1.070 out of the hope of qualifying
This game is difficult to play, and the original strategy of defending and counterattacking is no longer fundamental, should you change the established tactics? Li Chengfeng thought about it and did not change the strategy of defensive counterattack, not only this game is left in the group stage, even if he loses this game, considering that it is difficult for Sporting Lisbon to beat Bayern Munich, then Sheffield Wednesday will not be left behind by competitors. And Sheffield Wednesday's strength is too far behind Inter Milan, even if it is forced to attack, it may not have a good effect, maybe it will be even worse, if it is necessary to rely on goal difference to determine the ranking in the end, it will be more than worth the loss.
Lee Seung-peak signaled the team to stick to their own style of play and not waver. However, in the 10th minute, Sheffield Wednesday conceded the ball again, and it was Recoba's organization that received a pass from Stankovic and crossed from the left, and Cruise headed the ball in the middle to rewrite the score to 2:0.
Although it was Cruise who scored both goals, Li Chengfeng knew that Recoba was the key, this is the only player with genius imagination and organizational skills in the current Inter Milan team, and he can often rely on his individual ability to change the result of the whole game, but unfortunately his genius performance can not be sustained, he can come on the bench for a few minutes to erase the gap of 3 goals, or he can start the game without seeing a shadow for the whole game, and such an unstable performance has nothing to do with the strength of the opponent, It only depends on how good or bad he is, but unfortunately even he doesn't know if his next form will be good or bad. Such an uncontrollable player is not a fan of any big club's coach, and he is often injured, so while his talent is recognized, he has not been able to get consistent playing opportunities at Inter Milan.
However, Li Chengfeng's luck this time was obviously not good, and he happened to encounter Recoba's outbreak. What to do, you have to find a way to limit Recoba's play, otherwise I don't know how many games I will lose in this game.
Although Recoba is very talented, he has been injured too much, and the confrontation is not strong, Li Chengfeng arranged for Toure to drag a little back, focus on Recoba, strengthen the physical confrontation, and can't let him hold the ball comfortably.
Sadly, this arrangement still can't limit the crazy Recoba, who still frequently creates chances to threaten Sheffield Wednesday's goal, either through playmaking or shooting himself, and Recoba looks like the best player in the world.
In the 19th minute, Inter Milan won a free kick in front, Recoba knocked on the middle, and Stankovic fired a powerful long-range shot from 30 meters out, and the ball almost went out of the bottom line on the left post. In the 30th minute, Recoba got rid of a defender on the line of the penalty area and fired a shot on goal, but the play was too good and was saved by Abondan Sheri, before the defender cleared the ball. Corner, Figo's tactical corner kick, Stankovic crossed to Recoba, Recoba's shot was not interfered with by Antonini at the end, I am afraid that Sheffield Wednesday will be three goals behind. Recoba also made Lee Seungfeng's heart twitch at the end of the first half, Inter Milan counterattacked before halftime, Figo distributed the ball to Recoba on the left side, Recoba crossed the penalty area, but the outflanked Cruz did not grab the point, otherwise it was a threat ball directly facing the goalkeeper.
In this way, Sheffield Wednesday fell behind 2-0 in the first half to Inter Milan, and Lee's ears were full of the commentator's praise for Recoba.
Some restrictions have to be put on Recoba. Recoba is not without weaknesses, he has been injured many times, his physical fitness is not good, he lacks confrontation, but he still plays in the core. Lee Seung-bong asked the strong Toure to limit him, and as long as he was restricted from taking the ball, his threat would be drastically reduced.
Without Recoba's organization, Inter Milan's attack has no discipline, and it began to play more directly, relying on individual strength to create threats, such Inter Milan has nothing to fear, as long as Sheffield Wednesday does not mess up and does a good job of defense, their biggest star Ibrahimovic is suspended for this game, and it is even more difficult to threaten Sheffield Wednesday's goal.
In the 54th minute, Sheffield Wednesday counter-attacked, Toure used his body to unbalance Recoba, grabbed the ball and passed directly to Lennon on the right. Lennon ran towards the empty Inter half with the ball, and none of the Inter defenders could keep up with his pace, and their defenders were a bunch of old men who couldn't outrun Sheffield Wednesday's youngsters. Lennon saw that the receiving player had run to the position, and immediately crossed, and Bent in the middle met the ball and fired a fierce shot to pull a goal back.
Sheffield Wednesday, who trailed by one goal, still insisted on defending and counter-attacking and did not try to take the initiative to attack and equalize. But Inter Milan were not satisfied with a one-goal win, they wanted more, and sent in center forward Adriano to replace the veteran Figo in an attempt to extend the score. Their play finally paid off, and in the 75th minute, there was chaos in front of the Sheffield Wednesday goal, and Stankovic fired the ball into the Sheffield Wednesday goal. Fortunately, the referee thought that Adriano had collided with the goalkeeper first, and the goal was invalid.
After that, the players of Inter Milan also ran out of energy and relaxed their attack. Li Chengfeng noticed this change, replaced Tony, and was ready to give it a go. They almost succeeded, and in the 89th minute, Lennon's cross found Toney, whose header was angled and was fished out of the line by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar just as he was about to enter the goal.
It was a shame that Sheffield Wednesday missed the best chance of equalising and ended up losing the game 1-2. Now in addition to Bayern, which has won all three games, Sheffield Wednesday, Inter Milan, and Sporting Lisbon have three points, and Sheffield Wednesday is in the fourth place in the group because of the loss to Bayern, but there is still hope.
Next up was the league game against Chelsea, which was held to a hard-fought 1-1 draw by Sheffield Wednesday. Chelsea were concerned about the quality of their goalkeepers and played less openly, their midfield was more focused on the protection of the defence, and they did not have a big advantage in the defensive tactics of Sheffield Wednesday, although they relied on Didier Drogba's brute force to take the lead in the first half, but the score was never able to expand.
In the second half, Sheffield Wednesday equalised on a counter-attack when Chelsea's third-choice goalkeeper mismanaged to find an empty shot from Toney. If their goalkeeper is still Petr Cech, Sheffield Wednesday may not have a chance.
After a 1-0 win at home to Bolton Wanderers in the Carabao Cup, Sheffield Wednesday welcomed the goalkeeper at home. Since the tragic incident with Chelsea, they have been targeted in England for a while, and the Reading player, who caused two Chelsea goalkeepers to shoot their heads, has also received death threats and is being investigated by the police. The more serious consequence is that during this period, the referee's every move of the Reading players was closely watched by the referee, and their penalties became more and more severe.
Reading, who were already weak and relied on rough movements and tenacious scrambling to gain a foothold, were suddenly beaten back to their prototypes, and lost 0:4 at home to visiting Arsenal in the last round of the league. The visit to Sheffield was similar in this round, they received three yellow cards in the first half, and finally ushered in another heavy defeat with a score of 1:4. It seems that until this turmoil has passed, they will not have any turnaround.
After the game against Reading, Sheffield Wednesday once again ushered in the group stage of the Champions League, facing the challenge of Inter Milan at home, and still adopted a defensive counter-attacking style of play. Inter Milan are giants and their pride does not allow them to play conservatively against Sheffield Wednesday, even on the road, they still insist on taking all three points with a fierce attack.
In this game, Ibrahimovic made a comeback, and Recoba, who is also the core of play, could only sit on the bench and watch Ibrahimovic perform. And Li Chengfeng also made careful arrangements for Ibu's appearance, and he set up a pocket for Ibrahimoke, a pocket that surrounded him.
Less than a minute into the game, Ibrahimovic had the chance to face the goalkeeper, and instead of being greedy, he crossed the ball across the board, but the ball to Cruise was cut off by Antonini, who was protecting him by his side. Ibrahimovic's strategy is very good, but the frequency of action is slow, the shooting skills are not good enough, and he likes to take the ball and control everything at his feet, in Li Chengfeng's view, it is simply a damage to the team, as long as he controls his connection with the surroundings and allows the person to mark the defense, his threat can be minimized.
Ibrahimovic doesn't choose to hand over the core position to his team-mates just because he's been trapped, preferring to make himself the center of attention on the pitch. In the 12th minute, Ibrahimovic again opted to link up with Cruz, but his final pass was still disrupted by Kompany and only won a corner. In the 28th minute, Ibrahimovic passed the ball from the right side of the penalty area, but the ball was cleared by Antonini, who was dragged again.
In the first half, neither side could get a good chance and entered the second half of the game with a dull 0-0 victory.
At the start of the second half, Ibrahimovic had another chance, Figo passed a good ball from the right flank, and Ibrahimovic, who followed up in the middle, did not choose to pass this time, and his header on the line of the small penalty area was actually deflected wide when he was unguarded.
Inter Milan were tired after 60 minutes of attack, and Sheffield Wednesday began to control the midfield and launched a counter-attack. In the 65th minute, Guarin's long-range shot came close to the goal, but it was just a little higher than the lintel. Just a minute later, Lennon played a low ball down the right, and Bent in the middle stretched his foot at the back post and the ball changed direction and flew into the Inter goal.
1:0, Sheffield Wednesday led Serie A giants Inter Milan at home!! The goal thrilled Lee Seung-bong and he saw hope of qualifying from the group. He rushed to the sideline excitedly, raised his fists and roared, in stark contrast to Mancini, who was a little dazed and overwhelmed on the other side.