{"id":12389,"date":"2022-03-17T12:02:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T16:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/17\/bruno-lage-confirms-wolves-duo-are-set-to-miss-leeds-clash\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:02:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T16:02:12","slug":"bruno-lage-confirms-wolves-duo-are-set-to-miss-leeds-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/17\/bruno-lage-confirms-wolves-duo-are-set-to-miss-leeds-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Lage confirms Wolves duo are set to miss Leeds clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Bruno Lage has confirmed that both Nelson Semedo and Pedro Neto will miss their Premier League game against Leeds United on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The midlands side welcome a struggling Leeds United as they look to bounce back from a disappointing February with a third win on the bounce. Leeds United, however, may be a tougher task than initially anticipated after new boss Jesse Marsch announced a double boost in the form of the returns of Kalvin Phillips and Liam Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>And, Wolves will be without Semedo and Neto until after the International break, Lage revealed, which will come as a blow to the Molineux outfit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bruno Lage says he expects Semedo and Pedro Neto to be fit after the international break. Will miss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wolves?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wolves<\/a> home game with Leeds tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Stone (@sistoney67) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sistoney67\/status\/1504445450472075266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Wolves in European dream?<\/h2>\n<p>Wolves currently sit in eighth place, two points outside the Europa League places and having played the same number of games as both West Ham and Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>However, they still have to travel to play Chelsea and Liverpool, as well as play a home tie against Manchester City in their final nine games. It will not be easy for Bruno Lage\u2019s side to grab a place in the European competitions next season, especially if Manchester United and Tottenham continue to show signs of improvement however slight.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was in a position to still challenge for a top 4 spot, Lage suggested that his side have to focus on their own game, rather than their position in the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s comfortable for us to be in this position but we can\u2019t be comfortable not to work \u2013 we have to have confidence to continue the way we are working\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiamKeen_Star\/status\/1504445904530649092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he told the media<\/a>. \u2018We need to challenge ourselves.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>They could yet be going around Europe come next season with some good results.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/wolverhampton-wanderers-vs-leeds-united-betting-tips-premier-league-preview-predictions-odds\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Leeds United betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions &amp; odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/football-betting-tips\/match-previews\/middlesbrough-vs-chelsea-betting-tips-fa-cup-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Middlesbrough vs Chelsea betting tips: FA Cup quarter-final preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Bruno Lage has confirmed that both Nelson Semedo and Pedro Neto will miss their Premier League game against Leeds United on Friday evening. The midlands side welcome a struggling Leeds United as they look to bounce back from a disappointing February with a third win on the bounce. Leeds United, however, may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-12389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}