Sheffield Wednesday 0 Leeds United 2: YEP video verdict

Yorkshire Evening Post

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.

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