1.034 Steel Derby

In the face of the patrolling police, it is unlikely that the die-hard fans on both sides will really clash, and they have suppressed their emotions and are ready to vent on the pitch. However, it is impossible for them to be idle during this time, and all kinds of mouth cannons are also emerging in an endless stream, especially the mouthpieces of both sides, which have started the taunting mode in advance.

"Today's Morning Post" showed more restraint, after all, Sheffield Wednesday are now at the top of the league, with 5 wins and 1 draw and 16 points, they are as many as 8 points ahead of Sheffield United with 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats, such a gap makes it impossible for them to harden. However, the last two consecutive league wins have finally given them something to say: "Although Sheffield Wednesday are temporarily in first place, they can only draw 0-0 in their last game against relegation team Watford, which shows that they are not in good form now, and can Sheffield Wednesday, which is dominated by young players, get out of the shadow of the last game?" We are in high spirits, having just won two in a row, and we believe our team can continue to fight for three wins in a row, and we will be able to overcome the humiliation of the previous derby defeat. ”

The Sheffield Post, by contrast, was unkind, with a big headline on the front page: 3:0. In his column, the special correspondent wrote: "In a couple of games of the new season we have seen a completely different Sheffield Wednesday team, a different team from the traditional English side. They played very different tactics and took their opponents off the horse. I have to admit that this tactic worked very well, not only to be able to win, but also to look very good, which is the luck of our Sheffield Wednesday team. I think under the leadership of the young and promising coach Lee Seung-feng, we can also look forward to the possibility of the Premier League this season. The last game was just an accident, and Coach Lee Seung-bong rotated several key players for this derby. We're stronger, we're more physical, we're better coaches than we're at home, and I can't think of a reason why we shouldn't win. ”

"On September 1st, let's meet in Heathborough and witness this game together."

As the game approached, the nearly 40,000-capacity Heathborough Stadium was packed, and many fans gathered around the stadium to sing and show their support for the home team. The atmosphere reached a climax when the team bus arrived, with fans gesturing three fingers in support of Sheffield Wednesday and taunting Sheffield United.

Even in the dressing room, they could still hear the enthusiastic cries of the fans, and Li Chengfeng said to the players: "We are now at the top of the league, but we have not received enough respect, they think that we can achieve the results we are now just luck. We just drew a game and they made irresponsible remarks about us, denying our quality just because we were promoted. ”

Li Chengfeng looked at the players' faces with an angry expression, and he continued: "What a ridiculous reason, football is kicked with feet, not mouth cannons. If the verbal cannon is useful, then the strongest country in the world football should be China, but it is difficult for them to even participate in the World Cup. ”

'It's a big game, it's a derby, a very important derby. Do you hear the shouts of the fans outside? It's our home stadium and there are tens of thousands of fans waiting to see us perform, and millions more in front of the TV in the hope that we can give them a happy weekend. Can we bring them down? ”

'Sheffield derbies are not a regular occurrence and have happened once in the Carabao Cup last season, away from home. There will be two this season, one home and one away. And next season, when we are promoted to the Premier League, we want to give our fans such a derby at home, I don't know how many years it will take. So, even for the sake of the fans who supported us, we had to do everything we could to win this game, dedicate a beautiful victory to our loveliest fans, and let them know who is the boss in this city. ”

From the start of the game, Sheffield Wednesday launched an onslaught, keeping Sheffield United firmly pinned down in their own half.

Although it was a derby, Sheffield United didn't expect Sheffield Wednesday to be so crazy, completely omitting the mutually tentative step, and starting to fight hard. You know, although they failed miserably last season, but the gap between the two sides on the field is not big, the Sheffield Wednesday team is still defense-oriented, even in the previous rounds of the league, the Sheffield Wednesday team is also based on ball control, never so crazy, even the back line has been pressed to the middle line, the whole formation is very high, leaving a large gap in the rear, empty as long as a counterattack is a single knife facing the goalkeeper, unfortunately they have been suppressed by the Sheffield Wednesday team's offensive has not been able to find a chance to counterattack, Even if they occasionally grabbed the ball, they were quickly won back by Sheffield Wednesday's players, who were on the spot.

Sheffield United, who lacked mental preparation, were completely blinded, and the players on the pitch made a series of mistakes, and Sheffield Wednesday had a couple of good chances, but if it weren't for the fact that their goalkeeper and main defender Jaguerka was normal, they would have fallen behind long ago.

Sheffield United manager Warlock hurriedly shouted on the sidelines for adjustment, but failed to change the disadvantage on the field. In such a tense rhythm, the on-the-spot adjustments that a coach can make are actually very limited, not every coach is Alex Ferguson, and not every coach has enough cards to make adjustments, and the tone of the game is actually set before the game.

It didn't take long for Sheffield Wednesday to pay off when Braten broke into the box and was tripped by opposition defender Mogan in a panic to take the penalty!! The referee pointed to the penalty spot and showed Mogan a yellow card.

Sheffield Wednesday's first penalty taker Guarin stood at the penalty spot with the ball, although Guarin is still young, but he has a good psychological quality, and he rarely misses many penalty kicks, this time he also scored steadily. The score became 1-0 and the opponent's main defender was still carrying a yellow card, which was a great start.

Less than three minutes later, Sheffield Wednesday made a comeback, and it was Braten again, breaking through Mogan's defence again. Mogan had a chance to foul early, but perhaps considering the yellow card on his body, he hesitated and allowed Braten to break through his defense and enter the penalty area. Facing Sheffield United's goalkeeper Kenny, Braten calmly pushed the ball into the net, and after a season of training, Bratteng's shooting has improved a lot, at least this one-on-one ball is more certain.

The score became 2:0, Sheffield United seemed to have broken a jar, and the performance improved, this is a derby, even if you lose, you can't back down. They no longer cared about winning or losing, launched a counter-attack, and for a while the Sheffield Wednesday team also played back and forth.

Seeing that Sheffield United had recovered from the opening blow, captain Pep Guardiola signalled his team to lower the tempo and resume possession, passing the ball back and forth near midfield to mobilize Sheffield United's defence.

The Sheffield players worked hard, they ran desperately in midfield trying to get the ball, but how could they match the speed of the pass? Now on the field, the Sheffield United players can be seen trying to chase the ball, but they can't catch up, and the Sheffield Wednesday team seems to be passing the ball, teasing the Sheffield United players.

Sheffield United manager Warlock was a little helpless, having not paid much attention to Sheffield Wednesday's possession style of play after reading scouting reports, but only discovered the power of this style of play after experiencing it firsthand. If the score is not behind, he is not in a hurry, so that the pass can still pass the ball into his own goal? But now that his team is two goals behind, if he doesn't want to be euthanized, he can only find a way to grab the ball.

Sheffield Wednesday's empty backfield is sure to pose a considerable threat as long as they can grab the ball. Although it was only the first half, Coach Warlock had already begun to think about whether to make a substitution, and with the first half to end in a few minutes, he was still a little hesitant.

There is a price to be paid for not being decisive enough on the pitch, and just as Coach Volok hesitated, the situation on the pitch changed again. Sheffield Wednesday's Guardin pass error allowed Sheffield United midfielder Bronnick to grab the ball.

Nick's ability to handle the ball was mediocre, and he passed it to his midfield partner Ndlov. Ndelof took a look at the position of his teammates, just now in order to defend, his teammates were all in the back position, only Kaba's position was more forward, but he also had two Sheffield Wednesday players on his side ready to flank at any time, and it was not a good choice to pass it now. Ndelov decided to push forward with the ball first, and he was confident in his technique.

However, he soon realised that something was wrong, as Sheffield Wednesday were quick to flank their own attack, and instead of stepping back to defend as they usually do, they took the initiative to go up. He wanted to pass the ball, but found that there was no good passing line, before Sheffield Wednesday's passing was mainly short passing, the distance between the players was not large, although the ball was lost, but the nearby players immediately divided the division of labor and cooperated with the local counter-robbery, which looked like a routine that had been practiced many times.

Seeing that he was surrounded by Sheffield Wednesday's players and the passing line was blocked, Ndelof reluctantly relied on his previous impression to pass a long ball over the top to Kaba's position. He didn't want to waste a hard-fought opportunity, but a blind long ball didn't work, and Sheffield Wednesday defender Caldwell got stuck in position and headed the ball to Pep Guardiola not far away.

At this time, the Sheffield United players were thinking about how to attack, and they were still running forward, so they had to prepare to defend again. The confusion of this moment of offensive and defensive transition was keenly detected by Guardiola, who got the ball and did not stop the ball, and directly distributed it to Ribery on the left.