In the end, the match with Blackburn Rovers was played 1:1, Bent's goal helped Sheffield Wednesday bring back a point away from home, Sheffield Wednesday also ranked 7th with 8 wins, 6 draws, 5 losses and 30 points, and even Wigan, who was promoted to the horse, also surpassed Sheffield Wednesday by 1 point with the victory against West Ham United in the previous round, which made him how could he bear it.

The next game is at home to visiting Everton on 31 December. Everton have been in poor form this season, having reached the Champions League last season in a historic way, and this summer they are also recruiting to try to make a difference, but the reality is a slap in the face.

The Champions Cup qualifying round was defeated by Villarreal, and the UEFA Cup qualifying round was bloodied by Dynamo Bucharest, which made the fans who had high hopes for them extremely disappointed, even in the league, it was very unsmooth, with only 1 win and 6 losses in the opening 7 league games, ranking first from the bottom, which was a big surprise. Fortunately, the performance has picked up since then, and now the league ranking has also climbed to the bottom three, although it is still in the relegation zone.

Poor signings and too many injuries were the main reasons for Everton's poor performance, while poor performances in the game also affected the confidence of Everton's players. They had lost three league games in a row, scored only one of the 11 goals, and had a terrible performance, and all Lee had to do now was to make up for Everton.

However, Everton were very tenacious when they played away, they fought the whole game, everyone was fighting, as if there had never been a series of heavy defeats before.

Li Chengfeng looked at Moyes on the other side, who was standing on the sidelines with a resolute face watching the battle on the field. This is indeed a very charismatic manager, and it is not something that an ordinary coach can do to allow a team that has suffered so many heavy defeats to still fight so hard without collapsing. Although his later experience as a coach for Manchester United was quite unsuccessful, it has nothing to do with ability, not every good coach is suitable for coaching a big club.

Everton are tenacious and Sheffield Wednesday won't back down. After 3 years of transformation, Sheffield Wednesday also has its own style, that is, never let up, no matter what level of competition, whether the game is important, even if it is a meaningless game, Li Chengfeng has always asked to go all out. The players brought in by Li Chengfeng, such as Modric, Toure, Ribery, Bent and others, are all core players with tough personalities and are not afraid of confrontation, and they may not be able to play their best in every game, but the team will never give up.

When two teams are fighting to win together, and the strength is almost the same, it depends on their respective forms and luck. Sheffield Wednesday, who were in better form in the end, had the last laugh and after a hard-fought battle, Sheffield Wednesday finally won 1-0 against Everton. Bam Adebayor, who started in place of Ribery, headed past Everton.

Li Chengfeng knew that Everton's injury situation was serious, and he was bullying Everton's untidy backline, and this game rarely sent a two-striker style of play, so that Ribery, who has participated in too many games, can take a break. Bam Adebayor's physical superiority was on full display in the game, snatching wide cross after cross and finally knocking on Everton's door in the 58th minute to secure a valuable three points for Sheffield Wednesday.

Everton are indeed a strong team, but injuries and run-ins have affected their performance. However, as the season progressed and the injured players returned, their performances got better and better, and David Moyes once again pinched his team together and injected them with the spirit of a strong team. If it weren't for the poor performance in the first half, they would have been able to make it to Europe this season.

However, Everton are now in the relegation zone, having finished fourth in the league last season and qualified for the Champions League, although they were eliminated in the qualifying round. In the post-match press conference, reporters questioned whether Moyes was to blame for Everton's current poor results and whether he would voluntarily resign, and Lee Seungfeng defended Moyes, saying, "Coach Moyes is a very good coach. There are many reasons why Everton are not in good form. Everton's injury situation is so severe that they haven't recovered from the start of the season, which has affected their run-in. But Everton's cohesion has always been there and things are getting better. I believe that under Coach Moyes, they will definitely not have a problem with relegation, and they can even perform better. ”