Iliya Gruev broke Leeds’ 921-day aim drought from a direct free kick – 2024-05-18 21:57:44

by times news cr

2024-05-18 21:57:44

The aim from a direct free kick of the worldwide Iliya was first for “Leeds”, then for Rafinha (the Brazilian was bought to “Barcelona” – b.r.) in November 2021.

And extra exactly, the interval between the 2 hits of Yorkshiremen from the same static place is 921 days.

Within the seventh minute, Gruev opened the scoring within the semi-final rematch towards “Norwich”, which ended 4:0 and despatched his group to the ultimate at “Wembley” to enter the Premier League of England towards “Southampton”.

Crisencio Somerville skipped the ball and 24-year-old Elijah discovered the empty left-hand nook of Angus Gunn’s aim from round 25m along with his left-footer.

The nationwide ran in mad pleasure, pointing his finger at his head. He later defined why.

Gruev revealed that earlier than taking the direct free kick he consulted with certainly one of Daniel Farke’s assistants on whether or not he ought to cross along with his left foot or Somerville along with his proper. He was assigned to be the executor.

“However then I noticed the place the goalkeeper was and determined to shoot immediately”, defined Gruev. That is why there was a finger to the top on the pleasure.

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