1.054 League Cup Knockout Round

Both sides of the game played very cautiously, and Sheffield Wednesday, who was playing at home, did not dare to take the initiative to attack. Tottenham's two strikers, Defoe and Keane, are both very goalscoring players, and the midfield of Carrick, Davies, Jenas, Dawson and Ledley King, including the goalkeeper, are also strong players with great ability in every line. If I had to say that the flaw was that their wings were not strong enough. Winger Andy, who was brought in from Nottingham Forest last winter, has had a poor season, and they wanted to bring in Leeds United's Lennon to replace Andy, but they were preempted by Sheffield Wednesday and have not been able to find a suitable replacement. Sheffield Wednesday are much better on the flanks than Tottenham, but they are not dominant in other positions, especially up front, where Bent is still a bit of a gap to the combination of Defoe and Keane.

Lee Seung-bong arranged for Modric to replace Ederson's starting position in the midfield position, enhancing the control and defensive ability of the midfield, and the more defensive Diarra was still sent in the midfield position. Sheffield Wednesday can not win this game, but they must not lose.

Tottenham were the first to have their chances, and in the 35th minute, Sheffield Wednesday's Toure was fouled near midfield to give Tottenham a free-kick, and Carrick took advantage of the young Sheffield Wednesday players to wait for the referee's signal to quickly send a free kick to Keane, who played a long ball to Keane. Keane quickly dribbled the ball to the penalty area, and in the face of the attacking Abondan Sheri, he chose to play an angle, but the ball slid past the goal, shocking Li Chengfeng into a cold sweat. He angrily shouted at the Sheffield Wednesday players on the pitch to concentrate and not make such mistakes again.

But Sheffield Wednesday was still behind, and in the 38th minute, Defoe broke through Toure and sent a low ball from the bottom line on the right side of the penalty area, the ball went around goalkeeper Abondan Sheri's blocked hands, and Robbie Keane at the back post easily pushed the empty goal, 0-1.

Sheffield Wednesday, who were behind, launched a wave of attacks, but Tottenham opted to defend, leaving only Keane and Defoe up front to counter-attack.

Sheffield Wednesday missed a great chance in the 62nd minute when Franck Ribery broke through on the left and crossed from the left, Bent missed the ball five metres in front of goal, Ledley King was well placed and Bent was just a little bit away from getting to the ball.

Seeing that the time is about to end, Sheffield Wednesday is still behind, Li Chengfeng is also open, losing one is also a loss, losing two is also a loss, it is better to fight to the death, otherwise the league is really 7 points behind, and it will be very difficult to get it back. He replaced a midfielder and a defender, brought on Bam Adebayor and Ederson, and the team switched to a 3-5-2 or even 3-3-4 attack.

Sheffield Wednesday's efforts finally paid off, in the 89th minute of the game, the opponent's defender Startri made a mistake, he rose to the top, Bent got the ball and burst into the left side of the penalty area from a small angle and fired a low left-footed shot into the net to equalize, Li Chengfeng also breathed a sigh of relief, just don't lose, there is still a chance.

Lee Seung-bong immediately replaced Juanfran with a back four, and Modric also returned to the midfield position to help defend.

The final result of the game was 1:1, no one could win, no one could get the most desired result, and fortunately it was not the worst result. Arsenal? They were flat again. The three teams remain the same as before, with Tottenham still four points ahead of Sheffield Wednesday and Arsenal.

However, Sheffield Wednesday then had to shift their focus to cup competitions, with the Europa League knockout rounds underway, with Sheffield Wednesday away to Stuttgart in the Bundesliga for the first leg.

Stuttgart failed to qualify for the Champions Cup last season, leaving them opting for a rebuild. 8 million sold the main scorer Kuranyi, 12 million sold the core of the midfield Hleb, Lahm returned to Bayern, plus the previous dismissal of Summer, took away a lot of elites. Instead, a group of newcomers came, the old coach Trapattoni returned to the Bundesliga, as well as Magnin and Hitzelberg. He also invested heavily in the introduction of Danish stars Tomasson and Glen Char, in an attempt to replace the departed Kuranyi and Hleb. Helplessly, the Danish duo had a mediocre performance in the Bundesliga and were unable to organise the attack of the whole team like Hleb. Their goals are similar to those of the relegation zone, which means that good defence can keep them from falling into the relegation zone.

Football needs money, but it also needs vision, and without vision, you will be like Stuttgart, where a lot of money is spent, but you can't buy a few useful people.

At the Gottlieb Daimler Stadium, Stuttgart took the initiative to attack after the opening, which was also expected by Li Chengfeng, and the Sheffield Wednesday team also played a defensive counterattack with peace of mind.

In the 16th minute, Stuttgart's Tomasson shot wide of the post under Cahill's defence. His partner Lyuboya then took a shot after Glenschal's breakaway pass and the ball slid out of the net, which was a good opportunity for Stuttgart. Glenschal is still talented, fast, and the final pass is also very imaginative, but it is still a little soft, and the frequency of action is not fast enough, and a certain amount of space is required to complete the passing action. Lee Seung-peak asked Lennon to strengthen his care for Glen Char, although Lennon's defensive ability is very average, but as long as he can keep up with Glen Char's speed, it is enough to reduce the space for him to make movements. In the next game, Glen Shire's performance was really reduced, but it is a pity that a talented player, if he can't improve his skills in the future, he is destined to have a bad future in the future, and it is still a defensive black hole.

Although Stuttgart took the lead in attacking, it was Sheffield Wednesday who opened the scoring. In the 20th minute, Stuttgart defender Mera passed the ball on the right side of the backfield but hit Toure's body, the ball rebounded to the feet of Bent, where would Bent be polite, he volleyed with his left foot 16 meters from the goal on the left side of the penalty area, Stuttgart goalkeeper Hildebran although he pounced on the ball, but still could not prevent the ball from bounceing into the near corner, 1-0.

Stuttgart tried to pull the score back, but their attacking power was really not good, and after Glen Shire, the only one who could actively threaten, was targeted, their attack was completely disorganized, and they couldn't find a way to score in front of Sheffield Wednesday, who were actively defending, and a few long-range shots failed to create a threat, so they could only go into the break with a score of 0:1.

Lee Seung-peak praised the performance of the Sheffield Wednesday players, "It is Stuttgart who are anxious now, they will continue to attack in the second half, we have to defend well, and we must be resolute in counterattacking." But in the second half we kicked off, attacking first and then defending, and we couldn't make Stuttgart too proud. ”

After the break, Stuttgart's new coach Almin-Fei youngster Baker replaced Stranzel in an attempt to strengthen the attack, but Sheffield Wednesday, who had been defending in the first half, took the initiative to attack at the beginning of the second half. Just 54 seconds into the second half, Sheffield Wednesday extended their lead, Lennon broke through Glen Charles and French defender Del Pierre on the right sideline, cut into the box and pushed across the middle, and the fast insert Guarin scored with a right-footed shot into the far corner from eight meters in front of the goal, 2-0, and Sheffield Wednesday extended their advantage.

A one-goal lead is not safe, but the two-goal advantage reassures Lee Seung-peak a lot, and this is an away game in the first leg, and two away goals are a big advantage. Li Chengfeng sat in his seat with peace of mind and watched the game on the court.

Stuttgart were still working hard at home, and the Germans were always resilient but were unable to create any good chances, and it was not until the end of the game that a point was pulled back when Lyuboya fired a powerful left-footed free-kick into the far corner from 21 yards out to make it 2-1. Still, Stuttgart's comeback task at the Riverside Stadium next Thursday will be a tough one, as Sheffield Wednesday have only been breached by Lyuboya in their last eight European matches, and a solid defence has been key to Sheffield Wednesday's steady progress this season.

Sheffield Wednesday took the lead, but it was not safe, the second leg between the two sides was seven days later, and Sheffield Wednesday still had an FA Cup game to play, against old acquaintance Charlton Athletic, who were only eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday in the Carabao Cup this season, but they did not expect to meet again in the FA Cup.

The last time they met, Charlton voluntarily gave up the League Cup for the league, and now they are still only one goal ahead of the teams in the relegation zone, Charlton, who has not yet come ashore safely, faced Sheffield Wednesday, which has rested some of the main players in rotation but is still serious about the game, Charlton chose to give up again. After Sheffield Wednesday's Bam Adebayor scored the lead, the two teams agreed to reduce the tempo of the game and keep the score until the end.

Lee Seungfeng has four points and Sheffield Wednesday has also reached the last eight of the FA Cup, which is against Middlesbrough, who eliminated Preston North End, and is not a strong team, Lee feels he can hope for the FA Cup title. Sheffield Wednesday are not strong enough to win the league and it is already a high honour to win a cup competition.

The second round of the Europa League was Sheffield Wednesday's home stadium, and Lee Seung-feng, who had a one-goal advantage in hand, once again chose to defend and counterattack. Stuttgart, who were lackluster in attack, also struggled to defend against Wednesday, and they also lost their top scorer Tomasson in this game, which made the attack even more alarming, and they failed to create good chances throughout the first half.

In the first half, Stuttgart was afraid of Sheffield Wednesday's counter-attacking speed and did not dare to press too high, but after the game reached the second half, Stuttgart could not sit still, they still wanted to work hard, so they stepped up the attack, and they were punished.

Just over a minute into the second half, Guarin broke the ball in midfield and made a long pass directly to the front, and Bent took the ball and calmly smashed the ball into the goal behind Stuttgart after taking the ball, almost killing the remaining suspense.