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Carvalhal praises '200%' Sheffield Wednesday performance at Newcastle

Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal was delighted with his team's '200% effort' in the Capital One Cup victory over Newcastle United at St. James' Park.


The Owls won the game 1-0 thanks to Lewis McGugan's 76th-minute strike and they have been rewarded with a home game against Arsenal in the next round of the competition.

Carvalhal said after the triumph: "We played very solid, very compact. Tactically, my players were 200 per cent, they played absolutely fantastically. They did exactly what we planned for this match.

"We blocked the way that Newcastle usually play to attack and at the same time, we tried to create problems for the Newcastle defence. We created some problems during the match for the defensive part of the Newcastle team.

"We could have scored a second goal - new had a clear chance to score a second goal - but I think 1-0 is a score that I accept and I think is the correct score because we worked a lot.

"Newcastle had more of the ball, we know, but we picked these players to show a different face in relation to the last three matches. We tried to play more compact, block all the ways for Newcastle and tried with four very quick attackers to disturb Newcastle, so I am very happy, of course.

"I am very happy with the players. They were perfect in the strategy that we brought top this match. They gave 100 per cent to the team and to our strategy, so I am very happy with them."

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