IT WAS WILSON ISIDOR WHO GOT THE BALL ROLLING FOR SUNDERLAND AT 32 MINS. INTO THE LEEDS UNITED VS SUNDERLAND MATCH YESTERDAY (17/02/2025), AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS MUCH FURTHER ACTION WITH SUNDERLAND MAKING 335 PASSES, WITH A 74% PASS ACCURACY, AND LEEDS UNITED 623 PASSES, WITH AN 88% PASS ACCURACY, (AND 66% POSSESSION), WITH MUCH PHYSICALITY THROUGHOUT (WITH 11 FOULS-A-PIECE, AND 6 YELLOW CARDS FOR SUNDERLAND, PLUS 3 YELLOW’S FOR LEEDS), NOTHING FURTHER WAS GOING IN – EVEN THOUGH SUNDERLAND HAD 6 SHOTS WITH 6 ON TARGET – (INCLUDING ISIDOR’S CRACKER) – SO WHEN SUBSTITUTES ROTHWELL AND STRUIJK CAME ON IN THE 71ST MINUTE AND IMMEDIATELY SPRANG INTO ACTION, YOU COULD ALMOST FEEL THE TENSION FROM THE LEEDS UNITED FANS MELT AWAY. THE TWO ‘SUPER SUBS’ PRODUCED THE MOST HARMONIOUS DOUBLE HEADERS, WITH ROTHWELL ASSISTING STRUIJK ON BOTH OCCASIONS, ONCE AT 78 MINS.,
STRUIJK HEADS THE BALL INTO GOAL
AND AGAIN IN STOPPAGE TIME AT 90 +5 MINS! NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE CROWD WENT WILD, WITH THE GAME ENDING IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO LEEDS! WHAT EXCITEMENT – AND WHAT FANTASTIC ENTERTAINMENT!
LEEDS UNITED CELEBRATE
DANIEL FARKE SPEAKS AFTER THE MATCH
“THESE ARE THE BEST NIGHTS FOR THE SUPPORTERS, FOR THE STAFF AND FOR ALL THE PLAYERS. I AM PRETTY PROUD OF MY LADS, WE PLAYED AN EXCELLENT OPPONENT TODAY. IT WAS A DIFFICULT GAME, BUT ALSO DEFINITELY A WELL-DESERVED WIN AT THE END WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS. WE NEVER LOST TODAY, AND WE BELIEVED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, AND WON IN EXCELLENT FASHION, SO I AM A HAPPY MAN TONIGHT!”
