Sheffield Wednesday 0 Leeds United 2: YEP video verdict
Leeds United writer Lee Sobot with his verdict from the Hillsborough stands as Daniel Farke's Whites bag their first win of the new Championship season at the third attempt.
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00:00Hello there, Lee Sobot at the Yorkshire Evening Post here from Hillsborough where Leeds United
00:06are finally up and running with a first win of the new championship season at the third
00:10attempt and a very impressive victory really. Only 2-0 but much more impressive than that
00:15really as the Whites recorded a 2-0 win against Sheffield Wednesday. Goals in the 24th minute
00:20from the returning man Brendan Aronson, a lovely, lovely goal that people can watch
00:24that back as many times as they like. It was an absolutely lovely team goal. And then a
00:28goal three minutes after the break from Dan James which in itself was a lovely goal as
00:31well. Absolutely brilliant through ball from Matteo Joseph. You can't go a better through
00:35ball than that. And that was it, 2-0 and a clean sheet and three points and there were
00:39loads of chances for others really. I think you've got to give Sheffield Wednesday credit.
00:43They did cause threats themselves at times, especially at set-pieces but ultimately Leeds
00:47held firm and did so pretty well really from those set-pieces and definitely dominated
00:53possession, had a lot more chances and I think it's very, very hard to argue anything other
00:57than they deserved a 2-0 win here, possibly even a little bit more. So obviously now they
01:02are underway with this first one of the season. Suddenly things look a little bit better.
01:06Obviously coming into this game with just two points out of a possible six, obviously
01:10Leeds should have beaten Portsmouth on the opening day of the season. They had the performance
01:13to do that but it doesn't matter because they only got a point from it. A point at West
01:17Brom in its own right is probably quite a good result really but obviously didn't look
01:20that good on the back of the Portsmouth draw. But now three points here and obviously this
01:25is a tough place to come to. Leeds were the last team to have won here actually, so they've
01:29done it again now. And as I say, Leeds now on five points out of a possible nine and
01:33obviously they had the League Cup defeat but they are unbeaten in the league after three
01:36games. So you would hope the only way is up. Obviously it's all going to be about the new
01:40signings next week. Transfer deadline is 11pm on Friday. Largi Ramazzani obviously signed
01:45at the weekend, too early to feature in this game but he looks a very, very exciting winger
01:49obviously and will surely be a first-choice starter in time. You would think he looks
01:53very, very exciting, seen as Klaus Enzio Somerville's replacement. But obviously now
01:57it very much depends on what else Leeds can do this window. You feel like they probably
02:01need to do probably another three more. Another attacking player obviously, the small amount
02:05of replacing Giorgino Routier. Another midfielder, someone who can get forward a little bit more
02:10and probably full-back cover as well. And then whether there's anything else happening
02:13obviously Leeds will have to keep hold of the players as well. Always speculation about
02:17Nanto but he was one player who was excellent tonight. There were lots of players who were
02:20excellent and he was one of them. Got a booking pretty early on and he worried then maybe
02:24a little bit but he really got his head down, stuck to it. A few features tonight. Leeds'
02:28press was brilliant I thought, really, really. And Sheffield Wednesday's faces with some
02:32of their pressing, that was excellent to see. Matteo Joseph, very strong performance up
02:36front, didn't get a goal but his hold-up play was excellent. Absolutely superb. And
02:40walked away with two assists as well because the first goal, he was about to pull the trigger
02:44when he was taken out but the ball still fell to Aronson who still had work to do and did
02:49very well to finish that off. So he's another plus point tonight, Aronson getting that goal.
02:53Joseph up front, he even got a chant now in the Rodrigo Moreno chant being refurbished
02:59under his name which was nice to see. And that away end which is now empty behind me,
03:02they had a brilliant night. They were just singing all evening and thoroughly enjoyed
03:06seeing their team get up and running. I think obviously there'd have been a lot of frustration
03:09had they not even got a draw here this evening. But this was basically much, much more like
03:14it and I think I even said that first goal reminded me a little bit of Marcelo Bielsa's
03:18Leeds but I won't get too carried away. But it was a very, very nice move, the first goal.
03:21One touch, bang, bang, bang, passing and then, as I say, Joseph was about to pull the trigger
03:26and Aronson still had work to do and just finished it with aplomb. So lots to be positive
03:31about tonight. Ampadu very good in midfield, the defence obviously stood firm at the back
03:35as well. So yeah, loads and loads of positives and now on to what is the last game before
03:40the international break, amazingly, this weekend at home to Hull. Obviously if Leeds can get
03:44a victory in that, that will suddenly be eight points out of a possible 15, which is looking
03:48a lot, lot better. Obviously they are still playing catch-up to a degree but it's very
03:52early days and I think the overall takeaway here is that it looks like this is what you
03:56wanted to see, something like this this evening. A convincing performance, obviously three
04:00points and Leeds United up and running. Hopefully now the only way is up, an absolutely huge
04:04week though, the transfer window and the whole game. But the first win of the season is finally
04:08in the bag as it's finished here. Sheffield Wednesday nil, Leeds United two.