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IT’S ANOTHER CAR CRASH FOR CARLOS

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The LeaguePaper Team
24 December 2017

By Steven Chicken

HEAD BOY: Middlesbrough’s Ryan Shotton gets the winner
PICTURE: Action Images

UNDER-pressure Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal defended his position after his side slumped to a third straight defeat in a sevengame winless streak. Wednesday were poor against Middlesbrough despite taking a first-half lead and could barely claim they deserved anything out of a game the visitors dominated. But despite his side’s woeful run, Carvalhal pointed to the nine absences in his first-team squad to injury as the major contributing factor.
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