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Leeds host Norwich in the Championship play-off semi-finals as the two teams prepare to clash in the second leg of this intriguing and finely balanced tie.
The first leg took place at Carrow Road on Sunday with no team managing to best the other in a tense and cagey affair that never sparked into life. Neither side was willing to risk conceding a goal in order to score, prefering to maintain defensive stability over attacking flair. That will have to change at Elland Road this evening.
Leeds finished 17 points ahead of Norwich in the Championship table but that success doesn’t matter in a one-off match. The Canaries will try to upset the hosts who themselves will be buoyed by the prospect of an immediate return to the Premier League. Only one team can reach the most rewarding match in football, where they’ll face West Brom or Southampton in the play-off final, but who will make it to Wembley?
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Leeds 4-0 Norwich (4-0 agg)
90 mins: Just the two minutes to play.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:53
Leeds 4-0 Norwich (4-0 agg)
86 mins: Georginio Rutter has been given the Player of the Match award. Leeds had a fair few contenders, Crysencio Summerville was another one as was Joel Piroe.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:50
Leeds 4-0 Norwich (4-0 agg)
83 mins: Double change for Norwich as Ashley Barnes and Jonny Rowe come off. Sydney van Hooijdonk and Jacob Sorensen are the men tasked with playing out the final few minutes.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:46
Leeds 4-0 Norwich (4-0 agg)
80 mins: 10 minutes still to play at Elland Road. Norwich look beaten now as well. They’ll want to get on the bus home and reset ahead of next year.
Can they perhaps earn a consolation goal?
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:42
Leeds 4-0 Norwich (4-0 agg)
77 mins: Leeds finished 17 points ahead of Norwich in the league and became the first team to reach 90 points and not win automatic promotion.
They won’t care about that right now as they’ve battered Norwich tonight.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:41
Leeds 4-0 Norwich (4-0 agg)
74 mins: Georginio Rutter, Joel Piroe and Championship player of the year Crysencio Summerville come off to standing ovations as Daniel Farke goes to the bench.
Jaidon Anthony, Mateo Joseph and Connor Roberts replace them.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:40
Leeds 4-0 Norwich (4-0 agg)
71 mins: Georginio Rutter sprints into space with the ball and looks to get up the pitch. Jack Stacey darts across and slides into a tackle perfectly winning possession back for Norwich.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:34
GOAL! Leeds 4-0 Norwich (4-0 agg) – Summerville, 68′
68 mins: Crysencio Summerville!
The Leeds playmaker has been fantastic tonight. He receives the ball in the central position but lays it off to Wilfried Gnonto who shoots.
Angus Gunn spills the ball and it’s Junior Firpo who collects it. He rolls it across to Summerville for a simple open goal tap-in.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:31
Leeds 3-0 Norwich (3-0 agg)
66 mins: Borja Sainz came on a half-time for Norwich and has brought an increase in energy up in the forward line. He drifts offside though when the ball is sent up to him and the attack dies down despite Sainz getting into a promising position.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:29
Leeds 3-0 Norwich (3-0 agg)
63 mins: Here come Leeds again. They’ve got another free kick in a very similar position as the one in which llia Gruev scored in the first half.
He doesn’t go for goal this time and lifts it to the far post. Ethan Ampadu is there to challenge for the ball but Norwich manage to clear their lines.
Mike Jones16 May 2024 21:26
