2024-02-29 01:40:15
In the name of the great goal – a return to the Premier League, “Leeds” lost the services of 2 of its aces – Ilia Gruev and Jorginho Rüter, for the 1/8-final match of the tournament for the English Cup against “Chelsea”.
The two did not travel to London at all, where the second in the temporary ranking of the Championship seriously harassed the elite team, but was eliminated after 2:3.
In view of the brutally busy program in the II level of English football, the German manager of “Leeds”, Daniel Farke, decided to give rest to the Bulgarian and the Frenchman.
Other key figures such as Crisencio Somerville, Willy Nyonto, Glenn Kamara and Patrick Bamford were all left at Stamford Bridge. The first two appeared on the field in the 79th minute.
The leader of the guests’ attack, Mateo Joseph, opened the scoring in the 8th minute.
“Chelsea” made a turnaround thanks to Nicolas Jackson (15) and Mihajlo Mudrik (37). However, Joseph equalized in the 59th minute and sent the 5,000 Leeds fans in the stands into ecstasy.
The hosts were already in serious fear of another defeat when in the 90th minute Conor Gallagher brought the ultimate success.
For “Leeds” the loss is the first of the year. Between March 2nd and 17th, Gruev and company have 4 very important games in the Championship – with “Huddersfield” and “Sheffield Wednesday” away and at home against “Stoke” and “Millwall”.
In tonight’s other Round of 16:
“Nottingham” – “Manchester United” 0:1
“Wolverhampton” – “Brighton” 1:0
“Liverpool” – “Southampton” 3:0
Draw for the 1/4-finals:
“Wolverhampton” – “Coventry”
“Manchester United” – “Liverpool”
“Chelsea” – “Leicester”
“Manchester City” – “Newcastle”