Javi Gracia made his Leeds debut with success and exited relegation

first success of leeds in Premier this 2023 and success of Javi Grace in his coaching debut. The team from the north of England prevailed at home with a goal from Junior Firpowhich emits leeds of relegation and leaves in last place the southamptonnot interfere with the local goal and get off the bottom of the table.

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Emergency football afternoon in a Elland Road full to overflowing, welcome It’s funnya new leader whose task is to add the first victory after the world. Leeds have gone ten games without picking up three points. In front is one of the most demanding, the southamptonwith the Ruben Selles on the controls to make this duel more Spanish attractive.

It’s funny he wanted to plant his personal initial stamp by changing the positions of Aaronson and Harrison to attack. The American, who played in the middle forming a trident with his countrymen Adams and McKennie, agreed with the Spanish coach because all attack balls went through him. Because of this variation, Harrison leans more to the right, with stupid on the left ready to exert restraining pressure.

Leeds controlled from the start with Gnonto as the standout player. His is the first risk-centered but pure auctioneers like bamford they did not succeed in meaning. On the other side, Southampton gave up possession and limited themselves to finding counter-attacks Sulemian and Onuachu as references.

The second half started with a possible penalty claimed by the locals. Bednarek Bamford was hooked on a two-leg spin but neither the referee nor the VAR they saw nothing to punish. The English forward was not very inspired in the attack of It’s funny.

After game time Ruben Selles Want to rock the party and give entry to Sekou Mara, Diallo and Walcott. Due to the ineffectiveness of the local team, the Valencian wanted to take a step forward and declared war on those from Gracia, so far with many problems in the final third.

The Summerville Revolution

The ‘saints‘ still disrupts most attacks, but they don’t stop Junior Firpo. The former Barça player capped off his excellent game by scoring the only goal of the afternoon, key to Leeds’ aspirations. The newcomer summerville he drew Southampton’s defense into the left corner, and fed the ball to Harrison who, with a good backheel, left it to Firpo to slot in at the near post. The ball went under bazunudefenseless against such an invasion.

And that they can raise the rent. Leeds claimed another maximum penalty after the commitment demolition Rutter. Already in overtime, Summerville attempted a shot that skimmed the post. In the end the saying came true. New coach, sure win. In this tight win, the new leeds of It’s funny take advantage of the hole Everton and exited the descent with 22 points, another one of the ‘toffees’. He southamptonfor his part, will not capitalize on the recent success in Stamford Bridge and continues to the well of the table with 18 points.

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1 – leeds: Meslier; Ayling, Koch, Wöber, Firpo; McKennie, Adams, Aaronson (Rutter, 75′); Harrison, Gnonto (Summerville, 61′) and Bamford (Roca, 86′).
The
0 – southampton: Bazunu; Maitland-Niles, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchap, Perraud (Walker-Peters, 71′); Armstrong (Walcott, 63′), Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Elyounoussi (Armstrong, 82′); Sulemana (Diallo, 63′) and Onuachu (Mara, 63′).
The
Thethe objectives: 1-0 Firpo (77′).
The
TheReferee: Peter Bankes.
Thecards: Yellow cards shown to Gnonto (78′) and Bamford (83′) for Leeds. He also booked Armstrong (58′), Lavia (85′), Bella-Kotchap and Diallo (90+5′) for Southampton.

happenings: 36,641 viewers at Ellan Road.

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