London (AFP)
Leeds United took advantage of the numerical superiority, to turn the tables on its host Wolverhampton, who ended the first half leading 2-0, before losing in the end 2-3 at the opening of the thirtieth stage of the English Premier League.
In a match that witnessed four emergency substitutions during the first half due to injuries, including three for Leeds, Wolverhampton seemed on its way to its third consecutive victory and fifteenth this season, thus enhancing its chances of continental participation, after advancing with two goals in the first half thanks to his Portuguese substitute Francisco Trincao, who passed the ball for the first goal. For the Spaniard Johnny Castro «26», and added the second goal in the eleventh minute of lost time.
Trinkau became, according to “Opta” statistics, the first substitute to pass and score a goal in the first half of a Premier League match, since Frank Lampard with Chelsea against Swansea City in April 2013.
But things turned upside down for the owner of the land, after he had to complete the match with ten players as a result of the expulsion of Mexican striker Raul Jimenez for receiving a second warning “53”, as this opened the door for Leeds, to achieve a first-of-its-kind achievement for him in the Premier League, by exiting a winner From a match that ended its first half two goals behind.
The return began in the 63rd minute, when Jack Harrison reduced the difference, then Spain’s Rodrigo quickly equalized in the 66th minute, before Luke Ailing snatched the fatal winning goal in the first minute of overtime.
Wolverhampton thus missed the opportunity to become sixth provisionally, only a point behind Manchester United, fifth, and two points behind Arsenal, the last fourth-placed qualifier for the Champions League, but the latter played three games less than the team of Portuguese coach Bruno Lage.
Wolverhampton hopes to repeat the achievement of the 2019-2020 season, when he returned to the continental arena for the first time since 1980-1981 and reached the quarter-finals of the “Europe League” competition, before the adventure ended at the hands of the team that later crowned the Spanish title, Seville.
As for Leeds, he is certainly not thinking about returning to the continental arena for the first time since the European Union Cup in the 2002-2003 season, but rather all he wants is to avoid returning to the second level “Championship” after only two seasons after his return to the senior league for the first time since 2003 -2004.
With his second win in a row after two defeats at the beginning of his career led by his American coach Jesse Marsh, the successor to the sacked Argentine “Premier League” engineer Marcelo Bielsa, Leeds raised its score to 29 points in 16th place, seven points temporarily from the relegation zone.
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