Jaden Heskey and Barry Bannan got the goals at Hillsborough as the Owls ran out as 2-0 winners in the Jersey Mike’s Trophy, finishing the evening top of their group after two matches played.
The fixture was another chance for Pedersen to take a look at some of the up-and-coming players in the club’s academy, but also offered an opportunity for senior players to prepare for this weekend’s big game against Huddersfield Town.
Wednesday were meant to take on Derby County in a behind-closed-doors friendly during the international break that was cancelled late in the day, and tonight’s tie meant that some of the potential starters on Saturday could improve their sharpness.
“It was a good game,” Pedersen told Radio Sheffield afterwards. “A lot of the young guys got minutes, and the senior players also got a little bit. It was important because Derby cancelled our game last week. It’s been a long time since we had game practice.
“Our first half was strong, we saw our high pressing again and the intensity in our game - with and without the ball. The second half we started well, but lost our intensity for a while. Then we brought it back again.
“It was a good result to score two goals and get a clean sheet again.”
In terms of injury news, Ali Al-Hamadi has trained today following his ankle injury whilst away with Iraq, while Ernie Weaver was left out as a precautionary measure after picking up a minor knock ahead of the game. There are no concerns over Di’Shon Bernard.
This article is available for free, but if you like what you’ve seen from The Wednesday Word, then a paid subscription would mean the world to us - and allow us to keep doing everything that we’re doing in the TWW universe. We want to keep improving, and growing, and for that we need your support! Thank you!