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Hoo-boy.
From what I understand, Rhyl made this an overly physical game. Leeds's Bryce Hosannah went in with a relatively firm tackle. Rhyl's senior pros then piled in on Hosannah. Paudie O'Connor went to defend his team-mate and ended up having punches thrown at him #LUFC https://t.co/xQKnu9ELnE
— Amitai Winehouse (@awinehouse1) November 21, 2017
Fight at Rhyl followed a late tackle by #lufc’s Bryce Hossanah but Leeds had been unhappy with Rhyl’s physical approach throughout. United’s decision to take their players off and get on the bus home.
— Phil Hay (@PhilHayYEP) November 21, 2017
Leeds United U23s played a “friendly” against Rhyl FC which didn’t end up very friendly. From the sounds of it, basically what I saw retweeted on Twitter, the Rhyl FC players were playing dirty all match until it all boiled over. The video that was posted online showed a member of Rhyl FC trying to punch Paudie O’Connor.
We Will always represent Leeds United with the correct behaviours and values respecting the opponent and the football rules. Proud of the players today in the way they conducted themselves. #MOT
— Carlos Corberan (@CarlosCorberan) November 21, 2017
Even if there was some pushing and shoving after some questionable tackles, the senior players at Rhyl had responsibility to not let things boil over and a responsibility to not try and get into a fist fight with some teenagers. It’s a bad look for Rhyl, no matter if Leeds were the “big” team here, as they were supposed to be the adults on the pitch. Seriously, who wants to have their U23s go somewhere to play and fear that the other team is going to start a fight?
Anyway, on to the links.
Leeds United Links
Thomas Christiansen looks to build upon the Middlesbrough win on Sunday when the team travels to the Black Country to take on Wolverhampton. [Yorkshire Evening Post]
Caleb Ekuban spoke at the press conference yesterday about today’s travel to Wolves, and said some thing about the team not worrying about who they were playing, as if he was going to suddenly say “have you SEEN Wolves play this year? Christ, we’re gonna have to play a lot better than we did against Sheffield Wednesday or we’re screwed!” [Leeds United.com]
England and English football Links
Chris Coleman lost his first match as manager of Sunderland, as the Black Cats lost 2-1 on the road to Aston Villa. [Roker Report]
Liverpool was up 3-0 in Spain, but Sevilla roared back to draw 3-3. [The Liverpool Offside]
Tottenham Hotspur beat Borussia Dortmund to win their Champions League group. [SBNation]
Nine goals, two hat-tricks (one by a left back!) in the Sheffield United- Fulham match. [BBC.com]
World Football Links
MLS doesn’t have promotion & relegation, but if it did, a lot more teams would relocate and go out of business. [Black & Red United]
A preview of the Liga MX Liguilla. [FMF State of Mind]
AC Milan fans thought that they had left off-the-pitch distractions behind when Silvio Berlusconi sold the club. They were very sadly mistaken. [AC Milan Offside]